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About Job Searching: 5 Tips for Tweaking Your LinkedIn Profile

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From Alison Doyle, your Guide to Job Searching

Making just a few tweaks to your LinkedIn profile may help boost your name in the search results and help you find a job.

7 Tips for Getting Your Resume Read

In a competitive job market, it can be extremely hard to get your resume noticed. It's not enough to simply list your employment history and job duties in a chronological... Read more

What to Do After a Job Interview

You have just finished up a phone interview or an in-person interview at a company you would love to work for. What should do you next? Don't wait... Read more

5 Tips for Tweaking Your LinkedIn Profile

Making a few tweaks to your LinkedIn profile may help boost your name in the search results and help you find a job depends on... Read more

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About Job Searching: What is the Worst Thing That You Have Gotten Away

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From Alison Doyle, your Guide to Job Searching

I had an interesting "Ask Alison" question this week:
I'm a college senior interviewing for my first 'real' job. Maybe you have some insight on how you would answer this question that my friend was asked on an interview yesterday: What is the worst thing you've done that you've gotten away with?

What is the Worst Thing That You Have Gotten Away With?

You don't want to say that you never did anything that you have gotten away with, because nobody is perfect. On the other hand, you definitely don't want your "worst thing" to be something really bad.

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How to Respond to the Interview Question: Are You Nice?

"Are you nice"? is a tricky question because sometimes the company wants to hire someone nice, and sometimes they don't. Here are some tips on how to handle the interview question, "Are you nice?" so that you will not be caught off guard.

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Need Job Search Help? Ask Alison a Question

Do you have a job search question? "Ask Alison" is where I answer your questions about job hunting, employment and work.

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About Job Searching: Job Searching on the Job

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From Alison Doyle, your Guide to Job Searching

This is the week for people, inadvertently or not, doing the wrong thing when it comes to their job search. In addition to the job seekers who shared too much personal information, I heard from someone who was in a panic after he emailed his resume to his boss, instead of a prospective employer.

Job Searching on the Job | We're Hiring!

One way to keep out of trouble at work is to set up a separate email account for job seeking. That way you won't send your applications to the wrong person by mistake and you'll have all your job search correspondence in one place... Read more

We're Hiring!

As the job market picks up, employers are doing more outreach to connect with potential new hires. Companies are increasingly using social recruiting to source candidates for employment, and they... Read more

Don't Get Scammed - Or Worse

For the second time in as many days, I've received an unsolicited CV that was blasted all over via email. Neither sender bothered to Bcc: so I could see how... Read more

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