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- Search Engine Academy Washington DC Seeking Partners to Train Laid Off Workers and Veterans
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| Search Engine Academy Washington DC Seeking Partners to Train Laid Off Workers and Veterans Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:01 AM PDT With U.S. unemployment at 9.5%, the Search Engine Academy Washington DC is seeking organizations to partner with that offer job re-training to laid off workers, people seeking new career fields and military veterans who need additional job skills to find civillian employment. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) skills are in demand, and the career field is growing. (PRWEB) August 19, 2010 -- The Search Engine Academy Washington DC (www.search-engine-academy-washington-dc.com) is seeking public and private organizations to partner with, to offer SEO training and certification courses to job seekers who need new work skills in career fields that have been created by the internet. According to Nancy E. Wigal, Search Engine Academy Washington DC owner, "I am looking for organizations in DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania who want to add job training courses and workshops to their inventory. Many attendees who receive SEO training and certification through the Search Engine Academy are doing so because they are actively seeking new jobs or are adding new skills to their inventory to make themselves more marketable." The U.S. jobless rate is 9.5% as of July 2010 in the U.S. The internet has created new career fields and work skills. Search engine optimization is a major, critical component of web site creation and maintenance. Personnel who have SEO skills are in high demand in small, medium and large companies, as well as functioning as independent SEO consultants and subject matter experts. There are multiple job positions that now include SEO skills in their hiring requirements. These positions include web content managers, web editors, content management specialists and internet marketing managers. Working as an SEO specialist does not require a college degree. Search Engine Academy trained and certified SEO specialists have the most up to date skills, processes and techniques to improve website search results when properly applied. The Search Engine Academy Washington DC conducts live SEO training and certification workshops at client locations, or at its DC training location. Attendees learn through lecture, then apply SEO techniques and principles in class. There are also group exercises to further reinforce SEO job skills during the classes. "I'm hoping to generate interest in discussing partnerships with job training organizations. SEO is a growing career field that will always have a demand for skilled personnel. Even companies that have physical locations still need to build great websites so they can be found in search engine results to get the most targeted clients possible," stated Nancy. "Together, we can identify populations that need new job skills and get them trained." Attendees who successfully complete the Search Engine Academy courses receive six months free mentoring to ensure they are correctly applying SEO processes and techniques. The original Search Engine Academy was founded by Robin Nobles and John Alexander. The Search Engine Academy Washington DC also creates and delivers customized SEO training solutions for businesses and companies on demand, as well as SEO consulting services. ### Search Engine Academy Washington DC This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:30 AM PDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With nearly 1 in 10 Americans out of work, most of us who are employed these days feel lucky just to have a job. But what if you sense impending layoffs? Or you're just flat-out miserable with your current gig? Common sense dictates you shouldn't wait until it's too late or you've reached the end of your rope to start the search process. You can never bee to prepared ... or prepared too early. Prepare early and build you network Start by building up your network, beyond colleagues you've met at the office and business contacts you've forged at evening cocktail parties. Consider carving out time in your schedule to attend professional association meetings or industry conferences in your current field -- or perhaps -- a new field in which you're interested. Many recruiters utilize web sites such as LinkedIn to find talent, so you want to be sure that you've created a profile and that it's up to date. "The beauty of LinkedIn," says Liz Lynch, founder of the Center for Networking Excellence, "is it's not just a site for job seekers." With more than 75 million members, she points out, "it's THE place for business professionals, so it won't be a red flag if your boss sees you there." In fact, if your job depends on good networking, your boss may even be disappointed if you're not reaching out to potential sources and clients online. The next step is to ask some of your LinkedIn connections for recommendations. According to the LinkedIn Corporation, users with recommendations on their profiles are three times as likely to be found in searches. So go ahead, ask your colleagues to write a little something on your behalf. Just make sure to return the favor. Use your network to stimulate new ideas Conversations are so much more productive than mere contacts. While a count of Facebook friends or Twitter followers in the thousands might seem impressive at first blush, step back and ask yourself if these are meaningful contacts. Put your new friends and business associates to good use! "Getting face-to-face and talking with people -- friends, former colleagues, new networking connections -- about what they're doing might help you pinpoint what you want to do next and where there might be opportunities for you," says Lynch. Breaking the news So when do you tell your boss that you're looking around? "Typically it's a good idea to wait until you have a job in hand and are ready to go," advises Lynch. "However, a big caveat to this is if the position you're looking at is internal. [In that case], you want your boss to hear from you that you're interviewing before he hears it from someone else." Seek out additional training Look at jobs you're interested in, and if you see gaps in your skills or knowledge, now is the time to start filling them. Consider taking a marketing or finance class at your local community college, or taking advantage of some of the in-house training your company might offer in managing or communications. "This could be good for you not just in your current job," says Lynch, "but in your next one as well." Don't drop the ball "You're always more attractive to prospective employers and will have more negotiating leverage when you're employed," says Lynch, "so make sure your work is still getting done." And lastly: keep an eye on your wardrobe! While this may seem trivial, arriving at your current job dressed up more than usual is sure to raise a few red flags. By keeping it casual and consistent, no one will be the wiser until it's time to offer you a heart-felt (or not) congratulations. Talkback: Are the jobless numbers discouraging you from looking for work? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Job hunt takes grads on wild chase Posted: 19 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT / TRIBUNE PHOTO Emily Stevens chats with fellow volunteer Tim Dalton at the Right Brain Initiative's Show and Tell exhibit in Milwaukie. Stevens graduated from Lewis and Clark College in May, and after a fruitless job search, volunteered with the local art program. ADVERTISEMENTS  Emily Stevens has always had a job since she was 16. That is, until she graduated from college last spring. After spending her final semester of college studying in London, Stevens, 22, returned to Portland and graduated from Lewis and Clark College in May with a degree in musicology (that's the study of music through history and culture). She signed a yearlong lease on a house in Northeast Portland and continued the job search she'd started in March. After more than five months of searching, Stevens can't even get a grocery store job. "It's hard on your self esteem," Stevens says of her fruitless job search. Stevens was active in Lewis and Clark's theater department, a founding member of the college's first female a capella group, wrote an article that was named one of the college's top news stories of 2009 and has two internships under her belt. And she's had six job interviews in five months. Stevens has internship experience in public relations and hopes to work in this field, but for the time being she's filling out at least four applications a day for jobs that range from a Whole Foods worker to an administrative assistant at a Washington, D.C., public relations firm. When Stevens was a college freshman in 2007, one in two students who applied for jobs landed one by graduation, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers of Pennsylvania. Four years and a deep recession later, only one in four 2010 college seniors found jobs by graduation. The good news? Things seem to be on the upswing for graduates. Employers plan to hire 5.3 percent more new graduates than last year, according to the association. The bad news: 2009 grads are still feeling the pain from last year, when employers hired 21 percent fewer grads than they did in 2008. The 2009 grads who suffered in last year's hiring dip have only added to the thousands of Oregonians fighting this year's grads for jobs. At a recent job fair, Stevens stood in line for more than two and a half hours for a 10-minute interview at New Seasons. "I was expecting it to be difficult to find a dream job, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to find a job I didn't care about," she says. Unusual career pathsSome graduates have had no choice but to get creative in their hunt for employment. Nick Bradish picked up a number of odd jobs while searching for a job last summer. When his search for a stable job turned up dry, the 2009 Reed College grad partnered with a fellow graduate to create a handyman business in which odd jobs like moving, yard work and home maintenance became their specialty. Bradish says profits from the business covered rent and bills, but with $16,000 in student loans hanging over his head, he plans to look for steadier work this month. While he would love to enter the brewing industry, Bradish says, "I can afford to be choosy later in life." For every job posting, employers these days are seeing about 40 applications from new grads, says Greg Flores, interim director of Portland State University's Career Center. That means employers are increasing their expectations for applicants, especially in terms of work experience. Internships help, even unpaid ones. The National Association of Colleges and Employers reported this spring that the median starting salary for students with an internship on their resume was 30 percent higher than the median salary for those without an internship. Grads with internships are also more likely to find a job. 1 | 2 Next Page >> This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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