“IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube” plus 2 more |
- IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube
- Career Watch: Finding a Job in a Third the Time
- Job Front: Experts offer advice for Sacramento-area job seekers
| IRS Highlights Job Opportunities for New Grads on YouTube Posted: 12 Jul 2010 07:51 AM PDT Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Career Watch: Finding a Job in a Third the Time Posted: 12 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT Computerworld — Q&A: David Perry The co-author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0 explains how an unconventional search strategy can result in a new position in a third the time. Is there one thing job hunters can do that would shorten their searches? Stop looking for jobs. Start looking for employers and influencers. Pick a list of 10 to 20 companies where you want to work. They're not hiring? Doesn't matter. The one-word cure for "hiring freeze" is attrition. People get fired, laid off, quit or die every day, even at companies that aren't hiring. When you focus your efforts on a short list of target companies, you will make connections that lead to meetings that lead to employment. CIO.com's IT Job Search Bible How can technology be better utilized in the job search? There are 4 million HR managers and 174,932 professional recruiters in America today. The first place these recruiters will go to find a potential candidate is ZoomInfo.com. The second is LinkedIn. If you don't have a profile, you can't be found -- in fact, you don't exist. By creating a profile, you are basically putting your résumé on the Web. Better yet, ZoomInfo will update your profile with new career info whenever it appears on the Internet. Online tools can also be helpful in focusing your job search. FreshContacts.com is a free, downloadable plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that gives job hunters unfettered access to intelligence on 45 million executives. Using FreshContacts.com, it is simple to put together a list of the companies you want to work for and the e-mail or phone number for the vice president or department head that is doing the hiring. Once you have identified your target employers and influencers, Google Alerts can notify you when there's a reason to call, such as a significant event involving a company or one of its executives. What are some examples of guerrilla marketing? Career experts claim that only 20% of open positions are posted online. Guerrilla job hunting is about targeting the other 80% of jobs. Unfortunately, most people still focus on applying for advertised positions. To crack the hidden job market, a person needs creativity, focus and persistence. Guerrilla job hunting is about engaging your audience and surprising them. It can take the form of an educated and targeted phone call, developing a guerrilla résumé that includes full-color graphics and testimonials from past clients and managers, or something as bold as the coffee cup caper. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Job Front: Experts offer advice for Sacramento-area job seekers Posted: 11 Jul 2010 09:23 PM PDT From older workers feeling job discrimination to younger employees wanting to switch careers, Sacramento-area job seekers want advice. This week, career counseling expert Terri Carpenter of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) offers some guidance. Carpenter, one of our "Ask the Experts" writers, answers readers' questions online at www.sacbee.com/ask. That's where you can also get help from local experts on banking, taxes, investing, wills/trusts and personal finances. Here's a sampling of Carpenter's recent advice for local job seekers: I have been out of work for some time now, except for several seasonal jobs. My background is in customer service (taking phone orders, resolving customer complaints), but I'm interested in getting into the administrative assistant field. Is there any type of training I can take to sharpen my software skills? I understand there are grants for people like me to go back to school. Whom do I talk to about these programs? Yes, there are financial assistance programs available through the community college system, such as Pell grants. You can also visit your local Sacramento Works One Stop Career Center to see if you are eligible for a scholarship grant to cover some of the software courses you might need. For financial aid services through a One Stop Career Center, visit www.seta.net under "Job Seeker Services." If you sit down with a career coach, he or she can help you identify the skills/training that an administrative assistant would need, such as software training in Word, Excel or other programs. I have been to résumé critique and job search seminars around Sacramento and found them very valuable. But when I visit a prospective employer, there seems to be a huge elephant in the room: my age. While my cover letter and professional qualifications open the door for interviews, I cannot hide the fact that I am a 62-year-old white male. I recently attended a job orientation with a national company that received 450 résumés for five positions; nine of us were invited to the orientation. I thought this time would be different because my personality, affable nature and experience would garner an interview: It did not. It seems the 30-something (interviewer) … could not see hiring someone who reminded her of her dad. Why do I not hear the outcry of older workers about an issue that is epidemic? Complaints about discrimination against older workers are on the rise and have been covered by the media, both nationally and locally, in recent months. I have received quite a few e-mails from older workers expressing your same concerns. I recently came across an article, "Positive Attitude Is Key When Fighting Prejudice Against Older Workers," by Katharine Hansen, a careers author and blogger at Quintessential Careers. Her summation: "Face the fact that some unenlightened organizations simply won't hire you if you're 'of a certain age,' and you're better off not fighting them. Instead, put your energy into seeking out the companies who welcome your work ethic and maturity." Among her tips: Don't be a victim, and don't panic; tap into "boomer power"; embrace change; stay fit and energetic. For the full article, go to www.quintcareers.com/ older_workers_jobseekers.html. The best advice I can give to older workers: Keep your skills current, especially computer skills. Depending on the type of job you're seeking, be sure you are Internet-savvy and familiar with Windows-based programs, such as word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation applications. Microsoft offers training programs though organizations such as AARP; local Sacramento Works One Stop Career Centers offer free introductory computer workshops as well. You may be eligible for a grant to pay for computer courses. For more information, look under "Job Seeker Services" at www.seta.net. What are the best tools to assess your job skills and interests? There are several free tools available at all 11 Sacramento Works One Stop Career Centers that will help determine your skills and interests. The first is IDEAS (Interest, Determination, Exploration and Assessment System), designed for students and adults. The IDEAS workbook provides a series of statements, and you circle those that best describe yourself. It helps identify your interests and the different types of careers/occupations that you might enjoy. The second tool is Choices, a software program that offers a more detailed look at your interests and relevant occupations. The program also provides information on education and training related to your career interests. If you're not near a One Stop Career Center, there are two tools that anyone can access online: • CareerGPS is a one-of-a-kind website that provides a detailed look at local job forecasts and wages for the six-county Sacramento region. It's continually updated with local resources for job seekers. It lets you create a career-interest profile, based on a quick online survey. It also links you to a number of regional resources, including community college, university and vocational training programs. For instance, if one of your top interests was accounting, it would show you community college programs, as well as private-sector programs, that offer accounting classes. It's at www.CareerGPS.com. • O*Net OnLine, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, lets users search for occupations that use their skills. It has extensive data on numerous occupations, including the so-called green economy. It's at www.online.onetcenter.org. – Compiled by Claudia Buck © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved.  Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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