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TweetShareThese are the current top job search web sites (or “job boards”) according to web traffic. For your edification only. I make no judgments and offer no endorsements vis-à-vis one job board over another. The breakdown, Dec. 2007 vs. Dec. 2006 (’000): CareerBuilder 13,914 uniques (13,919 in ‘06) 43.2% reach (44.3% in ‘06) Monster 9,792 [...]

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TweetShareIf you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian. Reader Dee Writes: “I am in/trying to work in the print journalism industry. I graduated last spring from college and worked for the school paper. When I began college, the newspaper industry was vastly different [...]

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TweetShareThis is a Job Search January post. A job search is a complicated and time consuming business. Sometimes your goal is simple: you know exactly the job you’re looking for, so there’s not a lot of “search” involved. It’s all a matter of getting your face in front of the person who does the hiring [...]

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TweetShareThis is a Job Search January post. The first thing most people think of when they think of online job search is Monster. And Craigslist. And HotJobs and Careerbuilder and Job.com and all the others. But there are other options out there: the niche or specialty job boards. The advantage of these sites is that [...]

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TweetShare…Or, how to find a job when no one’s hiring. After my post about the jobs report on Friday, a friend suggested that before continuing with Job Search January, I should at least address what it’s like to try to find a job in a tight job market. I began my career in the late [...]

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TweetShare If you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian. Reader Jens from San Francisco writes: “Last week you had a post you called your number one job search tip. [the post he's referring to is this one] Well, if you’re a resume writing [...]

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TweetShareThe one question I get all the time is: What is the best way to find a job? It’s kind of an impossible question. Every person is different, and every job search is different… requiring different strategies. No one thing works for everyone. Plus, finding a job is sort of like falling in love. You [...]

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TweetShareSo you’re ready begin a job search, eh? A job search is a complex project, and like any other project, you have a better chance of success if you prepare, plan and execute based on your goals. Set Your Goals Know what you want to accomplish. Are you just testing the waters to see if [...]

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TweetShareHappy New Year to our regular readers. As we’ve mentioned many times in the past, January is the number one month for job search. Not only are candidates starting out the year looking for new positions, but the turn of the calendar means new fiscal years, new budgets and new hires for companies across the [...]

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