|
"JOB SEARCH RESOURCE"
"Here, at whatever hour you come, you will find Light, help and human kindness." ___ Albert Schweitzer
|
||
|
JULY 12, 2005 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 6 |
||
|
Job or Career Questions? Send them in! Your answers will be printed in the next issue. Please use the form below to submit your questions. Then click the Send button. Job Search Success Stories? Do you have a success story or job search technique that was really effective in bringing you closer to your career objective? Would you like to share it with our readers? Submit your story below. It will be published in our next issue. Simply use the form below and then click the Submit button. Support a friend! Do you know someone who would be interested in receiving this newsletter? If so, please enter their name and email address below, and your name. Then click the Submit button. Your friend will receive an email from us with a link to the "Job Search Resource" newsletter. Your name will be listed as the person referring them as a subscriber to our newsletter. I am sure your friend will appreciate your thoughtful gesture.
Links To Free Career Tools
Are You A Subscriber?
(If not, what are you waiting for?)
Subscribe To The "Job Search Resource " The "Job Search Resource" is a bi-weekly career newsletter that is completely free and absolutely jam-packed with the latest industry news and updates, special tips and business tools, salary information, strategies and insider secrets all designed to help you find your next job faster. To subscribe, please enter your name and email address in the fields below. Then click the Subscribe button.
Job Search Resource
|
Welcome to your "Job Search Resource" newsletter! Dedicated to the support and success of job seekers everywhere.
In this issue:
1. News 4. Mailbag: questions from our readers
News: According to the US Department of Labor, June employment numbers showed a continued job growth with a total of 133.5 million payroll jobs. 3.7 million new jobs have been created since May 2003. The unemployment rate fell to 5.0 percent, with the advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 25 at 2,581,000. This represents a decrease of 16,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,597,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,603,000, a decrease of 250 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,603,250. There was also significant decline in the number of people who are experiencing long-term unemployment. In the week ending July 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 319,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 312,000. The 4-week moving average was 320,500, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average of 324,000. The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 25 were in New Jersey (+6,579), Massachusetts (+2,491), Connecticut (+1,670), New York (+1,618), and Kentucky (+1,146). The largest decreases were in Michigan (-4,809), Pennsylvania (-4,065), Wisconsin (-1,965), North Carolina (-1,774), and Tennessee (-1,132).
Are You Ready For A New Career? by David Richter Is your current or most recent job truly what you want to do? Do you dread the prospect of coming into work every day? Do you look back on your work day as you travel home and cannot seem to find a fulfilling moment? If you answered yes, read on. You could be unhappy with your supervisor; you may not like the politics or corporate culture; or you may not like the industry you are in. You may also feel that you are underpaid, underutilized, undervalued or unappreciated. You may not have sufficient opportunities for career advancement; or perhaps you are feeling overworked. These are all common experiences among employees. What are your choices? If you love what you do, if you get motivated and excited in a particular field of interest, if you can put your arms around a career with enthusiasm and gusto, then you have found your passion and you will experience fulfillment and joy daily. You will look forward to work each day. On your drive home, you will find yourself looking back on your day and smiling. Give yourself the opportunity to create something better for yourself. Explore your options fully. There is no need to settle or go through a process of elimination to end up with only one career choice. Why limit yourself? A good place to start could be in the areas you have delved in the past. If you engaged briefly in a particular project that you thoroughly enjoyed, then you have a skill and experience that can be leveraged into an entirely new career. You can also avail yourself of the many career assessment programs and free personality tests found on the Internet. One such assessment tool is MAPP. It’s free and takes about fifteen minutes to complete. The results are quite revealing. Their website is http://www.assessment.com Many people have gone through career transitions. These are successful people, happy with their new careers, and enjoying and loving what they are doing. They made a choice to become a career builder and make a better life for themselves. So can you. Give yourself the gift of a career you can get enthusiastic about which utilizes your special talents and unique gifts. Follow your passion; you will thank yourself over and over again. Copyright © 2003-2006 TopDog Group All rights reserved.
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ___ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mailbag: Questions from our Readers Chris writes: "I am in Africa seeking a job in Europe; I have a high school qualification." Chris: My sense is that you are really asking two questions here. The first question is, "how far can I get without a college or university education?" The second question is, "how difficult will it be to find a job on another continent?" To answer both questions at once, challenging. You can do it, Chris, but you need to overcome some hurdles. You are in competition with job candidates who have probably gone through more years of schooling and therefore possess higher qualification. Europe also has a different work climate and job market, and that difference will vary depending on where in Europe you are seeking employment. My advice to you is to find out as much as you can about the European job market, its industries and companies by going online and doing a Google or Yahoo! search for that information. Make sure you specify your country of interest. I would also suggest you write a resume and cover letter that emphasize as much experience as you have in your particular field of interest, and send those off to as many companies as you can. Then follow-up with each company, inviting yourself in for an exploratory meeting with a hiring manager. Good luck to you. Let me know how you make out.
Gene writes: "I hadn't been using a cover letter; I just didn't think it was necessary since I felt my resume would suffice. After reading your Cover Letter book, I realized what the cover letter accomplishes. As soon as I wrote a cover letter based on your guidance, I started getting calls for interviews. It's amazing the difference one piece of paper makes!"
July 12, 2005 GRS Career Fair Rocky Hill, CT July 12, 2005 SalesTrax Buffalo, NY July 13, 2005 Florida Technical College Jacksonville, FL July 13, 2005 TechExpo Arlington, VA July 13, 2005 Cleveland Career Fair Cleveland, OH July 13, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Northbrook, IL July 13, 2005 FTC's Career Fair Jacksonville, FL July 13, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Bellevue, WA July 13, 2005 The President's Job Fair Orlando, FL July 14, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Tigard, OR July 14, 2005 The President's Job Fair Orlando, FL July 14, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Cincinnati, OH July 18, 2005 GRS Career Fair Orlando, FL July 19, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Livonia, MI July 19, 2005 East Bay Diversity Oakland, CA July 19, 2005 SalesTrax Sales Recruit Overland Park, KS July 19, 2005 Career Summit San Francisco, CA July 19, 2005 Career Summit Irvine, CA July 19, 2005 Hire Quest San Jose, CA July 19, 2005 Hire Quest Sacramento, CA July 19, 2005 Hire Quest Seattle, WA July 20, 2005 Hire Quest Portland, OR July 20, 2005 Career Summit LA, CA July 20, 2005 Career Summit Walnut Creek, CA July 20, 2005 Hire Quest Walnut Creek, CA July 20, 2005 Career Concepts Salt Lake City, UT July 20, 2005 Career Concepts Baltimore, MD July 20, 2005 Career Concepts Bloomington, MN July 20, 2005 Career Concepts Chicago, IL July 20, 2005 Career Concepts Newton, MA July 21, 2005 Hire Quest Burlingame, CA July 21, 2005 Career Summit Ontario, CA July 21, 2005 Internship Fair Miramar, FL July 21, 2005 Sales Trax Englewood, CO July 21, 2005 Sales Trax Indianapolis, IN July 21, 2005 Career Concepts Tinley Park, IL July 21, 2005 Career Concepts East Hartford, CT July 21, 2005 Dell Sales Oklahoma City, OK July 21, 2005 Career Summit Ontario, CA July 21, 2005 Career Concepts Englewood, CO July 25, 2005 Career Concepts Irvine, CA July 26, 2005 Diversity Expo New York, NY July 26, 2005 Sales Trax Memphis, TN July 26, 2005 Career Concepts St. Louis, MO July 26, 2005 Career Concepts Santa Clara, CA July 27, 2005 Sales Trax Houston, TX July 27, 2005 Career Concepts Arlington, TX July 27, 2005 Career Concepts Walnut Creek, CA July 27, 2005 Career Concepts Sacramento, CA July 27, 2005 Career Concepts Independence , OH July 28, 2005 Career Concepts Richardson, TX July 28, 2005 Career Concepts San Francisco, CA July 28, 2005 SalesTrax Phoenix, AZ
To your success,
President TopDog Group
|
|
