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5 Cover Letter Mistakes That Won't Get You The Interview

August 06, 2010
Why is it that career seekers spend numerous hours creating their resumes and then treat their cover letters like the forgotten stepchild? The cover letter is a critical element to your career search package. This all important document should complement your resume as part of your submission for a new…
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Use Storytelling in Your Resume

January 15, 2010
When you’re applying for jobs, storytelling can catch an employer’s interest. It’s fairly easy to use an anecdote in a cover letter, but it can be trickier to incorporate tales of what you’ve done in your resume. Keep these guidelines in mind when you’re creating a story-based resume: Use an…
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7 Online Job Search Sins

November 12, 2009
While fielding resumes for our womenworking.com internship, we have come across plenty of glaring mistakes. The Internet is an excellent tool for your job search and it can speed up the process, but if you’re not careful it can also slow you down. Finding a job (online or off) is…
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Clear the Mental Clutter

November 11, 2009
Cleaning out your closets or tackling that attic full of boxes is always satisfying, but what about the junk you’re hoarding in your head? When you throw out the physical clutter you clear your mind, but when you throw out the mental clutter you clear your soul. Gail Blanke helps…
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