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- Three Ways to Stand Out With Employers
- Do you consider that post-interview thank-you note to potential employers a dull formality? In this competitive job market, it's high time you got over it. With multiple job seekers clamoring for every executive position, you only have a few opportunities to distinguish yourself, and the right follow-up...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- The Real Gender Gap Is in Your Network
- What blocks women from equal representation in senior management? Recent research suggests that the barrier is less a glass ceiling than a moat around certain networking opportunities. Despite decades of law and corporate policy, women are still underrepresented in senior positions compared with their male colleagues. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Three Ways to Secure Your Job Search from Identity Theft
- No two ways about it: You've got to put yourself out there to get a job. But in this era of electronic data breaches and identity theft, how secure is the information you're providing potential employers on your resume and other documents? In an article for TheLadders...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Seven Inappropriate Interview Questions
- Employment discrimination is a wily and elusive challenge for employers and job seekers alike. As long as people judge others based on their age, gender, ethnicity or other factors, job candidates are at risk of encountering discrimination. And as long as job interviews involve actual human contact,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Volunteer Your Way to Full-Time Employment
- Can you do well by doing good? Volunteering for causes can be a great way to engage with your community and help others. It can also be a great way to fill out your resume, build your network -- and even land full-time employment. As the New...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Eight Phrases to Avoid in Resumes
- "Just Do It." "Think Different." "So easy, a caveman can do it." Powerful advertising slogans choose the right words to differentiate their brands; the message is the product. A job seeker's resume is a flagship advertisement in his personal-branding campaign, and weak, hackneyed terms can sink it...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Interview Stage Fright? Ask an Actor
- To paraphrase Shakespeare, the job search is a stage, and candidates are players. Every interview is a command performance, and stage fright can strike just as hard in an employer's office as it does on stage. So what can theater pros teach job applicants about beating jitters...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Resume Technique: Four Rules for Listing Short-Term Jobs
- If you've been in the modern workforce a while, chances are good you've changed companies a few times in your career. Furthermore, some of those stints may have been short ones, for a variety of reasons: You found a better opportunity, the fit wasn't right or your new employer suffered...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Resume Claims That Can Kill Your Chances
- Your resume is an advertisement for your own career. And like any other ad, you want it to cast you in the best possible light. But when does pushing your personal brand enter dangerous territory? What sorts of claims risk your integrity, and what sorts of details are potential employers...
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- Rise in Recruiters Hints at Hiring Surge
- Who'll hire the hirers? This variation on Plato is a question job seekers may want to keep in mind as they look for signs of a resurgence in the U.S. employment market; after all, the recession that wiped out so many other jobs also decimated the ranks...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Background Checks: Who's Got the Dirt on You?
- Interviewing for a new position is daunting enough in the best of circumstances. Anybody who's been employed for a few years has experienced highs and lows; it takes presence of mind to give honest answers that celebrate the former while acknowledging the latter. But what if you...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- When a Two-Income Family Loses Both
- Enduring one layoff is hard enough -- not just on the employee who's lost her livelihood but on the household that has make ends meet and do without. So how about a family that suffers two layoffs in quick succession? How does a couple make the adjustment...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Resume Lies: How They'll Catch Up With You
- Last week, I discussed some recent coverage Lisa Vaas has done for TheLadders on precisely how fibbing on resumes and in interviews can catch up with job seekers. The line between self-promotion and outright deception can sometimes get cloudy, especially when you're hungry for employment. But remember that HR departments...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- How Far Can Your Resume Stretch the Truth?
- In a BNET1 post, Jessica Stillman reviews five lies the Huffington Post's Nicole Williams judges acceptable in the workplace and the job search, including your worth, experience and health. But exercise caution, especially when committing yourself in a written resume during a senior-level job search. As Lisa...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Turn Firefox Into a Job-Search Machine
- We've been doing a lot of work at TheLadders on making the most of social-networking sites on your job search, from Facebook to LinkedIn to Twitter. We've also offered tips on tidying up your Web trail before recruiters and employers come looking. Now it turns out that...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Speed up That Elevator Pitch
- We've all heard of an "elevator pitch": a 30- to 60-second sales presentation timed to fit a hypothetical elevator ride with a person you want to influence. Update: Either elevators have gotten faster or attention spans have grown shorter. Whatever the cause, you should count on even...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Managing Your Career When a Layoff Looms
- It's stressful enough to work for a company that's going through tough times, let alone to look for a new job after a layoff. So how about searching for a job when your current company has told you your tenure is ending? TheLadders recently talked to a...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Five Ways to Avoid Disclosing Your Age in an Interview
- Judging by the questions we receive from the senior job seekers who read our content, age discrimination is top of mind for most candidates north of 40. Recently, we took their questions head on with a package titled "‘How Old Are You?’: Readers Tell Job Interview Tales." ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
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- Keeping Pace After a Layoff
- When it comes to recovering from a layoff, keeping your rhythm steady is key. The disruption of daily routine can impede your next step: the job search. Job hunt experts at TheLadders offer three tips for establishing a rhythm and sticking with it. by Matthew Rothenberg, The Ladders
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Three Routes out of the U.S. Automotive Pileup
- GM's bankruptcy filing this week put a punctuation mark on the woes of the U.S. automotive industry. As an emblem of American manufacturing, the automobile is a powerful symbol, and the collapse of one of its giants strikes a melancholy chord in the ballad of the current recession. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
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