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.

Good luck with your job search!

• Career Spotlight:  Are you naturally snoopy?  Love putting puzzles together, particularly complex, 1000+ piece puzzles?  Enjoy studying people and what motivates them?  You might enjoy being a Detective.  The average salary is $61,000/year.  Fifty-four percent have college degrees, and the predicted 10-year job growth is expected to be 17%. More information on this and other careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

We also introduced four new articles this week:

• Age Discrimination in Job Loss
  If you’re over 40 and unemployed, you probably suspect that your age has something to do with your employment status.  In this article by Job-Hunt’s Boomer Job Search Expert Phyllis Mufson, Phyllis interviewed labor attorney Mark Risk to understand, in general, what age discrimination in job loss is and how to address it.
• C-Suite Power Play: Get Social
  This is the 3rd of a 5-article series named C-Suite Power Plays by Job-Hunt’s Executive Job Search Expert Deb Dib.  In this one, Deb encourages executive job seekers not to ignore social media.
• 4 Truths of Career Transition
  As someone who started her most-recent career transition in 2006, Job-Hunt’s Job Search for Women Expert Deborah Shane examines some of the truths she has discovered in her journey that can help all of us. 
• Being Brilliantly Visible
  In a competitive job market, job seekers need to stand out, and in this article by Job-Hunt’s Job Search Marketability Expert Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter learn some methods of becoming “brilliantly” visible to potential employers. 

Good luck with your job search!

Career Spotlight: Live in a hot or, at least, a very warm climate? Being an HVAC Technician might be a good job for you.  The average annual salary is $40,000/year.  Training is typically on the job, and a college degree is not required.  In fact, 58% of HVAC Technicians have not attended college.  Expected 10-year job growth is 9%. More careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

Four new articles this week:

• New Grads: Overcoming “Not Qualified”
  The standard “catch-22″ for new grads, getting a job without any apparent experience, is tackled by Job-Hunt’s Working with Recruiters Expert Jeff Lipschultz in this article.
• 5 Flexible Healthcare Careers (not Requiring 4-Year Degrees)
  Need a flexible job and interested in moving into the healthcare industry but don’t have any or an appropriate college degree?  Job-Hunt’s Lifestyle-Friendly Careers Expert Nancy Collamer.
• Mastering Marketing: Generating Leads
  Once you have identified your target market, your next major task is generating leads because some of those leads will become sales. In this article by Job-Hunt’s Self-Employment Expert B. Michelle Pippin, learn where and how to generate those leads.
• Heat Up Your Job Search: Avoid Job Boards
  Most job seekers spend way too much time “working” the job boards.  Learn why plus better ways to spend your time in this new post  by Job-Hunt’s Editor, Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce.

Good luck with your job search!

Our friends at AARP have created this excellent videoAARP Interview Tips for 50+ Job Seekers.  Even if you are younger than 50, you’ll find good information here, but if you are over 40, you’ll find VERY useful tips on interview preparation and handling some of those tough questions.

Also, four great new articles this week from Job-Hunt’s Experts:

• Power Play: Brand to Land
  In this 2nd article in her 5-article series, C-Suite Career Plan Power Plays, Job-Hunt’s Executive Job Search Expert Deb Dib, Deb describes how executives can  move from a “personal brand” to an “executive brand” for greater opportunity.
• Beat “Apply Online” at Job Fairs
  The last thing you want to hear from the Fortune 500 company recruiter (or any other) at the job fair is, “Apply online.” In this article by Job-Hunt’s Fortune 500 Job Search Expert Laura Labovich, learn how to move beyond that and get some help with your job search at that employer.
• 3 C’s Personal Brand Test
  If you are still struggling with defining your own personal brand, don’t feel alone, but do read this article by Job-Hunt’s Personal Branding Expert Meg Guiseppi.
• Change Ahead for Working Women
  Job-Hunt’s Job Search for Women Expert Deborah Shane offers the results of her research into what is happening for women in the world – the demographics, the economics, and the politics.

Career Spotlight: Do you love (live?) to shop? This may be exactly the job for you.  Get paid to purchase!  It’s much more complicated than just hitting the malls and outlet stores, usually, but, on average,  Buyers earn $54,000/year, with expected 10-year job growth of 22%.  Most buyers have a college degree or some education after college, but 22% don’t. More careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

Good luck with your job search!

Career Spotlight: Want to be “the eyes and ears of top management”? This may be the job for you.  Work your way up from a lower level PR job and you could be making very good money.   PR Managers earn an average of $82,000/year, with expected 10-year job growth of 12%. Over 75% of PR Managers have a college degree, and many have advanced degrees.  More about other careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

Four great new articles this week:

• All Jobs Are Temporary
  Article by Job-Hunt’s Fired-to-Hired Transition Expert Tory Johnson.
• Resume: Education Highlighted
  Article plus sample resume by Job-Hunt’s Resume Expert Susan Ireland.
• Resolving Conflict by Understanding Communication Styles
  Article by Job-Hunt’s Career Assessments Expert Susan Guarneri.
• Finding the Best Employers from the Job-Hunt Blog

Good luck with your job search!