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Awesome Accomplishments: 50+ Questions to Ask Yourself and Figure Out What You've Done

Posted September 25, 2009 - 06:00 by Julie Rains

Career Building

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Figuring out what you've accomplished at work is essential to demonstrating your value to employers and clients. Though some people are keenly aware of their accomplishments, others stumble. Often, these other folks have made great contributions, but don't have highly visible results. Here are 50+ questions to jumpstart the process of articulating awesome accomplishments.

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How Online Job Boards Can Actually Help A Job Search

Posted June 4, 2009 - 08:22 by Julie Rains

Productivity, Career Building

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There was a brief period, before the last recession, when my career-services clients actually found jobs on online job boards. They’d post resumes, and interview requests and job offers quickly followed. For the past several years, though, clients have told me that they felt as if online applications led to a black hole: resumes were submitted but companies never made contact; even a rejection letter would have meant progress, indicating that a human was somehow involved in the decision-making process. Though I don’t recommend online boards as a direct path to a new position, I do find them extremely useful in a job search and I’ll tell you why.

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