31Oct

Job Cuts: Are You (job sites) Next?

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By Aydan Corkern

  In the past five years, there have been more job cuts than there has ever been before. It is scary to see how many there have been and how it is getting worse every single month. People are losing their homes, cars, boats, and everything else they own, or they have to sell their things just to pay their bills so they can get by until they can find another job. They took 159,000 jobs off the payroll just in September this year. This was bigger than the job cuts in March of 2003, and it has gotten much worse since then. Just think of how bad it is going to get by the end of this year or next year. It is hard to think of but it can happen and we have to prepare for this to happen.

Did you know that 760,000 jobs had to be let go just this year? Just think of all those people out of work. It makes you sick to think of how the economy is getting and of all those people who have no jobs. The economy is going down. More and more jobs are being let go because they have to be cut and because they could not keep them on the payroll. They say we need to understand that all that is going on in the economy will be repaired and restored to how it was with time, but they need to understand that we have to have money to live on and that we can’t live like this. They need to get their acts straightened up to get it fixed or the economy will fall and fall hard.

In August there were 73,000 jobs that were cut, and in July there were 67,000 jobs gone. These occurred in just a couple of months’ time, and you can see how bad it is getting out there. If things don’t get better, there might only be a few jobs out there left or none that are hiring at all. People are getting worried because their jobs can be next in line to be cut. Jobs can slow down, and then you know it is coming. Sometimes, you will have an order so high and then it will drop, meaning it is gone and you don’t even know it. It can be because the company went out of business or that particular item that is being manufactured went out without you knowing.

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Preparing For an Interview - 3 Tips to Ace an Interview
By Roberto Garabell

  When is comes to getting a job it is pretty much like anything else. You need to build value and essentially sell yourself. The question you ought to ask yourself is, “Why should this company employ me”?

1. What can you bring to the table, what is it that you can deliver? You need to be specifically plain on this matter and have it prepared, otherwise you will not be able to clearly identify why the company should employ you.

You are their for one reason, and that is prove to them why you are the right candidate for the job.

The only reason you are there is because they need someone to do a specific job, you need to know what that is and how you can do it better than anyone else.

2. Ask questions, many people forget to do this when going for an interview. Instead they keep talking and don’t listen to what the interviewee is saying. Worse still they are so pr-occupied with how they perform, that they start to miss the question and give an answer which is not relevant.

3. This leads me to point number three. Listen to what they are saying. Take a little time before answering to understand what is behind their question. They ask questions for a reason and it is better to understand this, above that of answering with pre-canned answers that are not relevant.

If you need to, take notes so as to refresh your memory. When in the interview sit up and show interest. Be engaging and look them in the eye when answering. There is nothing worse than someone you cannot look you in the eye.

To conclude, make sure you dress appropriately, answer questions thoughtfully and succinctly.

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