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Tue Sep-28-10 02:08 PM
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| 10 Mistakes Job-Seekers Make |
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http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/28/10-mistakes-job-seekers-make.htmlMISTAKE 1: RESPONDING TO ONLINE JOB POSTINGS MISTAKE 2: MAILING UNSOLICITED RESUMES . . MISTAKE 10: NOT KNOWING YOUR MARKET VALUE
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| slackmaster
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:11 PM
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| 1. They left out "flushing the toilet during a phone interview" |
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Tue Sep-28-10 03:56 PM
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Good thing I wasn't drinking in front of the monitor!
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:17 PM
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| 2. Every job I've had after my very first was found online. |
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Edited on Tue Sep-28-10 02:19 PM by tridim
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What are Ford Meyer's qualifications? That he's an author?
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| HughBeaumont
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:19 PM
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| 3. Yeah, I don't get that. Where are you supposed to look? |
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Do they think this is still the late 80s/90s? You don't cold call or go directly to the company anymore.
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:22 PM
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| 5. Me too... and it was a craigslist job posting! best job ever, too. N/T |
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:59 PM
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| 9. Mine too. Do I want to work for an employer who can't post a job online? |
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:19 PM
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| 4. #11 - Wasting time reading Top Ten lists |
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:32 PM
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| 6. it is self serving -- the writer is a head hunter |
| Bonhomme Richard
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:35 PM
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| 7. My son found his Apple job online and now....... |
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Tue Sep-28-10 02:58 PM
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| 8. I found my current job online. |
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Best job ever. Great bennies, awesome workplace, fantastic people...and it's in politics. People laugh when I say I responded to a Craigslist post while looking for freelance work; I worked freelance for a couple of months before being hired full time.
The story is largely bullshit. ANY way you are able to land a job is a good way.
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Tue Sep-28-10 03:48 PM
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| 10. Most companies now a days will not accept an application |
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unless it is done on line...some don't even have hard copy apps...
This guy wants the unemployed to hoof the pavement like the olden days...you'll get no where that way...I tried it, because I was getting antsy sitting around and waiting for someone to call on just one of my applications...every, single place I stopped said no...apply on line - that hiring was done through corporate or "the service" and they couldn't help me...
This person knows nothing...
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