Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Top 5 Myths About Getting Your Next Job

Top 5 Myths About Getting Your Next Job

Job seekers today face tremendous challenges. Our national unemployment rate is 8.9%, more than 13.5 million people are out of work, and approximately 2 million college students are graduating this year and attempting to enter this strained job market. The good news is there are jobs and companies are hiring. There's competition, but if you have the appropriate tools and techniques to bring to your job search, success is within your control. Now is not the time to take the same job search approach of years past. Now is the time to take a proactive approach and employ techniques to help set yourself apart from the competition. Dan Burns, author of The First 60 Seconds: Win The Job Interview Before It Begins, reveals the secrets to being effective in today's job market on Smartman Daily.