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Should I pack my resume with buzzwords?
March 21, 2018
Buzzwords are popular because, at least for a while, they help job seekers convey a specific message about themselves and their goals. But when they become too popular, they lose their meaning altogether. This is when they become buzzwords, when they are used too often to be relevant. For the past six years, LinkedIn has surveyed […]
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Tailor Your Resume to the Job
February 19, 2018
Wondering about how to best tailor your resume? Here are four of our top tips: 1. Tell the most compelling story about yourself first. Rather than waiting to describe your most persuasive skills until later in your resume, move them to the very beginning. While sometimes this will mean starting your resume with “Work Experience,” […]
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Should Your Current Company be Your Last?
January 18, 2018
According to Harvard Business Review, most employees who quit their jobs do so either because they feel that they are not as successful as their peers, or because they aren’t in the career position they expected. Judging your career position — how far you’ve come and how much further you can go — isn’t easy. To […]
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Career Moves Gives Back
December 18, 2017
Career Moves strongly believes in supporting as many charitable organizations as possible. In 2017, we donated money to the following organizations: Paralyzed Veterans of America USO (supports military families) Wounded Warriors Project St. Jude Hospital Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Special Olympics Petit Family Foundation Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Ryan’s Circle of Giving United Sydney Association […]
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5 Hiring Resolutions to Make Your New Year Amazing
December 8, 2017
The new year is the best time for stepping back and taking stock of your company’s policies and procedures. For example, you may ask yourself if your hiring procedures truly match your priorities. If the answer is no, then there’s no better time than the dawning of the new year to aim for better alignment between goals […]
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I Want to Leave my Job
December 4, 2017
Want to Quit Your Job? Here Are 5 Tips to Do It Right One of the reasons employees stay in jobs that don’t satisfy them is because they don’t know how to quit without severing relationships — for good. Luckily, this doesn’t need to be the case. If you’re no longer happy in your current […]
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10 interview mistakes to look out for
November 13, 2017
If you make it to the interviewing stage of the hiring process, you know that a company is seriously interested in you. But, of course, the job isn’t in the bag yet, and the interview can make or break your chances of landing it. Here are 10 interview mistakes to avoid so you can present […]
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Tips on Preventing Interview Sabotage
October 10, 2017
The interview process is a crucial stage in the hiring process, one capable of inducing nervousness or anxiety in many candidates. Some job candidates make subtle mistakes during interviews that dissuade the committee from choosing them as their top candidate. Here, we’ll talk about four common interview mistakes to avoid so that your interview builds your desirability, […]
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Distinguishing a Good Candidate from a Great Candidate
September 18, 2017
A good employee can be trained to be a viable member of your team, but a great employee, according to Ken Sundheim, a staff recruitment and sales writer for Forbes, possesses unteachable qualities like integrity, autonomy, and flexibility. But when you’re faced with the situation of choosing between two candidates, how can you separate the great […]
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Interview Questions to Determine If a Candidate Fits Company Culture
August 14, 2017
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, an employee’s poor cultural fit at an organization – and the turnover that likely follows – can cost a business up to 50 to 60 percent if that employee’s annual salary. That is a significant cost for what might be considered only as an “extra”; cultural fit is […]