While the Australian and US employment markets are very different they do share enough similarities for this article from US News to be a concern to everyone.
According to Adecco’s latest workplace survey, 54 percent are getting ready to start looking elsewhere. No surprise really that the itch to move on is highest among the youngest workers. Adecco reports 71 percent of 18-to-29 year olds plan to look for a new job in the recovery.
For job seekers it will mean if you are unemployed when the market picks up there might be …

 Sometimes using traditional methods of finding a job do not work. In times like these you might want to consider some extreme job hunting tactics.
However before you do make sure you prepare yourself, extreme job hunting can get dangerous and you could end up on the front page of your daily newspaper! You also need to be a bit careful as a recent survey by The Creative Group found about 52% of marketing executives thought these approaches were “unprofessional”.
Getting Started
Before you can undertake extreme job hunting you need to arm …

Now that the supply and demand equation has definitely tilted in favour of the employer for most jobs and recruiters are faced with the problem of digital information overload. Recruiters have turned to evaluating the social footprint of a potential candidate before contacting them ( great post by @BINC on mashable about your social footprint here ).  Boris talks about what recruiters and search consultants are evaluating, I thought it would be helpful to the job seeker if I elaborated on how to create the right social footprint with some …