Brian Kurth: Vocation Vacations

FromThe Break - with Michael Gardon

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Brian Kurth: Vocation Vacations

FromThe Break - with Michael Gardon

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14 minutes

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Mar 13, 2008

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Listen as Brian Kurth describes his new book, Test Drive Your Dream Job. Brian is the founder of Vocation Vacations.

Released:

Mar 13, 2008

Format:

Podcast episode

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Learn practical tips and tricks for your job hunt. Hosted by Justin Dux. Hear from resume writers, career experts, recruiters and HR experts. If you listen to this podcast you will become a better job seeker. Guaranteed! Topics include resume writing, interviewing, job searching, job sites, hidden job market, personal branding and other career advice.

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Weekly Job Search Roundup #8: In this job search roundup you'll learn where to get a free interviewing ebook, a new job board called Jobfox, and how Andrew Dice Clay is helping job seekers. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Job Search Roundup #3: This weeks roundup includes topics on vault.com's video resume contest, following up after the interview, the executive job market and some cool job search videos from collegegrad.com. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Career Guru Heather Eager reveals her secrets: Former resume writer turned career advice webmaster, Heather Eager stops by to talk about resumes, job search planning and creative resume writing. She'll also detail some of her sites including one for Moms going back to work. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Job Search Roundup #6: In this news this week, CM reports on the definition of McJobs, Job hunting phrases and what they mean, a site to Blog for Jobs and the top 10 regions of the country for tech jobs. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Your HR Guy: Your HR Guy writes one of the top job blogs on the internet. We'll ask him what life is like in HR and get his thoughts on the resume black hole. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Job Search Roundup #5: A roundup of the job search news for week ending March 17, 2007. Topics include the Monster.com and Adicio partnership, Jobkite, Using Email Signatures in your job search and yet another video resume bash. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Does Your Major Matter?: We talk with Katie Konrath, author of DoesYourMajorMatter.com about what qualities employers seek in recent college grads. (10 min) by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Jobsearch Roundup #15: This week's roundup includes using Youtube to job hunt, good news about job search times, summer job hunting and some interesting job board news from Dice, Indeed, Hotjobs and others. (7 min) by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Job Search Roundup #10: Good news for college grad hiring, job board updates, the hottest jobs in the hottest markets and a new site for those who have been laid off are featured in this weeks job search roundup (6 min). by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Weekly Jobsearch Roundup #15: In this 7 minute podcast get an update on the job market, find out what the new hot skills are and get a taste of creative job hunting tactics that backfired. by The Break - with Michael Gardon
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Brian Kurth: Vocation Vacations

Brian Kurth: Vocation Vacations

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