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It’s a GIFT! Make the Most of Holiday Job-Searching
A common misconception holds that the November-December holiday season is an unproductive time for job-hunting. Smart job seekers take advantage of the unusual opportunities that the season brings — to position themselves for a holiday employment… Read more
No Apologies Needed When Asked the ‘Overqualified’ Question
In my years of facilitating small groups and working with clients privately the “overqualified” label has a way of rearing its ugly head every now and again. The trouble I have with the word itself is that it rarely makes sense. Most people… Read more
Encouraging News about the NYC Job Market
Following last week’s blog in which I suggested we eliminate the word “recession” from our daily lexicon given the changing nature of work, I had the opportunity to attend a networking event where Jim Brown, principal economist with the New… Read more
The Biased Media: Ignore Them – and use the Five O’Clock Club methodology
Question from a member: Did you read the article “Longer Unemployment for Those 45 and Older” by Michael Luo in the New York Times? What did you think?” Answer: I hope you weren’t tricked by the article. We all know that negative news… Read more
Some Tips for Getting Jobs in Hard Times
Five O’Clock Clubbers know that they should first do the assessment to determine what they want to do now and what they want to do 15 years from now. Because of this powerful assessment, 58% of those who attend the Club end up changing… Read more
How To Stay On The Cutting Edge
The job market has changed considerably in the last five years. As the economy improves more jobs are becoming available, more businesses are hiring and workers can prepare to trade up or change careers for the first time since the millennium. A… Read more
Bouncing Back From 9/11; The Challenges and the Progress
by David Madison, Ph.d. The following article is based on a panel presentation at the March 12, 2004 meeting of the HR Network at the Marsh headquarters in Manhattan. The network is co-sponsored by Marsh and the Five O’Clock Club, and is a venue… Read more
Making Full Use of the Maturing Workforce
By: Marian Stoltz-Loike, PhD With David Madison, PhD I n the decades following World War II, the nation experienced one of the greatest population explosions in U.S. history. There are 76 million ‘baby boomers,’ i.e., people born between 1945… Read more
The Most Recent Trends in Employment
From the Employment Roundtable At its September 2002 meeting, members of The Employment Roundtable began with a discussion of the recent trends in the labor market. Members always feel free to speak their minds since comments are never attributed… Read more
The Recession: What makes it so unusual and why it seems to be ending.
by Richard Bayer, PhD On February 28, 2002, John Wieting, Regional Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, delivered intriguing and timely labor market information to a fascinated audience of the Employment Roundtable… Read more
Employment: Current Trends in Turbulent Times
From the Employment Round table by Richard Bayer, Ph.D. Recent months have brought great change and sometimes shock to the United States, and especially to New York City. We have experienced an economy likely in recession, hijackings and the… Read more
Addressing Employment Trends
New York Times Fortune Black Enterprise Business Week NPR CNBC ABC-TV are some of the places you’ve seen, heard or read about us. Managing Your Career Amid Layoffs In the December 10, 2001 issue of FORTUNE Magazine, in an article by… Read more
Bad Job Market For Young People?
Oh, it’s not horrible Two years ago, young people talked about earning millions in Internet jobs and retiring by thirty. They snubbed their noses at the brick and mortar folks, who seemed “hopelessly lost.” There was a labor shortage—fueled… Read more
11 Tips for Dot.Commers Who Lost Their Jobs
How to update your job-searching strategy for today’s changing market -by Kate Wendleton and staff The downturn of the e-commerce boom has former employees of ruined dot.coms looking for new jobs. But the good news is that there are still plenty… Read more
Recession or not, you can be prepared!
The word “recession” is in the air: Five O’Clock Clubbers have told us that sales are down, we. re getting lots of dot.commers at the Club, and we hear we should expect to see people in ad sales, the advertising industry in general, communications… Read more
The US Labor Market: Three Key Issues
New Economy versus Old by Richard Bayer, Ph.d. The “New Economy” has dissimilarities and similarities to the old economy. Of course, businesses continue to recruit the best employees they can at the most conservative rates, and employees… Read more
Observations Of The Current Job Market
From the Job Hunter’s Point-of-View Kate you’ve heard it before: This is the best job market since World War II. Professionals, managers and executives are finding jobs faster than they did only a few years ago. Yet you don’t feel as though… Read more
So You Think Things Are Changing Fast? Let’s Have a Little Perspective
by Kate Wendleton By the time I got my MBA in 1975, I was already a techno-nerd, having worked my way through college as a computer programmer. We were all in on the ground floor of this great adventure–and there was plenty of room for everyone…. Read more
Summer is One of the Best Times to Job Hunt
Tell your competition to keep on relaxing. Five O’Clock Clubbers keep on going–and get the jobs. August and September are two of the highest hiring months. Who gets hired then? Those who searched in the summer. Be sure to tell your friends about… Read more
Should You Think of Yourself as a Permanent Employee Or a Temporary Consultant? The Answer May Lie in Your Severance.
by Kate Wendleton Jim landed a great job with a large financial services company. The firm was starting a new technology effort and wanted him to be a key player. The base pay of $100,000 a year was more than he had made before, and he would learn… Read more
The Year You Write the Script
by Kate Wendleton The backlash started quietly in 1992. You won’t read about it in Department of Labor statistics or in the New York Times. We saw it at The Five O’Clock Club because we’re on the front lines. In 1992, more workers decided to write… Read more
Holidays Are a Good Time to Job Hunt
In January, a job hunter reported on the successful completion of his search after only six sessions. The surprise was that he had received his job offer on Christmas Eve! His wife attended the session where he proudly recounted his adventure: The… Read more
What’s Happening in the Health Care Job Market?
Our industry expert gives you a prescription for the nineties by James Borland, Ph.D. The Department of Labor says health care will be the number one growth field for jobs through the year 2005. New trends are transforming the industry, and that… Read more
Getting Jobs in a High-Growth Field: Lessons from those in the Interactive marketplace
Lessons from those in the interactive marketplace by Kate Wendleton Internet-related companies now employ more people than the publishing or the advertising industries. In Patricia Raufer’s article, Five O’Clock Clubbers tell you what you need to… Read more
What’s Happening in the Interactive Job Market? Five O’Clock Clubbers Give You the Inside Scoop
Five O’Clock Clubbers Give You the Inside Scoop by Patricia Raufer With all the talk about the Internet, new media, interactivity and online services, you might think that the interactive marketplace is ripe with opportunities for job hunters–and… Read more