Archive for January, 2010

Job search engines to help you streamline your job search – Internet Search Engine Database

Job search engines to help you streamline your job search
Internet Search Engine Database
Most economists believe the economy will begin generating jobs within the next few months. Revised figures showed that the economy added 4000 jobs in

Personal Branding as a tool in your job search

Personal branding, a buzzword used a lot in the current recessionary job market is simply identifying and communicating your value to people who can help your career.  Essentially it is using social networking sites like Linkedin, twitter, and Facebook to promote your personal “brand” or identity to the people who can offer you a job, the hiring managers [...]

6 Personal Branding Mistakes That Can Threaten Your Job Search – CIO

6 Personal Branding Mistakes That Can Threaten Your Job Search
CIO
In their haste to differentiate themselves during the worst job market in decades, job seekers are making personal branding mistakes that can undermine

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Outrageous Job Search Moves For 2010 – CNBC

Outrageous Job Search Moves For 2010
CNBC
The job market, while stabilizing, is by no means robust. For the long-term unemployed, it will be even more competitive now as the employed but unhappy get

11 Twitter Tips – Job Search in 140 Characters – Wall Street Journal

11 Twitter Tips – Job Search in 140 Characters
Wall Street Journal
Twitter is a fast growing tool, now being used for more serious purposes than advertise what you had for lunch. However, Twitter is a firehose of

Jobless Rate Would Be 10.4% If Job-Search Dropouts Counted – NPR (blog)

Jobless Rate Would Be 10.4% If Job-Search Dropouts Counted
NPR (blog)
Mark reported earlier on the all-important December employment numbers. As he reported, the December unemployment rate was clocked at 10

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Labor market is recovering – unless it’s not

Just before I took my Christmas hiatus from being blogging about being unemployed I was encouraged by the unemployment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The unemployment rate actually fell.  It was only a couple of tenths but it was moving in the right direction.  In fact the Labor Department reported that the economy added [...]

What are your best online job search sources? – OCRegister (blog)

What are your best online job search sources?
OCRegister (blog)
The US Department of Labor wants to upgrade its job search resources through its One Stop Career Centers and is asking the public for help in identifying

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New Dept. of Labor site brings job search to you – KYTX

New Dept. of Labor site brings job search to you
KYTX
TYLER (KYTX) – Searching for jobs online can be overwhelming because there are so many sites.

Innovative online resume service

The holidays are over.  We said goodbye to one of the worst years and decades in recent history.  Now is the time to be hopeful and start our job search anew. 
Before my well deserved holiday respite (being  a bum is hard work) I posted about using search keywords in you resume and using social networking [...]