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How Understanding Your Industry Advances Your Career

The moment you choose to strike out on your own as an independent contractor, it is all up to you to stay afloat and thrive in your industry. There is no-one above to make the big business decisions or to hand down a detailed growth strategy to you; there is no one to market your…

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How to Use Social Media to Seek New Opportunities

If you are looking for a new opportunity, or even if you just want to surf around the web for attractive job opportunities, I recommend that you begin with social media channels! 1) Don’t just seek – become sought after: You may not know it, but employers spend time searching for their most suitable candidate…

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How to Write an Honest Cover Letter to Avoid the Wrong Job

When there’s an opening for your dream job but you’re not qualified for it yet, what should you do? A lot of people will look at the qualifications specified for the job and think of ways to embellish their actual skills and experiences to make it seem like they’re a good fit. But where’s the…

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Life Changes to Make You Happier and More Productive

There are a few lucky people in the world who are doing exactly what they want for work and enjoying every single minute of it. These people feel that they could want nothing more from their work than what they already have. They are completely fulfilled and experience work as being in complete alignment with…

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Everything Candidates Need to Find Find a Job

So, you want to find a job, but what exactly do you need? If you use a combination of various methods and tactics for finding a position, it will increase your options, expand your networking pool and decrease your overall search time. There are three main steps to each job search: preparation, searching and staying…

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How Social Media is Used in Recruiting in 2014

As the job market becomes more competitive than ever, social media has significantly impacted recruiting, giving birth to the next big thing: social recruiting. Thanks to this Jobvite study, this data on recruitment and jobseekers demonstrates why technology is vital to recruitment success. Takeaways: Although 93% of recruiters use or plan to use social media, just 18% consider themselves…

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5 Essential Tech Devices for Your Job Search

This Tech Tuesday we’re examining the devices that are essential to your job search. Job seeking can be a long, difficult process, an almost 9-5 occupation in itself. Make it easier with technology! Searching for a job is extremely time consuming. It’s important to stay ahead of fellow candidate competition to ensure no opportunity is missed. Technology can enable you to move faster and…

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Top 7 Clichés That Should Be Nowhere Near Your Resume

When proofreading your resume, what do you look out for? Naturally you’ll be on the hunt for misspelled homophones, and of course you’ll endeavour to eliminate any errant punctuation marks. You’ll almost certainly make sure that the formatting of the document is standardised, and if you’ve got any sense you’ll double check those vital contact…

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How to Improve Your Twitter Profile for Your Career

With time seeming at an ever-higher premium, it can be hard to find time to improve your career prospects whilst studying or working full-time. With Twitter, however, you can do it in only 140-characters. Follow potential employers: If you’re thinking about a career change or looking for a graduate job at a specific company, make…