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From Marc Cenedella
November 2, 2009
Marc Cenedella We're gratified by the attention that media such as Fox, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have focused on us. I think it shows how TheLadders' job-search model is different and better than those "other guys." Why?
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Top 100 Resume Keywords
November 2, 2009
By John Hazard
What are the words recruiters use most often to find the candidates they’re searching for? These are the top 100 terms used by recruiters to find candidates on TheLadders.
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Tuning Your Resume to the Right Keywords
November 2, 2009
By Lisa Vaas

The resume keywords you use can make or break your match with an open position. How can you find and deploy the right keywords to aim your resume at the job you want?

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Changing Industries, Then Changing Back
October 30, 2009
By Darryl K. Taft
Jan Edbrooke left technology marketing to earn his fortune in real estate. He needed a new resume to cover his absence when he decided to return to technology five years later.
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10 Ways to Wreck Your Personal Brand
October 29, 2009
By William Arruda
The Web makes it easy to spread your message. But if you make these errors, exposure can hurt you professionally.
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Experts Answer Questions About Age Discrimination and Job Interviews
October 26, 2009
By Matthew Rothenberg
Our experts answer your questions about how to manage job interviewers that reveal your age and invite age discrimination.
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Dodging the Job Interview Question of Age Again and Again
October 26, 2009
By Patty Orsini
Brian Haley keeps trying to dodge irrelevant job interview questions about his age as Human Resources managers invent new ways to ask.
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Five Ways to Dodge and Deflect Job interview and Application Questions about Your Age
October 26, 2009
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How to answer age-related questions on a job application or in a job interview.

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‘How Old Are You?’: Readers Tell Job Interview Tales
October 26, 2009
By Patty Orsini
Some questions, like "How old are you?" are off limits. But how do you gracefully duck the question without offending the questioner?
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How to Get Job References Without Asking
October 22, 2009
By Scott Ginsberg
You want people saying, “I know someone who’s unbelievable at that.” If your friends aren’t saying this yet, they will be soon.
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What Job Seekers Need to Know About Google
October 19, 2009
By William Arruda
Can executive recruiters find you on the Web? Make sure you know these basic truths about today's colossal search engine .
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