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Job Hunting Tip: Organize Your Attack Looking for work is an energy-devouring ordeal, often leading to running in circles and not getting anywhere. A systematic approach can help you focus on your goal, avoid wasting the energy you need ...... Similar Editorial : Job Hunting by Paul Shearstone. | Source : Business Guide
Bye-Bye Bread I don't know about you, but I absolutely love bread - not the soft, fluffy, rubber stuff sold as an edible napkin, but the scrunchy, chewy, whole grain staff of life bread. I can pass by decorated cakes without a twinge and eyeball ice cream as if were something alien and unappealing. But show me a... Source : Weight Losing Food
Employment Interviewing: Ask For The Job We walk into an interview with the unspoken assumption that the employer knows we want the job. Except for practice interviewing or cold calling, we put out the time and energy for an interview because we think the position is worthwhile and will be a good fit.The employer may be interviewing many people for one position and has to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate in a very...... Similar Editorial : Bullseye Interviewing by Tamara Jong. | Source : Job Interview Questions
The Language Of Blogs I read over a lot of blogs each week, casually surfing one ortwo of the blog exchanges I belong.I realized yesterday that I seldom read the whole entry unlessit's very short. Many are quite uncomfortable to read, somedownright excruciating, in terms of their grammatical skills,spelling, and style. Because it is such an immediate andoff-the-cuff personal expression, do the standard language...... Similar Editorial : The Problems with Blogs by Jesse S. Somer. | Source : Create Blog Site
Age-Proof Your Resume Older job hunters fear interviews where their age cannot be concealed and where an initial response of dismay on an interviewer's face, quickly hidden, confirms their anticipation of discrimination. The mature job seeker often prefers the anonymity of mailed resumes, e-mailed inquiries, internet applications, and telephone contacts.Interviews, however, are the goal of everyone who wants to work....... Source : Cover Letter
Careers: Are We Pre-Programmed To Be Productive? Toiling away at our daily grind, we dream of running away to Hawaii or the South Pacific where we can lie on the beach and do absolutely nothing.Some of us are lucky enough to take a vacation there and temporarily cut ourselves off from the world of responsibilities and demands and worries. We breathe easier, sleep deeper, eat more heartily. It is truly paradise.It's wonderful because we have a...... Similar Editorial : Photography Careers by Ziv Haparnas. | Source : Job Boards
Job Hunting Tips: Time Management There is an old adage that "Looking for a job is harder than working." How true! The rigors of job search are magnified by the turmoil we experience: lack of self-confidence, humiliation, financial pressure, and the undercurrent of emotions that color all we do: fear, anger, depression, anxiety, loss. One practical step we can take to lower the stress and conserve our energy for finding work, not...... Similar Editorial : Apartment Hunting Tips by David Riewe. | Source : Reward Employees
Job Search: Knock Out The Competition Most of the time, competition stimulates us, gets our juices flowing, generates creativity, a sense of excitement, and motivates us to perform at our best. Looking for work is another matter! When it comes to financial survival, to regaining independence and self-worth, competition can be crippling. We apply for a job in the fervent hope that hundreds of others are not also applying. Finding work...... Similar Editorial : Job Search by Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A.. | Source : Texas Employment
Unemployment Blues: Jobs And Immigration During the past few weeks, and surely for weeks to come, there has been a national focus in the United States on the problems and benefits of illegal immigration. While the many sides debate over amnesty, guest worker programs, routes to citizenship, strengthening the borders, and whether illegal immigrants should be considered felons, the reality of the situation remains unchanged. There are...... Similar Editorial : Unemployment Blues by renfield. | Source : Employee Rewards
Unemployment: Become Your Own Job Coach After we've read all the advice, listened to the Job Fair lectures, and heard what our friends and co-workers tell us, it is still terribly difficult to go out and do things that are really uncomfortable.Mailing out resumes and submitting applications on line is so safe. We're not risking ourselves because it is impersonal and anonymous. We know, deep down, that the chance of a positive response...... Similar Editorial : What is Unemployment by Richa Sinha. | Source : Firing Employee
Personal Contacts: The Key To Successful Networking When the word "networking" is used, we tend to think of upwardly mobile college graduates with a bursting day timer in hand chatting up the competition at business meetings, conventions, or workshops. The average blue/pink/white collar worker disconnects, feeling that they could never be that pushy, don't know enough people to even start the attempt, and that the method only works in competitive...... Similar Editorial : Get More Personal by Josh Hinds. | Source : Achievement And Success
Unemployment Blues: Getting Active Unemployment is depressing: financial pressures stress you out, looking for work is humiliating, and your fragile self-confidence reels under the blows of indifference and rejection.It becomes harder to get up in the morning, to take care of yourself, to be supportive and loving to those around you, to swing energetically into job search activities.Here are 7 tips on beating those I-want-to-get-a...... Similar Editorial : Unemployment Blues by renfield. | Source : Michigan Career Builder
Unemployment Blues: Take Back Control One of the most emotionally crippling aspects of unemployment is the sense of powerlessness it engenders. Job layoff triggers financial pressures, emotional distress, family turmoil, and dashed career hopes. It is forced on us by unrelenting fate, an emotionally disengaged employer, and economic currents that have little to do with us personally. We feel that we have no control over our situation,...... Similar Editorial : Unemployment Blues by renfield. | Source : Michigan Career Builder
Unemployment Blues: Losing Ourselves When we lose our jobs, no matter the reason, we lose a big part of our identity. Think of the last several times you met new people. After names are exchanged and polite comments made on whatever event you are attending, the question quickly arises: "What do you do?"It's a pleasant starting point for conversation and usually gives rise to many questions or a lively discussion. It also allows us to...... Similar Editorial : Unemployment Blues by renfield. | Source : Michigan Career Builder
Unemployment Blues: Mind Over Mood Our lives are tranquil and smooth so seldom, it seems. We have our ups-and-downs, our good days and bad days, our sunny moods and black moods. The less we swing in opposite directions, the happier we tend to be. The biology of our bodies craves balance and consistency -- changes in our thought patterns and emotions interrupt the regularity of our nerve pathways leading to chemical inbalance and...... Similar Editorial : Unemployment Blues by renfield. | Source : Michigan Career Builder
A Sense Of Security Practice these tips to build a sense of security, even if initially fragile, and your mental outlook will bloom, allowing you to remain calm in the face of the panic of those around you who walk in co...... Similar Editorial : A Sense Of Humor by Garland Choate. | Source : Recruitment
All The Cheat Codes When the weight loss stops for two or three days, or a week, break out your cheat codes and give one of them a whirl before you throw up your hands in disgust and conclude This diet isnt working fo...... Similar Editorial : All Cheat Codes For by Roberto Bell. | Source : Weight Loss Patch
The French Fry: Weapon Of Mass Destruction? Americans have their French fries, the British have their chips, Latin America has its papas fritas, and the French have their pommes-frites. We love them. The potato, that most ubiquitous and perennially popular vegetable, is simply sliced into strips and deep fried. The fast food chains have manag... Similar Editorial : A Toast to French Wines by Gideon Laston. | Source : Simple Italian Recipes
