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“This job was made for me and I didn’t get a call”

By Dominique

I often hear from frustrated folk, some whom have even had professional resumes written for them and yet they continue to be passed up for interviews…… what is that about?
Well, often I will review those resumes and I always also ask to see the job posting for which the resume was sent.
The answer is often [...]

Critical Elements to Highly Successful Networking and Job Search (Taking Care of Business Part II)

By Dominique

Taking Care of Business, Part II
 
In Part One of Taking Care of Business, we talked about the critical elements of a resume which are getting job seekers interviewed sooner than their competition. If you missed that article, see below. Today we are going to talk about the second element I see garnering quicker results for job [...]

Concerned about being Laid Off? Make sure you are “Taking Care of Business”

By Dominique

Concerned about being laid off? Make sure you are “Taking care of Business”
 
In today’s economy I am hearing from many who have lost their jobs, both with notice and without notice.
 
It is never a comfortable situation to be in, for sure. We’ve lived it within our own family this year, and can happily report [...]


Post Questions here

By Dominique

If you have a question that is unrelated to my current discussions, you can reply to this post and post your question here.

English as a Second Language in Interviews

By Dominique

Tran wrote this question,
Hi Dominique,
I have a question. You may still remembering me about I got laid off nearly 7 months now after 18 ½ years worked at LexisNexis as a Data Analyst position. For past few months, I got a hand full of face to face interviews, and few phone interviews,

How to turn down a job offer

By Dominique

Turning down a job offer, in this market…?!  Yup…. if you’re Dave and have 3 of them……
Dave wrote….
Ok, so I’m unusually lucky and have three good offers. What’s the best way to turn someone down without burning a bridge? Sweet but brief email, phone call, phone call followed up with an email, request a meeting [...]

Key Words, The more the merrier?

By Dominique

Dan asked the following insightful question regarding key words,
After months of lack of success with my resume, I got your book and understand what my resume has been missing…

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