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	<title>John Hadley's Career Accelerator Blog</title>
	<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com</link>
	<description>Seek Answers to Your Career / Career Search Challenges</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Describing Yourself In An Interview</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=97</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Networking</category>
	<category>Interview</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	In both interviews and one-on-one networking meetings, you want to have a good answer to &#8220;Tell Me About Yourself.&#8221;&#160; Even if you are never asked the question, you want to find a way to work this into your presentation.&#160; This is how you draw
for the other person the picture you want of what you bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Handle A Bad Reference</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=96</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=96#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Performance</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I came across a good discussion of&#160; how to handle a bad reference in a job-search-related blog.It highlights a very key point when seeking critique in any situation - don&#8217;t get defensive.&#160; As soon as you start to try to explain why something isn&#8217;t a problem, you shut down the input you might have received.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Your Biggest Obstacle To Career Growth?</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=95</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=95#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Career</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I invite you to submit your answers to this question:&#8220;What Is Your Biggest Obstacle To Career Growth?&#8221;Post your answers in a comment to this entry, and then I will write my suggestions for dealing with those issues.In the meanwhile, here&#8217;s an article on Achieving Your Career Potential:http://www.JHACareers.com/ArticlesPotential.htmSubscribe to my RSS feed of this Career Accelerator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Career / Career Search Resources</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=94</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=94#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Here are just a few of the most recent articles in my free reference library &#8230;
	In Career Search:
	
	Leave Them Wanting to Know More
	When to Leave&#160;a Job
	My HOMER Template for Interviews

	In Career Growth:
	
	Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years
	Blindsided by Employee
	Don&#8217;t Be Just Like Everyone Else

	And in Business and Personal Development:
	
	Raise Your Visibility
	Are You LinkedIn?
	How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Résumé Have Enough of the Right Keywords?</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=93</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=93#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Résumé</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Candidates are very concerned about the screening process they hit when they submit to posted openings, and how to get their résumé to the top of the pile.&#160; One critical aspect is keywords.&#160; My good friend Alex Freund wrote a simple, step-by-step approach to this in his blog - you can read it here:http://landingexpert.posterous.com/keywords-in-resume-lead-to-interviewsSometimes I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws In Your Résumé or Background</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=92</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=92#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 01:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Résumé</category>
	<category>Networking</category>
	<category>Interview</category>
	<category>Cover Letter</category>
	<category>Recruiters</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I was reading Abby Kohut&#8217;s excellent book, Absolutely Abby&#8217;s 101 Job Search Secrets, and came across this statement:&#8220;Prepare a good reason for any gaps on your resume in addition to an explanation of what activities you were involved in that may have enhanced your career, including personal activities.&#160; Gaps are typically not the reason why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Traps That Snare Job Seekers</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=91</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=91#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	As I prepared for this tele-class (see http://www.JHACareers.com/10Traps.htm for
details),&#160;even my &#8216;quick list&#8217; of traps quickly grew to exceed 50!&#160; The
class promises to be a content-rich hour&#8230;I&#8217;ve compressed as
many as I can down into 10 themes, and perhaps this will
need to lead to another &#8220;10 More Traps&#8221; tele-class in the near future!
	One of the most critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working With Recruiters</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=90</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=90#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Recruiters</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I just came across this posting to a variety of networking groups to which I belong:&#8220;As you probably already know recruiters usually have the best jobs in the
market, the ones that are not posted. The ones only the recruiter can
get because of his or her relationship with the
client.A good recruiter can be worth more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspirations</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=89</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=89#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=89</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	You never know where inspiration is going to hit you &#8230; which is a good argument for opening yourself up to various experiences and moving out of your comfort zone.&#160; I&#8217;ve always heard experts tout reading occasional publications outside your field, so that you would get perspectives.&#160; My reaction often was, &#8220;I get it, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distractions</title>
		<link>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=88</link>
		<comments>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=88#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hadley</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://johnhadley.jhacareers.com/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Serious illness in family&#8230;taking some time off from posting.

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