Job Search News

Career Spotlight:  Do you truly love – and have a talent for – making computers do what you want them to do?  Are you successful in that pursuit?  Then, you might want to consider a career as an Application Software Engineer.  The average salary is $85,000 a year.  Eighty-five percent of them have college degrees, and the expected 10-year job growth is 45%. For more information on this and other careers, check out Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

We introduced four new articles this week:

• Over 50: Managing “the Age Issue”
  Providing insight from a recruiter’s perspective in this article, recruiter and Job-Hunt’s Working with Recruiters Expert Jeff Lipschultz helps job seekers see the difference between being “over-qualified” and being a “seasoned veteran” and how they can help recruiters and potential employers see it, too.
• Your Information Gathering Style Impacts Your Job Search
  Most of us are unaware of the impact of our personal preferences on our lives.  In this article by Job-Hunt’s Career Assessments Expert Susan Guarneri, you’ll see how your preferred method of gathering information impacts your job search and how you can adjust your style to be most effective.
• Capturing Your Invisible Skills
  You probably have skills relevant, even important, to your job search that you are leaving off your resume.  In this article, Job-Hunt’s Careers for Academics Expert Dr. Kate Duttro helps you dig out and recognize the value of those skills in your job search. 
• Networking for the Networking Phobic
  Networking gets a bad rap by many job seekers, but networking is not only critical to a successful job search, networking can also be fun.  Read this article by Susan P. Joyce, Job-Hunt’s Online Job Search Expert, to find out how.

Meet all of Job-Hunt’s  Job Search Experts.

Good luck with your job search!