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What People are Saying:
"The practice activities really helped to point out specific items that I can improve on that I feel will help improve my staff meetings, etc. Great class! Thanks Karen!"
~DeAnna Bingham, Fiscal Adminsitrative Manager, Jackson County
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Get ready to participate in interactive activities!" ~Charles Bennett, Planner II, Jackson County
"I learned a lot from this workshop and will use this information in my future job search."
~Brad Hass, SOU student
"Karen, you were very informative in a casual format that made it easy and enjoyable to take in the focus of the workshop."
~Toni DeVenney
"I had no idea that the core questions were what employees wanted to know. I now know, also, to practice my story telling and I am prepared for typical interview questions."
~Kimberly L. Shreiner
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Greetings!
The statistics for available jobs look dismal. Oregon now has one of the highest unemployment rates, and nearly every day we see a report of yet another company, school, or State laying off more workers. Tuesday's headlines announced a staggering 13.9% jobless rate in Jackson County. It is enough for any job hunter to lose motivation to even try to find a job.
 However, there is another statistic not mentioned in these reports. What is the number of jobs that are voluntarily given up and need to be filled by a new employee? People leave jobs of their own accord all the time, even in today's economy. They retire, they move, their health doesn't allow them to work anymore, they get a promotion, they quit, and of course, some get fired for poor work performance. All of these jobs still need to be filled.
The number of jobs that open up because of turnover is hard to track, but the estimated number is 30,000,000 per year (from What Color is Your Parachute, 2007). That's right, 30 million. This number has held steady for the past 10 years. These are not new jobs, so are not reported in those depressing media reports of available jobs, but these are very real jobs and in fact the ones you are most likely to find. Many of them are in smaller businesses of less than 50 employees, and so do not want the expense of advertising newly vacated positions. That is why you should spend a large portion of your job hunting time networking with every person you meet and directly approaching those companies where you would like to work. When a position opens up unexpectedly, you want to be the first person they think of.
--Karen 
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