Do You Sound Right for the Job?

By : Dan Woog

Everyone knows it's illegal for an employer to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity and national origin. But what about an English-speaking candidate with a foreign accent?

The answer is no. Well, maybe un poco.

Dianne Markley, a professor at the University of North Texas at Denton (UNT) whose graduate research focused on how accents affect the hiring process, says it is "almost impossible to speak any language acquired later in life without an accent." A UNT study showed "an incredibly strong statistical correlation between judging someone as cultured, intelligent, competent, etc., and placing them into prestigious jobs," based on the lack of a readily identified accent.

Accents Trigger Emotional Responses

"A professional tries not to let an accent get in the way of hiring decisions," says Victor Arias, comanaging partner of the diversity practice at executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. "But subtle emotions can come into play, and they may make a difference. Clearly, people make judgments based on accents."

Arias notes that assumptions work two ways: "Not only may someone with a Hispanic accent be deemed ‘less educated,' but someone with a British accent may be seen as ‘more intelligent,' again with no basis." By the same token, Markley says, an Asian accent could be viewed as a plus by a scientific or engineering company. "It's all very situational," she adds.

Worldly or Unrefined?

Someone with a slight accent of any kind might be viewed as more educated or worldly than someone with a thick accent. "I've fallen for that," Arias admits. "I've heard a thick accent and thought, ‘Boy, he hasn't left the neighborhood.' And I've been completely wrong. I've had to slap myself."

An accent, Markley notes, is "a pattern of pronunciation." That is different from whether a person uses language well and forms sentences correctly. "A person can speak flawless English, but an accent causes him or her to be seen as someone who can't do the job," she says.

Strong Accents Can Affect Hiring Chances

Candidates should be hired on their qualifications alone, Markley says -- provided their verbal abilities are appropriate for the job. Unfortunately, "sometimes an accent leads to the perception that that person can't perform this job," she adds. In fact, it is legal to not hire someone whose accent materially affects his ability to perform key aspects of a job.

Markley cites the example of a customer service representative: "That position requires excellent communication skills, and someone who could not be understood well would honestly interrupt the flow of business."

However, Markley emphasizes, "It's not OK to use an accent as a proxy for discrimination based on national origin." For example, a company can't claim a person with a thick Hispanic accent can't communicate with English-speaking customers, while someone with an equally heavy French accent can.

Focus on Clear Speaking Skills

Arias says that while most companies understand the importance of diversity, he knows of no company that addresses the effect of accents on hiring. As a result, every person with hiring responsibility should be aware of the possibility of unconscious bias against speakers with accents.

Markley's advice for job seekers with accents: "First, relax. An accent is part of who you are. It connects you with your family and a particular part of the world. An accent is not a bad thing."

At the same time, "Be careful how you use the English language," Markley cautions. "Be sure to use good grammar. Speak slowly. Don't get frustrated if you have to repeat yourself. There's plenty of stress in job seeking. Don't add more by worrying about your accent."

Carlos Soto, president of the National Hispanic Corporate Council, adds this hint: "Prepare more than anyone else. Practice your answers in English. An accent shouldn't matter, but it does. That's life."

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9 Career Stoppers for Women

By : Barbara Reinhold

Very few people doubt the corporate deck is stacked against women to some degree. Still, you can sabotage your own career through errors made in the name of doing well or doing more.

Here are nine career stoppers that can prevent you from advancing in your career. Do any of them figure into your modus operandi?

Take Care of Others and Forget About Yourself

Even though females are socialized to be caretakers, if you say yes to everything at work, you'll end up giving it all away and won't have time left to do the job at hand. You'll also undermine the efficacy of others on your team.

Think of Yourself But Not Others

This is the other side of the dichotomy. If you overcorrect and think only of yourself, then you will probably manage autocratically and have a hard time keeping a team working well together. A career is best lived at the point of creative tension between these two pulls.

Wait for Permission

Far too many women wait around for an approving nod before making a move in their careers. These same women also end up not being promoted or taken seriously enough, because they seem to lack confidence and assertiveness. Obedience will forever keep you in the middle of the pack.

Be Too Busy to Take Care of Your Health

Would a racecar driver start a race with low-octane fuel? Every time you start a day with less than the right amount of sleep for you, pump empty calories into your body or let your body waste away a little more for lack of exercise, you're compromising your ability to think well and work most productively. An internal whistle blows after eight hours of output, telling all your systems to work with less energy and effectiveness. By working too long without recharging your battery, you destroy your ability to do your best work.

Spend More Than You Can Pay For

Debt is like excess weight: It's easy to put on and nearly impossible to take off. Being in debt saps your sense of power and, more often than not, keeps you locked into jobs you don't like just to pay your bills. And when you don't really like your job, you can be sure you're not going to do the best work there.

Have a Broad Vision, But Are Unfocused in Implementation

Women are often expansive, idealistic thinkers, very good at the big picture and skilled multitaskers. The problem is that they often imagine they can attend to more than is humanly possible and end up trying to do too much at once. The result is lack of focus and jobs done "well enough" but never wonderfully well.

Assume You'll Be Rewarded for a Job Well Done

This is the quintessential female career error: Good girl syndrome. Doing a good job is only the beginning; letting the right people know about what you've done in a way they'll respect is an art form unto itself. If you don't know how to practice it, today is the time to start.

Gossip

Information is power in organizational life, and discovering or sharing scintillating information about others can make you feel powerful. But gossiping almost always undermines your perceived integrity and must be avoided at all costs.

Flirt with Men to Get Your Way

This is a strategy that also seems to come naturally, and the short-term gains can be heady. It always comes back to haunt you in the end, however. Get promoted on the quality of your ideas, hard work and ability to enable teams to work together. Leave your other moves to the hours outside of work.

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Working Women and the Recession

By : Deborah Asbran

A small statistic made big workplace news in 2009: For the first time in US history, women edged out men to become the majority of the workforce. Crossing the 50 percent threshold is partly due to the current recession's patterns, but it gives working women a fresh starting point from which to map out a strategy for growing and succeeding in their jobs in 2010.

Woman’s Edge in the Recession Workplace

Working women overall fared better than men this recession. In 2009, the jobless rate for women approached nearly 8 percent, while men suffered 10.5 percent unemployment. Due to the falloff in male-dominated industries like construction and manufacturing, men held a whopping three quarters of the 7 million jobs shed since 2007.

The jobless rate among women with a high-school diploma rose to 8.6 percent (versus 11.1 percent of men), while their college-educated coworkers held steady at 4.9 percent (versus 5 percent of men). Traditional careers for women -- so-called "pink-collar" jobs, like teaching, nursing and social work -- flourished compared to other occupations in 2009.

Careers for Women That Are Here to Stay

As a practical matter, does the fact that they now represent the majority of the workforce make a genuine difference to women? “I think it makes an enormous difference on many levels,” says Kathy Caprino of Ellia Communications, a career coaching firm in Wilton, Connecticut, that focuses on women. “We believe what we see, so when we see more women in the workforce, it opens the pathway for those who maybe didn’t think they had it in them. It’s not a flash in the pan. It’s a trend that will continue.”

When the economy rebounds, look for working women to maintain the ground they’ve gained. Sure, women’s World War II–era workforce gains receded once the war ended. But Brad Harrington, executive director of Boston College’s Center for Work and Family, sees too many different social forces at play in 2010, including the ascendancy of dual-income families as the norm.

“I don’t think anyone believes an influx of men will step into the workforce and women step out,” says Harrington. “This shift has been underway for too long.”

More important than women’s sheer numbers in the workforce are the levels of education they’re attaining. Harrington points out that in the US, women now earn 57 percent of bachelor’s degrees and 58 percent of master’s degrees. “We’re now at the point where women are performing better in numbers and in quality than men are,” he says. “When companies go to colleges to recruit, if they’re trying to recruit the best people, the top candidates are going to be women.”

How Working Women Can Grow and Succeed in the 2010

Women in the workforce can indeed capitalize on opportunities to advance their careers. “The next step is taking that success and truly making inroads into senior ranks in organizations,” says Cali Williams Yost of Work+Life Fit Inc. in Madison, New Jersey.

Try these suggestions for how women can reshape their opportunities as the job market improves:

* To stay afloat in this economy, you will likely have to make accommodations. Take half an hour to answer the question: What’s an ideal life for me? This is the first question to ask yourself, advises Caprino. “If you’re doing work for people you don’t value, for products you don’t value, you won’t be successful.” Focus on what you really want -- it may not be with your current employer.

* Career advancement means educating yourself, on and off the job. Seek out management development classes. If you work in marketing but really want to work in HR, then ask. “You have to close that power gap,” says Caprino. If you’re not where you want to be, sign up for the training or skills you need to get there.

* To amp up your opportunities, research what it means to succeed in your job and industry. Create an active network and talk to people. Research what you want to do and what it will take to get there.

* Enlist support. Role models and mentors are always necessary.

* Understand social media and use it to promote yourself. “Women in the workforce really need to educate themselves about the power of social media and creating their brand online,” says Yost. “If you’re a money manager, for example, put up a blog on it and include links to interesting articles. Twitter about it. Put up a Facebook page. Employers are going to Google your name, and if you don’t show up, you don’t exist.”

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The Top 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill

By : John Rossheim

The economy is sputtering, and companies say they will make nothing but perfect-10 hires. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers are retiring by the millions -- and everyone wants to be a millionaire, not a wage earner. Where does all this leave employers and workers in their never-ending struggle to tip the balance in the American labor market?

From the perspective of an annual survey commissioned by staffing firm Manpower, these dynamics yield a number of occupations for which openings are hard to fill. Among white-collar jobs, the following positions make Manpower’s 10 Hardest Jobs to Fill list: sales reps, nurses, technicians, restaurant/hotel workers, managers/executives, doctors/other clinical practitioners, engineers and customer service reps. And on the blue-collar side, skilled tradespeople and drivers make the top 10.

But labor-market power has shifted toward employers with the soft economy. In the prerecession year of 2007, Manpower’s survey of 2,000 US firms showed that 41 percent of employers reported difficulties filling positions; however, the 2010 tally found only about a third of that percentage of companies -- 14 percent -- reported recruitment was a struggle.

And many experts, especially labor advocates, take issue with the Manpower study’s conclusion that all these occupations are in shortage. “Our starting point at EPI is where most economists would start: If you don’t have low unemployment and rising wages, you don’t have a shortage,” says Ross Eisenbrey, vice president of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

So if you work in one of these occupations -- or want to -- what’s the real story? Let’s take a look at the survey results and get some perspective on what the shortages really mean.

White-Collar Occupations Blow in the Winds of Economic Change

With fuel prices spiking and oil and natural gas exploration heating up, demand for petroleum engineers is rising. Offshoring notwithstanding, “engineering is going to be around for awhile,” says Melanie Holmes, a vice president at Manpower North America. “Oil companies have employees averaging in their late 40s.”

Eisenbrey says EPI data shows labor shortages in a number of white-collar niches, from healthcare workers to librarians, farm managers, engineering managers and environmental scientists.

Some Blue-Collar Jobs Go Unfilled Even as Their Numbers Drop

Even after decades of manufacturing decline, employment of machinists is expected to drop another 5 percent between 2008 and 2018, according to the BLS.

“We’re at the very beginning of that decline; we haven’t necessarily gotten there yet,” says Holmes. “Even if machinists are declining, applicants are in short supply. Kids are not getting excited about going to tech and vocational schools.”

Labor advocates paint a different picture. “Employers are still not willing to pay what’s required,” says Eisenbrey. “It’s a shortage only at the rate that employers want to pay.”

The skilled trades rank high among blue-collar jobs that are hard to fill, according to the Manpower survey. Carpenters, welders, plumbers, electricians and masons are in demand, the survey says.

But Eisenbrey questions the validity of these conclusions. “It doesn’t make sense that jobs for construction workers and laborers are hard to fill,” he says. “Wages are declining in most of these occupations." While the Associated General Contractors of America reports that 40,000 new construction jobs -- many due to stimulus projects -- were added between February and April 2010, that's a far cry from the more than 2 million construction jobs lost over the previous three years.

Even in our digital age, stuff still needs to get from here to there, whether the trip is across the warehouse floor or around the world. That’s why jobs for laborers such as freight, stock and materials handlers are projected to increase by almost 250,000 positions from 2004 to 2014, according to the BLS. Many of these jobs require few skills but pay $12 to $15 an hour, about double the federal minimum wage, which rose to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009.

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Apply Via Email Job Tips

By: gajimu.com

In this sophisticated age, many facilities offered by Internet technology. One of them, now many companies that allow the prospective employee to submit her application by email or electronic mail.

For those of you prospective employees, this course will help you to submit an application quickly and accurately. Not only that, if you submit your application to many companies, you can easily copy email your application and customize it with the company's previous target.

But, if sending an application letter via email with cover letter sent in writing via the postman? Here tipsnya!

1. Short & Clearly
Titles cover letter via email should be concise and clear. For instance, "Application for Outstanding Television Reporter."

Oh yea, do not forget, read it carefully, that job advertisements ask for Prospective Employees often, write specific code in the title or subject of your email.

2. Include Photos
No need mencantumkah images with super-resolution level, because it would complicate the HRD to open the File Photo.

3. Style of language
Use simple language and style short. There was no HR staff who give the time to read the cover letter with the language flowery phrases like writers and up to 2 pages long.

4. Self-complete data
Include complete Bio Data. Starting from the home address, until the cell phone number and phone number of your home.

After sending an application letter via email, industrious-rajinlah read incoming email. Who knows your cover letter job interview call letter reply.

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Insurance Agent Employment Opportunities For

By : Prudent.web

From time to time, the total labor force in Indonesia is constantly increasing. The increase was not followed by increasing the availability of adequate employment. Actually, the problem could be eliminated if people start realizing that there are opportunities available working in a particular industry.

All Universities (PT)-pendonor always breeds new graduates. A PT, for example, in one period to produce about 1,000 graduates graduation-pendonor. In one year, usually PT could do as much as three times the graduation procession. That is, a PT can produce 3000 graduates per year.

Potential Career Opportunities

In order to deliver a solution to labor problems in Indonesia, I put forward that the life insurance industry holds great potential to absorb labor. Currently, a new life insurance industry to absorb labor / life insurance agent as many as 153 000 people. In the five years ahead, AAJI expects the number of life insurance agents of 500,000 people.

Along with increasing public awareness about the importance of life insurance, life insurance industry market in the future will be more bright. Several unexpected things experienced by the community, such as accidents, sudden death, illness or disease attack, making them more aware to protect themselves with a life insurance policy. This condition will be followed by the increasing need for skilled sales force and reliable. This is the opportunities and employment.

Operationalization of major life insurance company marketing carried out by qualified life insurance agents. They dedicate themselves to serving the needs of customers against various protections, such as income protection, health protection and planning, and protection against future financial needs.

See the important role of these professions, government regulatory agency set the standard certification as a prerequisite for any new work force menggelutinya. They have attended various training and competency test, ie, Certification Exam, and who managed to graduate will get a License Agent. They are required to have a commitment to continuously improve ourselves to achieve excellence in espousing the spirit of service to pemegangpolis.

Life insurance companies respond to agents achieving success by giving awards, among others, the income is more than enough (well above average), a variety of training within and outside the country, as well as other awards, such as trips abroad. Competitively, to get the Best of the Best, every year the life insurance industry provides bagiagen appreciation achievement through competition Top Agent Award. This is an election event Best Life Insurance Agent national level based on the judging criteria and impartially.

In order to implement quality professional standardization, the life insurance industry, through AAJI, published a Code of Marketing of Life Insurance. Code of Ethics contains principles and operational rules for the company, marketers of life insurance products, life insurance danagen. The Code is binding as a form of industry responsibility in providing services to customers, communities, fellow professional work environment, the company where they work, as well as to themselves and the profession. Philosophy prioritize the interests of customers with integrity is the principle of the Code which upheld a life insurance firm by setiapagen.

In practice, enforcing the Code provisions, rules, and prohibitions which demands obedience in carrying out the profession. Violation will result in sanctions against him and action consistent with applicable regulations. This policy is applied in order to protect the interests pemegangpolis and maintain the dignity and reputation of the agent as well as professional insurance agents.

Life insurance agents come from various fields of scholarship (S1 to S2), among others, in Law, Economics, Business, Farm, Literature, and Medicine. Quality of financial compensation that they get the look of the interface and the welfare of life they enjoy today, but it all depends on the performance that they produce

Essentially, a job is referred to as a profession when meet several criteria, namely: (1) there are certain competencies and skills at every person who deals in it, (2) has a Code of Ethics, (3) society recognizes and requires the profession. Profesiagen life insurance fulfill these criteria.

In essence, professional insurance agency, which factually wide open for the new workforce, as this could be an appropriate choice of profession, and from interested job-seekers as well as professionals already working. Is not this is a reality that quality jobs are available through profesiagen life insurance?

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How Smiling Can Bring You Success

Lately, for reasons that cause even me to wonder, I have had to spend quite a few mornings in a local coffee shop. I am happy enough to be there. Sipping my favorite dolce latte (and occasionally, yes, a pecan bar) is, after all, much more fun than work. But I can’t help notice that not everyone is as pleased. They don’t complain to me, of course. But boredom, or maybe it’s irritability, clouds their faces. Employees and customers alike, mind you. I want to scream: "Don’t you know how unpleasant you appear?"

Smiling is important. As the adage says, “A smile is a little curve that sets a lot of things straight.” Sure, you hate garbled orders, people who don’t understand the automated postal machine, and, oh yes, express line interlopers with their 20 items. And, true, the children did make you late this morning and this last customer will make you miss going to lunch on time. But stuff happens to everybody.

Successful people make the shift. They block off daily irritants and focus on what counts. Smiles make a global language. They help the person at the receiving end and they help you — all that serotonin and those endomorphins. Even if you have to practice, even if you have to fake it till you make it, smile.

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Not Getting Anywhere With Your Career?

By : Elizabeth Hanink

Do you feel like you aren't getting anywhere with your career? Perhaps you are unemployed or think you could do more challenging work. Maybe you think that it is too late to succeed.

Many famous people actually succeeded much later in life than you imagine. Often their success came after years of disappointment, distraction and outright failure. Take, for instance, Colonel Sanders of fried chicken fame. He was over 65 and broke when he began his secret recipe success.

Winston Churchill had experienced 12 years in political exile when he was asked to lead England during World War II. He was banished again after the war was over but went on to write successful books and serve as an elder statesman until his death.

Or consider Grandma Moses, America’s most beloved primitive painter whose work sells well into the millions. She never went to art school and only started painting when she became too old and too crippled by arthritis to do farm work. Her success came in her 90s.

What do all these people have in common? They believed in themselves, and they didn’t give up. They learn from failure, and they handle it well. If one goal is unachievable — and it might be today — they continue to try and make it happen in the future or they set a new goal and go after it.

Colonel Sanders lost his restaurant and gas station when the rail company planned a route that bypassed his town. So he shifted gears and set a new goal. The rest is history.

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Creative Resume Writing: Stick To The Facts

Writing your resume can be a challenging process, especially if your job history is not as strong as you would like it to be. Somewhere along the way, as you are trying to find the best way to highlight your skills and attributes, you may be tempted to embellish some of your qualifications or to hide some of your weaknesses. This type of creative resume writing is not acceptable and will come back to haunt you at some point down the line.

Just the facts

Make sure that the information you put into your resume is factual and complete. For example, if you were the team leader on a project that met its objectives then you should state the actions and results you took very clearly. Do not overstate your role in the process, exaggerate the benefits of the results, or discount the efforts of the other people on your team.

Any factual information you put into your resume must be verifiable. If you say that you were the top salesperson for three months in a row you should have documentation available that confirms this statement. Employers can and do check the accuracy of resumes, so be prepared to back up whatever information you put into your resume.

Tell the truth

Never, never, never make up information or lie about your qualifications on a resume. It is surprising how many people will add just a bit to a statement about themselves, or claim a college degree that they do not really have, all the while thinking they will not be caught. The reality is, though, that most often they are caught and then find themselves in a worse position than before.

What are the consequences of lying on your resume? Sometimes they are immediate - you are screened out of the hiring process, or are found out during the interview. Other times they are a bit longer coming - maybe the truth comes out after a month or two on the job and you are quickly removed from the position with no severance or other accommodation. When you stop to think about it, you quickly realize that it is just not worth it to stray in any way from the truth on your resume

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Tips Bagi Pelamar Kerja

Memang tidak gampang dalam hal mencari pekerjaan. dibutuhkan strategi yang tepat, agar tidak menganggur terlalu lama. Bagi beberapa orang mencari pekerjaan adalah hal yang mudah, tetapi bagi sebagian juga membutuhkan energi lebih untuk mendapatkannya. Berikut adalah strategi yang bisa Anda lakukan saat mencari pekerjaan:

Tinggalkan zona nyaman Anda. Jangan hanya mencari pekerjaan di industri yang sudah Anda kenal baik saja. Ketika mengetik resume dan cv, cantumkan pula kualifikasi yang Anda miliki yang cukup berharga dan bisa digunakan dalam pekerjaan lain, seperti kepemimpinan dan komunikasi. Jangan lupa untuk memberikan contoh kemampuan Anda tersebut saat dipanggil wawancara nanti. Sehingga ketika ada lebih dari 1 posisi yang terbuka di perusahaan tersebut, mereka akan bisa mencoba mengalihkan Anda ke posisi yang berbeda dan mereka tiliki mampu Anda emban.

Minimalisir celah sejarah pekerjaan. Perusahaan yang membutuhkan karyawan akan mencari calon pekerja yang tetap menjaga profesionalitasnya, dan tetap mengasah kemampuannya selama periode kosong. Jika Anda berhenti bekerja akibat satu dan lain hal, misal, kantor Anda mengalami kebangkrutan, dan Anda belum bisa mencari pekerjaan lain, coba isi jeda waktu sebelum mendapatkan pekerjaan baru dengan kegiatan berguna. Contoh; pekerjaan lepasan (freelancing), magang, atau menjadi tenaga sukarela agar tetap aktif secara profesional. Pertimbangkan pula untuk mengambil kelas atau pendidikan untuk menambah pengetahuan Anda di area yang lain.

Fleksibel. Ketika persaingan makin ketat dalam dunia pencarian kerja, amat penting jika Anda mampu terus terbuka dengan kemungkinan apa pun. Jangan terpatok pada jabatan, gaji, atau fasilitas yang Anda dapatkan dulu. Ketika Anda sudah bisa membuktikan kualitas dan kemampuan Anda kepada perusahaan, barulah kemudian pertimbangkan negosiasi ulang untuk hal-hal yang Anda rasa layak Anda dapatkan.

Atur ulang jejak-jejak digital Anda. Hasil foto yang Anda posting di halaman pribadi bisa saja akan terlihat oleh calon atasan Anda. Bukan hal mustahil jika pihak perusahaan tempat Anda melamar akan mencari tahu latar belakang Anda lewat search engine. Hanya butuh waktu beberapa detik saja, mereka akan bisa melihat masa lalu, aktivitas, dan hal-hal pribadi Anda lainnya. Karena itu, usahakan agar laman-laman situs, blog, atau apa pun di internet yang berkaitan dengan Anda tertata rapi dan tidak membahayakan reputasi Anda.

Mencari pekerjaan sebelum diiklankan. Saat membeli surat kabar untuk mencari lowongan, jangan lupa untuk membaca isi lainnya juga. Caritahu perusahaan-perusahaan yang sedang berkembang untuk memprediksi kemungkinan mereka sedang butuh karyawan. Kirimkan lamaran sebelum mereka memasang iklan lowongan. Perusahaan-perusahaan ini akan butuh karyawan baru juga pada akhirnya.

Perlebar pencarian. Biasanya, pada kolom lowongan, akan ada pembagian sesuai bidang atau industri. Untuk memperluas kesempatan Anda, cobalah untuk melirik ke kolom-kolom yang lainnya. Siapa tahu ada lowongan yang sebenarnya menarik untuk Anda coba.

Jejaring. Katakan kepada semua orang yang Anda tahu bahwa Anda sedang mencari pekerjaan. Termasuk kepada teman-teman di situs jejaring. Berikan informasi secukupnya, misal; alasan, dan kualifikasi Anda. Namun, ketika Anda melakukan hal ini, pastikan Anda tidak mengganggu teman-teman Anda atau membombardir mereka yang berusaha menolong dengan pertanyaan-pertanyaan.

Customize. Mengirimkan resume dan surat lamaran generik tak akan bisa mengambil perhatian calon pemberi kerja potensial. Siapkan satu resume dan curriculum vitae untuk masing-masing tempat yang Anda ingin kirimkan lamaran. Cantumkan kelebihan dan kemampuan Anda sesuai bidang deskripsi pekerjaan yang dituju. Perusahaan ingin melihat kecocokan Anda dengan pekerjaan yang lowong tersebut.

Tingkatkan pemasaran diri Anda. Cari tahu keahlian apa yang paling dibutuhkan di lapangan Anda dan ambil langkah –seperti mendaftarkan diri ke universitas terbuka, atau seminar akhir pekan, untuk memperkaya diri Anda akan bidang tersebut. Menghadiri acara-acara yang diadakan oleh perkumpulan profesi dan membaca publikasi yang relevan dengan bidang Anda juga akan membantu Anda memandang sesuatu dengan cara pandang berbeda.

Ikut perusahaan outsourcing. Perusahaan-perusahaan outsourcing atau staffing memiliki akses ke lowongan-lowongan tertentu yang tak diiklankan. Selain itu, mereka pun bisa menggandakan kemungkinan Anda mendapatkan pekerjaan. Mereka juga bisa memberikan Anda masukan berarti untuk resume, surat lamaran, dan kemampuan menghadapi wawancara, membantu Anda meningkatkan teknik pencarian pekerjaan Anda, sekaligus menambah kemungkinan mendapatkan pekerjaan.

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6 How to Find Work Smarter

Do not need a high degree of success in finding jobs. Reaching career goals you just need a mature and disciplined strategy. Here are six tips to help you find work smarter, not harder.

Selling value
What makes you unique? How do strength, ability, and accomplishments you can reduce the problems faced by these companies you have applied? Define "unique value proposition" you and make it become an integral plan to outline your personal marketing. Count on each document (a resume, biography, business cards) or direct meetings (networking, or interviews) as an opportunity to deliver value and bring your strategic needs.

More energetic
Finding a job can be very exhausting if you do not have a plan to recharge your energy. Stay motivated and always ready to help you build a practical plan and still live it. Organize your daily schedule, and then decide how often or how many hours a week can you prepare to find and reconstruct the documents to recalculate your development.

Activate and build networks
Strong network can provide more info and access to jobs that do not really exposed to the market. Research shows that more than 60 percent of all jobs which met propagated through the network. Every person you know is your chance to build networks. Do not forget, a member of the family, social friends, or coworkers are potential members in your network.

Research options
The Internet is a great place to start your research. In addition to special sites for careers, such as Kompaskarier.com, the site you want to go any company could be a source of valuable information. From there you can learn about the products, services and whom the authorities, and many others.

Specialized job search strategies
You will increase your chances of success if you focus on your particular personal choices. Select two or three strategies that fit with your personality and lifestyle, then wake up the profession in search of the area. If you'd like to meet new people, try to find work as a volunteer in an organization or to apply as interns while on an organization. If you are shy or introverted type, try to contact old friends through social networking sites or alumni association. Other channels you may try is to diligently glance at the jobs pages in the daily capital, networking groups, job fairs or events.

Take advantage of your creativity
"Sell" yourself with the imagination. Five years ago, job applicants must print their resumes on colored paper to attract personnel. Currently, the company wants to find enough qualified employees and the company needs to know how to present their value. One way you can do is to create a portfolio containing your video resume. and others.

Whatever method you choose, do the search for vacancies with an organized, targeted, and creatively. Success is the end result of the creativity and hard work that built all around it.

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Avoid So True Applicants

The interviewer will always examine the applicant of her application letter, how to answer phone calls, and during interviews. Do not let your efforts to get the coveted job is lost. Here are the things you need to avoid:

Inaccurate data and incomplete
Your data must be ensured to be contacted accurate and complete. If the interviewer is difficult to contact you as soon as he was interested, a chance you could slip.

Idle time interval
if the interval between the previous working lives long enough, you must be prepared to provide sufficient reason and valid. It would be better if when the idle time interval is filled with activities that enrich your experience or knowledge of self.

Vague reasons
Give a positive outlook and detailed, why did you leave your previous job. If the answer is unclear, the interviewer will immediately cross out your name.

Inconsistent answers
If asked the same question over and over in different ways, give an equal and consistent answers.

Unrealistic expectations
Are you interested in business travel, great salary, or other expectations are not realistic? If yes, can be dangerous. What is important, prepare yourself, show the intention to work and pay a realistic amount.

Less preparation
So, prepare yourself and find out the background of a company that will be heading to, and develop questions that may be encountered. Give a positive impression and show your sincerity.

No one's career and life goals
How or where you will be in 2-5 years? You must have a clear target of personal life and your career. This suggests, focus your attention and have a specific career direction.

Negative attitudes or insubordination
Show a positive mental attitude. Smile, firm handshake, and eye contact. When you give a negative reaction on behalf of questions asked, you are bound to fail. If interviewers gave negative information, do not react. Simply note and discuss later.

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A Professional Recruiter - Pivotal To Your Success

As you put together your job search strategy, you should consider what role a professional recruiter could play in your search activities. If you are a high level executive then professional recruiters will likely have a pivotal role in your success. If you are more mid to lower level, however, a professional recruiter can be helpful but should not be relied upon as a primary source of potential jobs.

For high level executives

Many high level executives find that a professional recruiter can be a vital part of their job search. The key is for the executive to be smart about how he or she contacts recruiters and promotes their qualifications.

Be selective - You should only contact recruiters who have positions for which you are a perfect match. Check the recruitment firm's web site for open positions, and consider carefully the requirements for each job. Remember that recruiters receive literally hundreds of e-mails each day from job seekers; so only those who are the very best fit have any chance of receiving a return call.

Use your network - Chances are that somewhere among your network of contacts is someone who can provide you with a referral to a professional recruiter. Take the time to speak with your colleagues and peers, asking for that all-important referral. Once you receive it, use that as a way attract the recruiter's attention. Most recruiters are willing to at least have a telephone conversation with job seekers who have been referred by someone with whom the recruiter has an established relationship.

Be strategic - You wouldn't market your business or products by sending out a flurry of e-mails to a bulk audience, so don't make the mistake of marketing yourself that way. Focus your efforts by researching which people are most likely to be able to assist you and then create a strategy for making contact and setting up a conversation.

For mid to lower level executives

If you are a mid to lower level executive conducting a job search, making contact with a professional recruiter can be worthwhile but should not be relied upon as the primary source for finding a job. The key is to understand how recruiters work, what they are looking for and the best way to get their attention.

How they work - Professional recruiters work for the hiring company, not for you. This is an important distinction because it explains why recruiters are notorious for not returning unsolicited phone calls or e-mails from job seekers. The recruiter must focus time and energy on pursuing suitable candidates, not answering the literally hundreds of e-mail messages that come in every day.

What they look for - Recruiters spend the majority of their time looking for candidates for the specific job positions they have available. They are most interested in candidates whose qualifications match position requirements exactly.

Get their attention - The best way to get a recruiter's attention is to cultivate the relationship before you need to find a job. If you are already involved in a job search, then it is best to find someone in your network of contacts who can give you a referral to a specific recruiter. This will often get you in the door, after which you are responsible for impressing the recruiter with your qualifications and professionalism.

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Targeting Your Job Search

Once you have defined your career goals and aspirations, you are in a position to identify your target job, industry and location. Defining your career goals and aspirations gives you a structured starting point from which you can clearly identify your personal requirements. With clearly defined goals in mind you are in a position to conduct a comprehensive but structured job search utilizing your pre-determined criteria to help the decision making process. You will also find that the field is larger once you open yourself up to various possibilities. In this way, you will be in a position to locate prospective employers who fall within your target area and criteria.

Locating prospective employers within your area can be done in a number of ways including:

Chamber of Commerce - Your local Chamber of Commerce will have a list of all businesses within your area.
Trade Publications - Accessed at public libraries or online.
Business Publications - The Wall Street Journal and various other monthly business magazines can provide information on proposed mergers, acquisitions and market trends.
Industry Associations - Use the Encyclopaedia of Associations researched by Gale Research, Inc., to locate corporate member profiles and member directories.
The Public Library - You can use many resources including the Directory of Directories to source information on employers within your region.
Career Fairs - These are particularly useful for recent graduates and entry-level employees as you can gather job/career information, make contacts and conduct interviews onsite.
Online Job Boards - There are many job boards that can prove beneficial to your job search including but not limited to, www.hotjobs.com www.flipdog.com www.monster.com among many others. Don't forget to review local job boards that are specific to your state as these may offer a more targeted approach.
Mailing Lists - You may access mailing lists of companies as defined by specific industries. Call the Direct Marketing Association at 212.768.7277
Networking - Still the most effective way to locate a potential hiring manager. Check out our article on networking to find out how this technique can work for you.
As you can see, there are many resources available to assist you in determining your job search strategy. With the level of competition for jobs intense, it is critical to your chances of success that you approach your job search in a structured and targeted manner.

You must be aware that every job posting attracts hundreds of applicants. With this in mind you should be increasingly aware of the role that your resume, cover letter, networking and interview play in your job search.

Hiring managers want to hire competent, enthusiastic and focused candidates. They want to hire candidates who can make an immediate contribution within their new position with little or no direction. Smart job hunters are aware of this fact and use it to their advantage. Your resume, cover letter and interview answers must tell a prospective employer exactly what it is that you can bring to their organization and why they should hire you.

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Long Distance Job Searching

Finding a job in another city can take up to a year, so as you begin your long distance job search, there are some important things for you to consider. First of all, can you afford to wait that long? If you need employment now, you might look in your area for temporary employment that will help you pay the bills in the meantime. You could even look into consulting work that would pay you a freelance salary until you move. Also consider the time frame you have until you need to move. If you need to be in your new city in six months time, keep in mind that you may need another source of income when you get there if you haven't found your new career yet.


Here are the basics of successful long distance job searching:


1. Research the city.

Find out as much as you can about the place you are going. Look online for sites dedicated to this purpose. Check out all the resources in the new location, including industry, entertainment, cultural, and practical needs. You should feel very confident that the new city will be someplace you can be happy and have a thriving lifestyle.


2. Make at least two trips.

Go to the new location first to check out the surroundings, make some contacts, and investigate housing. On your second trip, you will have completed job interviews and perhaps be finalizing a housing search.


3. Find job opportunities.

Look online for geographic specific job search sites. You should be able to find sites dedicated to the state you wish to move to. You can also research the new area at the library by pulling out a phone book and checking out the listings in your field. Another way to find job opportunities is through the career planning offices of local colleges, which offer guidance to individuals on a daily basis and are up to date on industry trends.


4. Create a contact list.

This list should include several firms you are interested in, plus headhunters and employment offices. Try networking with the list of contacts in your current city to find information on potential openings in the new city. Contact each company on the list and even send your resume and a cover letter, stating your relocation plans and interest in a position should one become available.


5. Ask about relocation packages.

Once you have some interviews lined up, be sure you ask about potential relocation packages. Not all companies will offer this, but some do.

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Coping With Job Hunting Stresses

Searching for a job can be one of the most stressful times in your life. You feel constantly scrutinized. You face rejection on a daily basis, and you are always trying to prove yourself. This kind of stress is less talked about than that of a new job situation, but it is just as real. It can affect all areas of your life and needs to be dealt with on a regular basis. If you ignore this stress in the hopes that it will simply fade away, you may actually decrease your chances of getting a job. Your attitude of anxiety and frustration, or your feeling of defeat will make its way into the things you say and how you behave at interviews. So let's look at some of the common stress areas you experience when job hunting.

Physical Stress

As you carry out your job search, you may sit for hours at a computer or drive around all day to interviews, conferences, and job fairs. Job-hunting has a very real effect on your physical health in more than just these ways. You may experience changes in appetite or sleep patterns, back pain, or headaches. These symptoms of stress can be alleviated with additional exercise, a careful diet, and rest. If you are having trouble sleeping, try getting some rest in other ways. Read a relaxing book, lie down and listen to some soothing music, or have a loved-one give you a nice massage. You may find these things ease your way into sleep, but even if they don't they will have a rejuvenating effect.

Financial Stress

Financial stress is one of the hardest for people to deal with. The pressure of losing your credit standing or having services cut off can be overwhelming. Moreover, while you may have some savings or a severance package to use, this is still a finite resource. For most people, unemployment occurs when they have nothing to fall back on, leaving them with financial demands they can't meet and stress that threatens their ability to function.

No matter what your financial situation is, remember that you are not alone. Turn to your friends and family for help. Look to social service organizations that offer relief in these situations. Above all, try not to be hard on yourself. We all hit times of financial instability and eventually, you will find yourself back on top.

Emotional Stress

Both financial and physical stress contribute to your lack of emotional well-being. Job-hunting tests your self- confidence and your peace of mind. Try to avoid making any other big changes in your life until you are well settled in a new career. Talk to friends or a professional counsellor about your feelings. Visit chat groups online that are places of support for other people in your industry or other job seekers. It is very important for your emotional health that you give yourself a break now and then, so don't forget to be hopeful.

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Effective Resume Strategies For Job Search Success

A well-written resume is an effective job search tool, but it is not the most effective job search tool at your disposal. So what is the most effective tool? The answer is you.

No resume, no matter how attractive, credible, or information-packed it may be, will get you the job you want. It takes an effective strategy of using your resume to your advantage if you want to be successful in your job search.

Let's look at three resume strategies you should consider.

Strategy 1 - Targeted to employers with job openings

Your resume should be flexible enough to be tailored and targeted to specific job openings. It may be simpler to print up fifty copies of your resume and mail it out with a cover letter in response to job advertisements, but that strategy usually doesn't work.

Take the time to really examine the qualifications that the employer is seeking for each job posting. Look for clues that will help you decide which of your attributes to highlight in order to grab their attention. For example, if the employer is looking for someone who is `motivated' or a `self-starter' then you should tailor your resume to emphasize specific examples of how you demonstrate those attributes.

Once you have determined which part of your qualifications to emphasize, revise your resume so that those things stand out and can be easily spotted by whoever reads your resume. It is okay to use bold, italics, or bullet points to draw the reader's eye to certain information, but use these tactics sparingly so that the information does indeed stand out.

Strategy 2 - Targeted to employers without job openings

Nearly all employers will accept resumes even if they do not have any open positions, so take advantage of this. If there is a particular employer whom you admire and would like to work for, tailor your resume to highlight the attributes that they would find attractive and deliver it to them. This will take some research on your part,

Try to hand deliver it to the person with hiring authority whenever possible, as this is an opportunity for you to make a positive impression. Dress up as if you were going to a job interview so that the person sees you in a professional light, and talk to them briefly about why you are giving them your resume. Practice your statement in advance so that it is clear, concise, and to the point - you want to make an impression but you do not want to drag the person into a long speech about why you want to work for them.

Strategy 3 - Targeted to your network of contacts

Use your resume as a tool to network with your contacts. A good place to start is with the people who have agreed to act as your references. Make an appointment to see them (15 to 30 minutes max), letting them know in advance that you would like to share your resume with them and solicit their feedback.

During your meeting, encourage them to provide honest input about how you could improve your resume. Talk about the key points you are trying to communicate and ask them if those points do indeed come across. Ask for suggestions and ideas on ways to make your resume more effective. If their feedback is minimal and you feel comfortable leaving the resume `as is' you should leave two or three copies of it with your contact. This will keep you firmly in mind and allow them to pass your resume along where appropriate. If you decide to make changes based on their feedback, that's okay. Go home, make the changes, and then send your contact two or three copies of your updated resume, along with a brief note thanking him or her for their time and input.

Regardless of the feedback you receive, ask your contact if they know anyone else in your field of interest that you could contact to ask for resume feedback. Chances are they know of at least one or two people and will be happy to give you their contact information. You can then approach these new contacts to go through the same meeting/feedback/ask for referrals process.

In all cases, your meetings with contacts should be short and to the point. Don't get caught up in meandering conversations or storytelling - you are there for a purpose, and your contact's time is too valuable to be spent just chatting. Dress professionally, and always follow up your meeting with a thank you note. As your job search progresses, check back with your contacts periodically to update them on your activities and keep yourself in the forefront of their minds.

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Creating A Job Search Calendar

A job search calendar is a particularly useful tool as it forces you to organize your thoughts and actions. While it may be easier to fumble about, sending a resume here or there, you will be more successful in your search if you execute it with streamlined structure and efficiency.

Depending on how far in advance you begin your job search, you may have weeks or even months to plan your actions. One of the early steps you should initiate is to evaluate your skills and qualifications in preparation for creating your resume. You should start this early to allow yourself time to make additions and corrections to the document; so, the more time, the better. If you have a lot of time available to prepare, you may also consider additional training or education to aid your search.

Another aspect of your job search you should begin immediately is to network with people in the field you are in or wish to be in. Professional associations are a useful way to do this. Not only do they put you in contact with the people you need to know, but it also looks good on your resume.

Once you have the basics covered, it is time to get into the real organizational aspect of your job search. You should prepare the groundwork to achieve your ultimate goal of obtaining a job by a particular date. While you may not be able to guarantee you will be hired before that time, it is better to create a self-imposed deadline in order to proceed with a sense of urgency. It is easy to be "urgent" without ever actually doing anything; preparing the calendar makes "productivity avoidance" more difficult.

You should set a schedule for yourself that may include applying with various employment agencies, perusing the classifieds, sending out resumes, and following up on contacts. You may have to send out a lot of resumes to obtain employment, but by achieving each step, you can feel a sense of accomplishment before you actually get a job. This keeps you busy and moving forward instead of becoming discouraged and, therefore, immobile.

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Why Are You A Candidate Of Choice?

Before you walk into an interview it is imperative that you ask yourself this question, "Why are you a candidate of choice?" Why are you the person for this job above all others? Most people have a problem answering a question worded in such a way because many believe it is arrogant and conceited to think in such terms. However, if you do not have the confidence in yourself, you can not expect your would-be employers to believe in you either. You have to walk in knowing you are the person for the position and be able to explain why that is the case to your interviewer. Of course, this will require a little work on your part beforehand.

While you should have an impressive resume prepared at all times, you should customize your cover letter for the position you are applying for. Read through the specifications of the job and alter your cover letter accordingly. Once you submit your resume and cover letter and are called back for an interview, then the real preparation begins.

A day or two before your interview, you should sit down and review the qualifications for the position in correlation with your resume. Specifically, what is it they are looking for? How do you meet this need? It is important to not only think this through, but write it down. You must have a clear picture in your mind how you will be successful in this position. You should gather all of your supporting documentation, such as diplomas, certificates, and referral information, make copies, and have it organized in a neat presentation folder. Now that you have a clear idea why you are a perfect candidate, verbalize it. Actually practice speaking out loud what qualifications they need and how you satisfy their criteria. You have to say the words to ingrain them in your mind so you do not freeze up when they come up in the interview. Take detailed notes of your thoughts and the words you choose; however, do not use this as a script. Do not memorize an answer; simply practice answering the question aloud in various ways.

The morning of the interview, you should review your notes and go back over what you will say. It is a good idea to think through many potential questions and what your answers may be. This way, when they ask you a question, you do not stumble or stutter; you speak with ease. Once you read through your notes once or twice, put them away; you want to speak naturally and not mechanically or from a script. The more you go over these answers in your mind, the more you will convince yourself of their reality. When you walk into your interview, you will be prepared to tell them exactly why they should hire you.

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What to Do If the thief's Office?

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Not infrequently the theft occurred in the working environment. Either post it just take note, stationery or office more severe cases such as a database client's office or even cash. This should get attention and supervision from management, including yourself as a leader who shall maintain a work environment to remain conducive to their productivity. Anyone, it will not be comfortable working in an office that is not 'safe' and never or frequent cases of theft, especially if the case is unsolved.

Theft can occur in any office environment and in any industry. The criminals can appear anywhere and are often not detected its presence. With state offices closed perpetrators of theft often precisely those who have known and know the ins and outs of the office. What should you do to make you better prepared to face and mencega possibility of theft in your office?

Be informed about building and your office.

The first step you should do to create a sense of security is to pay attention and understand the office or building security systems. Make sure you know who is in charge of locking and opening the office every day and a security system that is applied in the building or your office. When the office key code, key combination or any Non owned by several different people, make sure you have any information of employees who are responsible for each key.

More strict supervision for a specific environment.

Place that is perceived to have probable or big attraction visited by the hand for long, as the finance, accounting or storehouse of valuable office equipment, install CCTV cameras or surveillance cameras. The presence of cameras in addition to providing evidence in case of theft will also provide a psychological threat to those who intend not good.

Apply consequences.

When you know that the theft carried out by your employees, certainly with the evidence that can be accounted for, the corresponding spatial immediately take you away from other employees. When you're confronted the perpetrator, assign someone to call the police so that you can make a complaint. Do not just simply to lay off employees at the time but it also involves the police. Police will know more about what action should be done so that players get the deterrent effect, because in most cases is the act of repeated theft. Surely you do not want to let the thieves get away so he can repeat his actions at other companies.

Theft of data or important data base company

Although the development of information technology is growing very fast, data theft is still common. This caused a lot of computer companies that neglect is not expandable so it can easily be 'broken' to get information and money. The way you can do is to update the computer systems and programs. Feel free to hire professionals to do this even if you had to pay quite a lot. Think of it as an investment you'll get the results later. Make sure each employee has access to data in accordance with its responsibilities and assign each of them with a user name and password on their own.

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