Employment Spot

The Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com recently released a report about the national shortage of qualified bank tellers. The banking industry has exploded in recent years, with additional bank branches springing up all over the country. In previous decades, bank tellers needed “only basic skills” and received “modest wages.” Many bank employment experts thought that the role of bank tellers would diminish or even disappear with the increased use of new technology such as ATMs and online banking services. The exact opposite has been true. The role of bank tellers in the industry has completely transformed from a mechanical and routine position to one that requires excellent customer relations, problem solving and marketing skills. Bank tellers are often the first face of the company to customers and they have become central in recruiting and selling to new customers.

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Employment opportunities in the United States can change as quickly as the stock market or the seasons. It’s important to stay on top of potential training opportunities or new industries, where the job market is hot and the income potential is high. A little additional training in an unfamiliar field may be well worth the effort in order to secure your ideal job. See below for the fastest growing occupation groups according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Don’t be afraid to look into something new. Take a career assessment test to determine which of the new occupations below might be ideal for you. Read the rest of this entry �

Ever wonder why you don’t get called back after that first interview? What’s holding you back from that great job while others are getting hired after shorter job searches?

It could be something you DIDN’T do.

What are the traits of a good candidate? How can you make a good impression? Here are the top five ways to win over your interviewer and get a leg up on the competition. Read the rest of this entry �

Workers looking for new jobs in the next 12 months may have more bargaining power than they realize. A new Labor Day report found employers are experiencing difficulty recruiting quality candidates and are willing to up the ante on job offers.

Looking back at the late 1990s, the U.S. job market was employee-driven. An abundance of job opportunities and lack in readily available talent fueled a heated competition amongst employers to secure new recruits. The situation changed with the emergence of a debilitating recession that

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You know the feeling. You spend hours, or even days, creating a resume. You pore over every word of your cover letter and agonize over what to say in your email. Then you hit "send" and wait. And wait. And wait. No one calls. No one writes. You don’t know if anyone even saw your resume. When this happens, it’s easy to get dejected and worry that employers are not interested in you. Don’t! Remember, they haven’t met you. They have only seen your resume and that may be the problem.

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