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In the first 2 sentences of her post at Nightly Business Report's XChange blog, Krystie Russin pins down why I started the Employment Specialist blog:

"Whenever I have read about how to get a job, all I find is generic advice. Go to college, work hard, send out a resume and your problems are solved, right?"

She starts a competent series with Finding a Job Part 1: Socializing and Finding a Job Part 2: Resume Writing. While the articles are not as groundbreaking as the ambitions she outlines in her opener, she includes insights based on personal experience.

These are part of a larger effort at the NBR website, Riding out the Storm.

Dana Bate chips in with the commonly suggested, "get out of the house."