Robert Contreras

It is normal for everyone to strive for career growth. It makes them feel that their hard work has borne fruit and that the promotion is really the best reward they can get.

However, for some whose luck seems to be illusory, who must find their own growth somewhere else. That’s why most of them opted for executive job search, where they hope one day they would be happy to find work direction, they have long dreamed of.

But it’s really a coincidence? Or there are some factors to be considered in seeking the high office of your dreams?

Landing a good executive job is not dependent on luck. People who want to learn some tips for job search business executives, here are some pointers on how to get that dream job:

1. Killer looks

The saying, “Looks Could Kill” is an understatement. Despite the killing word only used the card and look up the word is sometimes associated with sight. But what is emphasized is that it seems definitely can kill a person’s chances at landing the use of the address where the applicant had lost an important factor: appearance.

As the saying goes, first impressions last, so it would be better to make that first impression by just looking for work. After all, a person whose desire to occupy a position of leadership, then you should wear appropriate clothing for the job. Thus, the work of leadership, had been looking for could well become a reality.

2. Restraint

For a managerial position, most employers want to hire already an expert in their own territory. This means that candidates must be versed in the areas relevant to their careers. This will show that the applicant has already started a coherent career and is already knowledgeable in this area.

You’ll do no good to a candidate who claims to be a “jack of all trades, but master of none.” Six of the 10 candidates who are hired for their expertise in a particular area. It only means that employers are more concerned about people who have already mastered their careers and have established continuous career.

Finding a job available in the leadership may be one thing but actually getting that dream executive job is another story. Looking and acting the part of the landing that dream job!

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Move backward in 1950, blue-collar industrial and agricultural jobs were common, with a modicum of clerical work thrown in for women who worked outside of the home. Unfortunately, faster than you could say “job security,” such jobs as secretaries, steel manufacturers and newspaper printers diminished rapidly – and are still dwindling today.

Thanks to the advent of technology like computers, automated machines, voice recognition systems and cell phones, many jobs that used to be deemed essential to the work force are on the decline. Thankfully, workers who hold these positions will be able to transition their skills to similar occupations with more job growth.

If you’re looking for job security during the next 10 years, here are 10 jobs to eye with caution and their more secure job alternatives. While they’ll have job openings to replace workers who leave the industry, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects they’ll have fewer new jobs over time.

1. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers
Why it’s evolving: Many companies now use self-monitoring production machines, which alert inspectors to flaws they would normally detect by hand.
Salary:* $27,148
Decline rate: **7 percent
Instead: Try your hand as a different type of inspector: Agricultural, construction and building or transportation inspectors are all growing occupations.

2. Data entry and information processing workers
Why it’s evolving: Personal computers are abundant. People either do their own word processing or contract out their work, rather than hiring full-time staff. Other technologies like bar-code scanners and voice recognition systems reduce the need for data entry keyers.
Salary: $29,430
Decline rate: 7 percent
Instead: Other growing jobs that deliver information in a timely manner include dispatchers and interpreters and translators.

3. File and order clerks
Why it’s evolving: Organizations use automated systems to place orders and most files are now stored digitally and retrieved electronically, thus reducing the need for file and order clerks.
Salary: $32,190 (file clerks) and $28,130 (order clerks)
Decline rate: 41 percent (file) and 24 percent
Instead: Employment for shipping, receiving and traffic clerks is increasing, and they also handle and keep records of materials.

4. Photographic process workers 
Why it’s evolving: Since digital cameras have virtually taken over photography, digital camera owners have the ability to download, view, retouch and print pictures on their own computers, reducing the need for workers to do so manually.
Salary: $26,710 
Decline rate: 45 percent
Instead: Use your knowledge of photo processing as a photographer or printing machine operator.

5. Telephone operators
Why it’s evolving: Cell phones and 411 call services have reduced the demand for telephone operators, because fewer people use directory assistance, collect calls and pay phones.
Salary: $32,710
Decline rate: 45 percent
Instead: Try another informational job. Hotel, motel and resort desk clerks, and customer service representatives are both growing occupations.

6. Pharmacy aides
Why it’s evolving: Pharmacy technicians will perform many of the duties aides normally do, like answering phones, stocking shelves and operating cash registers. Pharmacy aides will also receive more training, moving up to the technician position.
Salary: $20,950
Decline rate: 11 percent
Instead: Get more training to becoming a pharmacy technician, where employment is increasing by 32 percent.

7. Bindery workers
Why it’s evolving: Computers allow binding to be automated and now, printing companies are binding products in-house, so the need for binding shops is decreasing.
Salary: $27,370
Decline rate: 22 percent
Instead: Unfortunately, many production positions are declining, but printing machine operators are decreasing the least.

8. Radio and television announcers
Why it’s evolving: New technology and advancement of other media sources like satellite radio and syndicated programming mean less need for radio and TV announcers. 
Salary: $36,120
Decline rate: 8 percent
Instead: Use your communication skills as a news analyst, reporter, correspondent, interpreter or translator.

9. Floral designers
Why it’s evolving: Many people leave the job because of its low starting pay and limited opportunities for advancement; also, Internet florists take away the demand for designers at independent floral shops.
Salary: $23,040
Decline rate: 9 percent
Instead: Give other creative positions a try. Landscape architects also create designs with plants and flowers. Or, try working in a nursery or greenhouse.

10. Telemarketers
Why it’s evolving: Thanks to the “do not call” registry, the need for these pesky sales people is not as prevalent.
Salary: $16.16/hour
Decline rate: 21 percent
Instead: Other sales or telecommunications positions are steadily growing, like retail sales or data communications analysts.

By Rachel Zupek

With all the bleak economic news and reports of massive layoffs, it’s easy to lose sight of an exciting fact of work: There have never been more opportunities and possibilities for talented people than exist today. The rate of new business formation in the United States has passed more than 1 million new companies per year. Employers everywhere are looking for bright, resourceful and committed people to help their businesses grow. The best way to help the best companies find you is to become a self-directed job searcher.

Regardless of your employment experience, your target industry or the economic climate, you can get a job — a great job — if you are willing to work hard and know how to work smart. Here are some of the very best ideas, strategies and methods for putting your career back on the fast track.

1. Take control of your career
The average person starting work today will have 11 full-time jobs and as many as five different careers over the course of his or her lifetime. To weather the storms of lifelong career change, you must be proactive, not reactive.

Begin by seeing yourself as self-employed. See yourself as the president of a company with one employee: you. See yourself as having one product to sell in a competitive marketplace: your personal services. You are completely responsible for research and development. No matter who signs your paycheck, you are always on your own payroll. This attitude is the starting point for getting the job you want for the rest of your career.

2. Take stock of yourself
Before you go out and look for a job, do some self-reflection. Make a list of all the things you can do for which someone would be willing to pay. What have you done especially well at your previous jobs? What sort of activities in your work and your personal life do you most enjoy? The good news is that you will always do the very best at something that makes you the happiest. To help yourself follow the right career track, describe your ideal job. The greater clarity you have about exactly what it is you want to do and how much you want to earn, the easier it is for someone to hire you.

3. Understand the job market
All labor, including your own, is subject to the economic law of supply and demand. The only way to ensure you get a rewarding job is by doing something important for which there is a demand in the marketplace and in which you are difficult to replace. A change in technology, consumer preferences or the economy can make a particular talent or specialty obsolete almost overnight. You must continually upgrade your knowledge and skills and adjust your efforts so that they conform to the needs of the current job market. In a free society such as ours, everybody works on commission.

4. Don’t mistake unemployment for a vacation
Look at your job search as a full-time job, taking 40 to 50 hours a week. Get up and get dressed each weekday morning as if you were going to work, eat a light, high-energy breakfast and then get going. Looking good and staying productive not only improves your attitude, but also impresses other people, both those inside your own house and those on the outside. Remember, you should never see yourself as unemployed. You are a fully employed person in a temporary state of transition.

5. Sow seeds everywhere
Most of the jobs available are not advertised. They are hidden and waiting for you to discover them. Along with regularly surfing Internet job sites, be sure to list your qualifications and interests on every site that might attract employers seeking someone like you. Visit community job fairs and talk to exhibitors. Keep an eye out for news of new product releases and then seek out key people in the company. A business expansion represents job opportunities. Gather information about a prominent individual in an organization you would like to work for. Ask that person, by phone, by e-mail or in a letter, to grant you a 10-minute informational interview. Almost invariably, your interest, knowledge and gratitude will pay off in a job offer.

What career advice do you follow? Do you search for a job like a lemming? Do you follow the other lemmings – the “common career advice”, “rules of thumb”, pitched by hundreds of career coaches, alumni associations, government & non-profit job agencies?

Or do you search for a job more like a tiger? Do you blaze your own trail, differentiating yourself as much as possible, standing out from the crowd? Do you experiment with different techniques in your search?

Examine these job search strategies to see if your own search is more like a lemming or like a tiger.

1. ____________ Enter the number of lemming job search strategies listed below that you use

2. ____________ Enter the number of tiger career strategies listed below that you use

3. ____________ Score = Entry 2 – Entry 1

If the result of Entry 3 is positive, you’re using more tiger career tactics.

The higher a positive number in Entry 3, the stronger of a job search tiger you are -and the less likely you are to have career frustrations.

If the result of Entry 3 is negative, you’re a search lemming, probably finding difficulties in the job market – chances are you’re blaming these difficulties on the economy rather your search strategy.

11 Job Search Strategies Of Lemmings:

1. Apply to jobs through job boards
2. Write a generalist resume, describing the many things you “could do”
3. Apply to jobs through corporate web sites
4. Send virtually the same resume to the jobs you apply to
5. Attempt to look like a tiger with a cover letter, like 96% of the other lemmings
6. Don’t waste time with pre-resume research … instead use the time to apply for more jobs
7. Network with people you know well
8. Don’t waste your time with social networks
9. Send your resume to human resource managers
10. Send your resume to everyone you know, asking for their help, informational interviews, and to pass your resume to hiring managers
11. Expecting recruiters to find your next job for you

 

11 Career Strategies Of Tigers:

1. Use job boards for research, not for applying to jobs
2. Write a subject matter expert resume, describing what you do best and how that would solve problems of the hiring company/department/manager
3. Apply to jobs by first meeting (or talking to) the hiring manager and uncovering problems before you send a resume
4. Send a highly customized, highly targeted one-time use resume to target companies, demonstrating that you’ve already solved critical problems of the hiring manager
5. Write a resume that stands on it’s own, showing why your accomplishments make you ideal specifically for your target company, rather than using a cover letter and discussing your skills
6. Spend hours researching a target company, before you send a resume
7. Expand your network in your industry, job function, and region with in-person and social networking
8. Use social media to build your influence and personal brand
9. Don’t waste your time with Human Resources
10. Always provide value to your network but never spam your network
11. Utilizing recruiters as one of many opportunity channels, but recognizing you’re more likely to find your next job through the contacts you build

Examine your own job search – are you a job search lemming, or a career tiger?

Readers – Please comment below to list other lemming and tiger job career advice.

Are you looking for a job? It is important to keep a level mindset when finding a job. You should set your personal and career goals to make your job searching easy. Many people have lost their jobs due to incompetence. There are also instances where employees lost their jobs because many companies go through buyouts, downsizing, divestitures and merges.

If you are already employed, make sure that you settle all your financial means. When you get raises on your compensation, it is recommended that you save money. Most young employees tend to spend everything they earn. They change to expensive lifestyles and spending on things that they have not gained yet.

Create different options on your job search

There are different ways on how you can get your dream job. There could be no single approach that a job seeker can be assured of being hired. If you are looking for a full time job, you should be looking for a full time position. In this case, do not procrastinate. You are the one selling yourself. You should also be optimistic and show that you are organized. Patience should also be a factor on your job search. It may take a while to get the career break you want. You may try out a part time job while you are still waiting for a permanent job. Broaden your scope on your job search. You may consider various positions and job opportunities that may fit your skills and knowledge. It is also important to create different options on your job search. If you have the experience and expertise for the particular position, sell yourself and show them what you can offer to the company. Many companies look for employees who have enough experience in a particular field and can work under sensitive time schedules.

Consider the location and schedule of the work

When looking for a job, it is also important to consider the location and schedule of the work. Many companies operate 24 hours a day and require employees willing to work on night shifts. Many also consider the location of the work. They prefer jobs closer to their homes.

Conduct a research about the company

Now that you have gathered the needed tools in your job search, you should conduct a research about the company and the position you are vying for. You should also properly prepare for your correspondence and references. Make sure that your resume is presentable and accurate. You should only include personal information, skills, and work experiences on your resume.

Thorough research on different job openings

During a job search, the first thing that you should do is to make a thorough research on different job openings. You may start looking job opportunities in daily newspaper ads. You may also take a direct approach by visiting different companies and ask the human resource department if they job openings in the company.

Use internet

The Internet also provides a wider scope in job searches. You can surf the Internet net for job vacancies and new companies that are looking for pioneer employees. It also offers many home based jobs especially for those tired of working with their bosses and working under time pressure.

It’s the new year again, and for a lot of people it means that they get to have a fresh start at job hunting! There are a lot of job fairs this 2011, but you can’t just parade over to the venues and send out your resumes to certain companies. There is still a strategy to be done when attending fairs so that you won’t waste your time and end up with no interview appointments or even a promise of a callback. Here are some strategies for attending 2011 job fairs. Hopefully, it helps a lot of people.

Research about the event and the participating companies

Most career fairs nowadays are promoted online. Some even have dedicated websites for the event. Use this to your advantage, and research what companies would be participating. This way, you will at least have an idea about how many resumes you will bring, or if the event is even worth your time.

Dress appropriately

Even if you are not sure that you are going to be asked to sit down for an interview, it’s not an excuse to dress casually. Treat attending the job fairs as attending an actual job interview. First impressions do last, one cannot say that enough because it’s absolutely true especially when it comes to this kind of situation.

Be prepared 

Bring all the essentials which include, a pen, a notepad, enough copies of your resume, and your portfolio. Having said this, it’s also important that you get a bag that holds all of these properly and which you could still carry comfortably. Also, wear shoes that are comfortable, but still professional-looking. Job fairs are usually whole-day events.

Modify your resume 

Expect a lot of fellow job hunters in these events, and the recruitment people might have to entertain a lot of you that day. You don’t want to waste the time of the recruitment person by giving him a few pages of your resume. Instead, modify it to be attractive, concise, and professional.

Practice at home about possible interview questions

These questions may of course depend on the position that you are applying for, but there are pretty general questions that all recruitment officers ask, like what your career objectives are, your strengths and weaknesses, and how you see yourself in a few years’ time.

These strategies may seem simple enough for some some people, but surprisingly these are things that a lot of job hunters forget to apply in their job application. Don’t waste the opportunity to attend these 2011 job fairs by going unprepared.

By Erika Ayala

This year I added a lot ‘of my list of the best websites for job seekers. There are new sites that really impressed me and, of course, some old everyone is looking for work should be utilized.

Linkup.com

LinkUp publish works that are traded on more than 11,000 web sites of companies and employers across the country. Consequently, the ads are real companies, not duplicates, as extracted from a single source, and are still ongoing. No list of spam, either!

Realmatch.com

Realmatch functions as an online dating service, but with jobs instead of people. The party system, which employers and presents the results based on how the game is good. To be able to see the jobs that are a good fit. It is a real time saver.

VisualCV.com

VisualCV is an online version of the CV, but as a portfolio, there are many more – pictures, videos and links to results. Everyone should have a VisualCV, even if they are actively looking for work. It ‘s a great way to show their skills and make our mark.

Standoutjobs.com

If you are looking for a job in one of the companies that collaborate with outstanding work (220 + and more joining every day) you will find lots of good information to help you evaluate the business and learn more about employment opportunities. These interactive sites quarry company using video, blogs, chat and widgets to showcase and brand the company culture and team potential candidates.

Glassdoor.com

Wondering what interesting jobs and viable companies can work? Want to know what one of the jobs in one of these companies could afford? You will find all that, plus commentary, reviews, company information, wages, the odds of CEO, competitors, content providers, and more.

Alltop.com: Employment and Training News

They often mention how they can be confusing to look through all the jobs online and understand those who are a good fit. Now there’s an easy way to view all jobs in one place. Alltop Jobs has made it easy to do. There is also a race category News Alltop where to look at the careers of top links, also on a single page, and be aware of what is happening in the world of racing.

Indeed.com

Job search engine Indeed.com is top of my list of resources to find jobs quickly. Indeed.com allows you to search millions of job listings from thousands of websites, job boards, newspapers, blogs, career pages, and associations to find jobs that match or are similar to the search query.

LinkedIn.com

LinkedIn has helped me connect with the contacts I had lost track of me a lot of information for articles and helped more than a few people I know have a job this year. If you’re not on LinkedIn, you should be.

Job Hunt.org

Job-Hunt has existed since long and it is one of the best sites for job search. You will find local networks and the employment support available for sale by state and links to recruitment pages of 8000 + employers. Job Hunt provides job seekers with an astonishing collection of links with employers and resources legitimate career.

JibberJobber.com

How do you keep track of all of the job search? This is certainly not easy, but JibberJobber can help you get (and stay) organized, not only while looking for work but as you build your career and planning for the future.

It is always important to ensure you have covered all the bases when you’re in the middle of a job search. Sometimes we are so focused on one aspect of the job search, such as sending resumes, for example, that we forget to make sure everything we do is professional, focused and appropriate. Check out these ten tips to ensure your job is on the right track.

Ten Tips for Effective Job Searching

First Impressions

Look, speak and act in a professional to help make a great first impression.

Follow-up

Do not be afraid to follow. Account Manager hired more than a year after he first sent me his resume. I do not even need to advertise, when the position became available. Also, send me his resume, John called me every month or so to make contact and even stopped in my office (through the back door is through the receptionist!) Just to say hello. Needless to say, I remembered when the station opened. And he was very competent job, which is why I remembered him.

Interview

Be on time for the interview. About average time 9:55 minutes early. If necessary, take the time to run for office in advance so you know exactly where you are going and how long it takes to get there.

Job Fairs

Periodically attend these events even when you’re not necessarily looking for a job to see what opportunities are there, and to get a perspective on where you are in the labor market. Tracey Miner, the advantage Mulitcultural

Staying the course

I found that one of the most useful things I started to do was keep track of everything I do. I use a simple spreadsheet like Excel. And I mean everything. I have a file where I enter all the information from all job sites that I join. Information such as your username and password that I created the type of site it is – freelance or regular or specialty.

Meaningful work

Explore your passion, find a new direction, and to take steps to create a career that leaves you with energy and enthusiasm.

Saying thanks

Try to send thank-you letter within 24-48 hours of your interview or meeting. Notice may be by hand with a small professional thank you note card (if you have a very neat handwriting, and only a short message to communicate), word processing or e-mail.

Stay in the News

Be aware of the latest business news in your community or city where you want to work. Read local business journals to see who is on top of your industry. Check the business section of your local newspaper as well. These resources will give you a feeling that employers are “hot” and often coordinates to send your curriculum vitae.

CV

Write until he was right. Think, write, think some more replay, rewrite, get feedback and rewrite.

Do not Give Up

Last but not least, do not give up. job search is never easy and it’s even harder when the job is difficult. Hold the plug in response to your job search and eventually, if it can take longer if you expect will be the right position comes along.