Posts Tagged ‘finding a job’

Heat Up Your Job Search: Be ProActive

August 7th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Following up on my June post, Heat Up Your Job Search: Avoid Job Boards, this post offers 5 PROactive (vs. REactive) approaches to a successful job search.

A reactive job search puts the job seeker in the position of only reacting to what they find posted on job boards.  This costs them time and energy, and hides the majority of job opportunities from them.  It also puts them at the mercy of whatever is posted and available where they are looking, and it puts them in the most competitive job marketplace.  All negatives.

A proactive job search puts the job seeker in charge, is much less passive, less discouraging, and, even, less competitive – often MUCH less competitive. (more…)

Getting Lucky in Your Job Search

July 25th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

When you were a kid, did you cross your fingers “for luck” when  you were really, REALLY hoping something good would happen –  maybe as you were about to ride your bike for the first time in front of your friends or as the teacher/professor was handing out the final exams?

And sometimes - perhaps often - it seemed to work.

But, then you “grew up,” and you stopped believing in crossed fingers because you knew that superstitions are dumb or, worse, useless. (And, anyway, crossed fingers are SO obvious!)

Scientific Research Shows That Crossed Fingers Work!

Well, it turns out there’s a reason for that positive outcome, and the reason many of us are – at least a little bit – superstitious:  IT WORKS! (more…)

Job Search Strategies for Long-Term Unemployment

October 5th, 2008 by Susan P. Joyce

The official August to September U.S. Unemployment Rate stayed steady at 6.1%. Not bad news (although we hope for better, of course).

On the other hand, the “long term” number has climbed to over 20% of those currently counted as unemployed. The “seasonally adjusted” rate for September is 21.1%, a 1.5% increase over August’s seasonally adjusted rate of 19.5%. (more…)