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Why You Must Freelance Between Jobs (and How To Get Started)

Done right, freelancing can help you land the perfect job. This is a guest post by Adam Green. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. If you're out of work and tired of sending out countless resumes, you may be ready to try this different, less common approach to finding a job. I'll go ahead and warn you that it's not easy. It definitely requires a lot of work and may even call for a serious part-time commitment. And when it starts working, you just might decide to do it full time.

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August 18, 2011

Speak Your Mind

10 Ironclad Reasons Why Job Seekers Must Use Social Media

In case you're still holding out, the time has now come. This is a guest post by Aliza Israel. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Based on Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom by Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta Social media has radically altered the process of job hunting. If you’re looking for work and haven’t been converted yet by social media evangelists, perhaps the time has come. Job seekers today need to leverage the opportunities inherent in the new Web; to ignore it is to miss out on what is, potentially, your most powerful job seeking tool.

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August 17, 2011

Tools You Need

4-Step Recipe To Become a Golden Job Candidate

Where to start making yourself ultra-appealing to recruiters and employers. This is a guest post by Rosa Elizabeth Vargas. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Imagine you're a recruiter who was hired today to find a suitable candidate for the most recent job title you’ve held. Say your success in choosing the best contenders meant a generous bonus or a more rewarding position for you! Could you find the best candidate? On a tight deadline? Even if you were required to whittle the list down to only 5?

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August 16, 2011

Must-Read Tips

How To Evolve A Freelance Rock Star Cover Letter

As you get better at your job, so should your cover letter. This is a guest post by Rebecca Haden. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. When I first started freelancing, a more experienced freelance told me, “There’s always plenty of work.” I didn’t believe him, but it’s true. Freelance workers, unlike other business owners, can apply for jobs when things get slow. Things don’t get slow for me very often any more, but I still apply for jobs – often when I’m invited, and sometimes when it’s an extremely cool gig that I would love to have but I know I won’t be getting an invite. The fact that I apply for things hasn’t changed, but my application cover letters sure have.

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August 15, 2011

Tools You Need

How to Design a Popup Business Card Step by Step

Inspire employers with a memorable popup business card. Marivi Garrido Bianchini's popout (or popup) business card design was featured in 125+ Creative Business Card Designs That Make You Unforgettable. In this guest post, she explains her design process. This is a guest post by Marivi Garrido Bianchini. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.

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August 11, 2011