New Job-Hunt Articles + Career of the Week

November 17th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Nancy Collamer for Lifestyle-Friendly Careers, Dr. Jan Cannon for Mid-Life Careers, and Kate Duttro  for Careers for Academics:

Career of the Week: Legal Assistant/Paralegal – $22.88/hour average wage, expected 10-year job growth is 22%.  More about other Careers

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career of the Week

November 9th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Laura DeCarlo for Job Interviewing, Jeff Lipschultz for Working with Recruiters, and Parmelee Eastman  for Company Research:

Career of the Week: Clothing Designer – $63,000 average annual income, expected 10-year job growth is 5%. More about other Careers

Don’t Be a Layoff SURVIVOR

November 3rd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

According to the dictionary, to “graduate” is “to advance to a new level of skill, achievement, or activity.”  SO… Be a layoff GRADUATE, rather than a layoff survivor.

The dictionary says that to “survive” is “to remain alive or in existence.”  Surviving is certainly MUCH better than the alternative.

However, think back to the last time you graduated from something.  For most of us, a graduation is the beginning of a new phase of life.  We take what we have learned in the recent past, and apply that knowledge to move in a new direction.

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New Job-Hunt Articles & Career of the Week

November 2nd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Beverly Harvey for Executive Job Search, Wendy Gelberg for Introverts’ Job Search, and Job-Hunt’s editor Susan P. Joyce for Online Job Search:

Career of the Week: System Software Engineer – $70,000 average annual income, expected 10-year job growth is 38%. More about other Careers

New Job-Hunt Articles & Career of the Week

October 26th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

This week, we introduce Susan Guarneri, the Assessment Goddess and Job-Hunt’s newest Expert, specializing in Career Assessments.

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week: Susan Guarneri’s first article on Career Assessments, Diane Hudson Burns, Job-Hunt’s Veterans’ Job Search Experts, and Erin Kennedy, CPRW, Job-Hunt’s Marketing & Sales Expert:

Career of the Week: Health Services Manager – $73,000 median annual income, expected job growth rate is 16%. More about other Careers

New Job-Hunt Articles This Week

October 14th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by 3 of  Job-Hunt Experts: Sean Harvey for Values-Based Careers, Barbara Safani for Finance Industry Job Search, and Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter for Job Search Marketability:

More articles on Job-Hunt every week, in addition to the posts here on Job-Hunt’s Job Search News Blog.

Job Search Short Cuts

October 10th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

Here are 4 things you can do which will speed up your job search by making your job search more effective.

Conducting a more effective job search will shorten the time it takes you to find a job, so these time savers will be short cuts for you.

Biggest Job Search Time Savers:

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LinkedIn Groups Replacing Job Boards?

September 2nd, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

This is another phase in the evolution of online job search, and, if you were paying attention, you knew it was coming. It has arrived!

Candidate “Sourcing”

Monday, I took “social media sourcing” class.  ”Sourcing” is a phrase that’s been using in the online recruiting world for a few years. Basically, it means searching for good job candidates using many different tactics, rather than posting jobs.  Sourcing as a recruiting speciality developed for 2 simple reasons:

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ARRP Top 50 Employers: 9,000+ Jobs Open

August 30th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

These employers, the 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50, were selected by AARP based on an application the employer submits to AARP which is evaluated by an independent panel of judges.

For each employer, you will find: a link to the AARP Profile, a count of the number of jobs posted, a link to the jobs posted, and the employer’s primary location.

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Six Companies that are Hiring

August 6th, 2009 by Joel

If you’re currently amidst a job search, you’re probably under the impression there aren’t a lot of options out there. Think again.

A recent study from Fortune Magazine found the most admired companies to work for. That list covered 64 industries and was global in nature. An article from NewJerseyNewsroom went one step further by finding the companies that are actually hiring and are best placed to survive the next recession.

The top six companies, located in a vast selection of industries, are as follows:

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