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Internet resume filters, why? And how to get past them

You must change how you apply for jobs on the internet. Federal contracting jobs are already out of your reach unless you are a perfect fit.  Half the jobs available on the internet are no longer available to you.  And that is a conservative estimate.

A regulation is in effect.  It says that companies have to [...]

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50 job hunting tips from recruiters

Need a job? Recruiters see every possible mistake, and some unusually successful ploys.

Here are 50 job hunting tips from good recruiters.

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Calls to companies – what to say

…fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day…and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.  (Esther)

Calls to companies – what to say

Calling a company when there is no job advertised is the scarier than visiting [...]

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Do you dare call managers and CEO’s in a company?

…fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day…and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.  (Esther)

Do you dare call managers and CEO’s in a company?

No ad is in the papers or on the internet. You [...]

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How to motivate yourself to search EFFECTIVELY

An actor asks himself, “What is my motivation?”  The rest of us laugh at him.  He’s trying to figure out which way to face on a stage.

Ice cream used to motivate me. I’d walk on hot coals to get it.  I still like ice cream, but it won’t get me to detour 100 yards to [...]

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Your scarcest resource hunting a job or working

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.  (Will Rogers)

Time.

Studies show that the Japanese “salaryman” puts in more time at the office than American “workers”.  They also show that American “workers” spend more time working. The “salaryman” spends a LOT of [...]

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Resume search optimization – how to get found

How to get your resume seen online could be a book.  That book hasn’t changed in the last 5 years.  Here are the basics:

Include every keyword that is in the job listing
Figure out a way to repeat the most important key words
Resubmit your changed resume occasionally

Keywords are critical

Computerized filters are being used more often. Monster.com has [...]

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Why your resume disappears when you submit it

Great article on why resumes disappear when you submit them to large companies. It also gives you some hope for getting through all the filters. Here’s the link.

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Polar Bear Testicles and your job search

CNN had a story on shrinking polar bear testicles.  They went into detail about how it was an indicator of global warming destroying the earth.  I would hate to be the scientist with a bag of bear treats trying to make that measurement.  Then there was a brief blurb about the lowest SAT college exam [...]

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Reverse Resume Blasting

Reverse engineering is taking something that works and figuring out 10 ways it can’t possibly be done.

Us recruiters do a lot of reverse lookups.  We have paid for training in how to get information from the wrong source.  We x-ray websites.  Yes, that is what it is called.  We use social media sites to [...]

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