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The Art of Writing a Resignation Letter – For Leaving on Good or Bad Terms

job search, Jobs, References, resignation / By max cyril

Resignation Letters – Good Examples from Allison & Taylor, The Reference Checking Company While crafting a resignation letter is simple enough when you’re leaving an employer on civil terms, what do you do if you’re parting on less than favorable circumstances? Writing a resignation note in anger or haste could become an action you will …

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“Ban the Box” Continues to Take Off

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Yesterday, June 10, 2015, the National Employment Law Project and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights called on President Obama to “Ban the Box” and give everyone a fair chance to get a job by pushing background checks to later in the hiring process and banning the check-box on job applications asking if …

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Jobs Crisis Forum: The Time for Excuses Is Over. Create Jobs Now

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Shonda Sneed of Yellow Springs, Ohio, was laid off in December 2009 and is about to run out of unemployment benefits. Because of state budget cuts, she also could soon lose the health care nurse who helps care for her mother who has dementia. At the last job she applied for, she was told 450 …

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Hiring Managers are from Mars and Job Seekers are from Venus

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According to a survey of hiring managers, 44% reported that they were surprised that workers were different on the job than in an interview. Duh! This intrepid blogger decided to dig deeper; to explore this disparity from both the point of the view of the hiring manager and from the job seeker to find out …

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On the Path to Economic Recovery: Extended Unemployment Benefits

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Although it is encouraging to see that the Dow Jones Industrial Index hit 10,000 this week, unemployment in this country continues to look bleak. The September national unemployment rate shot up to 9.8%, and a record 5 million people have been unemployed for six months or longer. These workers are now competing for a very …

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Four Tips to Help You Stay Sane on Your Job Hunt

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I’ve applied for 70 jobs over the last five months, and honestly, it’s been kind of a nightmare. The hardest part for me has been maintaining my cheerful attitude. In that spirit, here are a few tricks that seem to be helping me land interviews and (just as important) feel like I’m approaching my job …

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Is It a Job Hunt or A Spam Campaign?

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This just in: we don’t like spam. Big surprise, I know. In fact, 59 percent of the respondents to a Workplace911 online ballot reported that they hate marketing (a.k.a. spam) on the Internet . I think it’s a given that most people don’t even glance at spam before deleting it. But are there times when …

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