OneWire.com Surveys College Career Counselors

→  October 1st, 2009  →  Blog recession statistics

A recent survey of college career counselors conducted by OneWire.com shows current trends at career centers. Some key findings: 67% of college career counselors expect the job market to turn around sometime in 2010, while 33% think an improvement will take longer. 69% of counselors said that campus recruiting has decreased. 91%  of respondents have [...]

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Job Numbers: What Really Matters

→  August 15th, 2009  →  Blog economy employment job search statistics

Job-related statistics can be misleading because there’s usually more to consider than a single number or percentage.  Plenty of numbers related to employment can be found, but many factors aren’t obvious to most job-seekers.  What matters – and what doesn’t- when it comes to employment statistics? What doesn’t matter:  job openings What really matters:  job [...]

Don't Let Your First Interview be Your Most Important

→  May 6th, 2009  →  advice Blog interview job search

Before starting my first job search in the “real world”, I didn’t realize how the job interview process worked.  I soon realized that companies usually interview many people for one position and put candidates through several interviews before making a decision.  The first job interviews I had were for part-time jobs for which I was [...]