Un-employment

[Gibbs4Life]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

[Jeremy81]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

Not scouting...

[KazooSkinsFan]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

As a small business owner, the people who I am most interested in hiring right now are people who have a good attitude, take initiative, are flexible and take on whatever task needs to be done whether or not it's interesting to them. The ones I want to get rid of are the ones who view the workday like the end of a football game when they have a 14 point lead and are trying to run out the clock.

[Deadskins]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

I hear The Danny is looking for a new toady.

[j05h]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

Depends on what you're good at. Ever tried Monster?

[JansenFan]

As someone that was laid off last year and had to go through a job search, my suggestion is to talk to your friends and work your connections. I looked for months and then a former boss recommended me for a position and its the job I have now.

By going through a connection, the Company has someone they trust vouching for you and you have someone that can tell you what kind of employer they are. Its a win-win.

[Deadskins]

As someone that was laid off last year and had to go through a job search, my suggestion is to talk to your friends and work your connections. I looked for months and then a former boss recommended me for a position and its the job I have now.

By going through a connection, the Company has someone they trust vouching for you and you have someone that can tell you what kind of employer they are. Its a win-win.

Unless the former boss didn't like you.

[patjam77]

Seems to be steady at 10%; I'm looking for a good job, any ideas?

First thing you have to do is keep hope alove brother. It's hard but if you don't it will eat at you. second. make yourself marketable. if you have a skill try to build upon it. I had none. I went to computer school and got a job in a month. I'm not making what I was BUT if I get laid off again, I feel confident I could find a job quickly again.

Just stay positive bud. Everything will work out.

[JansenFan]

As someone that was laid off last year and had to go through a job search, my suggestion is to talk to your friends and work your connections. I looked for months and then a former boss recommended me for a position and its the job I have now.

By going through a connection, the Company has someone they trust vouching for you and you have someone that can tell you what kind of employer they are. Its a win-win.

Unless the former boss didn't like you.

Of course in that case, he probably wouldn't have liked the boss either. LOL

[welch]

As someone that was laid off last year and had to go through a job search, my suggestion is to talk to your friends and work your connections. I looked for months and then a former boss recommended me for a position and its the job I have now.

By going through a connection, the Company has someone they trust vouching for you and you have someone that can tell you what kind of employer they are. Its a win-win.

JF is right. I just "placed" a friend who was laid off in our "lean" process. It helped that we had already figured out who would go in which year, so I had him replace me on a project when I went on vacation last summer.

Of course, it also helped that the project was (and is) for my what was old division of GE, so I still have contacts.

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I sense that jobs are loosening a bit in computers and banking. Nothing like the spectacular "dot com" era, but banks seems to have slowed their layoffs, and vendors are beginning to hire.

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A suggestion:

- take any job for now, just to keep your blood moving.

- keep looking, but find a way to maintain a work-day routine.

- my own hiring instinct is (a) hire the person who has enthusiasm for the work itself. (b) avoid the person who is looking for promotion, money, stock options. Consider: if you are on a project and it is crunch time, you want to work with people who take pride in doing good work...not people who are looking for their next career-jump.

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Finally, unemployment pounds us all, as a group. It comes because the economy is down, and hits particularly hard at companies that are badly managed. Most managers are forced to behave incompetently, so if you find a good one, stick close. It is not your personal failing. No way.