If you are seeking fish, a great idea would be to go where there's a lot of fish and cast bait. Wouldn't you agree? Well, if I'm searching for a job, wouldn't it make sense to attend a job fair where their main objective is to attract job seekers? Seek out and find the closest job fairs in your area. If you live in a rural area, the longer drive will be worth the trip. If you are job hunting, go to job fairs.
Attending job fairs provide opportunities to:
Network with people. It is important to take advantages of the opportunity to meet with people face to face. Meet Human Resource personnel and/or hiring managers and directors. You can leave a memorable first impression upon the interviewers. Take good notes and receive information about each company. Get their business cards, exchange emails and telephone numbers. Leave your business card and/or resume.
Take brochures and pamphlets so that you can evaluate each company. Your goal is to find something that feels good and "is the right fit".
There are various types of job fairs:
-specific market/audience for a single industry
-multiple industries-no specific audience
It's important to keep this in mind:
-Companies are hiring
-People are hiring
-These companies and people will compensate their employees!
Take the opportunity to market yourself by promoting your background and prior accomplishments to the hiring managers. The impression could lead to a second round interview or in some cases, an offer is extended to the candidate right on the spot.
Job fairs are an invaluable tool in the job seeking process. These fairs can save you valuable time and energy because you have multiple companies at one location to find people like you. You also gain experience by meeting and interviewing with the company hiring team and personnel. You can quickly detect differences and similarities by paying attention to each company's interviewing techniques. By taking notice of those differences, we can adapt and make any necessary adjustments in order to improve our next interviewing experience.
Show up early, and with your A-game. Take a briefcase, or a professional portfolio to store your information, along with notes you have written down about each company. Have your resumes ready and a brief cover letter prepared and ready to submit.
Note:(Cover letters will vary depending upon the type of company, name of position, and industry).
Take time and research the types of job fairs in your area. There is much to gain from the experience, and gaining knowledge and information will make the trip worth your time.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Have a Plan and Purpose
How to Lead the Pack, Serve Others and Produce Superior Results:
- Have a Plan and Purpose
- Identify your why
To carry out your plan, you need to have a purpose for doing so. The plan needs to be specific, attainable, and measurable. Whether your goal is to take care of your family, achieve fame, large fortunes, or experience freedom, you need strong motivators for inspiration to take action. It is imperative to identify your wants.
-Family
If you are a parent, spouse, sibling, guardian, loved one, or extended family member, you may have powerful reasons for wanting to carry out your plan. Whether you are an employer, investor, business owner, or self-employed, the need to take care of your loved one's is of great importance and one of the most powerful sources of motivation.
-Fortune
Others carry out their plan to attain riches and vast sums of money. building a financial fortune will take time to build. This involves time, vision, patience and discipline. As you focus upon your fortune, you will perform at higher levels of concentration because you will think of other ways to attract stronger skills which will allow you to attract more money, resources, or assets.
-Fame
There are people that dive into projects or set goals and carry out plans because of the recognition and praise that are associated with achieving success. Many people seek rewards for their hard work and contribution--especially in a winning cause. In many situations, people perform better and achieve even greater results due to constant recognition. This can be a major contributor to one's self esteem and confidence.
-Freedom
There are others that see the bigger picture. Those are the individuals that carry out the plan because it feels good to do it. The freedom allows one to perform at the highest level because they are in sync within themselves. Freedom allows unlimited creativity to perform, produce, and shape new greatness, while taking steps to improve and exceed the goals that were originally set in place.
-Would you do it for free?
There are people that are just good at what they do. Many of these people prosper because they don't do it for the money. There could be a challenge which attracts one to a project, but the end result could affect people in a positive way. These people just take pride in what they do and this delivers and creates unlimited value.
-Love what you do
If you are carrying out some plan or purpose or objective or whatever, and you don't love what you do...DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME! When your purpose for doing something makes you feel good, you could do it all day and everything else just seems to fall in place. If it's something you love, your power, abilities, skills, and attention will increase tenfold! Rule of thumb--DO NOT select your plan or purpose only for the money! Do something you love and money will automatically follow! Take the time to understand your "why". This is of the utmost importance for carrying out and achieving the goals you have set in place.
-Residual Value
Unlimited resources will be provided to you if you can develop a solid plan for massive success. Create a value that will serve others and deliver on those values. That will always serve to your benefit. Put yourself in a position to bridge the gap between yourself and your business associates. Learn as much about your role and the role of your associates. If you are a low level employee, find ways to learn and ask questions-become a sponge. If you are an executive, learn how to retrain yourself as if you were on your first day on the job. This will help you "reinvent" yourself and stay fresh with new ideas to drive growth. Always remain in good vibrations and good feelings because it will create some value long term. Residual value means just that- something will always serve to your benefit and will also benefit others. This concept along can produce for you and your loved ones for generations to come.
-Clearly Defined Goals
To keep this simple, I strongly suggest:
-Think about what you want
-Write down what you want
-Look at what you want every chance you can
-Fall in love with what you want, take pictures to reinforce your purpose
-Set a date, determine when it will manifest, and go for what you want.
This will bring you closer to your desires and dreams.
- Have a Plan and Purpose
- Identify your why
To carry out your plan, you need to have a purpose for doing so. The plan needs to be specific, attainable, and measurable. Whether your goal is to take care of your family, achieve fame, large fortunes, or experience freedom, you need strong motivators for inspiration to take action. It is imperative to identify your wants.
-Family
If you are a parent, spouse, sibling, guardian, loved one, or extended family member, you may have powerful reasons for wanting to carry out your plan. Whether you are an employer, investor, business owner, or self-employed, the need to take care of your loved one's is of great importance and one of the most powerful sources of motivation.
-Fortune
Others carry out their plan to attain riches and vast sums of money. building a financial fortune will take time to build. This involves time, vision, patience and discipline. As you focus upon your fortune, you will perform at higher levels of concentration because you will think of other ways to attract stronger skills which will allow you to attract more money, resources, or assets.
-Fame
There are people that dive into projects or set goals and carry out plans because of the recognition and praise that are associated with achieving success. Many people seek rewards for their hard work and contribution--especially in a winning cause. In many situations, people perform better and achieve even greater results due to constant recognition. This can be a major contributor to one's self esteem and confidence.
-Freedom
There are others that see the bigger picture. Those are the individuals that carry out the plan because it feels good to do it. The freedom allows one to perform at the highest level because they are in sync within themselves. Freedom allows unlimited creativity to perform, produce, and shape new greatness, while taking steps to improve and exceed the goals that were originally set in place.
-Would you do it for free?
There are people that are just good at what they do. Many of these people prosper because they don't do it for the money. There could be a challenge which attracts one to a project, but the end result could affect people in a positive way. These people just take pride in what they do and this delivers and creates unlimited value.
-Love what you do
If you are carrying out some plan or purpose or objective or whatever, and you don't love what you do...DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME! When your purpose for doing something makes you feel good, you could do it all day and everything else just seems to fall in place. If it's something you love, your power, abilities, skills, and attention will increase tenfold! Rule of thumb--DO NOT select your plan or purpose only for the money! Do something you love and money will automatically follow! Take the time to understand your "why". This is of the utmost importance for carrying out and achieving the goals you have set in place.
-Residual Value
Unlimited resources will be provided to you if you can develop a solid plan for massive success. Create a value that will serve others and deliver on those values. That will always serve to your benefit. Put yourself in a position to bridge the gap between yourself and your business associates. Learn as much about your role and the role of your associates. If you are a low level employee, find ways to learn and ask questions-become a sponge. If you are an executive, learn how to retrain yourself as if you were on your first day on the job. This will help you "reinvent" yourself and stay fresh with new ideas to drive growth. Always remain in good vibrations and good feelings because it will create some value long term. Residual value means just that- something will always serve to your benefit and will also benefit others. This concept along can produce for you and your loved ones for generations to come.
-Clearly Defined Goals
To keep this simple, I strongly suggest:
-Think about what you want
-Write down what you want
-Look at what you want every chance you can
-Fall in love with what you want, take pictures to reinforce your purpose
-Set a date, determine when it will manifest, and go for what you want.
This will bring you closer to your desires and dreams.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Set Pace Now: Interview Questions
Set Pace Now: Interview Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answer
Many times we are faced with the butterflies in the stomach, nervousness, and anxiety and these are all natural responses when involved in the interview process. The number one priority for landing that new position is to prepare yourself to the best of your ability. I have attached a few questions for those that may need a little assistance. Good luck in your searches!
- What are you proudest of in terms of your accomplishments at your present position or former position?
- What was your schedule of goals to accomplish at your present position for the next year? For the next two or three years?
- What would you have liked to accomplish in your present position that you did not accomplish, in whole or in part?
- What prevented you from accomplishing these things?
- What do you think will be the toughest aspects of the job if you were to accept the position?
- What will be the most enjoyable aspects and the least enjoyable?
- What do you think your greatest contribution will be or what aspects of the job or the company do you think you would be able to make your contribution to?
- From whom and/or what have you learned the most in your career and why?
- How do your spouse and children feel about the change of position and/or the relocation of your home?
- If you were promoted to the next highter position in the company, how would you select your successor and what would you be looking for?
- If you are selected for this position, how would you deal with the situatiion of individuals in the company who were competitors for the job for which you are being interviewed and who may feel they are better qualified? (Some of them may be your subordinates).
- What techniques do you use to motivate subordinates and energize them and, when necessary, in disciplining them?
- Do you vary your approach for subordinates who are outstanding, good, satisfactory, mediocre? If so, how?
- What criteria would you use in measuring your own performance over the next year and the following years?
- Would you measure by your superior's performance?
- How do you evaluate your subordinates? What is the process?
- Academically, what were your best subjects? Your worst?
I hope this helps!
Many times we are faced with the butterflies in the stomach, nervousness, and anxiety and these are all natural responses when involved in the interview process. The number one priority for landing that new position is to prepare yourself to the best of your ability. I have attached a few questions for those that may need a little assistance. Good luck in your searches!
- What are you proudest of in terms of your accomplishments at your present position or former position?
- What was your schedule of goals to accomplish at your present position for the next year? For the next two or three years?
- What would you have liked to accomplish in your present position that you did not accomplish, in whole or in part?
- What prevented you from accomplishing these things?
- What do you think will be the toughest aspects of the job if you were to accept the position?
- What will be the most enjoyable aspects and the least enjoyable?
- What do you think your greatest contribution will be or what aspects of the job or the company do you think you would be able to make your contribution to?
- From whom and/or what have you learned the most in your career and why?
- How do your spouse and children feel about the change of position and/or the relocation of your home?
- If you were promoted to the next highter position in the company, how would you select your successor and what would you be looking for?
- If you are selected for this position, how would you deal with the situatiion of individuals in the company who were competitors for the job for which you are being interviewed and who may feel they are better qualified? (Some of them may be your subordinates).
- What techniques do you use to motivate subordinates and energize them and, when necessary, in disciplining them?
- Do you vary your approach for subordinates who are outstanding, good, satisfactory, mediocre? If so, how?
- What criteria would you use in measuring your own performance over the next year and the following years?
- Would you measure by your superior's performance?
- How do you evaluate your subordinates? What is the process?
- Academically, what were your best subjects? Your worst?
I hope this helps!
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