 Different degrees of networking
BROOKLYN N.Y -- Social networking sites for job seekers are popping up all over the Web. With names like LinkedIn, Ryze, Spoke Software, and Tribe Networks, the sites boast the opportunity to link users to ''insiders" with access to jobs, eliminating anxiety-ridden cold calls. The theory behind social networking sites is that users become links in a chain with only a few degrees of separation. In that sense, LinkedIn and its competitors are making use of the so-called small-world theory.
In 1967, Harvard University social psychologist Stanley Milgram tested the theory when he sent 300 letters to randomly selected people in Nebraska and asked them to use their personal contacts to reach an individual they did not know in Boston. In all, 60 senders contacted the Boston individual through other people, leading Milgram to surmise that the average number of steps separating individuals in the United States is six. That led to the popular phrase ''six degrees of separation."
Charlene ''Charlie" Lieu said the concept worked for her. Lieu, 30, landed a job at Genstruct, a small biotechnology firm in Cambridge, after the company's president and chief executive, Keith O. Elliston, spotted information about her on LinkedIn. Network your resume in all the right places
Staff Writer, The Career Digest LOS ANGELES, CA -- In today's job market, to be noticed your resume needs to be networked to all the right people in all the right places. 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 job boards. It's like instantly networking with millions of hiring managers.
As soon as an employer needs someone, this is usually the first place they look. This is 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
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Abridged: USA Today WASHINGTON, DC -- The economy grew more vigorously in the first quarter than first thought, expanding at a 3.5% annual rate, the government said Thursday in a report. Importantly, employers boosted payrolls in April by 274,000, a noticeable improvement from the lackluster 146,000 new jobs generated in March. The employment report for May will soon be released by the government, and economists are forecasting a gain of around 175,000, which would be respectable but not spectacular job growth.
Separately, the Labor Department reported that new claims for jobless benefits edged up 1,000 last week to 323,000 -- still short of analysts' expectations for 325,000 applicants. The more closely watched four-week moving average, which is designed to smooth out weekly fluctuations, similarly gained to 330,500 from 330,000 during the prior week.
The number of people remaining on benefit rolls after drawing a week of aid fell to 2.57 million in the week ended May 14, the latest week for which data are available. Your own personal career marketing plan
Doug Franklin, Experienced Executive Manager MILWAUKEE, WI -- Job seekers need to create a plan to "market" themselves to prospective employers. Take the time to clearly think through your own Personal Career "Marketing" Plan and then work the plan to achieve your goals. Start by thinking of your job search like you would if you were working for a company marketing a new product or service. If you were creating a marketing plan for a new widget, what would the plan include? Try completing a plan for your job search with some of the following elements.
1) Resume: Create a resume that is professional and tells the reader what you offer. 2) Marketing Materials: Take the time and money to establish professional marketing materials like business cards, resume, and a portfolio of your accomplishments. 3) Exposure: Where will you market your credentials? Make a list - Internet job boards, emails, trade shows, association meetings, networking meetings. 4) Networking: Fire up your network and get out there in the real world. 5) Tools of the Trade: What tools will you need to conduct your marketing campaign? Calendar, contact database, interviewing clothes, voicemail, and internet access. 6) Research: How will you seek out the opportunities, networking, recruiters, and potential employers? 7) Action Plan: Create an action plan and get to work. Stick with the plan and work it just like any other job.
The final success of your Personal Career Marketing Plan effort is of course the achievement of your next great job opportunity. Create the plan, work the plan, measure your results, stay focused, and market yourself with a plan. Free business cards - Don't network without them
Staff Writer, The Career Digest BOSTON, MA -- Up to 80% of job seekers today find their jobs through networking. That's because It works. Some great places to network are Alumni Events, Job Fairs and Professional Industry Association functions.
And no matter where you go, employed or not, you must always carry a fresh supply of business cards to hand out when the time is right. There's nothing worse than making a great contact, searching for a pen and writing your number on a napkin - that they're sure to lose. Personal business cards project an image of professionalism and leave a lasting impression.
Why are so many people unemployed? PHOENIX, AZ -- We are now in a time when all theories and beliefs are being tested. We are in a society that strives to achieve the highest level of financial gain, independence and security. So then, why are so many people unemployed, still searching for themselves, and feeling lost?
I have the answer: Changes in society, the universe and our environment. This is why we seek gratification and the desire for security in life is even greater now than five years ago. We have seen the fall of government leaders, empires and religions. There must be some other way to obtain a secure and independent life on this planet.
My solution -- follow your inner guide. If you feel a positive urge to move in a direction or career that will give you the creative and financial freedom you desire, do it. Too many people sit around and do nothing. Life is too short to do nothing. It is time to do something. Live the life you were meant to live. Take control of your destiny now. Learn how easy it is to start your own business!
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Abridged: ITWorld.com SAN JOSE, CA -- The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com says salaries are up for the second year in a row after three years of backsliding. Computerworld says turnover increases now make tech executives nervous, and they're starting to make plans to replace all the baby boomers heading to retirement.
CIOs now must consider employment details like recruiting and hiring that they haven't worried about for four years as everyone hung around grateful for their check. If you feel that you have been grateful long enough, now might be the time to start planning your next move.
By all means update your resume, but before you take off for greener pastures, remember, that replacing you can cost your company quite a bit in placement service fees. You would be thrilled with a raise only half the size of the money they save by keeping you, so maybe on your next review, you should tell them that. Indicators point to continued good news for IT in the salary and jobs area, but don't let hopes for next year keep you underpaid or underemployed this year. Climbing always beats hanging.
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