Career trends impact how you look for a new job. Are you up-to-date?
The strategies you use to find jobs will change and so will the skills and knowledge you need. If you aren’t learning new things and keeping up with changes, you’ll have a difficult time competing for your next job.
This week’s roundup features tips and strategies for job search, evaluating culture, tips for the older job seeker, interesting data on future jobs and growing/declining occupations.
JOB SEARCH
What to Do When Your Job Search Efforts Don’t Work
by Mark A. Dyson | The Voice of Job Seekers
Read the highlights and listen to Mark and I talk about why your job search isn’t working and what you can do to turn it around! Mark’s podcast is one worth subscribing to if you’re in a job search!
How To Tell If This Company Suits Me
by JT O’Donnell | Glassdoor
Coach Boaz | 40 Plus Career Guru
Overcome the age bias and approach your job search this way! It’s more empowering too!
NETWORKING
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Network
by Dorie Clark | Harvard Business Review
When you make networking transactional. i.e., “networking with the goal of advancement” — often makes participants feel so bad about themselves, they feel “dirty.” writes Dorie Clark. Instead, use these four guidelines to make it feel less dirty!
CAREER
Finding Inspiration at Work: How to Get Your Mojo Back
by Daphne Stanford | TalentCulture
Do you know what inspires you at work? If you haven’t pondered this question in awhile or you are feeling “blah” about your job, then you’ll benefit from reading this!
CAREER TRENDS
Growth/Decline of US Occupations by 2030
Tweet by AvidCareerist | Data from McKinsey
Growth/decline of US occupations by 2030. @McKinsey pic.twitter.com/V4JdzVbKGM
— Donna Svei, Resumes (@AvidCareerist) December 12, 2017
5 Stats About the Future of Jobs Drawn From 2017 LinkedIn Data
by Adam Rowe | TechCo
This is an eye-opening summary of LinkedIn’s 2017 U.S. Emerging Jobs Report. How many of these jobs have you heard of?
Hannah Morgan speaks and writes about job search and career strategies. She founded CareerSherpa.net to educate professionals on how to maneuver through today’s job search process. Hannah was nominated as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Job Search and Careers and is a regular contributor to US News & World Report. She has been quoted by media outlets, including Forbes, USA Today, Money Magazine, Huffington Post, as well as many other publications. She is also author of The Infographic Resume and co-author of Social Networking for Business Success.
