Job Opportunities: Graduating? Check Out These 13 Jobs

May 1st, 2012 No comments »

By J. Cheesman

The job market has been tough for everyone the last few years, but recent college graduates have had it worse than most. Luckily, this year 1.7 million graduates will still have plenty of opportunities to find work.

Two separate reports found that employers are planning to hire more college graduates this year. One report, from NACE, shows that companies will increase hiring of new graduates by 10 percent this spring.  However, that growth rate is slower than the 21 percent increase between 2010 and 2011.

The next report, from CERISU, found that hiring of 2011-2012 graduates with bachelor’s degrees will grow by 7 percent. That is also slightly slower than the previous year, when hiring rose by 10 percent. » Read more: Job Opportunities: Graduating? Check Out These 13 Jobs

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Interviews: How Research Can Help You Nail Your Marketing Job Interview

April 27th, 2012 No comments »

By  Justin Premick

Competition for quality jobs is tough in any field. However, the stakes and competition aren’t the same for every position – some positions require you to really bring your “A” game if you want to land them.

Nowhere is this more true than in marketing. The hiring process is essentially an audition of your marketing skills: can you persuade someone to hire you?

I’ve hired for a number of marketing jobs over the years. I’ve found that top candidates approach interviews not as employees trying to get hired, but as consultants trying to land a client.

How can you use this approach to land your marketing job?

It’s All About the Research

A great consultant wouldn’t walk into a pitch not knowing much about their potential client, would they? » Read more: Interviews: How Research Can Help You Nail Your Marketing Job Interview

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Career Transition: Self Employment – Getting Past the Negatives

April 24th, 2012 1 comment »

By Kirsten Hendrix

Many dream of being self employed. You can choose your own hours, you are your own boss, and you are not limited as such when you plan holidays around a work place calendar. Some see it as this golden lifestyle, but is it what it seems?

No Regular Income…..

In the early days of setting up and business in particular, the hours can be endless, late nights, early mornings, and weekends. To make ends meet at the beginning can be incredibly stressful, with new equipment or products to pay for, and that desperate stage where you are trying to establish yourself and find regular income. This is regular income is probably the top negativity for being self employed, you can never quite be sure if invoices will be paid on time, or whether you will have a steady trade from month to month. » Read more: Career Transition: Self Employment – Getting Past the Negatives

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