by John Groth -

You’ve exhausted every job hunting lead you can think of. Your network of friends and others have turned up no productive job leads. Your job research leads you to believe another area would be more productive in your job search. Or perhaps your spouse got a job across the country into an area where you know no one.

So now you’ve relocated to another area, whatever the reason, and you don’t know anyone so how do you start looking for a new job in this unfamiliar…

by Phil Baker -

Getting fired is depressing enough. Deciding what to tell prospective employers in your resume writing or on an application can be a dilemma. Not laid off for lack of work or downsizing but fired for a disciplinary or other reason. Should you include a job on your resume or application that just fired you? You could roll the dice and leave the job off your resume and application altogether. Whether or not you include any particular job on your resume depends on several factors and could…

by Caroline Ceniza-Levine -

Many jobseekers think about their references only when they are in the offer stage. But the proactive jobseeker uses references as a marketing tool. The right references can push an average finalist to frontrunner. Furthermore, even the happily content employee should be proactive and have a list of references ready for three purposes:

1) in this market you might unexpectedly become a jobseeker;

2) you can use references as testimonials to argue for that bonus or promotion, not just a new job; and

3) what your…

by Sherrie Madia -

If you’re not using social networking and social media to help you with your job-search efforts, you’re just sitting on the side of a river, watching job opportunities rushing by.

Using only or mostly more traditional job seeking efforts and posting to online job boards is akin to sitting on that riverbank and tossing your fishing line in, hoping for a bite from employers.

In order to jump into that river of opportunity, you’ll need to start mainstreaming yourself. A social media resume is the vehicle that…

by S. L. Robertson —

Anyone who says the current economy has drastically impacted the job market is just wrong. For those who are willing to put in the sincere effort to find a job, providing they sincerely like to work, there’s always gainful employment to be had.

If it takes you longer than two weeks to land a truly great job, you’re doing something wrong.

Heed this handful of helpful tips and you’re sure to get your career swiftly back on track.

Think that being unemployed means you…

by Michael Lee -

You’ve been in your company for over three years now. You know that you have put in your worth in terms of salary, and more besides. You’re loyal, you’re polite and even warm to the bosses, you are nice to everyone in the office, and you know that you are the epitome of being a model employee.

But somehow, you are dissatisfied with how they compensate you. You surely want more. No one wants a salary fit only to buy milk. And this is when you…

by Sherrie Madia -

Getting fired, downsized, or whatever you’d like to call it, can leave you feeling frantic and helpless. When you’re out of work, you are very much focused on yourself. This is only natural. As such, you may find little consolation in knowing that there are many others who are in the same situation as you. There are also most likely some who are even worse off than you are. Unfortunately, in the last several years, millions of hard-working folks have lost their jobs.

The recent job-loss…

The thank you note came in the weekend mail. The handwritten cursive conveyed the message that this was not a bill. Once opened, the thank you note began, “as a result of our meeting, I have gotten my hair cut, a make-over, researched acrylic nails, played dress up in some clothing stores, and made your suggested changes to my resume”.

A woman, like millions of others, looking for a job, wrote this note. She had come to my office to take advantage of a free consultation. The night before I…

By Phil Baker

Resume writing in today’s common English can keep you from getting job interviews. Why? The English of everyday communication is making formal English a foreign language. Here is a simple sentence most people know the meaning of: I thought the Bennifer would be BFF OMG LOL BRB. While today the news in that sentence is ancient, just fifteen years ago no one would know what I was talking about. In fact I would not even be able to explain the meaning of that sentence to people fifteen…

The numbers are in for October, and things are still looking a rough in the job market. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate is hovering at 9.6 percent, where it’s been stuck since May.

What’s even harder to imagine, however, is that there are still 6.2 million people who’ve been out of work for 27 weeks or more. That means that 6.2 million Americans have been looking for jobs for more than 6 months.

Even if you’re one of the lucky ones who has a…