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With careers, listen to your heart

Posted on 21. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

With careers, listen to your heart
Some friends and relatives like to think they know what’s best for your career and will hand out advice freely. “You should be in sales – you’re so outgoing!” Or, “You should get into computers – that’s where everything is headed.”
Well-meaning? Probably. Smart to heed? Probably not.
Even well-meaning friends and [...]

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In the online era, resumes are still an art

Posted on 20. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

In the online era, resumes are still an art
In the game of getting a job, the hunt might begin something like this: Eager applicants reach for that sheet of 24-pound ivory-white resume paper and . .
“No one really wants your paper anymore,” said Mike Worthington, co-founder of Resume Doctor. “The way the ATM has [...]

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Older job hunters in bind

Posted on 18. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Older job hunters in bind
Christina Laurel’s confidence took a hit months after she moved to Rochester in the fall of 2004.
Laurel, 58, couldn’t find a job. She wanted part-time communications-related work, but had no luck, despite networking, resume mailings and job interviews.
It wasn’t until the Brighton resident participated in a program specifically for older job [...]

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Filling the Tech-Talent Pipeline

Posted on 18. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Filling the Tech-Talent Pipeline
The future of information technology in the United States will be determined not just in computer labs, but at kitchen tables and on long car rides. Or anywhere else that grown-ups and teenagers get together to talk. It’s those powerful conversations that just might tip a kid toward or away from a [...]

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The Networking Game

Posted on 18. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

The Networking Game
Jenny Konopasek applied for about 80 jobs during both her senior year at Boston University and in the summer after graduation, but she only received a few cold calls in return.
So how did she land her job as an advertising sales coordinator at Variety magazine?
She networked through the BU alumni network.
A friend of [...]

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The Next 20 Years – After a Layoff

Posted on 17. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

The Next 20 Years – After a Layoff:

Thank you for being such a strong, competent, dedicated, personable employee… Now here’s your Pink Slip!

It used to be that the only way to be let go from a company was to do something detrimental to the organization (or get caught with a lampshade on your head at [...]

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Seniors Search for Welcome Mat

Posted on 16. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Seniors Search for Welcome Mat
f it were left to Alan Greenspan, all Americans might find themselves working as late in life as the tireless 79-year-old chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Though Greenspan might not expect everyone to follow his lead, he did suggest recently that the age of 68 might be more appropriate as [...]

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When a job isn’t what you expected

Posted on 15. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

When a job isn’t what you expected
You’ve been on the job six weeks, and your responsibilities aren’t what the boss said they would be. What should you do?
By all means, speak up. “If you don’t say anything about your frustration with the situation, you’re simply implying your consent,” said Francie Dalton, president of Dalton Alliances, [...]

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Make your resume lean and mean

Posted on 14. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Make your resume lean and mean
Wordy resumes, post-interview etiquette, stressed out workers, and yawning on the job, these are a few of the hot topics around the water cooler this week.
If you’re job hunting, you should make sure your resume doesn’t overwhelm those you’re trying to impress. Think lean and mean, not novel length. And [...]

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Companies recognize graying workers’ golden touch

Posted on 13. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Companies recognize graying workers’ golden touch
“We don’t want that experience walking out the door,” says a research director. The Dallas Morning News Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corp. says it hires older workers because they know how to relate to customers, have a strong work ethic and are role models for younger employees.
The 63-year-old engineer is [...]

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Achieving success doesn’t always mean climbing the career ladder

Posted on 13. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Achieving success doesn’t always mean climbing the career ladder
In the workplace, we often believe only those who move up the job ladder are successful. But that’s a misnomer, because some of the happiest, most valuable workers have been in the same job for years. In decades past, it was common for an employee to work [...]

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Internet’s changing recruiting practices

Posted on 12. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

Internet’s changing recruiting practices
It’s a radical concept, but it’s fast gaining credence: Resumes aren’t very useful. Sure, it’s nice to have a person’s life on one piece of paper, but how do you tell 10 Ivy League graduates with 10 years’ experience apart? How do you know if they really are all Ivy graduates?
Research has [...]

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The Many Challenges Of Hiring A Friend

Posted on 11. Nov, 2005 by Bill.

The Many Challenges Of Hiring A Friend
Heidi Flammang knows the best and the worst about hiring friends.
The worst happened a few years ago, when a close friend whom Flammang had hired to help with her fledgling business and whom she trusted “inherently with my life and livelihood” turned out to be a thief.
Eventually she [...]

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