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dear job boards: you need serious help

24. August 2009

A 'twitition' has begun circulating that asks Monster, CareerBuilder, and Hotjobs to make various improvements put forth by the petition's writer.

ten phrases that will kill your resume

24. August 2009

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Here are ten phrases that, while commonplace in resumes, need to be extracted and exposed for the overused, underwhelming adjectives they have become.

a humorous look at hard times

21. August 2009

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Michael Ferrell, an unemployed New York-based actor, has teamed up with some of his friends to create a Web series based on the humorous happenings of being unemployed.

background checking with social networking

19. August 2009

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A new survey from CareerBuilder found that 45 percent of employers are using social networking sites to research potential job candidates.

dc has least competition for jobs

18. August 2009

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Indeed's most recent Job Market Competition index found that Washington, D.C. has the least competition for jobs, while Detroit has the worst.

networking is most effective tool

17. August 2009

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A new survey from Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that networking proved to be the best tool for job seekers, while job fairs turned out to be the worst.

u.s. small business sector is really small

14. August 2009

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A recent study found that the United States has the second-smallest small business sector in the world, with 7.2 percent of the nation being self-employed.