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Today is: Friday, August 22, 2025   |   Next niftynews: Monday, August 25, 2025

Older Job Seekers May Be Hurting Their Chances of Landing a Job

A career coach shares 5 strategies to avoid self-sabotage

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The LinkedIn Fake Recruiter Problem
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can’t delete them fast enough

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NIFTY TIP of the DAY 

The Beginning of the End
Just not the end of the beginning

    Think about all the time and effort you put into preparing for a job interview. If you expect your interview to be successful, it should be considerable. Now the bad news: you probably could be putting in as much time and effort into the interview follow up as you do the preparation. What’s more, the interview follow up should begin before the interview actually ends. 

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“It is difficult to find the motivation to keep applying.” — Zach Taylor, a college graduate who has applied for 6,000 jobs since 2023, but has received only 13 interviews and no offers

            — The New York Times

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