With 14.5+ million Americans searching for work (and monthly net job losses), this is probably the most difficult time since the Great Depression to acquire a career/job. Likewise, as a fellow job seeker, I have created a free or charitable online community to unite job seekers and career experts – to help as many individuals possible land their next opportunity. Below is more information for the Career Factory weekly talk shows, the online career community (July 15^th completion date), and the “8 Weeks Till Our Next Job” campaign.

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Career Factor Weekly Talk Shows

The goal of the Career Factory weekly talk shows is to teach job seekers how to actively create their own market for jobs; instead of predominantly relying on the passive approach of applying for jobs online. The first episode, “How to Create Your Own Job Market,” is scheduled for Tuesday, July 14^th at 9PM-10PM EST. The expert guest speaker will be David E. Perry, co-author of “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0″.

When it comes to creatively setting yourself apart from other job seekers in probably the toughest job market since the Great Depression, there is probably no one better to learn from than David Perry. Ever heard of the Coffee Cup Caper technique? Enough said.

Dial 347-838-9326 or visit the show page by clicking here five minutes before the show begins.

Online Career Community

In addition to the Career Factory weekly talk shows, below are powerful tools you must use to learn how to create your own market for jobs. You can also:

• Listen to the Great Recession success or survival stories – stories about how people recently acquired new employment opportunities or survived multiple rounds of layoffs.
• Read, create, and post comments on the consumer review and rip-off report blogs for various career services.
• Read, edit, and add new content to the training center wiki which provides on demand career and job search training that stays up to date.
• Share your weekly job search action plan, weekly results, success stories, and problems encountered on the career forum.
• Read and share articles, resumes, cover letters, and any other file that can help boost each other’s career search. The sky is the limit with what you can do!

“8 Weeks Till Our Next Job”

As a fellow job seeker, I have spent the last six weeks working long hours to create and complete this community by the July 15^th deadline. Most importantly, I still need to land my next opportunity. Likewise, on July 20^th I encourage all job seekers to participate in my “8 Weeks Till Our Next Job” campaign which requires the participants and I to work diligently to land or move closer to landing our next opportunity.

• We will share our weekly action plans, success stories, accomplishments, problems, best practices, and etcetera on the career forum. We can also provide a daily update on the career blogs.
• Likewise, the entire world can view our ups and downs, make suggestions, and provide expertise or advice.
• Every Monday night at 9PM EST a career coach will answer any questions and/or provide potential solutions for the problems we encountered.
• For more details click here. If you want to participate, please send an email to kac@kenrickchatman.com.

We (fellow job seekers) have acquired a lot of job search knowledge during the process. Now it’s time to put this knowledge to work by executing and ending our job search!

No matter if you are currently employed or not, I would encourage you to actively participate by following our journey towards employment!

Spread the Word: In conclusion, the wisdom of the crowd depends on a large community of active participants (job seekers and various career experts) who share what have worked and not worked for them. The more participants that join and actively participate, the more knowledge and best practices the community can offer. Likewise, I strongly encourage you to actively participate and encourage many of your fellow job seekers to do the same.

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