According to Daily Finance, fewer jobs than expected were lost in August. Even though reports show that over 151,000 jobs were lost as temporary census positions, manufacturing, and state and local governments shed positions, it was reported that companies added a total of 67,000 new jobs in August with an additional 17,000 temporary positions.
Unemployment is still extremely high (9.6% in August) with a large number of discouraged individuals who aren’t currently looking for work and who are not even counted in these figures.
Whether you are currently looking for a job or have temporarily stopped looking, Alison Doyle offers some great job search tips on her About.com – Job Searching site for you to consider.
If you are currently unemployed or seeking a new job because you’re miserable going to work each day, here are some suggestions I often give my clients:
- Create a 30 second elevator speech to introduce yourself to everyone you meet
- Begin networking with family, friends, acquaintances, and alumni from your college
- Join social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to connect with old colleagues or to meet new professionals in the field
- Join social networking groups to meet like minded individuals
- Check out members of your local Chamber of Commerce
- Review the Classified Ads in your local newspaper
- Prospect with companies you’d be interested in working for
- Visit job boards and online job sites on a daily basis, but don’t make this your only job search strategy
By changing what you’re currently doing and engaging in some new and different strategies, you may find yourself getting a more responses from employers from all of those resumes you’re sending out.
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