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Job Hunting Guide: 5 Personal Branding Tips

Expert Hints, Strategies and Advice For Getting Hired

By: Scott Steinberg

March 27, 2012

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Personal branding is essential for anyone looking to get hired.

The Job Hunter's Guide to Personal Branding

Is it Ever OK to Lie on Your Resume?

It’s a big risk if you lie on your resume. Is it worth it?

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

March 20, 2012

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Is it a good idea to lie on your resume?

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From a little white lie to whoppers that will get you fired in an instant, it's apparently common to lie on your resume. Should you do it?

If you choose to lie on your resume, you run the risk of losing everything.

How Placement and Employment Agencies Work

Six types of employment and placement agencies and how to work with them.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

March 16, 2012

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Filling out forms at a placement agency is part of the process.

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Sometimes you'll be applying to an employment or placement agency, so you need to understand how they work and what different types of recruiting companies do.

Types of employment agencies, staffing companies, contract agencies and temp services.

9 LinkedIn Mistakes that Hurt Your Job Search

Tips for keeping your LinkedIn profile from sabotaging your job search.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

January 30, 2012

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Here are nine common mistakes you may be making with your LinkedIn profile that could be working against you.

You may be making these nine mistakes on your LinkedIn profile, and it could be hurting your job search.

10 Deadly Mistakes that Kill Your Job Search

If your job search is gathering dust, you might have fallen into one of these common mistakes.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

January 16, 2012

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If your job search has started to gather dust and cobwebs, it's time to see if you might be making any of these common job search mistakes.

You may be at fault if you make any of these ten deadly job search mistakes.

The Magical Secret of Resume Keywords

10 ways to put the right keywords into your resume so it will rise to the top of the stack.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

January 12, 2012

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If you want a company's computer system to find your resume for that job, you need to include the keywords they'll be looking for.

Using the right keywords in your resume and cover letter will mean the computer ATS and recruiters will find your resume in the pile.

The Best of 2011: Top 10 Career Blogs Worth Reading Again

Miss these career and job search success tips the first time around? Here's a second chance.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

December 29, 2011

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Recapping the best career advice blogs from 2011.

If you missed these job search and career tips and secrets the first time around, here's your second chance.

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Use the Holidays to Jumpstart Your Job Search

7 important things you can do now to prepare to launch your job search in January.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

December 15, 2011

If a new job, or a newly energized job search, is your New Year's resolution, here are seven easy things you can do today to get ahead of the competition in January.

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Resume Cover Letter Makeover, Scarecrow Style

Are you using too many big words and long sentences in your resume cover notes?

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

December 12, 2011

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Does your resume cover letter sounds like something the Scarecrow spouted off when he got his brains? Here's how to fix it.

How to turn a confusing resume cover letter into a friendly cover note that gets your resume read and wins you the interview.

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Interview Preparation Is What Separates the Hired from the Hired-Nots

It's what you do before you get to the interview that makes all the difference.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

November 23, 2011

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The difference between the person who gets hired and the one who wonders why they didn't get the job usually comes down to preparation. Here's how to prepare for a winning job interview.