According to unemployment numbers for the first time in a long time, we are bouncing back from huge losses. The truth is that the economy is already starting to recover but many people do not know it. This is because it has not yet been publicized, and because our economic employment symbols and benchmarks always run many months behind.

Guess what that means for you ‘job seekers’ out there? For the next three month we are in a new “golden era of job seeking.” Consider me your new employment fortune teller.

That’s rights, now more than ever is your time to shine and go nab your dream job.

Here is why:

Point one, employers have started to hire again. They are right now as we speak hiring new HR staff, and new admin assistants that will later play their part in a hiring trickle down effect in corporate and nonprofit positions.

The rule of thumb is first comes HR, and then comes everybody else. Companies and organizations do not hire new HR unless they are planning some pretty serious ramp ups in the future. This is what the big bosses are communicating to us RIGHT NOW from this behavior.

Point two, the media (the loudspeaker of information on the job market – TV, Web, and Print) has not yet started running big articles saying companies are now fully on the move. Now they have run some successes, but in the big picture more of the information being released is still on the negative side. Believe it or not, this is helpful to most jobseekers in an expanding employment market in many ways.

The good news is it will take three to six months for this to change and the media to rebound. Why is this good? It is a general rule of job seeker employment behavior that not until positive expectations about the job market change do most passive job seekers join the job hunt. Note: the most experienced candidates are these – and they are the ones you don’t want to go against for your next job.

What does this mean? It means, right now, you can apply for a job, and have a higher chance of being the most qualified candidate, and you have less competition to get it.

Here is why, the best and most qualified of all candidates are people that already have the exact job you are applying for. Only in a competitive job economy (one that is growing) are passive more experienced job seekers fully open to changing jobs and applying for new ones.

This is why for the next three months, in the first part of 2010, it is truly the new golden era of job seeking. The best candidates are too terrified to take a new jobs, most have not even started looking, and employers have been waiting (they fee like) way too long to hire. The hiring decision makers have been dying for help – for too long! So get your resumes ready and rewrite your best cover letter because for the next three months it is your time to shine!

Just note: as soon as people start to move again, and the individuals that dislike their jobs are willing to quit, and when experienced executives start looking elsewhere – the era will be coming to a close and the market will be on its way to being fully competitive again. It is true that more people are out of work than ever. Everybody knows that. But it is also true that many of the best candidates are not even yet looking for work! Either they have been out of work so long they feel out of touch so they are not applying, or because they are still stuck in their old jobs and are not willing to risk a new one yet. I say, use this to your advantage.

Point three. More jobs are hiring that people know about. Thousands of new jobs are created every day. Even better for the job seeker, less people are actively looking right now because most of America thinks our industries are on a hiring freeze.

The truth is more people have been hired in the past three weeks, than I have seen in the six months before it combined. So get out there and make a positive change for yourself. But please note: if you have sent out more than five resumes and cover letters and have not gotten an interview yet – more than likely your resume has been not properly tailored to fit the job description, and or you need to get more experience through volunteering or training. If you think this might be you, please read on in our blog to get the right advice on how to change this.

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That is why – you should always be very careful, or try to prepare the best you can before changes occur (if at all possible – most people do not have control over such timing).

As you probably know already, or are now discovering, changing industries is quite difficult to do, and sometimes can be unrealistic without first volunteering and gaining significant additional experience in the area you are trying to enter.

Generally speaking, in times when the economy is just recovering, it is a very bad time to switch industries. This is normally a sure fire way to not find work, unless you are a talented networker with an exceptional background.

Conversely, when unemployment is at it lowest, employers are the most open to considering candidates with experience outside of their industry. Use this information to help you navigate when to make a change.

You may wish to first volunteer or get a part time job in the industry or area you wish to switch into first to order to make the change more feasible.

We here at Scion Staffing are very concerned about individuals being affected by layoffs, and industry shifts. For more information on this subject please see the following helpful article on the subject and also seek help from a professional recruiter and employment coach:

http://www.career-line.com/job-search/how-to-switch-industries-when-your-industry-collapses/

For more information about for-profit jobs and staffing please see: http://scionstaffing.com.