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7 Ways To Make Your Resume Boring

by Jessica Holbrook April 8, 2010

As more and more companies choose to hire or promote from within, the opportunities left for job seekers is scarce. The competition is fierce, and when you’re forced to rely on your resume to get in the door – it better stand out from the crowd. Beware…there are several elements to your resume that may actually be putting HR and managers to sleep…

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Stockpiling Opportunities

by Jennifer Kushell April 8, 2010

Stockpiling opportunities is how you maintain control of your own circumstances…particularly when life has the tendency to make us all feel rather helpless from time to time.

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Cultivating Your Options

by Jennifer Kushell April 6, 2010

Successful people always have options. They keep their eyes and ears open. They collaborate with the people they trust and respect, pointing out possibilities, opportunities, and potential pitfalls. At some point, they see it everywhere.

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Money from Heaven?

by Jennifer Kushell April 2, 2010

I’m sure that you, like most people, have daydreamed about what you’d do on the day when you hit some “magic number”. Even when times are tough, this kind of thinking isn’t all pie in the sky. There’s some real tangible value to contemplating questions like this.

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Making Smarter Decisions

by Jennifer Kushell April 1, 2010
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From time to time, you will undoubtedly find yourself at major crossroads with very important decisions to make. Since it’s far too easy to feel overwhelmed by these, we came up with a very simple, but pretty useful tool to help you navigate these critical times more strategically and smoothly.

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