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CareersDiva

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A blog of career and job hunting advice, as well as random job search musings from a career development instructor.

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  • Do jobs have shelf lives?

    Posted on Sunday June 22nd, 2008 at 23:51

    I once had an interview with a manager who said he wasn’t concerned about why I left my previous job, which I had been at for about two and a half years because he believed jobs had shelf lives, and that was the life span of most writing jobs i...

  • Self-marketing, what does that mean?

    Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 01:59 in

    My experience with marketing and public relations officials during my time as a technology journalist provides insights that could prove valuable to job seekers. When I worked as a member of the press covering technology, PR and marketing officials r...

  • Networking, Part 2 - Elevator Pitch for Dating!

    Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 00:38 in , aish.com, career networking, Dating, elevator pitch, friends, mates, Networking

    I’ve always thought that the best way to meet a potential mate was through other people. It just makes sense. Friends can serve as judges and filters of a person’s character, unlike say, an Internet Web site, in which a person can misrep...

  • Networking - Part 1

    Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 16:21 in , career networking, jobs, Networking

    I regularly teach my students the importance of networking, and stress that upwards of 65 percent — depending on the study — of all jobs are obtained through networking. A case of one of my former students really drove that home.My studen...

  • Yana Parker Changed my Life!

    Posted on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at 17:36 in , resumes, targeting

    OK, that’s hyperbole, but Ms. Parker’s ideas, which she published in the Damn Good Resume Guide, changed the way I thought about resumes. That was back in 1990, before the World Wide Web. Ms. Parker posted a Hypercard stack about resume...

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