Long-Term Unemployment and Your Job Search: 10 Ways to Compete

CIO Magazine - once again provides useful insights and suggestions to keep the "job search" on track and in alignment. Checks and balances - probative questions to identify whether you are presenting the right information to get that job. One thing is clear - the competition is fierce, and your information has to be job-specific - even if they are looking for a generalist.

"For executives, a year is not an usually long time to be out of work. In fact, the average length of unemployment for executives is nine months to a year, even in a good economy, according to Howard Seidel, a partner with Essex Partners, which provides career coaching services to executives." Now for some that may be daunting, but for others it may give them a sense of "oh, OK... it's not just me."





http://www.cio.com/article/625766/Long_Term_Unemployment_and_Your_Job_Search_10_Ways_to_Compete?source=CIONLE_nlt_insider_2010-10-15