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Laid-Off or Let Go? Here Are 7 Immediate Steps for Your Career, Finances and Personal Growth

Success

Instead, he spent six more months job hunting. He consistently made it through successive rounds of rigorous interview processes only to receive an email informing him they had gone with another candidate. How do you build an online presence and an effective resume to help you stand out in a competitive job market?

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How to Stay Motivated While Job Hunting During the Holidays This Year

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On your résumé and during interviews, highlight transferable skills that will help you add value to an employer with potentially changing business objectives. For example, a degree in accounting (aka your “financial acumen”) makes you a valuable asset to any company’s finance department. See chaos as a ladder.

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Survey Shows Younger Workers Most Comfortable Job Hunting While Employed

Office Dynamics

July 25, 2013 / PRNewswire / -- They say the best time to look for a job is when you already have one. Nearly three-quarters ( 73 percent ) of workers interviewed by Accountemps indicated they would not have a problem looking for new employment before leaving their current firm. MENLO PARK, Calif., Focus on the details.

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5 Expert Tips To Make A Successful Early Career Pivot

Allwork

“The researchers ran an experiment using data from 20 million LinkedIn profiles, and it showed just how much we rely on weak ties — meaning people we only know slightly — to land new jobs. Their study showed that it’s often our casual acquaintances, rather than our closest friends, who turn out to be our most useful connections in job hunts.

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7 Unexpected Ways Your Finances Matter When Job Hunting And Working

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Have money for job hunting and working. Whenever you interview for a job, there’s at least 2-3 interviews if not more. Now you know why it's always important to pay yourself first! :) Happy job hunting and working! Sometimes you have to spend money to make money.

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Answering Reader Mail: Transitioning to a Hollywood EA

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You’re most likely going to get a lot of interviews for the business side of the entertainment industry as you try to switch fields - CFO’s EA at a major entertainment company, production/film companies that are just starting out and need funding, or internet start ups. It’s all about numbers which are pretty clear cut.

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My Boss Has Been Fired. Now what?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Ultimately, I don’t know enough of your situation (finances, single/married, kids, unemployment percentage wherever you live, your age, your education/skill set) to give you definitive advice. And this comes into play when you are on interviews and tell your story about your career path and this specific job.