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Your first applications should be with temporary agencies and job placement firms. Most major temporary firms are also in the business of providing hiring services for companies as well. As I explained in my Hub on temporary services, during a recession when companies begin to find business improving they usually first add to their labor force by hiring through temp agencies just in case the rise in business proves temporary and they have to cut back on employees again.
Working with temporary agencies has additional advantages as well. Temporary employment gives you a chance to both broaden your experience by working different job as as well as provides you with the opportunity to evaluate a job and an employer to see if you like it. If you discover that you don't like a particular type of work or particular employer simply tell the agency not to give you any more assignment for that job type or employer.
Even if the job is not a temp to hire, temporary work gives you the opportunity to become acquainted with different employers and demonstrate to them what you can do. If a job opens with that employer up in the future you can point out that you already have a track record and experience with them. Also, working at different places allows you to broaden your network of coworkers and supervisors who can be of help in finding a position.
You Will Need to Produce More Than One Version of Your Resume
Instead of posting a general resume on one or two job posting websites or randomly mailing out the same general resume to numerous employers, why not research employers who have posted jobs that you want or whom you know hire people with your skill set. This, of course, means that you should first get some information about the company.
Thus, when you see a job posting that you qualify for check the company out on the web (a Google search is a good place to start and Hoovers.com is a good source of free information on larger public companies). Find and study their website. Check out other information about them trying to find anything that will tell you more about the company and the job in question that will help you to craft your resume specifically for that company and that position as well as to enable you to speak more intelligently in the interview.
By all means post your resume
Saturday, June 27, 2009
THING TO DO WHEN YOU CANNOT FIND A JOB....
Volunteer. I know this is really cliche, but the truth is that right now social service agencies are completely overwhelmed with new clients. Many are also overwhelmed with new volunteers, so you might have to be patient and persistent, not because they can't use you right this minute, but because they might not have the resources to check and train everyone who wants to help right this minute. Many, many people get into full time social service (paid) work by volunteering, and there's no shortage of things to do.
Learn a trade. Right now everyone is rushing into the health care field thinking that is where all the jobs will be now that industry is fast disappearing, but actually, in some parts of the U.S. health care workers are being laid off too. Skilled hands-on labor can't be outsourced though--You can't get someone in China to come fix your toilet, for example. While it's true that the trades are suffering too and many workers are being imported, it's also true that if you know how to do something, anything, with your hands you will always be able to pick up some work, and more importantly, you will always be needed. You can never know how to do too many things. If nothing else, you can use these skills at home.
Go back to school. This is harder than it used to be financially but it's still not impossible. If you never got that GED, now is the time. If you never finished your final year of college, what are you waiting for? Just having a goal and a direction will get you back in the mix and help you make some new connections.
Clean out your house, garage, and/or basement. You know how you're always going to do that when you get time except you never get any time? Well, now you have time. Lots of people can't let go of old stuff, but you can certainly go through it, get rid of what you can, and arrange the rest in a sensible fashion. You'll feel better and more organized, and weirdly, simply clearing out a space often results in opportunities opening up that seem totally unrelated to your cleaning project. I'm not going to go all New Age on your ass and tell you it's the universe or anything. I don't know why that often happens, but it does.
Hold a yard sale. Yard sales take a lot of time. You have a lot of time. If you can bear to part with any of that stuff you found when you cleaned out your house, garage, and/or basement, do it. You know you can use the money, and the people who buy your old stuff will be happy too that they didn't have to pay retail.
Organize a swap. Don't want to charge for
Learn a trade. Right now everyone is rushing into the health care field thinking that is where all the jobs will be now that industry is fast disappearing, but actually, in some parts of the U.S. health care workers are being laid off too. Skilled hands-on labor can't be outsourced though--You can't get someone in China to come fix your toilet, for example. While it's true that the trades are suffering too and many workers are being imported, it's also true that if you know how to do something, anything, with your hands you will always be able to pick up some work, and more importantly, you will always be needed. You can never know how to do too many things. If nothing else, you can use these skills at home.
Go back to school. This is harder than it used to be financially but it's still not impossible. If you never got that GED, now is the time. If you never finished your final year of college, what are you waiting for? Just having a goal and a direction will get you back in the mix and help you make some new connections.
Clean out your house, garage, and/or basement. You know how you're always going to do that when you get time except you never get any time? Well, now you have time. Lots of people can't let go of old stuff, but you can certainly go through it, get rid of what you can, and arrange the rest in a sensible fashion. You'll feel better and more organized, and weirdly, simply clearing out a space often results in opportunities opening up that seem totally unrelated to your cleaning project. I'm not going to go all New Age on your ass and tell you it's the universe or anything. I don't know why that often happens, but it does.
Hold a yard sale. Yard sales take a lot of time. You have a lot of time. If you can bear to part with any of that stuff you found when you cleaned out your house, garage, and/or basement, do it. You know you can use the money, and the people who buy your old stuff will be happy too that they didn't have to pay retail.
Organize a swap. Don't want to charge for
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
WILL OBAMA ACHIEVE ANY OF HIS CHANGES IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?
The change Barack Obama chooses to create has already begun with his historic and well-executed campaign and his monumental election to the presidency. The nation, the entire world, celebrated wildly on November 4th after eight nightmarish years of corporate fraud, torture and violent occupations, knowing that a constitutional law expert of intelligence, discipline and maturity will soon truly be in charge. It's a whole new confident and joyful mindset, always a great foundation for transformation.
The national mindset is important. President-elect Obama has repeatedly told all of us that any changes that are accomplished come from us. Obama did not run alone, did not canvas alone and he wasn't elected alone. Obama didn't pass his landmark ethics law in the Senate by himself, nor will he create more change alone.
It's clear that we the people are energized and ready to be included in our national destiny again, especially all the amazing young voters who provided so much conviction and so many votes. We're not only relieved at Obama's election - we're excited and ready to stay involved with what we consider our government now. We have personal investment in a government that will stop hurting us and start building us up to our potential. That's not just change; that's transformation.
Along with our support, Barack Obama knows people, knows how to bring them together, plans carefully and thinks about those plans a lot, understands Congress and the Constitution, and has the majority party's grateful support. A lot of the minority party like him too, since they helped vote him in.
Obama learned about gathering people together early in his community organizing experience, which allowed him to soundly overshadow the paltry skills and directly counter the disparaging comments of Sarah Palin and her running mate. Everyone can see that Barack Obama is accessible, deeply interested in and curious about others, and very capable in forming functional and goal-oriented relationships with others. He wasn't offered dinner and meaningful family time in Chicago just because he was a skinny organizer; people came to care about him and his work because he cared about them and knew how to listen to them and their dreams. Dreams, hopes are what it's all about.
Gathering working groups that will take responsibility and welcome diverse opinions has always been a necessary precursor for change. President-elect Obama has already formed these groups in Congress and Washington, and in his deft use of the Internet during his campaign. He has said that he will proceed with "deliberate haste", with emphasis on both aspects, to form the best Cabinet that has been seen in some time, one that will include skillful Republicans.
Obama has shown his ability to see the big picture and to plan for far down the road, as he did with his presidential campaign. Unlike George Bush, he will not be unable to assess and make educated estimates about where the nation is headed, or where emergency help is needed, or what result certain foreign policy actions might have globally. Unlike John McCain, Obama will not turn a deaf ear to national trends, opinions, feelings and problems. Unlike both Bush and McCain, Obama has a plan that will guide him as he integrates all these variables into it, and will be able to modify the plan when there is clear reason to do so. That's a huge change right there.
Sen. Obama actually started his presidential campaign before he ran for the Senate, and had a precise four-year plan for the White House that he methodically and carefully followed with the help of staff, advisors, friends and family. It's been a meteoric and strategic rise that lends great hope for more national rising in the next four years of Obama's first term.
His rise also shows that Obama will not govern on his own idiosyncratic "gut", as did the anti-intellectual and unlawful George Bush, who led the nation into the disastrous trough in which we now find ourselves. We will become a nation of laws, not men, again, and a nation known for its reason and vision.
All of these qualities,
The national mindset is important. President-elect Obama has repeatedly told all of us that any changes that are accomplished come from us. Obama did not run alone, did not canvas alone and he wasn't elected alone. Obama didn't pass his landmark ethics law in the Senate by himself, nor will he create more change alone.
It's clear that we the people are energized and ready to be included in our national destiny again, especially all the amazing young voters who provided so much conviction and so many votes. We're not only relieved at Obama's election - we're excited and ready to stay involved with what we consider our government now. We have personal investment in a government that will stop hurting us and start building us up to our potential. That's not just change; that's transformation.
Along with our support, Barack Obama knows people, knows how to bring them together, plans carefully and thinks about those plans a lot, understands Congress and the Constitution, and has the majority party's grateful support. A lot of the minority party like him too, since they helped vote him in.
Obama learned about gathering people together early in his community organizing experience, which allowed him to soundly overshadow the paltry skills and directly counter the disparaging comments of Sarah Palin and her running mate. Everyone can see that Barack Obama is accessible, deeply interested in and curious about others, and very capable in forming functional and goal-oriented relationships with others. He wasn't offered dinner and meaningful family time in Chicago just because he was a skinny organizer; people came to care about him and his work because he cared about them and knew how to listen to them and their dreams. Dreams, hopes are what it's all about.
Gathering working groups that will take responsibility and welcome diverse opinions has always been a necessary precursor for change. President-elect Obama has already formed these groups in Congress and Washington, and in his deft use of the Internet during his campaign. He has said that he will proceed with "deliberate haste", with emphasis on both aspects, to form the best Cabinet that has been seen in some time, one that will include skillful Republicans.
Obama has shown his ability to see the big picture and to plan for far down the road, as he did with his presidential campaign. Unlike George Bush, he will not be unable to assess and make educated estimates about where the nation is headed, or where emergency help is needed, or what result certain foreign policy actions might have globally. Unlike John McCain, Obama will not turn a deaf ear to national trends, opinions, feelings and problems. Unlike both Bush and McCain, Obama has a plan that will guide him as he integrates all these variables into it, and will be able to modify the plan when there is clear reason to do so. That's a huge change right there.
Sen. Obama actually started his presidential campaign before he ran for the Senate, and had a precise four-year plan for the White House that he methodically and carefully followed with the help of staff, advisors, friends and family. It's been a meteoric and strategic rise that lends great hope for more national rising in the next four years of Obama's first term.
His rise also shows that Obama will not govern on his own idiosyncratic "gut", as did the anti-intellectual and unlawful George Bush, who led the nation into the disastrous trough in which we now find ourselves. We will become a nation of laws, not men, again, and a nation known for its reason and vision.
All of these qualities,
WILL OBAMA ACHIEVE ANY OF HIS CHANGES IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?
The change Barack Obama chooses to create has already begun with his historic and well-executed campaign and his monumental election to the presidency. The nation, the entire world, celebrated wildly on November 4th after eight nightmarish years of corporate fraud, torture and violent occupations, knowing that a constitutional law expert of intelligence, discipline and maturity will soon truly be in charge. It's a whole new confident and joyful mindset, always a great foundation for transformation.
The national mindset is important. President-elect Obama has repeatedly told all of us that any changes that are accomplished come from us. Obama did not run alone, did not canvas alone and he wasn't elected alone. Obama didn't pass his landmark ethics law in the Senate by himself, nor will he create more change alone.
It's clear that we the people are energized and ready to be included in our national destiny again, especially all the amazing young voters who provided so much conviction and so many votes. We're not only relieved at Obama's election - we're excited and ready to stay involved with what we consider our government now. We have personal investment in a government that will stop hurting us and start building us up to our potential. That's not just change; that's transformation.
Along with our support, Barack Obama knows people, knows how to bring them together, plans carefully and thinks about those plans a lot, understands Congress and the Constitution, and has the majority party's grateful support. A lot of the minority party like him too, since they helped vote him in.
Obama learned about gathering people together early in his community organizing experience, which allowed him to soundly overshadow the paltry skills and directly counter the disparaging comments of Sarah Palin and her running mate. Everyone can see that Barack Obama is accessible, deeply interested in and curious about others, and very capable in forming functional and goal-oriented relationships with others. He wasn't offered dinner and meaningful family time in Chicago just because he was a skinny organizer; people came to care about him and his work because he cared about them and knew how to listen to them and their dreams. Dreams, hopes are what it's all about.
Gathering working groups that will take responsibility and welcome diverse opinions has always been a necessary precursor for change. President-elect Obama has already formed these groups in Congress and Washington, and in his deft use of the Internet during his campaign. He has said that he will proceed with "deliberate haste", with emphasis on both aspects, to form the best Cabinet that has been seen in some time, one that will include skillful Republicans.
Obama has shown his ability to see the big picture and to plan for far down the road, as he did with his presidential campaign. Unlike George Bush, he will not be unable to assess and make educated estimates about where the nation is headed, or where emergency help is needed, or what result certain foreign policy actions might have globally. Unlike John McCain, Obama will not turn a deaf ear to national trends, opinions, feelings and problems. Unlike both Bush and McCain, Obama has a plan that will guide him as he integrates all these variables into it, and will be able to modify the plan when there is clear reason to do so. That's a huge change right there.
Sen. Obama actually started his presidential campaign before he ran for the Senate, and had a precise four-year plan for the White House that he methodically and carefully followed with the help of staff, advisors, friends and family. It's been a meteoric and strategic rise that lends great hope for more national rising in the next four years of Obama's first term.
His rise also shows that Obama will not govern on his own idiosyncratic "gut", as did the anti-intellectual and unlawful George Bush, who led the nation into the disastrous trough in which we now find ourselves. We will become a nation of laws, not men, again, and a nation known for its reason and vision.
All of these qualities,
The national mindset is important. President-elect Obama has repeatedly told all of us that any changes that are accomplished come from us. Obama did not run alone, did not canvas alone and he wasn't elected alone. Obama didn't pass his landmark ethics law in the Senate by himself, nor will he create more change alone.
It's clear that we the people are energized and ready to be included in our national destiny again, especially all the amazing young voters who provided so much conviction and so many votes. We're not only relieved at Obama's election - we're excited and ready to stay involved with what we consider our government now. We have personal investment in a government that will stop hurting us and start building us up to our potential. That's not just change; that's transformation.
Along with our support, Barack Obama knows people, knows how to bring them together, plans carefully and thinks about those plans a lot, understands Congress and the Constitution, and has the majority party's grateful support. A lot of the minority party like him too, since they helped vote him in.
Obama learned about gathering people together early in his community organizing experience, which allowed him to soundly overshadow the paltry skills and directly counter the disparaging comments of Sarah Palin and her running mate. Everyone can see that Barack Obama is accessible, deeply interested in and curious about others, and very capable in forming functional and goal-oriented relationships with others. He wasn't offered dinner and meaningful family time in Chicago just because he was a skinny organizer; people came to care about him and his work because he cared about them and knew how to listen to them and their dreams. Dreams, hopes are what it's all about.
Gathering working groups that will take responsibility and welcome diverse opinions has always been a necessary precursor for change. President-elect Obama has already formed these groups in Congress and Washington, and in his deft use of the Internet during his campaign. He has said that he will proceed with "deliberate haste", with emphasis on both aspects, to form the best Cabinet that has been seen in some time, one that will include skillful Republicans.
Obama has shown his ability to see the big picture and to plan for far down the road, as he did with his presidential campaign. Unlike George Bush, he will not be unable to assess and make educated estimates about where the nation is headed, or where emergency help is needed, or what result certain foreign policy actions might have globally. Unlike John McCain, Obama will not turn a deaf ear to national trends, opinions, feelings and problems. Unlike both Bush and McCain, Obama has a plan that will guide him as he integrates all these variables into it, and will be able to modify the plan when there is clear reason to do so. That's a huge change right there.
Sen. Obama actually started his presidential campaign before he ran for the Senate, and had a precise four-year plan for the White House that he methodically and carefully followed with the help of staff, advisors, friends and family. It's been a meteoric and strategic rise that lends great hope for more national rising in the next four years of Obama's first term.
His rise also shows that Obama will not govern on his own idiosyncratic "gut", as did the anti-intellectual and unlawful George Bush, who led the nation into the disastrous trough in which we now find ourselves. We will become a nation of laws, not men, again, and a nation known for its reason and vision.
All of these qualities,
HOW TWITTER COULD REPLACE BLOGGING...
Twitter is a world wide phenomenon in microblogging. The world wide web never sleeps and it does so in 140 characters or less. We learn about the lives of strangers, build friendships, network with those who share our interests, and keep up with friends and family, and Twitter is responsible for all of this. Twitter brings a whole new meaning to social networking with its combination of instantaneous gratification and ability to reach a larger audience in less time than Myspace or Facebook could ever possibly imagine reaching.
- Twitter and the blogosphere
The blogosphere is brimming with blogs across dozens of blog networks. Such sites as Wordpress.com and Blogger.com host millions of blogs around the world. Millions of people spill billions of words onto the world wide web ever single day. Blogging is a world wide phenomenon, showing no signs of slowing down. Rather, blogging is actually picking up more speed! Blogs range in topic from personal to technological and everything in between, niche blogs abound, businesses blog about their products, celebrities and professional authors blog about their prospective businesses, mommies blog about their families and the child-free movement is given a voice. Blogging gives us each and every one of us the opportunity to express our feelings and expertise in a setting of our choosing and receive feedback from a wide audience.
Twitter, likewise, allows millions of people to express themselves and every second. If a tweeter can keep their thoughts inside the 140 character limit, they're able communicate with anyone who may be listening. Like blogging, Twitter has taken a wide variety of forms, from personal to business, and is
While tweeting is undeniably different than blogging, Twitter has a special place in the heart of most bloggers for its unparalleled ability to call attention blog from the wide and varied Twitter audience.
Twitter is an extremely useful tool when promoting blogs and websites and most tweeters who use Twitter to funnel traffic to their websites have had success in doing so. For more information on increasing website traffic through Twitter,
- Twitter replaces blogging?
Twitter, though its useful as a microblogging tool, will never replace conventional blogging. While it acts as a complimentary system to traditional blogging, Twitter enhances the blogosphere rather than replaces it. Twitter widgets can be seen on blogs around the web and those without the widget almost invariably have the "Follow me on Twitter" buttons. Twitter compliments blogging, it doesn't replace it.
The simple fact is, Twitter will never tell the whole story. It's meant to entice, to convey short messages and feelings, but not to give a complete picture. Blogging, on the other hand, is the worlds chosen media. Blogs serve everyone from small personal bloggers to major corporations and networks. They serve as a way to communicate and teach in a complete and meaningful way.
So, tweet away, but keep on blogging too. The good news is that tweeting and blogging are 100% compatible!
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- Twitter and the blogosphere
The blogosphere is brimming with blogs across dozens of blog networks. Such sites as Wordpress.com and Blogger.com host millions of blogs around the world. Millions of people spill billions of words onto the world wide web ever single day. Blogging is a world wide phenomenon, showing no signs of slowing down. Rather, blogging is actually picking up more speed! Blogs range in topic from personal to technological and everything in between, niche blogs abound, businesses blog about their products, celebrities and professional authors blog about their prospective businesses, mommies blog about their families and the child-free movement is given a voice. Blogging gives us each and every one of us the opportunity to express our feelings and expertise in a setting of our choosing and receive feedback from a wide audience.
Twitter, likewise, allows millions of people to express themselves and every second. If a tweeter can keep their thoughts inside the 140 character limit, they're able communicate with anyone who may be listening. Like blogging, Twitter has taken a wide variety of forms, from personal to business, and is
While tweeting is undeniably different than blogging, Twitter has a special place in the heart of most bloggers for its unparalleled ability to call attention blog from the wide and varied Twitter audience.
Twitter is an extremely useful tool when promoting blogs and websites and most tweeters who use Twitter to funnel traffic to their websites have had success in doing so. For more information on increasing website traffic through Twitter,
- Twitter replaces blogging?
Twitter, though its useful as a microblogging tool, will never replace conventional blogging. While it acts as a complimentary system to traditional blogging, Twitter enhances the blogosphere rather than replaces it. Twitter widgets can be seen on blogs around the web and those without the widget almost invariably have the "Follow me on Twitter" buttons. Twitter compliments blogging, it doesn't replace it.
The simple fact is, Twitter will never tell the whole story. It's meant to entice, to convey short messages and feelings, but not to give a complete picture. Blogging, on the other hand, is the worlds chosen media. Blogs serve everyone from small personal bloggers to major corporations and networks. They serve as a way to communicate and teach in a complete and meaningful way.
So, tweet away, but keep on blogging too. The good news is that tweeting and blogging are 100% compatible!
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Monday, June 8, 2009
INTERNET USAGE GUIDE.....
HELLO DEAR READER, MY MAIN AIM IS TO GIVE PROPER HONEST
GUIDE AS REGARDS TO INTERNET USAGE. SO PLEASE ALWAYS PAY A VISIT TO MY PAGE. now let me start by introducing you to the internet as a whole. The internet is a vast network which connects computers worldwide and allows data exchange. as such alowing a large number of people over the world to exchange ideas, transact business, academic researches and lots more. sadly alot of people are ignorant on the use of the internet, however im here to give some important tips that will help a starter== First, everyone should know that search engines are just like the heart of the internet they enable almost every thing possible, activities like, searching all available websites, blogs, articles, abstracts andlots more. secondly, that websites, blogs, articles could be owned by every individual in the society, and such an individual can upload whatever he wants on them, based on this when one is searching online he should be very carefull as regards to how such sites have being rated by professioal bodies or individuals.
GUIDE AS REGARDS TO INTERNET USAGE. SO PLEASE ALWAYS PAY A VISIT TO MY PAGE. now let me start by introducing you to the internet as a whole. The internet is a vast network which connects computers worldwide and allows data exchange. as such alowing a large number of people over the world to exchange ideas, transact business, academic researches and lots more. sadly alot of people are ignorant on the use of the internet, however im here to give some important tips that will help a starter== First, everyone should know that search engines are just like the heart of the internet they enable almost every thing possible, activities like, searching all available websites, blogs, articles, abstracts andlots more. secondly, that websites, blogs, articles could be owned by every individual in the society, and such an individual can upload whatever he wants on them, based on this when one is searching online he should be very carefull as regards to how such sites have being rated by professioal bodies or individuals.
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