Publisher’s Blog

The use of job boards to perpetrate fraud on unsuspecting job seekers is growing at an alarming rate. There are many domestic and international predators looking to relieve you of your money or personal information.

Most are out of reach of law enforcement.  Many, if not most, are international. Even if the US law enforcement would get involved the likelihood of convictions is very small. (more…)

We all get job search burnout.  Some get it more than once. Let’s take a look at some of the things that push us there:

• “Not interested in older workers.”
• Don’t even get a chance to interview.
• Interviews don’t go well.
• and many more

Yes, they are all valid for some situations. But what are we going to do? I’ll tell you what most normal people do.  They:

• Practice the art of inaction,
• Are not aggressive,
• Act defeated in their presentation to a prospective employer,
• Are not interested in suggestions from others (If this is you then stop reading now),
• Keep doing what hasn’t worked yet, or they
• Come to the point in a job search that they’ll take anything.

Do you see yourself in there? Can you add more to the list? Let’s relate all of these to the word “If” and test yourself to see if you have these of any other If”s.

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