Move north: jobs on the prairie

Alberta has jobs but not enough workers. They expect this "problem" to get worse. Overall, Canada's unemployment rate is 1.7 points less than in the US. (The dissent: this article claims it's still tough for a graduate just out of college to get a decent job in Canada.)

Don't apply to more than 3 or 4 companies, this consultant writes. You don't have time to do do your homework and network with more than that.

Apply directly from company web sites and skip the big job boards. Set up a Google alert for your name so you know if anyone mentions you.

Here's a list of the 5 least effective job searching techniques. Might want to check to see if you're doing any of these. I don't agree some of these are the "least" effective. But none of them are "good".

They're telling freshmen in college to sign up with LinkedIn.


---more advice from the real world in my ebooks

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