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Raise Your Career Metabolism, Bring Your A+ Game and Develop More Magnetism

Today is Job Action Day 2011, sponsored by Quintessential Careers and this is my second year as one of the participating blogs that was chosen to participate. Here is the full list of participating blogs for 2011! Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 2.7 million jobs remained unfilled in the U.S. in August 2011, [...]

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Job-Seekers Urged to “Skill Up, Start Up, and Speak Up” for 4th Annual Job Action Day

Job-Seekers Urged to “Skill Up, Start Up, and Speak Up” for 4th Annual Job Action Day

A coalition of bloggers, authors, and career experts will on Monday, Nov. 7, offer job-seekers empowering articles, tips, and blog posts with information, ideas, and concrete steps that they can take to secure their futures — both in the short-term and in the long-term. The initiative is part of the fourth annual Job Action Day, [...]

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Generation Y, Welcome to The Workforce!

This article was written by me for Tweet My Jobs and originally posted on their bog Eyeoftheintern.com! I’m a Baby Boomer who has ignored the glass ceiling, age bias and has become an active, current example that “Women are The New Power Demo”.  I am unfortunately not the majority of Boomer womenpreneurs. In fact, Millennial women, [...]

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I wrote this article especially for Internships.com posted on 9/16. I am one of the biggest fans of and work regularly with Gen Y. I love your spunk, spirit, capabilities and point of view. You have taught me so much and are changing and impacting so many aspects of marketing, business and consumerism. You are [...]

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Women Can Tap Into Their Power to Drive the Economy!

As a woman in the business world for many years, I can appreciate the moment that we have right now! I wrote an article for Smallbiztrends.com, Women Are the New Power Demo, that backs up all the stats on the position and power women have and are starting to leverage. The Kauffman Foundation also just [...]

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5 Parts to a Great Cover Letter

This article was originally posted on Careerealism.com by Debra Wheatman, president of Careers Done Write, is globally recognized as an expert in advanced career search techniques. Every resume should be accompanied by a cover letter with five parts. In this article I am going to demonstrate the mechanics of a well written cover letter. I [...]

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