U.S. Unemployment Remains Near a 25-Year High: Author Reveals New Rules for Job Hunting

Aug. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- "Unfortunately, many people go about finding a job the wrong way relying on outdated job search methods," states Charles Mannila, author of the new book Build Your Employment Fortress: How to Find and Keep a Great Job in Today's Changing Economy. "Keeping a job is even harder. It's not what you know as an employee that can get you fired, it's what you don't know."

Mannila contends that job seekers need to learn the new rules for job hunting and more importantly apply employer-hiring secrets to help find and keep a job in today's rapidly changing job market which include:

-  Avoiding the six deadly job hunting mistakes most job applicants make.
-  Learning what employer's are looking for today from job candidates.  
-  Incorporating the Top 10 Employer Hiring Traits into your job search.
-  Focusing on non-traditional job-hunting methods that will get you hired.
-  Identifying hidden job market opportunities to find the unadvertised job.

Build Your Employment Fortress shows readers how to find and keep a job in ten easy steps. This includes a step-by-step approach to help find a great job by learning how to survive unemployment, maximize your employability, implement employer-hiring secrets, apply non-traditional job-hunting techniques, develop a job search action plan, create a winning resume, master the job interview, recognize the warning signs of job loss, bulletproof your job, and understand your employment rights.

The author, Charles Mannila, has over 25 years of experience as a business executive, consultant, trainer, speaker, and writer on employment issues and has provided hundreds of people with employability and work skills training.

Build Your Employment Fortress is available for purchase from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Quality Books, and most booksellers including Amazon.com.