Job Search Tips Anyone Can Use Anywhere

1. Inform your contacts, friends, and family you are looking for work or contracts
2. Set up email notification alerts for certain keywords ( http://google.com/alerts )
3. Search job board sites ( Craigslist, Government Job Banks )
4. Write a blog on your area of expertise
5. Use social networking sites like Facebook to increase your personal network
6. Organize coffee-chats or chat-walks with fellow job seekers, then contact local reporters
7. Contact your local provincial representative and ask them to help you or your group!
8. It might be easier to find work for others. If so, offer that as a temporary service for others.
9. Learn Boolean search to find fresh job leads, or hire an expert if you can afford one
10. Think like a company and offer an incentive for others to help you find work.

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This list is a work-in-progress, please share your own experience by submitting a tip so that we can all benefit.

HELP US CREATE SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TODAY by Sylvain Henry

The year is 2009. The whole world is in a recession and the unemployment levels have reached painful levels in most countries, and each month more jobs are lost and global anxities increase.

Something is being done about this. A small group of global citizens, members of a new group called Trustland Recession Survivors (about 1500-2000 members), have united online to discuss ways to attract and create employment in their cities. Their founder, an unemployed employment activist named Sylvain Henry, had launched an initial event Peace and Prosperity 2009 on March 15th, 2009, to declare his non-commercial intentions publicly. The keynote speaker at this event was Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the greatest man of peace in human history. The well-attended event also included a number of high commissioners representing different countries, and by an officer of the Order of Canada. This launch event will be followed by a major event on September 11th, in Ottawa, Canada, where Mr. Henry will be inviting all the High Commissioners and Ambassadors in the national Capital region of Canada. At this event, Recession Survivors will open their idea bank to the national representatives and discuss the simplest ways sustainable employment can be either found, created or attracted.

It is important to emphasize the relationship between peace and prosperity. There can be no peace without prosperity and no prosperity without peace. A Trustland Recession Survivor, from the Pakistani-Afghan region, Mr. Muhammad Khurshid, also reminds all of us that the lack of prosperity in a region can also fuel crime and terrorism. The ultimate tool of mass construction is sustainable employment, and Recession Survivors have full faith that their 6-word slogan and prayer, "HELP US CREATE SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TODAY" will help them reach their critical goal of global re-employment. In addition to their prayer, sponsors of the group has produced a magnificent 12 foot full-colour and weather resistant banner that they will ship to the youth of the war-torn region of Pakistan. The Archbishop of the Spanish-speaking Anglican church, and Sylvain Henry have visited the High Commission of Pakistan and have showed them the banner and obtained their approval for sending it.

To be a new member of Trustland Recession Survivors, please post the 6-word prayer of the group in your blogs, tweets or sites.

Peace and Prosperity,

sylvain.henry@ymail.com
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Sunday Summit Socials for Recession Survivors

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: From whence cometh mine help." Psalm 121

I am certain that every city has a scenic hilltop where people can freely meet each other to socialize in an inspirational environment, at least once a week. We need to be inspired in a practical way and scenic hilltop parks are a great location for this. Across the ages hilltops have been used by spiritual leaders from all faiths to inspire and help others in a practical way. Should technology fail to unite us, we always have hilltops to walk to.

In Ottawa, Canada, we meet at the Nepean Lookout Point Sunday's at 13:00 This location was selected for its scenic view of Quebec and Ontario, all in one glance. It was selected for its historical significance, It used to be a US Canada Border before 1842. It was selected for its performance potential, it has a beautiful 200 seat open-sky auditorium for performances and giving public speeches.

I hope you can find your own significant location to meet in your city or town. If you do organize one in your city, please have your friends videotape your Summit Social and share it with us. We will do the same.

If you are within driving distance of Ottawa, I welcome you to join us with your friends. sylvain.henry@ymail.com

General Topics of Discussion at Sunday Summit Socials:

-Sustainable employment
-Self-Employment
-Secondary Economy

Here are some of the things we do, or can do at such Summit Socials:

-Barter: Exchange products, services, ideas
-Perform: Musicians, comedians, actors, public speakers
-Socialize: Make new friends, maintain old friendships
-Promote: Invite the media to the hilltop
-Exercise: Many of us bring some simple exercise equipment and exercise with others while chatting
-Create: Photographers and Artists love hilltops
-Interview: Employers can meet candidates in the open air
-Educate: Companies or colleges can offer some one hour seminars about their organization or industry

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The Sustainable Planet by Sylvain Henry

Whatever we do that is capable of being continued, hopefully indefinitely, with beneficial effect for the participants, and minimal negative effect on their society and their environment.

Sustainable Education:
Sustainable Employment:
Sustainable Relationships:
Sustainable Community:
Sustainable Buildings:
Sustainable Production:
Sustainable Profits:
Sustainable Economies:
Sustainable Banking:
Sustainable Development:
Sustainable Societies:
Sustainable Architecture:
Sustainable Construction:
Sustainable Energy:
Sustainable Healthcare:
Sustainable Research:

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ATTN: Career services department (from Sylvain Henry)

Please tell me who I should contact to discuss any upcoming employment opportunity (or internship opportunity) at your organization within the next two months (July and August, 2009). I would like to contact that person.

I am a member of a volunteer-based social network of professionals and skilled workers who are immediately available for work. I'd be happy to share any job description that you (or your partners) may have, along with a company description. A resume of a potential candidate will be emailed to you directly from the candidate. Help us create sustainable employment today.

Please contact me at: sylvain.henry@ymail.com
Sustainable community organizer (Canada)

PS We will also contact you if we plan a career fair/trade show.

Sustainable Apartment Buildings and the Recession by sylvain henry

Recession survivors worldwide are now searching for two critical keywords on the Internet: sustainability and stability. Generally speaking, sustainability is now a popular concept. People talk of sustainable development, sustainable production, sustainable profits, sustainable employment, sustainable relationships, and sustainable architecture. In this post I would like to discuss how sustainable apartment buildings can help us overcome the great recession of 2009 and bring us all a bit more stability.

Sustainable apartment buildings are a very new trend, one that is beneficial to tenants, property owners, the environment and society as a while. Imagine the benefits of living in the same building you work in. The commute time would be a simple elevator ride. This would result in less road traffic, pollution and fewer accidents. For personal convenience alone, you would like stay a tenant here for as long as you can. There would be tremendous economic, ecological, and social benefits to living here. Rent would become investment, not an expense.

Does such sustainable architecture exist? Yes. If your daughter moved into such a building, it might be her best move ever. Why then don't we have many such buildings? There are many answers to this question but I would like to promote the idea of a gradual transformation of existing buildings towards this objective so that sustainable apartment buildings become commonplace.

The first and most important step of this gradual transformation is to create a sustainable community, where the members of that community benefit from their proximity to many other members. The second step is to attract or create sustainable employment (employment that pays the bills, covers health care, and allows for some job advancement). I will be discussing sustainable buildings and sustainable employment Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the very scenic Nepean Point open-sky auditorium behind the National Gallery of Canada. All are welcome to attend and bring their video cameras.

sylvain henry, Sustainable Community Organizer
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"Help us create sustainable communities today"

Community Builders Wanted by sylvain henry

Apartment buildings are ideal locations for rekindling the community spirit which has been fading away from most cities for decades. Hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of people live under the same roof in these "vertical villages" without knowing who their neighbours are. Many are the opportunities and conveniences they may be missing by not knowing who their neighbours are. The suggestions that follow are addressed to the community builders of all nations who see the value of a more cohesive and sustainable society, something very desirable in recessionary times.

Imagine, for a moment, that you are a victim of the recession living in an apartment building complex. Your job search is going nowhere, and you have tried everything you could think of to find work. Could you use your building in your search? Consider the following simple suggestion:

1. You suggest to the landlord that there be a community bulletin board somewhere near the entrance or elevator.
2. You then post your services (e.g. alternative health services, or marketing) on the board. Hopefully your services are general enough that many of the tenants could benefit from them.
3. In the same posting you may want to let people know that you are looking for certain services yourself. This will double your possibility of a response.
4. If someone responds to your posting of services offered and required, phone them, meet them and discuss a transaction.
5. We humans are social animals, we thrive on trade. If, by chance, someone needs your services, and you need one of theirs then you exchange services.
6. If several people contact you in response to your ad, then you have an opportunity to become a community builder for your building complex. That is very valuable.

If you become the community builder of your apartment building complex then consider the following:

1. Create a community room where people can meet, discuss, develop friendships and possibly trade.
2. This community room can have whatever theme you enjoy. It could be a wired office, a mini-library, a fitness room, or an entertainment room (home theater, sound system, chess)
3. By word-of-mouth, your community room will grow in usage and usefulness. Your reputation as community builder will grow, trust begets transactions and you will attract opportunities from even beyond your building. You may eventually be asked to organize rent-parties and prosperity parties!

Is this scenario possible? I believe it is certainly worth a try.

sylvain henry, Sustainable Community Organizer
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HELP US CREATE SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TODAY FOR BAJAUR AGENCY, PAKISTAN -Sylvain Henry

Sustainable employment is employment that provides a household enough money to pay the bills, cover healthcare, and provide job advancement. To me it also means employment that does not harm a worker's environment or society. There are too few jobs like this in the world and especially in the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan.

So, a few weeks ago, I launched a global initiative I call the Prosperity Prayer that would help attract sustainable employment and also help create it. Simply put, it is a 6-word prayer that people, like myself, affected by this great recession of 2009, add to our blogs, tweets, profiles, and websites. If these six words have any power at all then you will soon see this prayer everywhere. I personally have full faith that this is a simple, safe and sure prayer is one that people of any faith can use.

Here is the prayer: "Help us create sustainable employment today."

Adding these words online had a magical effect: it has created global solidarity between like-minded people, beyond my expectations, and has enabled me to meet with four high commissioners, religious leaders, and several media professionals. I have also met with Arun Gandhi, fifth grandson of Mahatama Gandhi. These influential people had never heard of me before, nor heard of me, and yet they welcome me as they hear these six simple words spoken by an unemployed man. I imagine these words would have the same effect on whoever uses them in good faith.

Hundreds of people are now very actively participating in this initiative worldwide. The prayer attracted the attention of a special resident of the war-torn Bajaur Agency region, Mr. Muhammad Khurshid. He has inspired me to approach the high commission of Pakistan in Ottawa, Canada, and invite the high commissioner and his entourage to a sustainable employment career fair that I am planning in a few months. Also, Muhammad has inspired me to donate a giant Peace and Prosperity Banner to the youth of Bajaur Agency to motivate them to join Muhammad and myself to help create sustainable employment with the youth and to let them know that the world cares about them.

The presentation of the banner at the high commission was a momentous event. The Archbishop of the Anglican Spanish Speaking Church (Primate-Archbishop Leonardo Marin-Saavedra), two Ishayan Monks and a strong supporter (Nancy Loucks-McSloy) from London, Ontario, assisted me in my presentation of the banner to the high commission yesterday (July 2nd, 2009). I am most grateful for this collaboration.

I would like to take this opportunity to mention a unique incident that happened when we unrolled the 12 foot by 12 foot banner on the lawn before the high commission and the Archbishop. A big white bird, probably a seagull, flew over us and landed very near us, on a stone statue of a youth, and watched us and the banner at that precise moment we presented it to the high commission. Our huge banner has a big white bird on it similar in size and shape to the bird who flew to join us. The coincidence was noted by all, especially by the Archbishop. I prefer to believe it was a sign that peace and prosperity is soon attainable to the youth of the Bajaur Agency region.

The greatest injustice and cruelty to humans are poverty and war. Help us attract the opposite, namely prosperity and peace with one common prayer for prosperity. There can be no peace without prosperity for all.

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Photos of this event will be made available tomorrow.

HELP US CREATE SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TODAY IN OTTAWA, ONTARIO sylvain.henry@ymail.com

I am an employment opportunities point person for Ottawa, Ontario. I post and share opportunities for free. Should you have any employment opportunities to offer and would post your job description to a group of several thousand people in the Ottawa region alone, contact me. I also have global contacts and am directly connected to point persons in other cities around the world.

I actively help job seekers and client seekers, and other recession survivors, by means of a free online group that shares job leads via global online discussions (weekly Jobathons). I am also meeting with employers, spiritual leaders, world leaders and an army of volunteers from around the world to create a revolutionary new kind of tradeshow/careerfair.

Peace and Prosperity, sylvain.henry@ymail.com http://facebook.com/satyagraha

Local Heros Wanted

Are you a bold blogger? Do you have an interest in helping to create or find employment in your city or town for yourself or your friends? Here, then, is an interesting challenge you should consider today: Create a blog suggesting ways you can help stimulate local job growth then add this phrase as a header to your blog (but specify your own city and contact info):

Example:
"Help us create sustainable employment today in Ottawa, Ontario"
Point Person for Ottawa: sylvain.henry@ymail.com 613-552-1090

People from any city or town in the world may participate. Almost 100 people will be accepting this challenge which begins July 3rd, 2009 at noon (Montreal Time). There is no prize for the winner except recognition by the members of this group. Hopefully, though, you will become the point person for opportunities in your region.

Peace and Prosperity, sylvain henry http://facebook.com/satyagraha

PS You may also participate by sharing this note in your profiles or emailing it to your friends.