Job Search News

Career Spotlight: If you like numbers and money, don’t mind being referred to as a “bean counter,” and enjoy keeping track of things, you might be a good Accountant.  On average, accountants earn $59,000/year, with expected 10-year job growth of 18%. Nearly 80% of accountants hold bachelor’s degrees. More about this and other careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide to Careers.

Quote of the Week:  The most RT’ed quote this week is one I Tweeted myself via @JobHuntOrg.  I found it on a fortune cookie recently:

The only thing to doubt about yourself is your limits. ~Anonymous 

New articles: Five new articles were published this week (whew!), one of them written by the most excellent Robyn Greenspan, Job-Hunt’s newest Job Search Expert:

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Summer is now officially over, and it’s time to get back to reality. The economy seems to be struggling along, hopefully improving, but things do seem to be gradually getting better.

Quote of the Week:  Until the Recovery is complete, I’m sticking with this advice, as Tweeted by Jane Purdue, a.k.a. @theHRgoddess, last week,

“Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.” ~Robert Brault.

Four new articles were added to Job-Hunt this week, written by Job-Hunt’s Job Search Experts:

• Give This to Your Spouse When You Lose Your Job
  Being the spouse or partner of someone who is unemployed can be like walking on a tightwire.  In this article, Job-Hunt’s Expert-at-Large GL Hoffman offers some suggestions on how to help your spouse deal with the situation.
• The Very Visible “Invisible” Web
  The “invisible” web is becoming much more visible this year and smart job seekers are watching what they do, according to Social Media & Job Search Expert Miriam Salpeter.
• Landing that Marketing & Sales Job
  Job-Hunt’s Marketing & Sales Job Search Expert Erin Kennedy shares 6 strategies sales people can use to make this important sale – a new job.
• Monitoring Your Online Reputation
  Google Alerts can help you monitor your online reputation and this article by Job-Hunt’s Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce helps you understand how to set them up and use them.

Good luck with your job search!

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!

• 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!