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Leslie Camacho

How to Get a New Job or Promotion - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Here's an important New Year's resolution for job hunters: Sweat the small stuff.
Leslie Camacho

How to Land the Jobs of the Future - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    If you're gearing up for a job search now as an undergraduate or returning student, there are several bright spots where new jobs and promising career paths are expected to emerge in the next few years.
Leslie Camacho

How to Repair a Relationship With a Rejected Employer - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Realistically, your husband's chances of "going back" to the large company are minimal, at best, say the experts. "Companies are a lot like human beings," says Al Stewart, president of Business Mentors, Inc., a career management consulting firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Leslie Camacho

Reinvent Q&A: How to Be a Good Job Hunter - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    I am driven, hard working and smart, but I lack the self-discipline to look for a job. I have hired a career counselor, but I still can't muster the motivation I need and am always procrastinating. Do you have any advice for being a more effective job seeker?
Leslie Camacho

How to Land the Jobs of the Future - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    If you're gearing up for a job search now as an undergraduate or returning student, there are several bright spots where new jobs and promising career paths are expected to emerge in the next few years.
Leslie Camacho

How To Resign on Good Terms - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    "As talk of a thaw in hiring freezes rises above a whisper, many people are already planning to look for a new position when the job market picks up. "
Leslie Camacho

How the Hiring Process Really Works - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    "Ever wonder what exactly goes on behind the scenes when you apply for a job? While the recruiting process varies by industry, company and even department, the end result is the same: One person out of many receives an offer. "
Leslie Camacho

How to Write a Good Cover Letter for Your Résumé - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    "It's something job seekers often wonder: Do you really need to submit a cover letter with your résumé?"
Leslie Camacho

How to Find a Sponsor - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Forget mentors. If you want to reach top management you'll need sponsors-powerful senior players who will stake their reputation on your behalf. While mentors offer informal advice and coaching, a good sponsor opens the doors of the promotion elevator and pushes a protégé through.
Xpert profile

New methods of executive job search - 0 views

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    ob search is not an easy task to do if you don't know how to execute it properly. They can consume your weeks and months for strategic planning. Through an executive job search you can get into an entirely new world of employment but it's important that you do it the right way......
Leslie Camacho

How to Rebound From a Wrong Career Choice - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    WHAT if you're not happy in your job? Is it possible that you're in the wrong career entirely?
Leslie Camacho

How Long Is The Commute To Your Job? - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Most weekday mornings David Herbert, 44, is out the door by 4:15 a.m., hoping to get a jump on the 74-mile slog from his home southwest of Olympia, Wash. to downtown Seattle. Rather than fight traffic the entire way, the information technology manager drives 45 miles to Tacoma, boards the 5:35 a.m. train for the one-hour ride to King Street Station then takes a bus for the final 20 minutes of his commute to the office.
Leslie Camacho

How Are Older Workers Faring in Today's Economy? - Encore - SmartMoney - 0 views

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    Although the economy is technically in a recovery, unemployment remains high. And the Fed's August 9 decision to keep rates low through mid-2013 suggests that policymakers expect weak growth for the foreseeable future. What's happening to older workers in this never-ending malaise?
Leslie Camacho

How to Cope With Getting Laid Off Again - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    In October 2007, Susan Guldenschuh lost her job as a human-resources supervisor for Circuit City Stores Inc., which shut all its stores earlier this year. She landed a professional human-relations position elsewhere five months later. But when the downturn deepened, she got laid off again last December. The Louisville, Ky., resident pursued more than 100 openings, including a receptionist's spot. Mrs. Guldenschuh was finally hired again a few weeks ago. She is now an hourly worker, taking online orders for Guess Inc.
Leslie Camacho

Career Q&A: How Long Does It Take To Find a New Job? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Typically, the length of a job hunt is a factor of what you do and the demand for it, says Tony Beshara, a Dallas-based job-search consultant and author of "The Job-Search Solution" (2006). Economic conditions may play a role, too. For instance, the current turmoil in banking and financial services means that someone in that industry probably will take longer to find a new job than a candidate in another field, says Nella Barkley, president and co-founder of Crystal-Barkley Corp., a career-coaching company in New York.
Leslie Camacho

How to Make Employers Want You - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Most people in the job market today would consider themselves lucky to get a single offer. Receiving multiple offers sounds like a dream, but for some, this scenario is very real. They are the candidates everyone wants.
Leslie Camacho

MSN Careers - How to Answer Salary Questions - Career Advice Article - 0 views

shared by Leslie Camacho on 11 Jul 09 - No Cached
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    Americans aren't keen to discuss money. We like making it and we like spending it, but money doesn't belong in polite conversation. It sits on the shelf of forbidden topics, alongside politics, religion and sex.
Leslie Camacho

How to Ace a Phone Interview - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Job seekers, beware the telephone. For years, the phone interview was a preliminary step that allowed an employer to give a candidate the once-over and schedule an in-person interview. But these days, many recruiters are using the phone interview to pose the kinds of in-depth questions previously reserved for finalists. What's more, job hunters say the bar for getting to the next level has been raised much higher, catching many of them off-guard.
Leslie Camacho

How to Fix a Career in the Dumps - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Work is always a cause of stress, but lately, it seems like it's been even more so. Layoffs have put millions out of work. People who are still employed are often seeing their workloads increase, but not their pay, and they're worried about their own job security.
Belinda Wilson

Gen Y: How to Get a Job Now - BusinessWeek - 0 views

  • They rely on career services or troll Monster.com, where one posting draws hundreds of applicants. If you can't get a paid internship, start a tutoring business or baby-sitting business, or consider auditing classes or shadowing someone in an industry that interests you. Now is the time to expand your network. Go through your résumé line by line. Think not just of family and professional contacts, but also connect with high school and college friends, people at community organizations, churches, sports clubs, and ethinic-affinity groups. Tell all of them you're available and looking for work. This is the time for a guerrilla job search.
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    Article on different job search methods for recent graduates and their parents
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