If you’re unemployed, join the club. There’s not much more to say about that, other than you’re in good company. However, unlike other clubs you might belong to, the unemployment club is not one you’d hoped to someday be a member of. Actually it can be a downright drag. In this club, members are fighting to get out. Fortunately, there are things you can do to find an employer who will notice you, besides begging, “Pick me! Pick me!” If you are unemployed in this age of technology, here are five unique self-marketing tips to try:

Social Networking. Social networking sites are not just for teenagers who want to gossip about famous people, complain about their parents, or brag about their new cell phones. Social networking can actually be a highly effective way to spread the word about your search for employment. Try posting your resume on LinkedIn, a site developed and targeted specifically to those looking to expand their career horizons.

Personal web site. These days, it’s a great idea to have a personal website, even if your skill set has nothing to do with the web. Think of a personal website as an interactive portfolio, resume, and promotional tool that you can make available to potential employers who can view your stats with the convenience of a few keyboard clicks.

Freelance. If you have a marketable skill, but happen to be in-between jobs, try offering your services on a freelance basis. Post on free classifieds sites like Craigslist, and advertise your services in local papers, on web forums, and in community bulletins. Not only is freelance work a great way to supplement your income, but it is also a great way to make industry contacts who may be able to connect you with traditional employment.

Online job search sites. Try posting your resume on career-finder sites like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com.

Email newsletter. Just because you’re unemployed doesn’t mean you aren’t doing anything productive. And, if you aren’t doing anything productive, start doing something! Any personal side projects you begin can be used to promote yourself to your existing business connections, with the intent of stirring up some new opportunities for yourself. Go through your contacts list (the entire history of everyone you’ve ever worked with or done a good job for) and create an emailing list that you can send a personal newsletter to. Write about what you are up to (including your stint in unemployment), and what your plans are for the future. Invite others to provide feedback. You never know what doors might open up for you when you reach out in such a way.

Being unemployed does not have to be the end-all be-all. In all actuality, unemployment can be a fresh start – the beginning of something completely new and exciting. Use these unique marketing tips and you might just find yourself privy to a world of unique opportunities.

Ronald Seper is currently unemployed but is currently working with a support group for those considering careers in nursing. When he’s not job hunting, he’s stay-at-home-dad for his family of 7.

Earning a college degree is a sure fire way to earn a great job in the future. Getting into the best colleges can be very tricky but if you are lucky enough to get in, you can easily assume to have a better future laid ahead of you. When choosing the right college, the college rating matters a lot. With thousands of available colleges today, there are different ratings used to identify the schools’ strengths and weaknesses. Incoming students just have to deal with varying quality of education based on their desired field. Here are some of the most popular rating systems where the best 50 college ranking usually comes from:

Forbes rating
Every year, Forbes Magazine comes up with a list of 50 best universities and colleges in the United States. They base their rating on the colleges’ teaching level, classroom sizes, student evaluation surveys, default rates or student debt ratio. Their list is probably one of the most reliable lists of all times.

Kiplinger
Kiplinger on the other hand base their rating according to the colleges’ test score system, admission rates, graduations rates and the ratio of professors and enrollees. Ever year, Kiplinger creates a list that determines what university or colleges can maximize your money’s worth.

U.S. News and World Report
This one the other hand is the most anticipated listing of all because they base their rating system according to rates of admission, class rank, graduation rates, students-professor ratio and surveys. This top 50 high quality colleges list is updated and released every time new information or improvement is made.

It has been routine to find the morning paper at the doorsteps and bring it in to the house while breakfast meals are being prepared. First thing that people would check out is of course the front page, usually focusing on current events locally and the world. It is important for people to know what is going on in the world today mainly because it affects everyone today. The impact that published news provide is really something that will surely gather various reactions and opinions for current events and issues.

The relevance of such issues does have quite an impact today. News is not something that people can simply shed away and not be aware off. Regardless if they are students, businessmen or house people, the impact is sure to affect each person in their daily manner of living. All matters ranging from politics to economy have a bearing in today�s way of living.

Newspapers are not all news and trends that a country may find in. For the business-minded people, these are the factors due for consideration in line with their work or business. Such external factors would affect the market they are catering to and the need for possible adjustment is a necessity.

On the lighter side, housewives would check on probable sales and discount coupons offered by their favorite department store and supermarket. Coupons can be cut out and used to save on cost for certain items such as food and basic necessities of living in the household.

Ideally, coupons help a lot for people to sustain their manner of living considering that financial savings goes a long way in today�s economy. While some may care less, all coupons added together may reflect a large sum of savings if compiled. All it takes is a simple turn of the page and such coupons and offered discounts will help a lot for the people who want savings on their purchases anywhere.

We have all been exposed to the various peaks of job opportunities which started with Information Technology, call center agents and then lately that of nursing and caregivers. The different trends towards emphasizing on the high demand for such jobs has become a yardstick in measuring which among the many job opportunities would be in the limelight.

This early, everything points towards blogging to be the next boom with regards to providing new job opportunities. The notion that this line of work is limited to people with a journalism degree is totally false. With the proper use of grammatical skills, anyone can blog about anything and for anyone if he or she would simply do the steps necessary to be good at it.

There has been a lot of rumors that people have been making money through blogging. Depending on their purpose, article writing and blogging with emphasis on quality content has truly been rising. It would not be surprising if by this year, a lot of people will be blogging and using this as their main source of livelihood.

For the past years, the climate has been changing. Initially some people considered the cold climate to fall in the holiday season, something that has been apparent from past years. The warm climate on the other hand would usually set in the summer where people would troop to the beaches and go surfing or swimming.

However, the change in climate has been mind-boggling. A lot has to be connected with the polluting air which has been known to affect the ozone layers leading to a global warming shift. While people have resorted to various practices to attend to such issues, it is obvious that the efforts have not been enough.

The effects can be seen in the rising case of illnesses and weird weathers during known seasons. Natural disasters such as storms, earthquakes and tsunamis have been coming one after another. Could it be the wrath of nature perhaps? Whatever the case may be, one thing is for sure, a lot of changes in the natural course of living are sure to be waiting in the wings.

The craving for fuel and oil has been a necessity for the private and industrial consumer. Without this natural resource of oil, a lot of problems are expected to be incurred including that of transportation problems and industrial manufacturing which rely heavily on this resource for aid.

Oil headlines the newspapers often if there are issues concerning its availability and pricing. The reason behind this is that the whole world is inter-connected with whatever events may transpire. This is how precious this resource is all throughout the world and many people just know this too darn well.

Oil prices have reached insurmountable amounts in 2006 and have slowly been stabilizing as of late. But these events are only deemed temporary considering that forecasts of its scarcity will tilt the market in the coming years. With a growing demand for this much needed resource, oil will always headline newspapers all over the world and hopefully, the fine print would offer something other than issues and problems for the readers.

People will always put their focus on the front page which would usually contain the headlines of latest news and current events going on locally and the world. But technically, the editorial section is similar to that of a blog where a person would make entries about certain aspects to which they expound on. Ideally these issues would be in line with the ongoing events since they provide supporting insights on such issues.

Editorial from people will provide the opinions and ideas stemming from references on actual events and facts. They are not placed for the sake of argument of one person only. They cover the negative and positive aspects of such issues and provide further analysis so that people may easily understand the whole essence of the headlines and events.

Also, these editorials are technically chains from past issues and events since they refresh the memory of people who may have forgotten about connections to the current topic at hand. These are the things that have already occurred but have been forgotten. It is through editorials that they can be recalled.

Stocks may be falling as can be seen over the Internet and the daily newspapers, but then again, these may be signs of opportunities on the rise. For one thing, the downward trend is seen as bad for business and investing, but as we all know, there is no way to go up for all faltering undertakings. This is one thing that stock buying can certainly promise.

Stocks are at an all time low lately, and most of the traders are selling them for their owners rather than buying to save any semblance of losses from their initial investments. For present buyers, losses may not be as high, but the possibility of being able to invest at a low price and seeing economies and external factors improve by the day, such an investment would have nothing to lose.

A sudden skyrocket may ensue but from everything that is happening as of late, it is the only wise thing that can be seen, considering that stocks are slowly being disregarded for now.

Restaurants will surely be filled, florists will have a huge profit margin and courier and delivery services are sure to have a busy day this February 14. While most people have already booked their itinerary and flower sending, the day of the hearts is something that will surely be a busy day for couples all over the world.

There are people who will be booking themselves at hotels for sure. Some would even find themselves enjoying a musical show in celebration of the occasion being serenaded by ballads coming from well-known musical celebrities with various love songs and entertainment. Clubs are expected to be filled as well, mostly lasting until the wee hours of the mornings.

The mood is definitely under a romantic one. For sure, regular traditions shall be held. But the important thing is really celebrating with the person whom people would consider as special to their lives. That is what the day of the hearts is really all about.