Shrinking of Jobs continue in Albany Job Market!

Job erosion is Albany, NY continued in July as overall employment declined by 10,500 by last year. The region’s unemployment rate is up by 5 percent to last year’s. Buffalo and Rochester also continued to cut jobs. This job shed, however, is bit lower in private-sector jobs. After seasonal adjustment, New York state’s private-sector job count raised by 14,000, or 0.2 percent, to 7.09 million in July — the state’s first monthly raise since August 2008.

Unemployment Rises, Stocks Fall

According to government records jobless rate is 9.5%, which is slightly less than what was expected, but nonfarm payrolls make 467,000 people jobless.

How to Become An Outstanding Negotiator

Regardless of inherent ability, everyone can learn to be a better negotiator. To ask, “How can we develop negotiating ability?” is in essence to ask about the nature and development of expertise. How does the expert mind differ from the novice mind? What mental capacities do skilled negotiators employ that are absent in their less accomplished colleagues? How might such capacities be enhanced?

25 Most Difficult Questions You’ll be Asked on a Job Interview

If you are one of those executive types unhappy at your present post and embarking on a New Year’s resolution to find a new one, here’s a helping hand. The job interview is considered to be the most critical aspect of every expedition that brings you face-to- face with the future boss. One must prepare for it with the same tenacity and quickness as one does for a fencing tournament or a chess match. This article has been excerpted from “PARTING COMPANY: How to Survive the Loss of a Job and Find Another Successfully” by William J. Morin and James C. Cabrera. Copyright by Drake Beam Morin, inc. Publised by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.