Careers Now - Joyce Lain Kennedy

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Careers Now--Joyce Lain Kennedy

First to report on workplace technologies and trends, Kennedy has amassed reader praise for three decades. Her Q&A covers high-interest topics, from state-of-the-art job searches and recruiter secrets, to career change pitfalls and the networking lifestyle. For business, features and classified sections.

Careers Now--Joyce Lain Kennedy Samples

When Companies Fire and Hire at the Same Time

DEAR JOYCE: I've read that you should not pass over companies that are terminating people, because they just might hire you. True. Career pros have long recognized this apparent contradiction.

Quick Tips to Find Jobs

DEAR JOYCE: My husband, a professional in manufacturing, is unemployed. Consider these fast-read, actionable tips. Ready or not. Right resume. Self-marketing documents. Fast move. Smooth moves. Online sending. Power plays. Social media.

Making Job Networking Work

DEAR JOYCE: I am finding job networking to be a big dud. Master career counselor Jack Chapman isn't surprised by your disenchantment.

What's Really up With Online Study Scholarships?

DEAR JOYCE: I must have landed on an Internet marketing list, because I receive so many e-mails pitching my chances to win a scholarship to an online college.

'Homepreneurs' Doing Big Business

DEAR JOYCE: Is it true that over the past 15 years America's small businesses have created nearly 65 percent of all new jobs in the country, as President Obama recently said?

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