Job Search Time Increases

Job Search Time Increases This is not your ordinary career site. I help the corporate worker who toils away in the company cubicle make career transitions. You want to do your job well, following all the rules -- . The career transitions where I can help you center on three critical career areas: How to land a job, succeed in a job, and build employment security. Top 10 Posts on Categories March’s unemployment dropped to 4.4% â€" but the average time a job seeker remained unemployed increased from 16.4 weeks in February to 17.3 weeks in March. Over at Career Hub, Brian Weis provided six steps to a simple job search game plan â€" and they are all good and I’d go there to take a look. I’d add another one for the job search plan â€" increase your savings to account for the increase in job search time. After all, seventeen weeks to a new job â€" on average â€" means having to survive on your savings if you are laid off for a total of 4+ months. Do you have take home pay, including the ability to pay for COBRA health insurance for 4+ months? In today’s marketplace, having the financial backing to search for a job â€" the right job â€" is a great reliever of stress. Financials in place allow you to systematically look for a position that is right for you. Behind all six steps of a simple job search game plan are finances that let you do the the work to find the right job. And not desperate for any job. […] Yesterday, I wrote about the increasing time it takes for a person to find a new job â€" moving from 16.3 weeks in February to 17+ weeks in March. […] Reply This is not your ordinary career site. I help the corporate worker who toils away in the company cubicle make career transitions. You want to do your job well, following all the rules â€" . The career transitions where I can help you center on three critical career areas: How to land a job, succeed in a job, and build employment security. policies The content on this website is my opinion and will probably not reflect the views of my various employers. Apple, the Apple logo, iPad, Apple Watch and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. I’m a big fan.