It seems that these days everything under the sun can be done virtually. When it comes to job fairs it is no different and this is not necessarily a bad thing! You have the opportunity for 19, 20, 30, or more hiring managers all at once which ups your chances for landing a good job. Even though this sounds way too good to be true, I can personally vouch for the fact that it is not. You can almost always find a virtual job fair online anytime. There are many organizations that have “booths” online that tell you everything you need to know about the job positions that are open, and they are typically staffed by hiring managers and recruiters at all times. But, just like with a face to face meeting, you have to be prepared, just in different ways. So if you want to know how to make a big hit at a virtual job fair, read on so you can nail the next one you “attend”! [Read more...]
How to Make a Hit at a Virtual Job Fair
Protecting Your Privacy While Job Hunting
When doing a job search, the only thing on your mind may be getting a job! This is an obvious goal but not the most important one. The thing that is most important is protecting your privacy. Privacy may be considered an issue only if you are doing online job searches. However, traditional searches are also situations that require privacy protection. To take things a step further, you should also be weary of your privacy with your current employment situation as well; assuming that there is one. [Read more...]
3 Main Rules for Emailing Potential Employers
Every online interaction you have with potential employers can either make or break your chances of getting the job you desire. Since it can be hard to tell about voice, tone and attitude in an online environment, you have to be careful about how you communicate. Keep in mind that the first online communication that you have with a potential employer sets the tone for your entire relationship; this is their first impression of you. This is why it is so important that you do everything correctly. Doing everything correctly includes making careless mistakes in your emails which can happen easily, even to the best job candidates. For this reason, you should learn the three main rules for emailing potential employers. [Read more...]
What Questions Should YOU Be Asking During Interviews?
When you are interviewing for a job, it is not just the interviewer who is checking you out, you are checking out the company as well. Because of this, many people do not realize that the questions they answer are just as important as the ones that they ask. If you are familiar with the interview process, you know that once it is coming to an end, the interviewer will ask you if you have any questions. This is your time now so you have a list of questions ready to fire off. If you are feeling uncomfortable about asking the interviewer questions, keep it in your mind that you are interviewing them as well! You have to make sure that the job and the company itself is a good fit for you as well. The following are some excellent questions to ask are discussed below. [Read more...]
Essential Tips for an Amazing LinkedIn Summary
Beyond your picture and job title, your LinkedIn Summary is the first impression that potential employers will get of you. Your summary is the best place to make the most of the LinkedIn experience, so take the time to really make it shine. The most obvious thing about LinkedIn profiles is to impressive potential employers. If yours is making them stifle a yawn then you are not making the most of the opportunity that you have. The following tips just may prove to be valuable enough to get your phone to ringing and your email to pinging! [Read more...]
How Do You Know What Your References are Really Saying About You?
Providing professional references during a job hunt is par for the course. It is reasonable that your potential employer wishes to confer with your past employers to help them make a hiring decision. Unless you were fired by one of your references, you have nothing to worry about right? After all, there are laws about what a professional reference can say about you to other isn’t there? The answer is yes. Legally, past employers are only supposed to share the date from which you were employed to the last day of employment. The thing is that there are many supervisors that do not strictly adhere to this rule. The fact is, unless the potential employer fesses up that your ex employer said some less than stellar things about you, and this typically will not happen, then no one knows that the rules were violated. You simply won’t get the job and have no way to prove it was because of one of your references. [Read more...]
The Survival Guide for Laid Off or Fired Employees
If you have lost your job recently, chances are good that you have not told friends and family that you were fired. Rather, you are more likely to use words that help to soften the way the information is let out. Maybe you have decided to “retire early”. Perhaps your job was “phased out”. Or you may use the same phrase utter by thousands of people each year; “I was laid off”. Now sometimes this last excuse is the truth. With the economy in a major fluctuation, being laid off is not uncommon. However, no matter what the reason for your unemployment, you have to learn how to survive though it. The following information is a sort of survival guide to making it through the tough time until you come back out on top.
Although it is very natural to want to mask losing your job with something more pleasant sounding, the real truth is that when you are let go (for whatever reason), it is usually not due to incompetence or performance. It typically comes from reductions in staff or business conflicts. No matter why, this can be the most stressful time of your life. With the loss of a job can make you feel like a failure. How you feel after losing a job is the basis of surviving the experience. So, what can you do to change your negative thoughts and feelings into ones that are positive and even uplifting? Keep reading to find out! [Read more...]
Top Avoidable Reasons Why People Get Fired
Once you get into this article, you may think to yourself that this could never happen to you; that you would never be so careless (to put it politely). However, that is the entire point; so many reasons that people get fired can be easily avoidable in you only think before you speak and act. Some of the common reasons for being fired may seem comical, but they are the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. After all, they had to have happened to some people for all of these examples to choose from! Keep reading to find out about these avoidable reasons and cross your fingers that you will never be so…careless. [Read more...]
4 Important Resume Tips
You probably already know that having an awesome cover letter is the thing that opens up the door for your possible candidacy. However, no matter how good your cover letter is, if you resume is not up to par than you can forget being considered for the job. Unfortunately, many people put together the resume together by way of advice from friends, family and others. Much of the time they are asking for and getting this advice from those who are not qualified to be giving out the advice. What you end up with then is a cookie cutter resume that contains a bunch of jargon that will cause a potential employer to begin snoring just a few lines in. With the economy the way it is, a resume like this will not cut the turkey. So what are the myths of resume writing? This is what you need to know in order to have a resume that stands out and looks professional. [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Should Have a Job During College
Beginning college can be a highly overwhelming experience. You are likely to be worried about making your way to class on time, finding out where all your classes are located, being around new people, and simply adjusting to life without your family nearby. With all of this going on, you may wonder how in the world you can fit in working! Though it can be a hard row to hoe, there are several good reasons of why you should work during college. Not only is it possible to get a job amidst all the other things going on in your life, it is something that can be extremely advantageous to you in the long run. [Read more...]
