Cutting Edge Career Advice
— Since 2009 —
Career Enlightenment is the award-winning career blog from the author of “Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies”, Joshua Waldman.
How to Maintain Your Cool When Job Seeking
Ever been told to act ‘casual’ when going after something you really want? To ‘play it cool’ when courting a partner, and not get too excited when someone brings cake into the office? Us too. But these comments are not exclusive to just those activities – it’s a trait...
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The Keys to the Castle: How to Build Your Networking Strategy
You have heard it before, “You have to network to get a job,” “Networking is the key to success in the job market,” “Finding a job is all about who you know.” Well, it is true. Research shows that 63 percent of job searchers landed jobs using networking (both social...
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Tips for Staying on Top of Tech Trends and News
Welcome to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where every field is a tech field, and every employee is expected to stay on top of the technological changes in their field, even if their job is not directly engaged in developing or maintaining that technology. As the...
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My Favorite FREE Online Career Tests When You Have No Idea What You Want To Do
Struggling to move forward in your career? Stuck because you have no idea what you want to do? Well, check out my favorite online career tests that will help point you in the right career direction. And, the best part is they’re FREE! (Some of them have premium...
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Make LinkedIn Work Better for You with These 5 Simple Tips
LinkedIn is the go-to social network for the professional elite; the best recruiters are 60% more engaged with its tools than average recruiters and 45% of the world’s top earners use the platform. Add to this the fact that 40% of users log in daily and you get a feel...
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How to use LinkedIn to get multiple job offers
Most job seekers follow what could generously be called the black hole strategy. They “update” their resume, trawl every job board available, and just start shooting out copies of their resume everywhere they can. Day after day, they send out dozens of resumes, so...
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3 Practices You Need to Do When Building Your Online Presence
Ever since you were a kid, you wanted to work in sports. You loved watching baseball games with your family, and you knew you belonged with your favorite team. When you enter the workforce, you realize that finding jobs in niche industries is especially tough because...
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