The known fact is that 30% of jobs go internally and are never advertised outside of the company.
People often ask how they can get to these jobs before they are even advertised.
Apart from networking with current employees to get into the company, there is something else, that confident individuals who believe in their own value proposition, can do.
I have outlined the steps for you here.
U.S. consumers are beginning to spend more, as indicated by a growth in spending for a seventh straight month, as indicated by government figures. Spending typically accounts for two-thirds of U.S. economic activity and is regarded as a key factor of economic recovery or not.
Generally, majority of Americans feel that the economy is better than last year, by a ratio of at least 2 to 1. While they are taking advantage of the lower prices, discounts, and sales, they are helping to drive the economic recovery which is increasing the jobs, at least for the moment in the retail sector.
Spending is usually the result of confidence by consumers and their sense of job security. Now that most American people are looking for some optimism after the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, they are seeing for the first time there is some stabilization in the job market, housing market, and the stock market.
The stabilization of the economy and job market is fueling consumer confidence and consumer spending and it is resulting in employers adding 110,000 jobs, just last month alone. This may not be the same as creating 2 million jobs but when you go from losing 400,000 jobs per month to 110,000 new jobs - it is going to effect the confidence and as a result, employers are preparing to hire for areas of their business which was neglected or got temporary budget freeze.
Low-end retailers are one of the first to see their sales performing much betterl and closely followed by entertainment (in particular concert tickets, sports tickets, and event tickets are all booming). Among the retailers, electronics and sports gear companies are seeing sales growth year-on-year reaching 20%.
But finding a job quickly is still a challenge.
With so many people looking for relatively few jobs we asked Lex Penderson, an employment analysts at CareerMatch.com regarding prospects for new jobs.
"We have seen a huge growth in jobs posted in our system since December 2009. Internally we believe that this may be a sign of the recovery and stabilization of the economy. The number of jobs posted monthly are now 40% higher than same time last year and it is getting better every month", Penderson said.
Other similar sites are sharing the same views and suggesting that some sectors (nursing, retail, construction, and information technology) are seeing even higher growth rates compared to a year ago.
However, for writers and editors the job market has not yet reached its glory days, back in 2006. Although technical writers have greatly benefited from E-commerce and Web site content development, creating some of the best paying writing jobs in the last 30 years - today the demand is only growing at an estimated rate of 3%.
Here's a collection of ideas and opinions from leading experts in the writing/editing industry and we hope you find these very helpful.
Although sometimes (very occasionally) it may work, we don’t recommend that you send your resume and your information through a general e-mail address on the company Web site. If you are responding to an ad for a job and it is request that you send your resume or information then you can submit as instructed. But we don't recommend that you just send your resume through a company Web site without a destination or purpose. HR department staff are among the busiest in a company. They do not have time to review tens of thousands of resumes that come in to general mailbox each month for no particular job opening.
Well, the answer is, Yes.
If you're willing to do your homework, a little bit of research and a lot of common sense, you can find real kitchen-table jobs, ranging from assistant editor, proof reader, content development/editor, technical writer, and freelance writer.
But since this is the kind of job that has flexibility for individuals and meets almost all their personal circumstances, it has attracted scammers. So use your common sense and beware that for every real job there is 5 scams trying to get your bank account number, social security number, your 401K, and your retirement.
The ones that really do offer a job or potential for a job have a small nominal fee and will not ask you for personal or bank account information in order to provide you with a list of available writing jobs. We always recommend that you use your credit card to make a payment instead of giving out your bank account information unless you can speak with the company staff and ensure that they are a ligitimate company.
The risk is worth the reward. Many writers at WritersViews.com that I coorespond with use a listing company to provide them with temporary writing jobs and they seem to be, in most cases, happy with the service they are getting. But beware of the scammers who are after your money.
There are many online job sites that offer quarterly job fairs, by whatever name they marketing their to differentiate themselves.
The purpose of online job fairs are really same as traditional job fairs but more often a lot more convenient and much less time consuming. They bring together recruiters/employers and job seekers using webcast and online chat and other tools.
It is much more convenient in that you meet (through chat or webcast) employers and you can post questions and get answers live. These online job fairs are ideal for entry-level applicants, mid-level applicants and seasoned professionals.
The best online job fairs are those that are geographic-location specific, i.e. the openings are for jobs in a particular location (for instance, Denver), rather than for the whole country.
However, they do attract a large number of people and some times the correspondence can be somewhat slow. Try it and decide for yourself. There are usually a good number of writing and editing jobs or similar jobs that you may be interested in.
Susan Ireland is a vice president of human services at Executive Search, Inc. and specializes in recruitment strategies for companies in consumer products, retail, technology, media and entertainment. Susan is extremely active on the conference circuit and participates at exclusive events usaully as guest speaker. She also writes a monthly column for Chicago Daily Times. Susan is also a panel judge on the coveted AO Global 250, the premier list of global technology companies. She can be reached via our contact page, writer ID 3017.
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