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There’s a philosophy that’s permeating workplaces that says not having all the answers is OK.   It’s a counter-intuitive perspective with some valid points. As Janine Popick points out in Inc: In today’s ultra competitive work environment, many people feel the need to be “super workers” and have an answer to every question. But, it’s not always [...]

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Chronic depression is a serious health problem that many people deal with on an everyday basis.  The good news is that we understand depression better today than ever.  Terms like ‘bipolar’ and “clinically depressed” are familiar to most everyone and there are treatments helping many people totally change their outlook on life. However, we’re still not [...]

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A study by Citibank recently showed that small businesses aren’t using the web to nearly they extent that they “should.”  Commenting on the study, Jason Fall for Social Media Explorer summed up the prevailing attitude this way: Wanna know what real businesses are doing with digital marketing? Here’s a few of the findings: 81 percent don’t (that means [...]

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The British newspaper The Telegraph recently printed an article detailing the unintentionally hilarious results from a CareerBuilder survey soliciting employers for their worst resume experiences. The details were entertaining, including candidates who: listed “God” as a reference (though without any phone number) sent a 24 page resume to detail a five year career included a [...]

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It’s getting tougher and tougher to make your resume stand out on a recruiter’s or hiring manager’s desk. Most resumes adopt similar formats, and virtually all are created in Microsoft Word, using its default fonts, so making your resume stand apart requires some creativity. Since your job search is really just a personal marketing exercise, [...]

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