Gen Y loves tech sector. In a poll by Experience.com of 6,700 Gen Y people, Technology was the most attractive industry for those polled at 48%. New Media followed at 40%, Consulting had 36% and Advertising had 35%. The rest of the industries in order of interest were Pharmaceuticals (23%), Consumer Products (22%), Banking (20%), Manufacturing (12%) and Insurance (10%). The study demographic focused on students and recent graduates, and Healthcare and Education were omitted from the poll as they “tend to hire for specific skills sets and certifications.”
NewGeography.com names best cities for jobs. According to its recent study of 336 cities, the site found the top five cities to be Odessa, Texas; Grand Junction, Colo.; Longview, Texas; Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La.; and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas. Seven cities fell more than 200 places in the rankings, including Yuma, Ariz.; Winchester, Va.-W.V.; Prescott, Ariz.; Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, S.C.; and Reno-Sparks, Nev. The five largest jumps in ranking were Lafayette, Ind. (up from 287 to 85); Champaign-Urbana, Ill. (up from 267 to 83); Sioux City, Ia.-Neb.-S.D. (up from 253 to 80); Lubbock, Texas (up from 242 to 74) and Wheeling, W.V.-Ohio (up from 305 to 138). With the automotive downturn, five of the bottom six cities for jobs were located in Michigan.
Schawbel promotes social career networking. When tapping social Web sites to find a job, Dan Schawbel — author of the Personal Branding Blog — recommends the following 10 sites: LinkedIn, Plaxo with Simply Hired, Twitter with blog or LinkedIn URL, Jobster, Facebook, Craigslist, MyWorkster with Indeed, VisualCV, JobFox and Ecademy.
Twitter turns into avenue for job searches. While there are many debates about how to properly use Twitter, these apps have found means to use Twitter as either a job board or notification system for openings: ConnectTweet, TwitterJobCast, TwitterJobSearch, Twellow, TweetBeep, HashDictionary, JobMotel, TweetDeck, TweetMyJobs, VisualCV, TwitterSearch, NearByTweets, Twollo and Twitscoop. Additionally, the following users specialize in job postings: @JobAngels, @indeed, @jobshouts, @simplyhired, @StartUpHire and @twithire.
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