Job Hunting

Since the job marketer continues to get tougher, jobseekers need to evolve. Unless you really focus your energies in the right direction, you can never expect to achieve success with your career. You need to be smarter than ever, smart enough to beat out the competition. You need to use a well-planned job search strategy so that you can grab a job opportunity before anyone else does. If you think you’re not smart enough, this article is just for you.
 
Given below are a couple of very valuable tips that you can follow to become a smarter jobseeker than anyone else.
 

As we steadily approach the edge of the long-anticipated ‘double dip,’ the Great Recession continues its third straight year as the central topic of economic discussion in our country. It has affected, and continues to affect, everyone in the US in one way or another – whether through unemployment, defunding of state and government institutions like school and infrastructure, or the violent fluctuations of the stock market. Unemployment, in particular, has long been pinpointed by numerous economists as the number one economic problem in our midst. 
 
Though unemployment has been wide-reaching across industries, some have clearly been hit worse than others. Certain professions, such as mail sorting and photo processing, are being phased out by emerging digital technologies rapidly rendering them, arguably, obsolete. Others businesses, such as independent record stores, are in decline because of the way their respective industries have radically become transformed – once again, thanks to digital technology.
 
Other jobs, however, against all odds, are on the rise. The steep rise. And while everyone knows that the tech giants are constantly hiring the best and brightest, you might be surprised to hear about a few of the others. Any interest in becoming a performance makeup artist? Now’s the time, with 40% projected job growth into 2016. Or how about dabbling in mental health counseling? There are more than societal benefits to this job, with a remarkable – though somewhat unexplainable – projected growth of 30%. So if you’re sick of your job and craving a new profession, now might be the time to head back to school and get that secondary degree in one of these 10 specializations. These jobs, according to data, have nowhere to go but up. 

Getting a job in today's economy is no easy challenge. You may not be able to land a job even after weeks or months of job search. This is because most of the jobseekers are using specific strategies to stay ahead in the competition. If you don’t want to be left behind in the race, you too need to have an action-plan ready with you. The more time it takes to look for a job, the more frustrated you can become. So, you need to act now!
 
Given below are seven key tips that you can use to boost your job search and land a job before it’s really too late.
 

We recently had a chat with the great blogger, author and speaker Tim Tyrell-Smith. In this interview, Jorgen and Tim discuss the importance of personal branding and blogging, go through the main pitfalls to avoid in looking for jobs, and give top strategy tips for anyone's career.

Tim's top three tips to job seekers are:

1. Get out of the house! As tempting as it sounds, don't spend all day long on your computer: get out there!

2. Knowing who you are. Have a strong personal brand and find ways to be memorable!

3. Be strategic. Don't be impulsive, figure out what you are going to do and put together a plan.

You can connect with Tim on twitter at @TimsStrategy and his blog is Tim's Strategy. Feel free to share your thoughts on the interview below.

And don't miss the interview we did Tim some time ago (yes same picture but some other ideas in there) at How To Network Like Crazy! Interview with Tim Tyrell-Smith.

 
The social web is evolving with each passing day. Right from the day Google Plus (a social network introduced by Google) was announced, people have been flocking to join in. Google Plus social network offers some really cool features, apart from bolstering user security. Not only businesses, even jobseekers can use this social network for job search.
 
If you are ready to use Google Plus for job searching, given below are some of the most real tips you can use.