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Everything you need to job search, including how to find a job, best sites for job listings, job applications, letters and email, and job search advice and tips.
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15 Tips for Getting Ready to Job Search
Even if you are not actively seeking a new job, it is always helpful to be prepared for a new opportunity. Here are tips on how to be job search ready.
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Get Hired in 30 Days (or Less!)
The "30 Days to Your Dream Job" series provides practical tips to help job seekers get hired fast. Get advice online, via email or download the free app.
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10 Steps for Finding Your New Job
Ten steps you can take to find a new job, including where to look for jobs, the top job sites, how to use your connections, how to ace the interview, how to follow up, and more advice on how to get a job.
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Do You Know How to Decode a Job Ad?
How to review a company's write up of a job, including how to decode a job posting, and how to use the information to submit the perfect job application.
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How Not to Be a Creep When You're Job Hunting
How to keep it professional while job searching, what can make a really bad impression, and what you shouldn't do when communicating with hiring managers.
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Avoid These Common Job Search Mistakes
Review the most common mistakes job seekers make, along with tips and advice for avoiding mistakes in every step of the job search process.
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Get the Free Doyle Report Newsletter Delivered to Your Inbox
Get The Doyle Report from About.com, with easy to follow tips and advice for every stage of your job search and career. Sign up for our free newsletter.
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Best Time Management Tips for Job Seekers
Best tips for how to use your time well during a job search, whether you're currently employed and looking for something new, or an unemployed job seeker.
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Tips for Getting a New Job Quickly
How to get a job including how to find job listings, how to search and apply for jobs, how to handle a job interview, how to follow up, and more advice on how to get a job fast.
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Top Tips for a Successful Job Search
Searching for a new job? These top job search tips include tips for resume writing, cover letters, curriculum vitae, interviewing, phone interviews, working at home, online job searching, using your network, and more advice to help you find a new job fast.
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10 Ways to Make the Worst Impression at a Job Interview
The top 10 ways to make the worst impression at a job interview, and what to do so you don't make a bad impression and hurt your chances of getting hired.
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Find a Job
Where to find job listings, including job search engine sites, jobs listed by location and type of job, how to job search and apply online, confidential job searching, building your career, social networking, personal branding, and job search tips and advice.
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10 Easy Ways to Organize Your Job Search
Here are 10 ways to organize and manage a job search including keeping track of job applications by using tools, widgets, websites, apps and your phone.
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15 Quick Tips That Will Help You Get Hired Fast
15 things you should know to get hired for a new job quickly, including advice for every step in the job search process that will help you get a job fast.
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Top 10 Warning Signs You Need a New Job
If you're already thinking about leaving your job, chances are that it's time to do so. Here are the top 10 signs it's time to find a new job.
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Use Advanced Job Search Options to Find Jobs Fast
Tips for using Advanced Job Search options on job sites to find jobs that are the best match for your experience, skills, qualifications, and interests.
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Top 10 Ways to Kickstart Your Job Search
Top 10 ways to kickstart your job search, including what to do for job search success, and tips and advice on how to make sure you're ready to get hired.
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Top 10 Secrets for Job Search Success
You need more than a proofread cover letter, perfect resume, and polished shoes to find a job. Here are 10 job search secrets that will help you find a job fast.
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10 Steps That Will Fast Track Your Job Search
Spending some time to get your job search in order, keeping it organized, focused, and on the fast track will help you find a job faster than if you don't have a plan in place.
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How To Apply for a Job Within Your Company
How to apply for jobs within your company, including information on transfers, promotions and the internal application process.
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How to Find Companies that are Currently Hiring
How to find companies with available job openings that are hiring now, including tips for finding the latest job listings online and how to receive alerts for new job postings.
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How to Ensure Employers Can Find You
When you're conducting a job search, you need to make it easy for employers to find you online. Here's how to get found by employers that are hiring.
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11 Best Tips for Starting Your Job Search
Here are all the resources you'll need to start a job search including how to write resumes and cover letters, where to look for jobs, and the best way to use social networking to job search.
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How to Look for a Job While You're Still Working
Tips and advice for job searching and interviewing when you have a job, including how to job search discreetly, how to schedule interviews, and how to keep your job search confidential.
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Tips for Transferring to a New Job at the Same Company
How to transfer jobs, including reasons for transferring and advice on how to transfer to a different position with your current employer.
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10 Tips for Staying Positive During Job Searches
It is easy to become frustrated or disheartened during a job search, especially if it's taking a while. Here are tips for staying positive while you're job searching.
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Job Search Stuck? How to Unstick Your Job Search
When your job search is stalled there are ways to unstick it and get back on track. It can be as simple as making sure you are finding the right opportunities to apply to, or as complicated as having to reconsider your career options.
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Tips for Discouraged Job Seekers
Tired, discouraged, feeling like you'll never find a job? When you're having a tough time finding a job, or even finding jobs to apply for, it's important to expand your job search. Here's how.
Job Search Advice for Veterans
Job search advice and tips for veterans transitioning from the military to civilian employment.
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Top 10 Tips For When Your Job Search Isn't Working
Here are tips and advice for what to do when your job search isn't working and you are applying for jobs, but not getting any interviews.
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Job Searching Where Companies are Hiring
Here's how to find job listings where companies are posting jobs and recruiting, both onand off the job boards.
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Do You Hate Your Job? Here's What to Do
Do you hate your job? If you're one of those people, there are steps you can, and should, take to move on if you hate your job and you're not happy at work.
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Tips, Tools, and Strategies for Your Online Job Search
Online job search resources, including job search sites, job search engines, networking sites, online job search tools, and ways to make sure you are using all the internet job search resources available to help find a job online.
Job Search Tips for a Difficult Job Market
What can you do to expedite your job search in a difficult job market? Here's advice on how to ensure your job search is effective in challenging times.
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Checklists for Job Seekers
There are checklists you can use if you need help organizing your job search. The job search internet privacy checklist will help you keep track of your online presence. The resume proofing checklist will make sure your resume is perfect, and the cover letter checklist is worth using before you send out a cover letter.
Your New Job Isn't a Good Fit? Don't Panic, You Have Options
What do you do when your new job, despite your doing all the right things before you accepted the offer, isn't anything like you expected? Here are options.
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10 Tips to Speed Up Your Job Search
Here are some quick time-saving job search tips that will help your job search go smoothly. Start now to speed up your job search.
- Copyright Robert Szajkowski
Job Search Travel Tips: Take Your Job Search on the Road
You never know when (or where) you'll meet someone who can help with a job search or who can boost your career. When you're traveling and job searching, it's important to be able to keep track of the new connections you meet, and to stay in touch with those you already know.
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Top Reasons Job Seekers Hate Employers
Do job seekers really hate employers? In many cases, the answer is yes. Even though "hate" is a strong word, there are many job seekers who are really upset with the application process, the hiring process, and how employers treat candidates.
How to Speed Up Your Job Search
This 6 week program offers articles, discussion and help with each stage of the job search. Participants will be able to ask questions and receive help with their job search. Beginning with self-assessment and the career planning process, we will move to resume and cover letter writing, employer research, job searching, interviewing, follow-up, and salary negotiations.
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Give Your Job Search a Holiday Boost
If your plan is to wait until the holidays are over to really jump start your job search, think again. The holidays are actually a great time to hunt for a new job.
Start a Job Search System
It's important to have a system in place when you start a job search. Start by searching the top job sites, your local job sites, and the job sites that focus on your career field(s) of interest each and every day.
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What to Consider Before Accepting a Job Offer
What to consider before accepting a job offer, including how to evaluate salary, benefits and perks and when it can make sense to turn down a job offer.
Ten Tips for Effective Job Searching
Job search tips, interview tips, resume writing tips and more suggestions for conducting an effective job search.
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Should You Tell Your Boss You're Job Searching?
When should you tell your boss you're job searching or have an interview? Here are tips for how to decide when or if you should disclose your job search.
How to Apply for a Job
Tips and suggestions on how to apply for a job, plus information on applying for jobs at leading employers.
When Should You Tell Your Boss About a Job Search
When should you tell your boss you're job searching or have an interview? Here are tips for how to decide when or if you should disclose your job search.
LinkedIn
How to use LinkedIn to grow your career, build a network of contacts, and job search. Includes guidelines for invitations and messages and tips for using LinkedIn effectively.
Letters and Email Messages

Cover letters, resignation letters, job offer letters, networking letters, employee letters, thank you letters, and more employment letters and email messages examples and writing tips.
How to Use LinkedIn
Tips and suggestions on how to use LinkedIn to job search.
Letter & Email Examples
Cover letters, resignation letters, job offer letters, networking letters, employee letters, thank you letters, and more sample employment letters and email messages.
Skills, Abilities & Keywords
Information on the skills, abilities and knowledge that employers require when hiring, including examples of different types of skills and keywords for resumes, cover letters, interviews and employment.
College Job Search Advice
Job search advice for college students and graduates.
Politics and Job Searching
Even though it's hard not to have an opinion - on candidates, campaigns, and issues - it makes good sense to keep those opinions to yourself when job searching. Be discreet when you job search and keep politics out of the process.
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