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A guide to online job searching

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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. Knowing the common pitfalls will also be essential for your online job search, and will speed up the process of getting straight to what you want. We touch upon how you can refine these terms below.

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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

Job Advice Blog

Your action plan sets the tone of your search and keeps you on track to manage the application process. In fact, the entire job search process is one that is centered on research: research about your interests; research about opportunities, companies, cultures, positions, and situations that will fulfill your personal and professional needs.

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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. Here are 3 more tools you may want to check out.

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Preparing for the Phone Interview

Job Advice Blog

Referenced on your resume and your cover letter should be the best number(s) to reach you. You want to maintain a relaxed, yet confident manner so the interviewer gets the sense that you are pleased to have the opportunity to discuss your qualifications and background during the phone interview process.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

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2: Does your organization need more effective systems and processes? “You can sell yourself and your abilities in your cover letter even if you don’t have a degree,” Gaughan says. BE A BRIDGE BUILDER. ’: 1: Are you implementing a new strategic plan? 3: Is your Leadership Team not operating at peak performance?

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Answering Reader Mail: Finding Temp Agencies in Los Angeles

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

When I started out, no one really had a website/blog/Twitter/Facebook/MySpace so I just opened up the YellowPages and called every single one. Once you find out their email or fax number, they will ask you to submit your cover letter and resume. It didn't sit well with me that the usual interview process wasn't in place.)

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