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Job search tips: 3 Important Tips for Finding Work Close to Home

September 1st, 2010

By Ryan Chaffin

Many people dislike paying the fuel costs and taking the time to make a distant commute to work. But, the recent economy has made finding a job near home more of a luxury than a viable option. If you’re looking to beat the competition and land that great position in your neighborhood, these steps can help.

1. Research
Find the most common industries that are hiring near your area. This might be different according to the region you live in. For example, you might find a different set of opportunities in San Jose, California, than you would in the hills of Eastern Kentucky.

Many job-search websites exist to help you in your research. Popular job-posting site Indeed.com compiles data based on job postings to come up with some interesting statistics. For example, in July 2010, San Jose, California, had the highest rate of job postings per capita, with 132 job postings per 1000 people. Washington, D.C. came in second with 129. Taking a look at what’s being posted can give you a sense how best you can prepare to land a position.

2. Match job openings with your interests and skills.
If you live in a residential or suburban area, nearby jobs will likely be in the service and food industries. » Read more: Job search tips: 3 Important Tips for Finding Work Close to Home

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Staying Motivated: The Gift of this Recession

August 29th, 2010

By Kathryn A. Thomas

Being employed in the conventional sense means working for a corporation or company who provides the employee with job and future financial security. Now with companies folding by the thousands that promise may seem less likely. So what does America do when her ample backside is against the wall? Well giving up isn’t the answer. Falling into doom and gloom isn’t the answer. Creativity is.

Recreate yourself with strong knowledge that there are many skills inside which make you who you are and no one else.

So, who are you?

The inclination toward fear can rock someone with great self-confidence and demeanor. The people winning the jobs are those finding connections, those not giving up, those finding an inner perseverance and belief in themselves that might have been undiscovered until the terror of unemployment. What if the successful people of 2010 will be able to look back on this recession as the most powerful catalyst they had yet experienced in their lives?

The last home I owned was a place in the path of Hurricanes Jeanne and Frances during 2004.  Things began to change rapidly for me when I had to put my home back together without proper » Read more: Staying Motivated: The Gift of this Recession

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Career Assessments II and Entrepreneurship – Show 21

August 14th, 2010

Career Counselor Judit Price (start to 15:30 on the time line) describes the 9 tests she uses in her career assessments, what they reveal about you and how she synthesizes them all to come up with her career recommendations. Susanne Gray and Margie Pascetta, (15:30 to end on the time line) small business coaches at the Entrepreneur’s Source ( tpbostonnorthandwest.net ) talk about entrepreneurship and how one might make that happen.

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