Career Attraction http://www.careerattraction.com Start Attracting Opportunities Instead of Chasing Jobs Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:11:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The LinkedIn Job Seeker Connections Dilemma: Quantity or Quality? In all my speaking, training and coaching, this has to be the most popular question when talking about LinkedIn. To link or not to link…should a job seeker go after a high quantity of connections or focus more on the quality of connections? My answer – in short – ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/quantity-or-quality/ Connecting with the Hiring Manager – No Recruiters, HR or Gate Keepers LinkedIn is, without a doubt, one of the greatest tools for job seekers in finding potential employers. But, if you view it as your primary way of connecting with potential contacts versus a robust resource for information, you could be making your search more difficult than it needs to ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/connecting-with-the-hiring-manager/ What Worked Last Year… There's a reason I picked a pager as the picture for this post.

The job search landscape has changed in a rapid and pronounced way in the past few years. As I look forward into 2012 and think of where I'd give advice to anyone entering this job market ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/what-worked-last-year/ How to Flawlessly Capture the “Right Details” on Your Resume You know that we stress the importance of including detailed descriptions of your previous professional accomplishments in your resume. While this is a simple idea, understanding how to execute it effectively trips up a lot of people as they write their documents. With that in mind, let’s play a ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/how-to-flawlessly-capture-the-right-details-on-your-resume/ The Best of Career Attraction 2011 It's been a pretty busy year for us all and we've covered a lot of ground. With more than  187,000 visits to Careeer Attraction this past year, we had a few posts that got some attention... In case you missed them, here are the top 10:

#10 - 3 Tips ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/the-best-of-career-attraction-2011/ 3 Tips to Put Job Search Rejection into Perspective Don’t think this is a “lemons into lemonade” blog about rejection. It’s the furthest thing from it. Let me start by telling you what you already know: It sucks. Rejection in the interview process, be it the first or final, is the ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/putting-job-search-rejection-into-perspective/ Best Job Interview Tips and Advice #4 – Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, co-authors: Be Your Own Best Publicist Pulled from the FREE e-book "70+ Tips to Perfect the Interview," today's advice comes from Jessica Kleiman and Meryl Weinsaft Cooper, co-authors, Be Your Own Best Publicist.

Be a know-it-all (in a good way): What we mean by this is to do your research before walking into any ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/best-job-interview-tips-and-advice-4-jessica-kleiman-and-meryl-weinsaft-cooper-co-authors-be-your-own-best-publicist/ The Biggest Mistake in the Job Interview I've often said that you have to sell yourself during a job interview. The hiring manager is the customer, and you are the "product." That's a fairly simple concept. But it's incomplete.

Imagine that Joe is a salesperson at the local Toyota dealer. The Toyota Tundra has just ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/biggest-job-interview-mistake/ How do I grow and cultivate a real network? Kevin,

In one of your webinars, you mentioned two types of networks: real and "acquaintance" (or something like that). I would like to know how to cultivate a real network. I don't really think that I am relationship challenged. It is just the nature of my personality to be calm, ...

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]]> http://www.careerattraction.com/grow-my-network/ Best Job Interview Tips and Advice #2 – Mark Babbitt, YouTern Pulled from the FREE e-book "70+ Tips to Perfect the Interview," today's advice comes from my friend, Mark Babbitt, CEO and Founder of YouTern.

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