You’ve just been laid off or your position was eliminated. Now you need to know how to search for a job smartly. Remember, time is money and who can really live on unemployment, right? It’s a tough market out there and using some simple tools, you can move through the transition phase much more quickly.
First, review and update your resume. It’s always a good idea to keep your resume up to date because opportunities present themselves all the time. Make sure your resume has no spelling or grammar errors, is neat and concise and clearly and honestly describes your experience. Nothing will hinder your successful job search more than “padding” your resume. Employers currently have a wealth of candidates to choose from, so lying will rule you out immediately.
Second, utilize social networking sites like LinkedIn and facebook. This is a growing trend for job seekers and employers. LinkedIn has job boards for various industries and many positions listed are exclusive to that site. When searching for a job smartly, something to remember is people will hire people they like and who others like. This is important when using social networking sites for your job search.
Make sure you don’t put anything on your facebook page that you wouldn’t want your mother to see. If using LinkedIn, make sure you invite people to your network that will be willing to write you recommendations. You never know who is hiring. The best jobs are those not found on job sites. Be smart, network.
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Nope nor am I a member of twitter..lol.
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hi teza S, ya know teza a lot of times your instructor always want you to reveiw and then that is how you learn by doing but you are looking for quick answers and that is why we are here to help but when we help we are hurting because you are not learning. so i recommend you reveiw your work. but your answer is hit the control+LOOP and it will work for you. now i suggest that you should reveiw your chapter on getting that work done so you will know how to get it to work for yourself. i was watching an old episode of star trek kirk was in the transporter room when the transporter operator said sir it is not transporting and he reminded the operator what is the first thing that you learn when in the academy. he saw his problem and said you cannot beam aboard unless beam on is off he said okay go ahead and beam it aboard and it worked. before captain kirk left the transpporter room he advice him to reveiw so don't feel bad even they reveiwed on the enterprise. lol but it is sound advice what if you would be in class and your instructor told you to make a loop. i think you get my point so study hard you have to know this stuff. good luck hope i was helpful to you
There are many people who benefit from college. Pre-professional degrees from 4-year colleges like engineering, nursing, business, etc., can land many students decent jobs right out of college — many engineers don't go to grad school, yet after several years earn a substantial amount of money. That depends on how well you perform in school, recommendations from teachers, and internships/programs you participate in during college that provide the experience employers want. Those "millionaires" are incredibly intelligent, ingenuous people — they were accepted to and attended very good colleges (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg –> Harvard), but dropped out simply because college held them back. Don't compare these people to Average Joes — they're geniuses, and they're rare.
1. What class is this in? For multiple choice questions and math/science problems, "correctness" counts. For an essay in Literature, "correctness" means nothing. You can be correct, but still have below par writing, which the professor has every right to fail.
2. "College doesn't care"? Of course they care! If they have low graduation rates, who's going to attend those colleges? Then again, I suppose that depends on the college. Many colleges are extremely invested in their students, while others don't give a damn. I'm sorry that you ended up in the latter.
3. At some colleges, the classes you take your first two years are nothing more than remedial high school courses. In this case, it is certainly a waste of time. On the other hand, some freshman and sophomore year courses are designed to introduce students to new concepts they'll use in more advanced classes, so they do need to take those courses to be successful in later years. "College is designed this way to make moire students drop out, when they drop out they will make space for more freshmen which = more money!" That makes absolutely no sense. One student dropping out –> one student entering. The tuition remains the same. If both receive the same amount of aid, how could the college earn more?
4. Well, of course you can. It's called cheating. And that kind of cheating gets caught. Universities are not that dumb.
Degrees are certainly overrated for those who are more suited for trade schools. Other students, however, are more suited for academics, so it's a path they choose to take. A degree from trade schools and colleges/universities both provide for opportunities
Many people do "take one year off" — it's called a gap year, and they're becoming more popular in this decade. As long as you do something productive during that time, there's nothing wrong with that!
"Start your own business, then consider college" — No one says this because it's ridiculous advice. First of all, a majority of people do not have the ability to run their own company. It would be an absolute waste of money to invest in a failing company, and then rack up more debt to attend college after. It would be far more sensible to gain knowledge in college, and then have a better chance of success in running a business afterwards. In this way, even if your business fails, you still have a degree to fall back on.
I do agree that people need to learn more about the different non-college paths they can take. Again, not everyone is suited for college, and would be better off using their skills in trade schools, etc. Unfortunately, most non-menial, non-restaurant jobs require some time of degree nowadays, so people are just rushing to get them — no one wants to work in a position "below" them.
You need to be a employee before you can be a good employer. It hardly ever works the other way around. Encouraging something like that is far too unrealistic for the majority of the population.
pretty impressive and realistic
friendster?
There are times when I wanna retweet someone but then I see their grammar errors or misspelling & then I don’t retweet them. #sorrynotsorry
Good I think. I’m trying to be more social within the realms of social media, but believe I’m losing.
What???? There is no one that she can report you to.
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