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

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Then, I did what I always did: I picked up the phone and started asking experts on how job seekers could succeed in this tough market. Employers have to weed through hundreds of resumes for even the most basic jobs, so they immediately discard ones where the skills don’t match their requirements. Don’t be desperate. Don’t be ashamed.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

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Hochwarter over the phone. I've also interviewed people who are like deer frozen in the headlights, refusing to retrain in a dead-end profession or just sending out resumes to big job boards. 2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

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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. Just some friendly advice from The Resume Chick. Just because it’s your iPhone doesn’t mean it’s OK to show a racist video in the break room,” she says. Social networking.

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