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Tips From Successful Job Seekers

On The Job

In 2008, Linda Woody was a stay-at-home mom for two daughters, sometimes picking up work as a public-relations consultant. Six months later, as the economy grew worse and Woody wasn't getting anywhere with her job-hunting efforts, she had a conversation with her sister. I thought that was hilarious.

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Networking Key for Vets to Find a Job

On The Job

And then help one of them find a job. In 2008, when Jessie Canella returned home from Iraq where he had been deployed as a Marine, he wasn't sure how to get a job in the civilian world. So he turned to what he had heard was a place to find lots of jobs: online job boards.

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Age of Conversation 3 – coming SOON!!!

Make or Break Moments

Is it a viable tool for networking and job hunting? What have you done to quickly get to work? Or perhaps this section is about how you use social media to get to work — literally. Or maybe this section is about how social media is changing the face of work.

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

Laughing all the Way to Work

You may even start to think your current job is not that bad afterall. Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:22 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , bored , interview , job hunting , job satisfaction , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Foley-In-Charge said. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. So I read a lot about happiness, job hunting, and a meaningful life. I’m not sure how your job hunting experience was.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

6) Be strategic about your career plan and job hunt. If you’ve been doing the same job every year without any growth or increased responsibility, you really only have 2 years of experience that’s been repeated X amount of years.