JOB BLOG from BROKERHUNTER

BROKERHUNTER.com announces the launch of their JobBlog

This informational blog on jobs and careers is targeted specifically to Financial Advisory sales and support job seekers; including many job titles in banks, insurance companies and securities firms.

According to Steve Testerman, president of BROKERHUNTER.com, "We are excited to announce this new channel for distributing information to our job candidates and guests to our website. In our blog we will be posting pertinent and timely information about new jobs, new employers that are hiring, employment trends and statistics and also provide links to our weekly and monthly newsletters. In addition, we plan to provide tips and techniques to help our job candidates find a new opportunity; this would include resume writing topics, interviewing techniques and other informative content.

One of the advantages of a blog format is that it provides the opportunity for the reader to ask questions or comment on a topic in a quick and easy way."

The BROKERHUNTER.com JobBlog can be found at http://brokerhunter.typepad.com/blog/ or by following a link from the BROKERHUNTER home page at http://www.brokerhunter.com. Also included in the JobBlog are links to candidate testimonials, media articles and press releases, the BROKERHUNTER job search page, a link to the Department of Labor-Bureau of Labor Statistics page of employment stats, a link to our enrollment page, timely surveys, the BROKERHUNTER LinkedIn group and more.

About BROKERHUNTER.com

BROKERHUNTER.com, (www.BrokerHunter.com) was founded in May of 1999 and is one of the leading Financial Services Employment Internet websites in the Nation. BROKERHUNTER has been named the number 1 Securities Industry career site and the number 5 overall niche websites. There are over 60,000 candidates and thousands of job postings from organizations including banks, insurance companies and securities firms across the Nation on BROKERHUNTER. For information on industry employment/recruiting issues and trends please contact us directly at sales@brokerhunter.com . BrokerHunter.com is based in suburban Atlanta, GA.

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BROKERHUNTER.com is pleased to announce the launch of enhanced functionality for the Insurance industry.

Due to shifts in the industry, as well as, demand from our clients and candidates we have expanded our service to encompass additional job functions within the Insurance industry.

Atlanta, GA - January 15, 2008

BROKERHUNTER.com is pleased to announce the launch of enhanced functionality for the Insurance industry.

Steve Testerman president of BROKERHUNTER.com said, "Over the past 8 years, many of our best clients have been insurance organizations, who have used us to source candidates for their open financial advisory positions; now we are able to offer sourcing solutions for all types of positions within the insurance industry"

"We are able to serve all of their needs relating to licensed and registered professionals in all insurance job disciplines; this includes property and casualty, managed care, life and health, benefits/pension, agency/broker, financial services and other insurance sales areas, as well as administrative and professional functions such as underwriting, claims and actuarial. We are applying our SmartMatch technology to the Insurance side as well, this will allow recruiters to precisely target licensed candidates based on their specific criteria. This helps to identify and contact qualified candidates in a quick, efficient manner."

"BROKERHUNTER.com is striving to bring our highly tailored website technology and superior client service to new users within our existing client base; as well as developing important relationships with new clients."

About BrokerHunter.com:

BrokerHunter.com,(www.BrokerHunter.com) launched in May of 2000, is the leading Financial Services Employment Internet website in the Nation. There are over 60,000 candidates and 2,000 job postings from hundreds of branches and firms across the Nation on our site. For information on industry employment/recruiting issues and trends please contact us directly. BrokerHunter.com is based in suburban Atlanta, GA.

The January Edition of the BROKERHUNTER Bulletin

Click here to view the latest edition of our Monthly Newsletter for January, 2008.

This Newsletter contains:

• Industry Employment Report
• A Job Candidate Survey
• Job Seeker Tips
• Free Trade Publications Offer
• and more

Financial Services Employment Report

Overall

The December employment report, which came out on January 4, was an unpleasant New Year’s surprise, showing the weakest job growth since August of 2003.   Last month only 18,000 jobs were added in the entire non-farm jobs area, as unemployment shot up to 5%.  Economists were expecting an increase of 58,000 jobs.   The lion’s share of the job losses were, not surprisingly, in construction and in related manufacturing – a byproduct of the mortgage crises.

All of this is evidence of a slowing economy; with some economists predicting a recession in 2008 and others speculating that we are already in one.  This puts all eyes on the FED to lower rates, but troublesome inflationary worries caused by rising oil and commodity prices and a falling dollar make future rate cuts more problematic.

Financial Services

The Securities Industry sector lost 3,000 jobs during the period, which was the biggest drop in jobs in nearly 4 years and taking us off of historically high employment levels.  In fact, December’s report brought the 2007 results down to a growth rate of just under 2.7% - the weakest growth for the industry since 2005.  On the Insurance side, job growth actually increased by nearly 4,000 jobs. 

Preliminary numbers for the retail group of financial services aren’t available yet for December, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the retail financial advisor and related support positions have been minimally affected by these economic developments.