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Why You Don’t Need a Degree to Get a Job

Have you ever felt that the only thing standing between you and a great job is your lack of a university degree? A lot of my friends have. Some even go so far as to sign up for expensive university courses or even start pursuing a four-year degree smack in the middle of the recession. [...]

How to Network When You Don’t Have Friends

One of my greatest problems in life has always been my asocial behavior. No, I don’t mean that I’m the kind of guy who paints graffiti at midnight with his crew watching or engages in random vandalism and wanton destruction of public property in search of cheap thrills. However, I’m the kind of fellow that’s generally [...]

How to Find International Jobs

A few days ago, I read an article on CNN about the Chinese economy still firing on all cylinders in spite of the global recession. According to The Economist, US GDP will shrink by 3.2% in 2009. That means that the economy will get smaller, leaving less job opportunities for everyone. At the same time, [...]

Just Graduated? Maybe You Shouldn’t Have…

“(Recent graduates) need to be realistic about what they’re qualified to do… That sometimes means taking a longer view of [your] career by accepting an entry-level job first, with the thought that it will help [you] get to [your] perfect job later,” says Minneapolis job recruiter Catherine Byers Breet in an article published by Main Street. In [...]

5 Traits of a Successful Job Hunter

With the stock market bouncing back and forth like an injured mammoth on steroids, finding a job is anything but easy. But when the chips are down, sometimes it seems that some people have much more job hunting luck than others. You’ve probably seen first-hand cases of your friends hammered with job offers left and [...]

How to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job - Part II

Yesterday, I kicked off the discussion about the value of LinkedIn by explaining why the site works, and why more employers use it to fill vacancies than most candidates are willing to believe. So if you’re still not convinced of the power of LinkedIn as a job search tool, be sure to read this post [...]

How to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job - Part I

How to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job

Should You “Be Yourself” At a Job Interview?

This write-up is inspired to a great extent by an excellent guest post over at The Unemploymentality (a great blog for anyone looking for a cheerful, tongue-in-cheek outlook on unemployment). One of the central themes of the original post was whether you should “be yourself” at a job interview, or if you should adopt and morph [...]

How to Explain Redundancy in Your Resume

The story behind this post is pretty straightforward - while twittering, I came across the following tweet (the username of the poster has been withheld to protect their privacy): “I was told not to put “Made redundant” on my CV. Recent interview said I was a job hopper (7 jobs, 5 redundancies). What should I do?” Great [...]

Work From Home, Kill Your Career?

For some, it’s a dream come true; for others, it’s the biggest nightmare since someone decided that toxic assets are a great investment. If you’re a job hunter, you’ve undoubtedly come across sites offering free work from home opportunities. Whether by filling out surveys, writing articles or designing graphics, all of them offer to put you [...]