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100 Motivational Blog Posts for the Unemployed

100 Motivational Blog Posts for the Unemployed via PsychologyDegree.net Top blog posts include: Seven Tips for the Newly Unemployed 25 Well-Paid jobs that most people overlook (and why) 5 Phrases that can poison your resume 100 Motivational Blog Posts for the Unemployed100 Motivational Blog Posts for the Unemployed

No Comments by B.U.S. on March 24, 2010
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Free Things you can do when you’re Unemployed

8 Free Things You Can Do When You Are Unemployed by Srinivas Rao (via Brazen Careerist)

1 Comment by B.U.S. on February 12, 2010
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Job Recruiting on Twitter

140 Employers that post jobs on Twitter (by The Undercover Recruiter) Top 50 Companies Recruiting on Twitter (by Job-Hunt.Org) Need a Job? Follow These People on Twitter (by Resume Bear) A New Job is just a Tweet Away by The Wall Street Journal Where to find your job on Twitter (by Career Rocketeer) Twitter Could [...]

No Comments by B.U.S. on February 9, 2010
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6 Ways to Ditch the Overqualified Label

If you’ve been unemployed for a while you may be getting desperate with the lack of jobs out there…instead of giving up there’s the option for applying for jobs you are overqualified for. How to deal with this and reassure your possible employer through this HotJobs article: 1. Re-read the job description. 2. Fine-tune your [...]

No Comments by B.U.S. on February 8, 2010
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Dealing with Job Search Rejection

Top 10 Ways to Deal with Job Rejection by Jan Gordon 5 Ways to Battle Job-Search Rejection by Joe Turner How to go from Job Rejection to Job Acceptance by Donald Sears via theLadders.com The art of coping with rejection by Adeline Iziren How to battle job search rejection @ NineMSN.au Avoiding Self-Blame After Constant [...]

No Comments by B.U.S. on February 4, 2010
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Ten Reasons your Job Search is Failing

From MSN/Careerbuilder Your résumé and cover letter are as articulate as Courtney Love’s Web blog. Your cover letter is generic. Your letter is a CliffsNotes version of your résumé. Your letter exudes self-consciousness, not self-confidence. You cross the line from sounding confident to sounding cocky. Your MySpace page lists “binge-drinking” as a favorite pastime. You [...]

No Comments by B.U.S. on January 27, 2010
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Résumé Resources

Careerbuilder’s MSN site has several resources available to utilize for your resume and job search including: Résumé Samples Cover Letter Templates (Careerbuilder’s link goes directly to Office Templates) Cover Letter Q & A Q. How long should my cover letter be? A. Generally, cover letters should be one page in length. This is true for approximately [...]

No Comments by B.U.S. on January 21, 2010
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