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Harvard study: Employers are eliminating qualified candidates job hunting job search advice resume Feb 08, 2022

On September 4, 2021, the Harvard Business School released a study on “Managing the Future of Work.” It brings to light what many job seekers suspected: the computerized screening systems (aka the ATS) are killing their applications.

Worse, the employers know it.

In fact, nine out of ten of execut...

Job Seekers: Don’t Make These 7 Deadly Mistakes job hunting job search advice resume Jan 07, 2022

With all the latest revolutions of modern recruitment, it is easy to see how job seekers are making a brand-new set of mistakes. Most savvy job hunters are familiar with the age-old traps, such as making sure to use the right key words for their resume or avoiding grammar or spelling errors on the r...

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Based on a background in HR and recruiting, Donna Shannon began teaching job searching strategies in 2004. In 2011, she became a full-time Career Coach and President of the Personal Touch Career Services. Her coaching clients span multiple industries and every experience set, from entry-level to high-ranking executives at such companies as Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Twitch, Disney, and Amazon. Donna received the 2014 Educator of the Year from DEMA for her dedication to teaching clients the art of job searching and career planning.

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