Money in the bank

I continue to hear & read that employers are being inundated with unqualified candidate and are being very rude with their lack of response even to the good ones.

So... if this has happened to you, a good payback is to spread the word amongst your friends!

Also, tell your favorite recruiter who the bad companies are.

Chances are that they treat their employees in the same manner - and we as recruiters always need another target. J

On another topic... It’s not about personal style that makes you successful.

Some people get out of the huddle and walk to the line of scrimmage, while others run.

What matters is what happens when the ball is snapped!

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

936-597-6500 - direct

hdorland@ez2.net

Money in the bank

If the number of open jobs in the U.S. were filled, our unemployment rate would be under 7%.

But... many of them can’t find qualified candidates.

As an example, companies need a lot of technical workers, but a great number of our unemployed were trained to work in construction and other non-technical fields.

The number of job openings has risen 37% this past year, but are still 1.2 million less than the pre-recession.

Insurance positions lost 6900 people in June, but we still have unemployment in the 3+% range.

When interviewing you need to be honest about your past achievements.

In this day and age of technology, its typically not difficult for an employer to be able to “reach out” to other industry people and uncover the truth.

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

Thinking about retiring?

Check out this article from Fox News. It has a tax calculator to figure out how your nest egg will be affected if the tax cuts are not extended.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/14/golden-years-golden-rise-capital-gains-dividends-tax-hit-seniors/

Laura Hill
The Hill Group, L.P.
713 266.8397

Resignation Letter

I highly recommend this short article in the Wall Street Journal. Follow the link below.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657304575540143127402012.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_2

Scot Dickerson, CPC

President

Capstone Search Group

Money in the bank

Only two of the last ten NFL Super Bowl runner-ups have ended up in the playoffs the following year.

If we equate this to our insurance careers, I would guess this means not to be overly satisfied with yesterday’s successes. J

A recent survey says that 64% of people believe they will never be able to stop working and retire.

80% of workers say they get satisfaction from their job.

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

Hiring a resume writer, ask these questions first.

I came across this article today on Wall Street Journal on line today. Very practical advise for job seekers interested in having their resume professionally written by a so called resume writing service.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433791872911672.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4

Scot Dickerson, CPC

President

Capstone Search Group

Phone: (515)-987-0242 Ext. 18

Email: sdickerson@insurance-csg.com

Visit our website at www.csgrecruiting.com

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Money in the bank

While our industry’s employee earnings have gone up the past year (from 1.8% to over 14%), we lost another 4,000 jobs in May (mostly from the health insurance sector).

Multi-tasking in the workplace may be counter-productive, according to some HR experts, and scientists agree (human beings cannot efficiently do more than one thing at a time).

It is forecast that the U.S. will be facing a shortage of 8 million professional people for open positions in the not too distant future (the pool of candidates is shrinking 10,280 people a day) (usdol.gov).

Good news for those of you still working - and for recruiters! J

Harvey Dorland

Pacific Recruiting

936-597-6500 - direct

hdorland@ez2.net