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Portland Jobs
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"The
toughest decisions in organizations are people decisions – hiring,
promoting, firing, etc. The
ability to make good decisions regarding people represents one of the last
reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few organizations
are very good at it.”
Peter Drucker |
| Seems like I'm spending half my life working and the other
half looking for work. This page contains links that I use (or have used
in the past) that I think are of value in the process of looking for employment.
Of course, nothing beats networking. However, if you know of something that's particularly useful, let me know and I'll add it
to this page. For those who have recently lost their jobs, I've included
some links regarding health insurance under Other Stuff.
For Portland jobs chick
here! |
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Job Search Sites
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Like the name says, this is THE monster.
Even if you like your current job, you're nuts not to post your resume
here. |
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To tell you the truth, I like these guys
better than Monster. |
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Lots of jobs, but annoying format. |
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The Ladders come is different flavors (sales,
markeing, finance) and seem to have some pretty good jobs listed.
However, I think they use some deceptive practices in advertising
'composite' job listings in order to build their inventory of prospects.
Just my opinion. |
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Don't know what these guys are all about.
If you use them, let me know how it works out. |
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These guys are new to me. Any feedback? |
Cover Letter Help
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This is a very
strange site. It's worth a click just to see the
cheesy animation. (Make sure you move your cursor around after it's
over and watch the dude's eyes.) Scary! If you purchase, let me
know if it's worth the $39.95. Some pretty outrageous claims, but who
knows, maybe it works. |
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Are you struggling to write a
resume or cover letter? Then buy this now. |
Resume Help
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Check these guys out. Lots of free stuff. |
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More of he same? |
Resume Distribution Services
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claim to distribute your resume to thousands of headhunters (and in some
cases directly to participating firms.) Trouble is, you don't know
who the headhunters are, so it's like buying a 'pig in a poke'. I've tried
three so far. Be prepared to get SPAM by multi-level marketing outfits
and other people trying to sell you services you don't want. I also
suspect there is a lot of overlap between these services. Still for
$50 to $100, it's
probably cheaper and faster than assembling a list and licking stamps! |
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| ResumeBLASTER |
Customer service is just terrible! |
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Same old stuff? |
| ResumeSubmit |
This one claims to be the largest, but how
would you know? Haven't tried them yet... |
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These guys claim to do it all... resume,
cover letter, etc. If you use them, let me know how it works out. |
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Interview Help
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interview. Now what? Time to prepare my friend! It's a sad
fact that the job you want will not go to person who's best qualified.
It will go to the person who interviews better than all the other
candidates. Most of this this stuff costs money, but then again, free
advice is generally worth what you paid for it. |
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You may be perfect for the job, but chances
are there are three other people equally qualified who are going to talk to
the same interviewer you'll be speaking to. Probably on the same day.
So how are you going to be the one the interviewer picks?
You will have to be the most articulate and one least rattled
by the unexpected interview question. This information will help give
you the confidence to win the day. Trust me. This will be the
best $20 you ever spent. |
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Interview Solution |
Interview Solution claims to be
the dynamic new interview guide that equips you 100% with the knowledge,
skills and tips that you need to successfully sell yourself to even the
toughest interviewer. |
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job-interview.net |
INTERVIEW DOWNLOADS Complete
Interview Guide
Complete Interview Guide with Supervision Interview Guide
HR Professional Interview Guide
HR Professional Supervisor's Interview Guide
Supervision Interview Guide
Interviewer's Question Bank |
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Job Interviewing
Secrets Revealed |
Transforms the complicated job
interview process into a simple, step-by-step system to ace the interview
and get the job! |
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7 Day Interview
Skills Tutorial |
An Interview Skills Tutorial
eBook. |
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| You need health insurance. This is probably
as good a place as any to comparison shop and make a halfway intelligent
purchase. And while these guys 'get it', the rest of the industry doesn't. They
have digitized a clunky process as best they could. Two pieces of
advice... SAVE every single page as you go through the
application... otherwise you'll lose everything! And start
this process early. These guys will give you an estimated start date
for coverage, but it's only an estimate based on ideal
circumstances. Coverage begins only when the insurance company says
it begins. Before you do anything, you need to understand your COBRA
rights. COBRA
(not to be confused with the deadly snake) is tricky business.
Here is a good place to start. |
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And while you are at, don't forget about them
choppers! |
Let me know if any of these sites do you wrong and I will
either get rid of them or hand them publicly.
Hey got a rant or rave? Send me some feedback!
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