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Twitter can be an important tool when job hunting

If you’re new to Twitter, you might not know that there’s etiquette to it. If you’re one of those who say, “I don’t get Twitter,” then pay attention. In this world of social online connections, Twitter is a crucial method of communication between job seekers and potential employers.
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Jobs least difficult to find in San Jose, CA, and Washington, D.C.

Times are tough all over, but finding employment is least difficult among the largest 50 U.S. cities in San Jose, California, and most difficult in the Detroit metropolitan area, according to the Job Search Difficulty Index released this month by Juju.com, an online job search engine.
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Top 10 list: Tips for successful job searches

The job market has become tougher over the last couple of years, forcing applicants to work harder to seek out those golden opportunities.
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Employing all job avenues can greatly increase likelihood of landing a job

Job hunters can greatly increase the likelihood of finding employment by making use of all available employment avenues, according to recruitment experts at Robert Half International.
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Social networking can be a double-edged blade in job search

Job hunters more and more are employing social networking sites to cast a larger net in search of employment. They should keep in mind, however, that recruiters also are looking at those connections, long before the interview process begins.
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Hiring outlook good for accounting pros

At a time of high unemployment and low hopes, jobs in the accounting and auditing fields are expected to grow.
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Job seekers doom chances through poor networking

Poor networking habits are dooming short-term job prospects for active job seekers, according to new research from Upwardly Mobile, Inc., an online career management service based in Palo Alto, CA.
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New tools available for job seekers

Robert Half International has released two new tools for those seeking work in this tight job market: online salary calculators in specialized fields and the 2010 Salary Guide.
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Are federal employees twice as good at their jobs as the rest of us?

Not earning enough in your current job? If you can land a job with the federal government, you could possibly double your total compensation.
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Interpersonal skills can trump technical knowledge in job search

Having a winning personality has always helped in making friends or getting a date, but a recent survey confirms it also opens doors in the job search.
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Hispanic associations serve accountants and students

Two accounting associations serve a growing population of Latino professional accountants and accounting students.
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A Conversation With Todd Goldstein: Employment outlook in accounting and finance

Find out how to make the new tools in hiring and job search work for you.
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Success secrets of women who have risen to CFO in major companies

Despite the relatively large number of women working in the finance function of major corporations, few have attained the position of CFO.
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Overweight workers face bias in hiring

Bias toward overweight workers is especially strong in hiring, according to recent studies.
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CFOs expect little change in hiring activity in the fourth quarter

Most financial executives plan to maintain their current accounting and finance staff levels in the fourth quarter, according to a new survey.
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Preview of post-recession job market

Fifty-three percent of employers expect to hire full-time employees over the next 12 months while 40 percent will hire contract, temporary or project professionals and 39 percent will add part-time employees.
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72% of employers will strengthen employment brand to prepare for economy turn-around

As the nation works toward recovering from one of the steepest downturns in U.S. history, employers are preparing now for when the economy rebounds, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey. Seventy-two percent of employers who have employment brands say they are taking measures to strengthen those employment brands today, so they are competitively positioned for an upturn down the road.Employers are working to remedy the fallout of a grueling economy. The U.S. has lost 6 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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New MBA grads looking at alternative careers

As anyone from the MIT Sloan School of Management Class of 2009 will tell you, looking for work this spring has been no picnic. But now that most of them have landed jobs, they might also admit that the global economic downturn had some unexpected benefits. For some, the financial meltdown forced them some to consider different industries, different locations, and even different career paths and turned them on to new professional challenges.
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Preying on the desperation of the unemployed

As many unlucky job seekers are learning the hard way, an ailing economy can bring out the worst in people.With the unemployment rate at a 17-year high, some job searchers are feeling desperate, making them vulnerable to scammers who are happy to take advantage by promising job placements in return for money or personal information that is later used for identity theft.Joe Epstein, 58, of Brentwood, MO, did not fall into a common trap. A recent e-mail from a staffing firm promised him a portal to a new job, about a year after he was laid off as a sales representative.
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U.K. study suggests bias against male accounting candidates

It appears that gender bias in the workplace is alive and well, however more cases of male gender bias were found in in England, while the female gender still faces an uphill climb in the states. A study in the U.K. blames "occupational segregation" for bias against male applicants for accounting and computer analyst positions.Economists sent two fake applications for more than 400 jobs for chartered accountants, computer analysts, engineers, and secretaries. Each applicant had equal experience, qualifications, and age profiling, but one bore the name Emma and one was Phillip.
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