WorkPlace 911: How to Really Get Hired

Use these strategies and opposite day will take place for you. You'll be going to work instead of looking for a job.

WORKPLACE911 EXECUTIVE POINTS

How to get hired:

1. Start from within.

2. Use proof.

3. Best friend or colleague.

4. An agency they trust.

5. An ad they placed.

6. A resume.

LIST OF THE WEEK from Lynn Taylor

How the economy affects everyone:

-- Employees worry about their jobs on average three hours a day

-- 76 percent think layoff when they encounter a boss' closed door

-- 86 percent think bad bosses fly under the radar, leaving extensive damage behind them

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." -- William Jennings Bryan