...Awad 1 Awad Abu Awad Prof Frias English 015 25 February 2016 Take Off a Tie Put On a Skill These days, finding a job can be an irritating process for new graduates due to life changes that has been made throughout the past years regarding businesses in several majors. It is terrifying to see how 23% of the college students spend 2-6 months searching for a job after their college graduation. After many days and nights of hard work, the dreams of sitting in a chair at a well-known company can turn into thoughts of regret written all over job advertisements in the Tuesday newspaper in a basement. Job hunting can only be as difficult as it seems when recent graduation takes role in the lack of experience, credit points become a daily issue due to the lack of finance management and unemployment becomes a main fear of a job searcher. Changes are made every year, new graduates should be taught to deal with these changes to be fully prepared for what the future awaits. Degrees are meaningless as years of practice and experience become one of the top requirements for an interview of a certain field. Nowadays, many companies’ top priority is success. One of the reasons behind failure in a business is not the idea of repeated mistakes, but the lack of experience. This is the reason behind marking degrees as a meaningless tool and instead accepting skills and years of experience as predators of success....
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...I am looking to change careers and while I have an idea of the career direction I want to go, I don’t have a specific job title in mind. This search database will open the door to descriptions of numerous and different travel occupations even some I never heard of. The Interest Profiler helps you discover different types of work activities and occupations that you might like and find exciting. The other career tool I found to be very useful was the Work Importance Profiler, which helps you determine what is important to you in a job. One area, I looked into was Event Planning and found some interesting job titles and descriptions. If you are called an Event Planner, the requirements depend on the experience level and a bachelor degree is strongly preferred, but not necessary if the experience is there. The higher the job level such as Assistant Director, Director, Executive Event Planner the higher the experience and education level needed; some require a masters’ degree in addition to the work experience. For example, if you want to be Director of Meetings and Conferences, you must have a Bachelor degree, but a masters’ is strongly preferred with a 2yr minimum experience level. There is confirmation that these Event Planning positions are a good career path to take, the O*NET website lists the career as having a bright outlook for the future. The job descriptions vary and there are several...
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...Locating jobs Common methods of job hunting are: Finding a job through a friend or an extended business network, personal network, or online social network service Using an employment website Job listing search engines Looking through the classifieds in newspapers Using a private or public employment agency or recruiter Looking on a company's web site for open jobs, typically in its applicant tracking system Going to a job fair Using professional guidance such as outplacement services that give training in writing a résumé, applying for jobs and how to be successful at interview. Visiting an organisation to find out whether it is recruiting staff or will be doing so in the near future. As of 2010, less than 10% of U.S. jobs are filled through online ads.[1] Researching the employers Many job seekers research the employers to which they are applying, and some employers see evidence of this as a positive sign of enthusiasm for the position or the company, or as a mark of thoroughness. Information collected might include open positions, full name, locations, web site, business description, year established, revenues, number of employees, stock price if public, name of chief executive officer, major products or services, major competitors, and strengths and weaknesses. Networking Contacting as many people as possible is a highly effective way to find a job. It is estimated that 50% or higher of all jobs are found through...
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...While looking at jobs on Indeed.com I was able to find a couple of positions that I found interesting once I get my degree and also my certifications. One position that I found was Network Engineer 1 in Orlando, Fl. The qualifications are a bachelor’s degree or 2 years of experience or a combo of both. The position entails working on networks to ensure smooth and reliable operations. Monitor network performance and troubleshoot as needed. I feel I can apply for this position as I have had some experience with networks in the past. I and working on getting my certifications in Network+ and CCNA. These are great certifications to have when applying for a job in networking. I don’t think I would have any questions before I would apply for the position. I would make sure the company was a good company to work for. I would do research on their company beforehand. The pro of applying for this job would be that it is in the field that I am looking for and the con I think would be that I would have to move from my current area. My wife and I have come to an understanding that if I am going to pursue a career in computers that we would need to move to an area that has a lot of corporations around like a big city. We moved from NY and we don’t want to go back. We would have to look in Atlanta, Charlotte, Jacksonville, or more out west. Another position that I was able to locate which was in my area of Hilton Head Island, SC is IT specialist Jr. they require a CCNA, A+, Network+, MCTS...
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...good idea is to use agencies that have a specialist IT desk but that also recruit into different sectors. This means that they can talk to you about different opportunities across a number of different sectors and will have multiple relationships. 1.1 Hays IT Address: Birmingham St Philips House, 4 St Philips Place,,Birmingham, B3 2SL tTelephone: 01212 301455 fFax: 0121 200 2598 eEmail: birmingham.it@hays.com • Hays Information Technology 0.50 miles . Well known throughout the sector . Work not only in IT market but 15 other sectors (they would be able to offer you roles in different markets) . Produce market data regularly on salaries and paid .Decent reputation . Large national agency Web: http://www.hays.co.uk/job/it-jobs/index.htm Task: firstly look through their website and note down roles you are interested in, salaries which meat your expectations and any 'dream roles' you would love to get. Do not yet apply online, call Hayes and ask to speak to a consultant within IT. You WANT a registration BEFORE they send your CV out the door. Any decent Agency would not consider sending your CV to prospective clients without meeting you first. Essential: Get a registration meeting with the relevant consultant - if they don't want to meet you insist. You want to show them how...
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...Eva Cummins IS255 Assignment 2 Security Job Search Job overview Company: Technisource Base Pay: $80,000 - $120,000/Yr Title: Forensics Managing Specialist –Security JOB DESCRIPTION All Forensics Candidates are encouraged to apply. Jr. to Sr. level positions are available from 2 years to 10+ years experience. Salary based on experience. A Bachelor's Degree in Forensics or related is a plus. This is a full time perm position. Must be willing to travel nationwide. Our client’s computer forensics team is a comprehensive solution for global data collections and forensic analysis. They offer best-in-class security. From small to large matters, they provide easy to understand interpretations of findings and a single point of contact. The Managing Consultant utilizes state of the art techniques that enable the recovery and use of critical electronic evidence for litigation, investigations and other fact-finding exercises. The Computer Forensics Managing Consultant establishes whether evidence has been erased or modified; analyzes electronic content and patterns of Internet and e-mail usage; recovers deleted data; and assesses and explains metadata within recovered files. RESPONSIBILITIES Manage day to day activities for projects involving computer forensics, information security or rapid response data breach matters. Manage large data preservation and collection activities to ensure that accepted forensic protocols; create and maintain Chain of Custody; document...
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...produce strong returns for stakeholders. This paper will outline the recruitment strategies used by the organization and explain how these techniques can ensure a ample selection of potential candidates. A detailed explanation will be provided that outlines how the organization classifies their job descriptions to ensure that are filling specific positions globally. In addition, a review will be performed on the types of assignments offered by Anheuser InBev and what demographic mix is used to ensure a wide representation of employees across the globe. Finally the benefit offered at Anheuser Busch InBev will be reviewed and compared with the personally experience of this author. Benefits such as compensation, relocation expense, repatriation, living standards, family considerations and safety are significantly important to consider when expanding globally. Labor Mobility As a global organization looking for talent Anheuser Busch InBev does not have to stop at border line to fulfill labor needs. The concept of looking for employees across the global is often called labor Mobility. Labor mobility is the concept that people are willing to move from country to country to find available jobs. While sometimes these moves are short distances, it is not unheard of that huge populations will move across the world for better opportunities. As the organization expands into foreign countries, it is important that they understand the rules on migrant workers. Many countries will allow a company...
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...Name Professor Course Date Worksheet Job Hunting Online With Jolie Miller Job Hunting Plan of Action Use this plan of action as a living document to keep track of your job hunting efforts. The more honest you are in this document, the better you can prioritize your efforts. Your Objective Please fill in your one-sentence objective: Document | Don’t have | Have butneeds tobe redonecompletely | Have butneeds to beupdated | Good shape,needs someminor tweaks | Ready to send out | Resume | | | | | | Cover letter template | | | | | | Letters ofRecommendation | | | | | | My objective is to keep abreast and informed of all the career related skills in demand for job recruitment. Survey of Your Job Hunting Materials Take some time to locate your job hunting materials and evaluate what shape they’re in. Top three priorities related to these materials and their due dates: My performance details should also be conjunction with the job and that I can deliver. My profile should have a keyword if not keywords to help in my quick identification as a prospective candidate. My documented skills should rhyme with the job in question specification Goal of time to spend per week: My goal of time spend in a week is to optimize my reception and absorption chances Survey of Your Network Jot down details about your network. The network is a group of visional people who are geared towards a common objective; job securing. How many people are in your network...
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...Job Hunting Plan of Action Use this plan of action as a living document to keep track of your job hunting efforts. The more honest you are in this document, the better you can prioritize your efforts. Your Objective Please fill in your one-sentence objective: Document | Don’t have | Have butneeds tobe redonecompletely | Have butneeds to beupdated | Good shape,needs someminor tweaks | Ready to send out | Resume | | | | | | Cover letter template | | | | | | Letters ofRecommendation | | | | | | My objective is to keep abreast and informed of all the career related skills in demand for job recruitment. Survey of Your Job Hunting Materials Take some time to locate your job hunting materials and evaluate what shape they’re in. Top three priorities related to these materials and their due dates: My performance details should also be conjunction with the job and that I can deliver. My profile should have a keyword if not keywords to help in my quick identification as a prospective candidate. My documented skills should rhyme with the job in question specification Goal of time to spend per week: My goal of time spend in a week is to optimize my reception and absorption chances Survey of Your Network Jot down details about your network. The network is a group of visional people who are geared towards a common objective; job securing. How many people are in your network? I have a sizeable number of people in my network precisely more than...
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...become indispensable for many people. Their influence has become so great that they are even used for significant matters like the job search. In the following we will present you how Social Media helps you finding a job without having even to move away from your comfortable couch. We will look at the social networks YouTube, Virtual Job Fair (using the example of www.feriaempresamujer.com), LinkedIn and Facebook. YouTube – www.youtube.com As everyone knows there are several forms of searching for a job. Every day we use the new technologies for this purpose. A very popular method in Spain is using the social network "YouTube". The job seekers upload a video with their professional profile, which contains information about their studies, job experiences, language skills - in fact, many people even speak in different languages on the video in order to prove it - and other skills that you may consider important. The next step is to send the URL or link to the companies you are interested in and hope that you have convinced them! Here you can find two examples of virtual personal profiles on YouTube: [pic] (To watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCfNHQ0oQg&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL70C1DD782F198FCB ) [pic] (To watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYeT9wKS5sk&feature=related) Virtual Job Fair - www.feriaempresamujer.com Again, thanks to new technologies you have another possibility of...
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...Using Social Media as a Job Search Platform Patricia Crouch 11/12/15 Abstract This paper explains the many uses of social media and how it relates to pursuing a career. It explores a few important social media platforms commonly used today, and how they can be utilized in one’s job search. Not only does this paper describe how to use certain online sites, but also goes into the do’s and don’ts of how to present themselves to an employer using their “profile”. Real-world examples from articles and business experts are used to give this paper a sense of relevance to young professionals in their current career search. The examples used vary in which social media sites that were utilized, and describe the affect each site had on one’s success. Using Social Media as a Job Search Platform In recent years, social media has become more prevalent in the lives of everyone. It has even entered the workplace as a tool used to research candidates for hire. Explained by Joyce in an online article, “Social media is becoming increasingly important as a critical method by which to market their skills and network online.” This fairly new way of online communication plays a large part in the hiring process, and it is important to be aware of how you portray yourself to a possible future employer. Anyone can be “Googled” and searched for, but the content that the search yields can be tailored to whatever job one may be searching for. Although social media is popular and accessible by...
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...Job Search Behavior as a Multidimensional Construct: A Review of Different Job Search Behaviors and Sources Greet Van Hoye Ghent University, Belgium In U. C. Klehe & E. A. J. van Hooft (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search (in press). New York: Oxford University Press. This work was supported by a Postdoctoral Fellow grant from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Greet Van Hoye, Department of Personnel Management, Work and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Phone: +32 9 264 64 54, Fax: +32 9 264 64 94, Email: greet.vanhoye@ugent.be Different Job Search Behaviors and Sources 2 Abstract Both theoretical models of job search and empirical research findings suggest that job search behavior is not a unidimensional construct. This chapter addresses the multidimensionality of job search behavior and provides a systematic review of the different job search behaviors and sources studied in the job search literature and their relationships with antecedent variables and employment outcomes. Organized within three major dimensions (effort-intensity, contentdirection, temporal-persistence), job search effort and intensity, job search strategies, preparatory and active job search behaviors, formal and informal job sources, specific job search behaviors, job search quality, job search dynamics, and job search persistence are discussed. This review...
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...Social Media for a Job Search April 9, 2014 Mrs. Kathy Tuberville Executive Summary This paper explains the benefits and disadvantages of using social media while searching for a job. There are several advantages for social media job searching. Networking through social media gives applicants different connections to find jobs. Applicants are able to complete applications and upload résumés promptly without delay. Job postings allow future applicants to research the qualifications and requirements for specific jobs. There are several disadvantages for using social media to find employment. There is no face-to-face communication involved in the application process. Applying online does not show a person’s personality. There is potential disconnect with generational gaps. Lastly, when finding a job online, potential employers can find harmful information about future applicants. The Benefits and Disadvantages of Using Social Media for a Job Search Technology plays a major role in today’s society, when it comes to employment. One aspect of technology, social media, which allows people to connect with others, is used in the process of finding employment. Social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication… through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.” (Social media) Social media comes in the form of websites and applications and some of the main social media sites for job searching are Facebook...
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...Teacher: Minh Nhut Tran High-scoring IELTS writing http://www.facebook.com/HighScoringIeltsWriting TOPIC: These days it is neither possible nor desirable for most people to stay in the same job throughout their working life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? My model answer It is said that labor is glorious. In fact, everybody is in desperate need of having a fulfilling job to financially support themselves and their families. In the past , it was quite prominent for the majority of workers to do the identical job from the time they graduated from their school until they drew their pension, but that has become rare in the bustling life nowadays. First and foremost, most citizens commute their current job with the nurture of achieving further accomplishment in the future. There is a general consensus that a wide range of newly graduates entering on the workforce may have some formidable obstacles to finding a well-paid occupation on the grounds that they accumulate a dearth of practical experience. As a result, on acquiring sufficient qualifications and receiving a higher financial incentive, they may jump into another career in search of getting highly promoted. Secondly, it is crucial for almost employees to alter their job so as to avoid an adverse working conditions and a high pressure working environment. Actually, there is widespread popularity of sexual harassment in office, which may lead to workers’ physical and mental deterioration....
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...Joseph Prothro Professor Jett English B1a 16 November 2015 What’s in a Name in “The Harvey Pekar Name Story” Harvey Pekar’s “The Harvey Pekar Name Story” is a comic excerpt from the graphic novel American Splendor, also written by Pekar, which looks into the inner thoughts of a man contemplating his own name, “Harvey Pekar.” As the comic goes, Harvey’s monologue continues to go deeper into why do names matter. Pekar shows this when he writes, “It’s an unusual name – Harvey Pekar… ‘Harvey’ doesn’t really go with ‘Pekar’ — not in the conventional sense at least…” (261). In the end, Harvey comes to the unanswered thought “Who is Harvey Pekar?” (Pekar 264). This all leads to the question, why do we find names important to begin with? What are names? It seems like a simple enough question, but it is actually a very deep and meaningful one. Pekar writes Harvey Pekar in a situation where he thinks out, “What’s in a name? Who is Harvey Pekar?” (264). And in doing this, he brings up the question most people have thought to themselves at on point, “What does my name mean and how does that apply to me?” In the same way that people look into to their ancestry to find connections as to who they are, people do this for their own names as well. People look into the definitions of their names and what that might have to do with their personalities, and they look into how many people might share their name as well and what they might have in common with each other. In their book, A Comics...
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