Category Archives: Job Hunting
Leveraging LinkedIn
There are whole books and blogs devoted to making LinkedIn work for you. I’ll suggest right off the bat that you go out and pick up/follow a few, because it’s impossible to cover all the possibilities in one article. However, keep reading for a few of my favourite hints and tips here. Continue reading
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The Invisible Dealbreaker
You had the skills. Why didn’t you get the job? Continue reading
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Using Social Media in your Job Search
Entire books have been written about this very topic. What we’ll offer you here is an introduction to the basics – watch future entries for more detail on leveraging the major social networking tools available for the aspiring job hunter. … Continue reading
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Introducing TES Aerospace
After years of staffing aerospace roles for clients worldwide, TES launches its aerospace division. Continue reading
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How to be your recruiter’s dream candidate
Recruiters want to place people in jobs. You want to be placed in a job. It should be a pretty easy relationship, no? Well, not always. Continue reading
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Do you have what it takes to be a fluffy puppy?
Getting an employer to take a chance on you when you’re not the ideal candidate. Continue reading
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Happily Employed, Unemployed, Underemployed?
6 good reasons to update your resume today, no matter where you are.
If you’re actively seeking a job, then of course you know that a well-honed, completely up-to-date resume is a must-have. But people with jobs need one almost as much.
If you’re employed, good. If you’re happily employed, even better. But a lot of people are clinging to jobs that don’t satisfy them, because they don’t feel like they have any other option in the current economy. Or even if they like their current placement, they don’t see that a resume is a tool that can bring you more job satisfaction, a better compensation package, and a chance to chart your future career direction.
Read on for six reasons why an updated resume can make your life better, even if you’re not jobhunting. Continue reading
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Stuck in the Nineties: is your jobhunting technique sooooo last-century?
Are you a casualty of the latest recession? Or stuck in a dead-end job? Or just plain ready for a change? Okay, time to dust off the job-hunting skills and trade your current horizons in for some broader, brighter ones.
The bad news is that the rules have changed (yet again) since you first learned the tricks of the trade. The good news is that if you take a little time to get the hang of the new ones, you will have tools for getting your search out there that the twentieth century never dreamt of.
In newsletters to come, we will spend more time and detail on the techniques that will get you to the head of the pack, when your dream job is at stake. Continue reading
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