Hunting for food in the old times is similar to finding jobs today. It’s a battle of the fittest wherein only the toughest remain standing.
Job-hunting is not far from this reality. Applicants compete for job vacancies, veterans compete with newbies. Everything is a competition. Companies even compete for good employees.
The thing is, no matter what you call times like these—recession, depression, or economic crisis, you will always end up unemployed if you would not equip yourself with the right mental attitude, proper values, and competent knowledge. Read more on Four Pillars of Effective Job Hunting for the Unemployed…
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If you happen to have lost your job but liked the same kind of work that you previously did and want to continue, what are you supposed to do?
There are many avenues that you could find to search for work. You can always rely on the easiest route—the internet. Use the power of search via Google and find the same type of job you used to do.
There are basically a lot of job hunting resources to utilize including newspaper ads, social networks through friends, job boards and local unemployment offices. You could even use specific sites such as SimplyHired.com or Indeed.com for the job hunt.
What if nothing turns up from your searches? Read more on 8 Steps to Finding A Similar Job…
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Millions of jobless Americans who had been cut off with or is about to lose unemployment insurance compensation will finally again, after several filibusters, hear from the Senate about the extended unemployment benefits for those unemployed for more than 26 weeks come Tuesday.
However, the sad news is, the bill doesn’t cover the 99ers—or those people that have already exhausted their UI benefits for 99 weeks.
This time, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) last Wednesday said that the Senate would vote move forward with reauthorizing unemployment benefits on Tuesday morning, after the replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has been sworn in. Read more on Unemployment Extension for the Unemployed…
Filed under Unemployment Trends by on Nov 15th, 2011. 3 Comments.
