Try LinkedIn JobsInsider To Help You With Your Job Search

LinkedIN JobsInsider downloads in to Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers. After you download it you can:

• Go to some of the top job boards, access a job, and find contacts from you LinkedIN network who work for the company


• Contact those people for informational interviews


• Find out more about the employer and the company culture


• Bypass the Human Resource Department


• Network your way to the hiring manager

You can find a link at the bottom of your LinkedIn home page that will provide you with the information needed to load the Insider widget into your browser.

The icon will be near your tool bar.

LinkedIN JobsInsider currently supports CareerBuilder, Monster, Hotjobs, Dice, CraigsList, SimplyHired, and Vault. When you go to these sites, a sidebar will open and any relevant connections will be viewed.

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America's Top 10 Recession Proof Cities

Some cities have lower unemployment; strong and affordable housing markets; and industries that are continuing to grow, improving, or holding steady. Forbes top 10 recession proof cities are:

1. Oklahoma City, OK

2. San Antonio, TX

3. Austin, TX

4. San Jose, CA

5. Raleigh, NC

6. Salt Lake City, UT

7. Houston, TX

8. Seattle, WA

9. Charlotte, NC

10. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX



Forbes.com examined the country's 50 largest metros and looked at several key measures:

• Unemployment data supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year ending in February 2008 to see which areas are most adding or subtracting jobs.


• BLS data on job growth in non-farm payrolls, through February 2008, for construction, education and health services, financial activities, information, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, natural resources and mining, professional and business services, trade, transportation and utilities, and the BLS's catch-all category, "other services."


• Median home price data from the National Association of Realtors--from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter of 2007--to see which areas posted the largest annual gains. This data doesn't account for the impact of declining sales in the first several months of this year.


• Rankings were adjusted using data from a November 2007 report, "U.S. Metro Economies: The Mortgage Crisis," by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It lists each city's estimated gross metropolitan product growth by projecting how rising foreclosures and falling home prices would affect overall levels of productivity in local economies

10 Tips for Being Selected for a Leadership Position

If you are interested in advancing your career and being seen as having great leadership qualities you might want to develop and enhance the following skills and attributes:

1. Listening and communicating effectively
2. Exuding energy and enthusiasm
3. Remaining calm under pressure
4. Taking responsibility for your actions
5. Acknowledging the contributions of others
6. Being comfortable outside your area of expertise
7. Showing willingness to take risks
8. Building coalitions and teamwork
9. Influencing others
10. Reflecting comfortably on your strengths and weaknesses
11. Adapting effectively to change

When employers see these characteristics in you, they will be more inclined to select you for grooming for leadership positions.