Recession Proof Jobs.
Recession proof jobs do exists, and they tend to be in areas where there is strong growth even in a down economy. Some require specialized knowledge, or are services and products needed no matter what the conditions of the economy are. Of course you can run your own business and be one of the millions who have recession proof jobs. In particular, recession proof jobs that are entry level are being heavily sought after.
Health care is an industry that does seem recession proof. CBS news done a report on recession proof jobs and suggested that aside from health care, law enforcement, education and court jobs are all great choices. The news everyday is showing more and more headlines of job loss, even in major, leading corporations.
There are sources out there such as the, Robert Half International Salary Guide that has mentioned the best paying jobs are surly law and IT. Over the next ten years, jobs like environmental, hydrologists and ecologist jobs are going to grow over 25%. That’s faster than any other occupation. It is now time to secure a safety net for the future of our jobs.
Between now and 2016, the employment rate in the field of information technology is expected to increase 29%, faster than the average growth of all occupations. As the world economy continues its steady decline, many students are gravitating toward those industries that are predicted to experience growth despite the current financial turmoil. Job growth occurred in ambulatory health care and in hospitals, adding 16,000 and 7,000 jobs, respectively, according to the BLS.
Unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere, on mars, you do see that the US is having a major financial issue and ultimately, it will affect your wallet. Banking, medical, child care, insurance and financial jobs are suited best for the ecological crunch we are now experiencing. But, in tough financial times, like right now You are advised to discuss your specific requirements with an independent financial adviser. No matter what field you work in, you have the possibility of losing your job. And yes, I agree that the medical industry is a safe field during economic downturns, although not completely immune.
There are jobs out there that do require minimal training if you don’t have the time to go back to school, or get trained. I truly believe that recession proof jobs will lead to recession proof industries that are moving towards the internet.
May 21, 2009 No Comments
7 Ways To Speed Up Your Job Searching
In some recent articles, I have broken down the job finding process into its logical components and detailed them individually. With this article I intend on building on those articles by offering tips which will speed up the process for you, looking at job hunting as an entire process.
1. Don’t wait till you start looking for a job, before you start looking.
Be up to date with your industry and the conditions of your employment environment all the time. Make this part of your job description in every job you hold. It could save you weeks when it comes time to find a job.
2. Ensure Your Resume Is Always Ready
Sometimes you just need to be ready to pounce for that dream job. If your resume is always up to date and you are always familiar with its contents, you will be ready. Update it at least twice a year with new skills and experience. You’ll then be ready for those unexpected offers which occasionally present themselves.
3. Recognise Networking Opportunities Every Day
Your network is your key to the inner workings of your industry. Try to remember everyone you meet professionally. Try to remember what they do and who they work for. When you catch up with them, get them talking about their jobs and businesses. This is a great way to maintain intimacy with your industry and goes a long way to helping with point 1 above.
4. Always Go To That Interview – Even When You Aren’t Interested.
Successful interviewing requires touch and it takes mistakes to get that touch. It is a skill you can only learn through practise. You don’t want to learn these skills when you are being interviewed for your perfect job, you want to make your mistakes with jobs you don’t really care for. So go to every interview you are offered, for no reason other than the practise. If you get offered a job you do not really want, have the courage to decline it.
5. Keep a diary of your experiences.
Job hunting is an evolutionary process. You need to modify your approach to every unique job and as your skills improve. A great tool to help you with this is to diarise your experiences, noting where you did well and where you think you could have done better. Really make an effort to learn from your experiences so each job you go for is a better effort than the last.
6. If You Are Unemployed, Make The Job Search Your Full Time Job
You should apply the same discipline, diligence and professionalism to job hunting as you would to work. It will keep you sharp and this will shine during your job interviews. Do not fall into the habit of sleeping in and taking unemployment as a holiday. Your full time job now is job hunting.
7. Maintain Your Focus
You know what type of job you are looking for, don’t be distracted by other offers or ideas. Keep your eyes firmly set on the task at hand and the job you are seeking.
Finding a new job is never fun. Keep the faith though and good luck with your hunt
March 31, 2009 No Comments
How To Win The Job: Tell Them What They Need To Know…And Nothing Else
Here’s how an employer with a job to fill chooses the winning candidate. He or she weeds out all those who are wrong for the job until only one is left. The right one. If you want the job, you have to resist being weeded out, and that means you must stubbornly keep from coming across in a way the employer sees as negative.
The boss is working with a logic that makes perfect sense to him or her. He takes a group of, say, ten candidates, finds reasons to weed out nine of them, and hires the last one standing. (Unless, of course, he weeds out all ten, in which case he must find a new group of candidates.)
It’s a process that takes valuable time, and is costly to the company. The employer is often more interested in solving the problem quickly than he/she is in being objective and fair. Show even the smallest evidence of a negative in your background or your character, and you could find yourself disqualified.
When the game is over, there’s one new employee, and nine disappointed candidates.
Generally, the person who gets the job, even if there are only two or three candidates to start with, is the one who steadfastly refuses to give the boss a reason to weed him/her out. Bosses tend to play it safe, reasoning that if a candidate has no negatives, chances are he/she can do the job with little risk. You must convince the employer that you have what it takes to do the job, and no negatives that might stand in your way.
You must find out what the boss wants, then show it what you’re offering. It’s risky trying to sell yourself, in a letter or an interview, on the basis of some personal quality or element in your background, until you’re reasonably certain the employer sees it as an asset. If he or she sees it as a negative, you could be weeded out on the spot.
After all, the employer is searching for reasons to disqualify people. Ten candidates – just one job.
If you say you’re an independent thinker, you may have found trouble. Because in this company, staff is expected to follow through on decisions made at the top..They like team players, not independent thinkers. They see you as a maverick, so you’re out.
Volunteer that you’re a staunch Democrat, and you may be setting yourself up for disqualification. Why? Because you’re talking to a fanatic Republican who believes all Democrats are liberals who spend money needlessly.
Certainly there’s truly nothing negative about being an independent thinker or a liberal Democrat. If they chose you, you could do a first-rate job. The point is, keep extraneous information to yourself until you know something about the company and the interviewer. It has no bearing on your ability to do the job, but it can get you weeded out.
Don’t volunteer extraneous information. Stick to those qualities that relate directly to the requirements of the job. Until you know what they want, don’t say too much.
At this point, your are the source of what they know about you. If you don’t reveal something to them, it simply doesn’t exist.
March 29, 2009 No Comments
Recruiting On The Internet
Recruiting suitable professionals for your personnel needs can be time consuming and expensive, as well as rapid and cheap. It’s merely an issue of careful resources management. Are you aware how many free job banks where you can publish your job position are available? Thousands, you can take my word for that.
Now permit me demand attention to aid you find a job website with zero costs. Employing Yahoo is the fastest and effective idea of gathering a long list of no cost places where to add your job opening, monetary rewards, requirements etc.
Tomorrow will prove itself pretty tough for many industries and for may of persons. Getting a job, not to mention a better one, will become more and more questionable. In this case, if you are a hiring officer, it means that you are granted more choices to choose the specialist you require.
Take fast action and be the first in making the announcement that you have job openings. In crisis times, even good staff may get let home, so you have more opportunities to hire them work for your company. Publish your profile and data on all free job portals you can get to. The more you post, the more chances you have.
Throw nothing, keep all resumes, but store them in good order. A CV of an interesting person, which may appear useless today, can be opportune next year, if you’ll have a new job opening in that segment of expertise. It’s piece of cake to ask a assistant gather all CV details you receive in a spreadsheet for future reference.
That thing may be tricky because of the money troubles. Here it is in brief details. There’s non questionable proof of that. Those who are smarter have better chances to win the game. Knowledgeable persons are welcomed by lots of companies, so you need to make sure you have the resorts to get them on your side.
March 23, 2009 No Comments
Resume Formats-Which Is Best?
It is vital that you keep your resume format looking professional by keeping it clean. You have invited an employer to read your resume, so it needs to be easy for them to read. Be sure to use wide margins so that it is easier to look at and sentences need to be short so it is easier to read. Yes, you want to be professional, but the employer should be able to understand the vocabulary used in your resume. When the person reading the resume can understand what you’re saying, it is easier for them to determine if you’re the one for the job.
The format of your resume should include a good font. Don’t think you are personalizing your resume by using strange fonts. Choose something that isn’t going to be a strain on their eyes. You need to lure the reader in with your words.
Be mindful that if you use lines, shading, or boxes in your resume formats, that you can confuse the reader if you don’t use them right. The best way to use these types of graphics is to use them to separate the sections of your resume. Remember that your resume has to consist of a professional air. No, it is not necessary that you submit the same resume to a customer service job that you would a Fortune 500 company, but it is important that you are still professional and can convey to them that you are great for the job.
Make sure that the format you use for your resume reflects what it is you are trying to relay, which is that of a skilled and educated professional willing to do whatever the company requires. The resume format should allow you to get in all relevant information. You need to be sure to include a resume cover sheet and the actual resume. Don’t forget to sum up why you are the person for the job and why it is the job for you. And don’t forget to check you spelling and grammar because you need to make sure you put your best foot forward.
Furthermore, use the resume formats made available to you on the Internet because there are great templates and examples that can be quite helpful.
March 22, 2009 No Comments
How Can I Find A New Job?
These hard economic times have left a lot of people throwing their hands up at a loss for words as they can’t find a job. Although times are tough finding a job does not have to be as impossible as one may think. There are many ways to find a job these days especially with the conception of the Internet. Whether posting your resume online, browsing the job sites or doing a search, the Internet has opened the doors to many new opportunities for the job seeker.
A newly born trend these days is the act of posting ones resume online. Now anyone hoping to find a job can simply post their resume with hopes their resume will be seen by perspective employers. Many sites offer this feature, site such as Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com and Emplyment911.com all allow for the job hunter to post. This new and very effective method allows companies to seek out potential employees quicker and easier than before. Its not just the basic typed up resume that job seekers have been posting recently there has been a influx of video resumes as well.
Monster.com, Employment911.com and CareerBuilder.com are known to have the biggest database of companies looking for new employees. Browsing through this database is highly recommended and effective for both the employee and employer. The browser is recommended, because one never knows what jobs are out there that they never thought to look for. With out the browse method many opportunities could be missed out on.
The job search has been redefined; meaning no longer does job searching mean searching through the papers on Sunday mornings. The search is now through the many job sites on the web. One can search for the ideal job by searching by keyword, for instance if you are a clerk, simplify put in clerk or clerical and you will soon a list of available jobs in you are or selected area. You can also search by key words as healthcare or medical to find jobs in the desired field.
All-in-All searching for a job in 2009 has changed, but for the best. By the time you finish your morning cup of coffee you can seek out and apply for numerous jobs in different fields and salary ranges. The Internet job search is fast, easy and pretty well effective for those who are willing to break from the norm and try something different. So, the calendar changes and the job seeking methods change, here is hoping that the employment rate changes for the best.
March 7, 2009 No Comments