Shrinking of Jobs continue in Albany Job Market!
The erosion of jobs in the Albany area continued in July as overall employment declined by 10,500, or 2.3 percent compared to last year, the state Department of Labour stated.
Private-sector job shed for the region was a bit lower — 9,400, or 2.7 percent — in the year-over-year duration.
The region’s unemployment rate was 7.1 percent in July, up from 5 percent as compared to last year. The area’s unemployment rate in June was 7.3 percent.
Buffalo and Rochester also continued to cut jobs. Buffalo shed 11.800 private sector jobs and Rochester shed 10,300 private-sector jobs in July.
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. Labour department analysts suggested that the increase was partially due to construction jobs created through the federal stimulus plan. Read the rest of this entry
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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.
It was said by the Labor Department that in June US employers have cut down more jobs than what was expected by the analysts raising the unemployment rate up to 9.5%.
It had been the headline number that 467,000 jobs has been trimmed from nonfarm payrolls, investors were also greatly concerned about a decline that is observed in the average workweek, it falls to 33 hours in June from 33.1 in May. It has been indicated by this figure that a growing number of workers are underemployed, implying further declines in wages.
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How to Become An Outstanding Negotiator
One thing you should be convinced about is that negotiating skills can be learned. Some people do seem to have more natural ability to negotiate than others. But it is a misconception that great negotiators’ innate temperaments have endowed them with unique insight and skills. This romantic notion grossly undervalues the importance of systematic analysis and development of strategy, and it gives short shrift to the impact of learning by doing and formal training.
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?
Developing Individual Expertise
Research suggests that experts manage complexity better than novices and that they do so because of superior abilities at pattern recognition, mental simulation, parallel management, and reflection-in-action.
Pattern recognition is the ability to see patterns, such as potential coalitional alignments, in complex and unstructured situations.
Like expert chess players, skilled negotiators filter out irrelevant clutter; they see configurations that represent threats and opportunities.
Mental simulation is the ability to envision promising courses of action and to project them forward in time imaginatively. This skill equips experienced negotiators to develop provisional action sequences, anticipate reactions and contingencies, and refine or discard plans as necessary.
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25 Most Difficult Questions You’ll be Asked on a Job Interview
Being prepared is half the battle.
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.
Morin is chairman and Cabrera is president of New York-based Drake Beam Morin, nation’s major outplacement firm, which has opened offices in Philadelphia.
1. Tell me about yourself.
Since this is often the opening question in an interview, be extra careful that you don’t run off at the mouth. Keep your answer to a minute or two at most. Cover four topics: early years, education, work history, and recent career experience. Emphasize this last subject. Remember that this is likely to be a warm-up question. Don’t waste your best points on it.
2. What do you know about our organization?
You should be able to discuss products or services, revenues, reputation, image, goals, problems, management style, people, history and philosophy. But don’t act as if you know everything about the place. Let your answer show that you have taken the time to do some research, but don’t overwhelm the interviewer, and make it clear that you wish to learn more.
You might start your answer in this manner: “In my job search, I’ve investigated a number of companies.
Yours is one of the few that interests me, for these reasons…”
Give your answer a positive tone. Don’t say, “Well, everyone tells me that you’re in all sorts of trouble, and that’s why I’m here”, even if that is why you’re there.
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