Tuesday, July 6, 2010

“WATCH: Job Search: Your Questions Answered” plus 3 more

“WATCH: Job Search: Your Questions Answered” plus 3 more

WATCH: Job Search: Your Questions Answered

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:07 AM PDT

Job Hunt: Tory Johnson's Expert Tips

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:04 AM PDT

With the job market dominating headlines, we're answering four of the most common questions from viewers.

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1. With unemployment benefits ending for millions of out-of-work Americans and few signs of a quick recovery, more people risk serious financial hardship. The Society of Human Resource Management estimates that up to 50 percent of employers run credit checks on job applicants. Sometimes that information is used to withdraw offers and deny employment.

Sadly, with few exceptions, that's legal. But last week, Oregon passed a law forbidding employers from accessing credit history to deny employment unless it can be proved that bad credit has a direct impact on the position. More than a dozen other states are considering such bills, and a similar federal measure has been stalled in Congress.

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To be denied work because of your credit is a vicious cycle. You can't pay your bills because you're out of work, and you can't get hired because you couldn't pay your bills. Even if you don't realize it, most times when you've completed an employment application, you've given the employer permission to check your credit.

So if you're job searching and you know your credit is poor, now is the time to deal with it. First, know what's on your credit report. Everyone is entitled to a free credit report annually from each of the three main reporting agencies. You can get them today at AnnualCreditReport.com. Check for mistakes and inaccuracies, and then immediately work on having them fixed. (Advice on how to do this is provided by the government at www.ftc.gov/credit.)

Don't bring up credit woes during the interview. Wait until you know that the company is going to make you an offer or they've made you an offer that's contingent on a successful background check.

This is your cue to speak up. Let the company know how thrilled you are to receive the offer and how much you look forward to joining. Ask what's involved in the background check. Some companies may limit it to calling a reference or two. Others may run a criminal background check. Not all will run a credit check, so don't spill the beans until you are clear on what's involved.

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The Green Job Bank Releases New Duplicate Job Posting Detection Technology

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:01 AM PDT

The green job search site is first to develop an algorithm that detects duplicate job postings

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) July 6, 2010 -- The Green Job Bank announced today the release of its new indexing and search technology that detects duplicate green job postings. It is available on the company's Green Job Search Engine.

The new technology implements a unique and first-in-kind algorithm that detects and resolves duplicate job postings from across the web. Many green job opportunities are posted to a variety of job boards, often with small but significant differences in the title, city, state, or spelling of the company name. These differences make it difficult to recognize that two postings are one and the same. The new technology solves this problem by cleaning, extracting and cataloging keywords found in the job posting.

"Job seekers don't want to see the same green job multiple times in their search results; it's confusing, time consuming and frustrating. Our new technology simplifies their task, and allows job seekers to focus on finding the right green job," said Bernard Ferret, founder and manager of The Green Job Bank. Combined with other features, this new technology makes The Green Job Bank one of the best green job search sites, with the largest number of unique green job openings.

In their search results, job seekers easily see all the sources from which a green job posting was indexed. If the same posting is found on the employer's website and various job boards, preference is given to the employer's posting. When job seekers click on the job title in the search results, the link sends them to the original posting on the employer site, recruiter site, or the green job board.

Launched in 2009, The Green Job Bank is a green job search site that crawls the web and indexes green jobs, renewable energy jobs, clean energy jobs and energy conservation jobs from green employers, green recruiters and green job boards. The service is free for employers, recruiters and job seekers. The site currently indexes over 6,500 unique green job postings, in many green energy categories, including wind, solar, geothermal, hydro-power, bio-fuels, green building, energy conservation, energy storage and energy transportation. The index is updated every day and postings are less than 60 days old. The Green Job Bank includes many features to help job seekers manage their research process, including hundreds of employer profiles, discussion forums, and job sharing tools.

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The Conversation: Job Search: Your Questions Answered

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:37 AM PDT

The U.S. workplace is a dismal one this summer, and June's unemployment numbers showed the economy is still losing more jobs than it is creating. The unemployment rate now sits at 9.5 percent, with many in that group been having been unemployed for six months or longer.

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But ABC's workplace contributor Tory Johnson is among the first to come out and say that a bleak job market doesn't mean you should give up hope of ever finding the right job.

In today's Conversation, Johnson sets out to answer some of the top questions asked by our viewers in recent days.

Susan, from California, was one of many who wrote to us asking how she can compete with the hundreds, if not thousands, who are also applying for the same positions she is.

" I get up early every morning to try to be the first to submit my online application for new job postings," said Susan. ""How can I stand out and get that interview?"

Lots of other people wrote in asking for recommendations on places that will review resumes and give job advice for free. Some wanted to know about work-at-home jobs, or if a low credit score is affecting their ability to get job interviews.

And what about people who have any type of criminal record? Many of you wrote in about wanting to turn your lives around , but believe you have no chance of competing in this tough work environment.

Johnson sets out to answer these questions -- and more -- in today's Conversation. A series of web extra video clips will be posted all this week on the "World News" page.

Get useful tips from Tory Johnson about the importance of face-to-face meetings when doing your initial round of job applications and learn the one thing most people overlook when it comes to perfecting your resume.

Learn how online resources like Facebook and Twitter can give you an edge when getting your name out there in the job hunt. And would you believe that the public library might be one of the best destinations to get free resources when it comes to getting your application materials in order?

Click here to return to the 'World News' page.

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