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Internet Top Resource for Today's Job Hunters

Small Business Labs

Pew Internet's  Searching for Work in the Digital Era  illustrates the growing role online resources are playing in the job hunt. The report chart below shows the various ways job seekers use online resources. The report chart below shows the various ways job seekers use online resources.

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Answering Reader Mail: Confidential Job Hunts, Raises, Promotions & Better Projects

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

How do I get a recommendation letter from my boss for a new job hunt without raising suspicion or improve my situation without my boss’ help? In this manner, when you go into job interviews you can bring all the sales presentations or documents you put together into a portfolio to showcase your work. Thank you so much.

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2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch

On The Job

That includes, she says, anything introduced into the work environment with personal handheld devices such as smart phones, which can show videos or photos. Social networking. That’s when social networking can become a real problem for companies and may result in a lawsuit, Atkins says. Social networking reveals an awful lot.”

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

No one can really predict what the several years will bring in the job market, but it’s clear that everyone has to make more of an investment in their future. That means being better prepared for downturns in the economy or your industry, and keeping an active network so that when bad times do hit, you’re ready to get the help you need.

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market While I knew there was a good chance the unemployment rate would go up, when I heard the latest figures were 10.2

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Twitter Tips for Job Seekers

On The Job

Get known for something and become an expert at something that could catapult your career and tweet about that - tips, resources, and ideas that help people's greatest challenges in that topic. It's a terrific way to expand the all important "loose network" that is likely to result in an opportunity.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Because I knew nothing about the job except my title (EA) and the dept (I think it was in marketing). And I had a lot of temp work coming my way, I had a lot of interviews about to be booked, I had just started my job hunt, and I had so many unanswered questions. So why forego a full time job for a 2 year trial?

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