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From Marc Cenedella
Marc Cenedella

Enlightened employers know that older workers bring wisdom, maturity, and experience to the table, but too often, it seems, that doesn't translate into a level playing field in the interview.

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Ten Tricks for a Better Job Search

Looking to find a job faster than my Yankees' playoff dreams evaporated? Then here are my special Ten Tricks for a Better Job Search:
  1. Use Advanced Search to search multiple functions (sales, finance, marketing) if your experience crosses boundaries.

  2. Not quite finding what you need? Use the "Refine Search" on the left side of the screen to make your search "just exactly perfect."

  3. To get even more listings, search all jobs within the past four weeks or eight weeks. We made the default two weeks to keep things manageable, but if you've got the appetite, we've got the gigs!

  4. Please don't try to search by a city name and a different state at the same time (like mixing apples and oranges ? it doesn't quite work).

  5. Please remember the difference between "any words" and "all words" when using job title search. "Any" means "if even just one word matches, please show me"; while "all" means "it's got to have every single word or don't show me".

  6. Are your search results now "just exactly perfect?" OK, then, turn that search into a "saved search" by clicking on the "Save this Search" button.

  7. Now sort those amazing results by clicking on the word "Title" in the headings bar. For most folks, an alphabetical list of titles is the easiest way to rapidly screen through listings.

  8. Don't forget to use the Help section, located in the upper right corner of your screen. That's where we've posted the answers to the 50 most common questions. Immediate gratification = cool.

  9. Want to catch the recruiters' eye, er... mouse? First, be sure that you've created your bio and that it's active for our recruiters to find. Then incorporate the "Top 100 Recruiter Search Words" into your bio for maximum exposure. Try to be subtle about it, though, folks, and use them only when appropriate. "Marc MBA Internet Relocation Executive Sarbanes Oxley Cenedella" looks a little bit goofy.

  10. And if you're not quite seeing the right jobs for you in our e-mails, create your own, personalized, custom saved search, and get just what you want.

  11. And here's a special 11th trick of the trade for you this Monday, Readers:

  12. NEVER USE ALL CAPS IN YOUR BIO ? it makes it very difficult to read and comes across as if you're a shouting, entry-level, desperate type that belongs on Monster, or perhaps it's just that you're very upset there won't be a subway series this year.
Thanks Readers! And a special thanks to my colleagues Sheena Ruffin and Matt Karp for helping to put together these "tricks of the trade" for our one million readers...
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