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Be zealous about your professional development.
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Own the independent contractor mindset.
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Know your state laws regarding salary, separation, and leave.
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Target companies for your job search forever, AMEN.
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You should have a team, too!
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Internships and apprenticeships as a newbie in your industry are vital.
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Collaborate on and offline to change careers.
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Informational interviews are the best tool for your job search.
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Hone your portfolio career potential today.
“Being a blogger/videographer/IT Consultant will be the norm rather than the exception. The future of work characterized by experts, including Alexandra Levit, who says, “This is happening now.” Levit says in her book, “Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future, says professionals need to understand the day of one full-time job is ending.”
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Feedback is your friend.
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Parental leave and how much it matters to you.
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No shouldn’t be the hardest word.
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Remember this one compensation negotiation strategy to embed on your brain today.
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PLAN to move on.
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Embrace texting as part of the recruiting process.
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Join think-tank, masterminds, focus, job clubs, and Facebook groups and the like.
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Social networks are search engines too!
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Your name as a hashtag is a search gem.
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You can bounce back.
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Fight employers who discriminate by doing this one thing.
About Mark Anthony Dyson
I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers," career consultant, job seeker advocate, career writer, and founder of this award-winning blog. I help the employed, unemployed, underemployed, and under-appreciated find jobs using job search strategies to navigate the new job market. I aim to give a safe place online to those with different needs, cultures, and ethnicities to find their voice in the job market. Thousands have read my career advice throughout the web as I write about everything from job search strategies to the mobile job search. I have published more than 400 articles on this blog and some of the largest career sites such as Recruiter.com, YouTern, and Come Recommended. I've been quoted in major online publications such as Monster, TIME/Money, Fortune, Business Insider and MSN. FlexJobs, JobMonkey, Aerotek, Career Pivot, and CareerSherpa listed my podcast as one of the top podcasts to help your job search. Love for you to sign up for the weekly newsletter. I share the latest articles I've written, new podcast episodes, and answer any questions you may have. The new job search is scary and if you need help, I am here for it!