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Self proclaimed experts continue to insist that jobseekers should blog. I’ve written well over 1000 blog posts and I have to say the more I blogged, the worse my so called career has gone. Other people may have benefited from blogging, but it isn’t advantageous nor necessary for everyone to blog. To paraphrase a famous [...]

I’ve been unemployed for too long. As a result of this, I’ve written more cover letters than I ever wanted to have had to write. Now-a-days I rarely write a completely new cover letter, generally I look through the directory of cover letters I’ve written recently and I modify and personalize one which seems similar [...]

I’m currently reading “Rework” by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. I haven’t quite finished the book but the following excerpt seemed relevant to my posts of late and my current predicament: Hire great writers If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position, hire the [...]

I still haven’t gotten a cent from whatever government service I’m supposed to be collecting from now that I’ve been unemployed for almost three months… I filled in all the forms, I’ve dropped off the stuff, I’ve called… I’ve been living off the line of credit I established while I was a software developer. My [...]

So it is Wednesday and I pick up the Globe and Mail and read through it at Subway, I get to the Careers section and what does it advise? Tweeting! I’m still trying to blog my way to a better career, now I’m supposed to tweet to my army of fanatical followers about needing a [...]