If you are finding it difficult to locate any open positions at all in your targeted area, it may be that you have picked too small a target. Job searchers today are particularly challenged because there are many job areas that have greatly diminished due to changes in the market and economy. If you are targeting such an area, it’s time to widen your target.
What are Twitter Hashtags, and What Can They Do For You?
Twitter can be a very powerful tool for your job search. Not only do many companies now post job leads on Twitter, but it’s also a good place to find and interact with recruiters.
Finding jobs on Twitter is easy if you know how to do it. The most popular way to find jobs (or any other topic) is through the use of a hashtag (#). What is a hashtag? Hashtags are a way for people to categorize information in tweets to make it easily searchable. Hashtags are like keywords marked with a (#). For instance, do a hashtag search for #career, and you’ll come up with a list of people tweeting about career topics.
Jobs In Nursing
Looking for a job that is always in demand, offers great personal satisfaction uses a wide variety of skills? How about nursing! No longer doctor’s helpers in starched white dresses, today’s nurses have many specializations and make good money. Nursing careers tend to be a safe option to pursue when you think about the large number of baby boomers who will be starting to retire and will need more care. Demand is very high and increasing. The employment rate is expected to increase by 27.3% by 2012 for a number of different nursing specialties due largely in part to demographic changes.
Troubleshooting Your Job Search
Job seekers sometimes say to me “I’m doing everything, and nothing is working.” The truth is, there are things every job seeker can do to improve their job search. But often job seekers don’t see beyond what they know about job searching. What they don’t know could change their strategy and execution. With that in mind, I’m kicking off “Troubleshooting Tuesday”, a series designed to help job seekers locate and fix the trouble spots in their job search. Today, I’ll go over some common trouble areas and raise some questions for rethinking your future job search efforts. In the weeks that come, we’ll tackle each area in depth.
Social Media 101 for Job Seekers
Many job seekers, especially mature workers, struggle to understand the role social media can play in a successful job search. Back in the day, resumes were printed and sent by mail and jobs were found in the local paper. Today it’s Twitter, LinkedIn and more. Ignoring these “new fangled” methods can greatly hinder a job search. So, for those of us born before 1970 (and some of you born after) here’s a quick rundown of the most important social media channels for your job search.
Jobs In Social Media
Social media is a very hot topic right now. It seems these days you can’t go online without reading something about social media. With the evolution of sites like Facebook and Twitter and their applications as marketing tools, the number of job positions in social media is rising at an exponential pace as companies try to keep their name in front of consumers.
Keeping Your Age from Being an Issue
Age discrimination is illegal so your age should not be an issue in your job search. At least that’s how it’s supposed to be. In reality, some feel their age might be a liability in their job search. A strategy to avoid the issue is to keep your age out of it until you’ve had the chance to sell yourself as a great match for a position.
Video Friday: The Art of Follow-Up
A common question among job seekers is when to follow-up. In today’s Video Friday vlog, Jobfully CEO Mei Lu explains best practices for follow-up.
When Your Job is Looking for a Job
If you are between jobs, people probably assume you have lots of free time. But the truth is, if you’re actively seeking a new job, you should be pretty busy. Here are some ways to bring organization and discipline to the job of looking for a job.
Set up workspace. Organize your papers, have a place for your computer, good lighting and a comfortable chair. If possible, pleasant, quiet workspace set away from the rest of the home is ideal. But, if your workspace is the kitchen table, that’s OK, too. Just set it up for function and efficiency and be clear with yourself that, when you’re sitting there, you’re at work.
Unemployed Need Not Apply: The Numbers Behind the Claim
There’s been a lot of discussion about the claim that some recruiters and hiring managers are only interested in people who are already employed. This report, circulated on CNN and other major news sources, raised the specter of discrimination against the unemployed. But a recent poll should go a long way to putting minds at ease.