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Job Interviews: What Everyone Loves and Hates Most about Them

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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Most of us are not locked into tenured positions within financially (or bureaucratically) stable companies; indeed, most of us are now struggling to restructure our resumes and cover letters to land that one-in-a-million job. And because of this current economic depression, any nine-to-five job these days, whether it be slinging DVDs at Blockbuster or running the corporate mainframe, can now be deemed a one-in-a-million opportunity to make a living.

But keep the faith, ye persistent, yet, unemployed one, because while we writhe and wriggle endlessly re-writing resumes, our future employers are also sweating, restructuring what they look for and how they interview as they try to fill these limited-time-only positions.

For both the interviewee and the interviewer, the job interview is like a blind date. The only information one has about the other is limited to tidbits of facts collected from recommendations, resumes, or profiles on Facebook. Neither party truly knows the other, and from the jump, there is only a minimal emotional investment and, therefore, nothing really to lose. So, interviewee, fear not the job interviews.

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http://www.mscareergirl.com/2010/08/10/job-interviews-what-everyone-loves-and-hates-most-about-them/

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Recruitment Meetings by Mary Elaine Ramos

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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One thing that meetings should have is an agenda in order to approach the goals in a systematic manner and ensure that all aspects are covered. The best way to formulate a good agenda is to ask questions. Here are some basic questions which should be asked in a recruitment meeting:

a. What are the department’s future requirements?
b. What are the steps being implemented to ensure that they meet these goals?
c. Are past goals already met? In what way?
d. What are the things that need to be improved?
e. Who are the persons in charge for the future projects?

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http://www.goodrecruits.com/2008/01/recruitment_meetings.html

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‘I’ll call your mother for tips’ (and more recruitment meeting tips)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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“When I was a new teacher, I was not much older than some of my students. I was 23 when I began my teaching career (right), and I taught government and economics to seniors. I even had a student who was 20 in one of my classes (“back in the day,” you could remain in school until you graduated or turned 21, whichever came first).

In the middle of one of my classes, a young man asked me a rather unusual and inappropriate question. He asked, “Mrs. Ingram, have you ever thought about growing a mustache?” I was stunned, of course, by the strangeness of that question, and I even had a moment of terror about my daily grooming habits. Maybe I needed to do something about the dark facial hair above my lips. After a brief moment to gather my wits, I said, “No, but if I do, I’ll call your mother for tips.”

You can imagine the pandemonium that broke out in my class. That young man was rebuked, and I had won a rather hollow victory over a student at the expense of his parent. I learned over the years that sarcasm has no place in the classroom, and whatever you do as a teacher, you must ally yourself with the parents of your students.

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http://equator.eftours.com/2010/10/recruitment-meeting-tips.html

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Recruitment and its Role Within Your Job Search

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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As you scour the want ads you may come across an ad that stops you in your tracks “Job Fair”. Is it possible? After you have spent all of your time looking for a job, they are just going to call you in and give you one on the spot? While recruitment may play a viable part of your job search, there are a few things you should understand about this process.

First, there are actually two forms of recruitment that may be beneficial for you: individual companies recruiting for themselves or agencies that recruit for various sources. Individual companies may hold job fairs or recruitment meetings to hire candidates to new positions, usually on a large scale. However, recruitment agencies, or employment agencies, are typically used to fill a wide range of positions.

When it comes to individual companies recruiting positions, it is usually done on a large scale. For example, a large company may need 25 positions filled. This is an ideal scenario for a job fair or recruitment meeting. Small offices sometimes recruit also when they want to screen a large number of applicants in a short period of time. However, something you should watch for is recruitment meetings that are less than honest in the position being filled. Sometimes, less desirable independent contractor positions are billed as “great job opportunities”, when in fact they are commission positions that are not actually employment.

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http://www.professional-resumes.com/recruitment-and-its-role-within-your-job-search.html

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Tips For Non-native Recruitment Meetings

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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Applying for a job in foreign country may be a process accompanied by various hardships, but if you succeed, you will find out in the long run that it pays off. After finding some jobs that match your interests, the next step is to apply for them. The necessary documents that most employers will require are cover letter, application forms or complete resumes. Attending an interview is the next stage and only the shortlisted candidates will be called for it so their prospective employers can learn some more about them. In order to certify that it is you and no one else that applies for the job, most employers, or interviewers will ask you to bring another important document

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http://infolinkworldwide.com/tips-for-non-native-recruitment-meetings

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Recruitment Tips by Pawel Brodzinski

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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“Lately I had lot recruitment meetings. I had also an occasion to recruit people with several colleagues on the recruitment side for the first time, so I’ve learnt some of their techniques. Although recruitment isn’t something I do on very regular basis I’ve already recruited several dozens of people and unlike HR people I had to work with them after hiring. Nevertheless, thing I still see very often, no matter how experienced a candidate is, is being poorly prepared to recruitment talk.”

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http://blog.brodzinski.com/2006/11/recruitment-tips.html

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Hiring and Recruiting Minorities and Women for Faculty Positions

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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A faculty vacancy presents an opportunity for the university to carefully define the position and the type of person needed now and in the future. Traditional institutions such as Universities will not change spontaneously. Strong leadership and diversity measures are required to achieve change. These tips intend to assist chairs in recruiting, mentoring and retaining minority faculty

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http://www.aps.org/programs/minorities/recruitment/index.cfm

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The Best-Kept Job-Interview Secret

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Editor| Leave a comment

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You straighten your tie and check your teeth for lettuce before the big interview with your potential boss, but there’s another interview you should be prepared for — that with the company’s receptionist. He or she is the first person you meet when you arrive at a prospective employer and the last person you see before you leave. Here are ten things receptionists would tell you if they could.

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http://bit.ly/nIT31Q

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