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omentum was unmistakable as hiring accelerated in April 2013 across the board with noteworthy employment gains in Northwest Indiana as well as the Northern Tier, the entire Hoosier state and the United States from coast to coast.  For instance, employment grew in April in several vital segments:   In Northwest Indiana, Region 1, overall employment rose to 353,420, a gain of 7,210 jobs compared to March 2013; and  In the Northern Tier, workers holding jobs increased to 946,650, an expansion in employment of 19,570 versus a month earlier.

Yet even with Northwest Indiana's lower jobless rate of 9.2 percent in April 2013 compared to 10.4 percent a month earlier, out-of-work individuals need to do more to align their technical- and soft-skills with the abilities sought by employers. When they move into a hiring mode, NWI employers will interview only qualified candidates, and then a hiring decision very well could favor the best communicator among those in the interivew pool.   When an employer invests energy and expense to engage in hiring, there are a couple vital aspects of the process that job seekers should bear in mind — if you're jobless, are you listening?

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