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Veteran Representative Newsletter
May 2007
Job market talking points
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!
Thoughts for Memorial Day
“Let us make a vow to our dead. Let us show them by our actions that we understand what they died for. Let our actions say to them... ‘I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.’ Strengthened by their courage, heartened by their valor, and borne by their memory, let us continue to stand for the ideals for which they lived and died.” —Ronald Reagan
Vet job search success
Newsletter note: If you have a success story to share, send an email! And thanks!
Connecting with employers
Job seekers attending networking groups use various tools to help their search process, such as resumes, broadcast sheets and business cards. Consider offering the following advice to your clients:
Business cards are very useful for providing other networkers with the Cliff notes version of what a job seeker does plus his/her contact information. A card should contain two or three ways to contact the person (email, cell, landline) plus three or four skill sets that reflect what he/she does. Some examples that illustrate the point, but will need editing by a job seeker:
- 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 a job seeker and pass information along that will assist a person's job search. Help your clients make it easier for people to assist them with the Cliff notes version of their background!
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!
New Websites Serving Active Duty, Veterans and Families Launched
On May 15th, two new websites will be launched serving the needs of our Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, Veterans and their families. Patriotjobs.net helps outgoing service members transition into the private sector by providing them links to thousands of jobs with companies all across America.
Hire-A-Patriot.com serves active duty personnel and their families providing a connection between small mom and pop businesses looking for part -time workers and homeowners needing temporary help doing odd jobs on the weekends. Many service personnel will be able to take advantage of Hire-A-Patriot.com to help supplement their monthly pay or find work for spouses. Both websites are owned and operated by veterans. Both are free to use.
www.Patriotjobs.net
We welcome to our newest alliance partner in service to our men and women serving our country.
Alliance Partners
We appreciate your use of our alliance partners:
We support the following resources in service to job seekers:
- BPWUSA Business and Professional Women USA, women Joining Forces
- HACEUSA Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
- Jobkabob sell your skills, not your work history.
- Career Concepts USA: Job Fair resource
Have a Vet job search success story to share? Send an email to VetRep@workministry.com.
Reminder:
Workministry.com has a growing list of job posts as well as continual improvement in resources for Vet Reps and job seekers. Please make a point of asking your clients to check the site, review the job posts and use the site resources
Editor's Note:
The Veteran Representative newsletter and message board are all about you. Our goal is to create a forum for
sharing information that helps you fulfill your mission. If you have feedback, ideas or suggestions for either the newsletter or the message
board, please send email to: VetRep@workministry.com.
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