"Future Plans" Job Interview Questions
This week's topic deals with interviewers asking about your future plans. As we'll see in addressing the question a subscriber wrote in with, interviewers use the 'future plans' question to screen people out. Read on to find out how to make sure you're not eliminated from consideration with a question like this. Question from a Subscriber: I've had a lot of interviews lately, and they all go well until the interviewer asks about my plans for the future. I reply by explaining my hopes in ...Read the rest of this post »
August 25, 2010
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Making Sure Your Job References Aren't Holding You Back
Downsizing is a fact of life in the corporate world today. This week's article addresses this issue and how to work around it if it happens to you. Question from a Subscriber: I was downsized from my job at Merrill Lynch a couple years ago. For the first 6 months I didn't want to work anywhere but Merrill Lynch so I applied to many jobs listed on their corporate website. A little over a year after the layoff, I found a job working at Merrill through a temp agency. This was going very well but ...Read the rest of this post »
August 21, 2010
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How to Find the Job You Want in Less Than 14 Days!
There is a great market for temporary employees, especially in the U.S. If you are currently unemployed then a temporary service may be a positive step in the right direction. Many of the major temp services have contracts with large corporations. These corporations would rather pay a temp service a nominal fee for temporary employees rather than hire new, permanent employees directly. Many people do not understand that an employee is a high cost for a company. Along with the salary a company ...Read the rest of this post »
August 17, 2010
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How To Find A Job As A Copy Editor
How To Find A Job As A Copy Editor Jobs for copy editors may seem like they are hard to find, but really you can find them and you can do so with many of the qualifications you already have. But, if you do not have any qualifications, this may be the first step in finding the copyediting job that you have been looking for. Jobs in this field are available, but it takes a good, solid portfolio and set of skills to get them. Here are some things to get you going in the right direction though. 1. ...Read the rest of this post »
August 14, 2010
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Be Happy at Your Current Job to Get a New Job
Are you in a position where you hate your current job and all you ever do is complain about it? Does your attitude affect the way you dress and the way you perform your work? If this is you, get ready to make a change. If you want to get a new job, you are going to have to change your attitude about your existing job. Start by being happy with what you do. Create a challenge for yourself to make your current job something you can be happy about. Change the way you dress. Change the way you ...Read the rest of this post »
August 13, 2010
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How To Find A Job Writing Grant Applications
/p> Do you have what it takes to land a job doing grant writing? Many people are looking for ways to develop a freelance business, but unless you know what it takes to do so, you might as well stop trying. There are several fields in which you can learn and have many jobs waiting for you. But, in others, you will need to properly be prepared for them before they pass you by. Here, we will talk a little about how to find jobs in grant writing. First, we would like to touch on what you need to do ...Read the rest of this post »
August 11, 2010
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Finding Freelance Writing Jobs - Join Us On The Job Search
/p> Finding freelance writing jobs require great skill, dedication and lots of patience. There are many qualifications that businesses look for prior to hiring an individual to fill their job vacancies though. When the potential applicant arrives, he or she must possess a good working knowledge of the tasks that the business person needs. If they don't there is sure to be someone else who does. Therefore, when looking for writing jobs, the applicant simply must make sure that they are the ...Read the rest of this post »
August 10, 2010
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How To Get A Job Writing Speeches
/p> Jobs in speech writing are amongst the most difficult to find, but are much sought after. In many cases, the subjects that will deliver them will want to find expert advice on what to say, how to say it, and how to make themselves look good through it. You will not start out with a job in speech writing for the President, though. You will start at a much lower level and work your way up. While many people do not like to give speeches, even fewer people like to write their own. That means ...Read the rest of this post »
August 9, 2010
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Think Twice Before You Jump To A New Job
Think Twice Before You Jump To A New Job by Ramon Greenwood You've got the itch to change jobs. This might be a good time to make the move. The Wall Street Journal has just reported, "Job-seekers from rank-and-file workers to senior executives are preparing their resumes for what may be the strongest fall hiring season in years." "Before you jump to a new job, be certain you have good, sound reasons for wanting to make a change," advises Ramon Greenwood, senior career counselor at Common ...Read the rest of this post »
August 6, 2010
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Interview Technique - How To Get the Job
Are you just about to leave university? You are just setting out in the job market? You have a number of hurdles to get over before you have the job you have been dreaming of. You find the thought of an interview daunting. You want to make a good impression and succeed! Creating a good impression at an interview isn't rocket science. This article will help you face that all important interview with confidence. Remember most interviewers will have made their minds up in the first 2 minutes. Be ...Read the rest of this post »
August 5, 2010
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