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When Hard Drives Crash

I get phone calls or emails about four times a year from desperate clients looking for a copy of their resume. They remember that when computers goes south, without a cloud-based back up system, that at least they don't have to re-write their resume. That's because in...

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The Job Search is Tax Deductible

Well, maybe. It depends on where you are in your career. I spoke to a CPA this past week and learned the following about tax deductions regarding your search. 1. You can't be just graduating college and launching your career. That is not tax-deductible 2.  You can't...

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Underscores in your Resume

If your resume has underlined words in it, you could very easily be passed over for your next opportunity. That’s because computer scanners, which now read more than 80% of resumes…can’t decipher certain lower case letters such as p, q, or g that touch the underscored...

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