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Job Stability Is The New Black4

Published by wholesale the Friday 23 October 2009 at 12:56 PM . 0 comments. Permalink.
Tiffani Murray, manager of technology within talent acquisition at a large company in Atlanta, created a brand outside the office by networking among 1,000 contacts on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and freelance writing on the side. A few years ago, Murray was surrounded by a reduction in force. Luckily, she didn't lose her job, but it served as a multi strand pearl necklace reality check.

"It let me know how I defined myself had to be deeper than who I worked for," she says. "It was less about who provided your paycheck and more about how I could make sure that my personal brand was always worth a paycheck. No matter what goes down in corporate America, I will find a way to make ends meet. Job stability has been redefined, and if you are stuck in the pearl jewelry wholesale old meaning of that term, you'll be left behind."

Bohorad and Murray's job security strategies are particularly wise, as Tory Johnson, CEO of Women for Hire and author of Fired to Hired, explains: "This economy is a wake-up call to women to work on their personal brands--building their profiles internally and externally, even if they have no intention of leaving."

Whether you become comfortable using social media, joining the board of your industry's top association, speaking on panels or all of the above, it's all good. She adds, "There are so many things you can do to enhance your career profile--and at the inflatable water games end of the day, that's one of the best strategies for career stability."

Job Stability Is The New Black3

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Create your Brand
If licenses don't necessarily exist for pearl jewelry wholesale your industry, you can always make a name for yourself. Nicole Bohorad, senior manager of global business development at the NBA in New York City, is making a splash as an integrated marketing professional both in and out of the boardroom.

In order to develop and hone her digital marketing and social networking skills, on evenings and weekends, Bohorad serves as partner and chief marketing officer of Parentville.com, an online recommendation network for parents. She understands her career goals require skills in the digital space, and she doesn't want to be left in freshwater pearl earrings the dust.

"I want to be the most well-rounded professional in my field," says Bohorad. In fact, the OOH indicates employers seek marketing professionals possessing savvy computer skills on the Internet. (Median weekly earnings for women in marketing management roles in 2008 were $1,024, according to BLS data.)

For Bohorad, gaining valuable experience outside of the office means she can apply it to her day job too. "I have two avenues now and use my skills to build alliances on both ends, so it's a win-win." As the digital media executive establishes relationships with mom bloggers for Parentville on her own time, she can also help the WNBA connect with them to wholesale pearl jewelry drive marketing. "I'm learning new skills to become an expert in the workplace so people will listen."

Job Stability Is The New Black2

Published by wholesale the Friday 23 October 2009 at 12:50 PM . 0 comments. Permalink.
According to the OOH, employment of accountants and auditors is anticipated to grow by 18% through 2016. This is largely attributed to changing financial landscape, laws and regulations. (Median weekly earnings for women in accounting and auditing were $908 in inflatable water games 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

This profession is also working-mother friendly. Some accountants, for example, choose to focus on taxes or auditing, allowing them to be selective with their clients and their time. Even the big companies offer flexibility. Deloitte, for example, offers a career customization program, which allows employees to dial up or dial down based on where they are in the continuum of their career path. "One of the levers you can select on your 'personal dashboard' is the workplace selection," says Creagh. "This is very supportive for women and allows them to akoya pearl earrings formally communicate their needs."

Keeping your accreditation updated is also key to staying in demand. Certified public accountant Trycia Arenciba of Miami-based KW Property Management & Consulting, who frequently juggles her kids' bedtimes with working remotely from home at night, recently earned her CAM, a professional license for community association managers, to bolster her expertise.

Trycia notes, "I keep my CPA license active through CPE credits [Continuing Professional Education] and it [the license] enhances us as professionals and is an wholesale pearl earrings invaluable tool." This way, she manages accounts from both an accounting and operations standpoint.

Job Stability Is The New Black1

Published by wholesale the Friday 23 October 2009 at 12:48 PM . 0 comments. Permalink.
Plus, Shatkin recommends continually updating your skills. "You have to look at what the next technology will be and develop skills to become irreplaceable." For example, job security for green workers increases as employers focus on sustainability and twisted pearl necklace geothermal technology; gaining technical knowledge in geographic information systems (GIS) and the global positioning system (GPS) are key. Convinced yet? As per the Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), through 2016, the need for environmental scientists will result in an employment boom of 25%.

Economics 101: Supply and Demand
Want another way to find job stability? Two words: supply and demand. A smaller supply of skilled workers creates a demand for that profession and cultured freshwater pearl fosters job security. The big winners here, from this perspective, are the few women in mostly male-dominated fields.
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Barbara Creagh, director of partner recruiting at Deloitte, has held various positions at the Big Four auditors for 26 years, a field which historically has had a shortage of women. "Even though the firms have made great strides in attracting women to inflatable castles audit and tax, there is still a shortage at the management level, and therefore, the accounting/tax profession is looking to retain and attract women," says Creagh.

Job Stability Is The New Black

Published by wholesale the Friday 23 October 2009 at 12:46 PM . 0 comments. Permalink.
If you're worried about keeping your job, try putting yourself in the wholesale pearl jewelry shoes of an internal travel agent at a law firm. She's technically overhead, whereas the attorneys are income-generators.

But while the market is tight, the first step to maintaining job stability involves becoming an integral part of the core business, says Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., author of 150 Best Recession-Proof Jobs. There is greater stability for those who know how they support the core mission of the business--including its bottom line--and tout their value to the  multi strand pearl necklace right people, managers and clients alike.

History's trash heap is full of old ideas about the workplace, most recently the notion of working for the same company for 10, 15 or 25 years until retirement. The most secure part about the modern career is your own portability--knowing your value, honing and pearl jewelry wholesale refining your contacts and portfolio and building your own brand.

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