Creating Job Opportunities « Career Brander

If you can believe the data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it now takes an individual on average 32 weeks to find employment versus 24 weeks in 2009. The headlines say things are getting better, but does the data lie.

There is no better way to find a new job fast than to have “lucky” timing.  You can potentially turn 32 weeks into 4 weeks.

Historically if the perfect job opportunity opens up, in your area of expertise, at the exact moment you are looking, and you are aware of it, you have an excellent chance of landing it.  However, given the extremely high unemployment that still persists, even this “lucky” timing may not get you the offer.

So what to do?

Seven Ways to Stop "Um-ing" and "Ah-ing" Through Your Job Interview - Careers Articles

Lizandra Vega, author of 'The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land The Job You Want'

After months of seeking out jobs, hundreds of revisions to your resume, and going to every networking event you can, you've finally landed an interview. After brief small talk about how bad the traffic was or how slow the elevators are, the interviewer switches gears and begins her formal line of questioning.

"I see you currently work for our main competitor. What makes our company a more appealing choice for you?"

It's not a difficult question to answer. But suddenly you're tongue-tied and your answer comes out as: "Well, actually, it's like, um, you know."

Change of season-change of career? - Career blog - Position Ignition - taking you to the next step in your career

With the oncoming change of seasons, many of us may be considering a career change. But how do we know that it’s what we really want? And if we do, how do we go about it?

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How to Find a Recession-Proof Career - Careers Articles

Anyone who has been laid off from a dying industry and has been to a jobs center to look for work knows where the jobs are -- health care, education, government, the defense industry, and green jobs. The problem is figuring out how to transfer your skills to a recession-proof career and land a job.

Career coach and author Jeff Cohen helps the jobless, or working people who are looking for a career change, learn how to transfer their skills to a recession-proof career in his new book, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Recession-Proof Careers.' Much of the 330-page book details industries and jobs that are growing, but the best parts are some of the early chapters on how to recession-proof yourself.

Resume Rescue: Resuscitation For Your Ailing Resume - Careers Articles

I review a lot of resumes. And most of them have at least one of four major problems related to content, style, and form. Does your resume fall into one or more of these categories? If so, it may be time to perform a checkup on your resume to improve the overall health of your job-search campaign.

That to Which You Give Attention Grows | Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Branding Blog

That to which you give attention, grows. If you’re having a terrible time with your job search, you’re the reason. Those who stop reading here are especially the ones who should continue. Do any of these phrases sound familiar?

• Craig’s Consulting laid off 150 consultants. Now the market is flooded.
• It’s hard to find a job when the economy is so terrible.
• No one is hiring me! I’ll never find a job!

If you’re uttering these types of phrases, stop it. Thought precedes action precedes results. Whether you’re aware of it or not, your actions support your thoughts. Negative statements such as these perpetuate themselves unconsciously with every ensuing decision. It becomes useless to improve your resume. You disqualify yourself from ads. Your efforts become less intense. Look at what's going wrong, and if you don't know what it is - and you probably don't or it wouldn't be happening - then find someone who can tell you.