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Organizing your job hunt

by Lance Haun on August 22, 2006

Whenever I looked for my last job, I used a notepad on my laptop to make notes of the contacts I had made, the jobs I had applied for, what kind of custom resumes and cover letters I was using and all kinds of good stuff. Managing a job hunt as a professional is like [...]

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All Things Being Equal…Doesn’t Happen

by Lance Haun on July 24, 2006

It seems pointless to me to spend a lot of time opining about all things being equal because it happens so rarely. You should dress well because it will disqualify you or severely handicap your chances of getting a job. You should work on your communication skills for the same reason. People aren’t evaluated for just their on paper qualifications. That might be the only place where people are “equal.”

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SimplyHired and MySpace together at last

by Lance Haun on June 13, 2006

SimplyHired has pulled off quite the deal here.
There is going to be a lot of “old money” companies saying this isn’t significant. “Who cares? These kids on MySpace don’t have any skills we need. Plus the whole lot of them are probably child molesters anyway.” The good thing for these “kids” on MySpace is that [...]

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