June 24th is take your dog to work day. In my office, every day is take your dog to work day and it has been for over 15 years. An article in USA Today discusses the benefits of having a dog-friendly office:
Helps in recruiting talented employees
Helps in retaining employees
Improves morale
Makes it easier to stay late
Improves morale
Creates connections
Instills loyalty
Improves patience
Increases acceptance of others based on who they are not what they have
Teaches perseverance
Enables and encourages expression of gratitude
All of these attributes make your business more effective by increasing your sensitivity to the needs of others, providing quality, value added service and support; and expressing appreciation.
In my office, I see my clients relax and get comfortable
quickly because my sweet Jessie is a wonderful ice breaker who puts
even the most anxious, angry, and distressed people at ease. She
meets, greets, and then goes to sleep nearby while we have our
conversations about their goals, achievements, and skills, and discuss
the optimal method for their job search.
Thank your dog for making you a better human being and a better businessperson.
According to an article on Money.com, November
13, 2010, if you've made it through the toughest job market in decades
without being laid off, chances are you are out of the danger zone.
Even though businesses won't be hiring a lot, they won't be firing
either.
9.2% - projected unemployment rate by the end of 2011 versus 9.6% now.
37% - portion of Americans concerned that the family's main earner will become unemployed in the next six months.
2016 - when unemployment is expected to reach pre-recession level of 5%.
5% - projected average raise for top employees in 2011, versus 3% for all workers.
2% - companies planning to have pay freezes in 2011versus 31% in 2009.
BEST MASTER'S FOR GETTING A JOB
According to a study conducted by Forbes these
programs offer the best salaries and employment prospects over the next decade
based on salaries and employmentincrease and job growth over the next
decade:
No. 1: Physician Assistant
Studies Mid-career median pay: $98,900 Projected employment increase:
39% Job growth, including replacement needs: 57% Common jobs: Nurse
anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, director of nursing
No. 2:
Computer Science Mid-career median pay:
$111,000 Projected employment increase: 27% Job growth, including
replacement needs: 39% Common jobs: Database administrator, software
architect, information technology consultant
No. 3: Civil
Engineering Mid-career median pay: $98,700 Projected employment
increase: 24% Job growth, including replacement needs: 41% Common jobs:
Project engineer, senior civil engineer, structural engineer
No. 4:
Mathematics Mid-career median pay: $96,900 Projected
employment increase: 22% Job growth, including replacement needs:
51% Common jobs: Actuary, statistician, high school teacher
No. 5:
Physics Mid-career median pay: $110,000 Projected
employment increase: 16% Job growth, including replacement needs:
44% Common jobs: Physicist, medical physicist, senior systems
engineer
No. 6: Information Technology Mid-career
median pay: $97,200 Projected employment increase: 29% Job growth,
including replacement needs: 39% Common jobs: Information technology project
manager, information technology specialist, software developer
No. 7:
Human Resources Management Mid-career median pay:
$81,900 Projected employment increase: 22% Job growth, including
replacement needs: 47% Common jobs: Human resources consultant, human
resources manager, recruiter
No. 8: Economics
Mid-career median pay: $108,000 Projected employment increase:
19% Job growth, including replacement needs: 38% Common jobs: Economist,
financial analyst, business analyst
No. 9:
Geology Mid-career median pay: $90,100 Projected
employment increase: 17% Job growth, including replacement needs:
44% Common jobs: Environmental project manager, hydrogeologist, petroleum
geologist
No. 10: Business (MBA) Mid-career median
pay: $109,000 Projected employment increase: 17% Job growth, including
replacement needs: 35% Common jobs: Business development manager, management
consultant, senior financial analyst
DON’T FILL THE WHITE SPACE AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF YOUR RESUME WITH
UNRELATED OR EVEN RELATED KEYWORDS
One of my clients recently asked me about loading her resume
with keywords in white at the top and bottom of her resume. Apparently some outplacement firms are
recommending this to achievehigher placement when scanned. Be aware that resume scanning equipment is extremely sophisticated. You
will be caught, your resume will be sent to the bottom of the pile, you will be seen in a bad light, and probably will be prevented from ever getting an interview with this employer or
recruiter.
All of the keywords
that are important on your resume should be clearlystated in your profile, core competencies, value offered,
experience, and/or education sections of your resume. Don't be fooled into trying to trick a system
that is extremely sophisticated. If you
have a really good resume that quantifies
skills and accomplishments and
provides Problem-Action-Results (PAR)
statements you should not need to try to fool the system.
If you follow the guidelines of good job searching, you
probably won't be sending your resume to screening software as much as
others. You will be networkingby phone and in person. You will be talking, communicating, building relationships, gaining leads and getting your foot in the door throughreferrals, recommendations, and the personal interest and assistance
of those who know and respect you.
Remember, an honest
resume that focuses on your skills
and accomplishments combined with networking and making personal contact with people who you know or want to know,
is your greatest technique for finding
your next job.
JOB GROWTH IN MARCH (4/10)
The economy had its biggest jump in jobs in three years in March, according to a government report released Friday.The Labor Department said the economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, compared to a revised reading of a 14,000 job loss in February. That makes March only the third monthsince the start of 2008 that employers did not cut payrolls.
Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a gain of 184,000 jobs. But the March number was generally not seen as a disappointment even though it fell slightly short of the consensus forecast, because revisions in January and February readings added a combined 62,000 additional jobs. While the news was positive, there were a number of short-term factors that inflated the reading, including an addition of 48,000 by the Census Bureau as it geared up for the once-in-a-decade headcount of the U.S. population.
Some economists had feared that even more of March's gain would be due solely to Census hiring, so the modest gain was viewed favorably.
March's job gain was also bolstered by weather factors -- February's numbers had been depressed by temporary job losses related to severe winter storms last month. Still, the addition was good news for an economy that has suffered a net loss of 8.2 million jobs since the start of 2008, a month after the official start of the recession.
And the gains were spread across various sectors of the economy -- 60% of industriesadded jobs -- the most widespread gains seen across the economy in four years.Hiring brought relief to some long-suffering sectors of the economy with the following increases in jobs:
Construction - 15,000 jobs, the first increase of any kind in the sector since June 2007.
Manufacturing - 17,000, with 2,500 of that gain coming at auto plants and their parts suppliers.Retailers - nearly 15,000
Leisure and hospitality -22,000
January's reading was revised from a loss to a gain of 14,000 jobs, and February's job loss was also narrowed in the revision. The only other month with even a modest job gain was November 2009, when there was a net gain of 64,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate held steady 9.7% in February, matching economist expectations.
Source: CNNMoney.com
FORTUNE'S BEST COMPANIES FOR JOB GROWTH (3-10)
1. Scooter Store 2. Brocade Communications Systems 3. Scottrade 4. Salesforce.com 5. Chesapeake Energy 6. Scripps Health 7. DreamWorks Animation SKG 8. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 9. Booz Allen Hamilton 10. Meridian Health
Employment services firm Manpower's latest United States Employment Outlook Survey finds that, in certain places, considerably more businesses expect to be hiring than firing, and vice versa. To conduct the survey, Manpower polled human resources and hiring professionals at 28,000 companies in the nation's 201 metropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Manpower measured what percentage of the companies expected to be hiring in the next quarter, between October and December of this year, what percentage expected to be firing, and then tallied up the difference as "net employment outlook." Here are the 10 cities with the highest positive net employment outlook numbers.
Source: Manpower's Fourth-Quarter United States Employment Outlook Survey.
1. Lincoln, NE 2. Kennewick - Richland - Pasco WA 3. Waco, TX 4. Rochester, NY 5. Columbus GA - AL 6. McAllen - Edinburg - Mission, TX 7. York - Hanover, PA 8. Lafayette, LA 9. Anchorage, AK 10. Sioux Falls, SD
Forbes Worst Cities for New Jobs (9/09)
1. Flint, MI 2. Salinas, CA 3. Dayton, OH 4. Detroit - Warren - Livonia, MI 5. Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA 6. Las Vegas, NV 7. Myrtle Beach - North Myrtle Beach - Conway, SC 8. San Juan, Puerto Rico 9. Stockton, CA 10. Bakersfield, CA
Of 40 cities studied based on unemployment rates, cost of living, cost of housing, amount of pollution, and number of sunny days, the following were deemed to be the least stressful cities in the U.S. (8-20-09):
1. Austin, TX 2. San Antonio, TX 3. Nashville, TN Dallas, TX Kansas City, MO 6. Denver, CO 7. Virginia Beach, VA 8. Houston, TX Jacksonville, FL 10. Columbus, OH
FORBES MOST STRESSFUL CITIES
1. Chicago, IL 2. Los Angeles, CA 3. New York, NY 4. Cleveland, OH Providence, RI 6. San Francisco, CA 7. Detroit, MI 8. Boston, MA 9. Washington, DC 10. San Jose, CA
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, recently announced that they have have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne’spatented composite cathode materialsto manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries.
The agreement includes a proposal for the the construction of a world manufacturing plant in Elyria, Ohio that will create hundreds of high paying green jobs.
When completed, the facility is expected to be the largest cathode material production facility in North America. The impact of such a facility is anticipated to be significant as the facility construction and staffing will have a positive economic impact for Ohio and will attract further businesses to North America.
WEB RESUMES
Depending on your field, and the relevancy to your job-finding efforts, you may want to consider Visual CV, a free online web resume service. "You can combine your resume with easy-to-use templates and add video, audio, charts, and pictures to make your skills stand out and make recruiters take notice." You might consider using this tool in addition to your Word.doc, ASCII file, PDF file, and hard copies of your resume. Check out Visual CV.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES TO RISE
The top 10 states for unemployment as of December 2008 and reported in January 27, 2009 are: 1. Michigan - 10.6% 2. Rhode Island - 10% 3. South Carolina - 9.5% 4. California - 9.3% 5. Nevada - 9.1% 6. Oregon - 9% 7. District of Columbia - 8.8% 8. North Carolina - 8.7% 9. Indiana - 8.2% 10. Georgia - 8.1% 11. Florida - 8.1% 12. Mississippi - 8% 13. Tennessee - 7.9% 14. Ohio - 7.8%
Ohio tied with Kentucky for having the nation's 14th worst unemployment in December, according to state rankings released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Michigan logged the nation's highest rate at 10.6 percent. Rhode Island was second at 10 percent, followed by South Carolina (9.5 percent), California (9.3 percent), Nevada (9.1 percent) and Oregon (9 percent).
TOP 10 BEST CITIES FOR FINDING JOBS
1.Houston, TX 2.Austin, TX 3.Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 4.Raleigh, NC 5.Seattle, WA 6.San Antonio, TX 7.Charlotte, NC 8.Oklahoma City, OK 9.Durham, NC 10.Salt Lake City, UT
TOP 10 WORST CITIES FOR FINDING JOBS
1.Detroit, MI 2.Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 3.Providence, RI 4.Toledo, OH 5.Lansing, MI 6.Dayton, OH 7.Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA 8.Cleveland, OH 9.Los Angeles, CA 10.Youngstown, OH
Jobs in Pods, the internet’s first ever audio recruitment platform.
Unlike the traditional job boards you are used to visiting, Jobs in Pods is a place to actually hear from the employers themselves through audio interviews with their HR managers/employees.
These “jobcasts” give you unique insight into different aspects of the company such as:
What it’s like to work there, the kinds of people they hire, the benefits they offer and what their ideal candidate is like.
At the end of each podcast you’ll be instructed on how and where to apply to the jobs you just heard about. Each podcast comes with a blog post which lists all the relevant links and information about the employer and their job listings.
You can search this site just like a job board. Each podcast is categorized by the types of jobs mentioned and their location. Visit the job categories to the right to browse the ‘jobcasts‘ and find the ones that interest you.
JobRadio.fm features audio content from Total Picture Radio, Secrets of the Job Hunt and Jobs in Pods. These “jobcasters” are at the forefront of career advice. Listen at work or at home. Right now about 10 hours of audio from these shows plays on a loop. Check the Current Playlists for whats playing. Every week, new content will be added to the rotation to keep it fresh and lively. This channel is a great resource for job seekers, recent grads, or anyone who wants to sharpen their job search skills. It can help you educate yourself on the art of job hunting.
159,000 JOBS SLASHED IN SEPTEMBER 2008 - HIGHEST IN 5 YEARS
In September, 159,000 were slashed — more than double the cuts made one month before. It was the ninth straight month of job losses. For the first eight months of the year, the economy lost an average of about 75,000 jobs each month.
A staggering 760,000 jobs have been lost since January.
The Labor Department's report, released October 3, 2008, also showed that the nation's unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up sharply from 4.7 percent a year ago. Over the last year, the number of unemployed people has risen by 2.2 million to 9.5 million.
The government’s monthly snapshot of the labor market detailed a relentless assortment of woes afflicting American working families.
Job cuts in September:
Manufacturing - 51,000 (442,000 lost in 2008; 4 million since 1999)
Retailers - 35,000
Construction - 35,000
Transportation and warehousing - 16,000
Financial Services - 17,000 (172,000 since employment peaked in that part of the economy in December 2006). And that was before the bankruptcy of the Wall Street titan, Lehman Brothers; the bailout of the mortgage financiers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; the fire sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America; the near disintegration of the insurance giant American International Group; and the government takeover and sale of Washington Mutual.
The rare instances of job gains in September:
Health Care - 17,000
Mining - 8,000
The unemployment rate could hit 7 or 7.5 percent by late 2009. If that happens, it would mark the highest since after the 1990-91 recession. Some economists say the jobless rate could rise even more before the situation starts to get better.
BE CAREFUL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PLACE ON THE INTERNET
One in five hiring managers say they use social networking sites to research candidates -- and 1/3 of them dimiss candidates after what they discover.
A survey by online job site CareerBuilder.com of 3,169 hiring managers found 22 percent of them screened potential staff via social networking profiles, upfrom 11 percent in 2006.
An additional9 percent said they plan to start using social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace to screen potential employees.
The survey found that 34 percent of the managers who do screen candidates on the Internet found content that made them drop thecandidate from any short list.
The top area for concern among the hiring managers were candidates posting:
Information about drinking or using drugs
Provocative or inappropriatephotographs or information
Other areas of concern to arise from social network sites were:
Poorcommunication skills
Lyingabout qualifications
Using discriminatory remarks related to race, gender or religion
Having an unprofessional screen name
But the survey found hiring managers scouring social network pages was not all bad with 24 percent of these managers saying they found content to help them solidify their decision to hire that candidate.
Top factors that influenced their hiring decision included:
Candidate's backgroundssupporting their qualifications for the job
Proving they had good communications skills
Having a site that conveyed a professional image with a wide range of interests
WHERE THE JOBS ARE GROWING IN THE U.S.
If you are interested in using your transferable skills in an industry that will be around a while, you might want to consider one of the following:
Medical Equipment Manufacture and Sales
Healthcare
Solar Energy
Wind Power
Nuclear Energy
Biofuels
Geothermal Power
Green Jobs
Products to clean up coal burning power plants
Many areas that used to manufacture goods that are now being produced in Mexico, Canada, India, and China are growing businesses and jobs in medical and new energy jobs.
NEWSREADERS AND RSS NEWS FEEDS
In the process of developing my blog, I discovered Google Newsreader and RSS feeds, which enable me to select informationsources and receive new information daily from those sources at one web site (I use Google Reader). This saves a lot of time and is an easier method of gathering information.
You sign up for Google Reader through the Google website
Click on the orange and white RSS button on your favorite sites (like my blog), and indicate which reader you are using (Google, Yahoo, Newsgator, Netvibes, Pageflakes, etc.)
Check Google Reader daily for the latest information from the sites selected
Some of the sites that you select could provide you with job findinginformation, like the one I recently added to my site from sustainablejobs.com. I receive new daily postings of sustainable energy jobs from that web site.
NEW BUSINESS NETWORKING SITE TO RIVAL LINKEDIN.COM
Forbes.com indicates that Talkbiznow.com, a website scheduled to launch on Monday, August 18th, will strongly rival Linkedin.com.
No matter what industry you are a part of, or what job function you are involved in, business networking is an effective element to your professional growth.
According to Talkbiznow.com, it "provides an unrivalled, professional, networking platform, enabling smart communication between you and new found contacts on both the national and international market place."
Talkbiznow was designed with the business professional in mind. Unlike many other networking websites, Talkbiznow is completelyfree, it is intuitive to use and will add value to the way that you work. Talkbiznow comes equipped with a suite of services that have been developed to help increase your business productivity.
With your personal profile, you can choose to publicize your current career position as well as an in depth career history. By building a rich personal profile, you are then able to search for likeminded business professionals and give them a glimpse of yourself before becoming business contacts.
Invite business colleagues to join you in a Talkbiznow network, host webinars and invite people to come and take part in business presentations.
Through Talkbiznow you can:
Rapidly find and build relevant contacts
Be found for business opportunities and new careers
Build public and private networks
Host and invite people to your webinar sessions
Use our clean email system and stop unwanted mail
Compose and send advertisements to your contacts
Customize your entire experience
Manage all of your appointments with your personal calendar
Unlike the traditional job boards you are used to visiting, Jobs in Pods is a place to actually hear from the employers themselves through audio interviews with their HR managers/employees.
These “jobcasts” give you unique insight into different aspects of the company such as:What it’s like to work there, the kinds of people they hire, the benefits they offer and what their ideal candidate is like.At the end of each podcast you’ll be instructed on how and where to apply to the jobs you just heard about. Each podcast comes with a blog post which lists all the relevant links and information about the employer and their job listings.You can search this site just like a job board. Each podcast is categorized by the types of jobs mentioned and their location. Visit the job categories to the right to browse the ‘jobcasts‘ and find the ones that interest you.There are also a number of ways to stay updated on new podcasts by subscribing to our RSS feeds. Each job category also comes with its own feed so that you can subscribe to just the ones that interest you.You can also download the MP3 files to your computer or iPod. Jobs in Pods
TRAITS EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR IN HIRING EMPLOYEES
What skills do company chiefs consider vital to their organizations? For 88% of 1,150 CEOs surveyed recently, the answer is a tie between:
The ability to quickly adjust to internal and external changes
Expertise in leading and developing others
Also highly valued are:
Collaboration skills
Creativity and innovativeness
Proficiency in anticipating and managing risk
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting firm headquartered in New York.
NEW PHARMA RULES - HOW WILL THEY IMPACT PHARMACEUTICAL SALES JOBS
Drug company sales representatives will have to stop giving coffeemugs and pens that push their products when they visit doctor's offices. But they can still sneak in the occasional free lunch.
Pharmaceutical Research andManufacturers of America announced it has revised its conduct code for interacting with health care professionals. The updated guidelines ban the knicknacks bearing company and product logos.
Sales representatives are prohibited from providing restaurantmeals and entertainment or recreation. But they can still provide the occasional, modestmeal in a healthcare professional's office "in conjunction with informational presentations," according to a statement from PhRMA.
The updated code also emphasizes that drug companies should separate any funding they provide for continuing medical educationfrom their sales and marketingdepartments. It notes that the funding should support education "on a full range of treatment options and not to promote a particular medicine."
PhRMA said meetings between sales representatives and doctors should be focused on informing health care professionals about products, sharing scientific and educational information and supportingresearch and education.
The new rules take effect Jan. 1.
How these new rules will impact pharma sales jobs is yet to be seen.
According to a new report from Salary.com, a provider of compensation data, the best places tobuild personal wealth are:
Plano, TX
Aurora, CO
Omaha, NE
Minneapolis, MN
Albuquerque, NM
The worst places are:
New York, NY
Washington, DC
Los Angeles, CA
Honolulu, HI
San Francisco, CA
Results were based on salaries, cost of living, and employment rates in cities with 250,000 or more residents.
ENTICE EMPLOYERS TO WANT TO MEET YOU
Entice employers to want to meet you by:
Producing a well-written resume and cover letter on quality paper
Quantifying accomplishments using numbers and percentages
Never making your resume read like a job description
Illustrating your uniqueness - avoiding generic job descriptions
Using readable, business-like fonts
Following-up
TAKE YOUR DOG TO WORK
Businesses nationwide are expected to open their doors to employees' four-legged friends in honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day on Friday, June 20th, an event sponsored by Pet Sitters International, an educational association. Want to bring your pooch to the office every day? You can search for jobs at dog-friendly companies on sites such as SimplyHired.com and DogFriendly.com. See these office-etiquette tips for dogs from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
YOU STILL NEED HARD COPIES OF YOUR RESUME
I repeatedly receive inquiries regarding my resume service from people who say they don't need hard copies of their resume. But it is still important to have hard copies to:
Send after e-mailing your resume as an attachment to employers and recruiters
Distribute to your contacts and at networking events
Take to interviews (you should take 6 copies to interviews)
A recruiter friend of mine told me that she used to receive 30 hard copies a day, now she receives 3 and reads all of them. On Mondays, she receives so many e-mailed resumes that she deletes all of them.
Taking a little more time to send hard copies can give you an advantage over other candidates for the job.
USE A PROFILE INSTEAD OF AN OBJECTIVE ON YOUR RESUME
One of my clients recently sent me a copy of a résumé that they had started with an objective that read: "A challenging position where I can grow and ..." Employers and recruiters hate this and objectives in general are no longer being used.
It is much more effective to use a Profile, Highlights, or Summary statement. In most instances, your resume will be viewed for 8-30seconds so the Profile section needs to grab the employer by showing skills, work accomplishments, traits, educational achievements, certifications, and language skills that appeal to the employer and entice him or her to want to learn more about you. Don't use fluff.
Speak in more general terms in the Profile and back it up with specific accomplishments in the Experience section of the resume.
NETWORK WHEN YOU ARE EMPLOYED
It is easy to let networking slip when you have a job, but keeping up relationships is of the utmost importance when you decide to make a career move. Many of the best jobs are filled by word of mouth without recruiters or online job ads. Make phone calls, send e-mails, and plan lunch dates to maintain and grow your network. And, bewilling to help others. These efforts can be valuable when you decide to or need to change jobs.
Strengthenrelationships that are critical to your career success by taking the time to express sincere gratitude whenever you receive help, says Robert Thompson, author of "The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable" (Jossey-Bass, 2008). It's a simple way to garner your peers' respect and ensure their future support. For instance, if your colleague stays late to help you with an important presentation, say thanks in a handwritten note, he suggests.
Exploring job opportunities on Internet Job Boards is easier and less effective than networking your way into a job. Thousands of people are responding to jobs posted on the Internet. Instead of blasting your résumé to posted jobs, you can:
Plan to make 3, 5, or 10 telephone calls a day to professional contacts, business associates, people who would be yourimmediateboss at companies that you are interested in and have researched on the Internet.
Keep your résumé in front of you when you conduct your phone calls and be prepared with a 1 minute enticing description of yourself (including skills and abilities).
Always speak in terms of what you can contribute to, not what you hope to get from an employer
Send out 3-5 résumés a day (or a goal that works best for you) to the person who would be your immediate boss at targeted companies for which you believe that you are the perfect fit; don't send out hundreds of résumés blindly.
When you can, send a hard copy of your résumé after you send an e-mailed Microsoft Word attachment, ASCII file, and / or PDF file.
Follow-up with a phone call within a week after sending the résumé
Send thank you notes to anyone who is or has helped you with your job search and ocassionally follow up with phone calls.
Getting a job is a job but if you put forth the effort you may achieve faster and better responses and gain the position you hope to secure more rapidly.
TRY LINKEDIN JOBSINSIDER TO HELP WITH YOUR JOB SEARCH
LinkedIN JobsInsider downloads into Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers. After you download it you can:
Go to some of the top job boards, access a job, and find contacts from you LinkedIN network who work for the company
Contact those people for informational interviews
Find out more about the employer and the company culture
Bypass the Human Resource Department
Network your way to the hiring manager
You can find a link at the bottom of your LinkedIn home page that will provide you with the information needed to load the Insider widget into your browser.
The icon will be near your tool bar.
LinkedIN JobsInsider currently supports CareerBuilder, Monster, Hotjobs, Dice, CraigsList, SimplyHired, and Vault. When you go to these sites, a sidebar will open and any relevant connections will be viewed.
JIBBERJOBBER: A GREAT WAY TO ORGANIZE YOUR JOB SEARCH
Whenever you embark on a job search whether it is because you want to explore your options, to progress to a better position, or to find a position after a job loss, you need to be organized to avoid wasting time.
I used to believe in the old fashioned method of writing information in a spiral notebook. Recently, I discovered JibberJobber.com, a free online set of tools that enables you to organize and track:
Industry and companyinformation
Where, when, and how you send your résumé
Interview date, time, and results information
Follow up (thank you note and telephone) information
Networking numbers, contacts, and results
Job-search expenses
and more
"JibberJobber is a powerful tool that lets you manage your career, from job search to relationship management to target company management (and much more). Free for life with an optional upgrade."
This site can save you hours of work and prevent aggravation.
Check JibberJobber out and let me know what you think.
