KEEPING YOUR SPIRITS UP DURING YOUR JOB ...
We all know about the ups and downs of job hunting. Some weeks are very active with interviews and meetings, while others are slower. Here are things you can do to keep your spirits up. SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON YOUR JOB SEARCH Job hunting while unemployed should take up about 35 hours of your week. This includes research, networking, meetings, direct mailings, interviews and writing...Self-Assessment-The First Step in Strate...
Every day we are bombarded with reports from the media on the difficulty of finding employment, with competition being tougher than ever. You can’t watch the news without seeing at least one feature story on job hunting. So, how can you compete in this challenging market? Well, you need to have a strategic and focused approach to your search that will make you stand out to...Learning About the Job Hunt from Ferris ...
Found in The Wall Street Journal By John Brownrigg John Brownrigg was a senior manager at Corporex Companies LLC, a real estate development company. Mr. Brownrigg, 54, was laid off in August 2008 after almost two years with the company. Previously, he worked on commercial real estate and construction projects for General Electric, Ericsson and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital...What to do when unemployed
Found on www.Cynopsis.com BY john@cynopsis.com Being unemployed should be treated like a job, meaning you should dedicate 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, addressing the situation. • Check your unemployment benefits. • Perfect your resumes. Have several resumes ready, each emphasizing different highlights of your career. • Contact friends, neighbors, relatives, and people within your...Effective Networking, or How to Form Lon...
Networking has become a “buzzword” in the past couple of years. However, it is one of the best ways to get in the door and get yourself known in an industry or company. Also, it is a great way of building lifelong professional relationships that can be mutually beneficial. One way to use networking is in the beginning of your job campaign, at the preliminary...Finding The Perfect Match: The Knot (vid...
Found on Forbes: Great Video… From 7,000 viewers to 5,000,000 viewers the Knot explains how they are finding the perfect match in employees, and conections. A great video explaining how to move forward with a growing company, mentoring, and building a new company. Share on...How to Make a Job Search Table
How to Make a Job Search Table By PegC: eHow Contributing Writer Article Rating: (1 Ratings) Spreadsheet 3A job seeker must be organized to conduct a successful job search. One good way to organize a job search is to develop a job search table. Track potential employers, letters sent and contacts made through the use of a simple spreadsheet. Step 1) Decide what information is most...Small Steps, Big Leaps
By ALEXANDRA LEVIT AUGUST 2, 2009 Until recently, I was a glass half-empty kind of girl. If 10 good things happened and one bad thing happened, guess what I would focus on? I put tremendous pressure on myself to achieve immediate success, and when my career didn’t progress splendidly in all respects, I’d feel miserable. Job Hunting Isn’t Easy For some, this may sound...Finding a Job of His Own Dreaming
By JOE KROOG Published: July 11, 2009 LAST November, I was laid off from a database marketing company in Louisville, Colo., a Denver suburb, for economic reasons. Six months later, I found another position, at Kutenda, a provider of online marketing tools for small businesses, in Broomfield, Colo., also near Denver. Skip to next paragraph Kevin Moloney for The New York Times After a...What’s ‘In’ and ‘...
What’s ‘In’ and ‘Out’ on the Job Hunt Found on AOL.COM Filed under: Interview Tips, Salaries , Career Change Posted Apr 23rd 2009 4:08PM by ‘The Creative Group’ Monogrammed stationery. A Rolodex filled with business cards. The Sunday want ads. These job search tools have all gone the way of the dodo. But are you still using tactics that...
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