Working it Wednesday

Job Fairs

Our local Sunday paper had a section on job fairs this week. So I thought I share some of the information I found.

Kate Lorenz an editor at CareerBuilder.com ( if you are local you can go to southsoundcareerbuilder.com)wrote a quick piece on coming prepared for a job fair. I thought I would just highlight her suggestions. To read the whole article click here.

Main points:

Scouting As in know how to dress and how to act.

Research Know who will be there and what their company is about.

Quick and to the point Time is money don't waste theirs or yours.

Know what to ask If you get the chance know what intelligent questions you want to ask.

Get their card enough said.

Look be fore you leap Look around, and gather all the info the have available before you line up for an interview.

Know how to dress Dress for success

Organize yourself basically have you stuff together and have the materials you will need.

Keep smiling It maybe a long day but make the most of it!

More advice when attending a job fair.

Bring 20-30 resumes. Come early! Research companies buy looking them up one sites like google.com.

How to find a job fair near you. Go to National Career Fairs, EmployementGuide.com, or Careerbuilder.com. For these sites you simply enter your zip code and up pops a world of opportunity!

Whatever Wednesday

The order of things

This has been on my mind lately as I strive to do it all. I wondered in what order I should do it. As always the leaders of the church have already provided the answer for me.

Three-Month Supply

Drinking Water

Financial Reserve

Longer-Term Supply aka year supply

We, as a family, have been trying to work on all of these at once. Silly us! Some of these over lap in our house as our 3month and long term food storage are part of my regular grocery trips. We have a water cooler so we do have and rotate our water supply(now if I could get around to filling the 55gal drum I have). Our financial reserve is greatly lacking due to our debts and our striving to become debt free.

Working It Wednesday

It's all about who you know

You can search the want adds and scour the Internet but one of the most effective ways to find a job is networking. Ask, and a majority of people will say that they got their job by knowing someone. So you may ask, " How do you network?" I have once again decided to link you to some site that can help.

From LDS.org

Effective Networking Networking is the most effective way to find a job; approximately 70 percent of all jobs are found this way.

The RileyGuide also had some great ideas and a great explanation of networking online as well as through friends, and associates.

Happy Networking!!