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Target Companies: How Approach Them?

By Matt Youngquist|2020-02-13T16:28:47+00:00February 13th, 2020|Job Searching, Networking|Comments Off on Target Companies: How Approach Them?

Wayne Gretzky, widely considered the best hockey player of all time, famously once remarked "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." In truth, this mantra doesn't just apply to the athletics arena. It's also not a bad philosophy to adopt for one's entire life, as well, and has a particularly strong application within the job hunting arena -- since when you're looking for work, there are going to be a lot of cases [...]

Combating Nerves When Re-Entering the Job Market

If you're feeling a bit intimidated by the job market today and the many changes it seems to have gone through, guess what? You're normal. And these feelings are going to be even more pronounced if you've been out of work for a considerable stretch of time, either due to involuntarily circumstances, a self-imposed sabbatical, or some such thing. In fact, in working with people in this situation on a daily basis, I can confirm [...]