Thursday, November 15, 2007

How Do You Choose A Suitable Online Job Resource?

They have multiplied like mushrooms on the internet for the past pair of years. Nowadays, online job possessions have under enemy control the staffing prospect, possibly at the dismay of the local dailies that did not make the changeover yet from traditional hiring and placement to the web-based environment that is the tendency nowadays.

Scammers have had their field days making millions out of bogus job hiring and placement; as long as there are people who believe too soon and faith so easy, scammers will see better days.

There are many job resource companies that merely provide a list of employers, but do not "walk the extra mile" with you in ensuring a stress-free job placement overseas. Have you ever thought how would these job recruiters react when you mess up with legal issues, or with immigration laws - who would you run to?

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Why Not Real Estate Appraisal As A Career?

A lot of my friends have been bugging me recently, about writing an article that lets people know how great it is to be an evaluator. Knowing me they know I love to write blogs, and since I am an evaluator, they are astounded I don't write a whole lot about it. Not even sure why it never dawned on my before, I'm going to start. The industry is changing as a result of the disorder in the housing market.

The powers that be are ratcheting up requirements. In every state, not just a single state. They are trying to regulate licensing, testing, etc. Any time an industry goes through such radical change there is a big turn over in the professional inhabitants, and this is no different. There is a percentage of people out there who just feel they are past the time to keep up on the higher educational requirements - and chose to give up work. There is already a pending catastrophe shortage of commercial appraisers, and residential appraisers will soon follow.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Secret shopping and Confidentiality

I am always astonished when shoppers explicitly unveil the names of clients, fees they established, shop necessities and other information. I hear anonymity shoppers say these things at shopper meet-ups, and I read unfortunate comments in public forums and blogs. What part of "private" don't these shoppers recognize?

Almost every anonymity shopping company includes a discretion clause in the Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) completed during the application process. Banned activities characteristically include:

  • Sharing information about the operations of the secret shopping company and its clients.
  • Discussing recompense and other details of shop coursework with a third party.
  • Directly contacting a client, without the specific authorization of the anonymity shopping company.
  • Sharing blank or completed report forms, guiding principle and other shop materials with anyone else.

That means you can not talk about:

  • How much a shop assignment pays.
  • Which secrecy shopping company shops a particular client.
  • Specific shop requirements (e.g., service standards, purchase requirements, etc.)
  • Which companies (e.g. stores, restaurants, banks and others) are mystery shopping clients.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Careers and Recruitment

The internet is becoming an more and more important part of vocation recommendation for many, many people. Lots of information on careers and job vacancies is obtainable on the internet as well as the fact that people can get advice and help on the next steps to take in their career sequence online. The use of search engines to look for specific jobs, employers and employment agencies is very helpful. Almost all recruitment agencies in the UK have an online attendance and promote all their vacancies online on their websites. Users of these agencies and websites can browse all careers that match their skills and some sites even have skill matching tools that does this mechanically. This helps people enormously with time management when searching for a new career. Many of these websites also offer online career suggestion such as how to make a curriculum vitae suitably, how to write a cover letter and also interview tips and techniques. These websites can be used as the first step in the modus operandi and can be followed by contact with recruitment consultants or forthcoming employers, in order to further the process.

It is probable for some people to train online using isolated study areas such as the Open University. Establishments such as these allow people to obtain experience as advanced as a degree through studying completely online. E-learning is an area of huge probable with a lot of room from growth and expansion. As with many aspects of the internet, online learning will help people who have tight schedules and little time to dedicate to training.

Another advantage of the internet for people who are looking at progressing or altering their job is that they can easily and quickly gain other peoples opinions and thoughts. Recruitment consultants, business leaders and people employed in many disciplines use online job forums to discuss aspects of employment, recruitment and career sequence. Through these forums and discussion points people can find out the advantages and disadvantages of various jobs and careers and also what the realism of working in a particular subdivision is like. They can also gain help and counsel on how to undertake a particular staffing or career matter.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Learn, learn, learn

Now, when you know what should be your next profession you need to arrange yourself to suit to the position. When you’re a developer and under pressure to be a designer -- look how designers work. What in your and others’ estimation they do good and where they are failures. You have a reassure to be a beneficiary of their work -- develop that. Want to be a manger? Look at your boss. Think how her actions influence you. It’ll be very useful when you at last become a manager.

When you know your next favorite position (and now you know it, right?), place your teachers (those who fulfill role you want to have) and learn from them. Assess them -- who execute well and who’s contradictory. Retain information you can learn from both.

If it just so happens your boss is your guru here you’re lucky. I have to make a clean breast I was and I still am very fortunate with my bosses. Most of them were guys I learnt a lot from. Oh, I think I learnt a lot from all of them, but some of them were rather counterexamples to what I wanted to be.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Medical Sales Job For Nurses

After I did my talking at a local Toastmasters assembly, another member came up to me and asked about how to get in touch with pharmaceutical companies. It turns out that she was a nurse at one of Montreal’s major hospitals and she knew that I had worked in medical sales for many years. She was philosophy about a career change after many years working in the hospital as a nurse and wanted to find out about the likelihood of a medical sales job for nurses.

Of route, I told her that a medical sales job would be a normal career change for her and other nurses. They previously know the checkup science and structure. It’s only a matter of learning advertising skills and some pharmacology which drug companies will train on.

Since this meticulous nurse was already a Toastmaster member for two years, her communications skills were pretty good and will get even better as she advances within Toastmasters. She will likely convince drug companies that she does have to communications skills required for a medical sales job. The only thing that she would need to determine is whether she has the aptitude for the sales environment which includes being able to take rejection every day. As far as how to get in touch with the pharmaceutical companies, she and other nurses have a huge advantage over other aspiring medical sales representatives because she is already working in an environment where she has access to many possible contacts to the drug industry.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Career Change - Knowing When

A careers teacher at school once told me, “NO job is worth being unhappy for. Move on.”

I’m sure I’m oversimplifying somewhat, but that philosophy has remained with me. If I am unhappy, it’s time to move on and discover other options.

Now some might allow to go this as undeveloped or careless, an powerlessness to consign even when things get tough. I would disagree that, on the opposing, each move has resulted in a great deal of soul-searching and thus has led to continued personal growth, as well as a thorough assessment of the values that are meaningful to me. I have come to become conscious that a fat paycheck, a believe office and a corporate image are far less important that I once thought. Instead, personal rewards have taken their place.