The top 5 States with the lowest unemployment rate include:

1. North Dakota – Unemployment rate is 3.6%.  Major industries include agriculture, petroleum, food processing, and tourism.
2. South Dakota – Unemployment rate is 4.4%.  Major industries include the service sector, primarily retail, health and finance.  Ellsworth Air Force Base is the 2nd largest single employer in South Dakota and agriculture is a major contributor to it’s economy.
3. Nebraska – Unemployment rate is 4.7%.  Major industries include agriculture, freight transport, telecommunications, manufacturing, and information technology.
4. New Hampshire – Unemployment rate is 5.8%.  Major industries include agriculture such as dairy, cattle, and apples.  The state also produces machinery, rubber, electric equipment, and plastic.  During the winter, many tourists head to this state for it’s ski slopes.
5. Vermont – Unemployment rate is 6.0%.  Farming is the driving force behind Vermont’s economy which includes logging and dairy production.  Other industries helping the economy are manufacturing, insurance, and tourism.

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Job seekers are the product or service the company is buying. Understanding marketing techniques will help job seekers selling themselves to a company. They are convincing them to buy their product over their competitors.

Let’s take soup, for example. There are many soups available and companies market and sell their soup as being the best. Some soups are more expensive than others because of how they process it or simply because of the name on the label. As a consumer, how does one choose a soup? Is it based on price, taste, calories, sodium, flavor, noodle shapes? Every customer is different and will buy the soup that appeals to them and possibly buys based on commercials and sales techniques used by the company.

So what does soup have to do with a job search? Job seekers are the soup and the company they are applying to is the buyer. Does the consumer experience high-blood pressure that they would need a low- sodium soup? Does the consumer like chicken soup, cream of mushroom, or alphabet soup? If a job seeker walks into a company trying to sell chicken soup to a vegetarian, what are the chances of making a sale? Zero!

Research the company and see what their needs are. Then, position yourself as the best product. Do not just sell skills; because the 10 other job seekers applying for the job may have the same skills. Sell your achievements and accomplishments from previous positions. Find ways to stand out from your competition. The more a job seeker knows about marketing the better their chances are to win the job.

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1. For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
2. A man is literally what he thinks.
3. All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.
4. Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

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The job search is no longer about a job seekers skills and experience.  It’s about what the job seeker can do for the employer. Why should the employer hire you over hundreds of other job seekers with the same skills?

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1. Who you are
2. Your biggest strength
3. The benefit you offer a company

Who you are
This is similar to a job target or the title of position you are applying for.  It tells the employer what you specialize in.  For example:  C# Software Developer, Human Resources Manager, VP of Marketing, Account Manager.

Your biggest strength
Highlight your biggest strength that would benefit an employer.  Employers want to know what you can do for them and how you will be able to do it.  For example:  developing new business, solving complex problems, improving processes, creating marketing campaigns.

The benefit you offer a company
The last part of the opening statement tells the employer what benefit you offer them by being who you are and your biggest strength.  It tells the employer why you are an asset to them and how they will benefit by hiring you.  For example:  reducing down-time, increasing profits, improving production, reducing turn-over, saving the company money

The opening statement should be an attention grabber and make the reader want to find out more about you.   Here’s an example of an opening statement after you put together the three parts listed above.

Example of opening statement
Human Resources Manager establishing new personnel programs for hiring, training, and motivating new employees which reduces turnover by 50%.

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