Rachel Kaufman

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Six Words You Should Never Use In Your Cover Letter

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Writing a cover letter for your job application can be more of an art than a science. What works for one hiring manager may be a turnoff for others. But [...]

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The Top 10 Cover Letter Fails Ever (as defined arbitrarily by yours truly, MJD blogger)

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Depending on who you ask, sending a cover letter for a job application is either outdated and hopelessly dumb or is the defining factor for whether you get the job. [...]

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TheLadders Sued for ‘Breach of Contract’ and More

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TheLadders.com, the formerly “Only $100k+ jobs” board, has been sued in U.S. District Court for breach of contract among other things, reports headhunter and career guru Nick Corcodilos. The suit [...]

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February ADP Employment Report Is More Of The Same

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Private-sector employment increased by 198,000 jobs in February, and by 215,000 in January, payroll giant ADP announced today. While February’s gains are the latest in a string of monthly job [...]

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Fake Kickstarter Marketer Lands At AOL

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Writing a cover letter for your job application can be more of an art than a science. What works for one hiring manager may be a turnoff for others. But [...]

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Burned Freelancer Takes Client’s Website Hostage

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From our friends at PRNewser here is a story no freelancer ever wants to see: a web designer who claims he wasn’t paid for his work has replaced his client’s [...]

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Trouble at Budget Travel

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A spokesperson for the company says that the magazine is “not in bankruptcy at this time,” however, some sad news is coming out of that magazine with or without the [...]

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Laid-Off Journalist Brews ‘Unemployed Reporter Porter’

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Former Hartford Advocate writer Jon Campbell has picked up a new hobby now that he’s, well, a former Advocate writer. His homebrew, Unemployed Reporter Porter, includes “chocolate and roasted barley [...]

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The Most Amazing Resume We’ve Seen Lately (Or Ever)

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We here at MediaJobsDaily are leery of using superlatives like “most amazing” as there’s almost always something more amazing down the pike, but this resume is actually, sincerely great and [...]

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Private Sector Employment Increased By Almost 200k: ADP

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Private-sector employment rose by 192,000 in January, payroll giant ADP says. That’s slightly higher than the revised job growth for December (185,000 jobs) but well in line with the sort [...]