With so many scams erroneously promoted as great "Entry-Level Marketing" positions, it was refreshing to come across this great opportunity at AdWeek's Agency of the Year. LatinWorks, located in downtown Austin, is seeking a new Promotions Assistant Account. While the salary is probably not the six figures you imagined when they handed you your recent shiny diploma, I encourage you to look beyond the paycheck to realize the value of this opportunity as both a resume builder and a foot in the door at a powerful agency. Details listed below.
Salary: $27,000-$30,000
Job Summary:
The Assistant Account Executive coordinates and assists in the implementation and day-to-day management of promotions activities across multiple accounts
Responsibilities:
o Attends client team meetings to remain informed about research, strategic direction and overall campaign goals
o Works with the Promotion and Account teams to write memos, plans, and other documents that may be used for next steps
o Helps organize and coordinate conferences and meetings
o Maintains databases of media contacts, new and existing clients, vendor lists and contact sheets
o Serves as the day-to-day contact for LatinWorks Promotions staff, internal client team members or representatives, vendors or media representatives associated with promotions projects
o Tracks jobs and time spent on specific client projects – including the creation of job estimates and proposals – all with the intention of accurately billing clients
o Assists the promotions team on new business projects (info gathering)
o Assists promotions team with the creation and completion of expense reports
o Assists with the development of recap reports and binders for promotional events
Competencies:
o B.A. in Advertising, Public Relations, Promotions, Marketing or other related area of Mass Communications; previous promotions internships will be considered favorable
o Willing to learn to write internal and external memos, proposals, and case studies, as well as other writing assignments that pertain to marketing projects.
o Has interpersonal skills, maintains a professional appearance
o Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database management
o Has basic writing skills, is detail-oriented and capable of managing several projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
o Reports directly to Promotions Team Supervisor or Sr. Account Executive
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, August 14, 2009
they're hiring!
As many big companies are announcing mass layoffs, these 20 top employers have at least 350 openings each right now. Which Best Companies to Work For are doing the most recruiting and what kind of candidates are they looking for? Check out this great information from Fortune!
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
should over-50 job hunters join facebook?
TV shows like My Name is Earl might joke that "old people ruined Facebook," but the recent surge in over-40 membership may not just be hovering mothers wanting to check in on their teens. According to career expert Elizabeth Garone, joining networking sites isn't just a good idea for more mature job hunters, it's imperative. Read why in the article below, courtesy of WSJ.
SOURCE: WALL-STREET JOURNAL
By Elizabeth Garone
Q: How important is it for educated, laid-off professionals over the age of 50 to join networking sites? I am very Web and computer savvy, but do not really care to get involved with Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
A: You would be doing yourself a disservice not to have a profile on a networking site in the current job market, career experts say. It's becoming increasingly common for recruiters to use these as their first point of contact with potential employees. Without one, you could be in danger of being overlooked.
"First, it shows you're relevant," says Diane Darling, founder and chief executive officer of Effective Networking Inc. in Boston. "And, two, it gives you a very easy Web link that anybody can go to get your data points, from a resume to awards you might have received or anything along those lines."
It would be a mistake to think that networking sites are only for "a younger crowd," adds Jason Alba, author of "I'm on LinkedIn – Now What???" "There are a lot of jobs getting filled from these social networks, and I'd hate to think they are all going to younger professionals simply because you aren't there," he says.
Some networking sites are even exclusive to high-level professionals, such as ExecuNet and The Financial Executives Network group .
When 50-year-old Chuck Hester started a job search in 2006, he let 50 or so of his LinkedIn connections in the Raleigh, N.C., area know he was open to new opportunities in marketing or public relations. One of them -- someone he'd never met -- was Ryan Allis, CEO of iContact Corp., an email-marketing company. Mr. Allis responded with an offer to get together in person and Mr. Hester accepted. During the meeting, the executive invited Mr. Hester to interview for a newly created position as director of public relations at his firm. Mr. Hester agreed and was subsequently hired. "I truly believe I got my job through LinkedIn," he says. "In today's world, it is through social-media sites you are going to get the next position."
To be sure, the Web can also thwart your job search if you're not careful in how you use it. "Whatever you put on a profile or networking site sends an impression of who you are. It becomes part of your personal brand identity," says Lauren Doliva, a partner at executive-search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. in San Francisco. "The key is to be thoughtful about the content you are conveying and what others might assume as a result of reading or seeing it."
Also bear in mind that any information you post online is likely to remain in cyberspace indefinitely. "This is a broadcast medium where you may not really have control over who sees, reads or shares the information," says Ms. Doliva.
If social networking just isn't for you, another way to build a Web presence and boost your odds of being found by recruiters is to write a blog on a topic related to your career interests, says Ms. Doliva. "A blog can demonstrate your thinking on a given topic," she says. "In effect, it's a series of white papers."
JOBSLAY tip: Learning about and participating in the latest social networking technology will help level the playing field for more mature job hunters.
SOURCE: WALL-STREET JOURNAL
By Elizabeth Garone
Q: How important is it for educated, laid-off professionals over the age of 50 to join networking sites? I am very Web and computer savvy, but do not really care to get involved with Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
A: You would be doing yourself a disservice not to have a profile on a networking site in the current job market, career experts say. It's becoming increasingly common for recruiters to use these as their first point of contact with potential employees. Without one, you could be in danger of being overlooked.
"First, it shows you're relevant," says Diane Darling, founder and chief executive officer of Effective Networking Inc. in Boston. "And, two, it gives you a very easy Web link that anybody can go to get your data points, from a resume to awards you might have received or anything along those lines."
It would be a mistake to think that networking sites are only for "a younger crowd," adds Jason Alba, author of "I'm on LinkedIn – Now What???" "There are a lot of jobs getting filled from these social networks, and I'd hate to think they are all going to younger professionals simply because you aren't there," he says.
Some networking sites are even exclusive to high-level professionals, such as ExecuNet and The Financial Executives Network group .
When 50-year-old Chuck Hester started a job search in 2006, he let 50 or so of his LinkedIn connections in the Raleigh, N.C., area know he was open to new opportunities in marketing or public relations. One of them -- someone he'd never met -- was Ryan Allis, CEO of iContact Corp., an email-marketing company. Mr. Allis responded with an offer to get together in person and Mr. Hester accepted. During the meeting, the executive invited Mr. Hester to interview for a newly created position as director of public relations at his firm. Mr. Hester agreed and was subsequently hired. "I truly believe I got my job through LinkedIn," he says. "In today's world, it is through social-media sites you are going to get the next position."
To be sure, the Web can also thwart your job search if you're not careful in how you use it. "Whatever you put on a profile or networking site sends an impression of who you are. It becomes part of your personal brand identity," says Lauren Doliva, a partner at executive-search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. in San Francisco. "The key is to be thoughtful about the content you are conveying and what others might assume as a result of reading or seeing it."
Also bear in mind that any information you post online is likely to remain in cyberspace indefinitely. "This is a broadcast medium where you may not really have control over who sees, reads or shares the information," says Ms. Doliva.
If social networking just isn't for you, another way to build a Web presence and boost your odds of being found by recruiters is to write a blog on a topic related to your career interests, says Ms. Doliva. "A blog can demonstrate your thinking on a given topic," she says. "In effect, it's a series of white papers."
JOBSLAY tip: Learning about and participating in the latest social networking technology will help level the playing field for more mature job hunters.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
when considering career transition
Below is a great article that reminds us that the typical rules of job hunting have to be revisited during a time of astounding unemployment rates. Having successfully transitioned careers several times, I can assure you that it's an uphill battle made even steeper by today's competitive job market. This is not to discourage you from considering a career or industry switch, it's merely to reiterate what Anne Fisher states below. Be prepared to have to sell yourself like never before. Need help bragging or finding past experiences and current skills that will translate into a new field? Let JOBSLAY help you to BE VICTORIOUS!
Why you aren't finding a job in a different field
by Anne Fisher, Yahoo! Finance
Friends, here's one thing we've all realized by now: This isn't your ordinary garden-variety recession. During one of those - in fact, as recently as last fall - people laid off by one company could often go right out and get hired by a more prosperous competitor. Now, however, entire industries (banking, autos, construction, retailing, newspapers, the list goes on...) are shrinking fast, putting larger numbers of qualified candidates in competition for fewer openings. At the same time, thousands of people are leaving active military service every month. It all adds up to a huge number of job seekers looking for work in unfamiliar businesses - which, for many veterans, means any civilian enterprise.
For people coming from industries that have been reduced to smoking heaps of rubble, this is a chance, albeit perhaps a wrenchingly involuntary one, to make a fresh start. That's not always a bad thing. More than half (54%) of us would choose a different career path if we were starting all over again with the knowledge we have today, according to a recent survey by staffing firm Adecco USA. So it's not surprising that legions of the laid-off are making lemonade out of lemons by exploring new options and thinking creatively about where to go next.
Just one small problem: Most people are really bad at explaining why an employer should hire them when they have no experience in the field they're trying to enter. And that is a virtual guarantee that they won't get hired. "Job hunters often don't seem to understand how important this is," observes Katharine Brooks, Ed.D., head of liberal arts career services at the University of Texas at Austin. "But with so many experienced people looking for work, if you are trying to change fields or industries, the burden is on you to spell out exactly why you'd be the right fit for the position. Don't expect the employer to figure it out. That's your job."
Brooks speaks from experience. She frequently hires career center employees, and gets flooded with resumes from people whose backgrounds vary widely: "I had one applicant, coming out of the military, who emphasized that he was an expert sniper." Not much call for that particular skill in the civilian world, but don't laugh. Ex-bankers, former human resources executives, and displaced managers of all stripes commit similar faux pas. "Most resumes are loaded with vague catchphrases that don't tell an employer anything," Brooks says. "If I see one more resume or cover letter from someone who claims to have 'excellent communications skills', I will scream."
Here's how to avoid the four biggest mistakes career changers make:
1) Research each prospective employer as thoroughly as you can. Study the company's Web site, read up on it elsewhere online, and take a close look at its past couple of annual reports to shareholders. The more you know about the company, its industry, its competition and its culture, the more you can customize your resume and cover letter to address what that particular company is looking for. And yes, although it takes a lot more time and effort than simply mass-mailing the same resume and cover letter to everybody, write separate ones for each place where you're applying. "Sending out 50 or 500 resumes and cover letters that are all the same - the insert-name-of-company here model - does not work," says Brooks. "You might as well put them in the shredder as mail them. " Gulp.
2) Describe precisely how your previous experience is relevant to the job you hope to land. For example, says Brooks, ex-military applicants tend to highlight their high-level security clearances. "That's nice, but why should I care?," she says. "The way to present that to a civilian employer is to point out that you were trusted with access to sensitive, confidential information, and further note that you understand that our student records here - as well as all kinds of information elsewhere in the civilian world, from medical records to computer security systems - require that kind of trustworthiness. Now I see where your security clearance fits into my job opening."
Of course, the same principle applies to non-military career changers. "In almost any job, you would be working with a specific population, which in our case is college students and corporate recruiters, but elsewhere it might be, say, customer-service reps and salespeople," says Brooks. "Don't just say you're a 'team player' - everybody says that. Instead, tell exactly why you think your experience equips you to work well with those particular groups." Include whatever relevant volunteer activities may fit the bill. Successfully running your daughter's annual Girl Scout cookie sales drive may, for some positions, be more valuable experience than you think.
3) Be aware of stereotypes about your current (or former) field, so you can address them. Human resources managers, for instance, are sometimes regarded by people in other functions as mere paper-pushers. To overcome that image, Brooks suggests highlighting accomplishments that made a real difference, such as the time you developed and ran a new training program or revamped a former employer's hiring practices. Says Brooks, "Delve deeply into the work experience you have so far and connect it to what you'd be doing if this employer hired you." This can be a valuable exercise, since you may find yourself identifying skills you'd forgotten you have.
4) Read over your resume and cover letter carefully - or have a trusted friend do it - before sending. It sounds obvious, but Brooks says she has seen dozens of glaring bloopers, such as "applying for a job in Austin, Texas, while stating in the cover letter that the person looked forward to returning to the great state of Louisiana." Ouch. Needless to say, that letter and the accompanying resume went straight to the circular file. It's worth a few extra minutes of proofreading to make sure yours don't.
Why you aren't finding a job in a different field
by Anne Fisher, Yahoo! Finance
Friends, here's one thing we've all realized by now: This isn't your ordinary garden-variety recession. During one of those - in fact, as recently as last fall - people laid off by one company could often go right out and get hired by a more prosperous competitor. Now, however, entire industries (banking, autos, construction, retailing, newspapers, the list goes on...) are shrinking fast, putting larger numbers of qualified candidates in competition for fewer openings. At the same time, thousands of people are leaving active military service every month. It all adds up to a huge number of job seekers looking for work in unfamiliar businesses - which, for many veterans, means any civilian enterprise.
For people coming from industries that have been reduced to smoking heaps of rubble, this is a chance, albeit perhaps a wrenchingly involuntary one, to make a fresh start. That's not always a bad thing. More than half (54%) of us would choose a different career path if we were starting all over again with the knowledge we have today, according to a recent survey by staffing firm Adecco USA. So it's not surprising that legions of the laid-off are making lemonade out of lemons by exploring new options and thinking creatively about where to go next.
Just one small problem: Most people are really bad at explaining why an employer should hire them when they have no experience in the field they're trying to enter. And that is a virtual guarantee that they won't get hired. "Job hunters often don't seem to understand how important this is," observes Katharine Brooks, Ed.D., head of liberal arts career services at the University of Texas at Austin. "But with so many experienced people looking for work, if you are trying to change fields or industries, the burden is on you to spell out exactly why you'd be the right fit for the position. Don't expect the employer to figure it out. That's your job."
Brooks speaks from experience. She frequently hires career center employees, and gets flooded with resumes from people whose backgrounds vary widely: "I had one applicant, coming out of the military, who emphasized that he was an expert sniper." Not much call for that particular skill in the civilian world, but don't laugh. Ex-bankers, former human resources executives, and displaced managers of all stripes commit similar faux pas. "Most resumes are loaded with vague catchphrases that don't tell an employer anything," Brooks says. "If I see one more resume or cover letter from someone who claims to have 'excellent communications skills', I will scream."
Here's how to avoid the four biggest mistakes career changers make:
1) Research each prospective employer as thoroughly as you can. Study the company's Web site, read up on it elsewhere online, and take a close look at its past couple of annual reports to shareholders. The more you know about the company, its industry, its competition and its culture, the more you can customize your resume and cover letter to address what that particular company is looking for. And yes, although it takes a lot more time and effort than simply mass-mailing the same resume and cover letter to everybody, write separate ones for each place where you're applying. "Sending out 50 or 500 resumes and cover letters that are all the same - the insert-name-of-company here model - does not work," says Brooks. "You might as well put them in the shredder as mail them. " Gulp.
2) Describe precisely how your previous experience is relevant to the job you hope to land. For example, says Brooks, ex-military applicants tend to highlight their high-level security clearances. "That's nice, but why should I care?," she says. "The way to present that to a civilian employer is to point out that you were trusted with access to sensitive, confidential information, and further note that you understand that our student records here - as well as all kinds of information elsewhere in the civilian world, from medical records to computer security systems - require that kind of trustworthiness. Now I see where your security clearance fits into my job opening."
Of course, the same principle applies to non-military career changers. "In almost any job, you would be working with a specific population, which in our case is college students and corporate recruiters, but elsewhere it might be, say, customer-service reps and salespeople," says Brooks. "Don't just say you're a 'team player' - everybody says that. Instead, tell exactly why you think your experience equips you to work well with those particular groups." Include whatever relevant volunteer activities may fit the bill. Successfully running your daughter's annual Girl Scout cookie sales drive may, for some positions, be more valuable experience than you think.
3) Be aware of stereotypes about your current (or former) field, so you can address them. Human resources managers, for instance, are sometimes regarded by people in other functions as mere paper-pushers. To overcome that image, Brooks suggests highlighting accomplishments that made a real difference, such as the time you developed and ran a new training program or revamped a former employer's hiring practices. Says Brooks, "Delve deeply into the work experience you have so far and connect it to what you'd be doing if this employer hired you." This can be a valuable exercise, since you may find yourself identifying skills you'd forgotten you have.
4) Read over your resume and cover letter carefully - or have a trusted friend do it - before sending. It sounds obvious, but Brooks says she has seen dozens of glaring bloopers, such as "applying for a job in Austin, Texas, while stating in the cover letter that the person looked forward to returning to the great state of Louisiana." Ouch. Needless to say, that letter and the accompanying resume went straight to the circular file. It's worth a few extra minutes of proofreading to make sure yours don't.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
cool job for avid pc gamer (austin, tx)
Posted 4/27/09
Contact Email: job-wbtt6-1142911167@craigslist.org
ONLINE GAMING COMMUNITY MANAGER
Leverage your passion for PC Gaming and experience in online community management to plan and execute our social media efforts. You will perform a variety of community building and social media functions on internal and external properties and events. We are looking for candidates that are truly passionate about online gaming and gaming communities.
This is a part-time contract position but could become a full-time position later.
Responsibilities:
Leverage your passion for PC Gaming and experience in online community management to plan and execute our social media efforts. You will perform a variety of community building and social media functions on internal and external properties and events. We are looking for candidates that are truly passionate about online gaming and gaming communities.
This is a part-time contract position but could become a full-time position later.
Responsibilities:
- Engages in conversations with community participants via editorial content, newsletters, forums, website, blogs, etc.
- Participates in relevant 3rd party chat rooms, forums, and consumer blogs.
- Monitor a high volume of product ratings and reviews to identify trends and report on customer comments
- Set tone, enforce standards, recognize community leaders, motivate and manage community contributors
- Must be an active, passionate PC game player!
- Minimum 3+ years experience managing online communities
- Solid understanding of PC HW and internet technologies, and comfortable conversing with others on it.
- Requires proven experience moderating group discussions and managing community leaders
- Must be conversant in the language of Web 2.0 with communication tools such as Forums, Blogs, YouTube, Podcasts, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace.
- Highly personable and charismatic with strong communication skills – especially online
- Understanding of the day-to-day needs and emotions of online gamers is crucial.
- Strong ability to make good timely decisions in fast-paced situations and react with appropriate urgency to situations and events that require quick response or turnaround
- Ability to think creatively and confidently voice your opinions
- Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- Strong personal initiative, does not require much oversight
- Personal accountability for results
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
more data when considering moving for a job
Maybe it's the former geography teacher in me or maybe it's the marketing analyst in me, but I always find demographic and economic data fascinating. I wanted to share some more stats from one of my favorite online sources, BizJournals. Below are the top wealth centers in each of the 50 states - areas least affected by our current economic downturn. While these wealth centers may enjoy better employment opportunity, they typically also have a higher cost of living.
Wealth Centers by State
Source: bizjournals
April 20, 2009
Bizjournals analyzed 2,065 cities during its study of America's wealth centers. The following are the top-rated communities in each state. Each is followed by its national rank in parentheses.
* Alabama — Mountain Brook (8th)
* Alaska — Anchorage (488th)
* Arizona — Catalina Foothills (129th)
* Arkansas — Bentonville (911th)
* California — Saratoga (3rd)
* Colorado — Highlands Ranch (169th)
* Connecticut — Darien (5th)
* Delaware — Newark (555th)
* District of Columbia — Washington (484th)
* Florida — Naples (55th)
* Georgia — Johns Creek (95th)
* Hawaii — Kailua (124th)
* Idaho — Meridian (863rd)
* Illinois — Lake Forest (2nd)
* Indiana — Carmel (125th)
* Iowa — Bettendorf (457th)
* Kansas — Leawood (44th)
* Kentucky — Lexington (952nd)
* Louisiana — Metairie (834th)
* Maine — South Portland (941st)
* Maryland — Potomac (4th)
* Massachusetts — Wellesley (13th)
* Michigan — Bloomfield Township (25th)
* Minnesota — Edina (86th)
* Mississippi — Ridgeland (632nd)
* Missouri — Wildwood (68th)
* Montana — Bozeman (825th)
* Nebraska — Papillion (515th)
* Nevada — Enterprise (614th)
* New Hampshire — Portsmouth (581st)
* New Jersey — Ridgewood (19th)
* New Mexico — Santa Fe (582nd)
* New York — Garden City (7th)
* North Carolina — Cornelius (189th)
* North Dakota — West Fargo (925th)
* Ohio — Hudson (69th)
* Oklahoma — Edmond (491st)
* Oregon — Lake Oswego (112th)
* Pennsylvania — Radnor Township (53rd)
* Rhode Island — Newport (584th)
* South Carolina — Hilton Head Island (244th)
* South Dakota — Sioux Falls (1,004th)
* Tennessee — Brentwood (26th)
* Texas — University Park (11th)
* Utah — South Jordan (158th)
* Vermont — Burlington (982nd)
* Virginia — McLean (1st)
* Washington — Mercer Island (12th)
* West Virginia — Charleston (1,001st)
* Wisconsin — Mequon (81st)
* Wyoming — Laramie (835th)
Wealth Centers by State
Source: bizjournals
April 20, 2009
Bizjournals analyzed 2,065 cities during its study of America's wealth centers. The following are the top-rated communities in each state. Each is followed by its national rank in parentheses.
* Alabama — Mountain Brook (8th)
* Alaska — Anchorage (488th)
* Arizona — Catalina Foothills (129th)
* Arkansas — Bentonville (911th)
* California — Saratoga (3rd)
* Colorado — Highlands Ranch (169th)
* Connecticut — Darien (5th)
* Delaware — Newark (555th)
* District of Columbia — Washington (484th)
* Florida — Naples (55th)
* Georgia — Johns Creek (95th)
* Hawaii — Kailua (124th)
* Idaho — Meridian (863rd)
* Illinois — Lake Forest (2nd)
* Indiana — Carmel (125th)
* Iowa — Bettendorf (457th)
* Kansas — Leawood (44th)
* Kentucky — Lexington (952nd)
* Louisiana — Metairie (834th)
* Maine — South Portland (941st)
* Maryland — Potomac (4th)
* Massachusetts — Wellesley (13th)
* Michigan — Bloomfield Township (25th)
* Minnesota — Edina (86th)
* Mississippi — Ridgeland (632nd)
* Missouri — Wildwood (68th)
* Montana — Bozeman (825th)
* Nebraska — Papillion (515th)
* Nevada — Enterprise (614th)
* New Hampshire — Portsmouth (581st)
* New Jersey — Ridgewood (19th)
* New Mexico — Santa Fe (582nd)
* New York — Garden City (7th)
* North Carolina — Cornelius (189th)
* North Dakota — West Fargo (925th)
* Ohio — Hudson (69th)
* Oklahoma — Edmond (491st)
* Oregon — Lake Oswego (112th)
* Pennsylvania — Radnor Township (53rd)
* Rhode Island — Newport (584th)
* South Carolina — Hilton Head Island (244th)
* South Dakota — Sioux Falls (1,004th)
* Tennessee — Brentwood (26th)
* Texas — University Park (11th)
* Utah — South Jordan (158th)
* Vermont — Burlington (982nd)
* Virginia — McLean (1st)
* Washington — Mercer Island (12th)
* West Virginia — Charleston (1,001st)
* Wisconsin — Mequon (81st)
* Wyoming — Laramie (835th)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
best states for biz?
The Lone Star State continues to hold its title for the fourth year in a row as the best U.S. state in which to do business according to a survey conducted by Chief Executive magazine. CEOs from across the country used multiple criteria to evaluate whether their state was supportive of business growth or whether factors such as high business taxes and strong unionized labor groups hindered business objectives.
This information doesn't guarantee success in the top states nor does it mean one cannot be successful in a low-ranking state. But, if you are a job seeker getting ready to graduate college or if you are willing to relocate, it might be worthwhile to consider these survey results when crafting your job search strategy. More than just CEO opinions, the survey's top-ranked states' economies have consistently outperformed the national average.
TOP FIVE STATES FOR BUSINESS
1. Texas
2. North Carolina
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Tennessee
WORST FIVE STATES FOR BUSINESS
1. California
2. New York
3. Michigan
4. New Jersey
5. Massachusetts
JOBSLAY strategy: Areas with economic growth with have more employment opportunities.
This information doesn't guarantee success in the top states nor does it mean one cannot be successful in a low-ranking state. But, if you are a job seeker getting ready to graduate college or if you are willing to relocate, it might be worthwhile to consider these survey results when crafting your job search strategy. More than just CEO opinions, the survey's top-ranked states' economies have consistently outperformed the national average.
TOP FIVE STATES FOR BUSINESS
1. Texas
2. North Carolina
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Tennessee
WORST FIVE STATES FOR BUSINESS
1. California
2. New York
3. Michigan
4. New Jersey
5. Massachusetts
JOBSLAY strategy: Areas with economic growth with have more employment opportunities.
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