Lose Your Job? There's Lots of Advice Out There

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soundtracks of AL 6:58AM July 17, 2009

Perfect site, i like it!

cor 127 ultram of LA 6:18PM July 02, 2009

I have just recently lost my job. Yes, it's sad but at the sametime, it was a relief. I have known it for months that the cut was coming because news all over was bad. While waiting for the pink slip to be handed to me, I was petrified to say the least, going to work everyday. Finally I woke up one morning and said to myself that I could be drowned in fear or I can take the bull by its horn. So I chose the latter. I did all sort of preparations, financial and all. And took classes for a new career directions. So when I finally was told that I was being laid off, I was super calm and composed. I walked out of the office with a smile on my face and with only 1 small bag of my things that I didn't get a chance to take home yet.
There is a wonderful group on Facebook called Fun Not Fear, that promotes creativity and creating fun in our current life. Please come check out and join. So we can tell fear to go take a hike. http://www.tinyurl.com/funnotfear
Now I am utilizing the time I have now taking classes for a new career direction, volunteer my newly acquired knowledge and time to Fun Not Fear and my local non-profit organizations so I can gain the experience I need when the market is getting better. Also, keeping up with my connections and industry groups on LinkedIn (yes, LinkedIn is absolutely great!!)

Elaine of NY 12:06PM March 17, 2009

The best jobs I've had i have sold myself to someone at the company. There are creative ways to get your foot in the door. The truth is that most hiring managers are too overwhelmed, and HR teams smaller than ever. A hiring manager would love it if someone qualified contacted them in a smart, proactive way.
I wrote about this on my blog - "Creative Ways To Sell Yourself":
http://www.laidoffpanic.com/2009/02/23/sell-yourself/

Courtney of NY 2:45PM March 14, 2009

http://corcodilos.com/blog/394/uh-oh-a-good-job-board-if-you-wanna-call-it-that
One lady said, 'found LINKUP two days ago and have not been back to Monster or CB since."

whoknows of MN 11:19AM March 14, 2009

It's been well documented that job boards are declining and that hiring trends are hooked into social networking.
In the recent CareerXroads Source of Hire study, a survey of how more than 300,000 people were hired at 45 companies, findings showed that internal transfers or promotions made up 38 per cent of all full-time company hires. The report also found that referrals were the biggest source of external hires, at 27.3 per cent. Read more at: http://www.upmo.com/blog/upmos-top-10-managing-your-career-in-a-recession#comments
All this points to the fact that reputation, referrals and networking -- rather than resumes and cover letters -- will become more important for job seekers and career changers.

Jessica Howard, www.upmo.com/blog of CA 3:15PM March 13, 2009

It's been well documented that job boards are declining and that hiring trends are hooked into social networking.
In the recent CareerXroads Source of Hire study, a survey of how more than 300,000 people were hired at 45 companies, findings showed that internal transfers or promotions made up 38 per cent of all full-time company hires. The report also found that referrals were the biggest source of external hires, at 27.3 per cent. Read more at: http://www.upmo.com/blog/upmos-top-10-managing-your-career-in-a-recession#comments
All this points to the fact that reputation, referrals and networking -- rather than resumes and cover letters -- will become more important for job seekers and career changers.

Jessica Howard, www.upmo.com/blog of CA 3:14PM March 13, 2009