The CareerBuilder.com Job Seeker Blog
By Kate Lorenz on Oct 6, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Search, Mature Workers | 3 Comments
Today we have a guest blog post from Joe Turner, the Job Search Guy, who is the author of “Job Search Secrets Unlocked” and “Paycheck 911.” You’ll find Turner’s free tips and advice on landing a job in this tough economy at www.jobchangesecrets.com. Here are some tips on answering the question, “Why would an employer [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Oct 5, 2009 in Compensation, Featured, Jobs, Salary | 19 Comments
Last month, I wrote a post about 50 jobs that pay $50,000 or more and a lot of you commented that you wanted to see jobs that pay that amount at the entry level.
I did some detective work and found 20 jobs whose entry-level salaries range from $41,000 to $77,000 a year. Compare these to [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Oct 2, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Unemployment | 3 Comments
We were waiting for two big announcements this morning at CareerBuilder. One was about Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics – our corporate headquarters are in downtown Chicago — and the other was about September’s unemployment numbers. Well, the Olympics are going to Rio de Janeiro and the job losses were higher than expected.
The Labor Department reported that U.S. employers [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 30, 2009 in Compensation, Employment Trends, Featured, Job Surveys, Mature Workers | 5 Comments
Since December 2007, approximately 6.9 million jobs have been lost in the United States. After months of stomach-turning fiscal activity, economists are being cautiously optimistic and employers, faced with a slowing decline in job losses, are tip-toeing carefully through the rest of the year.
The latest Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY shows that, while [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 25, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Search, Mature Workers, Television, Video | 0 Comments
One of the things more job seekers are having to do these days is look to new industries and careers to find employment. Once thriving sectors like finance and construction are ailing and displaced workers find their once sought-after skills are not as valuable.
The key is identifying which skills you have and to which jobs [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 16, 2009 in Featured, Job Search, Mature Workers, Resume, Video | 1 Comment
Probably the most important professional marketing tool you have — after yourself — is your resume. But if it’s filled with fluffy words and vague phrases, it’s not going to do its job. You need to make things crystal clear to employers when you’re telling them about your accomplishments and professional expertise.
Watch this new video [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 9, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Job Search, Job Surveys, Video | 0 Comments
Wondering what employers are thinking about right now? They are making plans for 2010 and hiring when the economy finally turns around. Watch this video to learn where and how you should be focusing your search.
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 4, 2009 in Compensation, Employment Trends, Featured, Mature Workers, News, Salary, diversity | 25 Comments
While the unemployment rate edged up in August to 9.7 — the country’s highest in 27 years — the Labor Department has reported that fewer jobs were lost. While employment continued to drop, that decline appears to be slowing: -216,000 jobs in August compared to -463,000 in June and -276,000 in July.
This latest report also [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Sep 2, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Search | 4 Comments
Unless you’re Barney Stinson from TV’s “How I Met Your Mother,” you need a lot more than awesomeness to find a job these days.
One of the things we’re constantly coaching job seekers on is identifying transferrable (and awesome) skills. These days, it’s especially important as more people need to find out how to match their [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 31, 2009 in Featured, Job Search | 2 Comments
As if the recession isn’t hard enough without people preying on those who are desperate to find a job — any job — that will help keep them afloat.
This morning, Good Morning America ran a segment about the latest job search scam that promises income from home using Google and claims to be endorsed by [...]
