Since August, 2001, The Job Market Blog has been providing information about the job market . . . employment data from around the world, layoff notices and job market commentary from Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter (The term, “The Big Game Hunter, is a registered trademark of The Big Game Hunter, Inc., Milford, PA 2008) all with an eye toward giving you the best information we can about the job market around the world.
Jeff Altman (www.JeffAltman.com) has been a professional recruiter since 1972 and began this blog with job market commentary in August, 2001 and reported about the job market as he saw it following the turmoil of the 9/11 attacks in the US and has continued with commentary almost every month since then.
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[...] Jumping back into the job marketIt's fair to say the last 12 months haven't been the best of times,…imes, economically speaking: the worst financial crisis in recent memory has kicked off a genuinely global downturn – pushing some of the biggest names in business into bankruptcy – and while some parts of the world appear to have moved into a recovery phase, others remain well and truly depressed with little sign of improvement in the short term at least. But behind such macro-facing phrases as "global downturn" and "recovery phase" lies the human element, the millions of personal tales of struggle and toil which are the true face of the recession. In every sector, in every geography, men and women – some of whom have been in steady jobs for decades – have been driven out into the cold and, for many, unfamiliar environment of unemployment. Even in a growth field such as shared services many swingeing cuts have had to be made by firms desperately trying to keep above water – and, of course, for many organizations the advantages posed by outsourcing, already tempting in terms of their long-term bottom-line benefits, are proving too alluring to resist, resulting in yet more layoffs and role reallocations. [...]
December 1, 2011 @ 3:30 am
Dear Jeff,
Hello, my name is James and I’m currently promoting one of the newest titles for Career Press Publications and would like to offer you an early copy for review for The Job Market Blog. I think you will find this book to be a great topic of discussion and of interest to your readers. I’ve included some information about the book as well as my contact information below. Thank you in advance for your time.
Never Apply for a Job Again
Darrell W. Gurney
Remember when searching for a job meant opening the newspaper to the classifieds, red pen in hand? More recently, it has entailed scouring online job boards or company websites. Yet eighty percent of jobs are filled before they are ever advertised, even in our high-tech, low-touch world. Job seekers want to know where to go and how to reach out best to find work in an all too volatile economy.
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- Being interested rather than interesting wins friends and influences people
- Face to face trumps online connections anytime
We hope that you will consider this new book as a resource for your site and are happy to provide you with a review copy if you so desire. Opportunities exist for you to take an excerpt from the book for use on your site (with pre-approval) or for you to review for your audience. If you are interested in a review copy please get back to us with a full mailing address and contact.
Many thanks for your time.
James Thompson
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(201)-848-0310 ext: 510
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January 27, 2012 @ 6:12 am
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January 29, 2012 @ 5:40 am