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Dear Fellow Freelancers: I hope you are well. I would like to share with you about an exciting new global freelancing platform where small business owners and freelancers can connect and collaborate remotely: www.jobarter.com Entrepreneurs can hire top-notch freelancers, exchange services, and connect with ideal co-founders. JoBarter aims to address some of the major challenges …

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Now, let’s get something clear! A résumé doesn’t get jobseekers a job! Why have one then? Because, a résumé is what you use to grab a hiring manager’s attention to the point he or she asks you in for a job interview. In other words, a résumé is your tool for getting a job interview! …

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We spend 4 to 5 years of our lives completing a college degree, our goal to find suitable employment “in the real world” after graduating. Then what happens?! Thousands upon thousands of new college graduates enter the job-search realm, and many of the students will wait well over 6 months before they find work. Adding …

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I’ve written and presented at conferences on the importance of professors/trainers for undergraduates and/or apprentices, the latter group pursuing a trade (The Career-Minded Student). Essentially, these educators can help students fine-tune their skills and better understand career options beyond what any textbook or training manuael can provide. Questioning professors or trainers can help a student …

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Thomas Sullivan’s book, COLLEGE…WITHOUT THE EXCESSIVE DEBT, paints a grim reality. Students on average graduate with between 30K—35K in debt (Sullivan 2019:4). That’s a haunting statistic. His very short book provides a great blueprint for how students can avoid loans (for the most part if not altogether). Students continually using scholarship search engines to find …

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I’ve been involved in the higher education field for over twenty years, 16 years of which I have worked full time as an academic and career counselor for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. I myself was part of the program I now work for and have my own experience being a first-generation college student. My parents …

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For those who have ever participated in efforts to hire new staff members, it will comes as no surprise that the recruiting process is often long, exhausting, frustrating, and costly. Matters get worse if at the end of a search, no one among the interviewed is hired. Now, I get that recruiters and members of …

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