As many of you know, the economy today is slowing down and aside from the job cuts and layoffs, there has been a huge decline in jobs out there for new graduates. This is a problem because as many of you know, I am a new graduate and although I’m not in the masters program, the reduced jobs, affects me as well. The problem is that lots of graduates in certain majors, don’t have jobs and the lucky few that do get jobs, are taking a huge pay decrease.

The reason I am talking about this is because although we are bloggers, we are seeing the effects of a slowdown as well. Many bloggers that once blogged and worked, are now focusing more on work and less on blogging. Others, have completely left blogging once and for all. Also, current bloggers are seeing a decline in advertisers and money making opportunities. I wanted to throw out a few tips, I have noticed, that can help you get a job in today’s economy:

1) Don’t Be Good, Be Great – If you want something badly then you not only have to do great, but you have to go above and beyond. Excellence shouldn’t be the exception but the standard. You need to make sure that everything you do, is your finest work so that people notice you and take note of the things you are accomplishing.

2) Be Friendly – This seems to affect a lot of people and although some jobs are considered to not be “people based”, you still need to maintain relationships with the people you work with so being friendly shows others your more personable side and makes them like you not only on a professional level but a personal level as well.

3) Don’t Over-talk – We all know the person that goes to recruiting events, and decides that telling the recruiter about how they saved the day at their previous job, will help them get this job. Well, that doesn’t work. In fact, recruiters want to be able to ask you the questions and judge your character and the qualities you possess. They don’t really want someone who will keep shedding light on their accomplishments. They want to notice it for themselves as well.

4) Criticize? I Think Not - NEVER under any circumstances should you criticize your other job, your manager, your boss or anything for that matter. They don’t want to risk ruining their image if you happen to be let go later. They want someone who will be happy with any decision – even if they truly aren’t happy.

5) Take Anything You Can Get – No job is too good for you. I mean, if youre an astronaut and the only job you are finding is at McDonalds then maybe that is a stretch but for most park, you don’t have a wide selection of choices. Pick what you can based on what you have in front of you at the moment.

6) Improve Yourself – There are several ways you can improve yourself such as trainings, boot camps, continued education. It shows the employer that youre motivated to do better and learn more. For example, recently a friend of mine was looking for some MCITP training courses and found this mcitp boot camp online. Its easy to sign up online and you can become a Microsoft Certified IT professional and although that may not seem like much, it definitely helps brighten up your resume and get you attention.

So if you’re looking for a job then maybe these tips have helped. If you need more advice or more specific advice then do not hesitate to send me an email. I hope everyone is having a great weekend and do keep sending me the nominations for the Top 100 Twitter List and follow me @enkayblog !