Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Tips to Guide Your Job Search and Work Life
Job-hunting tips from the March 9, 2009, issue of
QuintZine.
The Career Management Alliance, through its parent company Kennedy Information, is offering
a series of Career Cafe Webinars for job-seekers. These convenient, low-cost webinars provide
the hottest tips and tricks -- from an expert perspective -- to finding a job. Participants
can ask questions, too. They're held on Mondays at noon (Eastern) at a cost of $47.
Learn more at the Career Cafe site.
Next up (March 16) is "Stand Out from the Competition: Interview Prep Tips and Key
Non-Verbal Behaviors," presented by QuintCareers' own Kathy Hansen.
(See details here.)
How is your industry looking in this recession? The job-search aggregator Indeed.com is now
showing industry trends, in terms of numbers of job postings in each industry, and how those
have changed since a year ago. All industries are currently down over last year except for
education (up 22 percent) and healthcare (up 4 percent). See the figures here:
Major Industries: Indeed.com.
In 2008, employers were under great pressure to reduce hires (and associated costs) attributed
to third-party recruiters, newspapers, and traditional job boards. That was the most visible hiring trend
in the annual Source of Hire Study: What Happened in 2008 and What It Means for 2009 released by
CareerXroads.
This no-cost, public, 8th annual report, is intended as a detailed description about how one group of
corporations fills its open positions in the US/North America.
Other highlights from the study include:
Internal transfers and promotions comprised 38.8 percent of ALL the full-time positions a company fills.
Referrals (employee, alumni, vendor, etc.) make up 27.3 percent of all external hires and is arguably the No. 1
external source.
For 2009, respondents predict another 15.7 percent drop in hires, and not a single firm predicted it would
hire more this year than last.
The Career Management Alliance, through its parent company Kennedy Information, is offering
a series of Career Cafe Webinars for job-seekers. These convenient, low-cost webinars provide
the hottest tips and tricks -- from an expert perspective -- to finding a job. Participants
can ask questions, too. They're held on Mondays at noon (Eastern) at a cost of $47.
