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This week:
🏃🏽♀️ Escaping Unemployment 🏃🏽♂️
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- Finding a Job When You Are Unemployed
- Successfully Fighting the "Overqualified" Label
- How to Leverage LinkedIn Smartly When You Are Unemployed
- Fast Track to a New Job: An Employee Referral
- Battle Unemployment Through Contracting or Freelancing
- Guide to the Temporary Work Option
The February 17 issue: Leverage Facebook for Successful Job Search
Employers usually view a gap in employment negatively making
a job search more challenging. Fortunately the pandemic has caused most employers to be much less judgmental! Follow these 5 steps described by Susan P. Joyce for finding a new job when unemployed.
When hiring managers do see your profile or resume, and
notice you are older, they worry that you cannot or will not do the job and fit into the organization. Hiring manager Linda Tuerk shares employer concerns and 24 ways you can beat the "overqualified" label to successfully land a new job.
Technology is changing the way employers recruit, and that
technology and those changes are having a very big impact on job search. The whole process is more complex today, and LinkedIn is essential for most professions. Laura Smith-Proulx shares why building or updating your LinkedIn Profile should be a very high priority.
While only 7% of applicants are referred for jobs by an
employee, 40% of new hires were referred! On the other hand, only 12% (or less) of jobs are filled via job boards. Susan P. Joyce shares how employee referral programs work (and how they can differ!), plus how to find employees who can refer you.
Contract/freelance positions are available across
industries, fields, job levels, and salary ranges. While perhaps not ideal, these jobs allow you to stay in touch with the professional world, pay the bills, and show prospective employers that you’ve remained active and engaged in the workforce. Mark Feffer shares how to launch into contracting.
If you are currently unemployed, know that many recruiters
and employers view your work in short-term temporary or longer-term contracting jobs as a very positive sign of your ambition and work ethic. Susan P. Joyce shares how being a "temp" can show that you are a good, motivated worker.
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