Insider Secrets to Getting Hired

By Liz Wolgemuth

While searching for work alongside 16 million people who are angling for the same openings, getting a hiring manager to tell you why you didn't get hired is about as easy as actually getting the job. But one of the best things you can do is examine your job search with a critical eye: Is your resume really a good advertisement for your skills? Does your nail-gnawing habit turn off prospective employers? Do you tend to make your interviewers a little nervous?

Some of the most important elements of a successful job search are details. Here are nine tips to follow and details to consider, offered by the experts: hiring managers, executives, human resources managers, and career coaches:

 http://customsites.yahoo.com/financiallyfit/finance/article-108204-3255-4-insider-secrets-to-getting-hired?ywaad=ad0035

The Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth.  The components include job, wage and salary and technology growth.  The full report can be downloaded here.
 

The Best Performing Cities ranking depicts those U.S. metropolitan areas that are recording the top economic performance.

 

And Midland, Texas was rated number 1.

 http://bestcities.milkeninstitute.org/bestcities2008.taf?rankyear=2008&type=rank118

 

It's more important than ever to make sure your boss is happy with your performance. In tenuous times, your supervisor is one of the few people who may be able to shield you from a layoff. She may also be able to help you pursue a promotion down the road.

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-5_ways_to_wow_your_boss-1034 

White Lies on Resumes Raise Red Flags for Employers

by Lisa Scherzer

IT WASN'T ALL THAT long ago that the hiring process began and ended with a job interview. That's no longer the case. Hiring in the 21st century now can involve reference checks, credit histories, education and professional background verifications, psychometric testing, medical and fitness evaluations, police records reviews, drug and alcohol screens, and immigration and terrorism clearances. http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/economy/white-lies-on-resumes-raise-red-flags-for-employers-21201/

How to Dress for an Interview

 By JPenny

Know how to dress for a job interview. You never get a second chance to make your first impression. Research has shown that the first 100 seconds are crucial in determining the interviewer's perception of the candidate's suitability for the position.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2242370_dress-interview.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

How to Be Safe at Work

It's an understatement to say that workplace safety is an important issue. In fact, it's so important that entire government agencies have been developed just to regulate workplace safety. While your employer is responsible for creating and maintaining a safe workplace, there are many things you as an employee can do to be safe at work. Practice these tips to avoid accidents and injury on the job.

 http://www.ehow.com/how_5042400_safe-work.html

How To Write A Job Description

by Judith Lindenberger

Think of a job description as a “snapshot” of a job. The job description needs to communicate clearly and concisely what responsibilities and tasks the job entails and to indicate, as well, the key qualifications of the job – the basic requirements (specific credentials or skills) – and, if possible, the attributes that underlie superior performance.

 http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/jobdesc.htm

How to Update Your Job Skills While Unemployed

 

By DAWN FALLIK

 

Out of work for months? Prevent your professional skills from atrophying by taking steps to brush up.

In July, five million people in the U.S. were considered long-term unemployed—meaning they had been jobless
for 27 weeks or more. Career counselors say that as weeks turn into months, job-hunters need to polish and
update their skills to stay current. They should look for ways to network while they do so, and avoid spending lots
of money. "You want to get the biggest bang for your buck," says J.T. O'Donnell, a career coach in North
Hampton, N.H.

Here are some strategies:

 http://www.apics-sfv.org/Document/UpdateYourJobSkills.pdf

In this hard economic time of lay offs and high unemployment we might not think that there are opportunities out there anymore. If we are open and creative there are jobs out there! Being willing to relocate opens a world of possibilities.

 

How to determine If you should relocate for the right job?

Midland Rated in the top 20 Small Cities to do Business.

In other words, we are hiring.