Jul 18

Considering you haven’t accumulated that much.

For example,

A job requires that you have 2 years experience. However, you’re a fresh graduate BUT the degree you have is very much aligned with what they are looking for. Should you pursue or not? What are the chances of being considered? Accepted even?
How about if you have a Masters degree? Surely that counts for something more than work experience from a repetitive and dull job. Or is it still irrelevant?

Companies consider actual work experience as desirable as it saves a lot of time training-wise.
Schools made the mistake of hiring young teachers - university graduates - with absolutely no idea of how to handle 30-40 students at a time rather than giving experienced teachers the opportunity to return to the profession

Jul 1

Where can I get suitable candidates for vacancies in my company ?

I think www.eindiahr.com is the best.

Jun 19

I’m trying to find work for any/all of the major festivals (Glastonbury/Reading or Leeds/V2010/Big Chill/etc). I’ve applied to quite a few but still not heard back from any.

Is anyone working at any festivals this year and can you recommend some company names?

Thanks,

Hiya, We (development charity ActionAid) are still recruiting for festival volunteers: http://www.actionaid.org.uk/101570/volunteer_at_the_festivals.html

Also we have a competition going to find a backstage reporter for Reading festival. You’d have to interview bands backstage about our campaign against hunger. We’re asking for video entries, all the info is here:
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/102462/work_it_competition.html

May 31

How do you know that there were any vacancies, if any, in the 144,000 class if Jesus offered this to first century Christians? How does the organization know the exact number of vacancies today without any records from the first century?

We don’t know, but you don’t argue with the holy spirit.

Once again, Tara speaks nonsense. Tara, why do you find it so fun to pretend to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Apr 30

Apart from checking the local newspapers, browsing the Internet and keeping an eye on the bulletin boards for fresh job opportunities, effective networking or finding information about the latest vacancies from your warm contacts is also a very good job-seeking technique.

What is Networking?

In effective networking, you use your warm contacts to gain information about something or someone who can guide you. Your warm contacts are usually a mine of latest information about companies and vacant positions that you can’t find on job portals and employment sections. Even if they cannot give you any help with regard to specific jobs, they can at least refer you to people or companies who are in a better position to help you. This is what is commonly called effective networking.

Many people are not attracted to the concept of networking on the grounds that the information you get from people cannot really be relied on. Others are of the opinion that networking is even more difficult that just following the simple, straightforward leads in a newspaper, job portal, or bulletin board.

In reality, networking is quite easy. Meeting the right person will set you on the right track. Moreover, there is an added advantage–since your warm contacts are people belonging to the same profession as you, they are in a better position to provide you authentic information about unadvertised jobs and about their experiences of working in a particular company.

All of us network to a certain extent. Some of us are not aware that we are networking. The minute we spot an advertisement in the newspaper, we ask friends or relatives if they know someone who works in that company. Even if networking does not seem to be an attractive idea, it really helps a great deal when you are hunting for a job.

These are a few guidelines that can help you use networking effectively:

1. Assess Yourself

This is a step that should be followed before you call your warm contact. Your warm contact may want to know about your skills, abilities, expectations, career goals, experiences, interests, and so on. You should be absolutely clear with regard to these points and should also be able to communicate them clearly so that your warm contact gets the idea and will be in a position to assist you.

You can prepare a written script of what to say. In this way, you will be in a better position to communicate clearly with your warm contacts.

Expect your warm contact to ask you many questions about yourself and practise answering these questions, especially about your work history and your ability to function and grow in a particular company.

2. List Your Warm Contacts

Listing your warm contacts will help you select a few people whom you feel can best help you or might have authentic knowledge about the company and the job. These people could be colleagues, former employers, or those who are in the same profession as you. They can be relied upon to provide the authentic, latest information.

3. Talk to Your Warm Contacts

Tell your warm contacts that you are in need of a job, and ask them if they have heard of any vacancies in any company. It is advisable to communicate to them the exact nature of the job you are seeking.

Provide them your contact details so that they can inform you in case they come to know of something that might interest you. You should also give them a copy of your resume so that they can show it to the relevant people.

4. Request Your Warm Contact to Refer You to Someone

In case your warm contact can’t give you any information, ask him or her to refer you to one or two people who can assist and guide you. Request their contact details and also the time at which they might be available for a telephonic conversation.

5. Contact Referrals at Once

Don’t delay calling the people your warm contact has refered you to because he or she might have already contacted them and asked them to expect your call. It is always better to contact referrals some days after your conversation with your warm contact.

Introduce yourself to the referral and tell him or her who referred him or her to you and your relationship with that person. Be honest and straightforward when you request the information that you seek.

Effective networking is not really difficult. You may need some practise initially; but with time, you can get the most out of networking.

Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/networking-skills-5-ways-job-seekers-can-use-their-warm-contacts-702918.html

Apr 10

Hello,
I am 16 years old and I would like to get into the bridal business when i am older. I was just wondering if anyone knows of any bridal shops in bradford, west yorkshire who have any vacancies.

Thanks

Your best best would be to use the information on the link below (yell.com of local bridal businesses).
Write an open letter, detailing information about yourself i.e how old you are, your interests etc then take the copies with you round to all the local shops, and then had a copy to the manager of each shop.

Even if non are looking to employ someone at the moment, why not offer to do a couple of hours for free as work experience, work hard there and they may offer you a position when one becomes available. Also it’s a great way to get a good reference that you can use in the future. Best of luck x

Mar 17

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Mar 13

What is the purpose of a CV? Basically your CV is to get you to an interview. If you are looking for a career or just a gas job, you have to register your CV with a recruitment agency that specializes in that sector.

Your CV is the shop window in which you display your skills, knowledge and experience. Your CV is the first and most vital step on your road to employment in the gas, oil and petrochemical industry. Most recruitment in this sector is done through specialist gas and oil recruitment companies.

As a would be employee looking for gas jobs for example, most recruitment sites will register your CV on their database for free. Gas job recruitment sites bring as a matter of course position finding tools and a job applicant tracking system. Once your CV is registered you can receive email job vacancies if you opt in to that service.

But it always comes back to your CV to get you to the next, interview stage, of the recruitment process. Recruitment sites will offer CV uploading and browsing functions along with featured and corporate recruitment sections to give candidates a guide to the vacancy situation.

Both candidates and recruiters can manage their own adverts from the content management system. As a gas job seeker you will decide what is published, edited or deleted from your profile. In this way you can manage your own requirements during your job seeking process at no extra cost.

So for candidates it is free to register with most gas job recruitment companies and they will always feature a profile section and automated e mail updates for new vacancies. The whole labor market for oil, gas and petrochemical jobs has developed a sophisticated recruitment sector.

So how can you as a candidate for a gas or oil job be sure that your CV will get you to the interviews that you want? Ideally your CV should give a clear and precise (need we say truthful?) rundown of your career, skills, experience and qualities. The aim is to both persuade and to potential oil and gas companies to assess your suitability for any particular gas job. Writing and laying out your CV from a blank sheet and updating it when necessary, is a good self-development exercise. For one thing it helps to highlight and guard against possible training needs in your skills set.

A CV that is arranged in reverse time order is the commonest format. With this approach you describe your gas job history working back from now, through to your first position. The rationale for doing it this way is to highlight your most recent and relevant achievements. Evidence of recent achievements is always more relevant and meaningful than those of, say 5, 10 or 15 years ago.

You will almost certainly target your CV and in particular your personal profile to point out the match between the qualities that you have and the requirements of the prospective employer.

Lina Smith
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/the-best-gas-jobs-begin-with-your-cv-735694.html

Mar 11

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