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		<title>What Your Job App Says About You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your resume, that finely crafted page-long synopsis of your professional history, is more than just insight into your professional accomplishments and academic accolades. It gives recruiters a first impression of your professional personality. Everything about it—layout, stylizing, content, wording—lets them &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/what-your-job-app-says-about-you">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Weathering the Economic Storm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news!  The unemployment reached a new low this past December, closing at nearly 8.5% for the first time since 2008. And with jobless claims falling by 12,000 to 367,000 last week, it is predicted that unemployment was even lower &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/weathering-the-economic-storm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/weathering-the-economic-storm</link>
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		<title>Negotiating Salary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies (probably in an effort to avoid potential protests of unequal pay) have a strict policy of only offering fixed salaries for each position they staff.  In these cases, potential employees in the midst of an interview process have &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/negotiating-salary">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/negotiating-salary</link>
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		<title>Secrets to Job Hunt Success—Gaining New Contacts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard before that companies do not advertise most of their job openings externally. Many positions are filled internally or by recommendation without considering outside candidates at all. Both of these things boil down to who you know—luckily &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/secrets-to-job-hunt-success%e2%80%94gaining-new-contacts">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/secrets-to-job-hunt-success%e2%80%94gaining-new-contacts</link>
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		<title>Finding the Right Fit – Getting to Know Your Prospective Employers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For people like me, research via social media is second nature. But it does not come as easily to everyone, or so some of the feedback from my previous post suggests. Using networking websites to research the company culture of &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/finding-the-right-fit-%e2%80%93-getting-to-know-your-prospective-employers">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/finding-the-right-fit-%e2%80%93-getting-to-know-your-prospective-employers</link>
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		<title>What Hiring Managers Don&#8217;t Tell You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, a friend of mine who recently graduated from university was elated to have finally found a job directly related to his skill set and career ambitions. Five months later, the company downsized because of its inability to generate &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/what-hiring-managers-dont-tell-you">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/what-hiring-managers-dont-tell-you</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn &#8211; Making and Keeping Connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some months ago in a TED Talks session on Cyborg Anthropology, Amber Case explained how people have the opportunity to reinvent themselves and essentially carry on real life through social media. They portray themselves as they wish others to see &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/linkedin-making-and-keeping-connections">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/linkedin-making-and-keeping-connections</link>
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		<title>Networking &#8211; It&#8217;s How You Say It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend as my alter ego I attended a networking event on behalf of a major institution. By observing the abundance of hopefuls all vying for informative morsels from my colleagues and me, I was able to garner this advice &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/networking-its-how-you-say-it">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/networking-its-how-you-say-it</link>
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		<title>My good friend Yelp (who I hate)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in February of this year I wrote a blog entry ranting against Yelp. I have recently reconsidered. My complaint was, and still is, that the majority of our Yelp reviewers are applicants for finance jobs on a temporary or &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/my-good-friend-yelp-who-i-hate">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/my-good-friend-yelp-who-i-hate</link>
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		<title>How to stay positive and motivated during your job search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for holiday season, last week a new government report announced that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since 2009—8.6%! While that’s fantastic news for lots of Americans, the report remains underwhelming for thousands of &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/stay-positive-and-motivated-during-your-job-search">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/stay-positive-and-motivated-during-your-job-search</link>
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		<title>It’s the Holiday Season – The best time for a job search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Thanksgiving behind us and only five weeks left in the year we traditionally see a dramatic slowdown in the amount of resumes we receive.   The conventional wisdom is that there are fewer openings during the holiday season and &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/the-holiday-season-the-best-time-for-a-job-search">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/the-holiday-season-the-best-time-for-a-job-search</link>
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		<title>Advice to Candidates: When your great resume just isn’t enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been quite a response to my last blog post, &#8220;Advice to Hiring Managers: A great candidate is more than their resume,” with most respondents sharing their own experience with hiring managers being slow to hire for open positions &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/advice-to-candidates-when-your-great-resume-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/advice-to-candidates-when-your-great-resume-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough</link>
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		<title>Advice to Hiring Managers: A great candidate is more than their resume</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Wall Street Journal published an article on companies that claim to be having difficulty finding skilled workers and are overlooking the employees who are on the market. This is a sad truth that we have been experiencing &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/advice-to-hiring-managers-a-great-candidate-is-more-than-their-resume">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/advice-to-hiring-managers-a-great-candidate-is-more-than-their-resume</link>
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		<title>Hypothetical Interviews: Ineffective Evaluations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If anything, people are consistent… I have recently taken up running triathlons. Though I really do enjoy the sport, I don’t do it out of a deep-seated love of swimming, biking, and running.  Truth be told, any kind of regular &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/hypothetical-interviews-ineffective-evaluations">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/hypothetical-interviews-ineffective-evaluations</link>
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		<title>Getting Your Resume Noticed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of blogs filled with horrible advice for job seekers out there – this article on resume writing by Kerry Hannon is not one of them.  So, rather than recreate the wheel I thought I would summarize &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/getting-your-resume-noticed">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/getting-your-resume-noticed</link>
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		<title>Money Management for Recent Grads &amp; Job Hunters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the U.S. added no new jobs last month. While the most recent report was a major disappointment, individuals must focus on what they can manage instead of what they cannot control. While job hunters &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/money-management-for-recent-grads-job-hunters">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/money-management-for-recent-grads-job-hunters</link>
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		<title>Care Leading to Collaboration &#8211; Continued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“As soon as you set a commitment all the obstacles standing in the way of achieving your goal suddenly become apparent.” These are the words of a mentor that my last post brought to mind. Basically you don’t notice difficulties &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/care-leading-to-collaboration-continued">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/care-leading-to-collaboration-continued</link>
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		<title>There’s No Crying on Wall Street!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Build an &#8216;emotion management toolkit&#8217; From the time Plato depicted the battle our souls endure between reason and passion as two horses, where the horse of reason is an “upright and clean-limbed” white horse &#8212; and the other “with thick &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/no-crying-on-wall-street">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/no-crying-on-wall-street</link>
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		<title>Care Leading to Collaboration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last blog post – I spoke of the power of collaboration, my frustration with our inability to create a stronger partnership relationship with our investment banking clients, and the desire to have more collaboration with the consultants who &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/care-leading-to-collaboration">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/care-leading-to-collaboration</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Ways to Best Utilize the Career Services Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently met with a student who worked at the Career Development center at Bard College. She discussed the college’s efforts to make their offices appealing to the older teen/young adult demographic, with events like “Resumania.” The student advisor also &#8230; <a href="http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/top-5-ways-to-best-utilize-the-career-services-office">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wallstreetservices.com/blog/top-5-ways-to-best-utilize-the-career-services-office</link>
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