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Career Tips: Looking for a New Job? Try a Skilled Trade

January 16th, 2012

By Michael O’Reilly

Losing your job can be difficult, at best. How you deal with your loss will determine how you come out of the situation. Will you wallow in self-pity or will you pull yourself up and head back to school? Earning a degree or certificate is one of the best ways you can spend your newly found free time. There are skilled trade jobs that, even in the midst of a recession, will always be necessary.

If you’re looking for a new career and are wide open to possibilities, look no further than these top five skilled trade jobs:

Welding

Various industries utilize welders as part of their day-to-day operations. There is currently a » Read more: Career Tips: Looking for a New Job? Try a Skilled Trade

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Job Search Tips: Employers Search For Hires Differently During Job Shortages

December 28th, 2011

By Phil Rosenberg

Why do employers search differently during job shortages?

Partially, it’s because they can – but employers also have to search differently to achieve their goals during times of job shortages.

Even during prior recessions, there have been at least as many jobs advertised as unemployed workers. Now, there are 5 to 6 times more unemployed workers than jobs advertised. Even if you think that unemployment numbers are understated, today’s job market is different than any post-depression job market that we’ve experienced.

It’s even more challenging for those of you searching for jobs, because we’ve all been trained to search for a job during times of candidate shortages.

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Career Transition: Starting a Home Cleaning Service Company

December 27th, 2011

By Dave Tucker

With an ever diversifying economy and an increased pace of life, working professionals often find that they have little time to take care of matters at home. Garden services have been popular for decades now, with professionals having little time to tend to lawns and household exterior landscaping so with numerous households now surviving off two incomes, there is a definite market for entry businesses.

What does one need to start up a cleaning business? Whether it’s deciding what materials and equipment you need, from carpet cleaning fluid through to deep cleaning vacuums you need to forecast and budget for success.  So take a look at some handy ideas and hints.

Service Area

For flexibility and an easy start up for your home cleaning services company would be to service the area close to your home. Transporting appliances and supplies becomes easy and it keeps your » Read more: Career Transition: Starting a Home Cleaning Service Company

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