Focusing on job duties is one of the classic job-seeker mistakes. Dont focus on your duties focus on your accomplishments! Accomplishments are so much more meaningful to prospective employers than run-of-the-mill litanies of job duties or responsibilities. Spend some time brainstorming about your skills and accomplishments in all your jobs and education with an eye toward the type of job you want next. Eliminate any skills that you no longer want to perform; otherwise, you will be stuck in another job doing things you no longer enjoy. Once you have compiled this list of accomplishments and skills, its time to work on your resume.
Don’t Focus on Job Duties/Responsibilities
January 17th, 2012 by Oliver PeaksHow To Deal With Criticism
January 10th, 2012 by Oliver Peaks
Criticism can be hard to deal with especially in the workplace, but if you can learn to handle criticism you have learnt a great skill. If we let it, criticism can help us to learn more about ourselves and how we do things and grow as people. Is It Fair? Is the criticism fair? Being criticized is one of those things that triggers emotions in most people. If you are able to take a step back and look at the criticism alone it will help you to look at the situation in a more balanced way. Ge more info…
Securing the Right Job or Career Transition in the New Economy – part II
January 8th, 2012 by Archer ZimpelTraditional means used to discover and obtain new employment opportunities:
- Personal networking
- Re-training and/or upgrading skills.
- Relocation to a region, state, or country with a growing economy; or in need of a particular skilled labor force.
- Search online job boards
- Post resumes on career web sites
- Search corporate web sites for job listings
- Review local newspapers or classifieds
- Contact Headhunters and placement agencies
- Attend on-site career fairs
- Participate in online newsgroups and chat forums
- Contact the desired employer directly.
A hard look at common job search methods will expose many of the reasons why job seekers are not getting the results they desire.
Fact # 1: 10% or less of all hires are filled through job boards, classified advertisements, corporate sites, or job fairs
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Three Web Tools Every College Student Must Use
January 8th, 2012 by Mike SilverstoneWith the advent of distracting sites like Twitter and Facebook, we have all lost some portion of our ability to focus online. This can be particularly challenging for college students who spend hours in the glow of their laptops, searching for any excuse to be distracted from studying. However, rather than characterize the web as an environment of endless distraction, we should recognize that there are numerous tools available online that can be extremely useful for students productivity and efficiency. These three tools are necessities for any college computer.
Dropbox
Dropbox is one of those apps that everyone is writing about.
How Do Employers Judge Professionalism?
January 4th, 2012 by Oliver PeaksIve written on this topic before, however, given the cultural slide away from professionalism in the workplace, its a topic worth revisiting.
Professionalism is generally judged subjectively. I suspect most people would agree on what makes a “professional” senior corporate executive, however, may have a range of ideas on what makes a “professional” mechanic.
Professionalism is not simply whether someone wears a nice suit, rather it’s a number of traits that combine to form a professional image.
How does a potential employer judge whether someone is professional or not? Here are some common indicators…
Attitude. Attitude creates a positive impression. However, It’