Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employment. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Working Wednesday

Job Search Internet Site
In addition to your ward Employment specialist we also have the world wide web. Here are some job search engines that are worth a peek. You know at 2am when it would be so not nice to call Brother Caruthers. Yeah, look here and call him in the morning!
Side note here is a cute blog entry about creepy resumes! It's a great reminder to KISS (keep it simple silly).