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While in Transition, Are You Keeping Pace with Technology?

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Hiring managers are more interested in hiring someone who’s up-to-date as opposed to someone who’s been out for a while and who lacks the latest technology skills and therefore whose learning curve will be steep and possibly prolonged. Many recruiters and hiring managers take advantage of them, and so should you.

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So, How about a Career Coach?

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Learn what your total expense will be, and find out what to expect once the coaching is done. The coach assists with resume writing, provides marketing material, gives unbiased opinions and advice regarding next steps and how to accomplish them, and assists in teaching the skills for negotiation of a better compensation package.

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Magic Johnson’s Fast Break Into Business

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Earvin “Magic” Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency. I learned a couple of great lessons there with Michael Ovitz,” Johnson says. I had to learn that.

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Résumé + Interview = A Job

Job Advice Blog

I only recently learned that there are pros out there who could have been helping me all along. I have a long history in banking and have progressed through the ranks. My resume is a disaster, I have spent countless hours tweaking and rewriting to no avail.