Archive for February, 2010

Just SO VERY Discouraged…

February 25th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

You have:

  • Revised your resume a thousand times, minimum.
  • Spent months online,  applying for thousands of jobs.
  • Dragged yourself to hundreds of networking meetings.  Or at least 5.

The result:  Nada.  Nothing.  No new job.  Waste of time and energy. 

Well, maybe, or maybe NOT!

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New Job-Hunt Help LinkedIn Group, New Job-Hunt Articles, + Career Spotlight

February 22nd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Introducing Job-Hunt’s NEW Job-Hunt Help LinkedIn Group. Initially Job-Hunt Help is focused on 3 Subgroups of job seekers: Boomers and Beyond, Introverts, and Veterans.  In addition, find Subgroups for important aspects of the job hunt: Personal Branding and Social Media & Job Search.  More will appear in the future.  If you have an idea for one, please send it to Feedback at Job-Hunt.org.  Free to join! All you need is a LinkedIn Profile (and, hopefully, you already have one of those!).

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week:

Career Spotlight for this week: Fitness Trainers and Instructors – $26,000/year, expected 10-year job growth is 27%. More about other careers in the Career Changers’ Guide.

2 New Job-Hunt Experts, New Job-Hunt Articles, and Career Spotlight of the Week

February 14th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Two New Experts joined Job-Hunt.org this week to help job seekers succeed.

1.  Carol McClelland, author of the new Dummies Guide to Green Careers, will continue and expand Job-Hunt’s Green Jobs Job Search Guide section, and

2.  Mark Cohen, experienced HR Manager, will answer your questions in Job-Hunt’s brand new “Ask the HR Manager” section.

Three great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week:

Career Spotlight for this week: Salary & Benefits Specialist – $50,000/year, expected 10-year job growth is 18%. More about other careers in the Career Changers’ Guide.

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career Spotlight of the Week

February 3rd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Career Spotlight for this week: Radiation Therapy Providers – $66,000/year, expected 10-year job growth is 25%. More about other careers in the Career Changers’ Guide.

Four great new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week:

Twitter Bonus: Job Search TweetSheet – one-page guide to using Twitter for your job search, by Marci Reynolds, Job-Hunt’s Social Media & Job Search Expert.

US Dept. of Labor Chooses Job-Hunt Twitter Account & LinkedIn Group

February 3rd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

During December, 2009, and January, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor conducted a crowd-sourcing event where career professionals, job seekers, and other interested parties could nominate and then vote for their favorite “Job Seeker Tools.”

Job-Hunt’s Twitter Account and Job-Hunt’s Job-Hunt Help LinkedIn Group were selected as 2 of the 10 “best” Social Media Job Search Tools.

Find all the US Department of Labor Job Seeker Tools on CareerOneStop.org.

Charting a New Career Course

February 2nd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

You’re not that crazy about your job and where it’s leading (or NOT leading).  Other jobs or careers interest you, but you prefer to avoid making the proverbial out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the fire mistake.

So what do you do now?

Speaking as a person who has made the frying-pan-fire transition at least twice and had 5 majors in 5 years of undergraduate study (I’m interested in everything!), this is not a simple question to answer, particularly when you are working full time.  Or, when you are looking for a job full time.

My advice:  Try, before you “buy!”

Having also been unfortunate enough to discover in the last semester of my 2nd senior year in college when my student teaching experience convinced me teaching high school American History or English was probably the last thing I wanted to do, trying a job before you are committed to it is smart.

So, how? (more…)