4 job titles not bothered by the recession are reportedly (all techie): engineer, programmer, developer, math professional.
Then there's India's problem. They can't find a hangman. Don't know if they're accepting online applications.
The Mechanics
It's a numbers game, one article suggests. The more people you network with, the more likely you are to find a job. The problem with that is do you have time to network well with any of them?
You can get 1,000 friends on LinkedIn or Facebook but at that level, how many of them are you actually interacting with? The idea of networking is to learn, help and show. You probably can't do that effectively with a huge number of people.
Here are suggestions on what to do for a job
fair--like bathe beforehand. These ideas work well for networking meetings or interviews too.
Know the company intensely at the interview. 38% of job hunters show up knowing little or nothing about the company. Why not eat their lunch from McDonalds in front of the interviewer too? Some hunters even answer their cell phones during interviews! (Maybe the competition isn't as stiff as you thought.)
Brief your references--they should know what the new job is all about, how you fit in and who is likely to be calling.
The US Department of Labor is concerned unpaid internships may be abused, giving the employers free workers but the interns little benefit. They've set up 6 rules.
Numbers
The unemployment rate for veterans in the US is 3 points higher (12.1%) than that of the general population. It's 16.2% for African Americans.
There's now a company whose whole mission is to report on your online presence for employers.
---The full story of How to Find a Job in sequenced steps is available here.
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