Job Hunting

If you’re reading this article it’s probably because you’ve either been offered a job with the prospect of relocation, or you’re considering an offer. Relocation is often a complicated and long process – there are many rewards to be had, and many new and exciting opportunities that can arise as a result.

The first reaction to relocation for most people is often fear or apprehension. First, you need to understand that this is completely normal – it’s a huge step to move away from an established routine, friends and family – so don’t feel ashamed or concerned if you’re feeling this way. It doesn’t mean the Ge more info…

Let’s take his email apart and put it into 4 essential elements so that you can use them in your own LinkedIn communications.

First, here’s the email I got over LinkedIn from J. :

Hi Joshua,

I noticed that we are both connected to M. F. – how do you know M.? I first met her at Jacob’s Pillow, and she actually photographed my wedding. Small world.

I wanted to touch base with you because I saw an open position at J.R. that I thought would be a great fit for me. I’m located in Portland now (after being in Massachusetts and DC for many years), and do social media strategy for a digital marketing agency here in town.

It’s a fun role, but you know how agencies are – fingers in a lot of different businesses, but no ability to truly own a marketing program. It looks like

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Showing that Apple is geared for success despite the recent death of Founder Steve Jobs, the company was said to have sold 350,000 textbook downloads within three days of the recent launch of its new version of iBooks.

This follows the announcement of Apple’s E-Textbook initiative, which was annouced last Thursday at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum, Mercury News reported.

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Focusing on job duties is one of the classic job-seeker mistakes. Dont focus on your duties focus on your accomplishments! Accomplishments are so much more meaningful to prospective employers than run-of-the-mill litanies of job duties or responsibilities. Spend some time brainstorming about your skills and accomplishments in all your jobs and education with an eye toward the type of job you want next. Eliminate any skills that you no longer want to perform; otherwise, you will be stuck in another job doing things you no longer enjoy. Once you have compiled this list of accomplishments and skills, its time to work on your resume.

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Criticism can be hard to deal with especially in the workplace, but if you can learn to handle criticism you have learnt a great skill. If we let it, criticism can help us to learn more about ourselves and how we do things and grow as people. Is It Fair? Is the criticism fair? Being criticized is one of those things that triggers emotions in most people. If you are able to take a step back and look at the criticism alone it will help you to look at the situation in a more balanced way. Ge more info…