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Trolling through Linkedin to find a job, but still lost…

“I dont even know how to find a job. I know how to troll Linkedin…. but there is a missing link?” – Monica Calderon on job searching 2010 It is 2010 and many Americans are still out of work. Currently in California alone, the CA Employment Development Department reports there are about 2.3 million people out of work, which doesnt include the thousands who are underemployed or just out of unemployment insurance benefits. We are following Monica Calderon of Southern California. She has been …

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Job Searching in Silicon Valley

The job outlook for 2010 remains more positive than the bleak 2009 employment disaster. In Silicon Valley, the job search is difficult because there are so many very educated, extremely talented professionals are unemployed. It is even more difficult because companies like NUMMI are laying off thousands of workers by March 2010. We caught up with a Silicon Valley job seeker who is considered one of the Elite Job Searchers. Find out what he is doing to find a job, how he is getting in front …

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3 Job Tips by Certified Career Professional

January 8, 2010

Finding a job is difficult when there are over 16000000+ unemployed job seekers as well as the unknown number of underemployed and “employed-but-secretly-looking-hard-to-get-out-of-this-crappy-job” job seekers out there. With all this competition, what does a job seeker do to stand-out and find that “perfect job”. Edwin Duterte interviews a Certified Career Management Professional, Greg Wood of [...]

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Lost Job To Foriegn Trade… What is TAA?

January 6, 2010

We all hear that jobs are being lost to cheaper labor in countries outside of the USA. We rarely hear about follow-up stories about the actual workers that lost their jobs. Monica Calderon of Southern California was a mid-level senior management professional working in an apparel company. Her company was sold and her division was [...]

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Job Market Perspective by Career Coach

January 4, 2010

Everyday you hear about how tough the economy is by the media, from politicians, spoken by economist and even cursed by late night comedians. How about hearing about whats going on by professionals who deal with the 16 million+ who are unemployed, underemployed or employed but looking? Edwin Duterte of PinkSlipMixers.com invited Greg Wood of [...]

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Unemployed & inseparable love to computer

January 2, 2010

“There is a wierdness just from being unemployed” – Monica Calderon Being unemployed throws one’s life balance off a little. What do you do to motivate yourself to find a job? How do you find a job? On top of that, what do you do when you see the same job listing day-after-day, week-after-week? Over [...]

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Hidden Unemployment Benefits

December 31, 2009

Being unemployed is not all bad. The layoff from work can also be the catch-up to life. The day before Christmas, I caught up with Monica Calderon in between gift shopping. She has been unemployed since 2008 from a mid-level fashion industry career. I was wondering what she does to clear her mind and stay [...]

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Silicon Valley Experienced but Unemployed, A Job Seeker’s Perspective

December 29, 2009

On December 28, 2009, I was in the heart of Silicon Valley and had coffee with a very experienced project manager who is looking for work. Prasanth Padmanabhan is a Certified Internet/Software Product Manager with 5 years of PM experience and 5 years of engineering experience. He has worked for companies such as Yahoo!, Apple, [...]

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Unemployed: Private Insurance or Cobra?

December 23, 2009

When you first get your “Pink Slip” papers, termination letter or “lay off” notice, you are given healthcare information that includes COBRA documents. Personally, I didnt look at the COBRA info because at the time, the government assistance didnt exist at the beginning of the recession. Its a little different now. I sat down with [...]

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Unemployment Update: JobsDirectUSA on The Daily Buzz

November 23, 2009

The latest national unemployment numbers on October 2nd revealed that we are in for a much longer recession than what most analysts projected. With over 15 million Job Seekers in America ,and only 2 million jobs available, Job Expert and Founder of JobsDirectUSA.com Carlos Gil was a Guest on The Daily Buzz Morning Show providing [...]

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