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Job Seekers Newsletter
November 2007
Welcome Everyone!
The Work Ministry Team wishes you the best of success for your job search! Hopefully we can help your search process too as the year enters its final months.
Comments About the U.S. Job Market
We have two reports to share that provide insights into today's job market:
Beyond.com
Is a site that brings together the job posts of many job boards, including our site. In a report of internet job post trends for the third quarter, the rankings of job posts are:
- Information Technology, 12.8%
- Sales & Management, 12.7%
- Health Care, Medical, 10.5%
- Travel, Hospitality, Restaurant, 9%
- Accounting, Finance, 7.9%
All other job groups make up the balance of less than 50%. Top job markets in the report are:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
For some professions, the job posts show high demand for key skills. In the first quarter of next year, we should see a broadening out to many other skill sets as company hiring plans and budgets ramp up for 2008
Staffing Industry Analysts Daily News, November 13th
"Economists lowered their estimates for growth for the remainder of the year and the first half of 2008 while projecting a weaker labor market, according to the fourth-quarter Survey of Professional Forecasters released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
For 2008, economists forecast that GDP will grow at 2.2% in the first quarter of 2008.
Forecasters also predicted nonfarm payroll employment growth will average 104,000 per month in 2008. In addition, they estimated an annual average unemployment rate of 4.9% in 2008.
Note: Job Growth for 2008 is forecast at 1.2 million jobs. If the unemployment rate holds at 4.9% for the year, that's below the average annual unemployment rate for the entire decade of the 1990's, which was 5.2%. So 2008 will be a better than average year for the job market.
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 support the following resources in service to job seekers:
- BPWUSA. Business and Professional Women USA
- 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
Consider the plight of the Hiring manager: He/She typically hires five to ten people a year, conducting a few dozen interviews to get the right people. So the challenge you face as a job seeker is to help the hiring manager make the right decisions and select you. One area that is a key method for separating yourself from the other candidates is the use of "THANK YOU" notes at each stage of the interview process.
In a recent survey of 150 senior managers in HR, finance and marketing, conducted by Accountemps, nine out of ten executives stated that sending a thank-you note could help a candidate's chances of selection. The second finding is that 49% of job seekers do not send thank-you notes. When asked how they prefer to receive thank-you notes, the study findings are:
- Handwritten note 52%
- E-mail 44%
- Prefer to receive both 3%
- Don't know 1%
One technique shared by a job seeker in a recent network meeting may be an option. Once he finished the interview(s), he stayed in the company parking lot and hand-wrote his thank-yous, dropped them in the nearest mail box, assuring next day delivery. Keep sending those thank-yous!
Comments:
Search firms and agencies network by calling people at work. So part of your network planning must include contacts with people in your field who are working. The "Online social networks" noted refer to sources such as Linkedin.com, myspace and facebook. Linkedin.com is the most important
Networking Group of the Month
Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Denver CO
The jobs and Career Ministry offers support for job search, including networking and personal counseling.
For more information on services, please go to: Jobs and Careers Ministry
Welcome to new Job Support Group
In October, 2007, St. Anne Church in Pleasant Prairie, WI will launch a new Business Network Group, focused on meetings and exchange of information for business and career opportunities. The Group will be led by Ed Hauser, of Insights for Success, a consultant in performance management. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM, starting October 11th. Ed can be reached at ed@insights4success.com. Good luck Ed!
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
"Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
John Quincy AdamsComment: As a nation, we have much to be grateful for- Happy Thanksgiving!
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 this month's Newsletter!
The Work Ministry Team
Contact us at work@workministry.com
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