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Why You Should Never Stay in the Same Job for More Than Four Years - Monster.com. By Joe Issid, Monster Canada Contributing Writer This is not your father’s job market.

Long gone are the company lifers from yesteryear who spent their entire careers in a single position within a single company. Today, we’re living in an age of job promiscuity, where regularly changing jobs is not just tolerated, but encouraged. This shift is a fairly recent phenomenon that can be traced back to the dot-com rise and fall of the late 1990s. Regardless of the reasons for the shift, the current employment climate requires job seekers to be more agile. 1. It’s human nature to get comfortable and settle into a predictable routine. Nine Things Never to Say to Your Boss - Monster.com. By Megan Malugani, Monster Contributing Writer, and Charles Purdy, Monster Senior Editor “Think before you speak” is always a good policy -- and at work it's even more important.

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ANSWERED: Should You Send A Handwritten Or Email Thank You Note After An Interview? Deion Sanders is funding free charter schools in Dallas, Fort Worth. Deion Sanders has made millions of dollars playing football and delivering his own insight on the sport he loves.

Now he's giving back to one of the communities in which he starred, which he still calls home. NFL Hall of Fame defensive back Deion Sanders — Getty Images As reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Prime Time is investing in and starting two tuition-free charter schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The schools, called Prime Prep Academy, will open campuses in Dallas and Fort Worth and will open in fall 2012 for students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Fort Worth and sixth through 12th grade in Dallas. In the meantime, Prime Prep already has a website and Twitter account up and running, touting its future goals. Sanders is launching the schools in conjunction with his business partner, D.L. . [ Related: Superstar prep pitcher Lucas Giolito hits 100 mph on radar gun ] Never ask employees to do these things. Kill the post-work social events -- among other things -- that might be rubbing your staff the wrong way.

You’re the boss. You have the power. Awesome. What's hiding behind the buzzwords in job ads? You've heard the job ad jargon so often, your eyes glaze over: detail-oriented, fast-paced work environment, team player.

But these well-worn phrases can expose the dirty little secrets of your potential future employer. By Katherine Reynolds Lewis, contributor FORTUNE -- Read enough help-wanted advertisements, and you'll soon realize that they all basically sound the same. Jargon like "detail-oriented" and "self-starter" is so overused that the positions advertised begin to sound unremarkable: part of the expected landscape of hunting for a job. The Top 3 Mistakes Job Seekers Will Make on Facebook Timeline.

Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko, a unique professional community where social networking and job opportunities come together.

Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter. Eventually, Facebook's 845 million users will have to climb abroad the Facebook Timeline hub. There will be plenty of challenges to consider with the slow roll-out of updates to the world's largest social network affecting millions of people. More than 18.4 million Americans have used Facebook to find a job. Facebook Timeline poses new obstacles for current adults looking for work. 9 Bad Work Habits-and How to Break Them. By Amanda Greene-Kelly Stressed out?

Overworked? It might surprise you to learn that your job isn't solely to blame for your office woes. The Job Search and Confidentiality [INFOGRAPHIC] We know that social media is a huge part of the modern job search.

But being active on social media also can prevent you from searching stealthily. Coworkers and bosses can see who you've recently followed on Twitter (handles of job boards could tip them off), Facebook friends can see your new friends in the ticker (what if they're recruiters?!) And misapplied settings on your Google+ circles could blow your cover. So yes, in addition to the difficulty of trying to find a job in this economy, the very tools that could prove most useful could also majorly backfire. The Social Media Guide. Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko, a unique professional community where social networking and job opportunities come together.

Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter. Social media is awesome, isn’t it? It does so much and asks so little. And using social media the right way can hook you up with the right people, in the right place, at the right time. 8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Early on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it clear that the timeworn exhortations of What Color is Your Parachute?

Won't fly in this economy. "That's the wrong question," Hoffman, the co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn writes (with the help of coauthor Ben Casnocha). "What you should be asking yourself is whether your parachute can keep you aloft in changing conditions. " Hence the central conceit of the book. 10 Buzzwords to Avoid on Your Resume. Provided by by Lindsay Olson Creative. Effective. Motivated. How a 140-Character Twitter Resume Could Land Your Next Job. 10 Things to Leave Off Your Resume. What you don't include on your resume can be as important as what you do include. Here are 10 things you should leave off: 1. An objective. Resume objectives never help and often hurt. Not only do they feel outdated at this point, but they're all about what you want, rather than what this stage of the hiring process is all about--what the employer wants. Four Things That Can Send Your Resume into the Trash - Monster.com. 10 Secrets of a Hiring Manager. A Recruiters' Perspective: Job Boards and Career Websites.

Rob Byron is a Principal Consultant in the Information Technology Permanent division at Winter, Wyman. Winter, Wyman is the largest and one of the most recognized staffing organizations in the Northeast. Find out more on the Winter, Wyman blog or follow on Twitter @WinterWyman. If you’re looking for a job, you’re probably using job boards and social networking sites. Having an online presence is an effective way to find a new post, but with the overwhelming amount of sites available, and the millions of potential candidates squeezed in next to you, how can you leverage these sites to secure your next position? As recruiters, we have a unique perspective on the hiring process. Building Your Brand Every post, profile, picture or tweet you put online is a reflection of you.

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