We 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. Sometimes non-salespeople dislike the sales people. Unfortunately,...

The 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 techniques that can help keep your job secure. Strategy tip number three is: Become Indispensable: In the past, companies valued...

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 the roof and your boss is riding you like a drill sergeant.  Here is a warning: Do NOT Complain to anyone,...

I 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.  If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I am an optimistic and feel that with a positive attitude everything will...

I 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 about someone using CraigsList to try and get a job.  You may be thinking, well, Craigslist has a lot of jobs, I don’t find this strange. ...

I 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 will come from someone within your network or in tour network’s network.  Over the past couple of months, I have been...

Yikes, 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, and what I have been telling all my clients is, Go Green. The fastest growing industry is green jobs.  Jobs that focus on...

I 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.  Her name is Jessica and she was recently let go from a major corporation that she has deveoted her life to for the last 8 years.  After the initial...

As 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 more people start to realized that spending a couple hundred bucks on a professionally written resume  can pay for itself...