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Matt Johnston (photo, left) presents a video on the topic of resume mistakes to avoid.

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"While you may end up being asked the standard "what is your weakness" question at a job interview, a sneaky employer may try to slip in some questions that are illegal to ask, in order to gain some possibly sensitive information," writes Justin Gmoser (photo, left) in presenting this video on the topic.

"Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school.

"Melitta Campbell (photo, left) is a copywriter with 15 years experience of working in a corporate communications environment within a number of international organisations.

There are four things that the most successful professionals have in common.

Professor Timothy Coombs talks about the relations between social media and crisis communication.

Here’s something that happened recently when I was hiring for an open position: A candidate emailed her resume and cover letter to me.

In today's weak job market, it's more important than ever to make your resume stand out.

One looks like a movie poster.

You've spent hours crafting the perfect resume.

What should a young job applicant do when well meaning parents are giving advice that worked for them in their job searches?

What can you do to stand out in today’s market?

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Toss out that passé Objective section of yesterday and replace it with a well-branded, focused statement that gives the reader a clear message about who you are in less than 5 words.

[Today's job seekers] are not only competing with hundreds of other professionals for every open position, but they’re also bombarded with tons of career advice from every angle telling them what to do (and what not to do) in order to land their next job.

Are you wondering why everyone in the business world is so agog over LinkedIn?

Given that 45 percent of human resources managers say they spend less than a minute, on average, on each job application they see, it’s understandable that some people might go overboard in trying to bring some individuality to their work history.

In this excerpt from her recent talk at the University of Applied Sciences & Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland, strategist Dorie Clark (photo left) discusses LinkedIn and how every professional should be deploying it.

Career fairs are going digital.

On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive.

Jeff Haden pondered the "stuff I wish I could have told the twenty-five year-old me (photo, left)," and has come up with a BusinessInsider.

Jessica Liebman (photo, left), Managing Editor at Business Insider, keeps a Gmail folder called "Worst Cover Letters.