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Need a job? Why should I hire you?
Abridged: CareerBuilder
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Be prepared to answer the question "why should I hire you" during your job interview. Recently, Stephanie Somogyi Miller was interviewing candidates for an entry-level position at her company, Spread PR, a Miller/Hamilton company. Over the course of 20 candidates Miller quickly realized that many job seekers were unprepared when she asked them, "Why should I hire you?"
"I thought it gave people the opportunity to tell me what they wanted to tell me, versus me asking a million questions," Miller says. Only one candidate was able to give an answer without stumbling. What's worse, Miller couldn't envision any of these applicants having a coherent conversation with a reporter if her one question was causing so much distress. "It is so hard to get a job these days, and I really expected people to be on their game," she says. "I guess it made my job easier though, because when I finally met someone who knew what was up, I hired her on the spot."
In today's job market, where many people have found themselves out of a job, you need to have the right answers to beat out the competition! Give examples of your experience by going above and beyond what's expected. Employers are looking for someone to solve problems and help with their work load. This can often be done by extra effort and pointing out how quickly you learn and apply knowledge to situations.
How to land a job over the competition
Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- To land a job over the competition, you have to work smarter. The hard part is to get your resume into the hands of the hiring manager first! Good jobs aren't on the market very long. To succeed your resume has to be available to the employer the moment they decide to fill a position.
One easy way to be found by employers who are looking to hire someone with your skills, is to post your resume on all the top career websites. As soon as an employer needs someone, this is the first place they look. It's a proven, documented method of successful job searching. While it may take a fair amount of time to find and fill out the forms of all these websites, you will definitely multiply your chances of landing a job.
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Job search tips for a jobless recovery
Abridged: Business Week
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- With the economy headed toward what many believe will be a jobless recovery, the hunt is on for industries where pockets of job growth are a real possibility. Predictions say that when the recovery comes, early job growth will be in health care, education, government, and green business. Here's how to get ready today for the jobs of tomorrow.
Forget the advice you've been given so far, and cast a wide net. Many job seekers are advised, and wisely so, to narrow their job search whenever possible based on their preferences and career goals. But in a tight economy, it may help to broaden your scope. Consider a greater number of companies, industries, or geographic locations if your current list is not yet yielding opportunities.
Be prepared to move. When the recovery comes, it's likely to impact some places earlier than others. According to a report by MSNBC and Moody's Economy.com (MCO), job growth will return first to Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas, and Washington State, starting in the fourth quarter, as pent-up demand for new technology spur the local economies. And in the second quarter of 2010 a second wave of job growth is expected in Alabama, Georgia, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Back to school time: $90 billion pumped into education
Abridged: Business Week
NEW YORK, NY -- The educational establishment might not seem as if it holds much hope for job-seekers. After all, with cash-strapped states cutting back on educational aid to local school districts, few are in a position to ramp up hiring. Even colleges and universities, victims of a recessionary one-two punch that has cut deeply into state aid and endowment income, are cutting back.
But that may be about to change. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will pump $90 billion into education. Over the next eight years job growth in the sector is expected to put teaching, post-secondary and elementary, among the fastest-growing occupations in the nation. To land a job in education when you lack the necessary training and experience isn't easy. But there are back-door routes.
The academic hurdles for being a teacher's aide or substitute teacher are far lower--you can do both jobs before you even get your undergraduate degree. Consider signing up for a two-year teaching gig with "Teach for America", the organization that dispatches grads to teach in urban and rural schools. No special qualifications are needed, and TFA is growing--over the next two years it expects to increase the number of teachers in the classroom by 17%, to 4,224.
Is it time to update your job skills? Earn a degree...
Staff Writer, The Career News
NEW YORK, NY -- If you think that the only way to earn a degree is to spend gobs of money and traverse across a complicated college campus, taking anywhere from two to eight years to get your Associate's, Bachelor's or Master's or even doctorate degree...think again. With advances in technology, you can now get your degree online, from an accredited university in your spare time and from the comfort of your own home.
Jennifer Day, Chief of the Education and Social Stratification Branch at the U.S. Census Bureau says, "In 1999, average annual earnings ranged from $19,000 for high school dropouts, to $26,000 for high school graduates, and $45,000 for college graduates and $99,000 for the holders of professional degrees. That includes medical doctors, dentists, veterinarians and lawyers.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau the difference in lifetime earnings between a high school diploma and bachelor's degree is a million dollars. Add on a master's degree and you can expect to earn an additional half a million dollars in earnings. Those with professional degrees earn much more - about 4.4 million dollars during their working life. To learn more about available schools & programs, and instantly request complimentary course catalogs of the ones you like, go to Find-The-Right-School.
Where, oh where, has my application gone?
Abridged: New York Times
NEW YORK, NY -- Getting a rejection letter is a painful part of job hunting, but at least it means you've been noticed. These days, I've been hearing about more job hunters who respond to online job postings, only to hear nothing back. Was the position filled? Did the hiring manager even see the application? You may never know. That's why working with a recruiter and headhunter might help. They let applicants know where their job applications stand.
The Internet has made it absurdly easy to apply for jobs. This means that unqualified people are clogging the system with their wing-and-a-prayer applications. So how do you make your presence known without looking like a pest? The best job seekers "take control of their application's destiny. That means working hard to find a contact at the company who can be your advocate or a conduit to the hiring manager. If you know someone at the company personally, ask him or her to forward your application to the right person.
Do some research and look on the company's website for a name. Contact recruiters and hiring managers that specialize in your industry. Working with a professional recruiter or headhunter can help you apply to unadvertised jobs that never make it to the job boards. And don't pin your hopes on just one job! Work full-time on a multifaceted approach that includes online resume distribution, networking, and posting to niche job boards.
Recruiters often know about unadvertised jobs
Staff Writer, The Career News
CARLSBAD, CA -- If you feel like you've simply hit a wall in your job search, maybe it's time to let someone else find you a job. Have you ever considered hiring a recruiter? Or, better yet, hiring hundreds of them? Resume Mailman is a service that has already pre-screened hundreds of recruiters that are anxiously waiting to help you find the job of your dreams!
Most recruiters know of hundreds of jobs that are not advertised in conventional places like classified ads or online job boards. Using a recruiter is the only way to tap into these hidden jobs. And, using several recruiters is the best way to be considered for thousands of unadvertised jobs - jobs that might suit you perfectly. Resume Mailman asks you to fill out some general information and input your resume. Then, your information is instantly delivered to recruiters who specialize in finding jobs for people with your skills, in your area!
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Five minutes to job interview success
Abridged: Midwest Business
CHICAGO, IL -- The first five minutes of any job interview are critical in the selection process. For candidates seeking employment at a job fair, an initial interview with a company may last only five minutes. A job seeker has to be qualified in order to get the job but there will always be several other people who are equally qualified as far as the interviewer is concerned.
In the end, you will be hired because the interviewer personally likes you the best, not because you are the most qualified. And many interviewers, will know whether or not he or she likes you the best within the first five minutes! First impressions are vital, knowing that the interviewer will be speaking with several candidates within a short period of time. If you do not make a good impression immediately, the chances are that you will not be able to recover.
It means that you have little margin for error in presenting yourself. If you do present yourself in an unfavorable manner in the interviewer's opinion, you have erased your likability factor. If you wish to sell any product successfully, it is necessary to know all you can about the product. In respect to the job search, the selling is done at the job interview and the product you must know so thoroughly is yourself!
Interview technique guaranteed to land jobs
Staff Writer, The Career News
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Diligent job seekers spend hours creating resumes & cover letters, searching through job postings, reviewing classifieds and networking -- all in order to get an interview. Yet most of them don't spend nearly enough time learning what to do when they get one! And with the job market as competitive as it is, you just can't afford to blow an interview.
The skills needed to do the job and the skills needed to get the job are two completely separate things. Even in today's competitive job market, the most qualified person rarely gets the job. Additionally, interviews are harder to get than before. When the job market was booming it took an average of 3 interviews to get 1 job offer. Now it takes 17. The key is have a great interview, where the interviewer actually pictures you doing the job.
If you want to be that person, there's a little known secret you can put together for your next interview that literally forces the interviewer to picture you filling the position, and to visualize actually hiring you -- asap. Using this method guarantees you'll stand out from the crowd and shoot straight to the top of the "must hire" list. For more information, follow this link. |
