Expatriates – Are you agonizing over writing a follow up letter to a hiring manager? Or wondering if you got the job?
March 27, 2012 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice
Hello dear jane readers,
I have a client in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is American and a wonderful young lady. Right now she is working as a nanny. She just completed her Master’s Degree from Queen’s University and is now trying to find full-time employment in a far away land. Like many recent graduates she is dealing with a lot of rejection and the day to day anxiety of job searching. It’s pretty hard to deal with looking for a job as an expatriate let alone changing professions. So she has a big challenge ahead of her but she is not panicking and what I like most about her is the fact that she is so confident and sticking to what she believes in. She is so dedicated to her passion of working for organizations that help women and children.
It’s very hard for her because her work experience has mainly been as a nanny. So when we worked on her resume we highlighted all of her academic extracurricular activities and really communicated her program coordination, community service and financial management skills that she had. This has really impressed a lot of the non profit organizations that she has been interviewing with. I always tell her for all the “NO” responses she has been getting, means that she is just getting that much closer to the “YES.”
It’s so wonderful to see her staying positive and focused on the end goal which is to find the Right job for her. What does this mean? Well for my client it means holding out for the right organizational culture, a culture that values people, a culture that provides career advancement, and a culture that’s mission is to help women and children. She is on her way.
I can’t wait to get that phone call telling me that she has landed the job.
Below is an example of an email I asked her to send after she agonized over not getting a phone call from a hiring manager she had interviewed with. She had waited about 2.5 weeks. The manager was looking for a Program Director to work at Queens University. It was an American company hiring for a position in Belfast. It’s so important to be professional, kind and to keep the tone of the email positive. We basically knew that he probably had filled the position but we wanted to keep the door open. My client needed closure.
JOB SEEKER EMAIL TO HIRING MANAGER (SUBJECT LINE – JANE DOE – TRAVELING TO THE US – JUST RECONNECTING)
Dear Mr. Jones,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hosted my 3rd annual Thanksgiving here in Belfast with a fun mix of Americans and locals it was a great time!
I wanted to touch base with you to let you know that I will be traveling to the US for a few weeks and will be available by cell and email. I wanted to find out if you had filled the position or were still looking for the right candidate. I am still interested in the position and please let me know either way.
If you have filled the position congratulations! I hope we can stay in touch in case you have future career opportunities with your company. I would like to send you a linkedIn invitation would that be alright? Please let me know.
Best,
Jane Doe
HIRING MANAGER EMAIL RESPONSE TO JOB SEEKER – RESPONSE WITHIN 20 MINUTES
Hi Jane,
Thanks for your email, and I’m glad that you had a good international Thanksgiving!
I’m sorry that it has taken awhile for us to get back to you. Actually, I had thought an email had gone out to all of the candidates last week letting them know the position had been filled, so I apologize that you did not receive this. I really think that you have many of the skills necessary for an excellent resident director, and I do hope that we will have the opportunity to work together in the future. We will certainly keep you in mind for any future positions.
I would be happy to connect with you over LinkedIn, and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
Best,
Mr. Jones
How To Get A Job Using Twitter
February 15, 2012 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice, Career Tips for the day
IF YOU WANT A JOB TODAY GET ONLINE! Thank you so much for posting this Article. I just finished reading it and it’s so informative. Their are so many valuable tips. I have embraced social media and have been using LinkedIn for the past 7 years, and I have been using Twitter, Facebook, and been blogging for the past three years. I have been training clients on Social Media for the same amount of time. The number one challenge for our clients and job seekers today, especially the mature worker is that they are afraid of technology, think Social Media is a trend, hence they don’t want to learn or embrace it. And so they don’t want to deal with the reality that over 70% of getting job today is about being online. This is not a judgement call on my part or a criticism this has been my reality as a recruiter and career coach for the past 15 years. So articles like this just validate how Social Media can help our job seekers and really get us to the key hiring managers and key contacts. In today’s job market we have SO MUCH ACCESS TO THE HIRING MANAGER. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GET ONLINE AND GET CONNECTED TO THEM!!!!!! Rebecca Martin CEO, dear jane Inc. How To Tweet Your Way To A New Job Forbes Article 11/2011 Written by Deborah L. Jacobs After getting fired in October from the high-tech startup where he had worked for more than four years Joshua Filgate, a 27-year-old engineer in Southborough, Mass., took the usual steps to jump start his job search. He updated his resume and his LinkedIn profile; applied for 100 positions listed on Internet job sites, and let family, friends and former co-workers know he was out of work. Within a week one contact — a venture capitalist in the Boston area — sent him a text message with the name of another venture capitalist who he recommended Filgate follow on Twitter. This was someone who Filgate’s friend also followed, but did not know personally. Filgate, who had never used Twitter before, followed the suggestion. Soon after, the venture capitalist, a partner at the Boston firm General Catalyst, tweeted: “What are top recruitment firms for mechanical engineers, process engineers, materials scientists, manufacturing engineers?” Filgate replied: “Funny that you ask… If it’s an engineer you seek, you should dm me.” (In Twitterspeak dm is shorthand for “direct message.”) With that, the correspondence shifted to e-mail. The VC suggested Filgate submit his resume to the human resources department of ARC-Energy, a Nashua, N.H.-based clean-tech startup, and copy him on the e-mail. Coincidentally Filgate had applied there two weeks earlier in response to a listing onMonster.com and not heard back. This time he landed an interview and got an offer four days later to work as a systems engineer earning 5% more than he made in his last job. Total elapsed time since the layoff: less than three weeks. Was this a case of beginner’s luck, or simply being in the right place at the right time? Maybe a little of each. But more importantly, Filgate turned Twitter, most often used for lighthearted social banter, into a valuable networking tool. That’s no small achievement considering the 140-character space constraints. And of course, the person you’re networking with must also be on Twitter. For those who would also like to use Twitter in their job hunt, Forbes asked Nisa Chitakasem, co-author of the book “125 Twitter Job Search Tips” to compile a quick-start guide. Here’s her advice for Twitter neophytes and enthusiasts: Make your bio count. Use your bio to explain what you want out of your next career move and what value you will bring to your next employer. For example: “As a senior marketing executive with over 15 years’ experience in the sector, I’m currently looking for an interim position in X type of organization.” Upload a headshot. A close-up of your face conveys authenticity and inspires people to trust you. If you crop the photo using Twitter’s built-in feature, be careful not to cut off the wrong part. You want people to be able to see your whole face in the avatar, not just the bottom of it. Cast a wide net. Think expansively about whom to follow. The possibilities include: • Industry experts or bloggers in your field • Job boards and job sites • News alerts and industry magazines • Career experts and career coaches • Head hunters and recruiters • Professional networks and alumni associations • Human resources personnel who are hiring for the position you are targeting. Follow potential employers. Watch for announcements about events that can lead to jobs. For instance, if a business gets new funding, ships a new product or launches in a new location or region, it’s a sign that it may be actively recruiting. Monitor job site streams. Regularly check the accounts of the job sites you’re following. They’ll often tweet links to vacancies as soon as they open up. Target key people. You never know which one of them will directly or indirectly lead you to a potential hirer. Meanwhile, each new connection can help you learn about the industry, understand a company or offer insights about what it’s like to work there. In using Twitter, think about all of these angles. Tweet regularly. Aim to tweet at least a few times every day. If you tweet less often, you’ll find it harder to build relationships with your followers and will lose the momentum of Twitter as a job search tool. Keep tweets professional. They don’t all have to be specifically about your job hunt, but they should be professional. Make them related to your field of work, area of interest or the kind of thing you’re looking for next in your career. Be a thought leader. Share insights and opinions that demonstrate your knowledge and that can build your reputation as a go-to person for your field.
January 2012 National Employment Data
February 8, 2012 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice, Human Resources
Employment Situation Summary
Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-12-0163
until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, February 3, 2012
Technical information:
Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JANUARY 2012
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the
unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread in the private
sector, with large employment gains in professional and business
services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing. Government
employment changed little over the month.
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|Establishment survey data have been revised as a result of the |
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|adjustment factors. Also, household survey data for January 2012 |
|reflect updated population estimates. See the notes at the end of|
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Household Survey Data
The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point in January to
8.3 percent; the rate has fallen by 0.8 point since August. (See table
A-1.) The number of unemployed persons declined to 12.8 million in
January. (See the note and tables B and C for information about annual
population adjustments to the household survey estimates.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men
(7.7 percent) and blacks (13.6 percent) declined in January. The
unemployment rates for adult women (7.7 percent), teenagers (23.2
percent), whites (7.4 percent), and Hispanics (10.5 percent) were
little changed. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.7 percent, not
seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
In January, the number of job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs fell to 7.3 million. The number of long-term unemployed
(those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 5.5 million
and accounted for 42.9 percent of the unemployed. (See tables A-11 and
A-12.)
After accounting for the annual adjustments to the population
controls, the employment-population ratio (58.5 percent) rose in
January, while the civilian labor force participation rate held at
63.7 percent. (See table A-1. For additional information about the
effects of the population adjustments, see table C.)
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 8.2
million, changed little in January. These individuals were working
part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were
unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)
In January, 2.8 million persons were marginally attached to the labor
force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not
seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force,
wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime
in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because
they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
(See table A-16.)
Among the marginally attached, there were 1.1 million discouraged
workers in January, little different from a year earlier. (The data
are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not
currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available
for them. The remaining 1.7 million persons marginally attached to the
labor force in January had not searched for work in the 4 weeks
preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family
responsibilities. (See table A-16.)
Establishment Survey Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January. Private-
sector employment grew by 257,000, with the largest employment gains
in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and
manufacturing. Government employment was little changed over the
month. (See table B-1.)
Professional and business services continued to add jobs in January
(+70,000). About half of the increase occurred in employment services
(+33,000). Job gains also occurred in accounting and bookkeeping
(+13,000) and in architectural and engineering services (+7,000).
Over the month, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by
44,000, primarily in food services and drinking places (+33,000).
Since a recent low in February 2010, food services has added 487,000
jobs.
In January, health care employment continued to grow (+31,000). Within
the industry, hospitals and ambulatory care services each added 13,000
jobs.
Wholesale trade employment increased by 14,000 over the month. Since a
recent employment low in May 2010, wholesale trade has added 144,000
jobs.
Employment in retail trade continued to trend up in January. Job gains
in department stores (+19,000), health and personal care stores
(+7,000), and automobile dealers (+7,000) were partially offset by
losses in clothing and clothing accessory stores (-14,000). Since an
employment trough in December 2009, retail trade has added 390,000
jobs.
In January, employment in information declined by 13,000, including a
loss of 8,000 jobs in the motion picture and sound recording industry.
In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing added 50,000 jobs. Nearly
all of the increase occurred in durable goods manufacturing, with job
growth in fabricated metal products (+11,000), machinery (+11,000),
and motor vehicles and parts (+8,000). Durable goods manufacturing has
added 418,000 jobs over the past 2 years.
Employment in construction increased by 21,000 in January, following a
gain of 31,000 in the previous month. Over the past 2 months,
nonresidential specialty trade contractors added 30,000 jobs.
Mining added 10,000 jobs in January, with most of the gain in support
activities for mining (+8,000). Since a recent low in October 2009,
mining employment has expanded by 172,000.
Government employment changed little in January. Over the past 12
months, the sector has lost 276,000 jobs, with declines in local
government; state government, excluding education; and the U.S. Postal
Service.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was
unchanged in January. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.3 hour
to 40.9 hours, and factory overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 3.4
hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory
employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 33.8
hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $23.29. Over the
past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.9 percent.
In January, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and
nonsupervisory employees edged up by 2 cents, or 0.1 percent, to
$19.62. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was
revised from +100,000 to +157,000, and the change for December was
revised from +200,000 to +203,000. Monthly revisions result from
additional sample reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal
factors. The annual benchmark process also contributed to these
revisions.
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The Employment Situation for February is scheduled to be released on
Friday, March 9, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).
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| Changes to the Household Survey |
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|Effective with the collection of household survey data for |
|January 2012, the questions on race and Hispanic or Latino |
|ethnicity were modified to incorporate minor wording changes. |
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|In January 2012, the Census Bureau, which conducts the household |
|survey, began a year-long process of reorganizing its regional |
|office structure; for more information on these changes see |
|www.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/General_QAs_FINAL2.pdf. Both the |
|Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics will monitor |
|survey operations during the transition period. No impact on the |
|employment and unemployment estimates from the survey is |
|anticipated from this organizational change. |
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Revisions to Establishment Survey Data
In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data
released today have been revised to reflect comprehensive counts of
payroll jobs, or benchmarks. These counts are derived principally from
unemployment insurance tax records for March 2011. In addition, the
data were updated to the 2012 North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) from the 2007 NAICS. This update resulted in minor
changes to several detailed industries. The benchmark process resulted
in revisions to not seasonally adjusted data from April 2010 forward
and to seasonally adjusted data from January 2007 forward. Some
historical data predating the normal benchmark revision period also
were revised due to the implementation of NAICS 2012 and other minor
changes related to rounding and the recalculation of aggregate series.
Table A presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally
adjusted basis for January through December 2011. The revised data for
April 2011 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of
change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as
updated net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal
adjustment factors. The November and December 2011 data also reflect
the routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the
November final and December second preliminary estimates. The total
nonfarm employment level for March 2011 was revised upward by 165,000
(162,000 on a not seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published
level for December 2011 was revised upward by 266,000 (231,000 on a
not seasonally adjusted basis).
An article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions,
the change to NAICS 2012, and the other technical issues, as well as
all revised historical Current Employment Statistics (CES) data, can
be accessed through the CES homepage at www.bls.gov/ces/. Information
on the revisions released today also may be obtained by calling (202)
691-6555.
Table A. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, January-December 2011,
seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | |
| Level | Over-the-month change |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Year and month| As | | | As | | |
|previously| As | Difference|previously| As | Difference|
|published | revised | |published | revised | |
_______________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|
| | | | | | |
2011 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
January........| 130,328 | 130,456 | 128 | 68 | 110 | 42 |
February.......| 130,563 | 130,676 | 113 | 235 | 220 | -15 |
March..........| 130,757 | 130,922 | 165 | 194 | 246 | 52 |
April..........| 130,974 | 131,173 | 199 | 217 | 251 | 34 |
May............| 131,027 | 131,227 | 200 | 53 | 54 | 1 |
June...........| 131,047 | 131,311 | 264 | 20 | 84 | 64 |
July...........| 131,174 | 131,407 | 233 | 127 | 96 | -31 |
August.........| 131,278 | 131,492 | 214 | 104 | 85 | -19 |
September......| 131,488 | 131,694 | 206 | 210 | 202 | -8 |
October........| 131,600 | 131,806 | 206 | 112 | 112 | 0 |
November.......| 131,700 | 131,963 | 263 | 100 | 157 | 57 |
December (p)...| 131,900 | 132,166 | 266 | 200 | 203 | 3 |
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p = preliminary.
Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey
Effective with data for January 2012, updated population estimates
which reflect the results of Census 2010 have been used in the
household survey. Population estimates for the household survey are
developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year, the Census Bureau
updates the estimates to reflect new information and assumptions about
the growth of the population during the decade. The change in
population reflected in the new estimates results from the
introduction of the Census 2010 count as the new population base,
adjustments for net international migration, updated vital statistics and
other information, and some methodological changes in the estimation
process. The vast majority of the population change, however, is due
to the change in base population from Census 2000 to Census 2010.
In accordance with usual practice, BLS will not revise the official
household survey estimates for December 2011 and earlier months. To
show the impact of the population adjustment, however, differences in
selected December 2011 labor force series based on the old and new
population estimates are shown in table B.
The adjustment increased the estimated size of the civilian
noninstitutional population in December by 1,510,000, the civilian
labor force by 258,000, employment by 216,000, unemployment by 42,000,
and persons not in the labor force by 1,252,000. Although the total
unemployment rate was unaffected, the labor force participation rate
and the employment-population ratio were each reduced by 0.3
percentage point. This was because the population increase was
primarily among persons 55 and older and, to a lesser degree, persons
16 to 24 years of age. Both these age groups have lower levels of
labor force participation than the general population.
Data users are cautioned that these annual population adjustments
affect the comparability of household data series over time. Table C
shows the effect of the introduction of new population estimates on
the comparison of selected labor force measures between December 2011 and
January 2012. Additional information on the population adjustments and
their effect on national labor force estimates is available at
www.bls.gov/cps/cps12adj.pdf.
Table B. Effect of the updated population controls on December 2011 estimates by sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | | | | | |
| | | | | Black | |
| | | | | or | | Hispanic
Category |Total | Men | Women| White | African| Asian | or Latino
| | | | |American| | ethnicity
| | | | | | |
____________________________________________|______|_____|______|_______|________|_______|___________
| | | | | | |
Civilian noninstitutional population........| 1,510| -116| 1,626| -1,181| 407| 1,161| 1,330
Civilian labor force......................| 258| -413| 671| -1,385| 166| 731| 781
Participation rate......................| -.3| -.3| -.2| -.3| -.3| -.2| -.3
Employed.................................| 216| -368| 584| -1,266| 165| 676| 675
Employment-population ratio.............| -.3| -.3| -.2| -.3| -.2| -.2| -.3
Unemployed...............................| 42| -45| 87| -119| 2| 55| 106
Unemployment rate.......................| .0| .0| .0| .0| -.1| .1| .1
Not in labor force........................| 1,252| 297| 955| 205| 240| 430| 550
____________________________________________|______|_____|______|_______|________|_______|___________
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race groups (white,
black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Table C. December 2011-January 2012 changes in selected labor force
measures, with adjustments for population control effects
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | |
| | | Dec.-Jan.
| Dec.-Jan. | 2012 | change,
| change, | population | after re-
Category | as | control | moving the
| published | effect | population
| | | control
| | | effect(1)
_____________________________________|___________|____________|_____________
| | |
Civilian noninstitutional population.| 1,685 | 1,510 | 175
Civilian labor force...............| 508 | 258 | 250
Participation rate...............| -.3 | -.3 | .0
Employed..........................| 847 | 216 | 631
Employment-population ratio......| .0 | -.3 | .3
Unemployed........................| -339 | 42 | -381
Unemployment rate................| -.2 | .0 | -.2
Not in labor force.................| 1,177 | 1,252| -75
_____________________________________|___________|____________|_____________
(1) This Dec.-Jan. change is calculated by subtracting the population
control effect from the over-the-month change in the published seasonally
adjusted estimates.
December 2011 Employment Situation – National
January 24, 2012 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice, Human Resources
Employment Situation Summary
Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-12-0012
until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, January 6, 2012
Technical information:
Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- DECEMBER 2011
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 in December, and the unemployment rate,
at 8.5 percent, continued to trend down, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade,
manufacturing, health care, and mining.
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| Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data |
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| Seasonally adjusted household survey data have been revised |
| using updated seasonal adjustment factors, a procedure done |
| at the end of each calendar year. Seasonally adjusted |
| estimates back to January 2007 were subject to revision. The |
| unemployment rates for January 2011 through November 2011 |
| (as originally published and as revised) appear in table A, |
| along with additional information about the revisions. |
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Household Survey Data
Both the number of unemployed persons (13.1 million) and the unemployment rate
(8.5 percent) continued to trend down in December. The unemployment rate has
declined by 0.6 percentage point since August. (See table A-1.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult men decreased
to 8.0 percent in December. The jobless rates for adult women (7.9 percent),
teenagers (23.1 percent), whites (7.5 percent), blacks (15.8 percent), and
Hispanics (11.0 percent) showed little change. The jobless rate for Asians
was 6.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was
little changed at 5.6 million and accounted for 42.5 percent of the unemployed.
(See table A-12.)
The civilian labor force participation rate (64.0 percent) and the employment-
population ratio (58.5 percent) were both unchanged over the month. (See
table A-1.)
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes
referred to as involuntary part-time workers) declined by 371,000 to 8.1
million in December. These individuals were working part time because their
hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job.
(See table A-8.)
About 2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in
December, little different from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally
adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were
available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.
They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in
the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)
Among the marginally attached, there were 945,000 discouraged workers in
December, a decrease of 373,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally
adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work
because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 million
persons marginally attached to the labor force in December had not searched for
work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or
family responsibilities. (See table A-16.)
Establishment Survey Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 200,000 in December. Over the
past 12 months, nonfarm payroll employment has risen by 1.6 million. Employment
in the private sector rose by 212,000 in December and by 1.9 million over the
year. Government employment changed little over the month but fell by 280,000
over the year. (See table B-1.)
Employment in transportation and warehousing rose sharply in December (+50,000).
Almost all of the gain occurred in the couriers and messengers industry (+42,000);
seasonal hiring was particularly strong in December.
Retail trade continued to add jobs in December, with a gain of 28,000. Employment
in the industry has increased by 240,000 over the past 12 months. Over the month,
job gains continued in general merchandise stores (+13,000) and in clothing and
clothing accessories stores (+11,000). Employment in sporting goods, hobby, book,
and music stores fell by 10,000.
In December, manufacturing employment expanded by 23,000, following 4 months of
little change. Employment increased in December in transportation equipment
(+9,000), fabricated metals (+6,000), and machinery (+5,000).
Mining employment rose by 7,000 over the month. Over the year, mining added
89,000 jobs.
Health care continued to add jobs in December (+23,000); employment in hospitals
increased by 10,000. Over the year, health care employment has risen by 315,000.
Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places
continued to trend up in December (+24,000). Over the year, food services and
drinking places has added 230,000 jobs.
Construction employment changed little in December. Within the industry,
nonresidential specialty trade contractors added 20,000 jobs over the month,
mostly offsetting losses over the prior 2 months.
Employment in professional and business services changed little in December for
the second month in a row. The industry added 42,000 jobs per month, on average,
during the first 10 months of 2011.
Government employment changed little in December but was down by 280,000 over
the year. Job losses in 2011 occurred in local government; state government,
excluding education; and the U.S. Postal Service.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased
by 0.1 hour to 34.4 hours in December. The manufacturing workweek increased
by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours. Factory overtime decreased by 0.1 hour to 3.2
hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2
and B-7.)
In December, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm
payrolls rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $23.24. Over the past 12 months,
average hourly earnings have increased by 2.1 percent. In December, average
hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees were
unchanged at $19.54. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised from
+100,000 to +112,000, and the change for November was revised from +120,000
to +100,000.
__________
The Employment Situation for January is scheduled to be released on
Friday, February 3, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (EST).
Using Social Media in the Higher Education Job Search
January 16, 2012 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice, The Recruiting Process/The Hiring Process
Using Social Media in the Higher Education Job Search
by Jenna Spinelle
As the use of social media continues to grow, so too does its use in recruiting and job searching.
With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and many other tools in cyberspace, the need for both recruiters and job searchers to be strategic is greater than ever. Both job seekers and university employment professionals say that clear objectives and goals — not number of followers or fans — should drive social media efforts.
Jennifer Pedde, a Syracuse University graduate currently looking for a job in higher education, joined Twitter a year ago after hearing about its power as a professional connection tool.
“I lived abroad in Korea for two years and wanted to start making contacts when I came back,” Pedde said. “I found that it’s been the biggest help in my job search because it’s so easy to connect with other people — if you start following someone, chances are they’ll follow you back and respond to your messages.”
Pedde also participates in Twitter’s Job Hunt Chat, an event held every Monday at 8 p.m. where the community weighs on questions posed by job seekers. Although a Twitter account is required to participate in the chat, anyone can follow along by searching the hashtag #jobhuntchat on Twitter’ssearch engine.
Jacqui Washington, an Atlanta-based career coach, said she encourages her clients to use Twitter to connect with companies and, if possible, recruiters and hiring managers. She also maintains a Twitter account that she uses to find leads for her clients.
“I encourage people to think outside the box and work toward creating the job they want, rather than waiting for jobs to be posted,” Washington said. “These tools can help them take those steps.”
While Twitter provides quick connections and communications, LinkedIn allows job seekers a chance to list more detailed information about themselves and their companies, connect with current and past colleagues, and have longer conversations in groups geared toward specific professions and interests. Rebecca Martin, a career coach and founder of Dear Jane Inc., said an updated and polished LinkedIn profile is nearly as important as a resume in today’s job market.
“If you don’t have an updated LinkedIn profile, it really looks like you don’t know what’s going on,” Martin said. “Recruiters and hiring managers are starting to consider a LinkedIn profile just as important as a resume.”
Elements of a good profile, Martin said, include clearly-defined career summaries and objectives, information about non-work activities, and mentions of any awards or honors received.
“Most people don’t sell themselves enough,” Martin said. “If you don’t put the information out there, recruiters and hiring managers may never know about it.”
Pedde said she uses LinkedIn to connect with people she meets on Twitter, so that she can learn more about them and they can see more detailed information about her and her career objectives. Her social media efforts recently landed her a spot on “Extreme Candidate Makeover,” an online talk radio show where job seekers have their resumes reviewed by job coaches.
“They gave me a great set of tips and a lot of new ideas to think about and it was all because of a post I responded to on Twitter,” Pedde said.
Don’t Stop Your Job Searching During the Holidays! Companies Are Hiring in December and January!
November 30, 2011 by admin
Filed under 8 ways to find a job, Career Coaching Advice, Career Tips for the day
How to Conduct an Effective Job Search During the Holidays.
Don’t Quit your Job Search Companies are Hiring!
Myth: Companies don’t hire during the Holidays.
Fact: People get hired all the time during the holidays, the number of positions might not be as high but Hiring Managers are looking for candidates to fill positions by January 2012.
Myth: Hiring Managers are too busy with Holiday Parties, Families, etc. and won’t have time to interview with candidates.
Fact: Not true, this is the best time to interview with hiring managers and executives because most of them don’t travel during the holidays so they are more flexible with their schedules.
Career Tips:
1) Most candidates quit their job search during December, and January so their will be more job opportunities for those candidates who continue searching for their dream job during these next few months.
2) Stay positive because all Hiring Managers and HR professionals are more relaxed, flexible and willing to accommodate you during the hiring process. They have less stress during this festive and holiday time.
3) Remember, some companies and hiring managers haven’t filled all their 2011 job requisitions and they don’t want to lose them, so they hurry and scurry around to find candidates during the last quarter (assuming their fiscal year is aligned with the calendar year.
Remember, you can find jobs/careers that bring you enjoyment and prosperity. Don’t forget to set yourself apart from your competitors; call and have a live telephone conversation and BE POLITELY PERSISTENT! Contact them, don’t wait for them to contact you! It’s important to first apply online on their company website and then call them so if you have something to talk about. If it’s a target company and you just want to talk to them about upcoming positions in 2012 then call them anyway. Good luck. Happy Holidays,
Rebecca
Indeed provides jobs and hope for people!
June 2, 2011 by admin
Filed under 8 ways to find a job, Career Resources, Career Tips for the day, Favorite websites, Human Resources, The Recruiting Process/The Hiring Process, Uncategorized
Indeed provides jobs and hope for people!
I have been using Indeed.com for 5 years and have told thousands of people about it from all over the world. My clients are successful in their job search and one of the reasons is because they use Indeed.com. I have been a career coach for 14 years. I am committed to getting people back to work within 6 weeks to 2.5 months no matter what! Indeed helps me meet my goals. I have been using the tool for 5 years.
Rebecca Martin
Dear jane Inc.
Indeed.com – provides jobs, finds the hidden job market and gets you back to work.
Best Job Search Site: Indeed
Below is an excerpt from an article Adam Pash, editor of Lifehacker.com wrote about Indeed.com
The web has changed the way you search when you find yourself in need of a new gig. Last week we asked you to share your favorite job search site, then we rounded up the most popular responses for a vote. Now we’re back with the winner.
Job search site Indeed, considered by many to be the “Google of job search”, led the pack with a commanding 47% of the vote. The rest of the competition was pretty tight, with LinkedIn at 19%, Craigslist at 14%, Monster at 12%, and Dice at 8%.
I couldn’t wait to blog about my favorite search engine Indeed. I love indeed. I can’t tell you how much I love indeed. It has truly revolutionized the way job seekers, recruiters, career coaches, hiring managers, human resource professionals, and the public relate to getting a job or posting jobs online. It’s easy, informative, fast, and definitely a one stop solution for finding jobs and candidates online. I can get salary information, learn about the good, bad and ugly on a company when I am engaging in the forums, I can find out about what’s really going on in a company because of how many job openings they have. Employers get hundreds of candidate resumes per hour coming right to their desktops. Job seekers find the hidden job market.
Job seekers can survey their professional environment without having to pay for Hoovers or Dunn and Bradstreet. In job search we call it “surveying your professional environment.” What does this mean? Well it means that you need to know what’s going on in your profession and in your local market. What’s happening with local companies. Indeed will tell you everything. They will let you know who is hiring and what they are hiring for and how much they are paying.
Indeed will list where the job description came from, the salaries the company is paying and then you can go into the forum section and learn so much about the company from all the discussions. You can post questions and people who have worked or work for the company past and present will answer your questions. You can get a lot of information for free. You can also tell if the company is in a growth mode or going through major changes by the number of postings on indeed.com.
Job seekers learn so much from Indeed.com. Most people that have been employed for so long don’t even know how to write a resume or how to even get started. I tell them go to indeed.com and use the posted job descriptions as the cliff note version to build their first draft resume. Find job descriptions that match their backgrounds to get some ideas.
Also, there are so many job boards and internet resources for certain industries and professions. For example Indeed pulls from higheredjobs.com and idealist.org for the higher education field and the nonprofit field. So this helps job seekers who are focused in their job search. There are so many reasons to use Indeed.com. I could go on and on. I could spend my life on Indeed.com and never ever get bored of it.
Now of course I eat sleep and breathe job searching and career coaching. I am a former recruiter and headhunter and now a career coach. I am overly committed to helping my clients find jobs and get hired. I don’t promise it but I do make sure it happens. I guess you could say it’s in the DNA. Once a recruiter always a recruiter. That’s what makes me and dear jane unique. All of our career coaches and trainers are either former recruiters or human resource professionals that have been recruiters. Indeed makes our job so easy.
The information below was taken from Indeed.com’s website:
Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 50 million unique visitors and 1 billion job searches per month. Indeed is available in more than 50 countries and 26
Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards. As the leading pay-for-performance recruitment advertising network, Indeed drives millions of targeted applicants to jobs in every field and is the most cost-effective source of candidates for thousands of companies.
Indeed is a privately held company founded by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan, with investors including The New York Times Company, Allen & Company, and Union Square Ventures. Indeed have offices in Austin, TX, Mountain View, CA, and Stamford, CT. For more information about Indeed, see our blog and media coverage or contact.
About Indeed
Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 50 million unique visitors and 1 billion job searches per month. Indeed is available in more than 50 countries and 24 languages, covering 94% of global GDP. Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites and job boards. As the leading pay-for-performance recruitment advertising network, Indeed drives millions of targeted applicants to jobs in every field and is the most cost-effective source of candidates for thousands of companies. Indeed is a privately held company founded by Paul Forster and Rony Kahan, with investors including The New York Times Company, Allen & Company, and Union Square Ventures. Indeed have offices in Austin, TX, Mountain View, CA, and Stamford, CT.
Starting today, veterans and military spouses can upload their resumes at www.indeed.com/military. Employers can sign up to be notified when employer services launch.
Joining Forces is a national initiative led by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to support military families in the areas of employment, education, and wellness. The initiative is a public/private partnership combining the efforts of government agencies with commitments from private companies to improve the lives of military families.
To learn more about Joining Forces, please visitwww.joiningforces.gov. For more information on Indeed Military, please visit www.indeed.com/military.
Below is the type of report dear jane Inc. receives monthly from the marketing department at Indeed.com. It is so inspiring and it’s very very different than what you are reading about in the newspapers and hearing on television.
Now you know why I don’t watch the news or read the paper. J As a career coach for the past 14 years and having been through the two of the worst economic downturns in the history of our nation since the great depression of 1929. I would not be able to provide hope for people who feel hopeless during their career transitions.
I like to stay positive and read reports like this. I am not a Pollyanna I just choose to read the facts. I coach people into jobs everyday and utilizing a tool like Indeed.com allows me to be successful at getting people back to work quickly and we always have fun through what seems to most clients at the time to be a very painful process.
Indeed’s May Industry Employment Trends show job postings increased in twelve of thirteen industries last month.
Highlights:
- Job postings increased in all but one industry – real estate
- Transportation and manufacturing job postings increased the most over the last quarter
- Job seeker demand for construction jobs rose 21% over the year
Real estate job postings slump
Job postings continued to climb in May; the industries tracked by Indeed’s Industry Employment Trends increased by a combined average of 4% since April.
Job postings increased over the month in all but one industry, real estate. Job postings in this underperforming industry declined 3% since April, 16% over the last quarter, and 11% in the last year.
Despite recent declines in real estate, construction job postings increased 5% in May – the industry’s fourth consecutive month-over-month gain. The most popular keywords used to search for jobs in the construction industry last month were construction, welder, and electrician.
Job seeker clicks – a measure of labor interest – on construction jobs reached 5,826,5126 in May. This represents a 21% increase in clicks compared to a year ago and a 2% increase over the prior month. The three job titles that received the most job seeker clicks were project manager, project coordinator, and laborer.
Quarterly growth
Transportation and manufacturing had the largest percentage increase in job postings over the prior quarter at 33% and 20% respectively.
Hospitality job postings increased 15% quarter-over-quarter as the industry entered the summer travel season. Summer job trends and search ideas are highlighted in our recent summer job search post.
May 2011 Industry Employment Trends
| Industry | Job Postings | Quarterly Change | |||
| Transportation | 154,748 | 33% | |||
| Manufacturing | 149,270 | 20% | |||
| Healthcare |
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16% | |||
| Hospitality | 114,958 | 15% | |||
| Retail | 431,614 | 11% | |||
| Construction | 131,847 | 10% | |||
| Education |
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8% | |||
| Information Technology |
|
6% | |||
| Human Resources |
|
6% | |||
| Accounting | 168,203 | 5% | |||
| Media | 52,781 | 5% | |||
| Financial Services and Banking |
|
-1% | |||
| Real Estate |
|
-16% |
Job Market CompetitionUnemployed per Job PostingHow hard is it to find a job in your city? Here’s the number of unemployed per job posting Updated April 2011
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Execute! Execute! Execute! It’s important to keep your activity high in job search.
April 12, 2011 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice
During your job search it’s so important to keep
a log, journal, or spreadsheet that documents
your job search activity. Resume submittals
cultivate interviews, interviews cultivate offers.
We don’t realize how much time we spend on other
things besides our job search. Stay focused and
you will get results.
Execute Your Strategy
In his Six Disciplines blog, Skip Reardon, a Certified Business Coach offers advice on strategy execution, leadership development, and business process improvement. In a recent post, he provides some fundamental principles about strategy and execution:
- Execution will always be more important than strategy.
- Actions will always speak louder than words.
- A fair-to-middling strategy – exceptionally executed – will almost always yield better bottom-line results than a great strategy poorly executed.
- A great strategy never executed (which happens a lot more than any of us would like to admit) is a lame exercise in futility.
Perhaps, the best (and funniest) example is from sports.
John McKay had a track record as the highly successful coach of the University of Southern California Trojans. He moved on to the NFL to become the first head coach of the expansion franchise Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where his team set a record by going winless in their first 26 games.
A sportswriter caught McKay right after a particularly ugly loss:
“Coach McKay, What do you think of your team’s execution?”
He responded: “I’m in favor of it.”
Practicing self-care is crucial during your job search – dear jane diary entries
March 23, 2011 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice
The Importance of Self-Care during Your Job Search
To avoid total mutiny of body and soul during this process, I have had to initiate some serious self-care during this process. After a few months of looking for a job in this economy, I find myself not wanting to read ONE MORE JOB AD. If I have to upload one more resume, get contacted by one more insurance company about selling life insurance, or have to click on one more pop-up window for higher education, I may not be responsible for my own actions.
So, in addition to my regularly scheduled phone appointments with my dear Jane coach which are saving my sanity during this process, I have to actually schedule in some “mandatory” fun. This includes anything that is fun for me…bookstores, parks, walks, movies…you name it…as long as it relaxes me and gives me a break from the task at hand.
I don’t expect this job search to last forever (thanks to dear Jane); but, in the meantime…I need to remember that I’m no use to myself or my future employer if I’m emotionally and mentally exhausted
before I even begin the job!
Knowledge is Power, diary entries from a dear jane client
March 9, 2011 by admin
Filed under Career Coaching Advice, interviewing, Uncategorized
Dear Jane Diaries:
It’s important to view each interview as an assignment versus a potential job until an actual job offer is made. Having your expectations too high can set you up for disappointment and also block you from missing one of the most important elements of the interview itself…what it offers for future interviews. In each interview – good or bad – leading to a job or not – is the seed of what to do next.
In one of my interviews, the prospective employer asked me questions and mentioned terms and companies I knew nothing about so instead of feeling bad about myself, I immediately made it my business to educate myself about those terms using Wikopedia and doing research on those companies following that interview. What that led me to was MORE job opportunities in the companies he’d mentioned and more knowledge and skills in my job-searching toolkit.
Another interview recently led me to discover exactly what I AM willing to do as far as a commute is involved. I tend to be pretty rigid as far as where I’ll work so when someone from San Francisco called, I wasn’t interested…until I checked out his company on the Internet and saw that it was a fantastic company. That led me to actually do the math and the logistics on BART tickets, parking costs, time spent, etc…all things I had never done before dismissing the possibility out-of-hand. So “willingness” has become another important tool in my kit.
In addition, I’ve begun using dear Jane’s recommendation of www.salaryexpert.com and www.salary.com under the job descriptions that fit my background to see what salaries are out there in the locations I’m interested in. What an amazing “free” tool to find out what my skills are worth in the positions out there…
As with everything else in my job search, knowledge really IS power and the very least I expect to come out of this process with is a job…the more important thing is a deeper knowledge of myself.
