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As we fast approach the holiday season, this article discusses how to land a job during this busy time of year. Using holiday parties and networking to your advantage is crucial to landing a new job and starting the New Year off on the right foot. Being proactive and forward thinking during the holidays is critical and looks good to potential employers as opposed to putting the job search on the back burner.
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We recently sent a survey out to a number of our clients. One of the questions on the survey was “Is there a statement you’d care to offer regarding our services?” A resounding return comment from our clients was that MSi is able to find the right candidates for “hard to fill” opportunities. While we love to fill the easy positions too, we are honored that our clients know they can trust us to find the candidate they need in any situation.
According to the article, America’s Tough Jobs Even Tougher to Fill on www.ere.net, it seems that there are a lot of Companies experiencing difficulty in hiring. Would you agree with this statement for your company? What is your greatest hiring difficulty right now? We would love to help.
If you think that “dressing for success” means throwing on a pair of pants and tucking in a wrinkled shirt, think again!! Take this article from Careerbuilder to heart. It has some excellent pointers on looking like a million bucks and getting that job offer!
As we all know, South Florida’s economy and infrastructure was built on Construction and Development firms and their clients. However, with the tough recent economy, many of those firms’ employees have been out of work for long stretches. Therefore, this article should come as a spot of good news that some companies are hiring, and even participating in a job fair just to find the people. Keeping a positive attitude and attending events like this can be a great resource for lifelong construction industry job seekers.
Miami Museum Job Fair Highlights New Opportunities for Construction Workers
This quick article offers an interesting take directly from the employee’s perspective. Articles like this are good because they highlight exactly what employees believe is keeping them employed. From a recruiter standpoint, I would certainly concur that Experience and Education are the two biggest factors when matching the right candidate with the right client.
Workers Say Experience and Education More Critical Than Working Longer Hours
In Palm Beach county, tourism has recently started to rise despite a stall in the economy. In fact, 1 in 8 jobs in the county are tourism-related. Hospitality Jobs Increasing in Palm Beach County
The legal business has started to tick up in South Florida. Numerous law firms around the area are hiring again.
Reflecting on the current state of Florida’s economy and its unemployment rate, Governor Scott still sees Florida on track to create hundreds of thousands of jobs as the national economy starts to rebound. He still sees the two main factors to job creation as being the ability of current Florida companies’ to expand, as well as attracting new companies to the area. How quickly that happens remains to be seen.
The following article is an interesting take on “job searching” during these slower summer months. In referencing the article, the main point to drive home is that you only get out of your job search what you put into it. The days of mass applying, where someone throws their resume against the wall and hope it sticks somewhere, are over. Job seekers need to be smarter and more efficient about the ways that they use their time when searching.
Pounding the pavement without a solution? Given there are 2 million temporary employees in the U.S. today (U.S. Bureau Labor Statistics), temporary staffing may be just the answer. Plus, the stigma that has been associated with being a “temp” is diminishing.
Read more on Temp Jobs in the Future of Work
