Career Marketplace Blog

In this article for the Huffington Post, Carolyn Thompson explains how colleges are helping students clean up for their Social Media image prior to their job search.

Read an excerpt of Thompson’s article, Google Yourself: Colleges Help Students Scrub Online Footprints, below. Read Full Article

Samantha Grossman wasn’t always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name.

“It wasn’t anything too horrible,” she said. “I just have a common name. There would be pictures, college partying pictures, that weren’t of me, things I wouldn’t want associated with me.”

So before she graduated from Syracuse University last spring, the school provided her with a tool that allowed her to put her best Web foot forward. Now when people Google her, they go straight to a positive image – professional photo, cum laude degree and credentials – that she credits with helping her land a digital advertising job in New York.

“I wanted to make sure people would find the actual me and not these other people,” she said.

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In this article from Forbes.com, learn the “4 Essential Questions to Ask At The End of a Job Interview“.

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“I am always surprised how some interviewees tend to trail off towards the end of an interview instead of finishing strong and leaving a lasting impression,” says Zachary Rose, CEO and founder of Green Education Services, a green jobs training firm in New York City. Whether you’re a senior preparing for campus recruiting or a recent graduate still hunting for a job, here are the top questions experts recommend asking at the end of a job interview to leave a great final impression on hiring managers and establish yourself as a top candidate.

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In this article from Mashable, Brie Weiler Reynolds describes “5 Common Job Interview Mistakes to Avoid“.

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In a time when job seekers can send literally hundreds of applications without hearing back from employers, the invitation to a job interview can feel like winning the lottery. The odds are long, the chosen ones few. Once you’ve been invited to come face to face with your potential employer, you don’t want to mess things up by committing a common, easy-to-avoid job interview mistake. Here are five common job interview mistakes, and how to avoid them.

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In this article from LiveCareer, find out How to Evaluate Good and Bad Career Advice

Read an excerpt from this article below.

We’ve discussed before how using your dating skills can help you find a job. But career advice is like romantic advice in some other ways as well. We often need it, sometimes we ask for it and everyone seems to love giving it whether they’ve been asked or not. Without it, we would face an uncharted world alone and we’d be constantly reinventing wheels and working to solve problems that we could easily overcome if we just tuned into the wisdom and life experience of those around us.

But sometimes advice can lead us astray, and sometimes it’s delivered by people who don’t have our best interests in mind. Here at LiveCareer, we’ve seen and heard plenty of both good and bad advice. Here’s what we’ve learned.

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In this clip from the classic comedy series, Seinfeld, George quits his job and wonders what he should do next.

Seinfeld – George Costanza ponders about potential jobs

In this article for U.S. News and World Report’s Blog,On Careers, Alison Green explains, 6 Red Flags Employers See In Your Job History.

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Long before you get to a job interview, hiring managers are forming opinions about you based on your resume and your job history. Here are six of the most common red flags they look for.

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In this article for The Wall Street Journal’s,Ask At Work, Elizabeth Garone answers the question, Is it better to send thank-you notes by mail or e-mail?

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Q: The last time I was looking for work, everything was still done by mail. I’m not sure about today’s etiquette. Should my post-interview thank-you notes be sent by mail or email?

 - New York, N.Y.

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In this article for The Wall Street Journal’s blog, On the Job, Ruth Mantell explains, How in-person contact can win you the job you want.

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Conventional wisdom says that meeting people in person is important for career advancement.

Making a positive impression could move your resume higher in a pile, or lead to a referral when an opportunity arises. But few workers focus the majority of their job-search efforts offline by networking in person, according to data released this week.

Fewer than one in 10 workers conduct their job search mainly through meeting people in real life and talking on the phone, among other offline activities. That finding is based on survey results from more than 5,200 job seekers, age 18 to 67, published by Millennial Branding, a Boston-based consultancy, and Beyond.com, a career networking site.

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In this article for LifeHacker, Amy Gallo explains, Should You Accept the Job Offer or Walk Away?

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The hiring manager calls with great news: the job is yours. Phew, the hard part is over, right? Maybe not. Determining whether to take a job offer can—and should—be a difficult decision. In a bad economy or if you’re eager to get out of your current job, it can be tempting to accept any offer. But before you take on a job, you need to evaluate the situation carefully.

What the Experts Say

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In this article for The Undercover Recruiter, Gavin Lister explains, How to Take Your Resume from Bland to Bold.

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Following on from my last post  about 30-second resume screenings, I am going to give some ideas about how you can use the first few lines of the profile section of your résumé to grab and hold the reader’s attention. Of course, there is no single perfect approach and almost every résumé can benefit from further ‘word smithing’.

These are examples based on real documents of some of my clients and are used with their permission. They have received positive feedback from recruiters and potential employers, and helped the job seeker to get noticed in a competitive market. Some details have been omitted or made generic for privacy reasons.

Example 1

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