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Social recruiting is the main way employers recruit now. They use social media to find candidates qualified for their job opportunities. Learn how to meet that challenge and leverage social media to succeed in this post by Susan P. Joyce, Job-Hunt's Online Job Search Expert shares the secret in this article from Job-Hunt's Guide to Social Media and Job Search.
Leverage LinkedIn's 500 million member database by reaching out to recruiters who might be interested in someone like you. You can find recruiters working for your target employers as well as your field. LinkedIn Expert Laura Smith-Proulx lays it all out, including a sample InMail/email to send, part of Job-Hunt's Guide to LinkedIn for Job Search.
This article by recruiter Jeff Lipschultz, Job-Hunt's Working with Recruiters Expert, offers concrete steps for helping a recruiter to find you, not the other way around. If you follow the advice in this article, making yourself visble to recruiters and employers in a positive way, your next job may find you. This article is part of Job-Hunt's
Guide to Working with Recruiters.
Introducing Job-Hunt's newest column: Guide to Attorney Job Search, written by attorney and career professional Shauna C. Bryce of BryceLegal.com. A common sentiment among students and junior lawyers is that there is no hope of landing a quality legal job if you’re not in the top twenty-five percent of your law school class. Shauna helps you understand how to handle this issue in this article from Job-Hunt's 
Guide to Attorney Job Search.
Job interviews are easy to underestimate -- it feels like a job offer is "in the bag." It is NOT! Job interviews are very easy to fail. In this article, Job-Hunt editor Susan P. Joyce describes the 10 interview DO's and Do NOT's that are essential for success in your next job interview. This article is from Job-Hunt's Guide to Successful Interviews.
Whether you are in a job search or managing your career, you'll want to grab your free copy of the latest version of Personal Branding Expert Meg Guiseppi's 15 Minute Guide to Smart Personal Branding with LinkedIn. This ebook will help you to use LinkedIn more effectively and also to improve your understanding of personal branding. See Job-Hunt's Guide to Personal Branding for more from Meg.
Today, the fastest and most effective way to find a job is to focus on a list of target employers. In this article, Job-Hunt editor Susan P. Joyce describes how to discover and leverage the online resources available for you to decide what your best employer options are. This article is from Job-Hunt's Guide to Finding Jobs Online Today.
A bad interviewer can cost you a job offer unless you recognize the situation and implement strategies to take some control. In this article, Resumes and Job Interviewing Expert Martin Yate offers 5 strategies for making your qualifications clear, even with a poor interviewer, part of Job-Hunt's Guide to Successful Interviews.
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How to answer the top job interview questions, including the illegal ones, with sample answers included, plus how to follow up effectively after the interview including sample thank you notes.
How to handle the different types of interviews, including telephone and video interviews as well as lunch interviews, plus tips on how to prepare successfully.
Learn how to identify the best keywords for you and use them appropriately in resumes, job applications, and LinkedIn Profile.
Learn how to develop an effective Profile, leverage LinkedIn Groups, plus more tips for advancing your job search and your career using LinkedIn.
Yes, you do have an online reputation! It is impacting your job search and your career. Best to pay attention and manage it yourself.
From the best resume format for you to sample resumes for a range of people (mothers returning to work, laid off, and more), plus cover letters.
These people represent the "buyers" so they are very important to you. Learn how to work with them effectively.
Freelancing or contract jobs can be a temporary gap filler that provides a good income for a set period of time (weeks or months).
Temporary employment can be a short-term fix (days or weeks), paying the bills while you fill an employment gap.
Building your personal brand is critical to a successful job search today. Learn how it works.
Start here to decide your next career, and move forward to make that change happen.
For veterans and those in transition, learn how to successfully execute a civilian job search. Adapt and overcome!
How to use USAJOBS.gov most effectively, avoiding mistakes, and creating a resume that works in this job market.
Losing a job can be a big blow to your pride and confidence as well as your bank account. Here's how to overcome.
Regardless of why you are unemployed, being unemployed can make your job search a bit more challenging. These tips will help you regain that regular paycheck.
If you are currently employed, your smartest strategy is to conduct a "stealth job search" so you don't lose the job you've got.
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Meg Guiseppi, Personal Branding Expert
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Who understands how to give smart answers to job interview questions better than a recruiter? Nobody! So, recruiter Jeff Lipschultz, Job-Hunt's Working with Recruiters Expert, offers his wisdom to help you give great answers to 15 of the most commonly asked job interview questions. This article is from Job-Hunt's 
The scammers are endlessly creative, so this is not every scam, by any means, but be wary because the cost to you can be very high if you fall for one of these scams. Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce describes 5 frequently seen job scams. For more information about avoiding job scams, check out Job-Hunt's 
To avoid invisibility, the "right keywords" (for you, your target job, and your target career) must be included in the "right places" (LinkedIn Professional Headline, LinkedIn Summary, etc.), according to Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce. Those keywords are, literally, the key to being found by recruiters and employers looking for you or someone like you. This article is part of Job-Hunt's 
Your ranking will drop slightly in LinkedIn search results without a "current position" -- your findability among competing candidates (based on the keywords you’ve added) will slow somewhat, with your Profile shown several pages lower than what it would have been. LinkedIn Expert Laura Smith-Proulx offers solid advice for handling the situation. For more about using LinkedIn for job search, see Job-Hunt's 
Recent surveys by both CareerBuilder and Accountemps have indicated that an emailed thank you note is acceptable to most employers in the USA, except the most conservative. Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce provides a sample email template that you can modify for your own use. For more sample interview thank you notes, check out Job-Hunt's 
Employers usually have several candidates for every job, and they aren't interested in a candidate who isn't really interested in them or the opportunity. Typically, a job seeker with no questions is assumed to be either not really interested or not very bright. Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce offers 45 good questions to ask. Choose the best for your situation. This article is part of Job-Hunt's