Best 100 Colorado Companies for Flexible Jobs

Based on years of researching companies that hire for telecommuting, part-time, flextime, or freelance jobs, FlexJobs has compiled the best list of 100 of companies located in Colorado that specifically have hired for jobs with at least one of these flexible working options. Below you will find the company profiles on Colorado employers such as Catholic Health Initiatives, Imagine!, and Niche Technologies Inc., as well as each company's telecommuting, part-time, freelance, and flexible job posting history, a staff-written description, and the company's headquarters and website.

The purpose of the free Colorado List of Best Companies for Flexible Jobs is to help people in Colorado to easily find and research the legitimate employers embracing workplace flexibility.

If you you're looking for a job in Colorado, click here.  This guide is excellent and free as a resource for jobs!

10 Best-Paying Jobs Of The Future

If you decided on a new career path today, wouldn't you like to know which jobs will be in high demand and pay the most once you were out of school? To serve as a guide, 24/7 Wall St. has identified the best-paying jobs of the future. These jobs will grow the most in the next decade and have median incomes well above the national average. Almost without exception, these occupations will be in highest demand

One change that will create high demands for some professions is the increasing amount of data available to businesses.  For more info, click here

Job Search Site List

The internet provides a vast resource of information relating to job searching. In order to make effective use of these resources an organized and disciplined approach to your job search is appropriate.  While job leads are necessary, the fact remains that networking and personal contacts are the most effective path to a job interview and ultimately an offer. Using the internet to identify available job openings and then using networking to get an inside track can provide a powerful search strategy.

The following compilation of sites was prepared by Karla Nuzman, an employment Specialist.  It presents an extensive set of site addresses broken into useful career categories.

COMPANIES	CONSTRUCTION	ENERGY
ENGINEERING	FELONS	FINANCE – BANKING
GENERAL	GOVERNMENT JOBS	HEALTHCARE
HOSPITALITY	IT– TECHNOLOGY	JOURNALISM – BROADCASTING
	REGIONS – LOCATIONS

For multiple web sites for Job Searches by career, click here.

Top 10 Best Job Sites

 Looking for a good position is never easy, especially in tough employment markets. But even so, there are hundreds of thousands of jobs available at any given time, if one knows where to look. Many of them are posted on job boards.

A job board’s primary function is to connect companies with potential employees. And as recent studies show, companies find nearly 25% of their external new hires through these sites. Surveys have also found that up to 32% of job seekers found their jobs by either responding to an ad or posting a resume on a job board.

To see the top sites click here.

Tips for how to find a job

If someone started looking for a job today, there is no way of knowing how long it will take. You have to make looking for a job a job in itself. It needs to be a 24-hours-a-day, seven-day-a-week, 365-days-a-year job.

There's always the opportunity of working in the temporary arena. People should be calling temporary employment firms to find light industrial jobs, or jobs that will make a minimum wage or maybe a little more. For example, if you've been an accountant your whole life, there are opportunities out there, and you might be able to find some temporary jobs.

Develop a system of looking for a job. This way, you focus on the process without having to worry about the results. Keep track of the calls you make and the interviews you get. That way you can follow up on the interviews.

For a comprehensive outline see the full article here.

Ready for your video interview?

As if mentally preparing for a job interview wasn’t hard enough, now you need to look good on camera, too.

More companies are making video interviews an integral step in the hiring process. Depending on the survey, from 30 percent to 60 percent of organizations conduct some portion of job interviews via webcam.  There are things you can do to be ready, including knowing where to look, practicing and making sure you’re talking from an appropriately work-like setting.

Here are the recommend preparations for a video interview:

1. Get the gear
2. Talk from an office setting
3. Declutter and remove noisemakers
4. Adjust the lighting
5. Dress appropriately
6. Look into the camera
7. Practice
8. Be on time

For the details on these video savy topics, see the full article here.

Baby Boomer Job Hunting

People in their 50s and 60s might have a lower overall unemployment rate than their younger counterparts. But when they lose a job, they have a harder time returning to the workforce. Midlife and older job hunters are concerned that their age will hurt their chances of landing work, especially if they’re looking while unemployed.

66 percent of people ages 55 to 64 who are unemployed have been out of work for more than six months, according to an analysis of 2012 census data. That’s more than twice the number of those under 25 who’ve been out of work six months or more.

Ageism is one reason it’s harder for older workers to find a job. Potential employers fear – justly or not – that older workers won’t be able to keep up, won’t know the latest technology or will put in a few years and then retire. To counter these fears and get strategies for success, see the entire article here.

Job Search Tax Deductions

When you're job searching, it's important to keep track of your job search expenses, because these costs may be a tax deduction when you file your income taxes.

If you've been looking for a job in the same line of work you're currently in, many of your expenses like phone calls, the costs of preparing and copying your resume, and career counseling are deductible. You don't have to be out of work to have some of your costs qualify as a deductible expense, but only expenses that exceed 2% percent of your income count.

Be sure to include as income your severance and unemployment, they are taxable. See the complete article here.

Eight Top Articles from 2013

There have been many articles presented on this blog over the last year. Here are the most popular 8 from the Beyond.com site, one of the sites watched for employment tips. 

1. 5 Ways to Tell if Your Interview Went Well
2. 5 Myths That Hurt a Job Search
3. Can You Lose a Job for Being Too Attractive?
4. Six Reasons Your Search Has Stalled
5. Getting the Job When You're Underqualified
6. Four Job Qualifications You Don't Really Need
7. Six Tips for a Solid Resume
8. The Top Four Career Lies

The full article at Beyond.com can be found here

35 Most Influential Career Sites for 2014

Looking for a job or seeking to hire employees in 2014?  The Internet is full of advice, though separating the reputable and informative sites from the misleading sources often takes time and extensive effort.

To save you the trouble, below, you'll find a comprehensive list of some of best career, interviewing, job search and recruiting websites.  These are long standing sources that are consistently updated, have shown significant expertise in the field and can be readily accessed through a multitude of social media channels.

For more info, click here.

CareerOneStop for Job & Career Changes

Browse CareerOneStop’s video collection to learn about careers, industries, skills and abilities, or work options and education levels.

Get started by selecting links below.

Videos Introduction

Career and Cluster Videos

Career Videos in Spanish

Skill and Ability Videos

Industry Videos

Work Option Video

The videos are available for downloading. They may be downloaded in several different formats. Please visit the OneStop Career System Multimedia Career Video Library to download videos. All videos are available in English. Most of the videos are also available in Spanish. Download times may vary. 

For more creative approaches on how to get started, education and training and interviewing click here to explore career options, salary ranges and job market trends.

Reference USA-extensive company intelligence

ReferenceUSA.Gov is an Internet-based reference service for the government.  The site was designed for use as a reference tool in government agencies.  Its database contains in module format, detailed information on more than 20 million U.S. businesses, 222 million consumers, 89 million U.S. residents, 855,000 U.S. health care providers, 1.5 million Canadian businesses, and 12 million Canadian households.

Small-business owners/entrepreneurs can conduct power market research.  Select a location and do a radius search to look up the number of similar businesses in the area.  Check the strength of the competition with years in business and credit rating.

Job seekers can locate and research companies they want to work for with details on 14 million U.S. businesses including 200,000 human resources with contact names business descriptions, company size and website links to job postings. Three vital ways for job seekers to use this web site are:

1. Check previous companies worked at for in that company for finding lateral positions.
2. Look for companies who are competitors in the field you were employed with as a prime source of jobs.
3. Create a master list of all companies within ones career field to potentially contact them along with contact info about key people.

www.referenceusa.com can be accessed for free through ones local library system via their library card account.    For more info of how to best navigate the databases found on this web site, .click here for a timely video tutorial.

Use the Largest On-line Source of Jobs

www.Indeed.com is the world's largest single source of jobs as an employment-related search engine.  First launched in November 2004 for job listings and by 2010 surpassed Monster.com to become the most visited job site in the United States.  Indeed reaches over 100 million unique visitors every month. The site aggregates job listings from thousands of websites, including job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages.

To become familiar with the attributes of indeed.com, the following three-minute tutorial video instructions are provided:

• Job search tips
• Using exact phrases
• Capitalization tricks
• Broadening your search
• When to use abbreviations
• Using company names & job titles
• Using complex phrases

Find access to the internet based training video here. 

Twitter - a natural for networking

So technology strikes again. Is the resume doomed? Well not really; the key to getting a job still relies on an interview based on your qualifications. But in this media based world Twitter can be useful in the most effective job getting method: networking.

Think of it, using twitter to keep in contact with your professional network. To a certain degree a tweet is a short phone call at arm’s length, a reminder that you are still looking for work; any leads that your network might have for you would be appreciated. As in all networking efforts it is a two way street; remember to make thoughtful contributions and remember it’s not just all about you.
To follow this thought, see the online article here.

Cutting Edge Job Seeking Advantages: Video Resumes? Part 1

Looking for a cutting-edge job seeking advantage?  Are you resourceful and creative?  Consider doing a video resume.  A video resume is a short video created by a candidate for employment that describes the individual's skills and qualifications and is typically used to supplement a traditional text-based resume.  The uniqueness of a video resume is that it lets you express himself in a way that can't be accomplished in a traditional resume because "Pictures can speak a thousand words, and a video can speak a million."  Although video resumes were first introduced in the 1980's for use and distribution via VHS tape, the idea never took off beyond the video taping of interviews.  However with the modern capabilities of transmitting streaming video via Internet, video resumes have taken on a new popularity.

Consider this.  Do you have imagination and savvy to effectively get the attention of potential employers instead of just submitting a paper resume and waiting in-line for an job interview call? Video resumes can be the next frontier in jump-starting your employment opportunities if done correctly.  Below are three simple but very effective video resumes to make my point:  Video resumes can effectively get employer's attention within 1 to 3 minutes if done correctly that can quickly accelerate your chances of earning an interview.

1. Must also see this simple but very effective video resume that is so dynamic and eye catching  Click here   
2. Then one of my colleagues' student from the University of Denver that was created to earn job on campus in a media lab.  And he got the job!  Click here.  
3. Here's a present Denver ERC client who is a competition to get a position and presents it all creatively within 59  seconds.  Click here http://www.bestjobaroundtheworld.com/submissions/view/6337. 

It is important to note that video resumes are not for everybody.   But be aware that video resumes could be a short-cut to separating oneself from others in pursuit of an interview.

In next week's sacrament meeting bulletin, I will present an article on tips of making a video resume going far beyond a tradition video lecture presentation.which could be detrimental if planned incorrectly.

Age, Experience, and the Mature Job Seeker

In a multigenerational workplace, age and experience are a good team. However, there can be some truth in the fact that not all companies acknowledge this, and so a more mature job seeker may find themselves struggling to land a job. Here are some resume’ tips for those who have a few more years of experience under their belt.

A key point is to be sure your resume is age-neutral, limit the amount of information so as not to give away your amount of years in the work force. Limit the amount of work history to the past 15 years on your resume.

Format your resume so that the focus is on skills, not dates. List the prior jobs and skills, but without necessarily pinning a date on them. Focus on the skills and achievements themselves, and not when they were accomplished.

For more pointers and details, see the full article here.

Getting the Job When You're Underqualified

When you're changing careers, getting your foot in the door can often be the most difficult part. Even though you may have tons of experience in your industry, which could carry over to the new career, odds are good that you don't meet every requirement on the employer's list.

So, how can you get a job when you're underqualified?

First, it's important to know that when an employer advertises a job opening, most of their list of requirements is a wish list. They are qualifications that the employer would like to find, but they aren't set in stone. Even if you don't meet all of them, you can still apply for the job.

In order to land a job you aren't completely qualified for, you have to consider what your qualifications are. Do you meet at least 80 percent of their advertised requirements? If you were the hiring manager, why would you hire someone with your skills? The answer to these questions will help you determine how to market yourself.

Although the current job market makes it considerably more difficult to land a job when you are underqualified, here are the most important things you can do to stand out:  Click here to learn these invaluable tips.

When you're changing careers....!

When you're changing careers, getting your foot in the door can often be the most difficult part. Even though you may have tons of experience in your industry, which could carry over to the new career, odds are good that you don't meet every requirement on the employer's list.

So, how can you get a job when you're underqualified?  Click here for more info.

Mistakes you may make in your search

When you are looking for a job, it is important to make sure that you are taking advantage of all the opportunities you can, but there are times when even the most savvy of us are guilty of making some common mistakes that can make a recruiter or hiring manager take us out of the running for a job.

• Nonstandard resume
• Apply for every job
• Inappropriate contact
• Follow up too much
• Ask about benefits

For a detailed discussion on these mistakes, see the full article here

How to stay optimistic

The holiday season is not noted for much hiring. The corporate focus is preparing for the next year in many ways, but not necessarily with interviews. Building a Support System Being in a job search for long period of time can be mentally draining and physically taxing.  Seeking support from friends, family or professional help may also may not generate much response for your search efforts. Regardless, you need to remain optimistic.  Consider the following suggestions:

1. Build a Support System
2. Volunteer – Do Something you Like/Love
3. Be Inspired, Remain Motivated
4. Define Goals – Be Practical
5. Meet Friends – Network
6. Practice Positive Affirmations

For more info about how to achieve this optimism, click here.