Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life
Job-hunting tips from the February 9, 2009, issue of
QuintZine.
One kind of employment seems to flourish in a recession -- temp work. The Freeport, IL, Journal-Standard quotes
Robert Wilson, president of Employco Group, a Human-resources outsourcing firm that works with
more than 400 small to mid-sized companies across the country, who says the number of part-time and
temporary candidates has risen 27 percent since last year. "And there has been a dramatic increase
in part-time hiring from the temp division -- up 40 percent from last year," reports
Jessica Young of GateHouse News Service.
"This shift is occurring in spite of the downturn," says Wilson, who deals with companies in 40 states.
"Across most industries, new hiring has come to a screeching halt as bottom lines are being
scrutinized, so work is being outsourced to temps as the financial landscape continues
to deteriorate."
Willy Franzen of OneDayOneJob.com and Jason Seiden, a leadership and communications
consultant, have launched a 21-day, online course for early careerists (grad students, recent students,
upcoming grads, and other recent arrivals into corporate America). The curriculum is based on
the training structure Seiden has used successfully for the last 8 years and covers transferable skills
such as goal setting, project management, research, communications, and sales. "We show how to tailor
these skills to the job search so that job-seekers are constantly honing key competencies even
during their search," Seiden says.
The content includes 41 lessons organized into 7 Foundations, time-released over 21 days. There is nightly homework. Cost is $152.
Janet White, author of Secrets of the Hidden Job Market, is offering
a no-cost 28-page book, Your Layoff and the Law of Attraction. "You'll learn what
[the law of attraction] is, how it works and how you may be unknowingly using it
right now to keep you unemployed, regardless of how hard you are looking
for work or how desperately you want to get hired," White says.
White notes that "the e-book will teach you the power of your thoughts and the
power you have to change your life when you change your thinking and take action
inspired by your new thoughts and intuition."
To get the book at no cost, e-mail White at janet@jobmarketsecrets.com
and use "Your Layoff Ebook" in the subject line. Also include your full name, city, and state.
One kind of employment seems to flourish in a recession -- temp work. The Freeport, IL, Journal-Standard quotes
Robert Wilson, president of Employco Group, a Human-resources outsourcing firm that works with
more than 400 small to mid-sized companies across the country, who says the number of part-time and
temporary candidates has risen 27 percent since last year. "And there has been a dramatic increase
in part-time hiring from the temp division -- up 40 percent from last year," reports
Jessica Young of GateHouse News Service.
