Q: What gets thousands of people fired every year and prevents people from getting jobs they want?
A: Inappropriate content online.
To make sure your web presence is helping, not hurting you, check out James DeVile’s recent article at TechRadar: Make an Online Profile to Get You Hired not Fired (how to promote your skills and hide [...]

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“References available upon request.” Sound familiar?

Many companies are required to call your references before hiring you. And many more simply want the reassurance of talking to a living, breathing person who can tell them about your performance at your last job. (That’s why you always leave on a good note with your boss, even if [...]

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Are you using Twitter to strengthen your brand? If not, check out the awesome posts below by a group of great bloggers (who you should also follow on Twitter!).
How to Use Twitter to Build Your Brand:

Twitter Best Practices So Far

By David Lee King. Check out his great social web / emerging trends blog, ASAP.

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Imagine if Personal Branding 101 were a required course in college. You would be guided through the process of uncovering your unique attributes, taught the principles of personal marketing (so you can apply them to yourself as a job applicant), and work with web 2.0 tools and social media to find and more easily attain [...]

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