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Here's a plea from all employers out there to all job seekers: If you're going to send your resume to apply for a job opening, please take the time to tailor yo...

What comes immediately to mind when you hear the term "networking"€? Perhaps groups of people wearing suits, standing around drinking cocktails, haphazard...

I read an article recently that detailed why 95% of recruiters don't read cover letters. One recruiter put it best when he said cover letters were generally s...

Here are a few light reads to leisurely browse this weekend:

Connecting Made Easy: 5 Steps to Improve Your Networking As it says in the opener of the article, sometimes we forget why we or that we even have a network. These are some good ways to change that.

20 LinkedIn Tips Short, sweet, and incredibly helpful to those who get a little lazy about their LinkedIn account. No, I'm not talking about myself why would you even think that come on now let's be reasonable.

5 Tips for Finding Work After a Long Bout of Unemployment If you've ever been there or are currently there, this is a rough situation to be in. Super glad an article like this came along, though  it was a few months too late for me (thankfully :3).

4 Steps to Breaking Your Job Hopping Habit You job-hoppers know who you are.

25 Surprising E-Mail Stats This one's just plain cool. Totally geeked out about it.

Thanks to Mark Babbit, CEO and Founder of YouTern, a community that enables college students and recent grads to become employable for showing the love to Careerleaf in this great article on College Financial Aid Advisors. 

As far as job search tools – other than social media and networking – good old-fashioned hustle and work ethic are your best bets.  There are also some really great online job search tools such as @FreshTransition and @Careerleaf.