The economy is at an all time low and companies would have to cut down costs to survive and to ensure that the financial losses are cut down. Here are some signs that will help you evaluate if you are in the hit list or not. If yes, I suggest you start working on your resume right away.

1. Have you been asked to take an unpaid vacation?
2. Has your boss been fired ?
3. If your department is being downsized ?
4. Have you been given a promotion with a position of lesser responsibility?
5. Have you been in the bad books of your mentor / superior / supervisor ?
6. You don’t have friends in office
7. You have not got any encouraging words from your manager during the performance appraisal process
8. Your company has been indicating reorganize its strategy and promoting outsourcing
9. You have been given projects with a strict time line and is impossible to achieve
10. Your subordinate gets a mail for what you are responsible for!

If most of the questions are moving towards the negative front, I suggest you start looking at alternate options.

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Simply Hired, the vertical search engine company  launches their operations in India at www.simplyhired.co.in. Simply Hired is a job aggregator and will ensure that you do not miss a single opportunity that may exist. Simply Hired is one of the first job aggregators globally and I am glad that they have started to focus on India.

SimplyHired has also started their operations in Canada, UK and Australia along with India. In a press release, Gautam Godhwani, Co-founder and CEO of Simply Hired quoted

“The launch of these websites is an integral part of Simply Hired’s effort to expand our mission in building the largest worldwide job search engine, we want to continue making the job search process a positive experience globally and leverage the successful business model we have built in the U.S.”

I wish Gautam the very best in achieving his mission !

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Do you know the Salary of your peer at Google, Microsoft or Glassdoor is a tool that helps you build your career and a workplace community where you can anonymously share Company reviews, ratings, Salary information vis-a-vis position and also rate the company’s CEO for free

Glassdoor was in Beta since 2007 and is now out Beta. Glassdoor intends to help employees, potential job seekers and recruiters simultaneously. Glassdoor is not just another tool that is all American. The top most countries information are India (ranked 4), UK (Ranked 3) and Austraila (Full List here).

Glassdoor surely does make the Job Market very transparent and will help you in your next decision. I would surely recommend this to any job seeker. Do check it out and let me know your thoughts on the site and don’t forget to share your thoughts

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Jowba is a pretty looking site with a very unique offering. Jowba is job classifieds service for Startup Companies and Job seekers specifically looking at Startups

Jowba does provide a company profile view wherein employers can write more about the Company’s vision & mission and attract like minded talent.

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