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Recruiter Musings is a blog that was created in 2009 by Michael Spiro, the President of Midas Recruiting. Its mission is to provide free advice, information, guidance and support for all types of job-seekers in the real world during a time of unprecedented economic challenges. Since its creation, it has rapidly grown in popularity, now receives thousands of hits a week, and has regular followers and subscribers from all over the world.

The following is an index of links to the most popular blog postings published here, organized by topic, that should be of particular interest to new readers:

Networking:
► How to Network: A Step-by-Step Guide for Job Searching
► Looking for Networking in All the Wrong Places
► Targeted Networking: How to Effectively Reach Out
► The Art of Giving: the Key to Effective Networking

Résumés and Cover Letters:
► The Brutal Truth on How Résumés Get Eliminated
► The Résumé Test & Checklist: Does Yours Pass?
► The “T” Cover Letter – The Only Type Worth Sending
► Explaining Short Job Stints and Employment Gaps
► Beating the Résumé-Elimination Game: Where Do Recruiters’ Eyes Go?

Interviewing:
► Phone Interviews: Secrets, Tricks and Tips
► Face-to-Face Interviews: Secrets, Tricks and Tips
► Skype Interview Tips … Welcome to the Future!
► Nuggets: A Secret Interviewing Technique
► Answering the Dreaded Salary Question
► 20 Surefire Ways to Blow an Interview
► “So, Do You Have Any Questions?” Nailing the Interview Closer

Age Discrimination:
► Age Discrimination: Secret Conversations Revealed
► Age Discrimination: Exposing Inconvenient Truths
► Are You “Overqualified?” Handling the Age Issue …
► Baby Boomers to the Rescue! An Idea Whose Time Has Come …
► Overcoming Job-Search Obstacles and Redefining Your Career After 50

Switching Jobs:
► The Proper Way to Quit a Job
► Counteroffers: Just Say No!

General Job-Seeking Advice & Information:
► “Help … I Need a Job!” A 9-Step Guide for Newly Minted Job-Seekers
► Contract/Consulting Jobs Explained … Available in 3 Different Flavors
► Advice for Recent Grads and Career-Changers
► Recipe for a Well-Balanced Job Search
► Getting Un-Stuck from your Rut!
► The Double-Whammy of Rejection and Isolation
► Is Your Elevator Pitch Taking You UP or DOWN?
► Avoiding the “Black Hole” of HR
► The Real Truth About Working with Recruiters
► “Unemployed Need Not Apply” – Working Around This Scary Message
► Using Social Media to Enhance Job-Searching
► Warning: That Rant You Posted Just Went Viral!
► The Golden Rule: Never Burn Bridges
► The Power of a Positive Attitude
► Why Job Hunting is a Consultative Sales Position
► Top 10 Most Helpful Things for Job Seekers
► Top 10 Most Annoying Things for Job Seekers
► New Year’s Resolutions for Unemployed Job-Seekers

Job-Seeking Humor:
► Comic Relief: Volume 1
► Comic Relief: Volume 2
► Comic Relief: Volume 3
► Comic Relief: Volume 4
► Comic Relief: Volume 5
► “In Transition” and Other Awkward Euphemisms
► Candidates Gone Wild: Recruiter Horror Stories

Links to all the above listed blog articles – as well many others – can be also be found on the right-hand sidebar of every Recruiter Musings page.