The Secret of Networking! It May Surprise You!

You have heard over and over again that the key to a successful job search and long-term career advancement is networking. Almost every article touches on this fact. Emphasis is placed on the following fundamentals:

• Develop a target list of companies and make contact with employees and, ultimately,hiring managers.
• Clearly articulate what you would like to do in a job (positioning statement).
• Clearly explain why you are looking for your next job (exit statement).
• Ask for additional networking names.

For more information, click here.  Article is written by Matthew Levy.

7 Habits of Highly Horrible Networkers

By definition, the term networking is the development and maintenance of mutually valuable relationships. It’s not schmoozing; it’s not just handing out business cards, selling, marketing or small talk. Those activities are part of networking, but unfortunately, many people’s misunderstanding of the term causes them to network ineffectively.   

For detailed information about the 7 Habits of Horrible Networkers, click here.

10 useless résumé words (and 10 eye-catching ones)

Instead of being another candidate professing to be a "hard worker," revitalize your application with a little seek-and-replace exercise. Scan your résumé for empty, overused words such as the following:

Click here for more details and essential tips to improve your resume instantly.

Resume Rescue-Is Yours Full of Fluff?

Hiring managers read hundres of resumes per day. Their main challenge includes weaving throught the endless cliche's, jargon, and over-used marketing terminology to really discover what you have to offer. Are you limiting your changes of getting the job by burying your skills and accomplishments among resume fluff?

For more insight, click here.

US in Longest Stretch of High Unemployment Since Depression

Friday, February 17, 2012 02:09 PM  By: Greg Brown

The United States is experiencing the longest stretch of high unemployment since the Great Depression, according to a new study by the Congressional Budget Office.  U.S. unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high unemployment in this country since the Great Depression, writes CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf on the CBO Director’s Blog site.

For more information, go to the published article by clicking here.

Your Background Check Is Now with Facebook

The next time you apply for a job, don't be surprised if social-media is used as a background or reference check.  Many U.S. companies and recruiters are now looking at your Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other accounts and blogss -- even YouTube --to paint a clearer picture of who you are. 

• It is not the party photos
• What you should do?
• Almost all employers do some form of background screening because they have to avoid negligent hiring.; 
• For the entire article, go to:  http://tinyurl.com/3w2tozr

August 2011 Employment Statistics

For the latest on-going trends in employment statistics, go the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm.

For viewing the unemployment statistics in your locality, go to the map link below and click on your state, county or city: http://kuzmich.com/employment/UnemploymentMap.htm