About four years ago a friend told me one night that she had an
interview the next week and was looking for some comfort as she
was extremely nervous, as most people are about interviews. I
thought back on my my carreer and realized that in the nine year
of my career I had been to thirteen interviews and, more
importantly, that I had received a job offer from every one of
those interviews. I did not accept all the offers, but the point
is that I had not once been to an interview without ...
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September 3rd, 2010 in
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Seeing your job as an honorable job, adds more meaning and
peace to your life. Also, seeing the honor in what you do now,
creates an ideal foundation upon which a career change can be
built.
At fifteen, my first job was that of a waitress at a local truck
stop. One day, back then, I happened to meet the elementary
principal of my past. She mentioned she had heard I was working
part time and wondered at what.
Shamefacedly I mumbled, "Oh, I am just a waitress." That wise,
old, stern ...
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September 2nd, 2010 in
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Presidential candidate John Kerry is fond of stating that '...
not since Herbert Hoover has any president lost more jobs than
George W. Bush.' And there is a kernel of truth to the
statement; thanks to technology, jobs require less human
intervention to complete. However, a larger factor in this
seeming loss of employment is due to the evolution of the
American workforce from a lot indentured to the confines of one
company or one job title toward the Jeffersonian ideal of every
person being a ...
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September 1st, 2010 in
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Ten Tips For Starting A New Job
1.Get to know people. First meet those people in your department
and then those in departments you interface with. Listen more
than you talk. Ask lots of questions and get clarification if
necessary so you truly understand how the
office/department/business works.
2.Don't try to change everything at once. Be open to learning
'their' way before you suggest 'your' way.
3.Get in synch with your bosses priorities. What are his/her
expectations of you? Make sure you ...
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August 31st, 2010 in
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The inscrutable Malaysian Immigrations Officer at Kuala Lumpur
International Airport caused me a moment's consternation with
his question until I realized that he was just making small talk
whilst manically trying to stamp all the bits of paper that I
had placed on his otherwise spotless Formica top. I had just
finished six weeks work in Kuantan, Malaysia and was eager to
get home; he was just starting his 8hr shift and was bored
already.
He started off by asking me where in Malaysia I had ...
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August 30th, 2010 in
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Tucson, AZ ' September 20, 2004
JobSniper.com has been rated the Internet's number one meta- job
search engine by an independent human resources and web
technology development and services organization for the second
time in as many months. *Insala Research-June 2004
What is a Meta-Job Search Tool FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Tucson,
AZ ' September 20, 2004
JobSniper.com has been rated the Internet's number one meta- job
search engine by an independent human resources and ...
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August 29th, 2010 in
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So here you are'stuck in a dead end job. Are you hitting the
glass ceiling in a job you once loved, but now can't stand?
Maybe the hours are long. Maybe you can't stand retail customers
anymore. Maybe you're like 70% of college students who didn't
earn a degree and you feel this is the best job you can get
without one. Take heart. There are a lot of great careers out
there, especially for people who have some work experience. But
how will you get trained and how can you go to school when
you're ...
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August 28th, 2010 in
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Looking for a new job?
I'm about to reveal one of the most powerful cover letter tips
you'll ever discover. This little-known secret can dramatically
increase your job interview requests all by itself.
Here's a 'not-so-subtle' hint for you:
P.S. -- This tip works like a charm and commands the attention
of every reader!
Did you catch that hint? It's true, by adding a simple P.S. --
or Post Script -- after your signature, at the bottom of your
cover letter you can literally grab the undivided ...
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August 27th, 2010 in
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The hidden job market has been touted as the place to go if you
want to find the best jobs. It's been said that this sector of
the job market accounts for seventy-five percent of all the job
openings out there. If that is true, then what we see in the
classifieds and on the Internet job sites account for only
twenty-five percent of all job openings. So the question
becomes, is the hidden job market a myth or does it truly exist?
The hidden, or unadvertised, job market does exist, and can ...
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August 26th, 2010 in
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This article describes the critical path of a job search.
You will learn the strategies, tools and resources you must
employ to be effective in your job search efforts and
successfully land your next job. Do you want to continue
your costly, time-consuming and exhausting struggle in a
frustrating job search using weak, ineffective tools that are
getting you nowhere? The job market today is fiercely
competitive with few high-paying or desirable jobs available.
With repeated downsizings, ...
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August 25th, 2010 in
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