Por Jeanne Sahadi

Si has estado trabajando durante más de una década y este año comienzas una búsqueda de empleo –ya sea porque te despidieron o simplemente quieres cambiar–, no te dejes consumir por los datos desalentadores del mercado laboral ni por las amenazas percibidas que representa la inteligencia artificial.

Sí, el crecimiento del empleo ha sido bastante endeble en general. Pero no estás buscando un empleo en general.

Tus perspectivas dependen de tus talentos y habilidades transferibles, tus contactos, las industrias en las que buscas y el lugar donde vives. Y, tan importante como esto, dependerán de cómo abordes tu búsqueda de empleo.

Esa búsqueda puede llevar más tiempo de lo que esperas. Pero tienes más control del que piensas sobre si obtendrás esa entrevista o eventualmente conseguirás trabajo.

Los expertos en carreras profesionales con los que habló CNN dijeron lo mismo: antes de hacer nada, aclara para ti mismo –aunque sea a grandes rasgos– qué quieres y qué tienes para ofrecer.

“Ten claro lo que aportas. Haz un inventario de tus habilidades. Y ten claro qué quieres hacer a continuación”, dijo Hannah Morgan, estratega de búsqueda de trabajo que dirige Career Sherpa.

Por ejemplo, ¿qué tipo de puesto te gustaría? ¿Prefieres trabajar en una empresa grande o pequeña, o en una startup? ¿Tienes una lista preliminar de empleadores a los que deseas postular? ¿Qué habilidades transferibles tienes que puedan aplicarse en varias industrias?

Tener un esquema general facilita que alinees lo que comunicas en todos tus documentos relacionados con el trabajo (por ejemplo, currículum, perfil de LinkedIn, cartas de presentación, etc.). Y facilita transmitir claramente lo que deseas a otras personas, que pueden proporcionarte información valiosa o presentarte a personas que están contratando.

Sé también claro con lo que realmente no quieres hacer en tu próximo puesto, dijo Lisa Rangel, directora ejecutiva de Chameleon Resumes, una firma de servicios de búsqueda de empleo para ejecutivos de nivel medio a senior.

Incluso si has tenido gran éxito con ciertas tareas o asignaciones pero no deseas volver a hacerlas, no las enfatices en tus materiales de empleo y en tus conversaciones. “Puedes hablar de ello si te lo preguntan”, dijo Rangel. Pero tu objetivo es atraer lo que quieres.

Así que resalta primero las habilidades y experiencias que has tenido y que están relacionadas con lo que buscas. Supón que quieres un puesto de liderazgo. Si has gestionado personas en el pasado, destaca ese hecho, incluso si los títulos que has tenido no indican experiencia como gerente, dijo Rangel.

Los reclutadores y empleadores están utilizando cada vez más la IA para filtrar los currículums recibidos y otras funciones organizativas en el proceso de contratación. Pero no es quien toma las decisiones.

“Las personas siguen siendo quienes toman las decisiones”, dijo Rangel, quien es miembro del consejo asesor e inversora en una empresa que crea IA agente para reclutadores.

Sin embargo, puedes utilizar la IA a tu favor para averiguar si tu experiencia y habilidades se adaptan bien a un nuevo puesto, y para reducir la posibilidad de que tu currículum sea descartado por una tecnicidad como el vocabulario que utilizas.

Una herramienta de IA puede mostrarte una variedad de descripciones de puesto para el tipo de puestos que estás buscando. Así que presta atención si hay similitud en los términos utilizados. Además, lee detenidamente los anuncios de los puestos específicos a los que planeas postularte.

“Usa el mismo lenguaje”, dijo Morgan. “Si una publicación dice que necesitamos a alguien con habilidades en Read more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Firefighters and Hazmat teams were on the scene of a commercial fire involving lithium ion batteries inside a facility at 3825 Higuera Street Monday.

According to the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department, fire crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire at an approximately 10,000 square foot facility on South Higuera Street.

Employees at the facility had safely evacuated and arriving firefighters spotted smoke coming from the building shared the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

Inside of the building, fire crews encountered heavy smoke, an indication that fire-suppressant tools had been activated already and once firefighters noted that flames at the scene involved lithium ion batteries, a hazardous materials team was called to the scene detailed the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

A joint response involving firefighters from Morro Bay City Fire Department, Five Cities Fire Authority, and San Luis Obispo County Fire Department was called for and hazmat crews worked to limit the exposure of dangerous materials as well as managed decontamination efforts for responding firefighters explained the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

Flames were knocked down around 9:12 a.m. and no impact on the surrounding area has been detected noted the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

An official cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal stated the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department.

Your News Channel has reached out to the aerospace company believed to operate out of the facility and its response will be added to this article when it is received.

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By Danya Gainor, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

(CNN) — The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the unprecedented federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion,” and seeking a court order halting the crackdown, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

“This has to stop; it just has to stop,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a Monday news conference announcing the lawsuit.

It was filed shortly after Illinois and the city of Chicago also sued the Trump administration, alleging the Department of Homeland Security has terrorized residents in “organized bombardment.”

The suit argues the federal government is violating the Tenth Amendment by unlawfully commandeering state resources, interfering with Minnesota’s authority to govern, and disregarding state law and city ordinances.

CNN has reached out to DHS for comment on Minnesota’s lawsuit.

The federal government initially launched Operation Metro Surge, an immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, in December to target undocumented Somali immigrants but it has also led to the arrests of immigrants from other nations.

Around 1,000 additional US Customs and Border Protection agents are expected to deploy to Minneapolis, according to two federal law enforcement sources. The agents started deploying Friday and continued over the weekend, one of the sources said, coming on top of a deployment of about 2,000 federal agents to the area that CNN reported early last week.

“As long as federal agents are in our city acting unconstitutionally against our neighbors, we will continue to push back with everything we got,” Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at the news conference.

The lawsuit also claims Operation Metro Surge is not a legitimate law enforcement action, but rather a retaliation effort against Democratic-led Minnesota, citing the president’s disparaging comments toward local officials.

“President Trump expressed the root of his displeasure in plain terms during a recorded interview: he essentially claimed that Minnesota is ‘corrupt’ and ‘crooked’ because its officials accurately reported election results and those results did not declare him the winner,” the lawsuit says, citing a January 9 interview by the president.

Officials in the North Star State have echoed each other’s calls for weeks for immigration officials to cooperate with local law enforcement and leave – which has prompted biting rhetoric in return from federal officials.

Tensions between federal law enforce

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