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The job market was very bad in 2003 while I was in business school. It was a few days before the end of the school year. My friend Jacob was still without an internship. The recruiting process had been particular hard for Jacob because he came from an unconventional background and he was trying to [...]

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Amazon.com is doing something very interesting in the hiring front – it’s holding its first-ever virtual job fair in Second Life. According to the announcement from Amazon Web Service blog, job applicants will have access to amazon hiring managers and recruiters  around the world. Also, they’ll be conducting first-round interviews virtually. Amazon has many job [...]

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As many of you know, I’m very passionate about career management and development. In addition to write this blog, I have been thinking about how I can help job seekers to get jobs in this difficult economic environment. In the past few weeks, I have been working very hard to put together a comprehensive guide [...]

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I knew several people who joined and left Google within 1 year. One common complaint I heard from them is title deflation. Google prides itself in its flat structure. So, a former VP at a Fortune-500 Corporation such as Cisco might end up working as director or senior manager at Google. This is very common [...]

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Several years ago, I met a group of church planters. They all came from a church in Southern Illinois. The pastor at the church had a calling to plant a new church in the Pacific Northwest. He asked his church members to join him if they felt they received the call. More than fifty people [...]

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Career counselor Marty Nemko had a very interesting blog posted called "The Most Potent Strategy for Finding a Job" . He advised job applications to "send a brief but compelling email to 50 potential employers who are NOT advertising a job you’re interested in but who have the power to hire you for a position [...]

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Identify a problem your potential employer is having, and provide them a detailed plan to solve the problem. Show them you’d be the right person to implement the solution. Instead of getting a permanent job with one company, get 2 or 3 part-time contracts. Sell your specialized skills. Each employer will pay less since they [...]

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Are you employed but concerned about your job security? You’re not alone. And you should be concerned. According to Barron’s Tech Trader Daily, As Tech Job Cuts Mount, Layoff Rumors Pervade The Valley. And CEOs told Chicago Mayor They Plan Huge Layoff in November, December. I wish I have the crystal ball to tell folks [...]

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A reader emailed me recently for helping on cover letter. I thought our email Q&A might be helpful to others as well. To protect privacy, I have made some minor changes to our conversation. Hope this will be helpful to folks who are in similar situation. Q: I came across an article you had written [...]

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September, 2004. Three months after I got my MBA. Almost all of my classmates have started working. I was still looking for a job in consumer software product management. I had two good phone interviews with a large Internet company. I was asked to talk to the hiring manager before they decided whether to fly [...]

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