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A huge resume problem that will get it deleted

Sometimes I forget to look at a resume and pretend I am a receptionist.

This morning I talked with a very qualified friend who hasn’t been able to get a job.  I took 10 seconds to look at his resume as if I were a receptionist or HR screener.  There was a huge error that probably [...]

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Top 2 areas banks are growing for IT

Here is a hint about your future job: Banks are not spending on core systems.

Banks spend money on IT where they expect to get the biggest return. This article plows thrugh the 6 main areas where banks will spend their IT dollars in 2012.

If you want a job or promotion in a bank, make yourself irresistible because [...]

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15 words you should replace on your resume

You really should prove that these words describe you, rather than just proclaim them.

Click on this link for the full article

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Apaches – hiding inside your resume

Hide not your talents.  They for use were made.  What’s a sundial in the shade? (Franklin)

Walking on the flat, open plains, an Apache claims he can disappear from sight. There is no place to hide, so the Army officer backs off to a safe distance and turns his back for a minute.  Sure enough [...]

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Great And Glorious Campaigns – the job search

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today, I knew it then as purpose.  (Davis)

“We all thought Richmond, protected as it was by our splendid fortifications and defended by our army of veteran, could not be taken.  Yet Grant turned his face to our Capital, [...]

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Update: The Phantom Girl Scout WAS a con job

The Phantom Girl Scout really was a con job attempted on my wife.

Laura got a call asking who had called her twice from a stolen cell phone.  Apparently the “Girl Scout” was a total fake trying to get money out of unsuspecting people.  The second call was to put more pressure on Laura, but when [...]

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Resume blasting – job boards

Water from a hose can make plants grow or blast them out of the ground. Planning and aim make the difference.

Should you put your resume out on one internet job board?  On 50?  It really could get you a job.  But there’s a down side too.  Consider:

Your boss calls you into his office and [...]

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How to write a KILLER resume is coming

I’m getting finished on the e-book copy of How to write a KILLER resume.

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I found a list of the top 100 healthcare companies

This is a list of the top 20 medical companies in 5 different specialties.  It gives their size, specialty, and a link to find out more. 

Whether you want to sell, do accounting, be an engineer, or program computers, this list is a great starting point for where you can focus.  I downloaded a copy so [...]

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Do over of 4 Secrets to getting a MUCH better job

I got wonderful feedback on “4 Secrets to getting a MUCH better job.” 

Unfortunately the recording of this seminar ended after only 5 minutes.  So I am going to be doing it again to get it recorded.  That will be next Tuesday at 2 PM.  Sign up at this link.

The links to the other two webinars [...]

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