In this Issue:
Stand Out in a Crowd
The Economic Stimulus Plan and Your Career
Ask the Career Doctor!
Article: Top 5 Steps to a Recession-Proof Resume
This Issue's Cartoon!
Stand Out in a Crowd
These are tough economic times, and the competition for every position is tremendous. A hiring manager spends on average only about 10 seconds (if you’re lucky) on each resume they review -- and each job gets hundreds of applications. So clearly, the odds that your resume will leap out and catch the hiring manager’s eye are slim, and could use some bolstering.
You put together a killer resume that emphasizes your accomplishments, but you need and want to do more.
So what else can you do?
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Our business is to advance your career and to strengthen the companies with whom we have developed relationships. Offering you a chance to upgrade your resume helps you and gives you a better chance to be noticed.
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Our basic package is still free to all job seekers but if you feel you need to do more, try out one of our upgrades. It might be all you need to get you to stand out in the crowd.
Alan Kerschen
General Manager, ConstructionJobs.com
The Economic Stimulus Plan and Your Career
A key component of President Obama’s stimulus package is infrastructure spending. The construction industry is the focus -- and jobs are being created by this legislation. A wide range of construction segments will benefit from this legislation. Some economists believe that 2.5 million jobs will be created by implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
A breakdown of the ways in which the Stimulus money will be directed offers promise to many and various components of the construction industry. Below are some of the specific ways that the money may help jump-start the construction industry and get it rolling again:
- Modernizing Roads and Bridges
- Requires states to obligate at least half of this funding within 120 days
- States have over 6,100 projects totaling over $64 billion that could be under contract within 180 days
- This will create 835,000 jobs
- Improving Public Transit
- Invest in high-speed rail
- Funds for new construction of commuter and light rail
- States have 787 ready-to-go transit projects totaling $16 billion
- Prioritizing Clean Water / Flood Control
- This will create more than 375,000 jobs
- Experts note that $16 billion in water projects could be quickly obligated
- Modernizing Public Infrastructure
- This includes $5 billion in DOD facilities improvements, including housing for our troops
- $4.5 billion to make federal office buildings more energy efficient
- Modernizing the Electric Grid
- Improve the efficiency & reliability of our nation’s electricity system
- Improve state and local government energy efficiency
- Energy Efficiency Upgrades
- Renewable energy tax incentives for wind, geothermal, hydropower and biomass
- First-Time Homeowner Tax Credits
- Will add 300,000 homebuyers
Why did we print this? Why are you reading it? Because this effort by the government is not removed from our lives: this Act will drive construction companies to pursue projects funded by the Act; those companies which land projects will be looking to add employees soon to gear up for the work ahead.
Many of the companies with whom we already have long-standing relationships will post their open positions on our site.
Therefore … make sure you have your resume on our site.
Article: Top 5 Steps to a Recession-Proof Resume
By Wendy Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW
Follow these 5 steps when writing your resume and you’ll give yourself a strong and distinct position in today’s remarkably competitive job market.
1. Sell your success. Resume writing is all about sales, marketing and merchandising. You’re the product and the resume is the sales piece that you’ll use to merchandise your achievements … things that you have done to help increase revenues, reduce costs, improve profitability, develop new products, open new markets, capture new accounts, improve quality, increase productivity … the list goes on and on. Remember, past behavior is indicative of future performance; be certain to showcase your achievements so that prospective employers can read about all of the wonderful things that you’ll be doing for them!
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