Job Seekers Go Online in (wireless engineering jobs) Credit Crunch
No commentsBy john mce
The social networking website LinkedIn, has seen a 25% increase in registering users since the credit crunch hit in September, as worried professionals hoard contacts and look for backup jobs. It is a website which many recruiters use to find specialist employees, and contacts on the site can recommend each other and spread information about each other.
The site claims that the downturn has boosted sign-ups and activity as business people hedge their bets by ensuring they stay well networked in this uncertain time.
Through spring and summer, LinkedIn held a growth rate of one million new users every 20 days. Kevin Ayres, the European managing director of LinkedIn said “Economic issues and uncertainty has highlighted the importance on networking and information exchange”.
“We have seen a significant increase in the rate of sign-ups and in the amount of activity our users have been conducting on LinkedIn over the last two months.”
Since the latest financial crisis began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the rate of growth has increased to one million new users every 14 days. This is attributed to massive job losses among the financial services sectors as well as some advertising-dependant media companies.
There has been a 15% increase in activity in the last two months on LinkedIn, mainly in the issuing of invitations to get users to join business networking groups. There has also been a 14% increase in the recommendations made by users endorsing other users.
LinkedIn makes its money from job listings, subscriptions for premium services, advertising and a corporate service Recruiter.
Kevin Ayres also said that the LinkedIn user group and highly targeted advertising opportunities had made the website immune to the economic downturn. Many recruiters use LinkedIn to find highly qualified or experienced individuals.
He argued the company had “very, very little wastage” for recruiters who used the site as advertising on the site could be so targeted. “As companies review their advertising spend they will look to put budget in places where there is the most impact. It is about finding the right individuals and we are highly targeted”.
He also said that despite the global economic downturn, LinkedIn was still on target to achieve its full-year revenue forecast of between 75 and 100 million dollars. It seems that in the credit crunch, the internet could be a good way for the career minded to stay ahead of the pack.
In total LinkedIn has 30 million users, with 7 million of those located in Europe.
John McE writes articles on a number of subjects including job seeking and job searching. For the best Job Search site see Check4Jobs.
Talent Agencies and Related Services
By Dave Southern
A talent agency does a large gamut of tasks from discovering qualified artists and developing their talents to consistently looking for job opportunities for its artists.
A talent agency is an organization that finds work, may it be permanent or temporary, for its pool of professional artists. It is also generally tasked to take care of the careers of artists as well as negotiate their employment contracts. An artist can be a model, dancer, singer, musician, or an actor. Artists may perform in various productions and fields such as print and video product advertisings, commercials, radio, television, theaters, and motion pictures.
A talent agency provides a limelight experience to its fresh artists and facilitates constant link with veteran performers as well as companies, as the industry can be all about maintaining a set of connections. To be taken in by a talent agency, an artist has to present a resume, excellent headshots, and profile, pass the interviews and must meet the talent and personality that the agency requires. A new artist needs to be spirited and equipped as the competition can be extremely tough. Sound advice, further training, research, together with frequent networking with industry players would be very helpful in order to thrive.
There are sundry types and levels of which a talent agency can dedicate itself to. For example, there are talent agencies that focus on modeling. Other agencies may decide to cater to print advertisements and television commercials. Yet, other talent agencies concentrate on acting fields. In other examples, talent agencies may put particular emphasis on impersonators and stand-up comedians. There are talent agencies too that offer the professional expertise of product specialists, tradeshow and convention hosts, and marketing personnel.
Nearly all talent agencies have an Internet existence, making it much easier for talent scouts, producers, and other clients to get hold of the right talents for their specific projects.
An agency may represent thousands of existing and would-be clients, as well. Clients commonly include advertising agencies, casting directors, photographers, production firms, and other direct clients that have their internal production team.
The talent agency persistently looks for opportunities for its artists. It helps artists in acquiring an audition or interview with potential clients. As a rule, the agent would coordinate the specifics of guidelines and wardrobe to be applied for a project. It also discusses talent fees and manages the collection of payments on behalf of its artists for their involvement in certain ventures. A legal talent agency is usually entitled for a 10 to 20 percent commission on the earnings of its talents, depending on the project types. However it is unlawful for an agency to ask for upfront charges for representation.
Ideally, a talent agency should go beyond conventional recruiting. It should work hard and smart in identifying quality artists and developing their knacks not only for strategic targets but for them to grow into becoming great performers.
It is part of the job of a talent agency as well to provide their many talents with trainings, workshops, and exposure that will help them get better, long-term projects. A talent agency may possibly endorse photographers, along with acting, dance, and voice coaches to advance and update the skills of its group of artists.
An agency may also do the mentoring job, an effective way to assist its artists do great and become great. Providing the artists with performance pointers and encouraging advice can to a large extent, help the individuals accomplish impressive performances.
In the United States, a reliable talent agency must be accepted by the SAG or Screen Actors Guild.
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