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From Marc Cenedella
Marc Cenedella How do you prevent yourself from making the type of mistakes I just made in the headline? My advice is to not trust the computer and to keep it simple.
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12 Ways to Tell if You’re Confident – or Arrogant
Perception is reality. No matter how good your intentions are, what matters is how you are perceived. To start, avoid these 12 don’ts so your team doesn’t think you’re too arrogant to work for.
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6 Face-Saving Antidotes to Awkward Situations
Sometimes office conversations become awkward – even for senior-level executives. Do you know how to change course and save the interaction?
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Quiz: Is Your Resume Under-Formatted?
10 ways to tell if your resume is lacking the visual cues recruiters look for.
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Job-Search Strategy 101: It’s Not a Numbers Game
The old “might-as-well-apply-because-you-never-know” approach doesn’t work. A successful job search follows a strategy – not blind optimism.
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Resign with Class
The last impression can be more important than the first impression. Here’s how to exit as gracefully as you entered.
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Career Change Advice: The 10,000-Hour Rule
An M.B.A. isn’t the only way to compete in new industry. Leverage your experience – or if you’re just starting – build it up by following these guidelines.
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How to Handle a Phone Interview
How to interview in different situations ranging from web videoconferences to lunch with an acquaintance and even the dreaded phone interview.
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5 Tools that Measure Your Online Brand
Do you know if all the effort you put into your Web presence is paying off? Here are a few easy ways to find out fast.
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Guerrilla Interviewing
Thoughts and notes on interviewing in different situations from TheLadders’ editor-in-chief.
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Career Change Advice: Be a Subject-Matter Expert
It’s not impossible to compete with industry vets, even if you’re coming from a different trade
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