LinkedIn’s Most Overused Resume Cliches
LinkedIn’s most overused resume terms include “team player,” “motivated” and “dynamic.”
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Networking from Hundreds of Miles Away
If you’re planning to relocate to another city, your jobs search complexity increases by a factor of five: distance, time, cost, market intelligence and the challenge of building a network long distance.
Must-Join LinkedIn Groups
This is a re-post of an article from Career Rocketeer, by Chris Perry.
One feature you job seekers may not know about or have fully explored is LinkedIn Groups. LinkedIn Groups are free to join, and you can choose to join up to 50 groups from a list of thousands of user-created groups for literally just about anything.
Turnover Presents Opportunities
Turnover presents different challenges in your job search – the jobs don’t always hit the street in public postings. These jobs are the classic “hidden job market.”
Avoid these Mistakes on LinkedIn
By now, you know that LinkedIn is a great resource for professionals in a job search. It’s a great way to enhance your in-person networking. Like in-person networking, there are right and wrong moves you can make that will affect your outcomes. Here are some mistakes users make on LinkedIn and other social networking sites.
Are You Linked In?
By now, you know that LinkedIn is a great resource for professionals in a job search. It’s a great way to enhance your in-person networking. One of the weaknesses of personal networking is that you meet only the person you meet. You might get to chat with him or her for a few minutes at a professional or social event; you might even, in that short time, get to know what he does or where she works. What you don’t get to know (much) about is who she knows. Each of us is valuable as a contact, but it’s our network of contacts that really adds value when people meet us.
Social Media and Your Job Search Part 2
To Facebook or not to Facebook? That is the question. How does social networking fit into your regular networking – and how is it different?
We asked these questions of John Burton, manager of customized training for ICATT and presenter at WorkSource’s workshops on social networking.
Social Media and Your Job Search Part 1
To Facebook or not to Facebook? That is the question. How does social networking fit into your regular networking – and how is it different?
If you’re not on social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, you’re missing a lot.
Your Work, Your Way 