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If you are preparing for a second interview, congratulations! You are now much closer to a new job. First, you have to close the deal and sell yourself to the second interview team. This is the point when a lot of people choke. To avoid the second interview freeze, I always suggest a good dose of preparation.
Ask questions about the job:
One of the most difficult parts of a second interview is coming up with a new set of questions. The first interview can use up most of your questions. Before …

It can be hard to explain why you lost your last job. In this market, so many of us have been put on the bench with no real explanation. Massive layoffs can leave anyone feeling like their performance just wasn’t good enough. Even worse an oversight, accident, or poor performance is very hard to explain and can put anyone on edge when questioned.
During the interview for your next job, your answer could just kill your chances at the next position. However, a little bit of preparation can turn the table …

Every month, there are conferences running all over the country in virtually every profession. Depending on your career path and industry, you may even be able to find free conferences. Attending these conferences can increase your chances of landing that next job, if you plan our attendance wisely.
Be picky when choosing a conference:
To get the most out of networking at conferences, you must first choose conferences wisely. For most people, job focused conferences are not going to be very rewarding. There are simply too many attendees and too few jobs. …

Just as necessity is the mother of all invention, Unemployment is the mother of all career re-invention. Of all the negatives of the current market, there has never been a better market for re-invention. The internet, green movements, alternative energies, and a number of other new jobs have emerged that didn’t exist just a decade ago.
One of the biggest reasons for unemployment is the old corporate mentality of putting bodies in a building. Many executive used to think that if they had a huge number of employees they were doing …

A number of economists have begun to focus on signs of an economic recovery. The questions most commonly researched by these individuals focus on who does the hiring and where do the jobs come from. If you can tell which types of companies help us through a recession, it’s easier to monitor the growth of these types of companies.
The common answer to these questions points to young companies. Firms that are between one and five years old tend to produce the most jobs and are the best chance of recovering …