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Matthew Liptak | December 10, 2009
I have harped quite a bit about utilizing social media and how it can help and also hurt the job search. But will it help you to find a job in this tough market? I read quite a bit about this issue on many sites on the web and thought out of many, this one hit the mark on many of the good points.
Matthew Liptak | October 31, 2009
When someone thinks of volunteering, they never think that other things may come from it. For instance, I was volunteering at the VA, but never even thought about applying to some of their open positions and utilizing my veterans points. In other words, volunteering can be rewarding but can create a network that people may never realize. Everyone volunteers at one time or another and you never know who you may be working with during any particular day nor do you know what these people do for a career.
Matthew Liptak | October 13, 2009
A job search is never an easy task and can become frustrating at times but if you stay calm and don’t put pressure on yourself, it can lead to a successfull outcome.
Matthew Liptak | October 6, 2009
For a veteran it is even more difficult then a civilian in interviews because you are discussing a topic which can sound like a foreign language to many hiring managers. When I first got out of the military, I was so used to titles and ranks and caught up with the formality and process of the interview, I lost touch with what I was really there for.
Matthew Liptak | September 28, 2009
As I mentioned before, I got out of the Marines over 8 years ago and had no one guiding me, assisting me or even caring about where I was going or worse what my resume looked like. I was told to buy a Resume Guide (If my combat boots had a parachute I think it was called) and that was where I would get the help to do my resume. This book was okay, but what can you get out of a book? It was a military retiree’s firsthand opinion of how a resume should be done and how the military experience should translate. Come to find out, it was of no use at all. It did not give me enough information on how to best format my resume or even how to fully translate what I did in the Marines into civilian terms.
Matthew Liptak | September 22, 2009
I speak to on average probably around 20-40 people looking for work a day, and for the most part, a majority of them see the writing on the wall and realize this is one of the toughest job markets we have ever seen. However, there are a smaller minority of job seekers, I’ll call them the “high on the horse” or “living in a cave” seeker, that still think the market is not that bad and worse, they are one of the few of their kind searching for a new job. Scary right?
Matthew Liptak | September 14, 2009
As technology expands, company Human Resources departments and staffing agencies are starting to get savvy to how to search for that perfect candidate. They are of course sticking to the general large job boards but as positions become more specialized, they are turning to social networking outlets such as Twitter and Facebook etc to attract canddiates.
Matthew Liptak | September 9, 2009
With a market as tight and as tough as this one, the resume is the single most important piece to your pathway of job landing success. Do not take it for granted and spend time creating a well documented background story to get you to the next step. If you take this lightly, this comes across in how serious you are taking your job search.
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