Monthly Archives: December 2010

Top Ten Job Search Tools

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Steve

Bruce’s Top Ten List got me thinking along similar lines, so here are the 10 things I think are the best tools in job search. 1. Friends; Kind of weird to put our friends in the category of tools, but … Continue reading →

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Bruces Top 10 Tips

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Steve

If you are a regular reader then you know that occasionally one of the participants of Notes from the Job Search writes something to be posted on the blog and this is one of those.  It comes from Bruce Menzies, … Continue reading →

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Buzzwords

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Steve

It’s amazing how persistent generalizations are. Recently, Manu Sharma posted a blog entry detailing the 10 most overused buzzwords in Linkedin Profiles in 2010. In early 2009 Squawk Fox posted a great article titled “Six Words that Make Your Resume … Continue reading →

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Web mistakes

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Steve

One of the results of the article in the Seattle Times has been that I’ve been contacted (out of the Blue) by folks with useful stuff they want to share. One of those is a group/web page named OnlineTraining.org. What … Continue reading →

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Resumes that Resume Careers

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Steve

It’s interesting, every time I go to Deborah Drake’s group for reluctant bloggers, I seem to come back with something worth blogging about. This time, I met another career coach, one who is an author as well. His name is … Continue reading →

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