What Comes With Your Free LinkedIn Account

There are some well written articles on why active and discreet job seekers should create a LinkedIn account.  I'm also an advocate of LinkedIn however; this post is not about why you should create a LinkedIn account but how to leverage your LinkedIn account during your job search. The LinkedIn tools that I am going to describe are F-R-E-E with your F-R-E-E account (we like free).  You may not find all of these tools suitable for your search strategy so I'll sort each tool in separate buckets making it easy for you to read and decide which ones you do want to use. *IMPORTANT NOTE - If you have not created a well written profile...

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Build Your Twitter Profile For Your Job Search

If you want someone to think of you when a job opening surfaces you need to be on Twitter.  For starters, make sure your Twitter profile is presentable (professional) and optimize it so that will attract staffing personnel and managers. Don't protect your tweets.  It prevents your tweets from being indexed by Google, and from getting discovered by recruiters. Don't mix business with pleasure.  If you plan to tweet a lot about your personal life create a second account. Don't use inappropriate pictures in your profile or a picture that is not you. Do choose an identity wisely.  Select a professional screen, whether it's...

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Ten Steps - Step 2 - Review the Federal Job Process

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Ten Steps - Step 3 - What are your Accomplishments?

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Ten Steps - Step 1 - Importance of Networking

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Use Social Media In Your Job Search - A Must

Like all of my other posts this particular one will provide you with advice on how you should bare your experience and background to Recruiters, HR professionals, Headhunters and hiring managers. For this post I am picking social media and how you can leverage this resource to enhance and boost your job search. Did you know there are more than 100 social media sites? If you are curious as to what they are go here. You probably use at least 2 forms of social media to connect and re-connect with friends. The most popular ones are Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn (which is actually a professional network). Why should you use social media...

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Networking Tips for Career Advancement

Source: Career & Employment News Establish networks with professionals in your current or desired fields. Search for and attend association events, cocktail receptions and critical seminars that will attract the people you should know. Be prepared to talk with new people. Draft a few questions and statements that will help get the conversation going. Ask what inspired your new contact to join his/her company or what experience he/she brings to the job. Share your positive experiences, what you've learned and your intended career path. Get his/her contact information! Look for mutual opportunities. Perhaps your new contact could benefit...

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Maintaining a Security Clearance is a Valuable Asset for Veterans in Today's Job Market

By Greg T. Rinckey, Esq. In today’s competitive job market, any extra credential you can add to your resume puts you one step ahead of the other applicants. If you’re just now packing away your uniform and beginning the transition to a civilian job, one of the most valuable assets you can take with you is a security clearance. A security clearance is not only appealing to future employers, but shows that you’ve already been through a thorough background check and a disciplined, dependable worker is available for hire. And with the military population as the largest source of individuals holding security clearances, retired servicemembers are...

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Putting Veterans First in the Job Market

Finding a job is hard enough these days, and even harder for returning military veterans. Now Thomas R. Suozzi, the Nassau County executive, wants to put servicemen and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at the front of the line for job openings. By Linda Saslow- “Although in today’s economy it’s hard to foresee how many jobs we will be able to provide, the veterans will have first preference.” Mr. Suozzi announced Warriors to Work, a program to provide job opportunities for those veterans. He said it was the first public-private program in the country to provide employment opportunities for returning veterans from the current wars....

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Stable Demand for Sales Jobs

SalesJobs.net, a Beyond.com career community and Web site for job seekers and employers in the sales industry, reveals there is a stable demand for sales jobs providing hope for sales professionals and new college graduates alike in the face of today’s economy. The recent recession has caused a decline in jobs across a multitude of industries, creating a pool of highly qualified talent not seen in years. Many businesses are taking advantage of these candidates to fill sales positions that offer high-reward and low-risk to the company. This trend has allowed the sales sector to remain strong, experiencing close to a 10% increase in the number...

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Veterans Green Jobs Career Training Program Supports Veterans

Veterans Green Jobs announces that it has opened enrollment for the Spring and Summer 2009 sessions of the Veterans Green Jobs Academy™. The Academy is a unique hybrid of classroom and on-the-job training designed to move the experienced, disciplined military veteran into a meaningful career in green industries. Veterans Green Jobs Academy™ programs include free or low-cost green job training; multiple industry-recognized home energy audit certifications; and job placement services to veterans seeking to help America restore its economy, environment and communities. All honorably discharged veterans are encouraged to apply now for 8-week training...

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Niche and Local Job Boards

Hong Kong job seekers and recruiters are set to benefit from the launch of a host of industry-specific websites serving the region. The sites, led by Jobs-In-Hong-Kong.com, are being launched by The Omni Job Board Network, Inc. in response to changing needs in the internet recruitment market. The Omni network was created by a team of former recruiters, web developers, human resources (HR) and marketing professionals, "who had become disillusioned by the high cost and inconsistent results they experienced with traditional job boards." Their research reveals that the vast majority of internet job seekers have little loyalty to major job board...

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Part-time Opportunities

Most people (meaning job seekers) perceive part-time jobs as a waste of time and offer less than full-time positions. Many part-time jobs pay just as much as full-time as a 40 hour per week job and there are number of part-time jobs that offer benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), vacation days and employee discounts. Here is a list of the best part-time opportunities. 1. Tax Preparer 2. Substitute Teacher 3. Private Tutor 4. Part-time Receptionist 5. Computer Technician 6. Copy Editor 7. Direct Sell...

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Will Your Credit Score Harm Your Job Search

Do you wonder if your credit history will effect your chances of landing a job? It could. If the job you are applying for involves handling money or sensitive financial information, then yes your candidacy for that job could be questionable. Here's some good advice from Gerri Willis, CNN Money: "Your credit score won't matter because employers are not allowed to use credit scores as part of employment screening. But, they are allowed to look at your credit reports according to Deanna Templeton of Credit.com. Employers must tell you if they'll be peeking into your report before they actually do it. Plus, they are not allowed to use that information...

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Hiring Firms Gear Up for Finance Mop Up

The expected clean-up of the U.S. financial sector and an anticipated economic stimulus package has staffing firms preparing to find jobs for everyone from blue-collar workers to highly trained compliance officers. While most headlines in the past few months have been about companies and industries eliminating jobs and closing factories, once these federal government programs roll out, demand within some sectors is expected to spike! "Cleaning up the bad loans and reregulating the financial sector is going to be huge," said Brendan Courtney, Vice President of Mergis Group, a unit of staffing company Spherion Corp, which has set up a special group to handle hiring related to the U.S. financial sector bailout. "None of this is going to get done without armies of people." The U.S. Congress...

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Recruiters Can Be Found At......

Recruiters and other HR professionals are appearing on professional and social online network groups. But before I discuss the main topic permit me to sidetrack a bit in order to set up why I decided to talk about (once again) why you have to cast a wide net in your job search and consider tapping into a social network groups.   I read an article today that talked about how online job board postings have dropped by 23% over the past 2 months. The writer cites a report written by a research group who reported the reason in the decline was due to a less in demand for labor. I think that is partly true. However, what was missing in that article...

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Job Seeker Support Groups

One of the best sources of job leads is other job seekers. People who are unemployed or under-employed are finding strength in support groups. Members of these groups are the front-line soldiers in the battle for jobs, and as a group, know more about where the openings are than probably any other single source. Except in the rare instance when two people are looking for the same type of job -- at the same level -- in the same geographic area, most job seekers are eager to share their knowledge and leads with others. That is why career strategist and counselors (and I) recommend all job seekers connect with at least one job search group. I recently created such a group. It's called the Frustrated Job Seeker Lounge.There are no membership fees or other costs associated with the group. You...

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Wanted - Heavy Equipment Operators

Heavy equipment operators will have plenty of career opportunities in 2009. Job opportunities for construction equipment operators are expected to be in abundance through 2012, due to the shortage of adequate training programs, according to the National Heavy Equipment Operators School. The National Heavy Equipment Training program is offered in two phases: distance learning and resident training. Resident Training requires a month of hands-on heavy equipment training, of which students are required to complete 201 hours of hands-on heavy equipment operator training in order to graduate. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, construction equipment operators held about 416,000 jobs in 2002. Jobs were found in every section of the country and were distributed among various types of operators....

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100 Best Companies to Work For In 2009

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/full_list/ Check out one of my online discussion groups. You may be able to connect and network with a current employee or former employee from one of this compani...

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President Obama's Economic Plan

President Obama is urging Congress to pass a $825 billion economic stimulus plan before President's Day. He hopes that the plan will create up to 1 million jobs over the next 2 years.Do you think that his plan will work? Write your comments he...

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