Research conducted by job experts and psychologist from the University of Georgia shows that black men in particular can extend their job and career prospects by altering their mentoring groups and methods.
A study of 250 highly successful Afro-American males indicate that mentoring and networking, universal predictors of success were level of education, training and willingness to move for new opportunities were the most important parts of any person's career success regardless of race or ethnic origin.
The differences noted is that black males (and women of all races) fail to network and be mentored effectively.
The major hindrance to success was the fact that black men tend to stay within their own racial group in terms of networking and mentoring and fail to avail themselves of the experience and willingness of people of other races to assist them in their career advancement.
"The study shows that if you are willing to put forth the necessary effort and obtain the education and appropriate training, then you can achieve career success,"
C. Douglas Johnson, an associate professor of management at Georgia Gwinnett College and Lillian Eby, a professor in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology Program in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are responsible for the research that was reviewed at the Eureka Alert web site on December 19, 2011.
As the accompanying chart shows jobs in Birmingham are dropping fast. The data comes from a daily inspection of jobs available in Birmingham from Indeed.com. Indeed look at the majority of jobs advertised in the area and is a good indication of job availability and prospective growth.
Remember just last week the local headhunters in Birmingham claimed that only 13% of local companies plan on hiring in 2012.
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