Where are all the Jobs?: Dread Work? How to Deal with the Feeling

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Dread Work? How to Deal with the Feeling

Weekly Newsletter | April 27, 2011

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8 Sobering Reasons for Youth Unemployment

Youth unemployment is at approximately 25%. This is even higher for recent grads in the “soft” subjects, such as psychology, social work, etc. So why am I hearing from my friends and business colleagues they are having a hard time hiring, especially for entry-level positions?

4 No-fail Tricks to Capturing Awesome Letters of Recommendation

Let’s face a painful truth: Most of us are totally ineffective when lining up our personal cheering sections during a job search. This can include anything from failing to inform or keep references up-to-date on your current status to asking for recommendation letters in a panic due to a prospective employer’s request during an interview.

3 Reasons You’re Not as Productive as You Think [Video]

The slow improvement in our economy right now is considered a “jobless recovery,” meaning the results are coming from greater levels of productivity and efficiency, not from adding staff. Simply put, those that didn’t lose their jobs are learning how to do more with less.

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Do you think you're funny? Prove it! In the comment section on this article, submit a funny caption that's appropriate for the picture on the left. The winner will get a FREE half-hour of personal career coaching with CAREEREALISM.com Founder, J.T. O'Donnell [Value = $75].

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Dread Going to Work? How to Deal with the Feeling

You dread going to work. Every morning is the same, you drag yourself out of bed. It’s not that the body is weak but the mind is not willing. Most of us know that. If not for a long period of time, at least at some point in our career we would have felt that way.

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Interview Nightmares & How to Avoid 'Em

Fellow career blogger, Amy Levin-Epstein over at CBS Moneywatch’s On the Job blew our mind recently when we read nine horrifying stories of terrible interviews. You know, the kind that haunt you forever! We then did a Career Bar & Grill poll to see which CAREEREALISM readers had their own interview nightmare experiences – turns out many of you have been traumatized by interviews gone wrong.

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