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If you’re looking for work, here is where you may be able to find it.
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Tue, Dec 29 2009 | 0 Comments
There are so many businesses out there that have hiring at a standstill with hiring and pay raise freezes. However, some industries are coming out as the places to work, where you can find a job and actually do alright.
The industries where jobs can be found include: Accounting, Information Technology, and even food service. This is all according to government data.
There are several surveys out now that are indicating that many companies won’t be hiring anytime soon, but a lot of the companies in the industries listed above will be looking for new recruits and are already out there actively seeking employees.
After shrinking for an entire year, four quarters in a row, the economy is expected to pick up a bit for the July through September quarter; this could lead employers to take away hiring freezes and start hiring people again. However, even with the new unemployment numbers out and showing a decrease in the total number of those who are unemployed, unemployment is expected to increase to 10% by the end of the year. Total job openings stayed steady through June according to the Labor Department.
Of course there are plenty of accounting jobs out there. The college I graduated from often boasts their 100% placement rate for accounting graduates. That number just seems crazy to me. After all, they just took a lot of the same classes I took to get through business school, yet most of them end up working in their field within weeks of getting their diplomas.
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Tags: labor department, graduates, accounting jobs
Housing Prices See an Increase In the DC Area
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Tue, Oct 13 2009 | 0 Comments
Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia saw something in September that not many places across the country have seen; an increase in home prices. Unfortunately, while the prices increased, the median sale price did fall a bit.
Sales were up almost 19% in September in the area from just a year ago; with the median sale price declining almost 5% to $371,568.
Houses in D.C. are also selling for most of what the owner is asking. The average sale price in the area was 92% of the asking price.
Seeing any area, particularly a large metro area gaining in sales of homes is a pretty good (and not outrageous) sign that the economy is doing a bit better than it was a year ago. Then again, a year ago, credit had completely frozen as the subprime crisis really took off.
As banks have begun to lend again, more homes have started to sell. As the homes start to sell, prices will gradually begin to rise again. The rise will be in areas where there are jobs and every list that I’ve read says the jobs are in Washington D.C. due to the amount of government jobs as well as all of the large companies that are headquartered there.
When I was in Maryland over the summer, it didn’t seem like the recession had hit there as bad as it looked in other parts of the country I have seen in the last year. For example, while Chris and I were in St. Louis in August, restaurants were basically empty at dinner time. It’s not like we were going to obscure places either. The only restaurant I noticed was busy the entire time we were there was a Cheesecake Factory in one of the larger malls in the area. In Maryland, everything was always busy it seemed. Shopping centers were full of cars usually and there weren’t a lot of empty businesses making it look like a ghost town.
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Tags: government, restaurants, economy
The Job Market is Quite Tough.
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Sat, Oct 10 2009 | 1 Comment
There are millions out of work right now and there are fewer and fewer jobs available for those who are looking or work. Data that was released by the government on Friday showed that the recession is worse than it has been since the beginning of the recession right now.
It’s only expected to get worse because companies are still not hiring and most have no plans on creating jobs to start hiring.
It is so difficult to be unemployed right now because there are about 6.3 people applying for every one job opening. In comparison, when the recession officially began in 2007, there were only 1.7 workers competing for every one job opening in the united States.
Since the beginning of the decade, the largest amount of people who were competing for one job opening was in July 2003, when 2.8 people were looking for every one job opening.
From the beginning of the recession, employers have cut over 7 million jobs. Even though there are fewer and fewer job cuts with each job and unemployment report, there aren’t any jobs being created. Job creation is essential for the health of the economy.
So, people with jobs are feeling a bit more safe when it comes to their jobs. Job security can be priceless, but for those that were laid off or have found themselves unemployed, it is still quite difficult to find work.
It is, of course, more difficult to find work in some areas than others. Jobs are being created in some areas of the country, but there are other parts of the country that barely have any jobs available and are losing them much faster than they’re making them. The more industrial a town is, particularly in this recession, the more that town or county hurts it seems.
Hopefully, the job market will get a bit better sometime soon.
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Tags: recession, united states, Employment
Jobs That Can’t Get Filled For Some Reason
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Mon, Oct 05 2009 | 0 Comments
You know, I was reading an article today and it said that 15.1 million people are out of work and looking for employment. At the same time there are “a lot” of $60,000 a year jobs available right now. The kinds of jobs that are hiring but can’t seem to find people to fill the positions are jobs in pharmacy, MRI techs, energy researchers, accountants, nurses, health care workers, software sales reps, actuaries, physical therapists, electrical engineers, data analysts, plant scientists, and geo-technical engineers.
As of July there was a 6 to 1 ratio of people looking for employment and open jobs. People are definitely out there looking for work, but they simply can’t find anything because of whatever conditions they have found themselves in.
In my case, I feel as though I am limited first of all, by the degree I received (in a time when most companies are cutting their marketing budgets, I graduated with a degree in marketing communications). Secondly, I feel as though I’m limited by my geographic location and being tied down to a house. I think this is where a lot of the people who are looking for work and can’t find jobs have found themselves. Right now, those who have houses don’t want to sell them because they know they’re going to take a loss on the house if they have purchased it in the last 2-5 years.
Also, no one wants to have to move when the job that they are moving for may not be completely secured. I know someone who has a house and lives there, but travels to wherever he has work. When you are contracted out for work, you cannot move around every single time you have a contract end and relocate…particularly if you have a family. Children can’t handle being uprooted several times; it is difficult for them.
Also, most of these jobs seem to be in fields that people aren’t exactly fighting to be in. At most colleges, you can compare the size of a business school class to the size of a geo-technical engineering class and I’m sure that you will notice a difference in how many students decide to go into business rather than geo-technical engineering.
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Tags: Employment, technical engineering, software sales
Resume tips to help boost your chances of getting in!
Jennifer McClelland | RSS | Wed, Sep 30 2009 | 0 Comments
Your resume is the main way to market yourself to potential employers and now that jobs are scarce for some of us, it is important to play on your best skills, accomplishments, and why you would be an asset to the company.
Of course, there are a few ways to downplay some of your own pitfalls without lying on your resume.Yahoo’s The Savvy Networker had a list of tips on how to boost your resume, and I just thought it would be fun to revisit; especially because I know how hard it can be to get your foot in the door at any job.
First, eliminate resume gaps by taking out the month from your dates of employment. There are times in most people’s lives where they have been unemployed for some time or there were a couple of months where you were “between jobs” and gaps in employment make employers wary. However if you put 2004-2009 instead of May 2004 – March 2009 then the gap between March and now is gone.
Then, you should be able to describe your previous jobs. When you put on your resume where you worked and what you did, perhaps it would be good to tell your potential employer exactly what the company did or does. The reason for this is that not all companies can be a huge brand name that everyone recognizes.
For Example:
Global Supply Company
Inventory Manager 2006-present
Global Supply is the Midwest’s largest distributor of heating and cooling equipment to contractors. As Inventory Manager I was responsible for managing $1M in equipment and coordinating deliveries and outbound shipments among our 45 suppliers and 400+ contractor clients.
Also, don’t use corporate lingo in your resume. When you say something like “cross-functional collaborator” you are simply asking for your resume to be passed over. Yes, that may have been your actual job, but if you say something that you actually accomplished such as your ability to distribute your company’s product to resellers, then your resume will look a bit more practical than others that put some kind of lingo on their resumes.
Finally, make your resume sound human. Robots can spit out phrases and overused cliches like “attention to detail.” However, you can actually add something that sounds a bit more human. How much better does it sound to say that you are able to tackle office chaos and calm down your coworkers? Hmm…
Of course, these are all just boosters. Your real accomplishments are whats going to sell a potential employer on your resume.
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Tags: inventory manager, gaps in employment, resumes
