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20 Habits of Highly Effective Job Seekers in a Down Market
Even in a down market, job seekers and employees are not powerless or without recourse. In fact, you have more control over your career circumstances than you might think. I’ve developed 20 specific strategies and tactics that consistently generate powerful results for job seekers, even when it seems that “no one’s hiring.”
13 Ways to Sabotage Your Job Search

Looking for a new job but having no luck? You may be inadvertently sabotaging your efforts by making easy-to-avoid errors. "It still surprises me that in most cases, people are their own worst enemies when it comes to getting a new job," says Tom Parr, of executive search firm Holland & Associates.  Check out these top ways career experts say job seekers sabotage their efforts. Avoid them, and you'll be on your way to a more successful job search.

Overqualified? The Pros and Cons of Accepting a Job with Less Money or Prestige
The employment market is still extremely tough, even for highly skilled individuals. The level of competition among job seekers has caused many professionals to consider applying for positions for which they may consider themselves overqualified. Sometimes, this approach may seem like the only way to land a job at all.

The Keys to Unlocking Your Most Successful Career
Five Simple But Crucial Lessons Culled from Many Years of Offering Advice to Workers, Bosses and Job SeekersFive Simple But Crucial Lessons Culled from Many Years of Offering Advice to Workers, Bosses and Job Seekers.
Deciphering Job Ad Lingo
Reading and understanding the content of employment ads is an important but often overlooked aspect of the job-seeking process. If you want to stand out among the competition and know which jobs you may be qualified for, it’s essential to understand the subtleties of the employer’s ‘expectations.’ In decoding the nuances of hire-speak, you may find you’re eligible for more jobs than you think. So, how can you interpret job ads to determine what an employer is really looking for in a candidate?
10 Tips to Find Summer Jobs in a Tough Economy
In these tough economic times, how does a teen find a job? Two career coaches who work with teenagers listed these 10 tips to finding hot summer jobs in a down economy.
How to Get a Job After a Year (or More) Out of Work
If you're among those who have been out of work for many months, or a year (or more) here are some strategies for getting back to work now.
How to reenergize your long-suffering job search
While the economy may be slowly recovering, it's still tough to find a job and millions of workers have been unemployed for far longer than they'd like.
Not getting hired? 10 reasons why
Do you lack what employers want? Yes, there are fewer jobs and there is more competition, but are you doing everything you can?  Here are 10 reasons why employers might have passed you by.
Job Search Checklist
Peter Newfield’s Job-Search Checklist is like your job-search “trip planner”. It’s a simple to follow strategy to systematically pursue the job you want.
Boomers Looking for Work
How to turn age (experience) and skills (proven accomplishments) to your advantage in your job search.
The Dirty Dozen Dangerous Online Job Search Assumptions
A dozen false assumptions about the Internet and about job hunting on the Internet that may hurt you. Don't be tricked.
How to Organize Your Job Search
Looking for work can be a full-time job in itself. The longer you look, the harder it is to stay positive and focused. To make it easier, organize your search, make creative use of your time, and network,
network, network!
25 ways to sabotage your job search
Looking for a job is like dating -- sometimes failure is your fault.  A tough job market is more reason to do right on the things you can control.  Burning bridges, a generic cover letter can hurt your job earch.  Don't forget lessons once you land a job -- there may be a next time.  
Job Search Guide for Everyone
Job search is not what it was in the Seventies and Eighties anymore. According to the Department of Labor, the average American will have 3.5 different careers in his lifetime and work for ten employers, keeping each job for only 3.5 years.
Unemployment Is Not A Joke !: How To Find A Job In 30 Days
Identify Your DNA - Dynamic Natural Ability and Discover " How to find your career path in 30 days". This book is designed to put everything that you need at your finger tips when it comes to knowing how and what it takes to create career leverage. This powerful step by step, word for word instructional novel has some amazing stories regarding the impact and influences of a unemployment transitional experiences. This book is the written complilation from The Total Package digital CD/DVD series " Unemployment is not a JOKE". Both of these tools together creates the most effective career transitional coaching and empowerment fomat that exist. If you want to turn what you love to do into money, or land the perfect job, read this book. If you want to get off the sidelines and get back onto the corporate playing field,read this book. Don't let what you don't know cost you your next job or career or business opportunity.
The Job Seeker's Top 10 List
It goes without saying that today's job market is more challenging than it has been for many years. That means you have to work even harder to uncover opportunities and distinguish yourself among a crowded field of applicants. Here are 10 strategies to help you gain an edge in a tough employment market.
Don't Let a High Salary History Derail Your Job Search
When the job market gets tight and lots of employees are sidelined, competition from other job seekers can lead to lower salaries, meaning you may not be able to find a job that pays what you are -- or were -- making. Wages have dropped in many industries, especially those related to financial services, says Josh Warborg, Robert Half International’s district president in Seattle.
MBA Job Search: Unemployed But Unbowed
With the economy in turmoil, many MBA graduates are finding the job search tough going. To give readers some insight into the strategies they’re pursuing and the difficulties they face, BusinessWeek has recruited four out-of-work MBAs to write about their experiences for a new feature called “The Hunt” that will appear periodically on the Getting In blog. Comments, as always, are welcome.
Get The Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring: Take Charge of Your Career, Find a Job You Love, and Earn What You Deserve
InGet the Job You Want,Even When No One-s Hiring,career expert Ford R. Myers maps the new world of job search and reveals essential strategies for your success. You-ll learn how to seize opportunities that aren-t posted yet - how to make yourself an instant asset to potential employers - how to clearly stand-out as the best candidate ... and how to leverage social media, blogs, and other Web tools.
6 Common Job Search Mistakes: Can You Recover?
"When you do make a mistake, don't panic and don't stick your head in the sand," says Steve Davies, founder of PerfectJob Software. "It might be a lost cause, but if you do nothing, it's definitely a lost cause. Some managers will give you high marks if you can recover gracefully from a mistake, because we all make them."


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