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by Kurt Schmidt

Quora: How can I become a better interviewee when job hunting?

Quora Question:  How can I become a better interviewee when job hunting?  I am qualified but believe I interview badly. ***************** Answer:  Everyone knows that they are supposed to “prepare” but what does that mean? First, yes, do the obvious things: [...]

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Business Radio X Atlanta – I’m on the Radio!

Wow – It’s been a while!  That’s the way it goes when you’re busy headhunting.  So much for 2016… Welcome to 2017! My year is off to a good start and I hope yours is too! Recently I had the [...]

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What is your resume supposed to do?

Resumes are important but they are not the most important part of your job search. A resume on its own will not get you a job. However, ensuring that your resume keeps the process moving is critical. Typically people spend [...]

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What’s Your Value Proposition?

Why anyone does what they do at work, strategically, is their value within their organization.  It’s more than a mission statement or a goal in that value is a precise term and has context.  Extracting and understanding value is the [...]

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Thank you NOVA!

Every seat was taken.  The organizers were a little surprised and I was a touch intimidated.  I’m not a practiced public speaker (but I will be soon).  I agreed to do the event a month or so ago and assembled [...]

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Mojo Promo Alert: $0.99 in the USA & £0.99 in the UK All Weekend!

modernjobsearch: Get your job search MoJo working today!  Modern Job Search (Kindle Version) is on sale this weekend for only $0.99 (USA) and £0.99 (UK).  The big sale starts on Friday, September 18th at 8:00 AM GMT in the UK and 8:00 [...]

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Mojo Promo Alert: $0.99 in the USA & £0.99 in the UK All Weekend!

Get your job search MoJo working today!  Modern Job Search (Kindle Version) is on sale this weekend for only $0.99 (USA) and £0.99 (UK).  The big sale starts on Friday, September 18th at 8:00 AM GMT in the UK and 8:00 AM [...]

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Thank You!

Today is the final day of the free promotion for my book, Modern Job Search, and I wanted to express my thanks to the people who participated.  It is humbling to think about people taking time to read something I [...]

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An Early Eulogy and a Not-So-Secret Secret

I know a secret, sort of, kind of a scary one. I think once everyone knows what I know, the recruiting business of today will cease to exist. I’m actually surprised this hasn’t happened already but it will, and in [...]

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From LinkedIn: I call BS: Bad Advice and Recruiters

I don’t have a lot of time for blogging but wrote this for LinkedIn recently and wanted to publish it here as well: Lately there have been what seems like a lot of “articles” published on LinkedIn that are highly [...]

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