Building a skill set
Sometimes you have to get creative to get a job. Consider some of these ideas the next time you feel like you’ll never get the job you want. See if you can volunteer at the place you want to work …
Community Service is a great way to develop a helpful professional and personal support network. The expression “it is who you know that counts” actually means something and what it means is we like to work with people we know …
How to get a job
In this competitive environment, being prepared for a job interview is crucial. Here are a few suggestions of tools you should pack in your toolbox. Bring an employment application template – names, dates, addresses and phone numbers. If an employer …
There are only so many jobs – and even fewer “good” jobs. Nowadays it is not enough to have the right skill set or training, or even experience in your field. Rounding out a resume with personal accomplishments and a …
Learning to articulate who we are and what we want is crucial. We are constructed by language. Communicating our thoughts, needs and motives happen on a conscious and an unconscious level – sometimes there is not much we can do …
Interviews tips – for interviewees Research as much as you can about the company – products, services, markets, competitors, trends, current activities, priorities. Prepare your answers for the type of questions you’ll be asked, especially, be able to say why …
How to get a life
Recycle old papers that are filling drawers in your house. Clean out those drawers overflowing with old receipts, junk mail, records, and notes. Get rid of all of this. Invest in a paper shredder to reduce clutter and maintain privacy. …
Making friends as an adult isn’t always easy. Once you leave high school or college — where people are thrown together and are living in the same place, doing the same thing and sharing similar interests — it takes more …
Live within your means. Pay yourself first. Know the difference between a need and a want. Don’t imagine owning “things” is a substitute for close personal relationships. Save hard the first ten years of your adult life. Live like a …
Use Social Media to Manage Your Professional and Personal Contacts and to Get a Job, but Be Careful and PRIVATE The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue …
