Career Advice

Get 15% Off ALL Job Seeker Services Until 2012

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Hey guys, just wanted to pop in real quick to let you know of a special sale on my Job Seeker Services.  From now until the moment the year changes to 2012, I’m offering 15% off on all of my career coaching services. All you need to do is look up top and find Get […]

December 8, 2011 3 comments READ MORE →

Send Your Resume With a Gift To Add Excitement And Get Noticed

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Before Corn on the Job’s birth, I spent many great days as a Corporate Recruiter.  There were a number of joys that go along with a job like that.  Here are a couple…  Each time I located talent and turned that candidate into a new employee for the company, it felt like I was giving […]

December 1, 2011 38 comments READ MORE →

Intern or Die: 3 Reasons Why College Students NEED Internships

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Mona Abdel-Halim is the co-founder of Resunate.com, the world’s only search engine optimizing resume builder. You can find Mona and Resunate on Facebook and Twitter. Resunate recently acquired the Regional Internship Center, an internship job board connecting internship seekers and employers in Southwestern Pennsylvania. In this competitive job market, internships have become more of a requirement than just an added […]

November 21, 2011 12 comments READ MORE →

5 Awesome Steps To Track, Measure, and Optimize Your Job Search Efforts

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During the Social Media Plus summit yesterday here in Philadelphia, I had time to chat with Michelle Bizon, a local pal that I’ve known through the interwebs for a while, but had never met IRL.  Naturally, Michelle and I talked at length about her job search, and I immediately noticed that she needed more focus.  I […]

November 17, 2011 4 comments READ MORE →

50 Killer Questions For Job Seekers To Ask On Interviews

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From what I’ve seen in my experience, job seekers that ask thought provoking questions raise their chance of making it to the next step of the interview process.  Trust me… it’s science. It makes sense though, doesn’t it?  When job seekers push the recruiter/interviewer to think hard and respond with a thoughtful answer, respect is […]

November 7, 2011 1 comment READ MORE →

How to Harness The True Power of Social Media In Your Job Search

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Back in July of 2009, my life was quite a whirlwind of confusion.  Corn on the Job  launched that month, just 4 months after the entire HR department (that means me) was cut after an acquisition at my company.  Initially, I created this here blog as a way to give back and help job seekers, […]

November 2, 2011 9 comments READ MORE →

Think the resume is dead? You’re wrong

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  Jason Mollica is a public relations/social media marketing professional that recently branched out to assist clients in maximizing their online presence for better financial results. Jason was formerly the public relations manager at a strategic marketing and PR firm near Buffalo, New York, where he was responsible for educating clients on social media, strategic […]

October 18, 2011 14 comments READ MORE →

Reading List: Hump Day Job Search

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Just wanted to pop in and share with you what I’ve been reading this week.  Each of these blog posts are absolutely the hotness for your job search.  Check out this quick reading list and make sure to follow them on Twitter as well. As @PenelopeTrunk does so often, she writes about an incredibly personal […]

October 12, 2011 2 comments READ MORE →

Job Seeker Creates Incredible QR Code Video Resume

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  The creativity of job seekers continues to surprise, impress, and inspire me.  Impressive “Hire Me” campaigns have caught most of my recent attention, as exampled by a “Hire Me Chipotle” campaign I wrote about just a couple weeks ago, but today I’m sharing another form of creativity in the job search — QR Code […]

September 20, 2011 13 comments READ MORE →

True Story of a New Graduate Attacked By His High Starting Salary

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The story I’m sharing today is unfortunately a real problem that a job seeker client of mine is going through.  I’m positive he’s not the first to experience an issue like this, and while I’m focusing this here blog post on new grads, the challenge he’s up against is one that hat any level job […]

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