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When you seek job-search advice, most of the information you’ll find assumes you want a stereotypical nine-to-five, 40-hour-a-week, keep-it-as-long-as-they-let-you position. However, there are other options. You might be more suited for temporary work at this point in your career. People sometimes view temp work as a last resort. However, it provides some advantage to full-time,…

A job hunt can present a frightening situation, as you search for a way to fast-track your quest for a career-boosting opportunity. The weekend can provide a brief pause in the worry cycle. But the reprise can be all too brief. With Monday looming, and another round of searches and daunting applications, you can succumb…

Recruiters provide a fast track to career development. However, they don’t conjure the benefits on their own. Rather, you contribute a lot to the process. The more prepared you are to work with a staffing firm, the more successful you will be. The benefits of working with a staffing firm are well known. They can…

Teamwork represents a core trait of any successful worker. As such, it gets listed as one of the key “soft skills” every business blog tells you to master. But what does being a team player at work mean? The term “teamwork” itself is pretty vague. Telling someone to “improve your teamwork” would be like a…

It’s a classic early-stage interview query, a seemingly simple prompt meant to get the process going. “Tell me about yourself.” But while it often appears like a softball question, many job seekers struggle with the topic. It’s so broad and some open-ended that it becomes dangerous. You can say almost anything you want. That fact…

It can represent a nerve-racking experience, a kind of nightmare version of speed dating (as if speed dating wasn’t nightmare enough). But despite the inherent awkwardness that comes with approaching a succession of strangers to ask for employment, the job fair offers an excellent opportunity to crack open your job search. The venue allows you…