Total of 2.6 million jobs lost

Below is the latest results from the Labor Department.

I don’t believe it will be getting better anytime soon. So, the question I have for you is what are you going to do to make your self outstanding?

There are companies still hiring, and in the future they will hire again. Are you going to be prepared to stand out above the rest of the crowd? Realize it is a big crowd. Are you going to put in a full day effort, every day?

I read a statisic that less then 10% of people find jobs on the classified ads, this includes Monster, Careerbuilder, and the internet postings. Let us say the statisic is wrong and 15% of people find jobs online. That still leaves 85% of the job openings being filled in other ways.

Do you how those other 85% of others are getting noticed? Do you know other ways of being hired besides internet? If you are getting calls on your resume or even interviewing, are you getting hired? Why not?

As a career coach I will ask you, when would now be a good time to get yourself some help? Do you buy a book, join a club, get advice, or hire a coach? I have had people tell me I can’t afford it. Well, you can’t afford not to have it.

I hope you have found my blog useful, and maybe I can help you one on one in the near future.

Dennis



BREAKING NEWS
updated 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, as nervous employers slashed 524,000 jobs. The labor market is expected to remain weak as mass layoffs continue.

The Labor Department's report, released Friday, underscored the terrible toll the deepening recession is having on workers and companies, and highlights the hard task President-elect Barack Obama faces in resuscitating the flat-lined economy.

For all of 2008, the economy lost a net total of 2.6 million jobs. That was the most since 1945, when nearly 2.8 million jobs were lost. Although the number of jobs in the U.S. has more than tripled since then, losses of this magnitude are still being painfully felt.

An Attitude of Gratitude

Driving in to work today, I forgot my I-pass in my other car. I had to go through the pay toll lane. I went to the first person, gave my money, received no look, no acknowledgement; just a scowl on his face. He couldn't be any slower in getting the gate up, so I can go. I said, thank you, and received no return sound at all. So I think, well maybe that's just him.

I was wrong. At the next toll, I came up to the next lady, waited a few minutes. She was doing something, she looked out at me like I was bothering her day. I said thank you, and drove on.

Maybe they don’t need to say thank you. Maybe they don’t need to smile. Maybe the don’t need to work quickly. Maybe they don’t need to be grateful to me. Or... maybe the should be grateful they are working, that the machines haven’t taken over their jobs! Maybe they can be grateful that they can feed their families. Maybe they can be happy that they have an income ..or maybe not.

I’m sure there are a few people that would do that work, and show it with a smile and a thank you.

Dennis

**From the bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. October's drop in payroll employment followed declines of127,000 in August and 284,000 in September, as revised. Employment has fallen by 1.2million in the first 10 months of 2008; over half of the decrease has occurred in the past 3 months. In October, job losses continued in manufacturing, construction, and several service-providing industries. Health care and mining continued to add jobs.