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QuintZine: Nov. 2, 2009: Job Action Day 2009!
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Nov 2, 2009, Vol. 10, No. 10
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IN THIS ISSUE:
-- Notes from the editor and publisher
-- This Issue's Job Action Day Feature Article:
10 Things (Activities) You Can Do Today
for Your Job Search
-- Special Job Action Day Features on:
- Stimulus Jobs
- Federal Jobs
- Green/Clean-Energy Jobs
- Self-Employment Springing from Unemployment
- Career Reinvention
-- Bonus Feature: Job-Search Tips for a Changed
Economy: How to Succeed in the "New Normal"
-- Quintessential Site: Featured Career Web Site
of this Issue
-- Q TIPS: Quick and Quintessential tips to guide
your job search
-- QuintZine Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information
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Editor's and Publisher's Note: ABOUT THIS ISSUE ...
While the economy is showing signs of recovery,
indications that the recovery will continue to be
"jobless" casts a pall over hopes for a full
bounceback. Job Action Day, the second
annual event spearheaded by Quintessential
Careers, addresses the jobless recovery by
spotlighting promising areas in which the
unemployed and other job-seekers may
find opportunities.
The idea is that job-seekers can take plenty
of action steps right now – today – to move
forward in their careers, even if they're unemployed
and have been for some time. We established
Job Action Day last year as a day for job-seekers
pummeled by the economic meltdown to take control
of their careers and initiate action. Where last year
shock, fear, and paralysis may have inhibited action,
this year, the gloom of prolonged unemployment may
be de-motivating job-seekers.
Quintessential Careers and a cadre of Job Action Day
writers and bloggers have targeted several areas as
offering bright spots of opportunity:
– Federal Jobs
– Green/Clean Energy Jobs
– Stimulus Jobs
– Entrepreneurship and career-reinvention
opportunities motivated by unemployment
Here's an overview of why we're hopeful
about these opportunities:
– Federal Jobs: The federal government plans
to fill 293,000 mission-critical jobs over the next
five years, reports Barbara Safani on her CareerSolvers
Blog (http://tinyurl.com/yduo43p), citing a presentation
by Barbara Adams, president of CareerPro Global Inc.
The Obama administration will expand the number of
civilians in the executive branch by 140,000 to reach
a total of 2 million, the highest number since President
Clinton took office in 1992. The federal government is
the only national employer that will continue to fill jobs
regardless of economic conditions, and because more
than 40 percent of the 1.5 million federal employees
will retire in the next five years (totaling 300,000 jobs,
writes Nancy F. Smith on CBS MoneyWatch
[http://tinyurl.com/ncdsdd]), turnover will create
additional opportunities.
– Green/Clean Energy Jobs: Adams also reports
that the Obama administration is creating 5 million new
green jobs through its stimulus plan, Safani writes. Smith
notes that the stimulus is pumping $50 billion into
"projects as diverse as mass transit, modernizing
the electric power grid, and weathering government
buildings."
– Stimulus Jobs: In addition to the federal
government's role in boosting federal and
green/clean-energy jobs, stimulus money is
targeting jobs in healthcare and the natural sciences.
Smith reports that the healthcare industry is adding
jobs at a rate of 17,000 monthly, and stimulus money
"will flow into science and research projects as well as
into support for local Medicaid expenditures, children's
health programs, and health-insurance premiums for
laid-off workers." In the natural-sciences arena, Smith
notes that "research institutions will see more funding
than they've had over the past five years combined."
– Entrepreneurship and career-reinvention
opportunities motivated by unemployment: One of the
brightest spots is the ingenuity and innovation that many
unemployed workers have applied to solo-preneur,
small-business, and freelance opportunities.
When we put out a call for folks who had lost their jobs in
this recession but found new opportunity, we received an
outpouring of stories from people who successfully turned
their unemployment into everything from mystery-novel-writing
to puppet-show creation.
We heard from inventors, green-business founders,
authors, eBay merchants, a food purveyor, a professional
organizer, a motivational speaker, a virtual worker, and
more – all of whom had lost their jobs in the last year
or so. In many cases, job loss turned out to be the best
thing that ever happened to these folks because it enabled
them to reinvent themselves and pursue their true passions.
Many of these stories appear in Job Action Day entries
on the Quintessential Careers family of blogs, including:
-- Quintessential Careers Blog
(http://www.quintcareers.com/career_blog/)
-- Career Doctor Blog
(http://www.careerdoctor.org/career-doctor-blog/),
-- Quintessential Resume and Cover Letter Tips Blog
(http://resumesandcoverletters.com/tips_blog/),
-- A Storied Career (http://resumesandcoverletters.com/tips_blog/).
Please feel free to visit our Job Action Day Site at
http://www.jobactionday.com/
One of your Job Action Day proactive steps could be to
check out our job-search portal at
http://quintcareers.4jobs.com/JS/Form/SearchForm.asp
PS: Job Action Day coincides with the anniversary of
QuintCareers. We have completed Year 13 and are
beginning our 14th year!
FOLLOW JOB ACTION DAY ON THE TWITTER HASHTAGS
#JobActionDay09 and #CareerCollective
-- Randall Hansen, PhD
Founder and Publisher
Quintessential Careers
-- Katharine Hansen, PhD
Master Resume Writer
Credentialed Career Manager
editor at mailto:kathy@quintcareers.com
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JOB ACTION DAY FEATURE ARTICLE: 10 THINGS (ACTIVITIES)
YOU CAN DO TODAY FOR YOUR JOB SEARCH
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Sometimes both job-seekers and career experts
get so caught up in job-hunting strategies
and tactics, that we lose sight of practical activities
that job-seekers can do today -- right now -- to make
progress toward finding new employment... Landing
a new job.
What can you do today -- especially if you are currently
out of work -- to help obtain a new job?
Our article at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/job-search_activities.html
lists 10 things you can do RIGHT NOW for your job-search.
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BLOGGERS DRIVE HOME JOB ACTION DAY MESSAGE
Reinforcing the Job Action Day message is this group
of bloggers dedicating blog entries on or around Job Action Day 2009 to
the
event. Many Job Action Day bloggers are members of the Career
Collective, a
community of resume writers, career coaches, and other career experts.
– Deborah Brown-Volkman/Surpass Your Dreams: 2nd Annual Job Action
Day:
http://tinyurl.com/ybozs7b
– Susan Guarneri: Career Goddess: Second Annual Job Action Day:
http://tinyurl.com/yedqok2
– Chandlee Bryan/Best Fit Forward: The Emerging Professional, Where
the
Green Jobs Are: http://tinyurl.com/ygez3yf
– Hannah Morgan/Career Sherpa: Why Our Job Search Advice is the Same
but
Different: http://tinyurl.com/yjuht7t
– Heather Mundell/Life@Work: Green Jobs -- What They Are and How to
Find
Them: http://tinyurl.com/ygawpe2
– Miriam Salpeter/Keppie Careers: Optimize your job hunt for today's
economy: http://tinyurl.com/yjq7wfw
– Rose Vargas/Resume Writing Blog: Creating Prints: Are You Evolving
Into
The On-Demand Professional of Tomorrow? http://tinyurl.com/ydkz22c
– Dawn Bugni/The Write Solution: Your network IS your net worth:
http://tinyurl.com/yhpccna
– Maggie Mistal/MaggieMistal Blog: http://maggiemistal.com/blog
– Barbara Safani/ CareerSolvers: Where the Jobs Are: 2009 and Beyond:
http://tinyurl.com/yzlvv2s
– Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter/Career Trend's Blog: You Can Thrive In,
Not
Just Survive, an Economic Slogging: http://tinyurl.com/y92khpq
– The Career Management Alliance Blog: Career Management Alliance
Members
Celebrate Job Action Day: http://tinyurl.com/ye4u4kr
– Rosalind Joffe/Working With Chronic Illness: Preparedness: It's Not
Just
for Boyscouts: http://tinyurl.com/ya86edg
– Deb Wheatman/TheCareerDoctor: Plan B from
outer space; or what do you have in case your first plan doesn't work
out?
http://tinyurl.com/yj6ml9m
– Erin Kennedy/Professional Resume Services: Cutting Edge Job Search
Blueprint: http://tinyurl.com/yd54rlt
– Gayle Howard/The Executive Brand Blog: Today's Enlightened
Jobseeker
http://tinyurl.com/y92u7g3
– Grace Kutney/Sweet Careers Consulting: Securing Your Career While
Navigating the Winds of Change: http://tinyurl.com/yhrolse
– Heather R. Huhman/heatherhuman: Take Action: 10 Steps for Landing
an
Entry-Level Job: http://tinyurl.com/yfb5v8t
– Laurie Berenson/Sterling Career Concepts: Making lemonade out of
lemons:
Turn unemployment into entrepreneurship: http://tinyurl.com/ylfpd2n
– Meg Montford/Career Chaos: Job Action Day: Finding Your "Mojo"
after
Layoff: http://tinyurl.com/yh6po4n
– Wendy Terwelp/Rock Your Career: Entrepreneurship after downsizing:
http://rockyourcareer.wordpress.com/
– GL Hoffman/What Would Dad Say? The Life of An Entrepreneur: Is It for
You?
http://tinyurl.com/yk27ppk
– Martin Buckland/Elite Resumes: The Key To Securing Your Future
Career:
http://tinyurl.com/yks8zk5
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JOB ACTION DAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
Stimulus Jobs Special Feature:
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In her Job Action Day article, Quintessential Careers
regular contributor Maureen Crawford Hentz
provides a comprehensive primer on researching
and applying for jobs created by stimulus money,
GETTING A JOB IN A DOWN – BUT STIMULATED
– ECONOMY at
http://www.quintcareers.com/stimulus_jobs.html.
Federal Jobs Special Feature:
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Job-seekers can learn about the complex
federal application process in a Job Action Day
article by Diane Hudson Burns,
A CRASH COURSE IN HOW TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
at http://www.quintcareers.com/federal_government_jobs.html.
Green Careers Special Feature and Sidebar
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In her Job Action Day article, IT'S GREEN AT
THE TOP AND AT THE BOTTOM: A BRIEF
COMPARISON OF GREEN-RELATED SKILLS
NEEDS FROM THE SENIOR-EXECUTIVE LEVEL TO THE
ENTRY LEVEL, Chandlee Bryan looks at in-demand skills
that can translate to green jobs. Read it at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/green_career_skills.html
Meanwhile, Nancy Miller's sidebar,
GREEN JOBS AND GREEN CAREERS
EMBRACE MANY POSSIBILITIES,
characterizes ways to be green in the workplace.
Read it at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/green_jobs_careers.html
Special Feature and Sidebar on Turning
Unemployment into Entrepreneurship
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In her Job Action Day article,
TURN UNEMPLOYMENT INTO SELF-EMPLOYMENT:
5 TIPS ON HOW TO START, author Suzanne Caplan
outlines variations on entrepreneurial pursuits.
Read the article at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/unemployment_self-employment.html
Teena Rose discusses pockets of entrepreneurial
opportunity in her sidebar,
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN CAN GIVE BIRTH TO INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/innovation_entrepreneurship.html.
Career Reinvention Special Feature
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Randi Bussin guides prospective career
reinventors to discover what kinds of opportunities
best suit them in her Job Action Day article,
IN A DOWN ECONOMY, MAYBE CAREER REINVENTION
IS IN THE CARDS at
http://www.quintcareers.com/career_reinvention.html.
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JOB ACTION DAY BONUS FEATURE: JOB-SEARCH TIPS
FOR A CHANGED ECONOMY: HOW TO SUCCEED
IN THE "NEW NORMAL"
Compiled by Katharine Hansen, PhD
A year after the economy melted down in 2008,
we asked job and career experts for tips that
reflect the new realities of the job market.
We asked experts to complete this sentence:
"If I could offer a piece of advice that reflects
the NEW ECONOMY and is different from advice
I would have given a year ago,
it would be ________________________."
Their responses appear in our article at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/job-search_tips.html.
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QUINTESSENTIAL SITE OF THIS ISSUE:
OUR FEATURED CAREER WEB SITE!
Recovery.gov
http://www.recovery.gov/
Recovery.gov went live shortly after
President Obama signed the Recovery Act
into law on Feb. 17, 2009. Given its primary
mandate – to allow taxpayers to see precisely
what entities receive Recovery money in addition
to how and where the money is spent – the site
displays easy-to-understand, user-friendly graphs,
charts, and maps.
These tools, which the site continues to
enhance and refine, offer both telescopic
and microscopic views of Recovery spending
and projects across the country, from a larger
national overview down to details of individual
projects in specific zip codes.
An Opportunities tab links to federal jobs
and employment information, advice
and tools, such as resume templates and interview tips,
a database of federal government contracts, a way
to find and apply for federal grants, a place to
search for information on loans you may be eligible for,
and information on government benefits you may
be eligible for.
No cost to users.
See all our featured Quintessential sites at:
http://www.quintcareers.com/Quintessential_Sites/
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Q TIPS: QUICK AND QUINTESSENTIAL TIPS
TO GUIDE YOUR JOB SEARCH AND WORK LIFE
For this special Job Action Day issue, we offer
a Q TIP for each of our focus areas:
– Green/Clean Energy Jobs
QuintCareers regular contributor Joe Turner
interviewed Jim Cassio, author of Green Careers
Resource Guide about green jobs, how to find
them and how to qualify for them. The new edition
of Cassio's electronic publication now identifies 340
occupations that can lead to green jobs and green careers.
Hear the show at:
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The MP3 file can also be downloaded from Joe's iTunes catalog
(search "Job Search Guy")
– Stimulus Jobs: The Obama administration (which
prefers to use the word "Recovery" for these jobs)
offers a video showing Where the Recovery Jobs Are
— stories of Americans whose jobs have been saved
or created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
See the video at:
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– Entrepreneurship and career-reinvention
opportunities motivated by unemployment
Brian Kurth notes that many clients who have been
laid off and are utilizing his site VocationVacation,
(http://www.vocationvacations.com), as a creative
way to explore a new career or entrepreneurial
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to test-drive more than 125 unique careers,
through almost 300 expert mentors. The
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hands-on, career-immersion experiences
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One woman was laid off from her job as an assemblywoman
at a Motorola plant and took a VocationVacation with
a dog daycare owner and then opened her own dog
daycare facility. Other users have made a switch to
a different type of career still within the corporate sector.
A laid-off music-industry exec now works for a major hotel
chain after her passion for the hotel industry led her to a
hotel general-manager VocationVacation ... and then
subsequent employment in the industry.
– Federal Jobs
QuintCareers regular contributor Joe Turner
interviewed Kathryn Troutman, author of Ten Steps
to a Federal Job, about how job-seekers can
use their private-sector experience to find and
land a job with the US government. Kathryn describes
how to locate jobs in your area that you might
qualify for and how to successfully apply online
for these jobs. Link to podcast interview:
http://bit.ly/48FFoB
The MP3 file can also be downloaded from Joe's
iTunes catalog (search "Job Search Guy")
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WATCH FOR feature articles on these topics in
upcoming issues of QuintZine:
* How Job Search is Like Online Dating
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* De-Stressing Before an Interview
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* Empty Nest Job-seekers
* How to Stay Motivated at Work
* Authoring and Publishing a Book: Is It Worth It?
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