SHARE OF THE CAKE - PORCION DE LA TORTA

<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>IS THE ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR REALLY IN SUCH DISARRAY AS PORTRAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA AND POLITICIANS CAMPAIGNING FOR UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?  </b></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="ES">ESTA  EL SECTOR AGRÍCOLA</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="ES"> <span class="hps">ARGENTINA</span> <span class="hps">REALMENTE</span> <span class="hps">EN TAL DESORDEN</span> <span class="hps">COMO LO RETRATAN  LOS MEDIOS LOCALES</span> <span class="hps">Y LOS </span> <span class="hps">POLÍTICOS EN CAMPAÑA</span> <span class="hps">PARA LAS PRÓXIMAS</span> <span class="hps">ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES?</span></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Listening to local media, representatives of the farming sector and the political opposition, one assumes that the Argentine agriculture sector is in disorder and facing massive losses of profit due to Government policies.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Escuchando a</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">los medios de comunicación</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">locales, a los representantes</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">del sector agropecuario</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">y a la oposición política</span><span style="color: orange;">, podemos suponer que </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">el sector agricultor argentino</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">está en desorden</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">y enfrentando pérdidas masivas</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">de</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">ganancias debido a</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">las políticas del Gobierno</span><span style="color: orange;">.</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> <br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking deeper into the matter one might come to a slightly different conclusion then mainstream media, politicians  and certain entities of the agriculture industry are trying to portray to the public, for international facts and figures differ to those shown in Argentina.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">Mirando</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">más profundamente, podríamos</span> <span class="hps">llegar a una conclusión</span> <span class="hps">un poco</span> <span class="hps">diferente que</span> <span class="hps">los grandes medios</span>, los políticos y <span class="hps">algunas entidades</span> <span class="hps">de la industria de</span> <span class="hps">la agricultura</span>  <span class="hps">tratan de mostrar</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">la opinión pública</span>, ya que <span class="hps">los hechos</span> <span class="hps">internacionales y</span> <span class="hps">cifras difieren</span> <span class="hps">de</span> <span class="hps">los que se muestran</span> <span class="hps">en la Argentina.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">First of all one should not forget that a large number of agriculture producers in Argentina are influential foreign enterprises who own vast amount of fertile farmland in the country. Thus these entities decide in which direction the agriculture market is heading, in order to earn large profits.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">En primer lugar</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">no hay que olvidar</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">que un gran número</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">de productores agrícolas  en</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">Argentina</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">son influyentes</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">empresas extranjeras</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">que poseen</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">gran cantidad de</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">tierras fértiles</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">en el país.</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">Así,</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">estas entidades</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">decidan</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">en qué dirección</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">se dirige</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">a los mercados agrícolas</span><span style="color: orange;">, </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">a fin de obtener</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">grandes ganancias</span><span style="color: orange;">.</span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One does not need to be an expert to realize that soybean production is more profitable then cattle breeding, thus large agriculture producers shifted their focus on this commodity which leads farmers to abandon the cattle market and shift towards the highly profitable soybean production.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Uno</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">no necesita</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">ser un experto para</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">darse cuenta de que</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">la producción de soja</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">es más</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">rentable que</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">la cría de ganado</span><span style="color: orange;">, por lo que </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">los grandes productores</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;"> cambiaron su foco y abandonaron</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">el mercado ganadero por la</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">producción de soja</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">de alta rentabilidad</span><span style="color: orange;">.</span><br /> <br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Claims that Argentina exports less meat then Uruguay and Paraguay causes outcry within the farming community and politicians such as De Narváez.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">Las afirmaciones de</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">que la  Argentina exporta menos carne que</span> <span class="hps">Uruguay y Paraguay</span> <span class="hps">provoca</span> <span class="hps">indignación</span> <span class="hps">en la comunidad agrícola</span> <span class="hps">y los políticos</span>, como <span class="hps">De Narváez</span>.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">See <a href="http://tn.com.ar/politica/0005652/la-rural-inauguracion-oficial">http://tn.com.ar/politica/0005652/la-rural-inauguracion-oficial</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To say that the sole reason for a declining cattle market in Argentina is government policies, seems somewhat out of context, for such decline is a worldwide phenomenon.  The USA for example faces similar tendencies, and according to statistics provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Argentine cattle stock has been almost constant for the last couple of years.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">Decir que</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">la única razón para</span> <span class="hps">un mercado ganadero en retroceso</span> <span class="hps">en</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">son las políticas</span> <span class="hps">del gobierno</span>, <span class="hps">parece un poco</span> <span class="hps">fuera de contexto, ya que eso es un declive  mundial</span>. <span class="hps">Los EE.UU.</span>, por ejemplo, <span class="hps">se enfrentan a</span> <span class="hps">una tendencia similar</span>, <span class="hps">y de acuerdo a</span> <span class="hps">estadísticas proporcionadas por la</span> <span class="hps">Organización para la Alimentación</span> <span class="hps">y la Agricultura de</span> <span class="hps">las Naciones Unidas, el </span> <span class="hps">stock ganadero</span> <span class="hps">argentino ha</span> <span class="hps">sido casi</span> <span class="hps">constante durante los</span> <span class="hps">últimos dos años</span>.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">See <a href="http://www.lmic.info/memberspublic/InTheCattleMarket/Archives/2011/cattlemarkets0131.pdf">http://www.lmic.info/memberspublic/InTheCattleMarket/Archives/2011/cattlemarkets0131.pdf</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">See: <a href="http://faostat.fao.org/site/573/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=573#ancor">http://faostat.fao.org/site/573/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=573#ancor</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Public debate on agriculture policies in Argentina thus only focuses on agriculture products such as soybean crop and meat production. One rarely reads or hears about Argentina’s  export ranking of other high yield commodities such as sugar, wine, tea, tobacco, cotton, citrus fruit, honey, maize, sorghum, squash, sunflower seeds and wheat.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">El debate público sobre</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">las políticas agrícola ganaderas en</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">se centran sólo en</span> <span class="hps"> el</span> <span class="hps">cultivo de soja y</span> <span class="hps">la producción de carne</span>. <span class="hps">Rara vez se</span> <span class="hps">lee o escucha</span> <span class="hps">sobre el ranking</span> <span class="hps">de exportación</span> <span class="hps">de la Argentina</span> <span class="hps">de otros productos</span> <span class="hps">de alto rendimiento</span> <span class="hps">como el azúcar</span>, vino, té, tabaco, algodón, semillas de girasol <span class="hps">cítricos</span>, miel, maíz, sorgo, calabaza, <span class="hps">y el trigo.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina is the world's second-largest corn exporter behind the U.S., exporting almost 18 million tons of corn in 2010.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Argentina</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">es</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">el segundo</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">mayor exportador de</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">maíz</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">detrás de los EE.UU.</span><span style="color: orange;">, exportando casi </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">18 millones de toneladas</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">de maíz</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">en 2010.</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: orange;"> </span><br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Argentina is the world’s second largest producer of honey (worldwide honey prices are soaring due to an increasing shortage around the world) and the third largest producer of sunflower seeds, lemons and limes.</span><br /><span class="hps" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="line-height: 115%;">Argentina</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">es el segundo productor</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">mundial de</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">miel (los precios</span><span style="color: orange;"> de la miel mundial </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">se han disparado</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">debido a una</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">escasez cada vez mayor</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">en todo el mundo</span><span style="color: orange;">) y </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">el tercer mayor productor</span><span style="color: orange;"> </span><span class="hps" style="color: orange;">de semillas de girasol</span><span style="color: orange;">, limones y limas.</span><br style="color: blue;" /> <br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at these figures one will understand why there is an ongoing struggle between the government, the agriculture sector and lobbyists,  for there is a vast amount of money involved and foreign agriculture producers such as MONSANTO, CARGILL etc. are eager to protect their interests in Argentina for they are fully aware what potential the Argentine Agriculture Sector has. Total volume of agricultural</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">production (comprising wheat, corn, and soybean) is expected to be more than 90 million tons – a 50 percent hike in volume over 2008-2009.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">En cuanto a</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">estas cifras</span> <span class="hps">se comprenderá</span> <span class="hps">por qué hay</span> <span class="hps">una lucha constante</span> <span class="hps">entre el gobierno</span>, <span class="hps">el sector de</span> <span class="hps">la agricultura y</span> <span class="hps">los grupos de presión</span>, ya que hay <span class="hps">una gran cantidad</span> <span class="hps">de dinero en juego</span> <span class="hps">y los productores extranjeros</span> <span class="hps">agricultores, como</span> <span class="hps">Monsanto, Cargill</span>, etc <span class="hps">están dispuestos a</span> <span class="hps">proteger sus intereses en</span> <span class="hps">Argentina</span> <span class="hps">ya que son</span> <span class="hps">plenamente conscientes del  potencial del</span> <span class="hps">sector agrícola</span> <span class="hps">argentino</span>. <span class="hps">Volumen total</span> <span class="hps">de la producción agrícola</span> <span class="hps">(comprende trigo</span>, maíz y <span class="hps">soja)</span> <span class="hps">se espera que sea</span> <span class="hps">más de</span> <span class="hps">90 millones de toneladas</span> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">un alza de 50</span> <span class="hps">por ciento</span> <span class="hps">en volumen en</span> <span class="hps">2008-2009.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One should also not forget that Argentina profits a lot from trade deals with China, something foreign agriculture producers are eager to have a share of. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Only recently has China opened the Asian giant's markets to Argentine corn, beef, wine, biofuels and barley.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">No hay que olvidar los beneficios que Argentina obtiene de un montón de acuerdos comerciales con China, algo que los productores extranjeros agricultoresestán ansiosos de tener. Sólo recientemente, China ha abierto los mercados del gigante asiático a la Argentina para ingresar maíz, carne, vino, biocombustibles y  cebada.</span><br /> <br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The agricultural sector in Argentina consistently achieves extremely high levels of productivity, reaching higher yields per hectare of soybean and wheat than other major world producers such as Brazil, the United States and Canada.</span><br /><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">El sector agrícola en la Argentina siempre alcanza niveles extremadamente altos de productividad, obteniendo un mayor rendimiento por hectárea de soja y el trigo que otros productores más importantes del mundo tales como Brasil, Estados Unidos y Canadá.</span><br /> <br /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Farmers associations, International Agriculture Producers, the agriculture lobbyists, as well as politicians, all are aware of the potential the agriculture sector in Argentina has and how it will grow even faster, due to the increase in worldwide food demand and raise in food prices, triggered by speculators.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Las asociaciones de agricultores, productores de la Agricultura, los grupos de presión agrícolas, así como los políticos, todos son conscientes del potencial del sector agrícola que la Argentina tiene y cómo va a crecer aún más rápido, debido al aumento de la demanda mundial de alimentos y al aumento de  los precios de los alimentos, provocada por los especuladores.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> See also:  </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ver también:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-markets-grains-poll-idUSTRE76O43220110725">http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-markets-grains-poll-idUSTRE76O43220110725</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/how-goldman-sachs-cr.html">http://boingboing.net/2011/04/29/how-goldman-sachs-cr.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus it is only natural that every involved entity wants the larger piece of the cake and thus uses whatever means necessary to showcase their viewpoint on agriculture policies and how they affect agricultural producer’s profits.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><span class="hps" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES">Por lo tanto,</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="hps">es natural que</span> <span class="hps">cada</span> <span class="hps">entidad involucrada</span> <span class="hps">quiera el</span> <span class="hps">pedazo más grande de</span> <span class="hps">la torta</span> <span class="hps">y entonces </span><span class="hps">utiliza</span> <span class="hps">todos los medios necesarios</span> <span class="hps">para mostrar su</span> <span class="hps">punto de vista sobre</span> <span class="hps">las políticas agrícolas</span> <span class="hps">y cómo afectan a</span> <span class="hps">las ganancias</span> <span class="hps">del productor</span> <span class="hps">agrícola.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sources:     </i></span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #666666;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES">Fuentes:</span></span></i><i><span style="color: orange;">  </span>                                                                                                                      </i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://agroinvest.wordpress.com/category/argentina-economic-overview/">http://agroinvest.wordpress.com/category/argentina-economic-overview/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Argentina">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Argentina</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></i></b></span><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal arial, helvetica;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="tblContent"><tbody><tr id="trContent"><td align="center" class="cb_style tcContent" id="tcContent" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="cbArticleWrapper" style="background-color: white; text-align: left; width: 750px;"><div class="cbArticleContentWrapper" style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 15px; width: 750px;"><div class="cbArticleRight" style="width: 560px;"><div class="RXart" style="padding-right: 20px;"><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="margin-top: -30px;"><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #ff7700; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></h1></div><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Beth Braccio Hering, Special to CareerBuilder</span></b><br /><br /><div class="cbmsnArticleImage"><img alt="" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/gg/ar5l6hc6wdkrnvq4pngg.gif?time=6/17/2011%206:26:17%20pm" /></div></div><br /><div class="ArticleContent"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Job hunting boils down to finding an opportunity and convincing the employer you are exactly what he needs. Are you doing both effectively? Here, experts offer 10 suggestions for boosting success.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>1. Develop a top-notch elevator pitch</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Craft a succinct speech that eloquently conveys what you are looking for and what you can offer. "Practice this pitch in unlikely places, such as the grocery checkout line," says Cindy Hyman,<a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/associate+director/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">associate director </a>of alumni career programs at the University of Denver. "It will help you gain confidence so you're ready when you're at networking events."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>2. Look for connections</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The shaky economy has virtually eliminated job-search stigma, so go ahead and contact that friend of a friend on LinkedIn or let your dad introduce you to his golf partner. Lavie Margolin, author of "Lion Cub Job Search: Practical Job Search Assistance for Practical Job Seekers," says, "Anyone who works for the company and can submit your résumé is more likely to yield a positive response for you than submitting your résumé cold."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>3. Get out of the house and meet people</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">While computers are an important part of the modern job hunt, don't spend all day in front of your screen. Face-to-face connection is still vital. "Set a goal of meeting or networking with a certain number of people each week and stick to it," Hyman advises.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>4. Follow through on leads</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">"Think of yourself as a <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/sales/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">salesperson</a>, and treat each job opening that you find as a lead," Margolin says. "You have found a company that has a job that is a fit for you. What about competitors to that organization? Most likely, they would have a similar role at their company as well. Perhaps it is not vacant at the moment, but it is a lead nonetheless." Likewise, it pays to regularly check back in with people and companies you approached previously, because business needs change.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>5. Target your cover letter</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Margolin recommends thinking of the cover letter as an advertisement to get attention. "Spend time writing a cover letter that will appeal to the reader as opposed to a generic message where you have only changed the name of the company and the job title. Emphasize why you are a fit for that job as opposed to any job."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>6. Do your homework</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With so much information readily available, there is no excuse for coming to an interview unprepared. Start by perusing the company's website, but then learn more about the organization and the industry as a whole -- and look for opportunities during the interview to show how your abilities match this work environment. Matthew Randall, <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/executive+director/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">executive director</a> for the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/pennsylvania/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Pennsylvania</a>, also notes that preparation shows you aren't going to waste the interviewers' time with questions that could have been answered easily beforehand.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>7. Show, don't tell</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Anyone can say he is a "team player" or an "effective communicator." "When you are discussing your qualifications, give a specific example, not just a list of qualities," says Caroline Ceniza-Levine, co-author of <a href="http://www.sixfigurestart.com/about-sixfigurestart/fierce/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times"</a> and partner at the career-coaching firm SixFigureStart in <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/New+York/New+York/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">New York City</a>. "Don't say you are good with people; talk about a specific instance where you managed a team, generated consensus, worked with a difficult customer or some other people-related example with tangible results."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>8. Present a consistent package</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">"Candidates should realize that they need to manage three different personas: an online profile that includes LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter; a written persona that includes the cover letter and résumé; and an in-person persona," Randall says. "These all need to be congruent. If they don't match, that is a huge red flag for hiring managers."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>9. Troubleshoot your search regularly</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Occasionally, step back and evaluate what is and isn't working in your job search. Ceniza-Levine recommends examining the situation every two or three weeks. "Look at how many meetings you are getting and if these meetings are yielding good information, referrals to other people who can help and actual job interviews. If you are not getting good-quality meetings, something is wrong, and you should review your search with someone who knows the process and can pinpoint what you can change."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>10. Keep an upbeat attitude</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Finally, don't give off the vibe of a battle-weary job seeker. As Hyman notes, "No matter how long your job search has already taken, how many rejections you have already experienced and how disappointed you are, when you speak with potential employers – and remember, virtually everyone you meet is a potential employer or can connect you with an employer – you need to express a positive attitude and excitement about the new opportunity you are seeking."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b></b></div><i>Beth Braccio Hering researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues for CareerBuilder. Follow @Careerbuilder on Twitter.</i></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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