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Thursday, March 17, 2011

VIDEO: Career Place Offers Job-Seeking Tips, Tricks

Career Place, formerly Barrington Career Center, hosted a seminar featuring a panelist of human relations experts.

Given the state of the economy, finding a job isn’t always easy.  A Barrington-based non-profit company understands how tough a job search can be and offered a free seminar on the topic March 17.  Career Place, formerly known as Barrington Career, hosted the seminar featuring human resources experts at the Palatine Public Library.  Career Place Operation Director Sherry Leginski introduced the panelists, and shared a key piece of advice for the unemployed.  “Keep your chin up,” Leginski said. “You’re not alone.” The human resources panelists fielded many important job search questions from creating a resume, to nailing an interview. An interesting topic that drew several gasps from the crowd was about cover letters. “We don’t even look at …

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