With the unemployment rate inching toward 10% nationwide, arm yourself with ways to make sure you don't become part of that statistic.

Ed Ciaschi, the director of graduate progams at St. John Fisher College, joined Meghan Backus on News 8 at Sunrise on Friday morning. The topic: five simple strategies that ensure survival in the workplace.

Ed said the first two steps are to make yourself visible, and increase your productivity. To find out steps 3 through 5, click on the video.