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Help Me Find a Job

These days, there are countless people making the plea, “Help me find a job!” There is no shortage of websites where you can search for jobs. Most LinkedIn groups have a constant stream of job listings. Still, with so many unemployed and underemployed professionals seeking jobs there simply aren’t enough. It’s hard to find the […]

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LinkedIn + Slideshare = Personal Branding Awesomesauce

Yesterday, LinkedIn announced it acquired Slideshare for $118.75 million. If you’re unfamiliar with Slideshare, it’s an online service that allows you to upload presentations (and other documents) and then easily share and embed them online. What do online presentations have to do with LinkedIn? For that matter, what do they have to do with personal branding? Here’s […]

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Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Your Job Search?

We posted this parody video from The Onion on our Facebook fan page over the weekend. It jokingly reports that “Facebook Pics Make Every Potential 2040 Presidential Candidate Unelectable.” Like all good comedy, it’s funny because there is a kernel of truth underneath the surface. What if this story was about your job search rather than Presidential […]

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