Job Search Refresher Guide For Recent Layoffs

Job Search Refresher Guide For Recent Layoffs 4 First job search in years? Use this refresher guide to get your new job search moving in the right direction. This a guest post by Pearl, a veteran Human Resources Specialist. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. The employee trap Searching for a new job can be very stressful and is actually a job in itself. If you are the one who just got laid off, do not forget that staying in the same job for years sometimes has its own share of disadvantages. When we know our jobs are secure and safe, we tend to become complacent and lazy and learning a new skill either never comes to mind or when we do think about it, it feels like an effort especially if it's something that has no use in our current job.eval With many companies completely going out of business or closing their plants and offices, many of your skills may also be outdated and not needed by other companies. Solution: learn new skills Treat your time out of work as an opportunity byeval enrolling at a vocational institute or take a class at a local community college doing something positive with your time instead of sulking will stand out in the stack of resumes. But what if you cannot afford to go back to school? And finding another job is the only way you and your family can survive? Start your job search off right The very first thing you will have to remember is not lose heart and stay positive. Treat this whole process of job searching as an important project and not give up until you have achieved your desired goal. There are many ways to tackle a job search project. The easiest and quickest way is to do a Google search of course. Now, most people use the Internet but not everyone knows HOW to search and find the things they are looking for. As a matter of fact, I know quite a few people who have no clue how to search through millions of pages on the Internet without giving up. If you want to learn how to get better results from Google when doing job searches, watch the following video. Don't forget that Google is a general-purpose search engine. With that in mind, you might prefer to go directly to where the jobs are being listed. There are hundreds if not thousands of job sites and resources to choose from. Make your job search activities more effective by taking the time to find the right job site for your job search goals. But how to know which is the right job site? Use these criteria to judge which are the right job sites for you 1. Look at the site's popularity. If the site is popular, it's probably because many companies regularly post their jobs there and more companies will get to see your resume. 2. See how their notifications process works. Many sites notify their candidates via email and keep them up-to-date for free about the site's various features, new companies or new jobs in your area, etc. 3. Confirm that the job site allows you to modify your resume after posting. As you look for a permanent job, you might be working on smaller projects or temp jobs during summer which should be added to your resume on an ongoing basis. Any job site that doesn't let you modify your resume after posting it is no good for your purposes. 4. Make sure the site lets you register for FREE. If they want you to use your credit card or pay them to just register and search for jobs, move on to the next job search site. 5. Check out their search process. Does the site let you search based on location, industry, years of experience, education, etc.? Once you get the search results, make sure they meet your search criteria. 6. Use job listing aggregators. Save a lot of time by using job search sites that aggregate postings from multiple search engines and companies for your location or your industry. 7. Job portals are more useful than simple job boards. Many sites have company reviews and demographic information, which are always helpful. Sites that incorporate job search articles, advice and assistance are better than the ones that just spit out the search results. 8. Make sure they let you build your profile in addition to just posting a resume. Companies sometimes don't just search for the resumes, their recruiting agent might want to view a virtual profile. 9. Pay attention to the date of posting of the job in your search results. You might get a good batch of jobs within your industry and your location, but what if those jobs are from last year? If that's the case, this job site is probably not getting new jobs posted or isn't removing old listings. 10. Most importantly: read the job search site's Privacy Policy. Especially before posting any of your personal information such as address and phone numbers you must read it first. Now that you know how to recognize good job sites, here are some recommendations. 20 top job sites With hundreds of jobs listed on these sites, there is sure to be a match with your current skills. Career Builder Monster TwitterJobSearch Google Directory Dice Indeed Yahoo Hot Jobs Craigslist College Grad College Recruiter CoolWorks One Day One Internship One Day One Job Best Jobs in USA Career Exposure Employment Guide Get the Job The Riley Guide Beyond International Job Opportunities Once you've found matching listings, learn about the hiring companies so you can approach them in the most appropriate way. Where to do company research To educate yourself further for an American job search, use the Open Business Directory which lists companies by state. The site has also business directories for: Germany Austria United Kingdom Switzerland France Canada Poland Italy Spain Portugal Also, use LinkedIn which has 160,000 profiles of different companies as well. About the Author Pearl has a Bachelor of Science and Education, Post Grad in Computer Information Science. She has many years of experience as a Human Resources Specialist with one of the Civil Service Commissions in United States. She blogs over at Interesting Observations. This article is part of the 3rd Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest. If you want Pearl to win, share this article with your friends.

Learn to take criticism well by choosing your critics well

Learn to take criticism well by choosing your critics well Do you ever search 43 Things? I love going through it to see what goals people have for themselves. I like seeing where my own goals and accomplishments fit in with everyone elses. On 43 Things, 21 people want to learn to take criticism but 77,000 people want to get a promotion. You know whats wrong with this? The way to get a promotion is to take criticism well, but most people dont know they dont do it well. Everyone knows they are supposed to get a mentor. And in fact, getting a mentor is one of the best ways to get a promotion. But few people understand that the best way to get a mentor on your side is to take criticism well. This means not only hearing it, but acting on it immediately, and reporting back to the mentor that you have done that. Which means that a key to finding people you can learn from is finding people you can take criticism from. Theres a great discussion on the blog Vineograph about how hard it is to find critics to trust. This is as true for wine recommendation as it is for career recommendations. The conclusion on this discussion is that you have to know a bunch about the person before you can decide if you trust their criticism. But before you trust someone, you have to start listening. So I listen to tons of people, always looking for new, competent critics who I might be able to turn into mentors. People always ask me how I deal with so many negative comments on my Yahoo column. The answer is, I read them looking for good critics because you never know where youll find them. Do not choose your critics because they are the best at constructive criticism. Your best critics may be totally undiplomatic; you need to find the people who best understand your best attributes. If they understand your strengths, then they understand when youre not using them. For this reason, I listen to Michael Kemelman who blogs at Recruiting Animal. He rips on me all the time in his blog. And he rips on people I publish, like Ryan Healy. But Michael is smart (and funny) and I have always known that he understands me even as he makes fun of me. Last week he confirmed this. He sent me a list of four of his favorite posts, and the list means so much to me because they are posts that are only at the very edge of career advice, and they are my favorite kind to write. So, heres the list of favorite posts from one of the harshest critics I listen to: The Fine Line Between Boasting on a Resume and Lying Choosing Between a Kid and a Career Happy Passover from my Blended Life Confidence Boosters that Work for Me

5 Things You Can Expect From Orangetheory

5 Things You Can Expect From Orangetheory I never know what to anticipate, which can feel scary and exciting at the same time. To date, I have taken four classes at the Orangetheory in downtown Sarasota, each one led by a different coach, each one a distinctive workout from the previous. ICYMI, their elevator speech is this: half of the class starts on the treadmills, half of the class starts on the rowers/in the weight room. The coach calls out instructions for both groups and half way through the class you switch. Or do you!??? Today we had two switches, which made for shorter bouts of each circuit and kept the momentum going. Sharpen Your Brain And keep your brain learning. New activities are stimulating for your brain. So in addition to the fact that “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy.”- #ElleWoods, mastering something new creates a fresh neural pathway in your brain, making you cognitively sharper. Compete Against Yourself (Or the person on the treadmill next to you, who you throw a side eye at their speed and thus increase yours.) The performance tracking in real-time on the monitors in the studio and post-class performance summary email makes it a breeze to track your progress and set goals for yourself. You Have A Clear Goal The physiological design of Orangetheory is to get 12 to 20 minutes of training at 84% or higher of your maximum heart rate during the class (branded as the Orange zone). This design produces workout afterburn effect, which is an increased metabolic rate for 24-36 hours after the workout. On my first class I logged 17 mins in this zone. Hair flip. Rock Out All of the coaches have great tunes that are usually blasted. I love this. Shout Outs The coaches affirm your hard work during and after the class! Sure, when you have a great run outside you feel a sense of accomplishment. Or when you have a strong lift day it feels awesome. It also feels great to receive a compliment when you know you pushed myself out of your comfort zone. It can only help you; surrounding yourself with positive people is important to living a meaningful life. (Author Bonus!) Going makes me think of my hero On a personal note, my older sister who some of you may know as momtreprenuer Coach Kimmy, teaches at Shred415, which has a similar class structure of alternating between weight-training and cardio, however one difference is that at Shred415, the cardio is done on a Woodway treadmill, a bodyweight-powered device that’s lower in impact than a traditional machine. Anyway, I have taken her classes (and limped around the following day…HA) and well, tbh going to Orangetheory makes me think of and feel connected to my sis. Want more? Here are 5 Things To Know Before Your First Orangetheory Class and their main website. Columnist Archive

Workplace situations we dont talk about

Workplace situations we dont talk about There are some things about work that are difficult for even me to write about. These are the issues that I have not quite worked out for myself. I wonder if I am normal in these areas? Maybe no one is talking about them, but they are thinking still. And if no one else is thinking about this stuff, why do I think about it? One thing Ive learned on this blog, though, is that most of my personal qualities that feel weird to me are actually pretty common traits among thinking people who desire self-knowledge. So to those people, I hope this blog gives you a sense of fitting in. And, here are three workplace issues that I wonder if you think about as much as I do. 1. Having a huge crush on your boss. Seriously, I have never worked for a guy for more than three months without developing a huge crush. This is, in part, because I have been fired so often that any guy I did not last three months with probably fired me and probably had no synergy with me. But the bosses I did well with, I developed mad crushes on. All of them. Of course, I have worked always for good-looking men. (But, statistically, most of us have good-looking bosses.) I have always grown more attracted to my boss as we did better in the business. And I have noticed that it snowballs: The better we did together the more attracted I became, and the more attracted I was, the more tuned in I was to his thinking, and that made me better at work. I have never slept with a boss. I like to think that I would have said no. (Though Im not sure.) But I did find, through advice and personal experience, that women who work for men who are attracted to them have a little bit of power from that attraction. But the women lose that power if they give in and sleep with the guy. This seems right. (Hopefully you will all provide great case studies in the comments.) 2. Not knowing whether a meeting is a date. Recently I met a guy for lunch. On the weekend. He is a big name. Big enough that developers have wet dreams about meeting him in person. Big enough that one of the first things he said to me when I met him was that I cant use his name in a blog post. So Im not telling who he is, but its just as well, because while his email was innocuous, the farmer happened to read it and said, This guy wants to get in your pants. I pointed out to the farmer that the email could have been written exactly the same way if Mr. King-of-Developers had been sending it to a guy. The farmer didnt care. Maybe the farmer is uppity because he also sent a sort-of innocuous email to me in order to get me to come to his farm, and, presumably, date him. So maybe he would know what that kind of email looks like. I never know. One time I thought it was a date and the guy really just wanted to know what I was like in person. He genuinely had no romantic interest in me even though he took me to a restaurant that seemed to specialize in romantic dinners. But its nearly impossible to tell for sure. I am a single woman, and when I get an email from a single guy who just wants to get together and meet because we both know we are both interesting, well, who knows if it is a date or not? And really, it doesnt matter. I mean, we do the same thing at a business lunch and a date: figure out if we like talking enough to talk more. So I just usually try to ignore that I never know if something is a date or not. But I have to say that the King of Developers was cute and fun and interesting and am I the only woman in the world who has this problem? No, right? But why arent people talking about it more? 3. Figuring out what to wear to the office at 10pm. Since Im at a startup, and I also work odd hours, I find myself in the office at odd hours. For example, I often leave work in the afternoon to pick up my kids, so it seems reasonable that if people want to meet with me later, after the kids are in bed, I say yes. But I go running at night. And one thing I know about myself is that if I dont put on running clothes before 9pm, Ill never actually go running. So what do I wear to a 10pm meeting? Running clothes, of course. I run a lot late at night, and I usually run in very dumpy clothes. After all, the only people seeing me at that hour are potential rapists. (Note to women: You are more likely to get attacked while running if you wear a pony tail. So I never do.) But if I go to work first, I feel like I need to look good in the running clothes. So, I confess to wearing Lululemon brand pants because they make my butt look so good. Well, not just my butt, but every butt in New York City. And San Francisco, and Boulder, and everywhere else where women who have enough money to prop up their butt for on-lookers do so. But I feel a bit guilty. Of course workout clothes are not appropriate for work. But its 10pm. And the people at work at 10pm are often about to spend the night at the office and theyll smell bad the next morning. And thats not appropriate either, but just in a different way.

Resume Writing Illustration

Resume Writing IllustrationResume writing illustration is an essential part of your job. You can use your resume to show yourself and the potential employer your previous experiences, skills, education, awards, letters of recommendation, and your achievements in the recent past as well.You may be too busy to go through hundreds of pages of resumes on paper, so you might want to try using some online samples. There are free samples available in the internet that can help you to demonstrate your interests, and abilities in a nutshell. Some examples of resume examples are displayed below.'Please list all of your academic degrees and credits earned such as bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degree, professional degree, and business degree.' This sample shows what kind of details you should include. It also informs what type of information to include and when to put it in. By listing your achievements in a sentence or two, you will not forget them later or need to look for that information again.'Please list your highest level of education in English, History, Mathematics, and other areas that interest you most. If you have taken courses in any of these fields, list them here as well.' In the samples, this information is displayed in one line, but you may find that it would take you longer if you were trying to put together several pages. Make sure that you put it at the end of your resume.'Please indicate your current employment status here.' Your prospective employer will need to know your current position, your salary, your salary range, and the months you will be working for him/her. You must first of all be clear on the kind of job you are applying for, before you can answer this question.'Please indicate the contents of your bank or credit card statements.' Your potential employer is looking for everything he/she could possibly need to evaluate you, so the first thing you must do is inform them of your finances. This is the most important step of you r resume, and you should make sure that it is accurate.'Please list all of your loans from private sources and from banks, as well as all of your loans from your current or former employers.' There is no need to wait until you have finally filed for bankruptcy just to apply for another loan. You do not want to give your future employer any reason to think negatively about you, right?Before you fill out your resume, you should look for the informational sample that you can use in order to get some good practice. After you have this sample, you can take it further and put some details in your resume without having to worry about grammar and spelling errors.

Find Your Networking Bridge on September 11 and Every Other Day of the Year

Find Your Networking Bridge on September 11 and Every Other Day of the Year I just returned from an amazing two-day beach retreat with a group of colleagues I deeply admire and respect. We talked business, but we also bonded as friends, sharing stories about our lives, our hopes, and our dreams.The relationships and friendships I have developed with colleagues over the years have influenced my career more than any other work-related project ever could. Its often the little moments with colleagues; the chat about weekend plans, a family event, or a future life goal that cement strong work relationships and build rapport and trust and a robust network of advocates who can help you throughout your career.I pause and think about the power of these relationships every year on September 11. Prior to 2001, I worked in the building adjacent to the World Trade Center that was connected by a long indoor bridge. Colleagues would routinely walk across that bridge to get to their offices and during the trek would chat about what seemed to be nothing but were really the b rief conversations that over the course of time helped solidify the relationship. The conversations on the bridge served as the link between colleague and friend. That physical bridge disappeared on September 11, 2001, but the relationships remain, stronger than ever. Find your bridge between colleague and friend and nurture it to build great relationships that feed your soul and your career.September 11 reminds me of great chaos and incredible loss. But being with extraordinary thought leaders and genuine friends on a beautiful beach on September 11 reminds me of beauty, rejuvenation, and hope. Sometimes the work world feels chaotic, but amazing colleagues who become friends help keep the possibility of doing great and meaningful work alive.

Happiness at work at Atlassian - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Happiness at work at Atlassian - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog This is how Australian software company Atlassian present their values on their web sites about page: Open company, no bullshit Atlassian embraces transparency wherever at all practical, and sometimes where impractical. All information, both internal and external, is public by default. We are not afraid of being honest with ourselves, our staff and our customers. Build with heart and balance Everyday we try to build products that are useful and that people lust after. Building with heart means really caring about what were making and doing ? its a mission, not just a job. When we build with balance we take into account how initiatives and decisions will affect our colleagues, our customers and our stakeholders. Dont #@!% the customer When we make internal decisions we ask ourselves ?how will this affect our customers?? If the answer is that it would screw them, or make life more difficult, then we need to find a better way. We want the customer to respect us in the morning. Play, as a team We want all Atlassians to feel like they work with Atlassian, not for Atlassian. We think its important to have fun with your workmates while working and contributing to the Atlassian team. Be the change you seek We think Gandhi had it pretty right when he said ?We need to be the change we wish to see in the world?. At Atlassian we encourage everyone to create positive change ? were constantly looking for ways to improve our company, our products and our environment. Not only are these some good values to have, theyre also presented in a way that is fun, irreverent and different. I love that number one is No bullshit and I love the little icons that support the message. Your take What do you think of Atlassians values? Does your company have values? Do you knowem? Does anyone? Do you live by them? Do they inspire you in any way? Write a comment, Id like to know Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related