When it comes to looking for work, how do you best approach your job search? Now that there is some movement in the job market with over 75,000 media & entertainment jobs posted on some of the job board aggregators, do you feel there is opportunity for you or do you like many, still hope that someone will notice your resume and pick you out of the countless number of others who may be applying for the same job? Are you confident that you can stand out in the crowd or, do you wonder whether you will fade into the background, resigned to post your resume and pray for a response?

Are you committing career suicide?  Setting yourself up for failure whether you intend to or not?  Stop sabotaging yourself and focus on how to help not hurt your career search efforts.

You may feel the need to rush to get through your “Job Seeker To Do List” wondering how many more resumes you can send out or how many job interviews you can line up. When you think you’ve done enough job hunting for yourself and you are not sure what you can share, think of those who are still struggling and have not been as successful as you and next time you hear of a job you are not interested in or perhaps is just not right for you, remember you can easily just, pass it on. By Lisa Kaye

So which ride will you choose?  Roller-coasters, ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, when your job search resembles the ups and downs, the thrills and spills of a carnival amusement park, do you ever stop & think, one more time around or is it time to get off?

You may have heard the phrase,"Greed is Good" as uttered by the money-broker tycoon in the 1987 hit movie “Wall Street”.   It was a phrase often used to chastise those who cherished materialism over core values. Hey, it was the ’80’s, there was a recession and the world was at war and wait, does this sound vaguely familiar?  Well, it very well may be like the ’80’s when you think of our current economy, but one thing is for certain when it comes to looking for a job and pulling out all the stops, let me just say one thing, "Greed is Good."

Frustrated about your job search?  Ready to kick not only the tires?  It's OK, to get angry if you are not moving in the right direction.  Just remember to vent, release and move on...

When you struggle to find a job, keep a job or to perfect the job you have, you may find yourself battling the forces of good and evil.  Whether you are in the workplace, the interview room or the board room, you are faced with the inevitable choice of whether to put up or shut up.  Sometimes it’s not even a matter of whether you are good at or even value for the job you do.  What matters is whether you are in it for the respect you deserve or the cash you need.

Sometimes you think you know how you come across to others but you don’t.  You may think you rock in your presentation skills, or present a cool and calm presence or think you are a superstar when it comes to nailing a job interview.  When was the last time you went on a job interview and what was the outcome?  I thought so!  If you’ve been pounding the pavement and think you are just doing fine networking your butt off then think again.  If no one has offered you a job or even given you a second look, chances are you are not the picture perfect job candidate you may think you are.

Seems these days it’s not such a bad thing to be sitting on your bum, getting a tan, catching up on your reading or any other activity you were meaning to get to and couldn’t because you were over-worked and well, very employed.  It’s not that your lazy by any means.  Having enough time to balance and enjoy all aspects of your life adds to your experience.  So next time someone gives you a dirty look or rolls their eyes because you are still looking for your next job, just smile and clap your hands.

Remember when you felt secure and comfortable knowing that you were on the right career path, confident that the job you held was going to hold you long into retirement.  Well, wake up now, that dream was a good one while it lasted. There comes a time in everyone’s life where the dream and reality take a sharp contrasting turn. In the midst of this struggling economy, where you may find yourself without a job, wondering what you did wrong and if you could just do it over again you would have played your cards right.  Anything, so as you don’t have to look for another job again.   Breaking up is hard to do but going back to what wasn’t working is even harder still.