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Information Interviewing Leads to a Job Offer

September 3, 2011

As a senior at St. Mary’s College In Notre Dame, Indiana, Joan Grabowski couldn’t decide whether to pursue a career in music (her major) or business (her minor), so …. she contacted several successful members of the South Bend, Indiana, business and fine arts communities for informational interviews. One of the people she approached was [...]

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Your Problems are All Behind You

April 12, 2011

Beware of phone numbers. If you do call, just schedule an interview. Don’t let them interview you over the phone. Example: We need a shirt sleeve executive. Call 222-9999 Avoid ads that sound negative. You can literally have it all. A good tomorrow and an even better today. Example: NEEDED: Three people to do the [...]

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Be in good fiscal and physical health

February 5, 2011

In general, people who look after themselves and lead healthy, balanced lifestyles can look forward to a long and healthy retirement. This includes ensuring that you have a sound financial plan with adequate retirement income so that your stress levels are reduced. http://www.albertajobshark.com/ Eagle Ridge GM Mobi Winnipeg Long Stay Mainstay Hotel St. Albert  Edmonton [...]

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Workplace Implications

January 8, 2011

To ensure equitable and consistent management of this complex area, a return to work policy should be developed including the following elements: – Employer Commitment – to return ill or injured employees to meaningful duties in the workplace at the earliest safe opportunity, based upon the individual’s capabilities while accommodating their personal limitations and restrictions. [...]

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Some Changes…

December 30, 2010

Along came an awareness of Human Rights legislation and requirements to ensure that employment systems did not discriminate against individuals based upon a number of prohibited characteristics, including disability. The legislative framework required employers to take measures to reasonably accommodate those with disabling conditions. Those organizations and their managers who believed that ill or injured [...]

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Using Your Resume

December 15, 2010

Prepare a daily and weekly schedule. Decide how many contacts to make, how many resumes to send, how many follow-up calls to make. Get face-to-face meetings. Call them “interviews” if you want to, but it pays to talk to companies who are not now seeking to fill an opening. The over-50 job seeker has so [...]

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Don’t Smoke or Chew Gum

December 8, 2010

Even if the interviewer is knee-deep in ashtrays and puffing on a cigar, don’t light up yourself, even if specifically invited to do so. It’s not a social visit, it’s a business presentation and you don’t want the distractions involved in smoking. Besides, these days smoking in the workplace is getting a bad name. Especially [...]

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More on Cold Contacts

November 24, 2010

You can also try the direct approach. There are two ways to handle this: Drop in without an appointment, or pick up the phone. In either case, be ready to provide your resume. If you are lucky enough to get an interview on the spot, attach your resume to the completed application and give it [...]

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What Not to Include

August 28, 2010

Salary Information My advice is to leave out salary information, even when an ad specifically asks for it. You want to focus the reader’s attention on your in-depth experience and on the value you bring to the job, not on the cost. Salary may also keep you from getting the interview. If it’s “too high” [...]

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Other Educational Credentials

August 17, 2010

School experience unless you went to a prestigious prep school. If you didn’t go to college, then mention that you’re a high school graduate. But don’t apologize for not going to college or having all the qualifications the employer has advertised; stress only the positive. Class standing doesn’t matter unless it’s very high, but honors, [...]

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