I think Liz Ryan, well-known HR Expert and Consultant based in Boulder, CO hit the nerve about finding a good career position in this challenging economy.

Who's Getting Hired Right Now?

There are jobs to be had  but you won't read about them

Posted by: "Liz Ryan" liz@asklizryan.com   lizinboulder

Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:54 pm (PDT)

A friend just got hired this week as Director of Communications at a state university. Another one just started a Director-level job at a major foundation and a third took the reins as head of customer support and training at a logistics firm. People are getting good jobs right and left, but you won't read about it in the newspapers, because gloom-and-doom is a big seller.

Every employer is an organization that has to compete in a tough marketplace. Universities compete for students and for funding. Not-for-profits compete with other not-for-profits for mindshare and, yes, funding. For-profit firms, of course, compete in a dozen ways every day on the job. The only way for any employer to come out of this recession intact and thriving is to out-think and outmaneuver its competition. It takes smart people, focused on untangling thorny business problems, to win in the competitive marketplace and employers are starved for that sort of talent. Yet, eight gazillion people seem to be laid off every day. Isn't the job market glutted with talented candidates?

No. It's not.

To read the full story, follow this link to:
http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/whos-getting-hired-right-now/

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day, and we got on the subject of a few job interviews that he has had lately. Unfortunately he has not been getting as much traction as he would like. Obviously his resume was good enough to get him into the interview, so it must have been something in the interview itself that was not going very smoothly. This made me think of some interviewing tips I recently saw on another blog. These seemed very helpful.

http://40plusdc.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/a-few-tips-to-impress-the-interviewer/

A great article from Quintessential Careers on tips to tackle a search in these tough times

http://www.quintcareers.com/job-search_advice.html

Here's an article on a local Colorado based networking opportunities: http://cbs4denver.com/recession/lews.list.530.2.947365.html

Posted by: Renée Welch