Careers
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Three Steps to Finding Your Career Path
Improving yourself is a never-ending journey, and that’s especially true of your career. Technology, culture, and trends all change what workplaces are like, meaning your job and your responsibilities there are not going to remain stagnant. And since that’s true, you can’t remain the same either. In writing for the Wall Street Journal, Alex Janin…
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An Overview & 17 Questions Answered About Clubhouse
Here is an overview about Clubhouse, a phone app that is taking social media by storm. There are also 17 questions answered about Clubhouse to get started. On Clubhouse, a user can drop into a virtual club to listen or join in on a conversation about a topic of their choice. The conversations are live,…
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Career Corner: In a Post-Pandemic Workplace, Are Remote Workers at a Disadvantage for Promotions?
Despite restrictions now lifting, many workplaces are offering employees the choice to either return physically or remain remote. You might choose the latter assuming that since you have been able to perform your job just fine from afar during the pandemic lockdown, that continuing to stay virtual makes no difference. However, your decision to work…
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25 Hashtag Tips for Your Job Search or Business
Have you created a branded hashtag for yourself as a job seeker or for your business? When people like, share, and comment, it’s a win for engagement. Hashtags are used to indicate a topic, category, conversation, theme, event, campaign, social issue, your brand, location, contests, Twitter Chat, crowdsourcing content, and more on social media platforms,…
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Bucks County’s Post-Pandemic Job Recovery Rate Outpaces That of the Nation
Bucks County communities from Bedminster to Zionhill — and every lettered community in between — reported encouraging news on area unemployment. The market for new job seekers is as healthy as the vaccinated population that yielded it, reports Rich Scinto for the Newtown Patch. Nationally, hiring is up, as are hourly wages. But the return…
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Career Corner: LinkedIn Reveals Which Jobs Are Seeing a Hiring Increase in 2021
With the pandemic forcing many companies to lay off employees, it has left a lot of workers suddenly looking for new jobs. Contrary to what you might think, open positions have not dwindled across the board. In fact, data from LinkedIn shows some fields are actually quite promising for prospective candidates. Jennifer Liu of CNBC…
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Conquer the Employment Gap on Your Resume and LinkedIn Profile
There are many reasons why people may have employment gaps on their resume and LinkedIn profile. Some may be by choice and others based on circumstances. Some reasons could include COVID, elder care, foster care, child care, raising a family, medical or health, mental health, relocation, natural disasters, education or training, downsized, termination, resignation, travel…
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Career Corner: 8 Easy Attitude Adjustments to Stand Out in a Positive Way at Work
Your advancement in a company often hinges on what distinguishes you as a worker. If there is nothing you have done that makes you remarkable in comparison to a dozen other people at the company, why should your boss be interested in promoting you? If you have grown complacent, there are absolutely ways you can…
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Secrets to Writing Résumés for Bots Versus Humans
The secret to writing a résumé for bots versus humans boils down to two things – keywords and résumé format for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) vs. humans. I do not believe in the black and write résumé for humans, but I do for bots. Résumés with a pop of color may help them stand out…
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Career Corner: Preparing to Switch Careers
Sometimes you just realize the career you thought you wanted isn’t working out, and other times the decision to make a change is forced on you by factors like the economy. Regardless, switching careers midstream is stressful, but certainly not impossible. Courtesy of Business Matters there are some basic steps any candidate thinking of going…
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15 Job Search Strategies to Land the Dream Job
As a job seeker, you want the best ways to get noticed, get an interview, and land a job. Below are 15 job search strategies, tactics, and resources. APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM – You need to make sure you understand how to format your resume to Arial 12 point font for the Applicant Tracking System and…
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Washington Crossing Business Leader Brings Her U.S. Army Intelligence Skills to Global Executive Search Firm
Aileen Alexander, former U.S. Army Captain from Washington Crossing, has joined Diversified Search Group, a Philadelphia-based executive placement firm. She fills a newly created position as vice chair and leader of the corporate global practice, reports Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Judith M. von Seldeneck, Diversified Search founder/chairwoman, called Alexander an industry “superstar.” She continued: “Her background…
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BUCKSCO Careers – Qlik
Based in King of Prussia, Qlik helps enterprises around the world move faster and work smarter by providing end-to-end, multi-cloud data integration and analytics solutions to more than 50,000 customers worldwide. Senior Director of Global Digital Marketing This position drives digital marketing strategies, planning and execution for paid search, remarketing, etc. to drive awareness and…
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Career Corner: Unusual Yet Effective Ways to Make Your Résumé Stand Out
Everyone wants to stand out in their résumé, and yet we generally pass down the same rules for what to include on one. That contradiction sends a muddled message that leaves people unsure if being unique in your résumé is a good thing or not. Courtesy of John Spooner of CNBC, being different is good,…
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70 Tips to Optimize Your Résumé to Get Hired
When was the last time you updated your résumé? Is your résumé formatted for bots or just humans? Fonts, borders, shading, tables, lines, and more matter. Your résumé format should lead to a successful interview to land your dream job, but it could lead to the proverbial black hole when applying online. Showcase that your…
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Career Corner: What to Do if You Have Employment Gaps on Your Résumé
Given what the world has dealt with ever since the pandemic started, many people likely now have unemployment gaps in their work history. A lot of people don’t know how to handle discussing this with a hiring manager, as periods of unemployment can carry a lot of not favorable connotations. In writing for Forbes, Caroline…
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BUCKSCO Today, MONTCO Today Looking to Hire Goal-Oriented Individual to Serve as Community Ambassador
Where can you live the American dream of building financial security, work remotely, and love every minute of it? Right here, as a part of our team that makes a positive impact on local communities every day. American Community Journals (ACJ) – the parent company of VISTA Today, DELCO Today, MONTCO Today, and BUCKSCO Today…
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Career Corner: How to Avoid Looking Overconfident in Your Résumé
Your résumé is not just a glimpse into your career history, it is also a portrayal of your personality. Your font choices, formatting choices, and words that you use all paint a picture of what you are like. And if you were unaware of that, you might be depicting yourself as someone you don’t want…
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