Daily Job Hunt Journal » US economy

Recession Hits Job Market

YB Masdal — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:38:51 +0000

Our fears have been realized and jobs are being lost and not created(except for the Federal Government which claims would be creating jobs), the rest the thousands of job hunters who cannot get a job are left out on a limb. Try to use the full spectrum of job searching, online, social networks, job hunt networks and don;t forget the traditional go out an get it approach.
Jobs are out there, just that you cannot be to picky due to the scarcity, for one opening has several hundred available applicants. Make yourself stand out from the rest and use your failures as motivating factor. Update your resume and take out all add-on’s(entries that have been quite blown up), so you get an honest resume they can trust. Some of these firms really do check ups so when they do, you get the facts nothing more nothing less. You might also want to change the photo(you might still have the one straight from graduation), they might be small changes but they make big changes.

On the State of U.S. Labor Market

Administrator — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:49:40 +0000

If you happen to be abreast of current events, the fact that the US economy has slowed down must have already reached you. Of course, this bad state of the US economy is supposed to affect everything else, from businesses and financial institutions to the employment market and households.

In a commentary, John A. Challenger of CSMonitor.com, a multimedia website funded by a church, believes that the US labor market is in mild recession, an opinion that is far from the overreacting public’s viewpoint that the US economy is facing a worse financial crisis.

I think Challenger has a strong point here. Despite the recent job cuts, unemployment rate went down last month. With the government, through the Federal Reserve, working hard to combat recession, I know there is hope. We just really need to be optimistic and keep our productivity at the highest level.

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Job Hunting in 2008

Administrator — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:16:26 +0000

With the US economy nearing recession or so some reports have indicated, uncertainty in the employment world is certain. Job hunting, then, becomes quite hard especially for beginners.

Recession or not, in order to keep yourself afloat through the downturn, you have to remain optimistic and employ some strategies. Due to economic uncertainties, those who are receiving a regular paycheck may want to adjust their approach by going to interviews during lunch break or do some part-time work during your free hours.

For job seekers, the problem at hand could be made less-complicated by keeping your spirits high, getting more connected than ever (through networking) and tailoring your resume to the needs of the present time.