Job Search Tips

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During difficult economic people are still unhappy with their jobs. Sure you are probably grateful to have a job, when others are struggling, but you are still unhappy. What should you do?

If you have a marketable skill set you might want to consider a passive job search. Despite the bad news some employers are still looking for talent. Fair or not employers look upon unemployed individuals as damaged goods. If you are still employed you are perceived as having extra value.

Recruiters would rather steal you away from a company than hire you from the unemployment line. It’s the same with dating. As a guy you are never as desirable as when you have a girlfriend. That’s not fair you might say, well welcome to a little place I like to call reality.

The bottom line is that if you still employed and you have transferable skills you could consider posting your resume on the major job boards. State that you are currently employed by XYZ corp. See what happens.

This is a great article by Nick Corcodilos of asktheheadhunter.com. The article is about a job board called The Ladders. The Ladders is a job board that claims to only offer jobs that pay 100K+. According to the article this claim is not true.

Let me just warn you that you should never pay someone for a job lead. Companies pay millions to job boards to advertise positions, so it is unethical for a job board to turn around and attempt to charge for the privilege of access their database.  Someone offering

Happy Job Searching!