Posts Tagged ‘Unemployment’

Feel Like a Job Search Failure?

March 19th, 2009 by Susan P. Joyce

You’ve been unemployed for an extended period.  Too long!  You’ve applied for hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs.  You’ve sent out hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes.  Your savings are running out or gone.  You feel like a failure, and you’re desperate.

Probably difficult for you to believe, but it’s NOT you, particularly in this economy. This bad economy has made it difficult for everyone.

A job search is often a very demoralizing situation – worse than dating! Rejection, being ignored, being told you don’t have the skills or experience needed, etc.  Do NOT do it alone and do not spend all your time at your computer applying for jobs online!   You do have other, more productive, options.

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Lowest Unemployment in Professional Fields

December 13th, 2008 by Susan P. Joyce

According to a recent Business Week article, based on U.S. Department of Labor data, the occupations with the lowest unemployment right now are:

Current
  Rate      Occupation

  3.0%      Professional and related occupations
  3.7%      Managment, business, and financial operations
  6.7%      Sales and related occuptations
  9.0%      Transportation and material moving occupations
  9.4%      Production occupations
12.1%     Construction and extraction occupations

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…)