How To Conduct a Successful Job Search Campaign
1.Define your objective: Know what kind of work you most enjoy and perform the best. This requires self-evaluation, spending time looking at your interests and abilities.2.Write an effective resume: Focus on your qualifications for the type of work you want to do. Show where you are headed, not where you have been. Look at it from an employer's perspective -- what qualities do they need for the position?3.Prepare your references: Call or visit each person and tell them exactly what you are looking for. Ask them to let you know if they hear of anything, or to make a referral for you.4.Research: Make a list of potential employers from the Yellow Pages or the Renfrew County Resource Directory and research each company.
Check your library for information. 5.Network: Talk to everyone you know about the kind of work you are looking for. You never know what contact will result in a job offer. Consider neighbours, relatives, parents of friends, teachers, paper route customers, etc.6.Set up job interviews: Either by phone contact or by sending a cover letter with your resume and indicating that you will follow up to arrange an interview.7.Practice interview techniques: Plan what you are going to say. Discuss WHY you want to work for that particular company, WHAT you can do for them, and HOW you will fit in with the company, then practice, practice, practice.
Get a list of questions and write down your answers to each one, then practice with a friend.8.Send a follow up letter: Tell them again about your interest in the job or the company. Thank them for taking the time to interview you. Point out your special qualifications or mention something you forgot in the interview that is relevant.9.Follow up: In person or by phone to check out the results of the interviews, and if you are not the successful candidate, ask how you could improve your chances for next time. is an Employment/Career Counsellor http://www.franwatson.ca.
Travel Connections - Stay in Touch
Travel connections with home are easier than ever. New calling cards, cell-phones, e-mail, satelite phones, and better phone lines everywhere are making it a smaller world. Here are some suggestions on how you can stay in touch - when you want to.E-Mail: The Travel Connections ChampMost libraries in the United States now have internet access. When traveling the country, we often stop in small towns to use this free service. We check e-mail and even check our bank accounts.
In other countries, finding internet accesss is even easier. When computers are too expensive for most people, there's demand for cheap internet access. The result is that, in places like Quito, Ecuador, there's an internet cafe on almost every corner.Hotmail and Yahoo still offer free e-mail accounts. Sign up now, if you haven't already. Then, wherever you are in the world, your friends and family have a way to contact you and you have a way to contact them.
For some reason, even though the internet...
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AN ALL-TOO-COMMON ADDICTION
It was a beautiful spring morning in LaJolla, California . I had flown to San Diego the evening before. After a pleasant breakfast, the cab driver had taken me five miles to LaJolla. In an hour and a half he was to pick me up for the trip to the San Diego airport, where I would catch a shuttle for the two-hour trip down to Ensanada, Mexico. From there I would board the Dawn Princess to Hawaii.As I strolled through LaJolla, I was completely charmed by its gorgeous Pacific setting and its quaint shops.
I sat in one of the shops and sipped coffee, while reading a book and looking at the ocean.As it got closer to time for Ebbie, the cab driver, to pick me up, I started walking back to LaJolla Cove, where we were to meet. Passing through Ellen Browning Scripps Park, I noticed joggers, walkers, lovers and sightseers. I walked up to a rail and joined the sightseers and stood speechless while gazing at the grandeur of breakers against the rocky shoreline.A hundred yards or so below was...
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National Pet Peeve Week is October 9-15, 2005 -- It’s Just Lunch survey Reveals Talking on Cell Phone and Being Rude to Wait Staff Rank as Top Pet Peeves of Singles
San Diego, CA (ContentDesk) October 8, 2005 -- In observation of National Pet Peeve Week, October 9-15, 2005, Its Just Lunch, the premier dating service for busy professionals, with over 85 locations worldwide, has released survey results on the dating pet peeves of singles in the United States. According to a survey of 1,363 singles, Its Just Lunch found that 46% say their biggest pet peeve is when their date answers their cell phone during a meal and another 41% think being rude to the wait staff of a restaurant is a major no-no.The survey found that 26% of men and 37% of women say one of their pet peeves is when their date talks too much and only about themselves. Men and women also agree that its better not to talk about your ex on a first date, 30% say its the quickest way to not get a second date. Singles also think that the best first date conversations consist of getting to know what the other person likes and dislikes and what their hobbies are. Everyone has pet peeves...
National Pet Peeve Week is October 9-15, 2005 -- It’s Just Lunch survey Reveals Talking on Cell Phone and Being Rude to Wait Staff Rank as Top Pet Peeves of Singles
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Choosing The Right Phone and Voice Mail System
Phone and voice mail systems can be pretty costly, even for companies with a low number phones.
Before investing in any type of phone system or voice mail system, you need to estimate how much your company is likely to expand over the next few years and if possible how many phones you may require.
Failure to do this could cost you or your company a lot of money in upgrade and restructuring costs further down the road.
It is better and cheaper to plan and allow for expansion at an early stage, than wait until it is too late. If you plan to remain under ten phones then I would recommend you invest in a KSU-less phone system.
Basically these look like normal phones that carry all the technology and software needed to run a small phone system of up to four lines and eight to twelve extensions.
These systems incorporate many of the features that full PBX phone systems offer (though not voice mail).
So be sure to check with your supplier...
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Access Your GMail Account Using Wireless WAP Phone
Need to check your GMail account on the go? GmailWireless.com provides a free solution to access your GMail account using your wireless WAP phone. With this service, you can read, reply, send emails and have access to labels on your Gmail account.As mobile phones having WAP/Internet access get more and more popular, they can now keep you connected with your important information while you are away from your computer.According to Vipul Kapadia, founder of GmailWireless.com ? "Its very useful to be able to check your email while on the move. You are never out of touch and can respond quickly to urgent issues."Launched in mid-September, GmailWireless.com already has over 800 registered users and more than 150 users are using this service every day.This service is based on the open source Gmail-Mobile project at Sourceforge.net.To register for this free service visit http://www.gmailwireless.com.
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