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	<title>Jan's Blog</title>
	<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com</link>
	<description>Be inspired. It's your career. It's your life.</description>
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		<title>Cheers to a Bright, New Decade!</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=119</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>General</category>
	<category>Job Search</category>
	<category>Musings</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	‘Tis the season—of well wishes and good cheer, auld lang syne and happy new year. On the brink of a new decade, consider how many times in our lives we get to experience this. Maybe eight, nine times? Ten, if we’re lucky? One of my dad’s brothers is beginning his 11th decade tomorrow, 12 if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimize Your LinkedIn Networking</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=118</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Job Search</category>
	<category>Networking</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I recently shared my favorite LinkedIn Tip on LinkedIn (how appropriate), but want to include here for my clients in active job search: Your second-degree connections on LI can make all the difference in your job search. Even those of you with hundreds (and by that, I mean thousands) of first-degree connections often don’t take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Recharge?</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=117</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Musings</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	No matter where you are in your adult life - a new graduate thrilled with the prospect of beginning a career &#8230; an early-stage millennial building a portfolio &#8230; a rising mid-tier professional &#8230; a C-suite executive transforming an organization &#8230; a post-retiree exploring return-to-work options in a rewarding Act 2 career - it&#8217;s essential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Let the Dog Days of Summer Detract You</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=116</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Job Search</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Long overdue ;-) With thanks to a prospective client yesterday (who inquired about my services/availability given my extreme tardiness on this blog), I am jumping on with an update! Over the past few years, I&#8217;ve engaged more actively on LinkedIn, both through published articles and posts as well as through individual exchanges with clients and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Search at the Holidays? YES!</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=115</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Job Search</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	I see it already. With fewer than four weeks remaining until Christmas, clients are hitting the brakes on job search, deferring launch of their updated social media sites, and backing away from solid networking and outreach. Why? They are succumbing to an antiquated and incorrect myth that &#8220;nothing happens&#8221; from Thanksgiving until after the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Millennials to Launch!</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=114</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
	<category>Job Search</category>
	<category>Resume</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	This past week, I co-presented the closing keynote address at the annual conference of the National Resume Writers&#8217; Association in Charlotte, NC (Louise Kursmark was my co-presenter: We have been talking about career management and resume strategies across our industry and nation for more than 20 years). 
	While in the beautiful &#8220;Queen City&#8221; (and having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How&#8217;s Your Golf Game?</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=113</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Interviewing</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Want to improve your interviewing prowess? Want a real game changer in your job search? It actually doesn&#8217;t matter how good or bad your golf game is when it comes to job search. And if you&#8217;ve never played golf, that&#8217;s okay, too. But I would like to impress on any job seeker the importance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Job for 2015 this Year&#8217;s Resolution?</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=112</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you&#8217;re thinking of fine-tuning your career - or perhaps making a quantum change in your 9-to-5, check out some of the ideas in the article &#8220;What makes you different&#8221; (link below). I was interviewed for this article, which focuses on new graduates. But quite honestly? Most of the tips (tailored to where you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L-o-n-g-e-r Interview Cycles</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=111</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>site admin</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	It is of no surprise that companies are weighing carefully their decisions to bring on new hires &#8212; cautiously vetting prospective candidates, testing rigorously, and drilling deeply into the backgrounds of those who escalate through the rounds of interviews to finalist. The wrong hiring decision can be agonizing and costly (both in human costs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Game?</title>
		<link>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=110</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Job Search</category>
		<guid>http://myblog.janmelnik.com/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	In recruitment, that is. While I&#8217;m reasonably sure that most of my C-suite clients aren&#8217;t delighted with this news (if they&#8217;ve even heard about it), late Gen Xers and definitely Gen Yers are likely to embrace this trend. What am I talking about? In the May 2014 issue of Human Resource Executive, the special focus [...]]]></description>
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