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Call off the cheerleaders!

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So promoting your personal brand is imperative. What you need to understand is that promoting your brand isn’t a one-off gig – you need to keep up a steady stream of positive impressions on a daily basis. They read a blog you’ve written. They receive a copy of your CV and read the covering letter.

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How to Find a Job Using Social Media

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I heard about the job when they promoted it on Twitter," she says. "I I'm not wading through a bunch of cover letters where someone is describing how they're a 'people person' and ways they can transform our organization. One employer, Flightster.com , called Rao in for an interview after seeing his blog.

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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

Job Advice Blog

This exercise will allow you to learn more about yourself and promote increased self awareness. Myers Briggs, DISC) to help you uncover and understand more about what your strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes are. Research the industry. How do you even know what you think you are interested in is a real interest?

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Are You Being Naive -- and Just Plain Stupid -- About Your Online Reputation?

On The Job

And that, my friends, could be disastrous at a time like this when we should all be actively promoting ourselves in the marketplace. 1) We changed everything (resume, cover letters, online profiles, etc.) By that time, a lot of damage could be done to you professionally. Here's what we did. to "Joshua P. Deming", his full name.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

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Send your cover letter and resume to a specific person, their general email address, or fill out their online form/application. And since I was there, I dropped off my resume and cover letter. You should have a Twitter account, or maybe even a blog. Did the receptionist throw it away? No, maybe 1 minute.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – C.V. Writing Service | THE SMALL.

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. In order to stop spam on my blog and increase conversations, I had to implement some simple rules: 1. Do you think.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

“First of all I would like to say thank you for the wealth of incredibly useful and generous advice on your blog! Dear SH, Glad you enjoy my blog! Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. Thanks very much!” 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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