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A guide to job hunting

Practically Perfect PA

Harmony between your CV and cover letter. All too often cover letters either repeat, or worse, contradict aspects of a candidate’s CV. Then consider how the content of your cover letter links with your CV. Have you ever Googled someone and been slightly surprised, or even put off, by what you have found?

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Call off the cheerleaders!

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They Google your website for a biography. They read your Twitter profile. They receive a copy of your CV and read the covering letter. They look at your LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook photos. Sometimes they’ll pick up those clues via written channels : They note the tone of your email. They monitor your Tweets.

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

On The Job

If you do nothing else today, Google yourself. So, I'm going to share some really good advice and comments from online reputation management folks that I couldn't fit in my column: * "Search for your name in Google, Yahoo! Google covers most of the Web, but MSN and Yahoo! Deming" was Googled, nothing negative showed up.

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A guide to online job searching

Practically Perfect PA

If you know specific companies you’d like to work for, follow them on Twitter too – you’ll get a more in-depth impression of the business. Whether you’re in Google or a job forum, choosing the right search terms is vital. We touch upon how you can refine these terms below. Social media platforms can be useful, particularly LinkedIn.

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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

Job Advice Blog

LinkedIN, Twitter, online profile) you should fix that immediately. Hiring managers ‘Google’ the names of people they are interviewing and those they are considering interviewing. This is because these documents are the first thing people see about you. You want to project a positive personal brand.

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3 More Tools for Self-Branding and Job Hunting

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

1) Tweet My Jobs - I know most of us may roll our eyes or not believe that people have found jobs through Twitter or Facebook because it seems so far-fetched and unlikely. So I was skeptical too and started to Google how people used Twitter to find jobs and I came across Tweet My Jobs. out of frustration. Pretty cool, eh?

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates. 411 Look Up 411.ca