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How to Quickly Recover From Bad Job Interviews

8 tips for getting over every job seeker's worst nightmare. This is a guest post by Nisa Chitakasem. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. It’s every job seeker's worst nightmare. You’re in an interview for a job you really want and it all starts going wrong. Whether it’s your phone ringing or you giving the longest, most irrelevant answer to an interview question ever, once things start going wrong it feels like there’s no way back. But there is. It is possible to get things back on track and limit the damage during the actual interview. There are also some follow-up steps you can take after the event to rectify the situation and to move on with your job search regardless of what the outcome of the bad interview is.

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March 24, 2011

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10 Real World Tips to Find a Job Close To Home

Sick of commuting? Here are some ideas on how to find a job near where you live. This is a guest post by Diane Dolinsky-Pickar. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. How long is your commute door-to-door? An hour? More, with traffic? If you see yourself dreading the commute, or you’ve met the local cop one too many times as you rush to the train, it’s time to find a local job. But how do you do that when your network and contacts are far away? Develop a geographic boundary for where you’re willing to travel, and then get into head-down mode to identify employers in that area.

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March 7, 2011

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How To Make Your Own Cool Facebook Resume

The Do-It-Yourself Facebook Resume Kit. The best way to show off your resume on Facebook, by far. This is a guest post by Claudio Nader. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Want a resume that looks like this? Why this is a great idea Many job seekers kick off their job search with an email to everyone they know asking for leads. A common problem is that after a few weeks or months, friends and family forget that they're still looking for a job. Your Facebook profile resume will constantly remind every visitor about your job search without you needing to send followups. Then when a lead comes to mind, they'll just need to click 'Share Profile'. Now, when sending that first job search announcement, tell people to follow your Facebook profile to know if you're still looking. Pretty clever, right?

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February 9, 2011

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15 Weird and Unusual (But Cool) Office Gadgets

How can you not love the Cable Monkey? This is a guest post by James Adams. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Pens. Staplers. Felt-tip markers. Pencil sharpeners. Pencils. Bacon-Flavoured envelopes. All normal items you might find in your office. Wait, what was that last one? Technology has taken us to levels of invention never seen before. And exactly what are the results of the application of this new science to the stalwarts of office products?

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January 3, 2011

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9 Tips for a Standout Print Resume

Make your print resume stand out using these 9 simple tips. This is a guest post by James Adams. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. To compete in today's job market, you need to have a resume which stands head and shoulders above the rest. Every day, recruiters and HR professionals receive countless resumes. More applicants are applying for the same number of positions. As a result, your resume needs to be flawless and different. Your resume needs to speak to the needs of the position for which you are applying. Your resume needs to attract enough attention to get you the interview.

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October 25, 2010