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In Search of the Right Job

Posted by Natalie Joan on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, In : Job Search 

Guest Post from CareerAlley

"Stick to the knitting - stay with the business that you know." - Tom Peters and Robert Waterman

Career paths do not always lead us to exactly where we want to go. Many of us take small detours (intended or not) and later in life very often wind up in a career that is very different from what we set out to do.

Early in my career I opted to take a huge detour, which was more like an off ramp. Thinking that I always wanted to be a programmer (my education is Acco...

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4 Ways to Launch A Successful Job Search Campaign

Posted by Natalie MacLellan on Monday, March 15, 2010, In : Job Search 
Guest post by: Jessica Holbrook

After countless hours of tweaking your resume or finally deciding to have a professional write it for you, you now have your masterpiece in hand. With renewed confidence you’re ready to step out in faith and start your job search. But where do you start? The following four strategies will help you successfully start your job search campaign with your new resume.

Post your resume on job boards


The first place to start is to take your resume and post it to the ma...

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The 7 Deadly Sins of the Job Search - Gluttony: Are Your Job Search Techniques Excessive?

Posted by Natalie Joan on Monday, November 23, 2009, In : Job Search 
Guest Post by Nicole Dukehart

Are you a person that thinks with regards to your job search, “more is better”?   Have you posted your resume to every job board, applied to every job on multiple company websites, and are working with multiple recruiters regarding various opportunities?  Are you finding that you aren’t getting any interviews, or if you are, not for the opportunities you want?

THE AWFUL TRUTH is, more is not better; more is just more.  Don’t share your resume with everyone...

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Career Blog Carnival

Posted by Natalie Joan on Monday, August 17, 2009, In : Job Search 
I'm always looking for new career and job search resources - for my own education and to share with you. I'm excited to have discovered the Career Blog Carnival.

If you aren't familiar with them, a blog carnival is essentially a blog magazine, published weekly or monthly, focusing on a particular topic - in this case, career development. So read and enjoy résumé, career and job search tips from some of the top bloggers on the subject.

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Hope for Canadian workers, unemployed and students in the 2009 budget

Posted by Natalie Joan on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, In : Job Search 
Whatever else I may have thought about yesterday's budget announcement, I can't deny there's a lot of good news there for Canadian workers looking for retaining.

For the unemployed, $1 billion dollars will go toward training delivered through the Employment Insurance program (current budget is $1.95 billion). This means 100,000 more Canadians will be able to receive training in the next two years.
On top of that, a further $500 million will be allocated for those needed long-term retraining, ...

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The effect of the economic crisis on graduates' job prospects

Posted by Natalie Joan on Monday, January 19, 2009, In : Job Search 
Interesting article in today's Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090117.wlivestudents0119/BNStory/specialComment/home

Is the current economic situation affecting your job search?

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About Me


Natalie Joan I am a writer, editor and adult education professional living in Halifax NS. I write and edit resumés, and offer workshops on resumé writing, job hunting, and interviewing. This blog is a place for me to post my favourite resumé tips, answer common questions, and occasionally rant about my pet peeves.

  

   


 
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