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Monday, June 28 2010 @ 02:03 AM CDT Contributed by: RedShoes Views:: 63
Seems like everywhere I turn these days there is career, interviewing and job search advice. The advice is on tv, in the careers section of local newspapers and everywhere else. Nothing wrong with that. I am just surprised that in an economy as dismal as the one we're in the advice is nothing that would make some job seekers stop and think twice. It is all so basic and sometimes borders on being an insult to the reader's and listener's intelligence. I wonder why the career information is so light on substance when this is a perfect time to offer more meaningful information to so many folks who are out of work and others who are overworked in their jobs making up for too many layoffs, etc.
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Lightweight Career Advice
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Wednesday, July 28 2010 @ 07:32 PM CDT
I think the majority of folks writing these articles are people that have not lived through a recession. I remember the recession in the early eighties. I could not have gotten a job if my last name had been Bush. It was a highly competitive market and frankly, companies were not hiring then just like they are not now. Really, there is no advice that they can give job hunters today that is any different than if there was no recession. It has been an employers market for a while now. There is no big story. Useful skill set, targeted resume, good interview and a lot of patience. Other than that, the best thing in the world is to know somebody or have a last name with a business and family attached.