Archive | March, 2009

How to Keep your Job during a Recession – Part 4

by dankeller on 31. Mar, 2009 in job tips

ShareWe have talked about staying active, becoming indispensable, and not complaining as three ways to help you keep your job in this crazy economy. My fourth tip is :
Make Friends – Not Enemies: Let’s face it, every office place has people with different backgrounds and different personalities. Some departments don’t like other departments. [...]

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How to keep your job during a recession – part 3

by dankeller on 27. Mar, 2009 in job tips

ShareThe stock market has been up for the last two weeks but the job market has not changed and people are still out of work and people are still losing their jobs in record numbers. In the previous two posts, I talked about focusing on activity and having a positive attitude as two [...]

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How to keep your job during a recession- part 2

by dankeller on 15. Mar, 2009 in Uncategorized

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In the last post I mentioned that focusing on activity is a great tactic to help you get through these rough times.  The second tip is:
Do not complain- I understand that thing are really hard right now and chances are you are doing more work for less money these days.  Your stress level is through [...]

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How to keep your job during the recession – Part 1

by dankeller on 12. Mar, 2009 in job tips

ShareI am not going to sugar coat it, things are really bad right now and stress is definitely starting to take toll.  If you are working or if you are unemployed there are lots of things that are causing us anxiety.  It OK to be nervous and it is understandable that you may be scared.  [...]

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new job search tactic

by dankeller on 11. Mar, 2009 in job hunting

ShareI just read a great article that I wanted to share with you guys.  We all know job market is in the toilet and we know that some times you need to get creative to get noticed.  I have heard of people taking out billboard ads but this is the first time I have heard [...]

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I hate networking

by dankeller on 08. Mar, 2009 in job hunting

ShareI hate networking.  These are not my words, but those of a client I was working with this week.  We were talking about the best way to find a job during a recession.  I firmly believe that networking is the key, you may get lucky with Monster or CareerBuilder but chances are your next job [...]

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the green job scene

by dankeller on 06. Mar, 2009 in Job Boards

ShareYikes, the job numbers are really bad, in fact worse than expected.  The market was expecting 7.9 % unemployment and what we got was 8.1%.  Alright, things are bad, I am by nature an optimist, so I want to focus on what jobs are out there and how to get them.  My number one suggestion, [...]

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Yes, there are still jobs out there

by dankeller on 04. Mar, 2009 in job hunting

ShareI know it can be frustrating and you may be thinking that there are no jobs to be had.  The reality is there are still good jobs you just need to keep working hard and do not give up.  I want to share with you a recent example of a client I was working with.  [...]

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Resume Quiz

by dankeller on 01. Mar, 2009 in Resume

ShareAs you can see, I am really focused on the topic of resumes lately.  This may be do in large part to the high amount of resumes I have been writing lately for my clients.  I am averaging 5 resumes der day at this point.  It seems that as the economy worsens and unemployment increases [...]

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