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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 7M ago

Finding a job while you’re still in college

I love this article about The 10 Worst Mistakes of First Time Job Hunters.  Give it a read if you’re in college or know someone who is.  The writer offers some valuable advice about preparing for your job search before you need a job and while you have access to some very valuable resources. The [..
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 9M ago

What’s Your Plan B?

I came across this article today on developing a Plan B in your job search. Millions of people have been out of work for more than a year.  They just can’t find the right job, in the right place, at the right time.  This is particularly true in states like California and Nevada, where double [...]
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 1Y ago

Your Elevator Pitch

I just came across this great list of job search tips for 2011.  While some of the suggestions, like reaching out to your network and studying up on the company you’re interviewing with may seem obvious, job seekers frequently overlook them.  I’ve been interviewing people the past couple of weeks fo
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 1Y ago

Stress can sink an interview

I recently came across this article about the challenges overweight job seekers may experience.  It’s an interesting article, but I’ll let you come to your own conclusions about whether overweight people are disadvantaged in the job market, etc. What I thought was interesting about the article was t
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 1Y ago

Job Scammers Proliferate

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times tells the story of an online job scammer who siphoned off $6.1 million from 80,000 job seekers, promising them bartending and secret shopper jobs that never materialized. Online ads and emails promising work from home opportunities are targeting desperate jo
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 1Y ago

Avoid these Top 10 scams targeting job seekers

Job seekers see the posts almost daily:  Make money from home!  Mystery Shoppers Needed!  And the list goes on. My advice:  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  When I was job seeking, I ran into a lot of well disguised job opportunities on Craigslist that were actually scams.  Here’s
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 2Y ago

Learn to Tell Your Story

I recently stumbled across this great list of top tips for job seekers.  If you’re looking for a job, I encourage you to give it a thorough read.  Suggestion number two, “Learn to Tell Your Story Well,” is a summary of a conversation I had this very day with the recruiter who placed me in [...]
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 2Y ago

Recruiters will lead the way

There’s an article in today’s San Diego Union-Tribune about the dearth of job opportunities in that market.  With unemployment now above 10%, there are far more job seekers in Southern California than there are jobs. You can read the article (although I’ll warn you it’s a bit depressing), but here a
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 2Y ago

The Clock Starts Now

An article in today’s NJ.com predicts that a job window will open soon and stay open for 90 days.  In other words, if you’re looking for a job, the next 3 months will provide a critical opportunity to find work and you need to be ready to hit the ground running. The article offers some [...]
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Dan Durazo's Job Search blog · 2Y ago

Attitude is Everything

There is a great article in yesterday’s New York Times about the stress a person feels after losing a job and how that stress can help sink the job search process.  This reminded me of my own job search stress.  I had been unemployed for a few months and my stress was growing daily.  One [...]
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