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You’ve done it! You have graduated from college and after sleepless nights and final exams preparations now you are qualified and, of course, required to get a job. But as a fresh graduate, your job options are quite limited since most jobs would require people to have experience. So, most of the time, you will end up working for a job that you do not really like.
Don’t worry. Usually first jobs are taken only to gain experience. Later on, you have to be moving towards the career you like, not just a job to pay the bills. So it is best to learn all you can from your first job and make it a habit to meet the requirements and deadlines. Do your first job with commitment and dignity so you will feel self-respect at the end of the day.
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Real Estate is considered as one of the rewarding commission based careers in the market today. One commission alone on the sale of a residential or commercial property is already equivalent to more than the annual salary of a middle class worker.
However, it is not easy to be a realtor. There is a lot of knowledge and work required if you want to be successful. Testing procedures alone is very difficult, and it would require you to have a great dedication to the field in order to get through. Even if you already got your real estate license, it would not guarantee you a steady income.
Every job presents a hazard to its employees, so if you’re applying for work, better check out if you’re putting yourself in danger without your full awareness. A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is a method that is used to analyze and record the steps in performing a job, the safety and health hazards involving each step and recommended actions that will remove or at least reduce these. You could download a JSA Report Generator from www.jsareporter.com to analyze how safe or unsafe your working conditions are. Armed with these additional information, you could have peace of mind and readiness to meet any risk that may come your way.
by: Christine Zafra
Have you ever encountered those job vacancies which highlight “at least 3, 4 or 5 years experience required”? Have you ever tried to apply to those job vacancies even if you don’t have experience? Why not? Were you afraid that you might get rejected by the moment the employer sees your resume without any work experience written on it? Don’t. Try applying to those jobs and see if you can get past through the application screener. If you do, then there must be a purpose. Either your academic accomplishments weighed heavier than the experience they were looking for in a person, or they just found something in your resume that says you are capable of the job vacancy they are offering.
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When finding a job, you can check publications and print media. Good sources of employment opportunities are local newspaper’s classified ads and city/county magazines or newsletters. Industry publications and trade journals also provide job advertisements on specific careers such as nursing, psychiatry, radiology, computer technology, etc. These journals may have job ads that take up the whole page for positions that have a high demand.
You may also get the services of employment agencies or headhunters. These may cost some money, but they can do the work of matching you to the employer that is looking for applicants like you. Some employers use these agencies to locate their possible employees.
There are a lot of reasons why you would want to get a retirement job:
1. The yearning to remain active and earning a meaningful income is still there. You can earn your keep, and will not depend on your children to fund you in any way.
2. You just love the work that you do and to stop working completely will be unacceptable or unthinkable. Also, you derive immense enjoyment and satisfaction from working.
3. You want to interact and socialize with people to be able to still lead an active life. Build up a network of colleagues and friends, and stay in a positive or social environment to fight loneliness or boredom.
To make your job interview run smoothly, you have to remember the names and professional titles of the people who will interview you. Prepare copies of your resume and bring them to your interview. If you have a questionable gap in your job history, think about a good explanation for it. You don’t have to lie, but you need to word it properly to avoid sounding negative. For example, you might say that you decided to attend a training workshop or you took some time off to focus on something that you wanted to do.
Dress professionally to look smart and sharp. Arrive 10-15 minutes early on the day of the interview to prepare yourself and your nerves.
irst, you must decide what kind of job you want to look for. Then, you have to make a resume. Focus it on the skills and qualifications that you have. Follow a professional format and detail the history of your job experiences.
Let your family members, friends and former co-workers know that you are in the market right now to search for a job. Who knows, the best opportunity might come from them. Search in the internet, newspaper classified ads and job fairs. You may also want to consider searching around the neighborhood for job openings in banks, restaurants, etc.
An increase in competition and trend data that indicate that the number of Americans graduating with degrees in the technical fields is not increasing to meet rising demand means that more employers are turning to foreign-born students to meet their employment needs. One-third of employers responding to the survey reported that they plan to hire international students this year. In fact, approximately, 40 percent of respondents in the Northeast reported plans to hire international students.
Employers expressed an interest in graduates with electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering, and computer science degrees.
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Employers plan to target business, engineering, and computer-related degrees at both the bachelors and masters degree level in 2007-2008. This year, at the bachelors level, the list is topped by accounting, followed by mechanical and electrical engineering, and computer science.
Masters level
At the doctorate degree level, employers will mainly target computer engineering and electrical engineering graduates, followed by computer science, mechanical engineering, and business administration/management.
Employers looking for graduates with associate degrees, too
The demand for associate degree graduates appears to have dipped slightly for 2007-08 graduates. In 2005-06, 33 percent of employers said they would hire two-year graduates; in 2006-07, it was 39 percent of employers. This year, only 27 percent plan to hire associate degree graduates.
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