Retraining yourself in order to find a job…

Finding a career at the present is a bit of a struggle with all the government cost cutting and the effects on economy by the recent economic downturn. Many big companies have either closed or have made cut backs to their work force in order to save money and lower there expenditure. Are things going to get better? The latest statement by the head of the bank of England said "we in in the middle of a seven year recovery" not good news for those who are struggling at this present moment in time. So what can you do? I made the decision to retrain after spending most of my life in the building trade which at the present is dead in the water as employment go’s.

I made a decision I wanted a change of occupation, and the arena in which I decided to retrain was the SEO trade. So I decided to track down a training course and gain a new qualification in this arena. Guess what? There are no courses with a accepted qualification out there. The staff in the local job centre haven’t heard of Search engine marketing and don’t even recognise it as a job. So I decided to train myself I thought that my only option is to help myself and I started developing a portfolio of the sites that I have marketed.

My first site is a Internet site that specialises in jobs in Liverpool and it is doing quite well at present. The web site has a first page ranking for a variety of excellent keywords that are associated with the Liverpool jobs industry. One of these keyword phrases is jobs in Liverpool which is a high completion key-word. I have just made it on to the first page of Google for this phrase. I am constantly working on my venture and building a nice little portfolio and when the time is right I am going to start applying for some of the SEO opportunities that I see advertised.

I know this will not happen instantly but if I stay focused I will get to where I want to be, good things come to those who wait as the adage goes. My other option is to take a occupation that I have to take just for the cash something that I do not want to do. I couldn't face wasting my life in a job that I hated and cursed turning out in the morning for, life is to short...

You can have a take a look at my Internet site it specialises in jobs in Liverpool and part time jobs in Liverpool . The domain is only six months old and has a page rank of 3 already. It has a number of pages on the first page of Google for a multitude of key words related to the jobs niche.