Lost your job? . . . Recently laid off? . . . Or about to be down-sized?

These are tough times for the older worker who is still required to generate an income.

While the competition is stronger and the job search process is trickier, there’s some good news. Older workers are increasingly valued in some key industries. The secret to your success is to learn how to promote yourself to the right decision-makers.

Here are five powerful job search tips that can seriously advance your candidacy.

1. Get…

Planning a career can be defined as choosing life’s important paths. A careful planning is certainly required when it comes to how you would earn a living. If planning is not implemented it will culminate in not only a financial problem but it might even turn into a physical, psychological and emotional problem. The consequence of ruining our life can be dreadful. There are many experiences of people who have earned a living with nothing in hand. This can happen only with a keen career plan. Hence planning must…

The global financial crisis is now having an obvious impact on every walk of life. Unemployment in 30 of the world’s wealthiest countries is expected to rise by some 8 million people in the next two years as the severest recession since the 1980s takes hold, according to an Economic Outlook report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This translates into 42 million unemployed in OECD countries in 2010.

As vacancies continue to evaporate, competition for any job available will become fiercer. After the…

You know that you’re talented, bright, and would be an asset to any company that hired you. Your IT skills and abilities are second to none. So why aren’t you landing your dream job? It may be that you just don’t know how to stand out from the crowd. Here are some tips and ideas to help you stand out in your IT job search.

Network. Use your connections with family, friends, and colleagues to help you find job openings that you wouldn’t otherwise hear about.…

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Statistics show that almost 99% of resumes are never even looked at, and if you are looking for a job this can be a daunting statistic. You may be wondering how you can get in that 1% of resumes that are actually considered. Well, the key to having an employer take a look at your resume is making sure that your resume stands out among the hundreds of resumes that were submitted. If you really want to land a job, then you need to make sure that you have…

A cover letter is perhaps the trickiest letter you will ever have to write as a job seeker. It can’t be too long so as to bore the reader while at the same time, it can’t too short either. If you really look at it, you won’t be writing anything more than who you are and why are you writing the cover letter, yet you still want to make it impressive by making it different from the tons that might be fighting to be on top.

So what are…

Executives Network President and CEO Molly Wendell shares her job-networking tips on KAZ-TV CW’s The Pat McMahon Show in Phoenix on Feb. 9, 2009. Part 2 of 2. Used with permission from KAZ-TV.
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Are you out of work? Learn how to improve your job search through with references in this free video clip from a professional job consultant. Expert: Tine Buechler Bio: Tine Buechler obtained her BA in adult education from Brock University in St Catherines, ON. She also graduated with a BA in sociology from the University of Western in London, ON. Filmmaker: Melissa Schenk
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Amybeth Hale skypes in to Dr. Kaye Sweetser’s public relations writing class on March 31, 2009 to provide resume tips.
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