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Source: visual.ly via Career Enlightenment on Pinterest During my lengthy job search (I’m available) I’ve written and collected a lot of blog postings. Despite experts continuing to insist, you can blog your way to a new job, I’m not convinced that will work for everyone. So I’ve collected together in one place the best advice [...]

Another CFA Level 1 exam is approaching. I’m not sitting this exam, but I have spent more time studying for the CFA Level 1 exam than most anyone else you care to champion. I eventually passed, but I didn’t enjoy the journey. I also blogged, probably too much. It may be too little too late [...]

When you’re unemployed you have a lot of time on your hands. Sometimes you end up watching TV shows you never knew existed when you had a job and didn’t have time for cable television. The other day I was watching “How I met your mother” and one character was a Canadian looking for a [...]

I’ve given and collected a lot of advice on how to improve your writing particularly online. That advice is spread over a number of different posts some of which get read, others go unheeded. While updating one of these old posts today I decided to collect the best of the best tips and links together [...]

During all the time I’ve been unemployed I’ve done way too much thinking.  I’ve also done a lot of reading.  I’ve tried to learn stuff. I’ve tried to do a lot of things. Marvel at my resume.  There is no shortage of advice for jobseekers both online and in the newspapers. Twitter is a source [...]