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How to Get a Great Job: Networking Online
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While face-to-face networking is crucial, you can turbo-boost the number of professionals you meet and connect with by using social media websites, online discussion groups, and other Web-based tools.

Remember—the Internet provides...

How to Get a Great Job: Mastering Twenty-first Century Networking
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You may be able to find a great job all on your own. But it is much, much, much more likely that someone else—maybe a lot of someones—is going to personally connect you to that perfect job. So start working the power of...

How to Get a Great Job: Crafting Effective Cover Letters
Resumes for John Doe

As with resumes, just about every job-search expert seems to have a different opinion on the worth of cover letters. But we’re here to tell you: cover letters matter. A good one can enhance your resume. A great one can move it to the top of...

How to Get a Great Job: Customize Your Resume
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You’ll never finish writing your resume.

 

That’s because every time you apply for a posted job opening, you should review your original resume, save it as a new document and then revise to best match the...

How to Get a Great Job: Writing and Formatting Your Resume

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For many people, getting started on writing or revising their resume is the toughest part. Follow these steps to get past “resume-writer’s block”:
 
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How to Get a Great Job: Where to Look Off-line
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Step away from the computer to find more opportunities to research, find, and apply for jobs. Remember that face-to-face networking is an important component to any job search. Here is a look at other “off-line” resources and...

How to Get a Great Job: Getting Down to Brass Tacks
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If you’re unemployed and looking for a new job, your job search is your daily work. If you’ve got a job but are looking for another, you need to set time and energy aside each week for your job search, or you’ll find you don...

Kick Start Your Career Search Strategy! by Rebecca Walden
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No doubt you’ve heard before that the library is an invaluable asset for those either in or considering career transition. And while the same core services – assistance with resume development, company research and mock interviews...

How to Get a Great Job: Resume-Writing 101
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Your resume holds the most prominent place in your job search. It acts as your foot in the door and your handshake; it summarizes your experience and unique qualifications; and is pretty much the single most common step (if not hurdle) in...

How to Find a Great Job: Entry-Level Workers and Career-Changers
It's time to land that job. Your library can help.

If you are planning to change careers—or are just starting out in your first career—you’ll face your own unique challenges. Job seekers in these two categories are similar, because a complete change in careers can put an...