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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Careers That Don’t Suck Profile: Human Resources Director

October 13, 2006 – 2:06 am

Job Title: Human Resources Director
AKA: HR Professional, HR Generalist
What is it?
A Human Resources Director is someone who is responsible for managing a company’s personnel functions or department. This might include benefits, leaves of absence, payroll, employee relations, recruiting, policies, management training, performance management and [...]

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31 Flavors of Job Search

October 10, 2006 – 7:12 pm

There are 31 (plus plus) flavors of job search engines and job boards–one for every job you can imagine. Not to mention the overwhelming number of jobs packed into the Big Boards (Monster, Careerbuilder, HotJobs). So, searching for a job can be very intimidating. We’ve compiled a short list of job search [...]

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Careers That Don’t Suck Profile: Jury Consultant

October 8, 2006 – 11:44 pm

Job Title: Jury Consultant
AKA: Trial Consultants, Research Analysts
What is it?
Jury or trial consultants are experts in human behavior who work with trial lawyers to select juries, or to figure out what arguments, what demonstrations and graphics might be most persuasive.
What does a Jury Consultant do?
Lots [...]

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Tech Certifications

October 5, 2006 – 3:46 am

Trying to move up in the world of IT? MeasureUP offers online training classes to get you ready for certification exams in Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Novell, CompTIA and more.
MeasureUP also offers practice tests and certification exam vouchers.
I’m writing about this because I think as online resources for IT certifications go, it’s the most quality.

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Building Your Resume

October 4, 2006 – 11:56 pm

You’ve probably heard the phrase “building your resume”. Ever wondered what it means? Ever wonder if you are doing it right? I did.
So I asked a few career professionals from the education, finance, HR and marketing fields. Here’s what they told me when I asked them to complete the sentence “Buidling your [...]

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Degree or Not Degree?

October 2, 2006 – 7:17 pm

Do you need a degree to get that job? This is an old question that keeps coming up. Those who have degrees will answer with an emphatic “yes!”. Those who don’t will answer…well…maybe.
If you are among those who do not have a degree your answer will depend on whether or not you [...]

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