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This article provide many tools that on must consider when looking for a job to stand out in the crowd.

Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable.

The approach — developing a resume and cover letter, locating jobs on and submitting your resume to corporate sites and job banks, and crossing your fingers in hopes of receiving a call from a hiring manager — is, for the most part, a thing of the past. The new approach is far different. It boils down to the fact that there are fewer jobs available, more competition for those jobs and more touch points for recruiters and seekers to interact.  To read the rest of the story, click on the link below.

7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media

Learn how to build your personal brand effectively to help you land your dream job.

During the webinar you will:

• Learn about the importance of personal branding in today’s economy
• Find out how to rank #1 for your name in Google
• Get all the tools you need to manage your online reputation

Dan Schawbel, personal branding expert, and VisualCV’s Nathen Harvey will show you how to create and use a personal branding strategy in your job search.

This is a great series of screen cast that you must see.  These screen cast are also located on YoUTube.

VisualCV • Webinar Tutorials

June 4, 2009

Lauryn Franzoni

The current business world is populated with two kinds of executives and managers: the out of work and those who are concerned that they soon will be. Whether a job search is in your present or prospective future, here are five tips to help you make it a successful one.  To read the rest of the story click on the link below.

5 Job Search Tips | SafetyXChange

August 19th, 2008

 

By Carol Quinn

From PART I: Somewhere, we learned that if we hire an applicant with the skills we need, the results will be an employee who will do a great job. WRONG! Skills simply means the applicant can do the job, it does not mean they will do the job better than anyone else. Making hiring decisions based on skills leaves job performance a mystery until after the hire. Interview-savvy applicants have made it tougher for interviewers to accurately assess motivation, often causing the misjudgment to favor applicants who are NOT High Performers.

Help is available to assist interviewers in accurately identifying High Performers. Locus of Control, a 50-year old self-efficacy behavioral psychology has been incorporated into the interview process to improve employee selection. It reveals achievement attitudes and behaviors common to ALL High Performers. High Performers seem to find a way to produce consistent results, rather than consistent excuses, regardless of skill. Locus of Control provides specific insight which can be used to distinguish between true High Performers and those portraying them.   To read the rest of the post, click on the link below.

The HIRE/HIGHER Attitude » 2008 » August

Just found this neat site where you can post your resume and video for presenting your self to the community.  I suggest that you stop by and sign up to see if the site will benefit you.

Click on the banner to see the site.

Great article on how to find a job using social networking.

Just minutes after she was laid off from her job earlier this month, Brittany Ward pulled out her cell phone and typed a short message.  Read the rest of the story.  Click on the link below.

Lose your job? Tell your Facebook, Twitter friends — OrlandoSentinel.com

This is an email that I received  from The Career News, April 20, 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 16.  You can

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Abridged: Huffington Post Inc.

CHICAGO, IL — Even in decent economic times, you need to double your efforts if you want to stand out. But the best advice is that in these times you’ll need to triple it. The more you put into something, the better it tends to work out. If you’re looking for a job, you want to send out as many signals as possible that show that not only are you not afraid of hard work, but you’re actually turned on by it.
The best way to signal that you’re hardworking is to explain your routine and method for working explicitly to the employer. As someone who does a couple of hundred interviews a year, I can tell you I almost never get a proactive candidate who does this! Now, I’m not saying folks should work so hard that they can’t have a life and family–but in a market like this, people seriously are going to need to sacrifice.
Bottom line: Employers are going to hire the hardest-working people and lay off the clock punchers first. If you want to get employed, your best strategy is to put yourself into the hardest-working bucket. Given a climate where no one is able to look ahead and everyone is reacting, such a point of view would stand head and shoulders above the competition.

This is a great way to show the JobSeeker Discount.  Click on the link below to read the rest of the story.

What Would Dad Say » JobSeeker Disconnect

This is a great screen cast.  Maybe you can use this method to get a job interview.

Discover the (5) keys that will get your press release read and acted upon!

We know that your marketing and promotional strategy entails more than simply writing great articles. If you’re doing your job right, you should have a toolbox full of different marketing and promotional tools from which to choose.

One extremely powerful tool, in the right situation, is the simple press release. In this video, you’ll discover both the theoretical and practical insight you’ll need to create a press release that the media will find hard to resist.  Click here to review the rest of the story and screen cast.

Write the Perfect Press Release

New a short snipe for  a job interview?  Use this approach.  I am taking an on-line course and the first that we have to do is write an elevator pitch.  This is a great article with examples from Microsoft Office Online.

By Guy R. Powell

Has this ever happened to you?

• You’re in an elevator. The CEO of your hottest prospect is also in the elevator and realizes that he recognizes you. He says, "I was curious, tell me what you do again. I can’t remember." What do you say?
• You’re at a party. You just happen to run into the VP of the company you want to work for. You mention that you’re looking for a job, and then the VP says, "Glad to meet you. Tell me more about yourself!" How do you respond?

To read the rest of the story click on the link below.

3 steps to a great elevator pitch – Word – Microsoft Office Online