Linkedin has released some interesting upgrades in the past week that
can help job seekers. Linkedin’s two big new features are Linkedin
Follow and Linkedin Twitter Integration. How can these new features
help job seekers?
Creative social media use gives job seekers a way to beat the odds.
When government figures list unemployment as 6 times greater than job
openings, you've got to try something different to be noticed. Here’s a
list of 5 Ways Social Media Gives Job seekers an Advantage.
Learn how to find and use lists of top job posters, top recruiters, top
hiring managers, and get listed as a top job seeker on Twitter.
Twitter
just released powerful new capabilities, called Lists - this is a new
feature that can really help job seekers. Twitter Lists help the job
seeker determine who to follow, and provides an aggregated feed of job
ads…by list.
Hospitals, Federal Government, Nursing Homes, Home Health, Clinics, and
Outsourced Health Services top Health Care hiring during November 2009,
based on job advertisements open for 30 days from the top job boards.
Job seekers are notoriously afraid to embrace change…even though their
entire goal is based on change (sure - sometimes the change is thrust
upon us). Some candidates are afraid to approach new career paths,
others afraid to change industry or function, almost all are afraid to
change their approach.
Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring
activity for the week of 11/2/09. Not only is this valuable for job
seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers,
salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who
are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession,
these companies are all expanding.
Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring
activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business
analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment
analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in
companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies
are all expanding.
Total Job Openings:
The Telecommunications, Banking, Business Services, Health Care,
and Retail verticals are the top industries currently hiring based on a
survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.
Based on surveys of US job advertisements in the top job boards and
aggregators, the following companies added the most job openings:
Total Job Openings by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies Not Included):
AT&T
JPMorgan Chase
Deloitte
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Gentiva Health Services
Blockbuster
Kmart
Verizon
Northrop Grumman
General Dynamics
Raytheon
McDonald's
IBM
Macy's
UnitedHealth Group
Marriott
RadioShack
Murphy USA
Advantage Sales and Marketing
CIA
Toys "R" Us
Allied Barton Security Services
T-Mobile
US Army
Avon
Sun Microsystems
Snap-on Tools
Army National Guard
Quest Diagnostics
Aflac
Woodforest Bank
Combined Insurance
Fifth Third Bank
EMC Corp.
Fresenius Medical Care
Kaiser Permanente
Navy
Job Openings Added This Week:
The Telecommunications, Banking, Retail, Health Care, and
Engineering verticals are the top industries currently hiring based on
a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.
Job Openings Added this week by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing companies not included):
AT&T
JPMorgan Chase
Sears
UnitedHealth Group
Kaiser Permanente
Siemens
Deloitte
Verizon
Raytheon
Northrop Grumman
Kmart
Advantage Sales and Marketing
Army National Guard
General Dynamics
Kindred Healthcare
RadioShack
UnitedHealth Group
Crossmark
Marriott
Federal Gov
Sun Microsystems
Macy's
IBM
Medtronic
Macy's
Global M.A.R.S
Affiliated Computer Services
Combined Insurance
EMC Corp.
Snap-on Tools
Quest Diagnostics
Avon
Fifth Third Bank
HSBC
NY Army National Guard
Top Hiring Cities based on CareerBuilder ads:
NYC
Chicago
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
Atlanta
LA
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Washington DC
Cincinnati
Charlotte
Columbus OH
Baltimore
Kansas City
San Antonio
Miami
Orlando
Louisville
Nashville
Boston
Columbia SC
Denver
Seattle
San Diego
Sources: CareerBuilder, Indeed, SimplyHired, HotJobs, Google.
Monster does not list ads by company or city. Excluded: Recruiters,
Staffing firms, Training, Franchise, and Work-from-home opportunities
Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant hiring
plans, or employers actively adding large numbers of employees, please
comment below to add to this list.
This U.S. News & World Report article (Five Tips on Finding a New Job) appeared February 26, 2008, and provides a great overview of how to be successful in today’s job search market.
The article talks about the importance of personal branding, Social Networking, Blogging, and promoting yourself as a Subject Matter Expert as specific job search strategies.
I disagree with how they describe tactics of leveraging your network. They U.S. News has the right idea, they just go about it the wrong way. Don't ask for an informational interview or to talk about the market or industry - it provides nothing of value for the company contact. Why is it worth the contact's time (unless they know you personally) to help you, when you haven't offered anything of value? Asking for an informational interview is a great way to get sent to HR, and back to the database. Asking to talk about the market or industry is of little value to the contact, unless you have inside information or are a Subject Matter Expert in that industry.
Instead, offer something of value to the contact. Stay tuned for an upcoming post on this tactic.
“Five Tips on Finding a New Job
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
provided by U.S. News & World Report
The jury's still out on where the job market is heading, but one thing is certain: Employers have put the brakes on hiring. Job creation fell by 17,000 in January, the first month of decline in more than four years. Hard-hit industries like banking and real estate are already seeing layoffs and hiring freezes, and that means more qualified applicants are chasing fewer job openings.
Given that backdrop, job seekers should be prepared to dig a little deeper, says Cheryl Lynch Simpson, career coach with Ricklin-Echikson Associates. "The quality of your job search skills becomes more critical in an uncertain economic climate," Simpson says. "In a nutshell, your skills need to be better, you need to be more aware of career branding, and you must be more strategic about approaching employers." Here are five tips from the pros on how to land a job in this turbulent market:
Don't count on the job boards. Online search engines and résumé banks are seductive in their promises to connect job seekers with dozens of potential employers. Some career advisers call these sites "résumé black holes," which may be a stretch, but job boards do have significant limitations.
For one, many companies prescreen résumés using software that hunts for key words relating to skills, training, degrees, and experience. Even if you are a perfect match for the job, "your résumé may never get to someone who could decipher your potential value," says Debra Feldman of JobWhiz, an executive job search consultant.
An even bigger issue is that the vast majority of jobs are never advertised—online or anywhere. Says Feldman: "That's why you should put almost all of your job energy into networking and proportionally very little time submitting résumés online."
Tap your network. Ideally, you already keep in touch with an assortment of former colleagues and industry peers who will notify you about job leads before they go public. "More important than what you know is who knows what you know," Feldman says. "Make sure you're on the radar of people who have access to the kind of job leads you want."
If you're looking to work for a specific company, the key is to connect with a current employee. That might mean asking contacts in your network to leverage their network. An easy way to accomplish this is through a networking site like LinkedIn.com, where you can essentially connect with your friends' friends. "First, ask for an introduction," says Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success. "Then, if you're at a lower level, the social etiquette is to say you want an informational interview. If you're at a high level, say you want to talk about the market and where the industry is going."
Offer to help others. Stay in regular contact with your network so you're not asking for a favor once every couple of years, Simpson says. "Periodically pass along a tip or an article," she says. "Think of it as putting money in the bank."
If you must contact someone out of the blue, offer something in return, such as an invitation to a lecture or a link to a website that might be of interest, Feldman says. "Chances are, if you had a warm relationship, people are happy to rekindle it," she says. "If you never had one at all, they might be startled, but they'll also likely be flattered."
Leverage the blogosphere. Find blogs relevant to your industry that are written by professionals at the top of their career, says Trunk, and become a regular commenter. "The great thing about the blogosphere is that it rewards ideas and passion, so you're not judged based on your résumé," she says. Once you've developed rapport with a blogger, ask about career advice and job leads.
Promote your brand. Forget modesty: Establish yourself as an expert in your industry. This might be as simple as volunteering your skills for a community project, participating in an online forum, creating a website, or—you guessed it—blogging. You could also try your hand at writing for an industry trade journal or an alumni newsletter. "Almost everyone can be a published author," Feldman says. The idea is to build credibility in your field and set yourself apart from the competition.”
Copyrighted, U.S.News & World Report, L.P. All rights reserved. Full article at http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/104496/Five-Tips-on-Finding...
If you’d like more information, a free 30 minute resume consultation, or information about reCareered's new Teleseminar series, just email your resume to reCareered at phil.reCareered@gmail.com, and we'll schedule a time to talk.
I’m quoting this blog entry by Seth Godin, author of a dozen brilliant marketing books and Seth Godin’s Blog.
Seth’s comments are simple, yet remarkable. Incredibly encouraging and powerful. Our greatest opportunities are borne from our greatest problems. Think about it….the greatest inventions and companies are founded because they solve a problem.
Try not to view the upcoming recession, the Real Estate and Mortgage crisis as your personal crisis. It may have been your personal kick in the butt, but it also represents the opportunity to reinvent yourself to bigger and better things.
Great post Seth….
“Opportunity of a lifetime
So, there's plenty of bad economic news floating around. From the price of oil to Wall Street to bailouts to the death of traditional advertising.
Which is great news for anyone hoping to grow or to make an impact.
Change (and the fortunes that go with it) is almost always made during the down part of the cycle. It might not be fun, but it's exciting. (Where do you think Google came from?) The opportunity is to find substantial opportunities (in any field) that deliver real value and have a future. Those jobs/investments/companies/ideas are undervalued right now, but not for long.”
For the Seth's article go to http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/03/opportunity-of.html
If you’d like more information, a free 30 minute resume consultation, or information about reCareered's new Teleseminar series, just email your resume to reCareered at phil.reCareered@gmail.com, and we'll schedule a time to talk.
Want to communicate your subject matter expertise to a targeted audience, or would a scatter shot approach be more effective?
If you want a tightly targeted audience, that will have a high likelihood of facing problems that you are uniquely qualified to solve, then check out Facebook’s groups, one of its most powerful features.
Facebook is all about database segmentation, to allow highly targeted marketing. So why not use the same features that financial services, auto, and CPG companies see in Facebook, and use them in your career search?
So how can you use Facebook groups to help your Career Search?
1. Find the right groups:
What’s the right group for you? For starters, there’s probably more than just one group. Look for groups about your industry, about your position, about your department, about software you use, about customers or tools used in your expertise.
For instance, let’s say you are an Audit Manager for a Chicago bank, you have experience in Project Management, evaluating SOX compliance of SAP systems, and you’ve worked on projects in Security, and Compliance. What groups would likely have an audience you’d want to reach?
* Audit / Big 4
* IT AUDIT
* PMI - Project Management Institute
* PMP
* Project Manager Professionals Group Worldwide
* Project Manager
* IT Security
* Information Security
* SAP Network
* PCI DSS Compliance Demystified
* Compliance Professionals in Investment Banking,Asset Management Hedge Funds
* Microsoft Dynamics CRM
* and you could join the network Chicago IL.
Do you think you’d find an audience for your subject matter expertise in these groups?
2. Post the right message:
Posting a resume, or a message “Hey, anyone have a job opening” isn’t considered proper Facebook etiquette, and won’t get you very far. However, commenting and posting links to industry articles in the spirit of sharing, shows you as a giver and an expert at the same time. Make sure that the article or message is relevant to the group.
3. Start the conversation:
Brag. If you’re creative, write about successful projects you’ve been involved in (you may not be able to include the company name if you can’t disclose). Again, this is sharing with the audience, and is both appreciated, and demonstrates your expertise.
4. Continue the conversation:
Comment on posts that others have started. Include more ideas than just “I agree”.
5. Include links:
Sign your post or comment with your signature block with live links to your Facebook, LinkedIN, personal Blog, personal webpage, etc. Why? Links get you Google and Yahoo rankings.
Can you see how Facebook groups can attract the audience who have problems that you are uniquely qualified to solve?
If you’d like more information, a free 30 minute resume consultation, or information about reCareered's new Teleseminar series, just email your resume to reCareered at phil.reCareered@gmail.com, and we'll schedule a time to talk.
