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At Distinctive Career Services, our mission is to empower you with the tools, resources, and confidence you need to pursue your dream career and build a career you will love! On this blog, get tips and advice to help you to advance in your current career path, make a desired career change, or promote your personal brand and image. Articles cover topics such as career planning, resume writing, LinkedIn profile writing, job searching, interviewing, networking, and more.
10 Ways Your Network Can Help With Your Job Search
1. Help distribute your resume and other career marketing documents to individuals in their personal and professional networks. Email everyone in your network your resume and any other career marketing documents you are using. Your contacts will often be
Five Tips For Staying Positive When Job Searching
When you are job searching, you need to step into each new day with a positive attitude. How you approach each day will significantly impact your productivity. Which sounds more appealing: Waking up feeling confident about what needs
You’ve Lost Your Job, Now What?
If you have lost your job, you know that losing a job is a major life crisis and may have caught you completely unprepared. You may be someone who has played by the “rules” your whole career. Studied
12 Constructive Things To Do While You Are Unemployed (And Social Distancing)
Work out regularly. If you have free time on your hands, spend it walking or try a new workout video. As you shape up your body, you'll also find that exercise is a safe way to deal with the
Working With a Job Search Coach: Why Going Solo Is A Silly Strategy
It's no secret that most people view looking for work as one of life's necessary evils. Can you relate? Most of us have had to do it at some point, but few of us have ever enjoyed the process.
5 Networking Tips That Will Get You Hired Faster
Networking can be the difference between a successful job search and one that remains stagnant. Networking can give you a leg up on your competitors and get you hired faster, even when jobs are scarce and competition is at
Working With Recruiters: 7 Insider Secrets That You Must Know During Your Job Search
For most job seekers, conducting a comprehensive job search includes—at least to some degree—interfacing / working with recruiters (a.k.a., headhunters). But, for many people, this is also one of the most misunderstood aspects of a job search. Here are
12 Easy Steps to Acing Any Telephone Screening Job Interview
The first hurdle to overcome in getting that new job is often a telephone screening job interview. Recruiters and HR people use it as an initial device to pare down a list of job applicants. Their intended outcome is
Tips For Job Seekers Over 50
"50 is the new 30". "Old guys rule". "Age is only a number." "Yeah, I got that scrape skateboarding with my grandson". These are just some of the comments that reflect a shift in perception about aging in our society,
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