Laid-Off Workers Staying Positive, Making Most of Time
What would you do with your time if you got laid off? How would you survive? Would you start a new job search right away? Move in with your children? Consider it an early retirement and just enjoy yourself?
In a new CareerBuilder survey of more than 1,800 laid off workers, jobless workers say that despite the hardships they face, these workers are focusing on the positive aspects of being in between jobs.
Fewer Working Dads Willing to Give up Work for Family
Each year around Father’s Day, CareerBuilder publishes a “Working Dads” survey, asking working fathers everywhere if they would give up their traditional “breadwinner” roles to spend more time with their families and children. Usually, the results show that most dads would definitely give up their jobs for the opportunity for more family time, but today’s tough financial market seems to make it a harder for choice than in past years.
Thirty-one percent of working dads said they would leave their jobs if their spouse or significant other’s income could comfortably support the entire family. That number is down from 37 percent in 2008 and 49 percent in 2005.
By Anthony Balderrama, PrimeCB.com writer
You’ve probably had one or several bosses who told you to “think outside the box” and “come to me with solutions, not problems.”
So if you’re unemployed and competing with a record number of job seekers in today’s economy, you can’t help but think that flashy and outrageous is the way to get noticed. And maybe it is for some people, but not everyone is willing to stand at a busy intersection wearing a sandwich-board sign that says, “Hire me!”
Get More Creative With Your Job Applications
A new report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics states that there are about 5.4 job seekers for each available job in the United States.
We’ve known for a while that competition is stiff. Why not up your game by modernizing your job search tactics?
In CareerBuilder’s annual survey of unusual job search tactics, nearly one-in-five hiring managers (18 percent) reported that they are seeing more job seekers try unusual tactics to capture their attention in 2009, compared to 12 percent in the same survey in 2008.
