This article just appeared earlier this week. Job Seekers that posted their resume online had their personal info stolen from Monster.com

SavannahJobs.com and our family of sites does not store or ask for resumes. We feel the trend of resumes databases are going away with all the privacy concerns.

Trojan horse called Infostealer.Monstres by Symantec has stolen more than 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people from Monster Worldwide Inc.’s job search service. That data is then used to target the Monster.com users with credible phishing mail that plants more malware on their machines.

The the entire article at CIO.com

More and more people are publishing there entire lives on social networking sites. If you are one of those people take a few minutes to read this article that appeared on Forbes.com With very little effort you gave obtain quite a bit of information on people without their knowledge. Forbes.com article

Info from the US dept of Labor shows increased hiring has been occuring the past few months.

U.S. employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.

Wages also grew and the work week lengthened while the national unemployment rate remained steady at a relatively low 4.5 percent, bolstering an impression that the economy was bouncing back from a lull at the start of the year.

June hiring topped forecasts for 120,000 new jobs made by Wall Street economists surveyed by Reuters. Also, the government said 75,000 more jobs than previously thought were created in April and May – completing a brisk pace of hiring throughout the second quarter.

This information was taken from a CNN Money story.

Employment seekers found positions 17 percent faster between April and June than in the previous quarter, according to the Job Market Index by employment search firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. The survey said that labor shortages spurred by low unemployment are allowing job seekers to secure higher salaries and more generous benefits.

The biggest improvement was in job seekers above age 50, whose search times decreased by an average of 32 percent from the previous quarter, according to the study. The firm cited the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the unemployment rate among workers aged 50 to 54 eased from 3.3 percent to 2.8 percent over the last two years.

The median job search time for people who got jobs was 3 months, down from 3.6 months in the previous quarter. The figure was 29 percent lower than a recent high of 4.2 months set in the third quarter of 2006. Almost 93 percent of those seekers said they were able to get equivalent or better-quality positions, compared with nearly 91 percent last quarter.

It is best to be professional when it comes to submitting resumes to possible employers. Alot of candidates are trying innovate ways to get themselves noticed. Alot of time those tricks and backfire. Remember the person you are sending your resume is busy and making that person take extra time or doing something to make you stand out can cause your resume to take a quick trip to the garbage can.

Read about the tricks in this article that appeared on Yahoo finance.

The number of online job ads increased in 33 states in May of 2007. Total online job ads were 4,374,400 in May, an increase of 9,000 or 0.2 percent from April, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series released 5/30/07. Online advertised vacancies continue to be up substantially (29 percent) over the year (May ‘06 to May ‘07) There were 2.9 advertised vacancies online for every 100 persons in the labor force in May.

“Although online job ads were virtually unchanged in May, they have expanded rapidly in recent months and continue to run substantially above last year’s level,” said Gad Levanon, Economist at The Conference Board. “Several factors are at work here. Booming industries like healthcare, and hot occupations like IT and business managers, advertise heavily online while industries like construction and manufacturing that have turned down in the last year have historically made less use of online job advertising. Online job advertising isn’t likely to weaken significantly as long as the industries/occupations that recruit heavily online continue to remain strong.”

The 4,374,400 unduplicated online advertised vacancies in May include 2,812,900 new ads that did not appear in April, as well as reposted ads from the previous months. During May, total ads increased by only 0.2 percent and new ads declined 3 percent from the previous month. Over the year (May ‘06 to May ‘07) total ads and new ads rose 29 percent and 24 percent, respectively.

If you are driving around Savannah keep your eyes open for our newest ad campaign. We have ads running on the CAT buses.

Kim Jones – SavannahJobs.com was very excited to be a exhibitor at the Savannah Chamber of Commerce business expo and banquet. We had quite a few people visit the booth. Just another way SavannahJobs.com is involved in the business community making sure our clients get the most exposure for there money.

Emurse is a really cool service that helps you create and host an online resume. You can include pictures and video plus they help with formatting. Take it from someone you looks at a ton of resumes, help in formatting will go a long way. The last thing you want to do is send a resume to a hiring manager that they have a hard time reading or navigating.

http://www.emurse.com Create, share and store your resume online for free

Did you know that a recent survey said that the majority of managers decide on hiring a candidate within the first 10 minutes of an interview. So you need to to be very prepared for the interview and have a plan in your mind. Please take a few minutes to read this article. It has some great interviewing tips.

These are some good interview tips to keep in mind.

Start the interview in the best possible way: when the interviewer asks the, “Tell me about yourself” question. Forget an autobiography, use the 60 Second Sell. This technique has you analyze the job duties the employer wants accomplished, then select your top five selling points – your strongest abilities, experience and skills (AKA your personal brand) – that demonstrate you can do the job.

Link these five points together in a few sentences and you have created a “verbal business card” that is the most effective way to begin and to close the interview. Keep the momentum going with good, prepared answers to questions and practice before you ever face the interviewer.

Pre-determine some specific examples of your past performance for any situational questions that come up. AND DRESS UP! Too casual is unprofessional, but this is a mistake many people are making. You need to “look” like a role-model of the company who would fit in nicely with the image the company wants to portray. A big smile on your face is also an important asset; use it often.

More and More jobs are being posted online making it harder and harder for employers to find good employees. The answer is for employers to use a site like Savannahjobs.com or or one in our group of sites. We spend everyday working to make sure they receive good traffic and job seekers find your positions. This allows employers to post a job with us and get the exposure they are hoping for. It is does not hurt that we are also the best value in town. Please read this information.

“Over the last 12 months, Online advertised job vacancies rose 24 percent for the nation as a whole, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series released today. There were 4,365,000 unduplicated online advertised vacancies in April 2007 which includes 2,898,000 new ads that did not appear in March. Total online job ads in April increased by 610,600 or 16 percent from March, . There were 2.9 advertised vacancies online for every 100 persons in the labor force in April, with Over 476,200 ads posted for management occupations.

The fastest year-over-year growth was in the mid-section of the country with the West South Central and West North Central regions up 41 percent and 35 percent, respectively. The slowest growth was in New England, up 6 percent. San Jose ranks first with 7.18 ads per 100 persons in the labor force. Salt Lake City has the lowest supply/demand ratio in the nation.

Two of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, New York and Los Angeles, were first and second in the absolute volume of advertised job vacancies in April, with 321,000 and 262,500, respectively. The top two metro areas in terms of advertised vacancies per 100 persons in the local labor force were San Jose (7.18) and San Francisco (6.80), followed by Austin (6.13), and Washington D.C. (5.95).”

Good article today on Yahoo Finance on career change. Most people could use some advice when this happens in their careers. With most people changing jobs at least 7 time in their careers. This will come up often.

Check out this article for some good tips

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I have read different stories for a couple of years about people blogging on a topic or industry and it turning into a full time job. This article appear on Yahoo Finance with some great examples. Bloggers increase their profile on a specific topic or industry which attracts companies from that industry. The labor market is so tight companies are looking anywhere and everywhere for sources of talent.

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Martin Sullivan spoke recently a the CEO lecture series. Great event at the First City Club. Click Here to Watch it Now

SavannahJobs.com has created a MySpace.com page to promote our sites SavannahJobs.com HiltonHeadIslandJobs.com and BlufftonJobs.com. You will see more and more business creating company profile pages. This is only help SavannahJobs.com family of site remain the #1 recruiting and employment resource for Savnanah Georgia. We have already had companies contact us about our services from the profile. So if you are a business I would recommend setting up a profile as soon as possible. This will allow you to reserve your company name or service you provide.

PLease visit our savannahjobs MySpace.com page.

Earlier this week USA Today had an extensive article on the extreme measures that companies are taking to hire and retain their employees. It is almost back to the days, 1999 to 2001, of huge sign on bonuses and free cars. Employers in the Savannah and surrounding market are also starting to feel the pitch. The unemployment rate in Savannah is very, very low. Lower than the overall rate for Georgia and Georgia is very low for the US. It is not easy to find good employees and employers need to be creative in their hiring practices. The newspaper is not a good value or resource in recruiting, online and a local focused job board is your best value and solution.

This is job recruiting? Businesses get more creative to woo top talent

I have attached an article that appeared on the finance page of yahoo.com today. Which by the way is a great site, I have been going to the site every workday for the last 7+ years. If you want a quick look at stocks and what is going to be happening on Wall Street, there is not a better site.

The article has 9 points for acing a job interview.

Acing A Job Interview

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