Laid-off banker? Where to job hunt

Many in the financial services industry are retooling for careers in information technology. SAP is one of the hottest areas, and continues to post strong demand for those in the $100k+ range.

People are using self-training programs like “Breaking Into SAP”

http://sapcookbook.com/breaking_into_sap/

some of the these bankers already enjoy so much windfall in the past two years that their bonus would already allow them to retire. So there is a big group of them who are happily enjoying life after wall-street.

One of the most important things that we tell our clients is to never stop networking. The highly coveted jobs are no longer being advertised, so you have to take it back to basics and pound the pavement. We have a job board and various tools and resources available on our wesbsite at
http://www.jux-ta-pose.com. Please feel free to visit our site.

Best wishes.

It’s difficult competing with so many other unemployed bankers. My advice is to spend the time to get your career marketing plan together including your resume, brush up on your interview skills and possibly even hire a career coach. Winging it in the job search or attacking it haphazardly is not an option with so much competition. You can find career development tools on my website at http://www.careermovement.com.

Amy McGeachy
Vice President and Co-Founder of Career Movement

These bankers could find work they deserve either as a WalMart greeter or join teh Army or MArines and go serve in the desert.

The economy has definetly softened but I still see thousands of jobs posted on employment sites.

http://www.linkedin.com (networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you to jobs)

good luck to those searching for jobs.

Annie here. When you see a map like that, there is usually a source line under it (in teeny tiny print!) saying where the information came from. But anyway, the Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps track of layoffs — there’s a lot of information at http://www.bls.gov.

A question rather than really a comment. Where is a good place to see current unemployment and related statistics, say by state? I saw a US Map with states colored by numbers of layoffs but where can we see those numbers?