Thursday, May 27, 2010

“Oil and Gas Job Search launches free trials for all and a world cup competition worth over £7000” plus 3 more

“Oil and Gas Job Search launches free trials for all and a world cup competition worth over £7000” plus 3 more

Oil and Gas Job Search launches free trials for all and a world cup competition worth over £7000

Posted: 27 May 2010 01:42 AM PDT

Oil and gas job search are running a world cup themed competition for clients with an extended free trial of their services. The competition has prizes of 3 months of services worth over £7000!

Once registered for the free trial, the first 32 entrants will be able to choose a team that is competing in the 2010 world cup. If the team you have picked wins the world cup, you win 3 months services absolutely free. Similar prizes are also available for 2nd and 3rd placed teams.

What makes the competition much more thrilling is that all entrants receive a limited free trial of the sites services including: -

CV Search – Oil and gas job search have over a quarter of a million experienced candidates looking for oil jobs in the oil and gas industry.

CV alerts – Fire and forget! Setup key terms and as soon as candidates register with the perfect skill set, you receive email notification and contact details in real time!

Banner adverts – Some parts of oilandgasjobsearch.com receive up to 2,500,000 page views a month. Build your brand and receive qualified traffic with strategic placement on the site.

The team slots will be given on a first come first served basis, so be quick if you want to choose your favourite team.

To take advantage of this offer, you need to email Anthony at anthony@oilandgasjobsearch.com with the subject "World cup offer 2010".

Only the first 32 responses will be entered into the competition and allocated free skill search banners and CV alerts, so be quick! The rest of you will still benefit from a free trial of their services.

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Job search discussion group at Framingham Library

Posted: 24 May 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Experienced corporate recruiter Joan Kennedy will lead a job search discussion group on Thursday, May 27, 7 to 8 p.m., at the Framingham Public Library's Costin Room.

Dr Paul Powers of Wellesley, author of "Winning Job Interviews" and "Love Your Job!" and a graduate of Marian High School in Framingham, will be the guest presenter.

This ongoing job search discussion group meets every other week on an informal basis.

Share your experiences, network with other local area job seekers and ask any questions. Participants are encouraged to bring their resume and any job postings of interest.

Framingham Public Library is at 49 Lexington St., The phone number is 508-532-5570.

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DAWN ANFUSO: Job search tips for college graduates

Posted: 26 May 2010 06:16 PM PDT

One of my favorite gifts to give to college graduates is Dr. Seuss' classic, "Oh! The Places You'll Go!" It provides encouragement - "You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights" - while also preparing the reader for some failures - "Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't. I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you."

Nicholas Aretakis, career coach and author of "No More Ramen: The 20-Something's Real World Survival Guide," offers these five tips for lessening the odds that grads will get banged up and hung up during the job-search adventure:

Lower your salary expectations. It's an employer's market, which means starting salaries will be lower than in the past. In fact, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) projects about a 2 percent decrease from last year's average starting salary of $49,353. Be prepared to ask for less and agree to less.

Show your motivation. Do this by leveraging your internships. Three quarters of employers polled consider internships a sign of a well-rounded, motivated candidate. If the internships you did aren't related, brag about them anyway. Sixteen percent of employers in the NACE survey indicated that work experience of any type was acceptable.

Sharpen your communication skills. Regardless of the career you are pursuing, the NACE survey found that the mastery of

communication skills - writing and speaking - was one of the top qualities employers are looking for this year. If needed, take a speaking or a writing class to boost those skills.

Let your tech know-how help - not hurt - you. Use your favorite social networking site to locate alumni at your prospective company who can give you tips and referrals. But before you do, clean up your site of all videos or unseemly content. Try to get out of poor habits made worse by texting: Use capitalization, punctuation, and spell checker in all job-related correspondence. And whatever you do, don't Tweet about your last job interview - it could cost you the job.

Prepare to pay some dues. And let your prospective employer know that you will. The NACE survey named strong work ethic and teamwork among the top five qualities employers are looking for (analytical skills, technical skills and communication skills were the other three). Rewards come to those who show up on time, work late occasionally, take on the difficult assignments, and work to prove themselves.

"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!" - Dr. Seuss

Dawn Anfuso is a South Bay-based business writer and former managing editor of Workforce magazine. If you have workplace or job-search questions, e-mail Anfuso at dawnanfuso@yahoo.com, or post to her blog at http://dawnanfuso.blogspot.com/. Writers will remain anonymous. Also, follow her on Twitter at dawnanfuso.




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Oil and Gas Job Search reaches 250,000 registered site users!

Posted: 20 May 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Oil and Gas Job Search, the global job site for the oil and gas industry have seen a massive 40% growth in site visits and a gigantic 60% increase in new site users compared with the same month last year. They now have over a quarter of a million oil and gas industry professionals using the site on a regular basis to find jobs and contracts.

The niche website, which caters for job seekers, recruiters and employers within the oil and gas industry, is proud that the milestone has been reached whilst still maintaining the highest quality calibre of site users in the industry. Recent independent site auditing has revealed that the demographics of its site users are far more attractive than that of some of its competitors, demonstrating the attractiveness of oil and gas job search to the upper echelon of oil and gas industry professionals. These qualities can be seen by the high standard and volume of oil jobs on the site.

John Roberts, Marketing Director of Oil and gas job search had this to say about the milestone "The growing appeal of oil and gas job search to oil and gas professionals searching for new jobs and contracts has been unmistakable over the last 12 months. We have seen increased use of every area of the website and recent improvements to usability have only bolstered our position as the favoured way of finding work within the industry. After careful analysis, it has emerged that demographics wise, we have a higher quality of site user than a few of our competitors, which in turn attracts clients to find the right people for the right job and feedback from our clients has been overwhelming in this regard. We also successfully carried out the largest industry salary survey ever which has been gratefully received by industry professionals worldwide. We intend to build upon our strengths and accelerate the growth of the site whilst still attracting the best people and ensuring that our clients find our services extremely easy to use as well as being the most rewarding option on the market."

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