Dealing With Job Search Depression

Surely many of us have experienced the emotional ebbs and flows inherent to the Job Search. Jason Alba from Jibber Jobber lists some good points below to help arrest the depression that can often paralyze our ability to fight the good fight towards employment. Move on from the job boards. Sure, get on job boards, but set up their agents and then just watch your inbox.  Don’t spend much time...

LinkedIN as character evidence for job – or MURDER!

For all you Chicagoans out there, you are probably familiar with the big local news story about the big break in the case of the murderer of a former Chicago Bears player’s girlfriend and unborn child. I was watching the 10pm ABC news tonight that detailed the case and provided background on the suspect – a woman named Marni Kay Yang – who apparently had ‘a crush’ on the former...

The art of finding a job

You’re out of work. You’re hardly alone. Through the first 11 months of 2008, the nation’s economy lost 1.9 million jobs. That means that just like it’s a buyer’s market for houses, where home shoppers can be extra choosy, the recession makes it an employer’s market for new hires. It’s no time to dwell on the negative, though. Experts say there are...

I lost my job, now what?

Unfortunately, many people have lost their jobs in recent weeks and months.  With the demise of Lehman Brothers (at the beginning of this week), Bear Stearns earlier this year, the job reductions implemented at many financial institutions, and the knock-on impact on other businesses caused by increased joblessness, many people are finding themselves out of work and more job losses are likely to...