Online resources for sorting out economic stimulus and bailouts do for you and your company

Published by the San Francisco Business Times at this link.

Overview of Executive Job Market (Base salary of at least $100K)

Great article published through Reuters examining the executive job market (base salary of $100K+), put out the TheLadders.com.

Article can be found here.

Job Searching in Touch Times Calls for Creativity

Just read an article on BNET that happens to include some good food for thought for all job seekers, and particularly for MBA's. More here.

It's primary emphasis where job search is concerned is on the importance of creativity.

Stop Overdoing your Strengths

In the "general leadership behavior improvement department":

See a great little article called "Stop Overdoing your Strengths" at this link.

The article suggests that "when coworkers give you the highest rating on a leadership behavior, this may indicate you're taking the behavior too far."

The authors recommend you ask coworkers three questions: "What should I do more? What should I do less? What should I continue unchanged?"

This dovetails very nicely with Marshall Goldsmith's concept of "feedforward." See article on that topic at this link.

Database of Planned Job Cuts in California

This is a database of notices for planned layoffs that are filed with the state Employment Development Department under the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The WARN Act requires certain employers to give affected employees at least 60 days advance written notice of an intended plant closing or mass layoff.

NOTE: The state is updating the list twice a month.

Article on Payscale.com: 10 Careers in Demand for 2009

According to a recent article on Payscale.com, the following 10 careers show promising job prospects in 2009:

• Auditing Careers


• Job Counseling Careers


• Psychological Counseling Careers


• Public Relations Careers


• Factoring Careers


• Healthcare Technician Careers


• Mechanical Engineering (and all engineering fields) Careers


• Networking/System Administration Careers


• Nursing Careers


• Software Design/Development Careers

As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in Job Force

Interesting article in the New York Times:

Click here