How to Find Out What Your Job References are Saying About You
A great reference from a former manager can impress a prospective employer and help clinch a new job, however, a bad reference can sink a great opportunity and cause enormous…
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What’s the Value of an MBA if You’re a Marketing Professional? (infographic)
Are you a marketer considering going back to college to pursue an MBA and trying to figure out if it's worth it? PayScale studied four popular MBA majors and compared…
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The New Rules in Today’s Job Market: How NOT to Be Ignored
One of the first lessons you’re taught in school is to follow the rules when playing a game. The rules ensure that there is a well-defined pathway to victory and…
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Job Search Budgeting for Job Seekers
What’s the alternative? Search budgeting. Focus your job search on a small number of high payoff tactics and perform them in a way that captures 100 percent of their advantages…
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A Multitude of Hope for Job Seekers
The group’s philosophy is both a throwback to the traditional American value of self-reliance and a paean to the power of individual initiative in modern culture. Economic disobedience asks each…
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Next Practices for Marketing Job Seekers
No less important, Next Practices address the world as it is, not as it has been. They are effective because they are timely and on point. They deal with the…
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Using Job Boards in Your Marketing Job Search to Your Best Advantage
· 3N means three niche sites, one that specializes in your career field, one that specializes in your industry, and one that specialties in the geographical area where you live…
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In the Knowledge Economy the Time for Starting is Now
Now, I understand that some will say experience makes up for a lack of state-of-the-art expertise. That might have been the case when change was slow, but today, it’s not. …
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How to Convey to an Employer That You’ll Excel at a Marketing Job You Want
Employers have changed the definition of what it means to be qualified for a job. You, however, can’t ignore those implications. This one change will determine your ability to compete…
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Understanding and Identifying Your Talents
The challenge for job seekers, therefore, is three-fold: · First, you have to make sure you have correctly identified your talent. Second, you have to make sure you’ve selected…
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Be a Career Activist, Not a Job Seeker
Now, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with attending career fairs, visiting corporate career sites and using job boards and social media sites. But, here’s the hard truth: if you let yourself…
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Most B2B Podcasts Suck Far More Than They Should. Eleven Things You Can Do So Yours Doesn’t
With podcasts becoming almost mandatory for B2B marketing today, it’s frightening just how bad so many business-focused podcasts are. If I had to point to one overarching description of the…