A new employer won’t likely take a chance on you if it has to figure out how you’ll make its business more successful. The challenge in changing careers lies in figuring it out yourself and explaining it to the employer.
The jobs are with the small startups! Who is your job search targeting?
July 29, 2010 By
A Business First article on July 16, 2010 quotes the Kauffman Foundation as saying that startups are a better bet for job growth than existing businesses. New businesses add about 3 million jobs every year, while existing business cut about 1 million jobs, the study found. The report, which is based on census data from [...]
Building Analyst Class Starts August 2, 2010
July 15, 2010 By
Class: August 2,3,4,5, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Field: August 6 and August 9, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Location: ECC 45 Oak Street Room 143 Become one of the NATIONALLY accredited contracting companies that are increasing in demand for home energy efficiency. ECC Workforce Development offers this first step in [...]
Resume Help
July 1, 2010 By
Honest Applications
March 10, 2010 By
A lot of guys come in to the office for our initial conversation with a CAN-DO! attitude. In other words they “can do” anything. They try to sell their skills for all jobs from turning flapjacks to raising the Empire State Building to flying a B52 Bomber and anything in between. They are ernest and [...]
No car = no job …a solution!
January 31, 2010 By
Most of our clients require you to have your own reliable vehicle before they will consider you for employment. Experience tells us that this is usually a good policy. But it is unfortunate because so many folks are hard-working and talented ..basically very employable if only they had a car. Child & Family Services Ways [...]
Objective Statement #3 (example)
January 18, 2010 By
See also: A heart to heart with job seekers (why you need to work harder to sell yourself) Part-one of Composing an Objective Statement Objective Statement #2 (example) I mentioned earlier that working in an industrial setting for a large block of time might actually serve to stigmatize you. In this example Joe worked as [...]
Another Objective Statement example
January 15, 2010 By
See also: A heart to heart with job seekers (why you need to work harder to sell yourself) Part-one of Composing an Objective Statement Let’s work through another example of a targeted objective statement. This person gained most of his experience from working as a plumber, steamfitter, and later as an inspector at a very [...]
Things that an Interviewer REALLY Wants to Know
ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS! Want to know what a savvy Recruiter is trying to find out about you? Go HERE to read what I recommend.