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How to re-energize yourself and your job search
Abridged: New York Times
CHICAGO, IL -- You have been out of work and looking for a job for several months and feel discouraged. How can you re-energize yourself and your search? Patience and persistence will help you get your job search back on the fast-track.
When you begin a job search, it's easy to feel hopeful and excited. But if months go by without an offer, that enthusiasm can wane. Job seekers can lose their motivation and start feeling personally rejected. When a job search isn't working you feel like a failure. You need to refocus and get outside of your own head.
The way to reinvigorate the search and change your attitude is to do what businesses do when customers aren't buying: Find some trusted friends, preferably at the level of those interviewing you, and ask them to be brutally honest. Ask them: "What might someone see in my resume, my presence, the way I interview, that needs improvement? Is there something I take for granted that might differentiate me to a potential employer?" Be willing to take their advice and make some changes.
Jump-start your internet job search today!
Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- With the huge growth of employment-related websites on the internet, a job seeker cannot afford to under-estimate the networking potential of posting their resume electronically. Successfully navigating this frontier however, requires new skills and strategies. This means posting your resume to maximize your exposure and searching all the top career websites to increase your possibilities.
By no means should the internet be your sole avenue of looking for a new job. The job search game also includes a lot of traditional networking, searching classified ads daily and targeted job searches. However the internet can dramatically expand the job-hunting resources that are available to you.
To jump-start your internet job search we recommend Resume Rabbit. You fill out one easy form and in about 15 minutes you'll be well on your way to landing that job you've been searching for. One of their newest features is convenient auto-login links that let you login to the many career websites where your resume is posted with one mouse click! To get instant access to millions of job listings and other career resources, try Resume Rabbit today.
Be thankful for your interviews
Abridged: The Daily Evergreen
PULLMAN, WA -- You have a great interview and wait to hear the good news - but it never comes. The employer felt someone else was more qualified but didn't let you know. Unfortunately, rejection is often part of the job search process, but courtesy works both ways. Question: What should I do after an interview to follow up with employers if they do not call me back?
Answer: The must-do after every interview is writing a thank you letter (or e-mail ). It should be sent out within 24 hours of the interview. The thank you letter is an opportunity for you to reinforce why you are right for the position! In your letter, briefly restate what qualifications you have which fulfill the employer's needs perfectly. If there were any points from the interview you feel resonated as high points, mention these to jog the employer's mind about how great you are!
One last note: If you have interviewed, sent your thank you letter and not heard from an employer, it is perfectly acceptable to call them and ask about the status of the position. The bottom line is always write a thank you letter after interviewing. Respect potential employers and, hopefully, they will respect you.
Jittery job market presents challenges (and opportunities)
Abridged: PRWEB
NEW YORK, NY -- The wild swings in the economy coupled with job cuts have made it clear that many are no longer completely safe in their current job. This is why it's a good idea to have a backup career plan.
The employment climate on Wall Street is edgy to say the least, but this unrest also creates an environment where savvy professionals in any field can position themselves as forward-thinkers who are too valuable to lose. Think of ways to increase your standing as a bottom-line conscious individual. Seize this moment to enhance your stature and make your case for indispensability - while also being cautious and preparing for the worst.
Market gyrations are valuable career wake-up calls. No matter what your professional game plan is - to weather the storm in place, or to seize the moment to move ahead - you must take some action now!
Take Action - Search all jobs from one place.
Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- With a new service called MyJobHunter, you'll be searching all top career sites at once & applying to all matching jobs with one click. Just enter your search criteria, review the matching jobs and select the ones you want. Then, click a single button and you'll instantly apply to all selected jobs with your resume and cover letter - without having to log into each job site separately.
Click another button to automate the whole process! MyJobHunter remembers your search criteria, and automatically applies to new jobs matching your criteria -- every day. Review jobs in advance or put searching & applying on auto-pilot. The choice is yours.
You'll also get an application history report that makes follow-up a breeze! It shows the jobs you were applied to, full job descriptions, employer contact info, and application dates. You can even add personal notes to each job! This service is proven to reduce hours of job searching and resume submitting to just minutes. Simply upload your resume, enter your job search criteria and let MyJobHunter take it from there. For more information, follow this link.
Time to figure out what you really want
Abridged: Clerical Business Solutions
SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Take time out to figure out what you want. Stepping into unfamiliar territory, going back to school, or learning to live on less income can present challenges. Start with careful thought, preparation, planning and research. You have to know where you want to go along with knowing where you want to leave. Don't allow yourself to be driven by a vague sense to change jobs just for the sake of change.
Don't put the job hunting process in motion, until you are able to write out the valid reasons that you want to move to a new job and be specific about what you want that job to be. Understand that you are contemplating a serious and difficult move, even under the best of circumstances. There is always some risk to your current situation when you start looking around.
What will your present employer think, if the word gets around that you are looking for better job opportunities. Determine that you have the courage to live with the uncertainties of making a change. Survey the situation. Make sure that there is a market for the skills that you have.
Education can be the key to your success
Staff Writer, The Career News
NEW YORK, NY -- If you think that the only way to earn a degree is to spend gobs of money and traverse across a complicated college campus, taking anywhere from two to eight years to get your Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's or even doctorate degree...think again. With advances in technology, you can now get your degree online, from an accredited university in your spare time and from the comfort of your own home.
Jennifer Day, Chief of the Education and Social Stratification Branch at the U.S. Census Bureau says, "In 1999, average annual earnings ranged from $19,000 for high school dropouts, to $26,000 for high school graduates, and $45,000 for college graduates and $99,000 for the holders of professional degrees. That includes medical doctors, dentists, veterinarians and lawyers.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau the difference in lifetime earnings between a high school diploma and bachelor's degree is a million dollars. Add on a master's degree and you can expect to earn an additional half a million dollars in earnings. Those with professional degrees earn much more - about 4.4 million dollars during their working life. To learn more about available schools & programs, and instantly request complimentary course catalogs of the ones you like, go to this website.
Go full speed ahead, no turning back
Abridged: OpEdNews
DENVER, CO -- If you are certain that you would be better off in a new job, and have given it plenty of thought and research, go for it full speed ahead. Invest whatever time and energy that's required to reach your goal. Don't sit back and wait for them to find you.
If you have something that the market wants, you will find a new job. It will take time. There may be times in your job search that you realize that your current job doesn't look half bad. So don't burn bridges with current employers, you just may have to turn back and cross that bridge one more time.
Many people are looking for better opportunities all the time. It's been estimated that graduates can expect on average to have held 8 different jobs by the time they are 40 yrs old. Some hiring managers and recruiters state that your resume will be stronger if it shows SOME changes in jobs, as long as the reasons for change are positive. It can show that you can be versatile in many fields but be careful with the changes and how many.
Complimentary networking cards for your job search
The Career News
BOSTON, MA -- Up to 80% of job seekers today find their jobs through networking. That's because it works. Some great places to network are Alumni Events, Job Fairs and Professional Industry Association functions. No matter where you go though, employed or not, you must always carry a fresh supply of business cards to hand out when the time is right.
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