by Miriam Salpeter

If you want to be in the top 20 percent of job applicants who get noticed and win interviews, you should be thinking about how to incorporate sales secrets into your job search strategy. John Kalusa is a nationally recognized writer who speaks about corporate sales, recruiting, and personal career management. With over 25 years of experience as a strategic recruiting, human resources, and sales and marketing management leader in start-ups and Fortune 250 companies, he’s well qualified to comment on what the hiring manager wants to see.

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By Anthony Cintron

What is the best way to find a job in this economy? There are many ways in which search for jobs, but the best way to get your foot in the door isn’t necessarily right through the company you want to work for. You may have an easier time getting in by going through a recruitment agency.

Many companies save money by not advertising through newspapers and online sources — and recruiting agencies save them time and money when it comes to interviewing and weeding through candidates. Therefore, the recruiters know what jobs are open at the companies they work with — and if you don’t use them as part of your job searching strategy, you may miss some great opportunities.

According to a 2010 Accountemps survey, 28% of executives say the resume is where most job seekers make mistakes in the application process. But what exactly constitutes a mistake?

We talked with career coaches and resume writers to find ten gaffes that will guarantee that your resume never makes it past round one.

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The Source has teamed up with the iOpener Institute iOpener Institute for People and Performance to find out how happy and fullfilled our readers are at work. The Institute has a specially designed survey to help you establish how happy you are at work and along with the article below you can figure out how you can increase your happiness. Complete the questionnaire now.

I am in a wood-paneled boardroom of a large multinational waiting to make a pitch. My stomach lurches as I anticipate having to use the “H” word to the CEO. It just feels too “new-agey” to associate with the hard-numbered world of business.

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