This year promises to be a challenging year for job-seekers.  With unemployment that is likely to exceed 8%, only the most well-prepared, strategic and nimble job-seekers will land jobs. 

Careersthatdontsuck.com is dedicated to helping job-seekers find new jobs or business opportunities, even in a recession.  So, we've prepared five quick tips--and a series of posts--to help make your job hunt more successful.  Appropriately, we're calling these "5 Things You Must Do to Get Hired in 2009".

But, we're not stopping there.  Nope.  We've also prepared a Job Hunt Master Plan to help you plan for and focus your job hunt--from choosing which jobs to pursue to utilizing your social/professional networks and filling in the gaps while you look.

Download your free copy of the 2009 Job Hunt Master Plan.

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Starbucks--love it or hate it--is one of the most successful brands of our time.  They've made billions by popping up thousands of little green-accented storefronts around the world.  They brought "gourmet coffee" to the masses.  They made going to a coffee house to a near-spiritual experience. 

Now, they're having to make tough decisions in order to survive.

What can we learn from Starbucks' success and its mistakes?

Download this episode of the "What Now?" series entitled, "The Starbucks Problem: What We Can Learn".

You'll learn key strategies that can help you save your career or business now, and recession-proof it going forward.

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Enjoy!

In this crazy new world of job hunting, almost all of the rules have changed.  You’ll have to be more strategic and ingenious to stand out among your 8.5 million unemployed competitors.

So, what can you do now to find a job?

Start by listening to "What Can You Do Now".

Then, subscribe to Careersthatdontsuck.com for the latest job market news, career and job-hunting advice.

No one is immune to the effects of the economic downturn.  Professionals in every field have been laid off.  Businesses in every industry have had to downsize or shut down altogether.

Truth is, the economy as we've known it is gone.  And, it's not coming back.  So, you'll need new skills for the new economy.

Which skills?

Download the "10 Must-Have Skills" podcast and learn the ten skills you should work on acquiring while you wait for the economy to rebound.

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Check out my field report on the networking circuit.  Learn the 5 things you should know that may help you to land your next job.