Conducting an effective job search ...
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Job seekers make many mistakes in their job search efforts. What's the best way for job seekers to land a new job in this dismal market? Target specific employers and network your way into them. It's sound job search advice. Unfortunately, most job seekers go about this the wrong way. Their biggest misstep is conducting their job search backwards.
Many have such a scattershot approach. Their job search efforts aren't working because there are thousands of unemployed professionals using the same approach and job opportunities are so limited. Instead, job seekers need to think of themselves as a product and market themselves like an agency. The job seeker's next step: Get to know the industry and a prospective company's pain points and business goals. Employers want to hear your strategies for making the company money, saving money and minimizing risk.
Learn to speak the prospective employer's language in your resume and cover letter. Speak about how you're going to move a company in a recession. Tell employers specifically what you're going to do for them. In this economy, job seekers should be asking themselves whether their traditional job search strategies are working. Now more than ever, job seekers must take a more organized approach.
Organize your search & distribute your resume fast!
SAN DIEGO, CA -- While the job market is very competitive right now, there are still millions of jobs being offered by hiring managers who search all of the top career sites. Sure it may take some time, but posting your resume on all the top career sites and niche job boards will give you better exposure than your competition.
If you want the benefit of maximum exposure, but don't want to spend 60 hours researching and filling out website forms consider letting a service like Resume Rabbit do the work for you. This useful tool helps you organize your search efforts and saves you time, while allowing you to focus on networking strategies. Just fill out one easy form and in about 15 minutes you'll be posted on 85 top career sites like Job.com, CareerBuilder, Net-Temps, Dice and more.
If confidentiality is a concern, use Resume Rabbit's new confidentiality feature. Your resume can be seen, however, no one will see your name, street address or phone number. Whether you do it by hand or use a service like Resume Rabbit, creating accounts on all the best career sites will give you access to millions of jobs and exposure to 1.5 million employers and recruiters daily. To get your resume posted confidentially on all the top career sites and niche job boards, just go to: Resume Rabbit.
Tax tips for the unemployed and finanically distressed
NEW YORK, NY -- If you've lost your job, or suffered a big drop in income, you may have a significantly different tax situation from previous years. And there is a small upside to earning less - you may now qualify for certain tax breaks that phased out when your paycheck was much higher. On the other hand, you may also be responsible for new taxes you're unaware of.
If you collected unemployment this year, the first $2,400 of any unemployment insurance collected is not subject to tax. You should receive what's known as a Form 1099-G, which will show what you were paid and any federal income tax you elected to have withheld. If you didn't withhold taxes, you may owe them now. Severance and pay for vacation time is also taxable.
If your one of the many Americans who couldn't find a job this year and you decided to strike out on your own, you'll need to familiarize yourself with a new set of tax rules. While there are many more deductible expenses, there are also new taxes to take note of. Even if you're temporarily doing consulting work, you are considered self-employed. That means you're required to pay income tax, as well as self-employment taxes, including Social Security and Medicare. To learn more about how taxes will effect you this year, visit http://www.irs.gov.
LinkedIn: The key to getting noticed & headhunted
SAN FRANCISCO, CA --New Year's resolutions generally focus around losing weight or finding a new job. Now that it's February, you may have already cut down on fast food and Hostess Cakes, but are now faced with the problem of a poor job market as companies still try to recover from the recession by keeping on skeleton staff.
Apart from sending your CV to recruiters, this may be the year to also optimize your online social networking skills to not only help you get headhunted, but to stand out from the leaning tower of resumes when HR execs do a Google search on you. LinkedIn is the chance to outline your professional expertise and impressive job history to anyone searching for you online. Take a look below at LinkedIn tips to get yourself noticed.
Make sure your profile is publicly available. You are in complete control over what profile information is shared to non-members or contacts, and you need to ensure that your info is appearing on search engines as well. Leave out the personal banter from LinkedIn and keep your profile 100% professional. This will also help make all of your job skills and talents onto the front page of Google.
Get Googled to get recruited and land a job faster!
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Each day, more and more recruiters and hiring managers use search engines to find resumes. According to a recent study, as many as 80% of all recruiters use the major search engines to source and evaluate potential candidates for their open positions. Did you know that people recruited for a job earn 15% more on average compared to someone who applies? So, are you getting Googled?
If you are like most job seekers you are not. We recommend trying a new service called Climber.com Premier. Climber.com Premier is a job search program that builds you a Professional Online Resume that's Search Engine Optimized for your unique skills and background.
They guarantee that your "Online Resume Profile" can be found by thousands of recruiters searching on Google, Yahoo! and all the other major search engines. To get Googled and recruited for your next job opportunity, sign up today for your risk-free trial at Climber.com.
An effective job search requires determination
WASHINGTON, DC -- If you tend to dawdle or procrastinate, you'll benefit from a structured routine with established time-frames to muster the necessary discipline. With those checks and balances in place, try taking a holistic approach that incorporates a range of activities beyond clocking job-search hours.
If you allow your job search to become all-consuming, your energy will be drained and stress will take its toll. Focused job search efforts combined with using a variety of job search tools will help you streamline your search efforts and beat the competition. You can also use a portion of your time to get job training to upgrade existing skills or build new ones, which in turn will highlight your motivation to potential employers.
Whether you network daily or venture forth only for job interviews, these social interactions are where lasting impressions are formed and hiring decisions are made. The ability to have engaging conversations will be aided by your ongoing active involvement in life. These activities not only make your life more interesting for you, they make you more interesting prospective employers and hiring managers.
Job search engine helps you beat the competition!
LOS ANGELES, CA -- For the first time, there's a service that finds 100's of perfectly matched, available jobs & instantly applies to them FOR YOU, every day. It's called MyJobHunter.com and it automatically: searches all the top career sites at once, finds all new jobs matching your criteria, applies with your resume to matching jobs, personalizes your cover letter for each application & provides a history report of jobs you've been applied to.
Most employers find qualified applicants within the first group of resumes they receive. That's why MyJobHunter really works. It gets your resume in the hands of interested employers immediately after their jobs are advertised - and long before your competition. Many of their customers get immediate feedback and interviews within 2 days.
Finally, MyJobHunter helps you win at the job search numbers game. It's simple. Apply to as many targeted jobs as possible, in a timely fashion, and you'll increase your chances of landing one. That's why MyJobHunter searches the major career sites in North America daily, and instantly applies to new jobs matching your criteria. Try it for yourself at MyJobHunter.com.
Right workers are still hard to find
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Many companies around the region are still slashing jobs and cutting pay. But those companies that were able to grow as others have faltered - face a new challenge to find qualified job candidates. Employers commonly get questions like, 'How can you have a hard time finding people when there are so many people out of work?'" In reality, it's still pretty tight when you're looking for good, quality candidates.
As more jobs become available, though, and unemployment remains elevated, companies are still being flooded with many unqualified applicants. The sheer number of unemployed and with the ease of Internet filing the problem has become worse. When you have unemployment as high as it's been, there's a feeling that it's easy to fill jobs. And actually, it's quite the opposite.
According to a recent survey from Robert Half and CareerBuilder, 44% of the resumes employers receive come from unqualified candidates. In addition, some of the best candidates still have jobs and are reluctant to leave in an uncertain economy. As you can imagine, there are more qualified people than ever, but there are more unemployed than ever. As a result, it's taking longer to find the "superstars."
Keep up with industry news and get the competitive edge
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Whether you're looking to move up or move on - reading business and trade publications lets you move right in to the job of your dreams. They keep you sharp, well informed, articulate and in-demand. It's no secret that keeping up with the news and trends of your industry or profession (as well as that of your clients') will give you the competitive edge you need. And now, you can get your trade magazines without having to pay for them.
Through a special offer from The Career Digest, you can instantly get a subscription to practically every leading industry and business publication. It takes only a minute to search the website to quickly find the magazines matching your skills and interests.
First search by publication title, industry, or geography. Then, pick the magazines you want, fill out a brief online subscription form and press submit. It's really that easy. For more information or to sign up now for your free trade magazines, go to TradePub.
Career Tools Highlighted in This Issue:
- Resume Rabbit - Saves you time! Organize your search and distribute your resume fast!
- Climber.com - The premier job search program Get Googled and recruited for your next job opportunity!
- MyJobHunter - Job Search Engine Tool Search all top job sites at once & apply to jobs with 1-click
- Complimentary Industry and Trade Magazines Instantly subscribe online to industry and business publications
