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Two years ago while applying for jobs, I spent hours worrying about my resume. Is the wording okay? Do I love the design? Thinking about how to improve my resume kept me up at night because I knew that document was my chance to get noticed for an open position. Recently, as I began my [...]

If your boss was asked to describe your work ethic with one word, what do you think he or she would say? If the answer was “decent,” “adequate,” or simply “good,” – you may have a bigger problem at hand. Being simply there and doing what you’re told at work is no longer sufficient for [...]

Years ago there was a very popular Isuzu commercial that poked great fun at our perception of car salesmen. It started with a very slick looking actor who announces, “The Isuzu Impulse- it’s faster than a speeding bullet!” Below him on the screen letters appear spelling out the phrase, “He’s lying!” A few seconds later [...]

Ed. Note: The last time we heard from journalist, social media strategist, and MJD friend Alexis Grant, she was telling people how to turn their traveling dreams into reality without hurting their careers. Here’s another post of hers, this one about getting lucky, or rather, making your own luck while you’re searching for a job. [...]

Despite LinkedIn, Facebook and other new job hunting forums, at some point in the application process you’ll be asked for a resume or CV (Curriculum Vitae: a summary of your academic and professional history). A good resume can still help you get that all-important interview for an open position. There are many excellent Internet articles [...]

Twitter is like a window into the soul of America. It shows us faster and more accurately what is on our collective minds than any other medium currently in use. So it was only a matter of time, in a bad economy and a worse job market, that Twitter would be flooded with both job [...]

Are you looking for some good blogs to read? Look no further! Our third-annual social media blog contest generated nearly 600 nominations (almost twice as many as last year’s contest). Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement [...]

The man who wrote the book on LinkedIn shares his secrets to becoming an expert social networker. David Gowel has made many career transitions:from civilian to military, from military to academic, and finally from academic to entrepreneurship. Along the way, Gowel used LinkedIn to achieve each step; an experience, he says, that has made him [...]

According to marketer Mark Schaefer, yes. He lists seven reasons why a blog will help you in your job search. Blogging while job-searching will: Show what you’re made of. In any interview, you normally have to try to convince people that you know what you know. Build a professional network. Engag[e] versus advertis[e]. [Serve as [...]

Stop saying you’re innovative—and/or unique! When I read online biographies about communicators, I start banging my head against the wall. Here’s an example: FaBio Madeup is the senior financially concentrated marketing professional assistant to the assistant vice president in the public relations department for Long Name Company Incorporated in Big Town, IL. She also serves [...]