Archive for May, 2011

50 Google Searches to Avoid Layoffs and Weak Employers

May 29th, 2011 by Susan P. Joyce

What you don’t know about your employer (or a potential employer) can hurt you badly!  Being uninformed today is a dangerous habit.  Companies go out of business or have layoffs.

If you are employed, stay informed about what is being published on the web about your employer.  Use that information for career management and for financial self defense.  If your employer seems to be having a tough time, start thinking about moving on to another employer.  Read Job-Hunt’s Layoff Self-Defense ebook for suggestions about how to prepare to move on.

If you are unemployed, stay informed about potential employers so you can avoid pursuing employment with an employer who may stop hiring or may offer short-term employment.

Below, find 50 search queries in 5 categories of information that can be strong indicators of pending layoffs.

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Find Jobs Using Google

May 15th, 2011 by Susan P. Joyce

Just typing “jobs” as your query in Google will give you nearly 3 billion results – a little time-consuming for you to check out each one, and not very practical or useful either. 

So, you need to do three things to help you find the job postings you want:

  1. Know the job you want. 
    An unfocused web search on Google is as useless as an unfocused job search, “IRL” (“in real life”).  “Anything” seems easy to find, but it really is not because no one describes their job opening as “anything.”  So figure out the job(s) you want to do next to have terms you can use in Google and also in your answer the next time someone asks.
  2. Modify your Google search so the results are more useful to you (see the tips and example below).
  3. Analyze pages like the pages you want Google to find for you.  Look for terms that are repeated on those pages, and then use those commonly-used terms in your search to find similar pages.

Tips for Effective Google Searches for Jobs
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