Video: A Heart Engaged Spirit: How It Applies to Your Job Search

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Do you have a joke, a funny greeting, or maybe even music that plays when someone cannot reach you on your cell phone? If you are in the job search you might consider changing your message to something a little more professional. It will certainly go a long way to sending a positive message to a potential employer.

Theresa Maher interviews Author and CEO Clint Swindall about the importance of appreciation in your job search.

Theresa Maher interviews Author and CEO Clint Swindall about the importance of staying positive and motivated in your job search.

Theresa Maher interviews Author and CEO Clint Swindall about his latest book 'Engaged Leadership'.

Before your next interview, do your homework. Find out how to make research a critical and helpful part of your job interviewing and researching process. Mark Sanborn, President of Sanborn and Associates, speaker and author (The Encore Effect, You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader, The Fred Factor) shares his insights.

It can be a tough question in a job interview when the employer asks why you were let go from a previous position you held. Brian Weis offers some helpful tips for answering this question in a positive way.

Theresa Maher of Jobing.com walks us through the right and wrong answers to have in a job interview.

Handwritten applications are not a thing of the past. Companys still use these paper applications to gather information about you. So come prepared with all of the information you need to fill out the application.