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Job Seekers Newsletter
May 2007
Welcome Everyone!
The Work Ministry Team wishes you the best of success for your job search! And for the many Moms using our site, Happy Mothers Day!
Comments About the U.S. Job Market
The Conference Board conducts a broad range of studies of the US economy. One of its measures is online advertising volume as an indicator of the state of the job market. Some key findings of online job posts are:
- Over the past 12 months, online job posts rose 24%
- There were 4.3 million unduplicated job posts online for the month of April, an increase of 610,000 jobs versus March
- Over 426,000 job posts were for management positions
- The fastest year-over-year growth was in the mid-section of the country with the West South Central and West North Central regions up 41 percent and 35 percent, respectively. The slowest growth was in New England, up 6 percent.
- Two of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, New York and Los Angeles, were first and second in the absolute volume of advertised job vacancies in April, with 321,000 and 262,500, respectively.
- Metropolitan areas with very strong growth in job posts were San Jose and San Francisco, followed by Austin and Washington D.C.
The job post volume on job boards offers insight into the job market going forward. While the economy seems to suggest that the past six months have been slower than one year ago, the job post indicator suggests that the job market continues to be healthy over the next three to six months, perhaps to the end of 2007.
Manpower Survey
Employers in the U.S. plan to slow hiring activity during the second quarter of 2007, according to a Manpower Inc. survey. The seasonally adjusted survey results show that employers are more likely to maintain or reduce staff levels than ramp up hiring. Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 28 percent expect to increase payrolls during the second quarter of 2007, while 7 percent expect to trim staff levels and 59 percent expect no change in hiring. Six percent are undecided about their hiring plans.
To summarize the findings:
- 28% plan to increase staff
- 7% plan to decrease staff
- 59% plan to continue to replace staff, not expand
- 6% are unsure of plans
So up to eight out of ten companies are hiring!
Special Announcement
What Color is Your Parachute? author Dick Bolles offers support and comments on Work Ministry in the 2008 edition of his upcoming book! Thanks for your support Mr. Bolles!
Alliance Partners
We welcome a new alliance partner: Business and Professional Women, an association dedicated to women's issues of career management. Check out their site: BPWUSA.
We support the following resources in service to job seekers:
- HACEUSA, a professional Hispanic Association
- Jobkabob.com: sell your skills, not your work history.
- Career Concepts USA: Job Fair resource
New Job Postings
KPMG is one of the big four consulting firms and currently has about 200 positions posted in ten states. We have additional jobs from major employers as well. Please visit our site and check out the opportunities!
Networking Tip Of The Month
Job seekers attending networking groups use various tools to help their process, such as resumes, broadcast sheets and business cards. Business cards are very useful for providing other networkers with the Cliff notes version of what you do plus your contact information. A card should contain two or three ways to contact you (email, cell, landline) plus three or four skill sets that reflect what you do. Some examples that illustrate the point, but will need your editing for use:
- Marketing: Product management, new product launch, market share growth
- Sales: Business development, account management, sales growth
- Operations: Order fulfillment, customer satisfaction, cost containment
- Customer service: Productivity , customer satisfaction, account retention
- Production: meet goals for quality, productivity, customer needs
- Administration: Support of management, communications, data management
- Accounting/Finance: Financial reporting, forecasting, compliance
A business card helps people to recall a few key things about you and pass information along that will assist your search. Make it easy for people to help you with the Cliff notes version of your background!
Networking Group of the Month
Christian HELP, located in Casselberry Florida, is a non profit organization serving the community for 15 years. During that time, the Center has connected 48,000+ people with jobs, distributed 5 million pounds+ of food and provided the equivalent of $12 million+ in volunteer services. HELP stands for Hope, Encourage, Love, Prayer. The Christian HELP Center offers job search support and networking resources as well as material and spiritual support. Dick Wilson, the Leader of the program, can be contacted at: ChristianHELP. Our best wishes for continued success!
Welcome to new Job Support Group
In March, 2007, Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows IL launched a job support group to serve the members of the church and community. Harvest Bible Chapel is the second largest congregation in Illinois. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Saturdays from 9:00 to 10:30 AM. Details and map are available on the Illinois list of groups. Great to have you with us, HBC!
Important Information
Leaders: please review your Job Support Group web page and see if all information is accurate and up-to-date. Please send any corrections to work@workministry.com.
Remember networkers: once you have landed your job, complete our landings survey.
Quote of the Month
“God hasn’t promised us tomorrow, but He has promised us eternity.” —Tony Snow, Press Secretary, White House and cancer survivor.
A Prayer While You Are In Transition
The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say, "Father, Your will for today is mine. Your pleasure for today is mine. Your work for today is mine. I trust You to be God. You lead me today and I will follow."
- Kay Arthur
We hope you have enjoyed our May Newsletter!
The Work Ministry Team
Contact us at (847) 428-5049
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