Real World Job Hunting

Does your job stress you out? If you find your tension level going through the roof while you’re at work, give yourself a break. Reducing stress can be as simple as stretching your legs or organizing your desk. So chill out and learn creative ways to de-stress on the job!

When you post your resume online, you want it to get noticed. But how can your resume—one of literally hundreds facing recruiters every day—draw enough attention to get you an interview? It’s all about focus. Step into the recruiters’ spotlight by tailoring your resume and using online tools to get the attention you deserve!

You’re dedicated to your career. You always give 110 percent. You work long hours, make countless sacrifices for the job and earn good money. What about the rest of your life? Are you working so much that you don’t have a life? It’s a tough balancing act—giving the same energy to both your work and personal life. You can achieve balance if you know which questions to ask and where to go for answers but you need a plan.

A sluggish economy. A tight job market. Tons of competition. Recruiters overwhelmed with resumes. How can you get any attention under such difficult conditions? Will you be forced to take a lower salary just to get back to work? In this job market, when salaries are slipping, your salary expectations should have some flexibility. But you don’t have to give up everything just to get a job. It’s all about how you market yourself.

Any career services professional will tell you that networking is the single most important job search activity. Indeed, outplacement companies and career counselors hold seminars and workshops devoted just to this subject. But no matter how much we say so, it seems many job seekers hate to network and prefer to spend their time sending out resumes or cruising job sites on the Internet. I realize now that the newly unemployed often misunderstand the networking concept. Because networking is encouraged by the career consultant, individuals tend to view it as a skill specific to the job hunt, and not a widely-applicable, if not essential, work or life skill. Some people dismiss networking as a purely mechanistic process, while others avoid it because they think it's phony or inauthentic. At best, many individuals network just out of necessity and then forget all about it once they're re-employed. So if it will do any good, don't call it networking. If it just conjures up nega...

With the world of work as well as the world at large, seeming more and more unstable having the capacity to remain flexible and self-reliant in the midst of such ambiguity and change has never been more important. This is especially true in dealing with your career. It seems that the ability to confront constant change and stay productive comes naturally to some people, but resilience is a strength others must develop. The good news is that with some effort it can be done.

The best way to use the Internet in a job hunt is still a matter of debate. New Web tools to help your search are always cropping up, but many old misconceptions about technology persist and these could hamper your search.

Not every office has a habit that our employees are open to each other about their big salaries. Most employees will keep the score, although with one another must be wondering: how many colleagues who have accepted the same job? What if your co-workers know your salary, do you feel cheated? If their salaries are lower, certainly not a problem. That is not fun is if you caught a salary below the standard.

One employee stated that state-owned company before working for the company, he worked in foreign companies. In a previous company, the process is working very well and the system was standardized and well established. Only, his conscience bothered because the largest portion of corporate profits is not enjoyed by workers, but shareholders abroad.

Win at Job Interviews Congratulations. You are doing research on Job Interviews, that means you most likely have a real Job Interview to prepare for.

SALARY Technology professionals used to be at the top of the nation's salary scale. Not anymore. This year, information technology workers received modest pay increases of just 3 percent, slightly lower than the national average of 4 percent, according to Computerworld's 2004 Salary Survey.