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    'Talk Shop, Not Jobs': The Right Way to Network and More

    Oct 02, 2012 06:36 PM EST

    ... Nick if he wouldn't mind taking some questions from our readers. Ask The Headhunter clarisaclarity: Are community boards such as Craigslist considered job boards? The reason I ask is because I have had reasonable success using Craigslist over the last decade. I did however, abandon job sites such as ...

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    More Job Search Secrets: Show Potential Employers the Money

    Sep 27, 2012 04:24 PM EST

    ... help them be more successful. That's what any good employer is really looking for. Copyright© 2012 Nick Corcodilos. All rights reserved in all media. Ask The Headhunter© is a registered trademark. As usual, look for a second post early this afternoon. But please don't blame us if events ...

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    Six Secrets To Beat the Job Market

    Sep 21, 2012 06:57 PM EST

    ... It turns out that in addition to giving interviews to PBS, Nick hosts a website called asktheheadhunter.com, publishes a free weekly -- the Ask The Headhunter© Newsletter. In light of Nick's cybersearch skepticism, and his prodigious written output and his experience, we asked him to share, in the ...

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    Is Applying for Jobs Online Not an Effective Way to Find Work?

    Sep 25, 2012 10:24 PM EST

    ... out of the process. Somebody told me that they had 29,000 people apply for a reasonably standard engineering position, and nobody made it through the screening process. The software told them nobody was qualified. NICK CORCODILOS, AsktheHeadHunter.com: In my view, it is absolutely insane. PAUL SOLMAN: Executive recruiter ...

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    Column: The 5Cs to follow when setting your kids' allowance

    Mar 30, 2017 01:32 PM EST

    ... for you.” What if your kid thinks it’s worth it to, say, leave his bed unmade or miss curfew and lose $10? You see the problem. Discipline your kid in some other way, and keep the allowance issue separate. READ MORE: Ask the Headhunter: Parents, hands off your Millennials ...

  • Brexit's fate unknown after vote to delay agreement with EU

    Brexit's fate unknown after vote to delay agreement with EU

    Oct 19, 2019 09:06 PM EST

    ... of all of these delays? Frank Langfitt: I was on a train recently up to Manchester, and I met two people who work in their headhunters in the city of London, the financial district. They voted to remain in the EU. They said that right now they can't get ...

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    A Tale of Two Job Seekers

    Sep 25, 2012 07:22 PM EST

    Image of John Franklin by the PBS NewsHour. Editor's Note | For our broadcast story about the frustrations of online job hunting -- which will air on the NewsHour Tuesday evening -- we interviewed headhunter Nick Corcodilos. He wrote a guest post for us, "Six Secrets To Beat the Job Market," and has agreed to...

  • 6 ways women over 50 can achieve financial fitness before retirement

    6 ways women over 50 can achieve financial fitness before retirement

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    Keeping physically fit is always important, but as we age, it becomes even more imperative to maintaining quality of life. The same is true for financial fitness.

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    Immigration Reform Advocates Hail CBO Deficit Score

    Jun 19, 2013 01:15 PM EST

    A Colombian immigrant takes her oral citizenship test at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in New York. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Funny thing about numbers. You often use them to bolster your argument, and dismiss them if they don't. Consider the Congressional Budget Office report out Tuesday regarding the immigration legislation up...