Posts Tagged ‘Job Search’

Welcome Nan S. Russell, Job-Hunt’s Job Loss Recovery Expert!

October 8th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

This week, we are very pleased to welcome author, syndicated columnist, and former HR executive Nan S. Russell, to the roster of accomplished job search and career professionals contributing their expert advice to help Job-Hunt’s visitors. 

As Job-Hunt’s Job Loss Recovery Expert, Nan will  help Job-Hunt’s visitors bounce back after job loss through her articles in Job-Hunt’s new Job Loss Recovery section.  To get started, read Nan’s first article, 3 Tracks to Accelerate Your Job Loss Recovery.

Nan has a B.A. from Stanford University in Psychology and a M.A. from the University of Michigan in Educational Psychology.  Leader of the popular Rebooting After Job Loss seminars, Nan will help those Job-Hunt visitors who have lost their jobs, or who have friends or family members who have lost jobs, to recover from this often-traumatic experience. 

Nan has experienced the trauma of being fired - from her first professional job after college, no less.  So, although she moved on to a very successful career as both an HR executive and line manager, even heading a subsidiary, she has personal knowledge of how painful and difficult recovering from a job loss can be. 

Since 2006, Nan has been President of MountainWorks Communications LLC, a company she founded to support her passion for helping organizations build winning work cultures, and helping people bring the best of who they are to the world, realize their dreams, and live their life’s potential. 

Nan’s first book, Nibble Your Way to Success: 56 Winning Tips for Taking Charge of Your Career, debuted in March, 2007.  Her second book, Hitting Your Stride: Your Work, Your Way, released in January, 2008 by Capital Books, won a 2009 Axiom Business Book Award.  Currently, Nan is working on book three: NEXT! Rebooting After Job Loss.  Her work insights column, Winning at Working appears in over ninety publications.

Nan’s education, experience as an HR executive, plus her personal experience with job loss, will provide Job-Hunt’s visitors with helpful and very well-informed articles on this often-difficult transition from job loss to re-employment.  Yes, it does happen!  Even in this economy!

For more from Nan, follow her on Twitter at @Nan_Russell, visit her NanRussell.com Website, and read her Winning at Working column.

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

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career Spotlight

October 5th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Career Spotlight: If you like helping people and have a facility for helping people resolve issues, you might find your perfect career fit as Child & Family Social Worker. They earn an average of $40,000/year, with expected 10-year job growth of 19%. Over 75% hold at least a bachelor’s degree.

Quote of the Week:  My favorite quote this week is from Steve Keating of Minnesota who Tweets as @LeadToday -

When you fall, make sure don’t get up empty handed.

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Transitioning Military: How to Leverage Your LinkedIn Profile for Your Civilian Job

October 3rd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Recently, I’ve seen transitioning military members using LinkedIn for their job search, as much as a year in advance of their separation. I’m very happy to see LinkedIn participation increasing for transitioning military because LinkedIn is extremely important to 21st century job search, even if you aren’t planning to separate for 5 years.  And starting a year in advance (even a few days in advance) is an excellent idea!

However, I have seen some mistakes that are making the job search process last much longer than it needs to last.  But these mistakes are not difficult to fix, and the payoff is huge.
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New Job-Hunt Articles + Career Spotlight

September 24th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Career Spotlight:   Did you enjoy college enough to work there? I worked in HR in a large university, and it was very interesting, a tightly-knit community within the larger world with different standards than most other industries.  College Administrators, on average, now earn $81,000 year (much more than I earned!), with an expected 10-year job growth of 14%. Over 8o% hold at least a bachelor’s degree. More about this and other careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide to Careers.

Quote of the Week:  The most RT’ed quote of the week is from the amazing @2MorrowKnight who was RT’ing a quote by PBS’s Tavis Smiley (@tavismiley) -

Failing does not make you a failure.

New Articles:  Four new articles this week - (more…)

Employer Benefits of Employee LinkedIn Participation

September 22nd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Employers - AND Employees – Benefit from Employee LinkedIn Participation

It may be a surprise to some, but LinkedIn isn’t useful only for job search and recruiting.  Active participation is good for your career and good for your employer as well.

NOTE:  Before you join LinkedIn, or, in fact, participate in any social media, be sure to check for an official policy from your employer about employee use of social media. Some employers ban social media use by employees, at least while the employees are at work. Some don’t want any mention of the employer at all, while others think social media is great and encourage employee participation. So, it’s best to check for a policy and/or guidelines to be sure.

In fact, your employer may benefit from your active participation in LinkedIn. Even if you are the only employee who is a LinkedIn member, your participation puts your employer “on the map” (virtually) as an organization.

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New Job-Hunt Articles + Career Spotlight

September 19th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

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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Leveraging LinkedIn for Your Stealth Job Search

September 17th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

I strongly recommend that – if at all possible (and sometimes it is not possible) - people continue working in their old jobs while looking for their new jobs.  If you have the option, you are much more attractive to an employer when you are still employed.  Not logical, but very human (here’s why). 

Someone in Twitter recently disagreed with my recommendation in that article that people be sure their LinkedIn Profile is complete while they continue working in their current jobs. This person felt that being in LinkedIn signifies that someone is job searching. 

Yes, being active in LinkedIn can mean you are job hunting. But, most people in LinkedIn are working on expanding their network, getting in touch with thought leaders, former colleagues, and new potential clients, all to help them with their job performance. (More on how LinkedIn benefits your employer)

So, being in LinkedIn can also mean you are a savvy business person, leveraging current technology to improve your ability to do your existing job better, through better networking, and learning new skills.

NOTE:  Some employers do not want their employees using social media, particularly during working hours and/or using the employer’s computers, networks, etc. Check for a “Social Media Use” policy (and also an “Email and Internet Use” policy), to be sure that you are in compliance.

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Welcome Robyn Greenspan of ExecuNet!

September 15th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

This week, we are very pleased to welcome Robyn Greenspan who is joining the roster of job search and career professionals who are our Job-Hunt Job Search Experts.  These knowledgeable and helpful people contribute monthly articles to Job-Hunt in their areas of expertise.

Robyn will help job seekers with their job search networking issues as Job-Hunt’s  Job Search Networking Expert.  Editor-in-chief at ExecuNet, the private membership network, founded in 1988, Robyn is well-versed both in job search networking and in helping job seekers succeed at networking.

Robyn’s background includes earning an undergraduate degree in psychology and a dual Master of Science degree in counseling and human resources development.

Author of ExecuNet’s very well-regarded and widely cited research project, the annual Executive Job Market Intelligence Report, Robyn also brings daily insight to executives at the public blog, Executive Insider, which enables readers to make better career, business and leadership decisions.

Robyn’s first article, “Lead with Your Abs,” describes how people can make themselves well-known in their network (without showing off any body parts).

Robyn’s education, background in technology, and her experience at ExecuNet will provide Job-Hunt’s visitors with excellent, grounded-in-reality, tested advice on their job search networking strategies.

For more of Robyn, check out the Executive Insider blog, and follow @RobynGreenspan on Twitter.  You’ll find Robyn provides a unique blend of everything you wanted to know about executive career issues – and more that you didn’t – through her Twitter account.

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

New Job-Hunt Articles + Career Spotlight

September 13th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Career Spotlight: Advertising Salespeople earn an average of $43,000/year, with expected 10-year job growth of 20%.  Advertising and sales are always in demand, even if the advertising platforms have changed a lot the last few years. If you like helping companies reach their target markets or just enjoy sales, this seems like the perfect job.  Around 56% holding bachelor’s degrees or more. Find out about other careers in Job-Hunt’s Career Changers’ Guide.

Quote of the Week: This quote from Georgia Feiste of Lincoln, NE (GO BIG RED!) who Tweets as @fiestycoach, received the most ReTweets last week:

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. ~Babe Ruth

As usual, we also added 4 new articles to Job-Hunt last week:

Stay tuned – more next week, of coursel!

Good luck with your job search!

Maybe Social Media Isn’t a Waste of Time for Your Career

September 12th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

The trend data from giant job aggregator Indeed.com, bottom, shows something very interesting happening.  Social media terms like “Facebook” and “Twitter” are appearing in more and more job descriptions every month. Since its founding in 2004, use of the term “Facebook” in job descriptions has grown an amazing 550,000% (that’s not a typo, the number really is five hundred fifty thousand percent) through July, 2010.  And it was the fastest growing in the 12-month period which ended in July, 2010.

Employers add social media terms to job descriptions because social media
is growing in importance, and they need employees with social media skills.
So, the value of your social media skills is increasing.

You can leverage your social media skills to benefit your job search in many ways.

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