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  Does the topic of salary negotiation make you itch? You’re not alone. Salary means survival, self-worth and so much more. How can you keep your cool on this charged issue? As the keepers of largest online salary database, we here at PayScale love nothing more than to talk about salary negotiation – and we [...]

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Job Candidate Profile–Meet Curtis Taylor: Contact info: curtis-ct@excite.com • 416-759-0363 Connect with Curtis on LinkedIn Q1) Why should an employer hire you? A1) I have training in Software Engineering: Health Informatics branch. I can help an employer with development, testing or technical support. My development skills include Java EE, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery Mobile and C#. [...]

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Our guest host, Crystal Miller is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter.  Over the past two years, we’ve become dear friends.  What social networks can do is not just build community, and your contact network, it can bring you closer to people of like mind.  That is why I am particularly proud [...]

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This is a very special #HFChat. Our friends from Dice are sponsoring this chat, and we have a very special contest for you, so please scroll down for the details. Stay tuned because we will be Tweeting this opportunity out just for you!   This week we are honored to have one of the premier [...]

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Need inspiration? Let me introduce you to Dr. Daniel Crosby, also known as @incblot on Twitter Twitter, it’s where I meet virtually everyone. Daniel stands out in a crowd. His Ted talk will make you think, it will move you to action, I know it did me. Here’s what Daniel has to say about his [...]

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    At some point during a job search process, it is not unusual to be involved in several interview processes at the same time. Some opportunities might thrill us, and others may not.  So what does one do when juggling multiple interviews with great companies? How do we manage the job interview, and job [...]

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This Friday, Margo Rose and Tom Bolt will facilitate our chat with guest host, Kevin Dugan.  Kevin Dugan is the Director of Marketing for Empower Media.  I met him on Facebook several years ago.  We connected on Twitter, and later met at Digital Media Events in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Our topic this week:  Do Infographic resumes [...]

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Meet @HeyOverbey On Twitter-The Newest Addition To The HireFriday Leadership Team.  Jason is a candidate experience, HFChat evangelist, and has eye opening tips about how you can think like a recruiter, and adapt your job search strategy to ‘get found’ and ‘get in’ with hiring managers, and recruiters.  Read, and learn these time-tested techniques.   [...]

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Have you ever felt so drained by your career search that you felt you simply couldn’t go on? Do you find job hunting debilitating? Do you ever find yourself doing anything except what you should be doing to find a job? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this week’s HFChat [...]

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Please share this great learning opportunity with your friends: bit.ly/vlJyoN –  I’ll be leading a session “How to keep your resume out of the black hole,” I’ll offer tips for making your resume rise to the top of the pile. Brazen Careerist’s Job Search School’s courses will be taught by the thought leaders in Career [...]

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