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Re-employment Tips
 Need help in navigating the road to your next job?
Samantha Greenfield, re-employment specialist with the Virginia Employment Commission/Winchester Workforce Center, offers guidance on your journey to re-employment and remaining competitive in the job market. You may post comments or questions in each blog post, or e-mail her at Samantha.Greenfield@vec.virginia.gov
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The Winchester Workforce Center will be offering Re-Employment Workshops two days during the week of Feb. 6-19. They will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 and at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9.
If you have been out of work a while, this is sort of a good news/bad news thing. Good news, you're normal -- it is taking lots of people a long time to land a job. Bad news -- any amount of time unemployed seems like forever!
If you are struggling with your job search, please consider attending the VEC free re-employment workshops!
It is an EXTREMELY competitive job market out there and there lots of people who have the skills required in a job description. When it comes to selecting individuals for an interview, an employer wants to see proof of your said skills and experience.
The Virginia Employment Commission/Winchester Workforce Center will be conducting a workshop on the benefits of using Linkedin as a vital component in your job search toolbox.
A gentleman came to our office to inquire about unemployment benefits. He disclosed to one of our claims representatives that he had been incarcerated for 23 years (11 in solitaire confinement).
Believe it or not, approximately 80 percent of jobs are filled through networking of some type. These hidden jobs are never even publicly advertised, they are filled through word of mouth and "somebody knowing somebody." What this means to the job seeker is you have got to build a strong network of contacts that can assist you in finding those "hidden jobs."
Tuesday, Nov. 22 - Workshops: Mastering the Electronic Job Search, 9 a.m.- approx. 10:30 a.m.
If you are already using your online social networks to explore and promote your job searching, GREAT! If you are one of the skeptics about whether you need social media, take a look at these statistics and THINK AGAIN!
Behavioral interviewing can be tricky and make you very uncomfortable if you do not know what to expect and are unprepared.
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