http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/ JobSeekers Blog Sat, 03 May 2008 11:50:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2008. http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Sat, 03 May 2008 19:47:02 GMT It doesn't require much to get involved in the fight against one of our health's biggest enemies: mesothelioma cancer. In fact: it only takes your decision to take action to help mesothelioma cancer victims create and fund a $30 million per year federal program. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc., or MARF, has just been created to raise funds for research on new therapies for malignant mesothelioma cancer. Asbestos Mesothelioma is a cancer that affects thousands each year. The fatal disease appears in the form of a malignant tumor that aggressively invades the linings of... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:18:01 GMT One of the most key elements of success in a job search is the resume and the engineering resume can often be one of the more difficult documents to develop. The engineering resume is the engineering job seeker's primary marketing document that sells the product - the skills and experience of the engineer. To be effective, an engineering resume must grab the attention of the reader in 35-45 seconds. A good engineering resume will extend that attention span to over a minute. A successful resume will prompt the reader to contact the job seeker. In effect, the success of the job search revolves... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/14.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:53:16 GMT Some companies ask for a CV when you're applying. Here are some tips on how to make a good CV A perfect CV layout has 2 objectives: To illustrate your strengths and maximise your chances of getting through to interview and to put factual information, such as dates, places, names together in a presentable and readable form. Focal Point It is claimed that the human eyes are naturally drawn to a focal point one third down from the top of the page. Therefore, put your most useful information in this area. It might be your Profile, Key Skills, Professional Qualifications or details of your... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/13.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:02:52 GMT Five worst ways of hunting for job: The five worst ways to try to find a job, listed in order from worst to least worst (awful grammar!) are: Using The Internet: The success rate of using the internet turns out to be around 4%. That is out every 100 job hunters who use the internet as their search method only four will find a job, while 96 job hunters out of a 100 will not find the jobs that are out there, if they use only the internet to search for jobs. 4% is a summary of a range, so if you are seeking a technical or computer related job, an IT job, or a job in engineering,... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/12.html Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:15:36 GMT I had a recent exchange of e-mails with someone who wrote: "39 dollars for a book that proclaims itself to be a way out of depression and feelings of worthlessness for unemployed people? Tell me: what does a PsyD know about unemployment and low-self-worth? This price tag is atrocious. You are victimizing the unemployed, the societal outsider, and I do not appreciate it." After my initial response, he wrote back: "I can't say I expected any less than what you've given... a total dismissal of my opinion. Do you see no injustice in the "Catch 22" of expensive "ways out" of financial... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/11.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:52:27 GMT Your perspective on resumes: what they are and how they function - will doubtless influence how well you can write your own. To create an outstanding resume, begin by questioning and replacing some of the commonly held assumptions about resume writing. Assumption #1: “A resume is a personal history, and prospective employers will read it primarily to learn about past jobs and accomplishments.” Replace with: A resume is best thought of as a proposal, rather than a history. Although a resume does primarily include information about your personal history, its chief aim should be to convey... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:42:08 GMT Some interviewers do a good job and make sure they ask you pertinent questions. However, most interviewers are not good at interviewing and therefore will not ask you questions that will let you provide information showing how you're qualified and can do the job. A study by psychology professors Hunter & Schmidt in "Psychology Today" found a typical employment interview is only 7 percent more accurate than flipping a coin. This is because the typical interviewer doesn't know the right questions to ask and makes a decision based on their "gut feeling" about a candidate. Unless you're... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:29:37 GMT Sticking to fundamental business principles is the basis for successful career planning. To us this means that our customers are able to lock up job high-paying offers in as little as 14 days or less. Old-fashioned methods that require seemingly unending mailings and postings of resumes just don't get it anymore. It can take weeks or months to achieve mediocre results. I recently had the good fortune to read an article about career success by Larry Thompson, a Hollywood producer. It struck me as a fabulous piece of career planning advice. Thompson reports that, in his experience, there... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:27:25 GMT In the past, applying for a job meant looking through the classified ads in the local paper. The advent of the internet has created various job sites online making it easier for someone to apply for work in another state and in even in another country. It has made the world a smaller place with everything at one's fingertip and just a click away. Most job sites will require a person to open an account, fill in certain information and deposit a resume. These sites usually ask for pertinent information such as the person's name, age, address, contact number and social security number.... (more) http://jobseeker.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:12:51 GMT When it came to finding a job in a crowded city of millions, it’s much easier on one’s sanity to sign up with one of the many employment agencies which helps job seekers looking for work. Many years ago, when I was a young job-searching greenhorn, I ventured to New York City to take a bite out of the big apple of opportunity. I scoured the newspaper and found a large ad for one such well-known employment agency. True to their word, they promptly sent me off on several interviews – none of which I felt particularly comfortable at. Needless to say, I didn’t get any job offers. While nursing a... (more)