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Article: Plan to land new job in new year
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- December 27, 2007
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With the New Year nearly here, you might be thinking of getting a
fresh start with a different job.
Go about the job search wisely, or you'll end up in just another
dead end.
Nicholas Aretakis, career coach and the author of "No More Ramen:
The 20-Something's Real World Survival Guide," provides these common
mistakes job seekers make, and offers tips to help you avoid them:
Setting your goals too low. Don't settle for a job that doesn't
challenge you, help you develop skills, or advance you toward an
ultimate career dream. Instead, think big - where you want to be 10
years from now. Then figure out what you have to do to get there,
and set interim goals.
Limiting your search. Don't be too ...