Many questions on the Interviewing message board have shown some of our readers’ problem in getting a search after leaving or losing a job. But according to me it may be useful for us to start a job at the beginning.

Networking

With many positive sign from US companies and from abroad it is abundantly clear that we are at the beginning of an economic recovery. Though the recession may have ended- officially- this is likely to be jobless recovery. In a jobless recovery profit increases but companies are conservative and don’t hire back those employees which were cut during the recession. Productivity has increased and technology has allowed also for fewer workers.

Many employees, including six-figure managers and executives complain that they feel powerless in negotiating with their employers. This is true whether the topic of negotiation is a raise, a promotion – or the last important interaction between employer and employee, the severance discussion.

Attending job fairs is always the best way to go about mastering them. Before going to any expo in town it is necessary for you to prepare yourself. Many job fairs have set of similar, basic elements or processes in which attention is required. The most important in this is distribution of your resume and your ability to network with companies employees on the spot.