Jobs: Getting and Keeping One -- Advice from One Boss

You looking for a job?  Or know someone who is, and you want to help?  Then read on.

(Potential employers are welcome to read this, too.)

America seems to be stuck with an unemployment rate of 9% or more.  But most people do not realize that even with so much unemployment there are still millions of job openings that are going unfilled.  Apparently, one of the big reasons that companies are not able to fill these openings is because they are not able to find enough qualified candidates.  Bloomberg Businessweek magazine has a current article profiling this situation; click here to read it.


When a business is hiring, the manager or owner usually wants to hire as quickly as possible, and hire somebody with the best possible qualifications to be successful in the new employment. Also, it is usually to the employer's advantage to choose an employee who will remain in that position for an extended period of time.  Most job seekers probably want to find a job sooner rather than later, and stick with it as long as possible.

So far, so good.