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Successfully Honing Your Job Search Skills
Okay, you’ve been out of work for months, your resources are running out, and you need to find something soon or that long held dream of living on the street may become a reality. Obviously, the approach you’ve been using hasn’t worked. So what can you do to change your luck and convince an employer [...]
Get a Job: The Do’s and Don’ts of Calling to Check the Status of Your Application
Have you recently applied for many jobs online or in person? Have you received any calls about a job interview? If not, you may want to jump on the telephone and figure out why. Calling to check the status of your job application is a decision that many job seekers make. Before you take this [...]
Top 10 Places to Find Job Listings
Finding it difficult to get the perfect job you have been looking for? Confused with the numerous advertisements and job search engines available online? Worry no more. We have compiled here the top ten places to find job listings. Just keep in mind that these rankings are approximate figures and keep fluctuating with time. The [...]
Starting Over at Fifty Doesn’t Have to Be This Scary
At 50 years, I am starting over on a new career path. It’s not too late. Not at all. You see, fearlessness is a perspective that the young do not have a monopoly on. The “No Fear” decal that appeared on back windows of trucks a few years back, I shrugged off… until now. “No [...]
Careers After 50 – Make Your Age Related Advantages Work For You!
Finding that right career after 50 may be a struggle but studies have shown that job hunters age 50 and older have found new careers and jobs in record numbers. In fact it is the only age group showing gains in employment. Changing careers after 50 can bring to the job hunting process a whole new [...]
Job Hunting After 50 – Move Ahead of the Kids!
Job hunting after 50-move ahead of the kids and get you job hunting effort back on track. Job hunting after 50 is no picnic. Either you’re unemployed or your current job is on the brink of ending. You’ve built what you think is a great resume. After sending out a number of resume application packages [...]
Tips for the Executive Interview: Intensity Versus Energy
This situation could apply to you. You have been in the job hunt for several months. Connecting with recruiters and potential employers has been very time-consuming. You have managed to land interviews with both recruiters and employers and have not come away as a finalist, much less a job. No one has bothered to give [...]
A Telephone Script For Contacting Potential Employers
Below is a telephone script you can use to follow up the emailed resume’s or web applications you’ve submitted. This is not exact, but it’s a start. As you use it, edit it so you’re more comfortable with it. After a while you’ll have the script memorized and it will come easy. Also, feel free [...]
Find a Great Job Without Going to College
You have probably been told the only way to get a good job is to go to college, or to at least an online college. That’s fine for some people but not everybody is cut out for college. That’s fine for some people but not everybody is cut out for college. Some people are more about [...]
Baby Boomers Going Green With Their Careers
If you’re a baby boomer considering an “encore” career that allows you to give back to the community, you might consider returning to school for an environmental degree. Many adults are participating in college and university studies these days, and many baby boomers are reportedly changing careers or even coming out of retirement to take [...]


