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Congratulations! You’re hired. We have an exciting new job that has been tailored specifically to your experience, unique skills, and past responsibilities. This exciting new job offers long hours, lots of stress, and horrible pay. The job responsibility includes only one task, find and acquire new avenues of employment. Not only are you an employee, but in this job you’re an unsupervised CEO responsible for all activities of the company. The job title for this new opportunity is UNEMPLOYED. Again, you’re hired.
Face it! Your new job sucks, but it is …

Getting lost in your job search is a surprisingly easy task. It takes a lot of energy to stay focused and work your plan for finding a new job.  There are several detours and side tracks that can derail the best of efforts. As the title of this article suggests as little as 10 days into your job search you can become listless and lose your drive. Giving in to any of the following distractions in excess can lead your job search off track rapidly.
Poor Management of your time: Your …

In today’s market, the majority of unemployed individuals have been on the bench for months, if not years. If your financial reserves haven’t already dwindled, they are on their way. However, there are worse things than not having money today. If you have been out of work for too long, you may appear unemployable by many hiring managers. In these cases, contracting can prove to be a viable alternative to full time employment. However, making this decision can be career changing and could get in the way of landing your …

During a recession, time can be your greatest asset. Money may not be readily available, but you can make the time to accomplish a few of those things you have been pushing off for years. There is now time for continuing education, changing a career, contributing to the community, and re-establishing connections with previous work acquaintances. These activities may not lead to a job immediately, but they can be the greatest investment you can make in your long term future.
Continuing Education – The pace of change in the business world …

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 …