As a job interview coach, one thing I see people struggle with is what to do with their hands. Extroverts let their hands fly all over the place, creating serious distractions. Introverts keep them close to their body, or worse, let them dive in between their legs like a wedge. (Don’t laugh, I see people do this all the time.)
So what should you do to get control ...
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On Saturday, June 1, 2013 the Colorado Free University will host their 4th annual Un-Job Fair in Denver!
Favorite presenters return and many new experts in the area of business development join in. The Un-Job Fair is created for people who own their own business or are considering launching one. Get great tips and strategies for success in a business you are already running or get ideas for new businesses ...
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Based in Dallas but producing weekend workshops across the United States, Estate Management Solutions was started by Peter Van Ryder. Building on his consulting business to wealthy families, The Essentials of Household & Estate Management workshop covers some of the common tools that every successful Household Manager needs.
In this Education Spotlight, Peter tells us more about his intense, 2-day program:
1. How long have you been in business?
Estate Management ...
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Lately, I have been getting a lot of questions about employers requesting salary histories in the job postings. To help clarify this issue, here is an excerpt from my book, “How to Get a Job Without Going Crazy:”
Salary history vs. salary requirements
Your salary history states how much you earned in each and every job. A Salary requirement states what you want in your next job.
If the ...
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I recently read an article in the Atlantic about the staggering and frightening statistics around the long term unemployed in America:
According to a study by Rand Ghayad, a visiting scholar at the Boston Fed and a PhD candidate in economics at Northeastern University, and William Dickens, a professor of economics at Northeastern University, job seekers who have been unemployed longer than 6 months ...
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Here at the Personal Touch Career Services, we are always looking for ways to improve our services. Part of that is the creation of new and fresh resume designs, for both business and private service job seekers.
After testing these resume to ensure their effectiveness, we are offering three new designs: the clean lines resume, the gray lines resume and the block resume format. When ...
Read More →One of the great tools to use on your resume or business cards is a custom LinkedIn url. It looks more professional and makes it easier for people to find you on LinkedIn. In this 2-minute video, learn how you can personalize your own LinkedIn webpage.
Most people know that key words are crucial to the job search. HR departments and employers rely on key words to screen and select candidates. Without the right key words, candidates will never get to the all-important interview.
To try to identify the right key words, many job seekers are using tag cloud generators to find the most common words in any job description. But there is a huge problem with this: the most common terms are not the words that ...
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When I got the email today, I was convinced that it must have been a scam:
However, I logged into my account and found that it was true: over 10,000 people have looked at my presentations and documents loaded onto Slideshare.com, under my account name ...
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In the modern job search, many candidates benefit from a custom website to serve as their online resume. This is especially beneficial for private service professionals, who can display their many talents with pictures and video, not just words.
Chefs have known the power of images to sell their food for years. But for a Household Manager who needs to uphold the confidentiality of his or her principals, how ...
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