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Buyer/Product Developer - Extensive background in strategic buying and product development. Extensive experience includes development of product lines including bronze, porcelain, cold-cast, and pewter. Responsible for research, verification and dissemination of information about demand requirements as well as supply and logistical means to ensure on time delivery. Worked systematically with marketing/sales, product development, international and domestic manufacturers and trading companies to manage on time product delivery. Advanced proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint!
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Marketing Assistant Over ten years experience in marketing and communications. Experience includes planning, scheduling, managing and executing seminar events to increase client base. Prepare and prospect and client mailings, track event responses and make follow-up phone calls to prospects. Develop, design, create and distribute marketing materials and maintain prospect database. Also maintain customer database, quarterly sales, expenses and annual revenue records. ADVANCED computer and graphics skills and typing speed of over 92 wpm!
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Executive Assistant - This candidate has an OUTSTANDING presentation and great personality – She is Friendly, professional, self-confident. In addition to ADVANCED skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, this candidate has a solid work history, including extensive experience in the executive suite performing all levels of administrative duties, including maintaining meeting schedules for busy executives using Outlook and making extensive travel arrangements. Industry experience includes Insurance and Cable industries.
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Many job seekers are exploring new careers right now because they need a change or the economy is forcing that change. This is a scary thought for most people. What are your options? What else are you good at? Where do you start?
Why is change so scary? Well, first of all, change means going into the unknown. You know your job, your expertise, your contacts, processes, and more. Now you will have to be the “newbie” and that’s always stressful. It also means rocking the boat – staying where you are is much more comfortable than delving into new waters. On the other hand, change can be exhilarating and can lift you out of a stagnant situation. When we have many years left in the workplace, there’s no reason to remain stuck in a job or industry that is personally unrewarding.
So, take a deep breath! Before undertaking any ambitious goal, it’s a good idea to do some research, some exploration, and some reflection to help fine-tunea goal that you will be comfortable going after. Be realistic about whether the goal is attainable for you and what the financial impact of any change might be.
Assessment – If you have absolutely no idea, you might want to start with a skills / career assessment. Some are available online but I recommend working with a trusted career counselor to guide you in the use and interpretation of these tools. Assessments should be viewed only as a starting point to do further research on the careers suggested. Another idea is to be creative about turning a hobby or other passion into a possible career. For example, do you like dogs? How about a dog sitting service?.
Research – It can be very helpful to research potential careers. Look up information on sites such as www.online.onetcenter.org, www.careeroverview.com, or www.careers.org. Look at current job boards such as monster and hotjobs to see if there is hiring going on in those careers. Use www.salary.com to help you ballpark compensation ranges. Find people who do these careers to see what they think of their chosen field – do they like it? What is a typical day / week like for them? What is the potential for growth? What type of training or education do you need to succeed in this field?
Success – Network with people in your new chosen field to develop relationships and to learn everything you can about your new area. Create a resume that repositions you for the new career. You must highlight the skills, experience, and any credentials that relate to the new career. Write a cover letter that gives a compelling reason to consider you as a great candidate. Above all, be sure that everything you state is honest. Then be sure to be persistent and positive. I’ve seen enough successful career transitions to know that it can be done. Wishing you the best of success in your search!
The dog days of summer are proving to be dogged indeed for job seekers. After adding
an average of 220,000 jobs per month in February, March and April, the job market finished out the first half of the year with a thud, adding just 25,000 jobs in May and 18,000 in June. Still, there is hope that the stalling recovery is more of a summer slowdown than a long-term trend.
According to CareerBuilder’s annual Mid Year Job Forecast, more employers plan to hire new employees in the second half of this year than last year, and — even better — more employers also plan to make these workers full time. Of the nearly 2,700 hiring managers polled for the survey, 47 percent said they plan to hire new workers through the end of the year, up from 41 percent last year; while 35 percent planned to make those workers full-time employees, up from 28 percent one year earlier.
“Last year, certain sectors or departments in companies were producing jobs. This year, the U.S. is seeing job creation in all industries, functions and company sizes,” says Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder. Ferguson said the survey findings, job listings on CareerBuilder.com and conversations with employers point to improved hiring in the coming months.
Ferguson cautions, however, that although hiring should pick up again by the end of the year, “higher energy prices, debt, inflation and other factors may deter a significant acceleration in hiring,” meaning that job creation may or may not reach the levels it did in the first quarter of 2011. Still, he says, the survey results are encouraging for the millions of Americans who are looking for jobs.
Here, a closer look at expected hiring through the end of the year.
The best regions for hiring
Anticipated hiring is up over last year in all regions of the country. The South, however, is expected to be the most active region for hiring in the coming months: 38 percent of employers there plan to hire new full-time employees through the end of the year, followed by employers in the West (35 percent), the Northeast (34 percent) and the Midwest (32 percent).
In keeping with surveys from past years, companies seem to be concentrating their hiring efforts in technology and customer-facing fields. The three functional areas employers plan to hire in first are customer service (23 percent), information technology (21 percent) and sales (20 percent).
To a lesser extent, employers also expressed plans to hire workers in the areas of administration, business development, accounting and finance, and marketing.
Believe it or not, despite the fact that millions of Americans are having trouble finding jobs, it’s also true that a lot of employers are having a hard time finding employees.
According to the survey results, 50 percent of employers say they’re having a hard time finding skilled workers — a problem that’s experienced in numerous functional areas including information technology, customer service and communication.
Want to know more about the future of hiring? Following the below gauges will help you get a better picture of where the job market is headed.
•The Conference Board’s monthly employment trends index:The index from the research association analyzes eight different labor market indicators, so it’s seen as a more stable indicator of long-term job market trends. In the last year, it’s gone up 5.4 percent.
•Company earnings: The first quarter of 2011 saw record-breaking earnings for many companies, a trend that, if continued into Q2 could mean good things for jobs in the back half of the year. Most major corporations are set to release their Q2 earnings in the next couple of weeks.
Kaitlin Madden is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, www.The Work Buzz.com.
Fifty-six percent of those polled in a Workplace Options survey feel that more than a quarter of the nation’s youth do not have the skills to be prepared to work, and 21% feel that more than half the nation’s youth don’t possess the skill sets to be workforce-ready.
More than 70% of the general public believe K-12 or higher education plays a key role in preparing youth for work, and only 3% believe employers have the most responsibility to prepare young people for work, the survey found. Sixty-eight percent feel that young people with a high school diploma are not prepared to work, whereas 35% express the same concern for young people with college degrees.
According to the general public, young people are lacking the following skills:
. Professionalism (37%)
. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills (19%)
. Basic skills (writing, reading and math) (16%)
. Communication skills (written and oral) (15%)
. Creativity (5%)
“Our nation’s businesses and communities must step up to the plate to help prepare our youth for entering the workplace with the right skills and competencies for tomorrow’s success,” comments Workplace Options CEO Dean Debnam. “Effective partnerships with businesses, state and local leaders, education systems and communities will help produce a competitive workforce and enable these young people to realize their full potential.”
SIReview – February 2011
