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This week:
Beating Unemployment
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- Finding a Job When You Are Unemployed
- 5 Steps to Overcome the Challenges of Job Search When Unemployed
- Overcoming the "Unemployed Bias"
- Long-Term Unemployed? 5 Options to Bridge That "Employment Gap"
- Resume Sample: Unemployed Job Seeker with an Employment Gap
- Job Interview Question: What About that Employment Gap? (Plus Sample Answers!)
The January 27 issue: Successful Job Interview Follow-Up
Today, the Coronavirus pandemic has caused literally
millions of people to lose their jobs, and, of course, many others are unemployed for other reasons. In this article, Job-Hunt's editor Susan P. Joyce shares the 5 keys to find a new job when you are unemployed.
Whether you are a senior executive or a new graduate student
seeking your first professional job, there are still five basic points to master as you manage your search strategy. Career coach (and recruiter) Dean Tracy describes 5 very important ways to succeed in your job search when unemployed.
Yes, employer and recruiter bias against the unemployed
exists, although the pandemic has reduced it substantially. Top recruiter Jeff Lipschultz shares 6 ways to overcome that bias and succeed in your job search.
If you have been unemployed for more than six months, an
issue you might run into during your job search is the "Unemployed Bias." In this article, Jeff Lipschultz shares how to fill that time with productive activities and include those activities on your resume and LinkedIn Profile.
In this example, an unemployed job seeker filled her
employment gap with continuing education and volunteer work. Professional resume writer Erin Kennedy shares this job seeker's story and also a resume which effectively makes the unemployment gap invisible.
Most job interviews begin with a review of your resume. This walk through your resume should give you the opportunity to cite relevant experience, and you will almost always be asked when you started and why you left. NYTimes best-selling author
Martin Yate offers the LAMPS formula to develop acceptable answers for leaving a job.
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