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Inspiration, Job Search, networking »
Congratulations! You’re hired. We have an exciting new job that has been tailored specifically to your experience, unique skills, and past responsibilities. This exciting new job offers long hours, lots of stress, and horrible pay. The job responsibility includes only one task, find and acquire new avenues of employment. Not only are you an employee, but in this job you’re an unsupervised CEO responsible for all activities of the company. The job title for this new opportunity is UNEMPLOYED. Again, you’re hired.
Face it! Your new job sucks, but it is …
Career Advice, Inspiration, Job Search, networking »
Working without a plan will get you nowhere. Build a plan and stay organized will help you stay productive while running your new business of finding a job. To help you stay focused we’ve outlined a few components of an organized balanced job search.
Tracking System: Develop a system for keeping track of the companies you’ve contacted or want to contact. Record who you spoke with and when. Record when a resume is sent. Record any response. Record your follow up efforts. Use this information to manage the number of contacts …
Job Interviews, Job Tips »
Once the interview ends the interviewers hard work begins. They typically talk with peers or supervisors about what they learned. They may have to meet with the team and share with them as well. Eventually they have to decide who to hire. Then in most companies, they will have to go to HR to permission to offer you the job. Most times they have to track down a supervisor to sign off on hiring you before they can even talk to the human resources department. Then before making the offer …
Job Search, Social Media »
10 years ago the average job search was done on the phone or by “beating the street” to find openings. The lucky few, who could afford it, used their local post office to mail out resumes and save time. In today’s technology driven society, there are many more efficient ways to find openings and get your resume in front of a hiring manager. The most effective style of marketing to use in a job search today is social media marketing, but to use this form of marketing you have to …
Job Interviews »
Most people think the hard part is over once they have completed their interview. You will soon find out that the wait after the job interview can be just as bad, if not worse. People will often question their responses to the interviewer’s questions and second-guess just about everything else.
First, do not second-guess or dwell on your interview. Remember that you did the best you could during the interview. Now that the interview is over, the decision is entirely in the interviewer’s hands. All you can do now is keep …