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The Career News





March 3, 2008
The Career News
Vol. 8, Issue 9



The Latest News, Tips and Tools For Your Career




Worried about the current job market?

Abridged: azcentral.com
PHOENIX, AZ -- If you are currently worried about today's job market, consider exploring the careers of the future. Imagining a job of the future brings to mind pictures of space explorers and teleportation technicians. However, career experts say the next wave of jobs will more likely demand
foreign language skills, high levels of creativity and high-tech knowledge.Administrators at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ say staying competitive means being ready for the global economy. The global economy is the ability to market products and services all over the globe. Researchers have even developed a
test to measure job applicants' "global mindset". Corporations often prefer to hire people who speak more than one language, understand many cultures, and connect with diverse people.Elaine Stover with Arizona State University's Career Services was asked to weigh in on jobs with staying power. Those jobs are positions that are hard to
outsource overseas. Stover says the next generation of hot computer jobs, including web design and video game design, will involve high levels of creativity. Health care jobs from nursing to insurance and support services will be needed as baby boomers get older, she adds. Plus, Stover says, there's no substitute for teachers in grade school
classrooms.
How to beat your competition to the jobs

Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- To land a job over the competition, you have to work smarter. The hard part is to get your resume read by the right people at the right time. Good jobs aren't on the market very long. To succeed your resume has to be available to the employer the moment they decide to fill a
position.One easy way to be found by employers who are looking to hire someone with your skills, is to post your resume on all the top career sites. When an employer needs someone, this is often the first place they look. It's a proven, documented method of successful job searching. While it may take a fair amount of time to find and fill
out the forms of all these sites, you will definitely multiply your chances of landing a job.If you want all the benefits without all the work, let a service like Resume Rabbit do it for you. You fill out one simple form and they'll instantly post your resume on up to 80 career sites like Monster, Job.com, CareerBuilder, Net-Temps, HotJobs
Dice & more. Then you'll be seen by over 1.5 million employers & recruiters daily. It takes ONLY 5 minutes and saves 60 hours of research and data entry. To try Resume Rabbit, go here. Resume Rabbit.
Does your resume clearly position you?

Abridged: About.com
IRVINE, CA -- An overwhelming majority of job seekers make basic mistakes with their resumes -- mistakes that ensure they'll not get the interviews they deserve. If you feel as though you're sending your resume into a black hole, start to diagnose problems and get your resume working for you.
Does your resume clearly position you as someone who can meet the needs of the employer?Think of a resume as an advertisement for a product, only this time the product is you. Just like any other advertisement, positioning is everything. The person who receives your resume will scan it quickly - perhaps for no more than 20 seconds - to
determine whether you can help her company. Your job is to say quickly, clearly and loudly that you can!Don't just launch into a chronology of your career history. Instead, determine your own positioning by spelling out your message at the start of the resume and giving the reader your version of events upfront. For this reason, you should
use the first 1/3 of your resume to create a compelling personal profile which highlights your key strengths in an attractive, easy-to-read format. 
Keeping a healthy balance when job hunting

Abridged: Informativepost.com
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Job hunters have certainly become smarter nowadays and they have become more self-conscious when it comes to preparing for interviews. However, there's a tendency to over do some tactics while missing others which are essential to a successful job search. It's important to
strike a healthy balance between the do's and don'ts of job searching.Remember, it's not all about you. People often think that wanting something badly enough will eventually lead to success. Employers are really looking for your actual experience and skills related to the job vacancy. Apply for the right reasons. Don't apply solely
because you like the salary or how accessible the place is to your home. What should initially motivate you to apply is the fact that you know the job fits your personality. It is something you see yourself being excited to do every single day.Don't go in unarmed. Before you attend an interview equip yourself with knowledge of the
company. Your interviewer will see that you really took some time to get acquainted with the company. During the interview, it's up to you how you'll keep the conversation alive. Humor sure is helpful, but achievements are even better. Your interviewer will be very keen to hear about your accomplishments because these can help them evaluate how
you can contribute value to their company.
An easier way to land interviews faster... 

Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Are you tired of going to several job sites every day and having to search each one separately? Do you dread submitting your resume & cover letter over and over for every job you apply to? Do you find it difficult to keep track of where you sent your resume for future follow
up? Now a new service called MyJobHunter.com solves all that!First, MyJobHunter will instantly search all major job sites at once for jobs matching your requirements. Next, you'll review a list of job matches and put check marks next to the ones you like. Then, press a single button and your resume is sent to the jobs you selected. It's
that simple! They'll even personalize your cover letter with each job application. Login any time to review jobs applied to and even add follow-up notes on each one.Check out these other great features. Don't want to forget keywords that generated perfect jobs? Try the "Saved Search" feature. Want MyJobHunter to find & apply to jobs for
you? Turn on "Auto-Apply" and your resume is automatically sent to new job matches every day. You'll never miss an opportunity and your resume gets there before the competition! Try it now at MyJobHunter.com.
Job Seekers: Put your house in order

Abridged: JobBound.com
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Resume, cover letter, interviewing skills. You'll need to have all of them brushed up and in top-notch shape. I know that resume has been sitting dormant since you graduated college eight years ago, but trust me, the recruiting director no longer cares that you raised $370 for
the "Cannes Car Wash '99" in college.Don't assume that your title or company will speak for themselves either. Just because you're the Account Supervisor on Unilever at Ogilvy New York doesn't mean you'll get any job you apply for. There are an abundance of well qualified candidates out there. The more buttoned up you are with your
preparation, the better your chances.Update the resume. You can do it yourself or work with a professional resume writing company. Just make sure it's in great shape accurately reflecting your accomplishments. The same goes for interviewing. You probably think that you are great at interviewing, but you may be shocked at the mistakes you
make following a mock interview. Like anything else in life, practice makes perfect.
Interview technique guaranteed to land jobs 

Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Diligent job seekers spend hours creating resumes & cover letters, searching through job postings, reviewing classifieds and networking -- all in order to get an interview. Yet most of them don't spend nearly enough time learning what to do when they get one! And with the job
market as competitive as it is, you just can't afford to blow an interview.The skills needed to do the job and the skills needed to get the job are two completely separate things. Even in today's competitive job market, the most qualified person rarely gets the job. Additionally, interviews are harder to get than before. When the job
market was booming it took an average of 3 interviews to get 1 job offer. Now it takes 17. The key is have a great interview, where the interviewer actually pictures you doing the job.If you want to be that person, there's a little known secret you can put together for your next interview that literally forces the interviewer to picture
you filling the position, and to visualize actually hiring you -- asap. Using this method guarantees you'll stand out from the crowd and shoot straight to the top of the "must hire" list. For more information, follow this link.
Deductible job-hunting expenses

Abridged: Bankrate.com
WASHINGTON, DC -- Tired of your same old humdrum job? Then get out there and look for a new one! It might even help you cut your tax bill. Many job-hunting expenses are tax-deductible, but not always. Here are some rules to keep in mind:First, your job hunt must be in the same field in
which you're currently employed. Uncle Sam won't help out if you decide to totally switch career gears. Second, you can't decide to chill out for a while and then expect the IRS to help when you decide it's time to get back on the career track. Deductions aren't allowed for employment-search costs when there is a "substantial break" between your
last job and when you begin looking for a new one.Some of the costs that are tax-deductible include: employment and outplacement agency fees, resume services, printing and mailing costs, telephone calls and travel expenses. Even self-employment efforts could count at tax-filing time. The costs associated with investigating or attempting to
start your own business, as long as it's in the same field as your current profession, may be tax deductible.



Career Tools Highlighted in This Issue:


Resume Rabbit
Get your resume on up to 80 job sites - Takes only 5 minutes.
MyJobHunter.com
Search all job sites at once. Apply to matching jobs with one click.
The Job Interview Secret
Little known interview secret that practically forces them to hire you

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