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It’s a promising day for the May jobs report. More jobs were added than economists predicted, unemployment and labor participation levels remained steadily low, and the U.S. economy finally recovered all of the jobs lost during the recession.
From what the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting, the economic future bodes well. Even the morning’s stock market trading started off with a bang. Where can we expect to go from here?
Real Signs of…
May Jobs Report: Job Numbers Hit Pre-Recession Levels:View
If your approach to building your network is similar to firing a round of buckshot into the air, reconsider it. You might hit something, but will that connection really pay off? When it comes down to it, there are only 4 types of people you need in your network. Target your networking methods to them and you’ll save hours of your precious time.
For all of these connections, never lead with a self-serving, puerile request to connect. It leads…
4 People You Need In Your Network Right Now:View
It’s happened to everyone. You put the time into writing your resume and the most you hear back is a soft ping notifying you that your application has been “received” (it certainly doesn’t seem that way). Even with desirable skills, some resume mistakes cause you to be overlooked. It’s frustrating but isn’t an insurmountable hurdle. Here are the 4 reasons no one is reading your resume.
Your Formatting Is an Eyesore
Resume formatting…
4 Reasons No One is Reading Your Resume:View
Don’t want to belly flop in your interview? It’s a given that you do some pre-interview research. However, too many candidates stick to the shallows when doing research on the company. And because of that, they’re missing the chance to make deeper connections.
The first step is to know what a company does, what the position requires, and who will interview you. No one makes a good impression without these details. Otherwise, it looks like…
Interview Research Tips that Most Job Seekers Forget:View
Workplace stress over time can be toxic. It creates a sense of disillusionment and leaves employees with feelings of job dissatisfaction. Yet job burnout, a common side effect of workplace stress, may ultimately be good for your career.
Let me explain.
Reaching your low point
For many people, job dissatisfaction and the subsequent job burnout that follows isn’t foreign. A Gallup poll indicates that 70 percent of 150,000 full and part-time…
3 Reasons Job Burnout Can Be a Good Thing:View
Hiring managers sometimes employ phone interviews to get a quick sense of whether a candidate is ready for the next step. The way candidates present themselves and answer key questions will determine whether or not they make it to the next phase in the hiring process. That’s when you roll out all the stops and ace the phone interview.
Get to the perfect spot
Find a place where you’ll be audible during your phone interview – a hiring…
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Let’s face it – not every job is going to be peaches and cream. Maybe it’s the office atmosphere or maybe it’s an incompatibility with your employer, but the fact remains that you were unsatisfied on the job. When the opportunity arises to badmouth your former boss in an interview, you may be tempted to just open up and vent. Here’s why that urge is one of the biggest interview mistakes you can make.
How It Happens
No interviewer will…
The Worst Interview Mistake: You Badmouth Your Former Boss:View
Nothing broadsides a person upside the head more than being fired, laid off, or let go from their job. Whatever you call it, being terminated doesn’t have to be a lonely walk through the depths of the underworld. It may not be easy, but you can get through it by staying focused on thing: you are now free to reshape your career as you see fit.
Let it go, Indiana
Even if that job was the Holy Grail of your Industry, let it go. It’s over. Keep…
You’ve Been Fired, Now What?:View
When a new job opens up, the first resume is submitted about 3.5 minutes later. An average of 1,000 applications will flood the hiring manager’s inbox – Google receives 60,000 applicants each week – and make it nearly impossible for any human being to feasibly sift through them all. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) diminishes the strain on hiring managers, but occasionally screens good candidates out of the running. So, how do you…
How to Get Past the Applicant Tracking System:View
The April jobs report far surpassed expectations. Employment numbers vaulted beyond the original predictions of economists and unemployment numbers diminished to a five year low. On the surface, the economy is bouncing back. How did the manufacturing and engineering sectors fare in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report?
The BLS big picture
According to Friday’s BLS April jobs report, 288,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were added to the U.S. economy…
April Jobs Report Outshines Expectations:View
