Lessons Learned Archives - Lady Unemployed On Life, Work, and Everything Else in Between Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:42:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ladyunemployed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cropped-Lady-Unemployed-6-1-1-32x32.png Lessons Learned Archives - Lady Unemployed 32 32 The Perils of a Poorly Written Job Posting [A Guest Post by Marc Schaefer] https://ladyunemployed.com/perils-poorly-written-job-posting-guest-post-marc-schaefer/ https://ladyunemployed.com/perils-poorly-written-job-posting-guest-post-marc-schaefer/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:23:59 +0000 https://ladyunemployed.com/?p=976 The Perils of a Poorly Written Job Posting [A Guest Post by Marc Schaefer]

  I find it infuriating when a job seeker, such as myself, spends a great deal of time and energy crafting a resume and cover letter to match a poorly written job posting that neglects to mention key skill requirements.   Back in March, I applied for a government position in the parks department in the […]

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I think these days a lot of the people who are struggling the most financially fall under two categories: 1) You are having trouble finding permanent, full time employment. or 2) You have a job, but you are barely making ends meet. Or some combination of the two. There are ways out of this if […]

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You may recall a few weeks ago I talked about why I thought LinkedIn didn’t work. Well, someone called me out on that and let me know that LinkedIn did work! And I invited her to write a post for me about that – and I love being proved wrong. Thank you Kesha for the […]

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