What you can learn from this ebook

For a guaranteed approach to finding a job, you have to see where you’re going. To see where you’re going you need a map. But not just any map. You want a proven job search blueprint and a methodology you can trust.

And for that, this field-tested Job Search Blueprint is exactly the system you need.

I know that now. After 32 years of coaching individuals and consulting Fortune 500 companies. But I didn’t always realize just how important this was.

You see… things were not laid out so clearly when I got started in Germany in 1972.

I want to tell you a personal story and share the 5 Secrets to Boost Your Job Search in a tough economy. I’ve learned the hard way. Although your background is different from mine, I am sure you will find job-hunting tips that will cut your job searching time in half. You’ll learn how to write a killer resume and get your resume picked from a stack of hundreds. You will discover how to prepare and how to ace any job interview.

If you don’t have time to read, you can start now and find the job that’s right for you. Just use the action blueprint at the end – and then come back and have a good read. But I think you’re going to
enjoy reading this Special Report and learning how to find the job that’s right for you – especially in this challenging time.

Find timesaving tips and visual blueprints so you will know exactly what to do and what steps to take to get fast results.

Now, I recommend you print out this entire report – so you can highlight key ideas as you go along. So, get yourself a good cup of tea or coffee, and let’s jump in.

1) Additional charitable gifts – Sure, you remember to deduct money and items donated directly to charity, but how about items you bought for a charity event? Also uniforms that you have to buy to work at a charity event.

2) Moving Expenses – If you have to move when relocating for a job, the moving expenses you incur can be deducted from your taxes.

3) Job hunting costs – If you’re already employed, costs incurred from job hunting can be deducted.

4) Military personnel travel – Members of the military can deduct travel expenses to drills and meetings.

5) Educational expenses – “In these cases, you have the option of the tuition and fees above-the-line deduction, which will take up to $4,000 off your taxable income, or the Lifetime Learning Credit, which could provide savings of 20 percent of tuition cost up to $10,000, or a $2,000 credit.”

You can read five more tax tips and more detailed information about the five written about here at the source link below:

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Just when I had put the thought into the back of my mind, up pops Yahoo! News saying “Job forecast for new college grads grim.” Well, I thought, there goes that 10 minutes of thoughts not surrounding my future.

I’ve spent four years in school wondering exactly what they’re trying to teach us and finally this semester it was all put together. All my classes are focused on implementing what we’ve learned rather than being talked at. The thing is, I really enjoy my major and am actually really disappointed about not likely finding a job in my field. P.S. living in Mississippi probably doesn’t help.

One of the ads features a man clinging to steel beams. It looks like if he lets go, he will plummet to his death, and he knows it. However, when the camera backs out a bit, you see he’s only a few feet off the ground.

That ad would be more funny, to me and possibly to others, if right now people had the opportunity to change where they wanted to work or the field they wanted to work in. Construction is one of the fields that is hemorrhaging jobs right now too.

The video can be seen here

Recently, I went searching for open positions related to my field of study (marketing and communications) for when I graduate in May. Even when searching through the countless positions on websites like Monster.com, most positions for my major requires years of prior experience. I also visited a college career fair, and most of the companies were not looking for business graduates, but were more interested in pharmacists. Unfortunately, four or five years of sitting through endless lectures and classes devoted to the very position they are seeking does not count toward any experience.

The odds are not in their favor either. In the second quarter of 2008 the Labor Department gave the unemployment rate for those in the 20 ? 24 year old group (the age range is the most likely for new graduates). Unemployment had risen from 7.7% last year to 9.8% this year.

Most colleges require students to intern and/or take career counseling to give them an idea of what to expect after graduation, but they still do not guarantee a job after graduation.

So you are a new graduate and cannot seem to stand out of the crowd? Here are a couple of tips to make you and your resume more noticeable to potential employers.

- Network. Networking helps you stand out to an employer. If you are currently a student, become involved in plenty of events and groups related to your major.
- An impressive resume. Making your resume stand out is not as hard as it may seem. Little things such as adding a picture of you or using positive phrases can add luster to an otherwise vanilla resume. An example of a use of positive language is instead of saying you have no experience in a certain area, saying that you are willing and open to learning is obviously more constructive. Employers are always more open to someone who is willing to conform to their job descriptions, rather than a position having to conform to an applicant.

Student loans are creeping up and you still have not gotten the position to build your career on? Some people have begun to take a more unconventional attitude on job hunting: Create their own career by starting their own business. Once thought to be something only highly experienced professionals do, new graduates are starting businesses related to their fields of study.

If you have the ambition to start your own business, either a new graduate or someone who just has some new or great ideas, here are a few pointers that may help you start:

- Since you are probably bogged down with debt (thanks to student loans), try to limit your start up costs. Internet companies generally have very low startup costs, as long as you have an idea as to what you?re doing. Starting a business with a friend can also limit your costs and you will have more than one person working toward a goal.
- Remember those old textbooks that you could not or did not sell? Some of them have some great ideas in them. I have kept marketing books just because I thought in the future they could come in handy.
- Have a business plan. If you have a business plan, even a simple one, you always have a reference point. Eventually we all hit road blocks, like writing essays and having an outline, a business plan can keep you in order.
- Finally, do not give up and work hard to achieve your goals. Getting through college was not easy (or cheap), so do not be discouraged if your business does not take off immediately. Successful businesses take patience, time and a LOT of hard work.

It is not hard to become discouraged by the declining job market. Plenty of people I know are working in fast food restaurants while waiting to land ?the job.? When the economy is good, graduates may get multiple offers with competing salaries, but now these offers are not landing in people?s laps like they once were. An applicant must do more to be noticed in today?s job market. So good luck graduates, I will be seeing you in May.