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The Importance of Connections for Job Seekers

Master isolated images Connections are oh-so-important. Especially if you’ve been out of the work force and are looking to return. Seek them out and nurture them! Here’s how they have just helped me. Two weeks ago I got an email

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Updating Your Resume

iStockphoto.com The unemployment rate is 9.6%.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that’s just “people who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work.”  That’s the highest it’s been in more than 20 years.  Twenty years. Now add to

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September is International Update Your Resume Month

iStockphotos.com If you’ve taken a career break and are hoping to relaunch, your resume will need work.  What better time than… International Update Your Resume Month!  But hurry, there are only a few days left… Who knew resume month even existed?

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Feeling Confined as a Stay-at-Home Mom

Abbey Lincoln, the singer, song writer, actress, and civil rights activist, died over the weekend.  I didn’t know much about her.  But after listening yesterday to Michel Martin’s show “Tell Me More,” I wish I had. Martin interviewed Maggie Brown, a

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Posted in The Head Games