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Jumat, 26 November 2010

Job Fair Tips >> Find Your Dream Career at the Job Fair

By RO


One of the major access that provides information on employment opportunities at job seekers, whether they come from the professional or student or fresh graduate is a job market or job fair. This is an event that presents a lot of companies are recruiting employees at one place, at the same time.

Today more companies are realizing that the job market is a powerful way to recruit more employees within a relatively short time. Generally they use the job fair to recruit employees and conduct preliminary selection for the entry and middle levels. For them, the job market to save time, effort and funds to recruit and conduct initial screening of candidates.

In this event they can even do initial interviews. The recruitment process runs quickly and efficiently on the job market for job seekers who come have been filtered according to the type of job market itself. Job market also often be an event to do branding for companies that have a target market according to the job fair visitors.

In Indonesia, the job market is often held by companies that are struggling in the workplace, government institutions, several leading public and private universities and even large national companies.

Job fair is a chance that if you do not miss job hunting. In addition to getting the job information, you can use this event to expand the network and obtain information on developments in your field. In order for your visit effective and efficient there are a few things worth noting.

1. Job fair is no place for 'window shopping' jobs. If you only intend to walk and look around with the thought that everyone knew there was a suitable job, then believe that you only spend time and energy just throw away. Job fair in Indonesia can be sure will always be filled with visitors. Moreover, at this time when global and national economic conditions are not too profitable, and many companies have to 'lay off' their employees. Come to this event with serious intent and preparation to find work.

2. Know the type of each job fair. Sometimes the event is specifically organized to accommodate the need for manpower in certain areas. Some universities often hold job fair specifically for the field of information technology, there is also a special job fair for job seekers the field of marketing. Not infrequently also a special company held a job fair to meet the recruitment needs of their own. That's why knowing the importance of clear information about the type of job market you will visit to make sure you target the right of the job market.

3. Find out as much as possible about the job fair is addition to the type, place, time, registration fee, you also should know the plan of the job market, booth location of your target companies. Thus you do not need to get around a time when you try to apply at your target company.

4. Update your CV and cover letter create general. Before you visit a job fair, a time to update your CV. Print some of your CV and cover letter on paper and bring your representative with hard plastic folder so as not to 'crumpled'. If the job fair will be visited using a paperless method, then you only need to prepare a soft copy of your CV and cover letter. JobsDB.com is usually held a job fair with this method. Store in a flash disk and make sure it does not exceed the applicable provisions. Make sure also that the flash disk is virus free because although there is usually a help desk who are willing to help clean up your files, but doing so will spend a lot of your time. Besides can upload your CV on the spot, visitors are also strongly advised to first register and register / upload their CVs on the web site job fair. This will save much time and you'll avoid the snaking queue.

5. Appearance is one thing important in applying for work in the job market. The first impression you give will inevitably be created by your appearance. You do not need to wear a blazer / jacket complete and high boots (if you're female). Dress neatly and formally like material pants, shirt and shoes neatly closed. For a while, take lip piercings, eyebrow, tongue or places other unusual.

6. Prepare yourself if you turned out to be directly facing the interview. Do not panic if you are asked to directly interview, this would indicate that the company is interested in your qualifications. Make a list of answers to the following questions:

   1. Tell me about yourself.
   2. What makes you feel fit for this job.
   3. What are your strengths and weaknesses.
   4. How do you see yourself in five years.

7. Prepare your physical with enough rest and do not forget to eat before you visit the job fair. Low blood sugar will make you lose your concentration so that would make it difficult later when answering questions from the interviewer.


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Selasa, 16 November 2010

What Is Data Entry Business All About?

By Amuro Wesley

Data entry is among the fast growing businesses in the world. It is fast-paced, dynamic and in constant flux. Henceforth under such circumstances, there is a need for access to accurate and detailed information easily.
Whether you are running a small company or big corporation, you need information as vital assets to both yourself and the people who needed it.
To succeed, you need to conduct market research, understand your customers' needs and concerns and other critical factors. The more you do this, the better feedback you can get from the market. Using such an analysis will enable you to understand your business better.
In the age of digital information as essential products for people looking for answers and solutions online, converting data into information before presenting is extremely important in any business organization.
There will always be new challenges and procedures to manage from various angles and perspectives. Such as new ventures, mergers or even a technological breakthrough.
Accessibility, application and value of information that every company possesses becomes more significant for customers each time it progresses. That is the primary key for the scope and flourishing of data entry businesses.
Most of the related activities involve document and image processing, mage enhancement, photo manipulation, catalog processing, data conversion, PDF document indexing, online data capture etc. The list goes on and on as information increases everyday in every region, field and percept of the world.
Every data entry business has its own categories even though what they are dealing with is still data entry. Categories such as Data Outsourcing, Offshore, Processing, Online Services, Fax Updates, Data Research, Data Form Processing And Data Reports.
Other than all those, data publishing is rapidly turning into a vital component of data entry. It basically consists of data enrichment, design and presentation, document management, ebook creation and publishing, search engine optimisation or SEO and web hosting. These are all data in variety of different formats.
To speed the entire process efficiently, specialized software are being developed. These software accept data from any means of input and store them on PC servers for further processing. It practically builds links between database and its application in order to test for any errors constantly.
In this technological era, businesses are greatly dependent on software for all forms of functions. Just like the body spine, it is the backbone support for all varied companies and corporations.
Because there is so much work to be done, companies found it difficult to accomplish everything quickly even with their staff. That is why they decided to outsource to freelancers or those who are keen to earn extra income doing part-time data entry online. That marks the birth of data entry programs.
This is what data entry business is all about. However before joining any program, it is important to get third party feedback or review in order not to spend your hard earned money only to get scammed.
Programs that promises to make you a millionaire overnight are definitely a scam but programs that promises you success only if you take action to do what is necessary and have back-up testimonies are what you should take into consideration.

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Senin, 15 November 2010

10 Ways to Go Green at Work

By sierraclub .typepad .com




Greener homes are in the spotlight these days, but what about the other places where many of us spend huge chunks of our time--our offices? Some simple changes of habit can save energy and resources at work, and these small steps can be multiplied by persuading the powers-that-be at your workplace to adopt environmentally friendly (and often cost-effective) policies.

1) Be bright about light
 
Artificial lighting accounts for 44 percent of the electricity use in office buildings.

> Make it a habit to turn off the lights when you're leaving any room for 15 minutes or more and utilize natural light when you can.

> Make it a policy to buy Energy Star-rated lightbulbs and fixtures, which use at least two-thirds less energy than regular lighting, and install timers or motion sensors that automatically shut off lights when they're not needed.

2) Maximize computer efficiency
 
Computers in the business sector unnecessarily waste $1 billion worth of electricity a year.

> Make it a habit to turn off your computer—and the power strip it's plugged into—when you leave for the day. Otherwise, you're still burning energy even if you're not burning the midnight oil. (Check with your IT department to make sure the computer doesn't need to be on to run backups or other maintenance.) During the day, setting your computer to go to sleep automatically during short breaks can cut energy use by 70 percent. Remember, screen savers don't save energy.

> Make it a policy to invest in energy-saving computers, monitors, and printers and make sure that old equipment is properly recycled. Look for a recycler that has pledged not to export hazardous e-waste and to follow other safety guidelines. Old computers that still work, and are less than five years old, can be donated to organizations that will refurbish them and find them new homes. (You may even get a tax deduction.)

3) Print smarter
 
The average U.S. office worker goes through 10,000 sheets of copy paper a year.

> Make it a habit to print on both sides or use the back side of old documents for faxes, scrap paper, or drafts. Avoid color printing and print in draft mode whenever feasible.

> Make it a policy to buy chlorine-free paper with a higher percentage of post-consumer recycled content. Also consider switching to a lighter stock of paper or alternatives made from bamboo, hemp, organic cotton, or kenaf. Recycle toner and ink cartridges and buy remanufactured ones. According to Office Depot, each remanufactured toner cartridge "keeps approximately 2.5 pounds of metal and plastic out of landfills...and conserves about a half gallon of oil."

4) Go paperless when possible

> Make it a habit to think before you print: could this be read or stored online instead? When you receive unwanted catalogs, newsletters, magazines, or junk mail, request to be removed from the mailing list before you recycle the item.

> Make it a policy to post employee manuals and similar materials online, rather than distribute print copies. They're easier to update that way too.

5) Ramp up your recycling

> Make it a habit to recycle everything your company collects. Just about any kind of paper you would encounter in an office, including fax paper, envelopes, and junk mail, can be recycled. So can your old cell phone, PDA, or pager.

> Make it a policy to place recycling bins in accessible, high-traffic areas and provide clear information about what can and can not be recycled.

6) Close the loop

> Make it a policy to purchase office supplies and furniture made from recycled materials.

7) Watch what (and how) you eat


> Make it a habit to bring your own mug and dishware for those meals you eat at the office.

> Make it a policy to provide reusable dishes, silverware, and glasses. Switch to Fair Trade and organic coffee and tea, and buy as much organic and local food as possible for parties and other events. Provide filtered drinking water to reduce bottled-water waste.

8) Rethink your travel

> Make it a habit to take the train, bus, or subway when feasible instead of a rental car when traveling on business. If you have to rent a car, some rental agencies now offer hybrids and other high-mileage vehicles.

> Make it a policy to invest in videoconferencing and other technological solutions that can reduce the amount of employee travel.

9) Reconsider your commute

> Make it a habit to carpool, bike, or take transit to work, and/or telecommute when possible. If you need to drive occasionally, consider joining a car-sharing service like Zipcar and Flexcar instead of owning your own wheels.

> Make it a policy to encourage telecommuting (a nice perk that's also good for the planet!) and make it easy for employees to take alternative modes of transportation by subsidizing commuter checks, offering bike parking, or organizing a carpool board.

10) Create a healthy office environment

> Make it a habit to use nontoxic cleaning products. Brighten up your cubicle with plants, which absorb indoor pollution.

> Make it a policy to buy furniture, carpeting, and paint that are free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and won't off-gas toxic chemicals.



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Job Tips >> Time management in a multitasking world Part II

By blog. penelopetrunk .com



6) Know when you work best.
Industrial designer Jeff Beene does consulting work, so he can do it any time of day. But, he says, "I try to schedule things so that I work in the morning, when I am the most productive." Each person has a best time. You can discover yours by monitoring your productivity over a period of time. Then you need to manage your schedule to keep your best time free for your most important work.

7) Think about keystrokes.
If you're on a computer all day, keystrokes matter because efficiency matters. "On any given day, an information worker will do a dozen Google searchers," says Trapani. "How many keystrokes does it take? Can you reduce it to three? You might save 10 seconds, but over time, that builds up."

8) Make it easy to get started.
We don't have problems finishing projects, we have problems starting them," says Mann. He recommends you "make a shallow on-ramp." Beene knows the key creating this on ramp: "I try to break own my projects into chunks, so I am not overwhelmed by them."

9) Organize your to-do list every day.
If you don't know what you should be doing, how can you manage your time to do it? Some people like writing this list out by hand because it shows commitment to each item if you are willing to rewrite it each day until it gets done. Other people like software that can slice and dice their to-do list into manageable, relevant chunks. For example, Beene uses tasktoy because when he goes to a client site tasktoy shows him only his to do items for that client, and not all his other projects. (Get tasktoy here.)

10) Dare to be slow.
Remember that a good time manager actually responds to some things more slowly than a bad time manager would. For example, someone who is doing the highest priority task is probably not answering incoming email while they're doing it. As Markovitz writes: "Obviously there are more important tasks than processing email. Intuitively, we all know this. What we need to do now is recognize that processing one's work (evaluating what's come in and how to handle it) and planning one's work are also mission-critical tasks."


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Job Tips >> Time management in a multitasking world Part I

By blog. penelopetrunk .com



Tips to make you better at managing your work:

1) Don't leave email sitting in your in box.
"The ability to quickly process and synthesize information and turn it into actions is one of the most emergent skills of the professional world today," says Mann. Organize email in file folders. If the message needs more thought, move it to your to-do list. If it's for reference, print it out. If it's a meeting, move it to your calendar.

"One thing young people are really good at is only touching things once. You don't see young people scrolling up and down their email pretending to work," says Mann. Take action on an email as soon as you read it.

2) Admit multitasking is bad.
For people who didn't grow up watching TV, typing out instant messages and doing homework all at the same time, multitasking is deadly. But it decreases everyone's productivity, no matter who they are. "A 20-year-old is less likely to feel overwhelmed by demands to multitask, but young people still have a loss of productivity from multitasking," says Trapani.

So try to limit it. Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users suggests practicing mindfulness as a way to break the multitasking habit.

3) Do the most important thing first.
Trapani calls this "running a morning dash". When she sits down to work in the morning, before she checks any email, she spends an hour on the most important thing on her to-do list. This is a great idea because even if you can't get the whole thing done in an hour, you'll be much more likely to go back to it once you've gotten it started. She points out that this dash works best if you organize the night before so when you sit down to work you already know what your most important task of the day is.

4) Check your email on a schedule.
"It's not effective to read and answer every email as it arrives. Just because someone can contact you immediately does not mean that you have to respond to them immediately," says Dan Markovitz, president of the productivity consulting firm TimeBack Management, "People want a predictable response, not an immediate response." So as long as people know how long to expect an answer to take, and they know how to reach you in an emergency, you can answer most types of email just a few times a day.

5) Keep web site addresses organized.
Use book marking services like del.icio.us to keep track of web sites. Instead of having random notes about places you want to check out, places you want to keep as a reference, etc., you can save them all in one place, and you can search and share your list easily.


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Engineering Jobs In Oil And Gas

Engineering jobs in oil and gas are very sought after by job seekers and there seems to be a hot demand for engineers who have the relevant degree and experience from all over the world. Engineering jobs are well paid and well respected. The Middle East will only take job seekers who have some form of certification and people who hold degrees are favoured.
Engineers are needed for pretty much every stage of the industries extraction process. As the industry has looked at technology to improve its process and to make the job environment safer, it has had to have engineers to design and implement changes to its stages.
As the industry has grown so has its job availability diversified. Today engineers for renewable energy are required. As the industry faces new problems it automatically creates new roles for what needs to be filled.
Despite a bad rap in recent years that the oil and gas companies have taken they are still moving forward. New methods and processes are continually being applied to get the most out of oil and gas extraction methods. Shale extraction once considered expensive is now becoming a viable way of producing oil. An exciting thing about the industry is that countries never really associated with oil or gas extraction are now starting to tap into their natural reserve. Therefore specialised individuals are being needed everywhere.
The Middle East takes in a vast amount of expat engineers and expat engineering jobs has become a term on itself as countries have to look outside of their own country for people who have the relevant education and experience. Expats find themselves making a lot of money working in foreign countries and many enjoy the lifestyle of working hard for 6 months and taking the other 6 off.
Another big aspect to the oil and gas industry is the possibility to work offshore. Offshore rigs are a plenty and offer big salaries for individuals who are willing to put up with the discomforts of working offshore. Working schedules for offshore work on a turn basis of anything like one month on for one month off. This can be longer or shorter and will depend on the contract.

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What Makes Target Putting Work?

More golfers than ever are learning that target putting not only helps them putt better, but it is infinitely easier than any other putting method available. That makes the results immediate and universal. And the improvement will last the rest of your golfing life.
Target putting is not like anything else you may have tried before. In fact, it throws the teachings of such "superstars" as Stan Utley and Dave Pelz out the window in favor of common sense and proven logic.
It does this by showing the golfer, regardless of their skill, how to use the natural targeting instincts that all humans have. These instincts have been evolving for thousands of years. It amazes me that their use has not been brought into the world of putting before now.
Think of any target game you have ever played before. It can be pool or darts, throwing a baseball or football, shooting a basketball. There are no games that are exempt from the basic fundamental required in all of them.
The requirement is target awareness instead of technical thought. Have you ever tried to throw a baseball accurately while you are focused on your various arm positions? It can't be done.
Well, that is exactly what the best putting instructors recommend you do when you are putting. It doesn't make sense to worry about your putting stroke, except in practice when you are working on something specific.
Should you bring the putter straight back and through, or should you open it up on the way back so you have to close it precisely the same way on the way through?
In the end, the only thing you accomplish with either is to block your natural targeting instincts and get in the way of your own putting success. Target putting works because it eliminates the barriers that keep those instincts from working for you.

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Rabu, 27 Oktober 2010

Update your career portfolio by being technology savvy.


 San Antonio Business Journal| June 23, 2000 | GREENE, BARBARA A.F.; KILBY, JAN | Copyright

How technology savvy are you? Are you up-to-date, or is learning about technology still something on your to-do list?
Being computer literate is expected of most employees today. Even in non-technical organizations, it is simply essential to doing business.
The quickest way to update one's career portfolio is by becoming technology-savvy. Adding technical abilities to your list of work skills will increase your marketability on the job market.
In today's e-commerce economy, customers expect to go online to order products and services, make routine transactions in their accounts, and even make payments on their accounts. This is because they are using computers in their homes and offices and when they travel.
Prospective employees appreciate using company web …

Career Central Promotes Two Executives to Senior Vice President.


PR Newswire| November 05, 1998 | Copyright

Lun Yuen Named Senior Vice President of Technology; Heather Martin Maier
Promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Career Central Corporation, the first e-mail based recruitment service to exclusively target passive job seekers, today announced the promotions of Lun Yuen to senior vice president of Technology and Heather Martin Maier to senior vice president of Marketing. The announcement follows a time of unprecedented growth at Career Central -- the launch of its newest service, Career Central for Marketing(TM); a recent infusion of $10 million in venture capital funding; a rapidly expanding pool of more than 70,000 members; the addition of 22 Business Development Managers across …

Career Depression: An American Epidemic.


 Business Wire| November 18, 1999 | Copyright

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1999--
"Indirect loss to companies is incalculable,"
says Chicago career counselors
Jotham G. Friedland, Ph.D., and Sander I. Marcus, Ph.D., clinical psychologists who specialize in career counseling, report that they are seeing career depression with increasing frequency in people, from their mid-20's through retirement age. According to Drs. Friedland and Marcus, the syndrome affects as many women as men.
"Career Depression Syndrome (CDS) is a name we have given to a serious problem consisting of career unhappiness leading to discouragement, self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy, hopelessness and depression," Dr. Friedland said. "CDS is being seen with alarming and increasing …

Senin, 20 September 2010

Finding a Legitimate Data Entry Employer

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Many novices think that it requires too much time to build a reputation and to get a reliable and legitimate data entry employer. This is also the reason why they don’t struggle to find a data entry employer. But this should not be the behavior of an intelligent person. You should understand that there are a number of data entry employers online ready to buy your services. Most of these employers are legitimate and legal while very few are fake and scam. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to have a small market research for determining the business standings of such employers. Once you are satisfied with the reviews and comments of specific buyers, you should start working for them.

The rule of thumb is to go for an employer that does not ask for any fee to offer their work. All legitimate and legal employers are free in providing the work and hence you don’t have to make and fee in order to get the work. The only fee that an employer may expend is that which it gives to the platform on which it is advertising about his/her job. But this fee is solely paid by the employer and not by employee. Moreover, the employee should make sure that the employer is not trying to contact illegally or trying to avoid the fees of the platform. Though this practice is very common on freelance websites but both the employer and employee should try to avoid such practices. Otherwise, it decreases down the reliability and surety of the payment for the effort of the employee. But one should also not consider that all employers are of such type. Most of the employers prefer to work legally and legitimately, which is a much safer and true way to work on internet.

The reason why people are doubtful about home based data entry jobs is that they are unable to directly correspond with the employer. If the employer is foreign and resides in some other continent, it is also very expensive to establish land line contacts with him. Therefore, many people miss a number of data entry jobs due to this reason. But one should understand that this is 21st century and here more than 99% of the business is done over internet. Therefore, you should also confess it and become a part of it in order to have long term success in with online home based jobs. It contains wide variety of opportunities and a huge earning potential. The amount you can earn through online home based jobs mostly depends upon your commitment. If you are able to give hours to the job every day, you can obviously earn a good amount of supplementary income. Otherwise, you can just cover your food and clothing expenses. The more you expand your work, the more are the chances to convert it into a business. And, once you have established a data entry business, you can ensure a good amount of monthly income – which is a dream of every person.

My name is Kausar Khan and I run a very successful Internet business out of my home. I have been doing this business full time since 2003. Please do visit my websites Data Entry and Data Entry Jobs for more information.

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Job Description For a Financial Manager Position

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Knowing the job description for any job position that you are applying for is essential in any job hunting venture. Job descriptions are typically posted in the job posting that you saw or received. Typically, these job descriptions should include the responsibilities that the position have and the qualifications that it entails. For this article, the responsibilities and the qualifications for a position as a financial manager is briefly discussed.

Financial managers, as the name suggests are primarily responsible in coordinating and directing the financial activities of the workers in a company department, branch or office. Financial managers are usually needed in branches of banks, insurance or credit department and brokerage firms. There are three primary objectives that a financial manager should always have in mind and these are: (1) to be able to direct the financial transactions of employees and make sure that they are well coordinated; (2) to reject or approve credit lines with regards to various transactions such as real estate or commercial and (3) credit lines with regards to loans for personal use.

Apart from the mentioned primary responsibilities, having an up-to-date record of the financial transactions of the company is also a part of his responsibilities. He must analyze this information to be able to assess the current state of the company and make projections of where the company will and should stand in the future. Through these projections, he should be able to decide on who among the clients should be approved or declined of a loan. He must also ensure that the records and financial documents that he possesses are carefully kept and that a proper procedure should always be followed in obtaining such documents. Apart from analyzing the said information, he must be able to relate all these information to the company, and give advice with regards to company decisions to ensure a raise of profit. Evaluating the results based on the investments or risks that the company undertakes is also a part of a financial manager’s job. There are several duties that a financial manager must be able to do depending on the type of office or department where he is needed. Generally however, his job has to do with loans, insurance, banks and managing people.

Thus, some of the essential qualifications that he must possess include expertise in accounting and economics, experience in banking and making financial reports and analysis of data. He should also have knowledge on management and business since his job entails planning for the future and coordinating people. Leadership and techniques on decision making are also very essential qualities that he must possess. Apart from those mentioned, having mathematics skill such as arithmetic and accounting would definitely make the task at hand easier. Good writing skills should also be evident and lastly, he should be able to know and fully understand the laws regarding business, loans and legal codes or ethics. Primary technicalities for the qualification should include being an accounting or business administration graduate with years of experience preferred.

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What to Look For in a Job Description

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When you apply for a job, one of the first things you would want to know about is the job description. This is a document that explains what the job is all about. Through it, you should be able to form a picture in your mind what you have to do, what the limits are, what the bosses expect from you, what your output will be, or how you will have to spend your working hours within the company. You would not want to work in a company which doesn’t provide you with tools to work with, or information on how to accomplish your tasks.

On your end, you would have already prepared your resume even before you applied for a job to a particular company. You know you would have to stand out among other applicants for the same job. You consider yourself worthy and qualified for the work you seek. But is the organization or company worth getting into? You would need to do some research too, in order to become familiar with the company’s operations and products or services. But the bottom line is that you will have to depend on your position’s job description to see whether you will fit within the organization or not. Your decision to go ahead with your application will have to depend in part on the functions you will assume as delineated in the job description. Your career path within that company will be guided and influenced by the terms stated in the job description so you should be careful with your first step.

The job description for your particular position should include under what department you will be assigned and to whom you would be reporting to, what your overall responsibilities will be and in what key areas of the operations you will be particularly responsible for. You should pay special attention to the term of employment since this will play an important part in the future whether you would want to continue or not with the company.

In order for you to perform as expected, you have to make sure that the job description they provide you states the specific tasks you need to do. If they are simply looking for computer literate staff, be sure to ask if they are really looking for someone who is proficient in working with specific software programs. If the job description says “good communication skills”, ask if they want somebody who is actually able to communicate technical information to somebody how has no technical knowledge. Knowing what the particular demands and requirements are will ensure that you do the tasks as the bosses expected and you can contribute more to the overall productivity of the organization.

Most companies know that a well-written job description will help them get the best people for their job opening so they will put their best efforts in providing one that will convey to the job applicant a good “snapshot” of what the job requires through a good job description. It is up to you to see through embellishments, exaggerations and half-truths that some organizations may include in their job description just to lure qualified applicants.

Loren Yadeski, author of this article is also interested in job descriptions and recommends you to please check out best job descriptions if you liked reading this information.

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What Are the Main Reasons Why People Like to Work at Home?

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There are millions of people all around the world who will work at home, and these people will be seeing many different benefits to doing so. So what exactly are the main benefits of working for yourself from home?

Well, the first of these will be the simple fact that you are able to become your own boss and as such can create your own working schedule that you can fit around all of your other commitments and not the other way around. You can work whenever you wish to work and can spend only a few hours a day working or can work for all of the hours that you have. It really all comes down to what you want.

As such you have the opportunity to prioritise the work that you do and will not be accountable to anyone else but yourself. You can choose when to get our of bed each morning and when to do to bed each night. If you have had a really busy and successful day then you just might think about giving yourself a treat and having a lie in for the following morning. All of this will easily be possible if you work from home.

If you wish to have a day off you can also do this. As long as you are managing to get done all of the work that you need to do in the day then you can get this done at any time. You are not going to be told when to start work and will not be counting down the minutes till the end of each day so that you can go home and relax. If you wish to have a day of and relax then this is something that you can do and you will simply be able to make the work up the following day or over the weekend.

And of course if you do want to work all hours of the day then you can do this as well. Due to the fact that your successes will benefit you and not the company that you work for, you can see all of the fruits of your own labour each day and this is something that is going to help to motivate and inspire you.

However, it is certainly true that not everyone is going to be suited to working from home. In order to do this you need to be a very disciplined and self motivated sort of person. If you are not then you may find that you are not getting done all of the work that you wished to and will therefore not achieve the levels of success that you had wanted to.

It can also be isolating working from home. If you are not somebody who is going to be comfortable working for yourself on your own each day then you may well be better suited to a more dynamic office environment. However this does, of course, depend on what you are doing, and many working from home opportunities will allow you to engage with other people as well.

At the end of the day, however, there are loads of benefits of working from home, and if you would like to do so then there are also lots of opportunities out there for this as well.

Did you know that you can work at home? Having a home business is only a click of the way. With the right resources and advice, you will be ready to go.

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The Secret to Work-At-Home Success

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Many people make working at home more difficult than it is. That doesn’t mean working at home is easy or not without effort (as the scammers would have you believe). But some people get so bogged down in the details, they never actually get anywhere.

The Recipe for Success

Working at home is much like baking a cake. You can search for the best cake recipes. Research each item. Purchase items to make your cake. But until you actually mix up the ingredients and stick them in the oven, you won’t have a cake.

But that’s how many people approach working at home. They are always searching for the best work-at-home opportunity. They research each option. Many even buy stuff for their home office or new work-at-home venture. But they don’t actually put it all together to make money.

The secret to Work-At-Home Success is to take action. Yes, the search, research and planning is important, but at some point you need to put what you’ve learned to action and make money. Do you want a work at home job? Search for a job and submit a resume. Want to start a home business? Get the license and distribute business cards or work your network to find that first customer.

Rule of 10,000

For many people this first action step (beyond the research) is scary. Worries about what others will think or fear of failure paralyze them. But no one is 100% out the gate. When I was an exchange student in France, my host mother told me that when making crepes, the first one always gets thrown out because it doesn’t turn out right. The ones thereafter get better and therefore are used. The same will be true about working at home. The first steps may not turn out very well, but you keep working on it and you get better.

In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, one indication of success is practice…10,000 hours of practice. Nearly everyone studied who was at the very top of their profession had about 10,000 or practice. Fortunately you don’t need 10,000 of practice to make your first buck from home. You may not even need it to make a million. But it is true that the more you do the better you get.

One Day at a Time

We live in a world with instant gratification. A hundred years ago it took days even weeks to hear from loved ones across the country though mail. Today an email or an instant message connects people in real time. Work-at-home scammers and even gurus will have you believe that in a matter of hours or days you can be raking in money hand over fist. But the reality is, things take time. There is a learning curve to working at home. If you want to make money online you have learn about web sites, internet marketing, keywords, and how to write persuasively. Each takes time to learn much less master.

The problem is that many people give up because the money doesn’t come fast enough. In fact, some people never implement anything because it takes too long. But if you want success, you have to start today. If not, in two years you’ll still be looking for the fast fix, where as if you do something today, you could be successfully working at home in that time.

What many people fail to recognize that is that little can add up quickly. If you were to get one penny today, two pennies the second day, four pennies the third day and continued to double it each day, on the 31st day you’d get $5,368,709.12 and the sum total for the month would be $10,737,418.24! All that from doubling one piddly little penny.

Your work -at-home effort will be the same. At first it will seem like you’re not getting results.

Day 1: $.01

Day 2: $.02

Day 3: $.04

Day 4: $.08

Day 5: $.16

Day 6: $.32

Day 7: $.64

Day 8: $1.28

Day 9: $2.56

Day 10: $5.12

Day 11: $10.24

Day 12: $20.48

Day 13: $40.96

Day 14: $81.92

But if you continue to add to your previous effort, day after day, the results will explode.

Day 15: $163.84

Day 16: $327.68

Day 17: $655.36

Day 18: $1,310.72

Day 19: $2,621.44

Day 20: $5,242.88

Day 21: $10,485.76

Day 22: $20,971.52

Day 23: $41,943.04

Day 24: $83,386.08

Day 25: $167,772.16

Day 26: $335,544.32

Day 27: $671,088.64

Day 28: $1,342,177.28

Day 29: $2,684,354.56

Day 30: $5,368,709.12

So what’s the secret to work-at-home success?

Do something every day.

That’s it. Do at least one thing (beyond the research) that moves you towards your goal. Write your resume, today. Start submitting to jobs tomorrow and every day after until hired. Write a business plan today, get your permit tomorrow, and implement your marketing plan the next day and each day after until you’ve got customers. Do something every day and pretty soon you’ll be a success at it.

So…what are you going to do today, that will make you a success tomorrow?

Leslie Truex is the author of The Work-At-Home Success Bible (Adams Media). She has been helping people to work at home in a job or business since 1998. Get work-at-home jobs and other resources with her free newsletter at Work At Home Success

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5 Tips on How to Destroy Your Career

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You may have read articles on how to build your career, on how to prepare yourself for an interview. Still, people somehow do strange things and plunge deep into destruction with their attitude and conduct in the workplace.

It’s important for individuals to learn how to develop a proper attitude in the workplace. Those who do the right things are the ones seen on top of the ladder.

Here are 5 tips on how to destroy your career:

- Casual wear at your workplace would spell a doom to your career. Those who intend to dress informally with jeans and T shirts in the workplace could witness a halt in the progress of their career. Men with grown up beards, faces that has not been shaved for more than a week would attract the attention of the employers. The employers would then notice your shabby appearance, and though you may excel with your performance in your company. Your shabby appearance will make sure you stay in the same ladder steps for ever.

If you want to see yourself in an executive position, you need to have an executive appearance. What does that mean? Your appearance should be stylish enough with a tinge of conservative shade. Avoid despicable dresses, more so if you are a woman eager to make a mark in the man’s world.

- Lack of effective communication skills would help you land in a soup. Your ineffective communication skills lead you on the path of career destruction. Not been able to describe your presentation effectively in a team meeting will ensure your downfall. The company always seeks a person higher up the ladder who has proper communication skills so that he is able to communicate his views and thoughts effectively with his co workers.

- Postponing your work will bring you in a junction when the company decides to transfer your work load to somebody else. Shirking away from responsibilities stands as the most significant causes for a man’s career halt. The world is filled with talented individuals who shirk their responsibilities and postpone to a time suitable to them.

- Careless attitude in your workplace. There is no dearth of individuals who show their character traits with their careless and reckless attitude. You may sound too clever when you think nobody has noticed your actions. Employers keenly watch every employees move, they are always on the lookout for a man of proper conduct and attitude to put more responsibilities on him. More responsibilities mean promotion and a rise in pay.

Avoid making private calls from your office, or chatting too closely with the members of opposite sex. Chewing gums, and laughing loudly in the office premises. Never attract undue negative attention if you want to rise up the ladder of success.

- Asking for a pay rise when your boss is in an angry mood. If you look for some excuse to be scolded badly by your boss, or print your name in his bad books for ever, then go ahead and ask for a leave, or rise in pay when he had a bad day. You can be assured that you would remain in your present job position for ever. Do it twice and you might even be demoted?

Trying avoiding the given tips, and you would witness your career soar to new heights.

Rajiv Sighamony Finance, health and Travel writer http://rajivzone.blogspot.com/2009/08/5-tips-on-how-to-destroy-your-career.html
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Working With Metal Nice and Easy

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Your ability working with metal is not something everyone can do, although with proper training and practice, you can learn this without any problem. However, it would be necessary to take a closer look at different aspects involved with anything that has something to do with metals. When you have finally made up your mind that you are going to begin working with metal, you should prepare yourself and be open to the idea that you might have to spend on different kinds of products for this endeavor. This is something that should not get you all surprised because if you would try to ask others who are also in this field, they may also advise of this. However, the good thing about it is that sooner or later, you would be able to realize that every item that you would buy would actually have a purpose and value. So that you would be able to be making sure that you are only going to get what would be needed, you may want to ask tips or ask directly from the seller what tools are necessary for you to start working with metal.

It should not come as a surprise to you that there is a need to prepare the right kind of clothing which you are going to wear as you start to work with your detector and walk through different places. You should never forget to bring along with you the protective gear that you are going to need and this is something that should never be forgotten since it prevents you from getting heavily injured or simply from getting injured. Even if you cannot really prevent accidents from happening, still you may do something to reduce the risks of it happening, and this is by protecting yourself properly and veering away from possible accidents. You should never wear any kind of fancy clothing for this activity because what you should be wearing are rugged and comfortable clothes. Just in case you get all dirty, it would not really be that of a big deal to you and would allow you to work comfortably.

When you have already made yourself ready for metal detecting, it is important that you try to check out the different tools which you may need so that you would be able to make your performance even more effective and of course, be able to do the job efficiently. The quality of the tools which you are going to make use of should never be disregarded. Instead of making use of tools that are cheap yet not durable, you should instead invest on high quality tools that will last a long time. By doing so, you would be able to avoid the possibility of replacing or fixing the tools that you are using as this may also affect your work with metal. Your tools should not be very heavy either because if you bring heavy tools, then it may immediately tire you. Remember that working with metal will often last for hours at a time.

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Metal Detecting- How to Make the Most of It

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The moment that you already made a decision to go into metal detecting, you should first try and look for a place where there are a lot of people around. From there, it is important that you make an observation as to whether the people you see in a particular day are also the ones that you are going to see on another day. You have to know if there are regular visitors or not. A particular place that you may want to consider because of the numerous people who visit there would be the beach. This place is where you should begin metal detecting because a lot of tourists and people, who may possibly be from different parts of the world, go here and spend most of their free time. Another place that you may want to visit out of convenience would be the different public parks which may be considered as equally crowded as the beaches.

On the other hand, there are some people who would rather go to areas which are not that crowded or a certain area where people have limited access to. When you do metal detecting in this kind of area, it may also be to your benefit because it is possible that there are items that may be discovered and this can be of higher value since no one has ever tried to look for such things in that area. If this would happen to you on a certain day, you should definitely consider yourself very lucky because if you happen to discover something at a certain historical site, then without a doubt, you would eventually come to a realization that being able to discover different kinds of objects, like coins that were used before as well as antique can possibly be dug out.

You have to always bear in your mind that there is a need for you to be courteous at all times. This means that it is necessary for you to make certain that a particular area where you are going to search for metals are really open to the public and would allow you to explore their area. You should also take into account if you would still have to ask permission from the owner or caretaker if such area is not open to the public. If you are really passionate about doing this kind of hobby, then it is also important that you are familiar, at least, or if possible, be well-informed about the proper use of certain devices for a particular kind of metal. By trying to learn as well as understand these kinds of things, surely, you would be able to work efficiently, and would be able to make use of such learning for your own benefit, be able to find even more metal. With all of these things taken into account, there is no doubt that the number of people considering this kind of thing as a hobby is increasing rapidly these days.

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Sample Interview Questions and Answers: How to Prepare For These Tough Questions

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It’s no secret that it’s a buyer’s market out there right now for employers. They’ve got more applications than they know what to do with. You may be competing with dozens of applicants for every job opening. If you are lucky enough to be granted an interview, you better be prepared to answer some tough questions.

The more responsibility a specific job has, the more difficult the questions will be. Any job that involves supervising or managing people, or parts of an organization, will be highly competitive. You’ll need to be able to think on your feet at the interview. This may be your only shot at impressing the employer.

One of the big fears of going into a job interview is being asked a tough question and having no response except a blank look on your face. This would be the worst case scenario, of course, but it plays out in many people’s heads. Unfortunately, this scenario could become a reality unless you prepare ahead of time for a challenging interview.

Here’s an example of some tough sample job interview questions:

Tell me what you enjoyed about your last job? What you didn’t like?

The first part of this question is easy. Most people can find one or more things they liked about a job, even if they thought the job sucked. The second part is tricky. You know you shouldn’t bad mouth your former employer, but you still need to think of something to say.

Pick one thing that you didn’t like about your last job and explain that it bothered you because you felt the company could do better in this area. Give a suggestion of what you would improve. Stay away from negative comments about former coworkers or the company.

Why did you leave your last job?

Stay away from money reasons or negative issues with former coworkers. Instead, explain that you left to find opportunities to grow, explore new interests, etc.

Give an example of how you made an impact at your last job?

If you’ve never thought much about this, then now’s the time. Every person’s job at a company has a direct or indirect impact on the people around them, the organization and those that come into contact with the company. Find an example of something you did at your job that had a positive impact on either your coworkers, the company or the company’s customers.

Describe your biggest challenge and how you handled it?

You must take time to think about this one. There’s no way you will come up with a good answer on the fly. Think of a person, place or thing that made it difficult for you to do your job. How did you work around this obstacle and come out a winner?

Describe your decision making process.

You want to appear strong on this one. So, you need to figure out if you make decisions quick and confidently, or like to weigh the pros and cons of an idea first before coming to the best solution for the situation.

There’s no right or wrong to this question, the employer is trying to find out if you are capable of taking decisive action when needed. Some people have difficulty making up their minds. These are not the people they’re looking to hire.

How would you describe your management style?

Here’s where you tell them what type of manager you think you are. Are you very hands on or do you like to give people more independence and act in a supporting role?

Are you a people person?

Are you strict, but fair?

Know what your style is and be very honest with the employer about this.

What is your greatest weakness?

Warning: this is a question that can stop you cold in an interview. We’re so used to talking about our strengths in an interview situation that often we don’t have a clue what to say to someone asking us to describe a weakness.

However, you cannot stay silent. If you do, you may lose your chance at the position. The employer isn’t that interested in hearing about your weakness as they are in seeing how you handle the question. The ironic thing is that if you stare at them blankly on this one, you’ll end up looking weak – even if you were great a moment before.

Say something like you’re too chatty or overconfident or maybe a tad bit too focused on little details, etc. Pick a lightweight weakness and turn it into a positive. You talk a lot because you’re a people person. You’re overconfident at times, but careful not to step on anyone’s toes. You’re picky about details because you care about the quality of your work. Keep a smile on your face while answering.

What assets and talents do you feel you can contribute to our company?

Here is where you should shine. Give them action steps you will take to be a top performer in their organization. Don’t say that you “feel” you would do this or that. Tell them exactly what you WILL do. Act like you’re already one of the team and all they need to do let you loose and you will help their company soar to new heights.

It will help if you’ve already done some research on their company and have an idea of what would benefit them.

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