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Job hunting? Here’s some help.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
More than any other reason, more than “I’ve got a brother here…” or “I went to college here…” or even “There was this girl…”, newcomers seem to wind up here for a job.
Pretty scary now that our national unemployment rate is about 6.1 percent. “Unemployment claims spike in Georgia,” a Sept. 11 story by AJC reporter Michael Kanell, said 59,090 people filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance in August, up 72 percent from the same month a year earlier, he wrote.
And then there was this quote: “The advantage that Georgia had — compared to the national averages — has evaporated,” said Emily Sanders, president of Sanders Financial Management in Norcross. “And the trend line is pointing in a negative direction.”
Yikes.
It’s not the 25 percent unemployment rate of the Great Depression, but it’s not happy news.
So you’re here, maybe for family, school, love or a job that you used to have, and now you need another. Here are a few resources that might help you on the hunt.
AJCjobs: Seems like a plug for my company — job preservation, even — but just like everyone else, the first place I look for a job is the classified ads.
Craigslist: Yup, we all look at these classifieds, too.
Georgia Department of Labor: It’s got a job database, a guide to lay-off survival and unemployment benefit information.
The Georgia 100: This isn’t a list of the top employers, but rather a ranking meant to help investors. (Here’s how the rankings are decided.) For the job hunter, it’s a look at what companies do and what shape their finances are in. Something to help you sleep at night, or maybe make you look in another direction.
Did you come here for a job? Is it working out as you hoped? What other resources do you use for a job hunt in Georgia?
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By jobseeker
September 25, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
i use ajc, careerbuilder, yahoo hot jobs, monster, atlanta jobs, georgia merit system, and i go on actual sights like hospitals, banks, board of education (all counties), temp agencies, there are just so many
By Looknomore
September 25, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this
I moved here for the job, can’t wait until I have enough years to retire to leave this Godforsaken place…..
By Mike In Woodstock
September 25, 2008 11:03 PM | Link to this
Under 42?
www.goarmy.com
Good Luck!
By Harsh Reality
September 25, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this
People often mistake the job market in Atlanta as based on meritocracy. It is based on nepotism. If you need a job, I would highly recommend figuring out ‘who you know’. Call your sister, cousin, your dad’s golf buddy, the ladies in your mom’s social club, your alumni chapter and the deacon board from church. THAT is the strategy at work in this godforsaken town.
By tough going
September 26, 2008 1:25 AM | Link to this
Not all that easy to find a job. If you move here know people, and get to know people quick. If you don’t you’re going to be in a world of trouble. Good luck. I would love to leave my job, but I can’t afford to do “temp” work to see if employees like me enough to hire me full time.
By Mike D
September 26, 2008 1:46 AM | Link to this
If you have a college degree, use your smarts and move to an a field that needs you - medical, design, quantum particle architecture. If you are blue collar, look for a field that can’ be easily exported - plumbing, electrical, plastic welding, etc…
If your job seems simple or super easy, bet that it will be gone soon.
By Danielle
September 27, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this
Despite the stats, I see so many high paying Atlanta jobs posted on employment sites -
www.linkedin.com (professional networking) www.indeed.com (aggregated listings) www.realmatch.com (matches you to jobs)
I see 75K, 100K and 125K jobs