Category: Job Search Preparation

Hiring in Insecure Times; Generalists Rule!

By HankJob Search Preparation, Self promotionhiring, skills identification

The economy is taking a nose dive. Housing prices are dropping and default rates increasing. Employers are getting nervous. Should they hire or fire? Where will it all lead? Recession? Inflation? Damned if I know! I’m no economist, to be sure! But I do know that good things can happen during times of an economic…

Slowing Economy = Candidate Opportunity

By HankJob Search Preparation, Networking, Self promotionNetworking

So the nation’s economy is in a slump. Should employers be expanding their workforces or chopping them down? In a recession, unemployment rises. Though we may not be in an official recession yet, the unemployment figures are on the rise. Competition for good jobs will also go up! This makes it all the more imperative…