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Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life

Job-hunting tips from the December 15, 2008, issue of QuintZine.

Regular QuintCareers contributor Deborah Brown-Volkman, PCC, who is a noted credentialed coach, career expert, and author of six top-selling career-coaching and business books, has announced the introduction of her new "Reinvent Yourself" Members-Only Career Coaching Group.

The group is for smart, hard-working individuals who are tired of being a victim because their jobs are being eliminated (or already have been). They want on-going support to create the next chapter in their lives; also known as Act II. This is not a "get-a-new job" group, but instead a "get-a new-career" group.

"Our economy is in the worst shape since the depression," says Brown-Volkman. "Not only are jobs going away, but so are entire industries. Technology jobs are being outsourced. Financial-services jobs are dwindling or disappearing. If your job is about to go away, or already has, then there is nothing to fear anymore."

Brown-Volkman continues, "If you want to use this time in your life to go in a different direction; after a career that will make you happy, finally, while also paying the bills, then this is the group for you."

Learn more about the group.

In these difficult economic times, it's helpful to know the 30 US cities (and their Metropolitan Statistical Areas) with the lowest unemployment rates, according to the October 2008 numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

1. Bismarck, North Dakota. Unemployment rate 2.2
2. Logan, Utah. Unemployment rate 2.4
3. Fargo, North Dakota. Unemployment rate 2.5
4. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Unemployment rate 2.5
5. Casper, Wyoming. Unemployment rate 2.6
6. Ames, Iowa. Unemployment rate 2.7
7. Morgantown, West Virginia. Unemployment rate 2.7
8. Grand Forks, North Dakota. Unemployment rate 2.8
9. Iowa City, Iowa. Unemployment rate 2.9
10. Lincoln, Nebraska. Unemployment rate 2.9
11. Rapid City, South Dakota. Unemployment rate 2.9
12. Provo-Orem, Utah. Unemployment rate 3.0
13. Idaho Falls, Idaho. Unemployment rate 3.1
14. Midland, Texas. Unemployment rate 3.1
15. Billings, Montana. Unemployment rate 3.2
16. Salt Lake City, Utah. Unemployment rate 3.2
17. Charleston, West Virginia. Unemployment rate 3.4
18. Charlottesville, Virginia. Unemployment rate 3.4
19. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Unemployment rate 3.4
20. Farmington, New Mexico. Unemployment rate 3.5
21. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas-Missouri. Unemployment rate 3.5
22. Madison, Wisconsin. Unemployment rate 3.5
23. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska-Iowa. Unemployment rate 3.5
24. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Unemployment rate 3.5
25. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unemployment rate 3.3
26. Sioux City, Iowa. Unemployment rate 3.5
27. Harrisonburg, Virginia. Unemployment rate 3.6
28. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah. Unemployment rate 3.6
29. Lafayette, Louisiana. Unemployment rate 3.37
30. Odessa, Texas. Unemployment rate 3.7

See the rate for all 369 metropolitan areas.

So many people are competing for the scarce few jobs available that each candidate needs to use all the resources they can find. One resource, offered by Job Search Coach Rita Ashley, is a white paper entitled "Open the Door to Your Next Job with the Power of LinkedIn," a no-cost download. The whitepaper is targeted at those who want to optimize LinkedIn as a job-search tool.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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