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www.mlwebco.com – In this video, I provide four tips that you can use to help you land that new job you’re looking for. My Resume www.mlwebco.com If you have any questions, shoot me an email at mlocke@mlwebco.com

Good news is hard to fined in the current job market. Nevertheless, there is a silver lining in the dark clouds for ambitious young men and women.

With companies downsizing employees as a means for reducing operating costs, job opportunities are opening up for younger careerists, with lower salaries and less experience, to take on more responsibilities.

Fair or not, this is a reality of the workplace these days.

You will have opportunities to step up the rate at which your gain experience and new skills; plus to get exposure to managers who make decisions about promotions and compensation.

Be aware, however, it also can mean getting pushed into water over your head and floundering –even sinking– if you are not provided with career guidance and support from your employer, or if you don’t work diligently to master the job.

Some people are certain to be elevated too fast without support they would ordinarily get when their employer isn’t in a crisis mode, advises Steven Lurie, an organizational psychologist who has written “Handbook For Early Career Success”.

Other ambitious men and women will take to the opportunity like a duck takes to water, remembering that in tough times employers are searching for employees who have the ambition and the capacity to learn and work above and beyond their current position.

“This is your chance to step up and show off what you’re able to do,” declares Jason Ryan Dorsey, author of ‘Y-Size Your Business’.”

Job Tip: Eleven Guidelines To Success In New Environment

There are 11 steps you can take to capitalize on the situation.

1. Get clear information as to the scope of your new responsibilities…what is expected of you and how your performance will be graded.

Understand how your job is expected to advance toward your employer’s goals.

2. Understand whether or not your compensation and benefits change with your responsibilities. Accept the situation and get on with your job if there are no immediate changes in your compensation package. Remember it is likely that you were handed more responsibilities as part of a cost-reduction effort.

3. Be above board with your supervisor about your career goals. Demonstrate your willingness to learn and work hard.

4. Don’t be reluctant to ask questions about your new responsibilities and to seek help and the resources you need to do your job.

5. Once you are settled in your new position, begin looking for ways to improve your performance, as well as that of your department and ultimately that of the company. Volunteer for more responsibilities.

6. Get regular feedback on your performance. Be ready and willing to act on both praise and criticisms.

Keep track of your progress on the job so that you can make the case for an increase in compensation when times improve and you have proven your ability to handle greater responsibilities.

7. Take a good look at your career path at regular intervals; revise the goals you have set for your career where desirable.

8. Learn new skills that enhance your performance in your current position, as well as those that will take you to the next level. Push to get involved in management training programs

9. Dress and act in a style that is appropriate to your new position. Study your peers for guidance. If they dress up at work, you dress up. If they dress down, you dress down.

10. Be sure you establish a visible presence in the workplace. Reach out to get to know key players in other parts of the organization. Participate in activities beyond your present job.

11. Don’t burn bridges behind you. Keep in contact with those with whom you worked in your previous position(s).

Be sensitive to the difficulty you will encounter if you are supervising people with whom you previously worked as a peer.

Those who now report to you may have been your buddies on the bowling team. But there has been a shift in how you work together.

Career progress as a manager demands that you maintain relationships while establishing a necessary space in the connection between supervisor and those being supervised.

Don’t be surprised if some jealousies crop up.

It is a sobering fact that you are on trial until you have proven you can do the job. If you fall short, you may be reassigned to a job at your former level.

Keep in mind you will encounter the same people on the way down that you passed on the way up. Therefore, it makes common sense to build good relationships along the way.

Career Coaching: If you have not been assigned new or added responsibilities, survey the scene to see if changes in the workforce have created new opportunities. If so, volunteer for an expanded assignment and then put these 11 guidelines to work.

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With almost 16 million people out of work, more and more people are finding themselves having to figure out how to land a job in a market where more jobs are being lost. This is the toughest environment in 50 years to get a job in and you better have your best game on to do so. While the consensus is that no one is hiring, apply the tips in this article exactly as they are written and I assure you that you will not just get a job but get the job you want!

Decide that you are going to get a job and eliminate all other options. Treat unemployment benefits like the plague and a non-option. Unemployment benefits will not prove beneficial to you in the future as they will ultimately destroy your job prospects going forward.
Spend more time replacing the lost job than you spent at the job you lost! Take the attitude that getting a job is your job and if you have to spend 50 hours a week doing so do it!
Even if you have to take something you consider beneath you, it is better to stay connected in the workforce with less pay than disconnected from the workforce with unemployment benefits! (Refer to #1 again.)
Disregard all the talk that no one is hiring! There are always companies looking for productive-solution oriented people that can help their company grow. While there are 16m people without work most companies have not gone out of business. Have the attitude that you will find a job and stay away from other unemployed people as they are likely to contaminate your attitude.
Do NOT rely on your resume. While it needs to be current and list all of your accomplishments do not rely on it to land your job- it wont!Companies don’t hireresumes they hire people that can help move the company forward. A resume will not get you a job!
Do NOT rely on others to get you your next job. Headhunters and recruiters are representing many people and no one is going to present you better than you will. Go into this endeavor with the belief that you are the ONLY one that will make this happen!
Do NOT rely on the HR department and do every thing to bypass them even though this is not politically correct. Find out who knows the players in the company and get your story in front of the decision makers of the company. It is the decision makers that have the most invested in moving the company forward.
Do NOT depend on the internet or on social networking sites. They may be a good place to get a date or play poker but it will not get you a job. Let the other 16 million depend on the ‘net’ while you get yourself, your resume and your story in front of decision makers.
In the interview do NOT talk about what you have done in the past, talk about what you can do to create for the company in the future. Make big claims as to what you will and can do for the company.
Do NOT go into an interview to be interviewed, go in to sell your self. Avoid communicating from the viewpoint of what the company can do for you but rather what you can do for the company. Check out my book, Sell to Survive as it will show you exactly how to sell yourself to decision makers about why you are ‘The One’.
Approach every opportunity understanding that the only thing a company is interested in today is REVENUE. Anyone that can directly or indirectly assist in revenue creation is desirable! Those that can sell their ability and willingness to do whatever it takes to assist in adding revenue to the company are always desirable regardless of the overall job market. Things like being a team player, loyal, and dependable may be some of your attributes but they will not land you a job in this environment.
Do NOT go into any interview talking about how you have been let go wrongly. Nor do you ever want to mention anything negative about your last employer or position. Approach your current situation as a new opportunity to create a new life for yourself and carry that attitude with you into every interview. It takes a lot of pressure to create a diamond and this may be the very thing that it takes so that you hit your full potential! Take this time to bury yourself in positive books and audio programs so that you bring the best you to every interview. Check out The Rules of Success to get your head right as your attitude is going to be 90% of the interview.

The Challenge

According to a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal, nearly 17 percent of people ages 20 to 24 are unemployed.

This includes many recent college graduates — even Ivy-Leaguers — that know what they want to do with their lives but are simply unable to connect the dots and obtain that first career-worthy job. Entry-level job prospects arent showing any major signs of improvement so even the most accomplished graduates are left fighting.

But even though it has become much harder to find a job in the past few years, the following basic rules for landing an interview still apply.

Three Basic Rules for Receiving an Interview Offer

• Meet [or exceed] all experience and skill requirements
• Show potential fit for company culture
• Stand out from the crowd (in a good way)

If you can accomplish these things, your chances of getting a job interview — and the opportunity to better show your personality and interpersonal skills — are much greater. But these are just basic guidelines as you seek to begin your career.

Actions You Can Take to Make it Past the Screening Process and into an Interview

Find out whom you know.

Since networking is the most common way to find a job, your first step should be finding out whom you know that works in the industry or at the company to which you are applying.

Reach out to friends, family, past professors, and acquaintances and let them know what you are looking for so that they can help you if they come across any available positions.

A LinkedIn account is especially helpful in determining your connections to specific companies. Use these people to get in touch with someone at the company so that you can familiarize yourself with it before officially applying. (If you dont know anyone at the company, dont worry; getting in might be more difficult, but not impossible.)

Perform background research on the company and the job.

As you first enter the application process with a company, familiarize yourself with it by going online and using your network to learn more about what you would be getting yourself into.

Youll need to be able to state clearly the reasons why you want to work for this specific company and in a particular position — and how you will be able to contribute.

Keep a notebook and keep track of every job you apply for.

Take note of company values and use the job ad (if there is one) to find out the attributes they are looking for in candidates. You will be using this information to customize your cover letter and resume.

It is also essential to be organized about keeping track of job search details in order to follow up appropriately if you have applied — and even just to keep a company in mind for future visits to its online jobs listings.

Creating a spreadsheet might be a great way to do this.

Customize your cover letter and resume based on the job for which you are applying.

You must paint a picture of yourself as the perfect candidate for the job (but honestly, of course).

To do this, you should personalize your application materials based on the company and position to which you are applying.

Remember that background research that you performed? Try to work the company values into your cover letter to show that you are a good fit culturally.

Also, take the skills they are looking for in candidates and give examples of how you exemplify them. Give them an honest breakdown of what really makes you passionate about working for them over any other company.

Apply early and apply often. Create a schedule and treat getting a job like a job itself.

You should be spending the majority of the day productively searching for and following through with potential job leads.

After performing the necessary due diligence, dont wait to apply. Many companies will fill the position before they take down the ad; if this hasn’t occurred, they certainly may already be quite far down the road with their hiring process by the time you learn of the position and take action.

Dont be discouraged if you arent getting the response you want.

Instead, use this as reason to evaluate where you may be falling short and make improvements in your job search process and submissions.

Always follow up after sending in your application.

Ive heard several stories lately of hiring managers who chose their interview pools based upon the qualified individuals who followed up with them after the initial application.

When they receive on average over 200 resumes per opening, theyve got to narrow it down somehow, and those that follow up show an interest beyond the rest.

If you follow up a week after sending in your application, you will set yourself apart from the crowd and increase your chances of hearing back from the employer.

Double-check all application materials.

The easiest way to play the elimination game with a stack of resumes is to search for typos and poor grammar.

You wouldnt believe how many people make simple mistakes on their resumes and cover letters that could be avoided by careful revision and the help of a second pair of eyes.

If you send in your materials with mistakes, youve pretty much ruined your chances of receiving a job with that company in the near future because you cant simply edit and apply again. Be precise.

Evaluate yourself.

Whether or not you are having luck in getting interviews, self-evaluation will help you increase your efficiency and effectiveness in the application process.

If you continue getting turned down, its okay to politely ask why you didnt meet the companys requirements.

You may learn that you need more experience and should begin searching for temporary internship opportunities, or you may get some pointers for resume improvements, for example. Either way, you should be constantly working to improve.

These tips should give you a better idea of what you need to do in order to start landing interviews. In such a competitive job market, youve got to be on top of your game and as close to perfect as possible.

Guest post by Mario Schulzke, Creator, CareerSparx.

Mario Schulzke is the creator of CareerSparx, an online course that helps recent college graduates begin their careers. For more information, visit www.careersparx.com and download a free 61-page guide on how to start your career.