Thursday, November 09, 2006

Why Are 95% of Job Applicants Not Called Back?

Have you been desperately looking for a job and keep coming up short? Despite all that you do, does every attempt you make seem to fail? Are you at that point of quitting? Ever wonder why you have not been called back? Not long ago, I was right where you are. I was all over the place, running here and there looking for the magic pill to help me. Then it hit me. Have you ever noticed that some people always seem to have employers chasing them? If you are like me, you probably wondered, what's their secret?

When I finally came to my senses, I began to look at the things people who were successful at gaining employment were doing. Then I looked at myself to see what I was doing wrong. In every case, I confirmed there were secret tips and hidden knowledge that made the difference.

Knowing what not to do is the first step in learning how to perform a successful job search. The following is a list of the 50 sure ways to avoid being hired. Please make sure that you take advantage of this tremendous information that is so powerful, that I am convinced, it will catapult your efforts.

A placement office of a major university lists the 50 reasons that are most frequently given by employers for turning down job applicants. As you read the reasons for rejection given below, ask yourself how you would rate in relation to each.

1. Poor personal appearance.
2. Overbearing, over-aggressive, conceited, with superiority or "know-it-all" complex.
3. Inability to express self clearly, poor voice, diction, grammar.
4. Lack of planning for career, no purpose or goals.
5. Lack of interest and enthusiasm, passive and indifferent.
6. Lack of confidence and poise, nervous, lack of self-belief.
7. Failure to participate in activities.
8. Over-emphasis on money; interested only in best dollar offers.
9. Poor scholastic record; just got by.
10. Unwilling to start at the bottom; expects too much too soon.
11. Makes excuses, evasive, hedges on unfavorable factors in record.
12. Lack of tact.
13. Lack of maturity.
14. Lack of courtesy, ill mannered.
15. Condemnation of past employers.
16. Lack of social understanding.
17. Marked dislikes for schoolwork.
18. Lack of vitality.
19. Failure to look interviewer in the eyes when conversing.
20. Limp, fishy handshake.
21. Indecision.
22. Loafs during vacations.
23. Unhappy married life.
24. Friction with parents.
25. Sloppy application blank.

Tip: Notice that these items are often items most job seekers ignore. Many items are completely under your direct control and most surface during the interview stage. Study this list again and again.

Focus on items that describe you and immediately go to work to control for them. Remember, most often it is usually the simple things that eliminate most applicants.

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This article taken from getpedia


Monday, November 06, 2006

Ten Things To Do If You Really, Really Hate Your Job

1. Begin focusing on what you want instead of how much you want to escape. When you find yourself sharing the latest horror story, stop in mid-sentence and say, "What I want to have is..."

2. Create an image that describes you in your job. Are you on a riverbank with no way to get to the other side? Lost in a jungle? Poking through a thorny hedge? When you get comfortable with the image, begin visualizing a change in the obstacle. Imagine building a bridge across the river or finding a path in the forest. Don't force the image or the change. When you're ready it will come.

3. Think of developing skills, not serving time. Take every course that's offered and focus on skills that can lay a foundation for your own business or next job. Can you learn HTML or PowerPoint? Can you use some evenings, weekends and lunch hours to solicit some free lance gigs?

4. Focus on satisfactory, not superior performance. Use the time difference to build your new life. People often say, "I can't do anything -- I work ten hours a day!" If you are firing yourself or expecting to be fired, your job is finding a new job. Be ethical: you owe your company the minimum you need to earn your salary." But don't be surprised if you start to accomplish more than ever and find yourself getting promoted.

5. What conflict are you escaping? Dishonesty? Corporate greed? Hypocrisy? Allow yourself to wonder if these qualities are mirrored in your own life -- or even in your mind. If everyone around you seems dishonest, are you being dishonest with yourself? With others? After you resolve your own conflict, you may find the workplace has changed or you have been catapulted into a new, more satisfying life.

6. Put on your shield and armor when you enter your workplace. Everyone should learn how to create a psychic shield. Imagine that you are surrounded by an outer shell that is made of a solid material -- so strong that nothing can get through to hurt you. Some people prefer to imagine a protective golden light, but I think the solid shield is stronger. Take two or three minutes to put on your shield, every day, before you enter the workplace.

7. Give yourself a gift every day -- a splurge of time or sensual taste buds. Read a book, talk to a friend, eat your favorite food. Don't deaden your senses with alcohol (although if you're a wine connoisseur, your special wine can be a gift) or spend big bucks at the mall. Think simple.

8. Find at least one thing in your life to appreciate: the softness of your cat's fur, the winter sky, the spontaneous hug from a friend. Appreciate as much as possible about your job: the money, the view from the window, the new computer, friendly conversations with the guy down the hall. Savor the experience. Appreciation is the engine that attracts good things into your life.

9. Tune in to your intuition before deciding what to do next. Meditate and listen to the world around you. The saying "frying pan into the fire" is real. If your goals and desires do not come from a secure place within yourself, you will find yourself paying undue attention to wet blankets ("If you quit you'll never get another job") and false friends ("Just quit! Move to Tahiti! You won't starve!"). Sometimes the same "advisor" proposes both ideas in the same week. A good coach or counselor will give you confidence in your own intuition, not impose their views of what you should do now.

10. Write this down somewhere: After you've left -- and you will -- all that time will seem to have gone in the blink of an eye. You will have trouble remembering what bothered you so much. The rest of your life will still be ahead of you.

About The Author

Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., coaches results-oriented midcareer professionals who want to develop uncommon business and career strategies as they move to their next goal. See http://www.cathygoodwin.com, cathy@cathygoodwin.com

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Photography Jobs: Do You Have a Future in Photography?

There is a wide world of photography. It touches each of us in our lives on a daily basis in some form or another. Photography is so much a part of our culture now that we hardly even notice all the places that it exists. When you watch television, look at a magazine or even view a billboard on the highway, this is all because of photography. There are so many ways that photography crosses our lives each day. There are a lot of opportunities for someone looking for photography jobs.

What Photography Jobs are Available?
If you enjoy photography and are thinking of it as a career, there are actually many different directions you can choose from. Obviously, there is professional photography but even in that choice there are many other smaller options that you have as well.

You can become a photographer in a special field such as wedding or family photographer. You can choose to make money taking pictures of things you love such as animals, nature or ships. If you enjoy scuba diving, you can become an underwater photographer. Pretty much anything you can think of, there is room to take and sell pictures of it.

If you love taking pictures and the idea of a career in photography sounds good to you, just how do you begin finding photography jobs?

How Do You Find Photography Jobs?
There are different ways of finding photography jobs, depending on the type of job you are looking for and your experience. You can begin by creating a resume and portfolio of your work. Then you can search on the internet at freelance photography job boards or photography websites and message boards. Get specific into types of photographing you have done and look on the internet for those.

You can go locally and look for internships or local firms or companies that may need photographers. You can get the word out by doing small events such as birthday parties and such. Get your name out as someone who will work these functions. Show friends and family samples of your work and ask them to spread the word. You may even want to participate in a charitable or non-profit event to boost your portfolio.

You can also begin submitting your work to contests and magazines to get yourself known and build your portfolio. Placing or winning in contests and getting published in magazines can help you build clips that you can use for getting bigger and better jobs.

Lastly, you can actually apply to jobs directly. It is best to do this only if you have the proper qualifications for the job. You don't want to set your goals so high that you get let down but there is nothing wrong with going for what you want. Most importantly, get as involved with what you love as possible. Learn as much as you can about photography and what makes good photography. Subscribe to magazines, read books, look at winners of photography contests.

Looking for information about Photography? Go to: http://www.asaphotography.com/ 'ASA Photography' is published by Colin Hartness - An excellent resource for Photography! Check out more Photography articles at: http://www.asaphotography.com/archive

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Ten Hottest Careers

Author: Alexandria Haber

What do you want to be when you grow up? If you are still
trying to figure out which career path you want to follow,
examine the following list of occupations currently considered
the ten hottest careers:

1. Elementary school teachers
2. Accountants and auditors
3. Computer systems analysts
4. Secondary school teachers
5. Computer software engineers
6. Special education teachers
7. Computer programmers
8. Network and computer systems administrators
9. Preschool teachers
10. Dental hygienists


These ten hot careers are expected to have the highest demand
for new recruits over the next eight years.

Born to teach?

If you love meeting new people and enjoy interacting with a
wide range of personalities, teaching may be the right career
choice for you. Four of the ten hottest careers are in the
teaching profession. It doesn’t matter if you prefer to work
with younger or older students because teachers are needed in
every age range and category. If you love a challenge, consider
working with special needs children or adults and become a
special education teacher. Special education teachers are in
very high demand and are one of the top five career choices
available out of the ten hottest careers.

Computer savvy?

Considering that five of the ten hottest careers are computer
related, if you have a knack for logging on and are interested
in increasing and expanding your computer skills, a career in
computers may very well be the right choice for you.

Take some time to analyze the ten hottest careers profiled on
this page and consider all of the choices carefully. Knowing
that there is a high and growing demand for qualified people in
each of these occupations may help you decide to pursue one of
these jobs.

About The Author: Alexandria Haber writes both fiction and
non-fiction for a variety of people and places. As a result,
she has had the benefit of gaining a little bit of knowledge
about a lot of different subjects. For more information on
distance education you can visit: Online College Degrees
Information - http://www.comparedegrees.com/

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

How To Quit A Job?

Christoph Puetz

Leaving a job is often a difficult step. Sure, there is the
exciting opportunity to do something different, but if have
been with an employer for over a year this can become an
emotional step. People leave jobs for various reasons. The old
job might just plain and simple suck. The pay is lousy and the
boss is behaving like a dictator of a 3rd world country. Or the
job might be target of outsourcing and the employee is
pro-active by looking for his/her own way out. Or the job is a
dead end. No opportunity and the daily routine is boring. It
could also be that the immediate co-workers and managers are
just not as nice and that there is no great work relationship
that makes the employee to love to go to work. A not so
exciting job can still be a great place to work if you have
great co-workers and managers around. Work is about money, but
the socializing part is important, too.

We're not trying to get into the reasons for leaving a job here
for the matter of this article. However - we want to concentrate
on the actual part of resigning from a job. And again - there
are several different ways of leaving a job. If you absolutely
do not care about your old job you could just leave but this
step can have severe impact on your career down the road. Keep
in mind that employers like to check the places you worked at
before they want to hire you. These sins of the past might come
back and hurt your reputation. "Oh, he left that job without any
notice. What if he does the same thing to me?" - This could be
just one thought a new employer might have. Depending on the
job a one week or two week notice should be given. In some
cases 3-4 weeks can be appropriate. As higher you get up in the
ranks this might be the way to go. An executive leaving a
company without taking care of a proper transition might hurt
himself if the company gets into problems afterwards and this
becomes public knowledge. Treat the employer fair and do not
burn any bridges. In the long run this will be the best
decision an employee can make.

When resigning you should be prepared to avoid unnecessary
stress. In most cases resigning is a stressful event. A well
prepared employee can take some stress out of this big step
with proper planning. Write a 2 or 3 line letter of
resignation. Nothing fancy. Try not to explain why you leave.
Just state that you are resigning from your position and let
the company know what your last day at work will be. Sign the
letter and hand it to the manager you are resigning to. Do not
just turn over the letter and walk away. Say that you are
resigning and then hand over the letter of resignation. Be
prepared to answer questions why you are leaving. Do not make
up things. Prepare a quick list of pain points if needed. You
might even help your co-workers by giving constructive feedback
about certain situations and problems. I personally recommend
never to mention the word money as the main reason of leaving.
If things come down to money if often gets dirty.

Eventually be prepared for an immediate counter-offer during
your resignation. Some companies try to fix the problem of an
employee leaving by throwing more money at him/her. Or they
want to buy time and pretend giving you more money. They give
you more money but work on your replacement at the same time.
Things might also work out Ok for a while but when the going
gets tough and it comes to layoffs the guy who took the
counter-offer might be one of the first ones to be let go
because of the cost factor. I see only one situation when it
can be good or Ok to accept a counter-offer. Say you are
leaving because of the work environment and you are able to
point out problems and issues. Some employers are blind about
these things and just don't realize how employees feel about
certain things. Suddenly a good employees leaves and the issue
comes to the surface. Some employers are willing to fix the
issue and these are rare situations a counter-offer can be
accepted. Still - the employee has to carefully evaluate the
situation. It is important to know who you are dealing with
from a personal side. Can you trust the employer?

Sometimes a counter-offer can come up during the last few days
at a company or shortly after the last day. We have seen cases
when counter-offers were made within 60-70 days after the
employee left. These situations are not good. I highly
recommend not to accept such a counter-offer no matter how
tempting the offer is. The employee has to keep in mind that
he/she already left. This mark will always stick. One day the
employer might be in a different situation and has to decide
who to let go first. Will it be the loyal employee who is with
the company for 8 years or is it the "Gung-Ho" who left just to
be lured back by money and who eventually leaves again if the
next employer is willing to hand out even more cash? Make a bet
....

These are just a few things to keep in mind when thinking about
resigning from a position. Be prepared. Be strong. Change can be
very good for your career.

Monday, October 30, 2006

[vacancy] REPORTER + PRESENTER SCTV

PT Surya Citra Televisi membutuhkan tenaga kerja yang dinamis, ulet dan potensial untuk posisi:



REPORTER + PRESENTER



  • - S1 Segala Jurusan

  • - Lebih disukai yang berpengalaman sebagai Reporter.

  • - Dapat berbahasa Inggris (Lisan / Tulisan)

  • - Memiliki Sanse of News

  • - Camera Face

  • - Lebih disukai yang berdomisili di Surabaya dan sekitarnya


Kirimkan surat lamaran beserta keterangan riwayat hidup, fotocopy ijazah terakhir,foto terbaru, nomor telepon dan dokumen penunjang lainnya ke recruit[at]sctv.co.id, selambat-lambatnya 1(satu) bulan setelah iklan ini dimuat(Rabu, 18 Oktober 2006). Hanya pelamar yang memenuhi syarat yang akan diproses.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

[quote] about jobs & motivation

“Men and women want to do a good job, a creative job,
and if they are provided the proper environment, they
will do so.”
*Bill Hewlett, Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard*
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be
what we know we can be.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Ultimately, we’re talking about redefining the relationship
between boss and subordinate.”

—Jack Welch, Former CEO, General Electric


“It’s surprising how much you can accomplish, if you
don’t care who gets the credit.”

—Abraham Lincoln

“Trust—the glue that binds followers and leaders
together.”
—Warren Bennis

“Next to knowing all about your own business”
the best thing is to know all about the
other fellow’s business

—John D. Rockefeller, Founder, Standard Oil

“Not failure, but low aim, is crime.”
—James Russell Lowell

“There is nothing that is a more certain sign of insanity
than to do the same thing over and over and expect the
results to be different.”

—Albert Einstein

“No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything
to fear from life.”

—Samuel Goldwyn

“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should
have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.”
—John F. Kennedy

“Every manager knows how to count, but smart managers
know what counts.”
—Anonymous

“There are two things people want more than sex and
money … recognition and praise.”

—Mary Kay Ash, Founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics

“Leadership is performance. You have to be conscious of
your behavior, because everyone else is.”
—Carly Fiorina, CEO, Hewlett Packard

“The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let
people see that it is in their interests to promote yours”

—Jean de La Bruyere, 17th-century French Writer

“People want to feel what they do makes a difference.”
—Frances Hesselbein, President, The Drucker Foundation

“If you want someone to do a good job, give them a
good job to do.”
—Frederick Herzberg, Management Theorist

“We must exchange the philosophy of excuse—
what I am is beyond my control—for the philosophy
of responsibility.”

—Barbara Jordan, lawyer and former member of congress

“We must do more than simply do things right—we must
also do the right things.”

—Excerpt from “Our Values,” Pfizer Pharmaceutical

“All I wanna do is have some fun. I got a feeling
I’m not the only one.”

—Sheryl Crow, Recording Artist

“There’s only one way to know how strong employee
motivation is throughout your company—ask the people
who actually work there. If the de-motivators are seeping
in, then it’s time to put the kibosh on any and all demotivators
in a hurry!”
—Anonymous

“Recruit your people everyday, even though your crew is
already on board.”

—Mike Abrashoff, Founder, Grassroots Leadership LLC, Boston, MA

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is
progress; working together is success.”

—Henry Ford

“Work can provide the opportunity for spiritual and personal,
as well as financial, growth. If it doesn’t, then
we’re wasting far too much of our lives on it.”
—James A. Autry, Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership