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Category: Job Search Blogs and Articles

  • Time to Say Goodbye

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    Rob de Mattos
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    If you’re like me and so many other people, you’ve been in a dead end job before. Telltale signs can be that you’ve not only done what you’re asked but you’ve gone above and beyond but they don’t give you a raise, they keep passing you up, they keep making excuses, or they bring in…

  • Path

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    Rob de Mattos
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    At this point you’re tired. Even if you’ve got plenty of money in the bank, you’re tired and possibly annoyed. You’ve been searching for MONTHS ON END. You’ve had interviews with rejections or interviews with ghosting. You’ve put in SO MUCH WORK and you feel fruitless. But are you? Think about the day you lost…

  • The Faceless Interview

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    Rob de Mattos
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    This article isn’t directed at people looking for work. This one is directed at employers and you’d better listen up. You’re doing it WRONG. I had an interview the other day that had been scheduled for more than a week. It was a twenty minute phone interview. When I contacted the person at the designated…

  • The Glass Door

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    Rob de Mattos
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    Picture it. You’ve found the PERFECT position to apply for. You KNOW you’d be great at it. Maybe you’ve had a bad experience a previous employers and you want to know what a current or former employee has to say about the place. Here are pro’s and con’s about employee reviews. We’ll start with the…

  • Never Tell Me the Odds

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    Rob de Mattos
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    When you’re looking for work, the most frustrating things to see and hear are folks telling you what you might be in for or what your chances of landing a job are in a certain amount of time. LinkedIn operates like Facebook in pulling content related to what you’re searching. Generally, Facebook is harmless because…

  • A Born Sucker

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    Rob de Mattos
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    When you feel cheated or stolen from, it’s the worst feeling. Why? Because if you’re like me, you’re imagining them laughing at you because they fooled you, they tricked you and you lost something that is now theres. It’s not just the laugh. It’s the feeling of powerlessness you have and the impression of superiority…

  • Unfortunately…..

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    Rob de Mattos
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    You have to think about your bank account like a fuse. Depending on how much severance you received (if any) or savings you have really determines when things go BANG!! You have a certain amount of time to apply for, interview, and actually get a new position before you have to start making some hard…

  • The Hunt

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    Rob de Mattos
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    It doesn’t matter how you lost the job. Now you’re sitting there without one. If your company gave you severance and cobra pay, consider yourself fortunate because this buys you time between jobs. If you don’t have much in savings and time is tight, no worries. I’ll cover this subject in a different article. The…