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Bargaineering Career Week 2009

November 15, 2009 by Jim

ww.bargaineering.com/images/in_posts/game-of-life.jpg" class="c" alt="Game of Life: It Sounded Easier Back Then!">With unemployment over 10%, the pool of willing workers has never been bigger or more qualified. If you’re in that group, you’re probably wondering whether you’ll ever find a job. While I’m self employed now, I have been fired before and I know how much it sucks to have someone else tell you that you’re no longer needed. Over the next week, we’re going to cover four major areas of job hunting: career planning, resumes, finding opportunities, and nailing the interview.

If you look below, you’ll see a list of the posts that will make up Career Week. When the posts are published, I’ll make them active links, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek at what’s to come…

Monday: Career Planning

If you are without a job or just planning a change, the first step in that process is 100% mental.

• Rethink Your Career – Sometimes you have to find the silver lining the cloud. If you recently lost your job, maybe it’s a good time to rethink your career path.
• Find A Job, Then A Career – When it comes right down to it, you may not have the luxury of finding the perfect “career” and have to settle for a “job” that pays the bills. That’s fine too, it’s about surviving first, thriving next.
• Boost Morale & Fill Time by Volunteering – If you find yourself restless, a little down that the responses to your resume haven’t been as frequent, you could take this time to volunteer in your community. It’s time well spent and can re-energize you to help a cause you believe in.

Tuesday: Resume Reconstruction

• How to Write A Kick-Ass Cover Letter – The cover letter is one of the few ways you can add color to your resume, many job seekers overlook it.
• Ten Tips to a Kick Ass Resume – Not originally part of the Career Week 2009 series, this post was given honorary membership given its popularity.
• Ten Resume Mistakes You Must Avoid – No resume day would be completely with a discussion of some big resume no-no’s you MUST to avoid.

Wednesday: On The Hunt

• How To Find A New Job – Another post that wasn’t originally part of Career Week 2009, this post establishes a good approach towards finding a new job. It sets up a good framework for finding leads.
• Best Employment & Job Search Websites – There are too many websites and many are a waste of your time, I profile a handful that are worth the time it takes to submit your resume.
• How to Properly Use Headhunters – This post details what to watch out for with the scammers and how to utilize the legitimate ones.

Thursday: Interview Room

• How to Dress for an Interview – Dress for success, this post explains how to figure out how you should dress for your interview.
• Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Them – The probability that you won’t get at least two or three (or five) questions on this list is very slim.
• How To Write an Interview Followup Thank You Letter – The follow up is as important as the interview, because it opens up other opportunities.
• Interview like a Politician – Preparation of your talking points is a great way to take control and be active in the interview.

Friday: Your Thoughts

We’ll round out the week with a special Career Week Your Take question where you can share your best career tips with the rest of the Bargaineering readers.

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