Find Your Recruiter and Find Your Job Vol 4

Guest Author: CareerAlley
Website: http://careeralley.com

hubble_in_orbit1All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.” – Daniel Boone

So what does a telescope and Daniel Boone have to do with Recruiters and job search? It’s all about leaving the search to the experts and while you don’t need to be Daniel Boone to find your next job, you should leverage the search experts to help you find your way. Many times (although not always), recruiters have job opportunities that have not been advertised (either in newspapers or on job boards). This is true not only for the high level executive jobs, but for many middle and entry level jobs as well. A recruiter is doing all of the leg work for both you (they’ve sourced the jobs) and the companies they represent (by supplying candidates that they’ve pre-screened). Recruiters should not be your only approach or source of potential jobs, but you should allow some time to leverage recruiters when conducting your search.
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What Matters Now

Guest Author: Emily Bennington is the author of Effective Immediately: How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job. She hosts a popular blog for career newbies at www.professionalstudio365.com and can be found on Twitter @EmilyBennington or via email at ebennington @ msn dot com.

Inspired by Seth Godin’s recent e-book “What Matters Now”, I decided to give the topic some thought myself. What better time to ponder these questions than at the start of a new year, right? If I had been invited to participate in Seth’s book (I wasn’t), I would have written about something that is curiously absent from an otherwise comprehensive list.

Leadership.

Leadership matters.

And let’s be honest, 2009 was not a time of great leadership. So as we turn the page on a new year, here are a few ways to build your own leadership muscle in 2010 and beyond:

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The Top 10 Worst and Most Common Interview Mistakes

Guest Author: Nikki Ruth, CV writer and founder of job interview coaching company My CV and Me. Nikki has over 10 years experience conducting job interview coaching and she is an active blogger.
Website: My CV and Me

A big part of a successful interview is avoiding simple mistakes. Below are some of the worst and most common interview mistakes that even the most intelligent graduates make and how you can avoid them.

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The Seven Deadly Sins of the Job Search – Lusting After the Wrong Job

Guest Author: © Copyright, 2009, Nicole Dukehart. All rights reserved. Used with Permission.
Website: http://thejobawfultruth.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-job-awful-truths-the-7-deadly-sins-of-the-job-search/

Your “dream” job is available, you’ve crafted a fantastic resume, sent it over to the proper contacts and now all that you hear are the crickets chirping! Could it be you are lusting after a a job you really want, but are not yet qualified for? How realistic is the focus you have on the position you are entertaining? Are you maybe a little overzealous about this new position, so obsessed that you are stalking the recruiter and the hiring manager?

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