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Monday, January 4, 2010
5 Ways to Battle Job Search Rejection
Success in a job search is easy to deal with; a job offer feels good, validates us and allows us to move forward in life. We all want it and strive for it. Nevertheless, for most job seekers, they're sandwiched between boatloads of indifference, rejection and apparent failure. If you've been hunting for a job very long, you know what I'm talking about. Job search is one big exercise in rejection until you win that job you've been pursuing.
So, what can you do when you get rejected?
Here are five survival tips for dealing with those vast and daunting oceans of rejection and failure that encircle the tiny islands of success that we all seek.
1. Understand true meaning of rejection
Any successful commission-driven salesperson knows that success is a numbers game. Salespeople know that every rejection is just one step closer to success. With this attitude, you know that rejection leads to success, and you can put rejection into perspective. Just keep going. Count those rejections, and know that you're one step closer to success and a good job offer.
2. Feel positive about the process
Step back and observe your job search process from a larger viewpoint. You may feel that you're wandering in the desert and that you can't see the solution or find the right job, but know that your search is finite. You will eventually find employment that's right for you. Accept that you're in a process, and let yourself live with the questions. One day you will grow into the answers, and you will find the right job for you.
3. Only the right job
When you lose out on a job opportunity, it is because it wasn't the right job for you. You do not want to win a job that is wrong for you. Personally, I was rejected many times before and I remember feeling depressed at the time because I felt at each time that it was the "perfect opportunity" for me.
I later realized that, for various reasons, none of those jobs would have worked for me and I realized I would have failed in all of those jobs because of events in the economy and my own life. Try to set a goal and hold a vision of what you want, then give time to get the best job suiting you. Admit that you don't really know which job is right for you. Know that the right job will come to you. This will alleviate some anxiety.
4. Be more active
Be more proactive, stretch yourself and do something every day to further your search. Positive action diminishes anxiety and other negative feelings. To prevail in today's competitive job search process, it requires an iron will and determination that you will not be defeated. Remind yourself daily that you will prevail and succeed at this challenge.
If you're really serious about finding employment, get out of your comfort zone and aggressively seek out the so-called "hidden job" market. It's been estimated that 70 to 80 percent of job hires come from sources other than Internet job postings or recruiters. These are the jobs that aren't listed, don't have an actual requirement or are otherwise "created" when the right person shows up -- this is the segment known informally as "inside referrals."
There are many approaches involving direct marketing, personal branding and networking. You'll feel more in control of your destiny when you move beyond searching the Internet postings for your next job opportunity. Job searching is tough enough, so don't isolate yourself behind a computer screen.
5. Leave negative emotions
Lose the emotions of "desperation" and "defeat" in your interviews. Also, remember that the employer has a problem, not a job. Think of the interview as a problem-solving opportunity with the hiring manager. It allows you to focus on what the employer needs, not your needs and that's all they really care about. Once done, you gain their attention, respect and desire to know more about you. You must get rid of your anxiety wounds and desperation.
So, what can you do when you get rejected?
Here are five survival tips for dealing with those vast and daunting oceans of rejection and failure that encircle the tiny islands of success that we all seek.
1. Understand true meaning of rejection
Any successful commission-driven salesperson knows that success is a numbers game. Salespeople know that every rejection is just one step closer to success. With this attitude, you know that rejection leads to success, and you can put rejection into perspective. Just keep going. Count those rejections, and know that you're one step closer to success and a good job offer.
2. Feel positive about the process
Step back and observe your job search process from a larger viewpoint. You may feel that you're wandering in the desert and that you can't see the solution or find the right job, but know that your search is finite. You will eventually find employment that's right for you. Accept that you're in a process, and let yourself live with the questions. One day you will grow into the answers, and you will find the right job for you.
3. Only the right job
When you lose out on a job opportunity, it is because it wasn't the right job for you. You do not want to win a job that is wrong for you. Personally, I was rejected many times before and I remember feeling depressed at the time because I felt at each time that it was the "perfect opportunity" for me.
I later realized that, for various reasons, none of those jobs would have worked for me and I realized I would have failed in all of those jobs because of events in the economy and my own life. Try to set a goal and hold a vision of what you want, then give time to get the best job suiting you. Admit that you don't really know which job is right for you. Know that the right job will come to you. This will alleviate some anxiety.
4. Be more active
Be more proactive, stretch yourself and do something every day to further your search. Positive action diminishes anxiety and other negative feelings. To prevail in today's competitive job search process, it requires an iron will and determination that you will not be defeated. Remind yourself daily that you will prevail and succeed at this challenge.
If you're really serious about finding employment, get out of your comfort zone and aggressively seek out the so-called "hidden job" market. It's been estimated that 70 to 80 percent of job hires come from sources other than Internet job postings or recruiters. These are the jobs that aren't listed, don't have an actual requirement or are otherwise "created" when the right person shows up -- this is the segment known informally as "inside referrals."
There are many approaches involving direct marketing, personal branding and networking. You'll feel more in control of your destiny when you move beyond searching the Internet postings for your next job opportunity. Job searching is tough enough, so don't isolate yourself behind a computer screen.
5. Leave negative emotions
Lose the emotions of "desperation" and "defeat" in your interviews. Also, remember that the employer has a problem, not a job. Think of the interview as a problem-solving opportunity with the hiring manager. It allows you to focus on what the employer needs, not your needs and that's all they really care about. Once done, you gain their attention, respect and desire to know more about you. You must get rid of your anxiety wounds and desperation.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Tanzil : Quran Navigator
Tanzil : Quran Navigator
Excellent software showing Quran with different recitations and translations.
Excellent software showing Quran with different recitations and translations.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
Shaklee Independent Distributor
Shaklee Independent Distributor
Shaklee mission is to provide a healthier life for everyone and a better life for anyone. This is done by making natural-source products that are so exceptional you just have to tell your friends. Every product that goes into every Shaklee bottle is designed to improve health, work without compromise, and be gentle on the planet. That’s the short answer.
The longer answer involves all the other things we do better than anyone else:
◦Becoming first in the world to be certified Climate Neutral™ (totally offsetting our carbon emissions resulting in a net-zero impact on the environment)
◦Investing more than $250 million in clinical testing, research, and development
◦Testing for purity and safety with more than 80,000 quality tests each year
◦Joining forces with explorer Jacques Cousteau, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, and other earth advocates
◦Winning awards for our sustainable business practices and in green design for our world headquarters
◦Recycling 453,600 kg (1,000,000 lbs) of cardboard from other companies
Shaklee also pioneered a business model that empowers people to work from home, spending more time doing the things that matter most to them, and earning a healthy income by helping others. Imagine a business where you can earn financial rewards, luxury trips to exotic locations, and recognition for helping people – all while making a difference for the planet.
That’s part of what makes Shaklee different with the uncompromising excellence of its products.
Shaklee mission is to provide a healthier life for everyone and a better life for anyone. This is done by making natural-source products that are so exceptional you just have to tell your friends. Every product that goes into every Shaklee bottle is designed to improve health, work without compromise, and be gentle on the planet. That’s the short answer.
The longer answer involves all the other things we do better than anyone else:
◦Becoming first in the world to be certified Climate Neutral™ (totally offsetting our carbon emissions resulting in a net-zero impact on the environment)
◦Investing more than $250 million in clinical testing, research, and development
◦Testing for purity and safety with more than 80,000 quality tests each year
◦Joining forces with explorer Jacques Cousteau, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai, and other earth advocates
◦Winning awards for our sustainable business practices and in green design for our world headquarters
◦Recycling 453,600 kg (1,000,000 lbs) of cardboard from other companies
Shaklee also pioneered a business model that empowers people to work from home, spending more time doing the things that matter most to them, and earning a healthy income by helping others. Imagine a business where you can earn financial rewards, luxury trips to exotic locations, and recognition for helping people – all while making a difference for the planet.
That’s part of what makes Shaklee different with the uncompromising excellence of its products.
How To Job Search in 2010?
You could probably fill an entire library with well-meaning books that share conventional wisdom about the best ways to conduct your job search, as well as how to write your cover letter and résumé and how to prepare for your job interview.
But with the uncertain economy and more competition for existing jobs, it's necessary to look beyond textbook examples to see what practical advice is working for candidates right now.
Here are few important factors, which must be considered in your search for your dream job in a global environment of recession, fierce competition and intelligent resources of communications.
1) Start your own blog
The phenomenon of blogging has exploded in the last several years, but for job seekers, a blog can be a résumé in motion. It can show potential employers who you are and what you're about in a very comprehensive way.
A personal blog is an excellent marketing tool and its content is considered as a virtual calling card; the blog can easily show readers job seekers' identity, personality, attitude, knowledge and objectives.
2) Hidden job market & networking
Job seekers know that tapping into social and professional networking sites like FaceBook, LinkedIn and Brightfuse.com can connect them to contacts that might be the key to their next job.
But in addition to those structured networks, job seekers are reaching out to the contacts in their informal network -- close friends and family. It may seem like an unsexy or uninteresting approach in a tech-savvy atmosphere, but it capitalizes on one asset that everyone has access to: people.
It may seem like old-fashioned pavement pounding, but as Mendelson says, you have to get the word about what you're looking for out there. "Make friends, build a network and in tough times don't be afraid to ask tactfully for help," he states.
3) Use online resources
There is a huge amount of relevant information available online for job seekers, giving them full assistance in their search and presenting a lot of information paving the way for job seekers to review, choose and implement various techniques towards their definite target - job search.
Online data focus on the following career/jobs keywords:
• Self-employment
• Training, education and financial assistance
• Experienced workers
• Business directories & Search engines
• Labour market information
• Corporate websites
• Government websites
• Internship programs
• Professional affiliations
• Mentorship programs
• Bridging programs
• Student assistant
• New graduates work chances
• Second career
• Volunteering
• Apprenticeship
• Bulletin Boards
• Job Fairs
4) Writing a good resume
One of the most important steps to be taken by job seekers is writing a well-defined functional or chronological resume, which must include the following:
• Objective - what you really want to do in your next job
• Qualifications - mainly called HOOKS, or the main features of job seekers, which will make probable employers to be convinced of hiring them
• Achievements - examples of stories of their success should be briefly narrated showing how job seekers were able to perform successfully in their previous jobs
• Experience - showing previous work history in chronological format
• Education - showing degrees or diplomas earned by job seekers giving them the ability to perform job duties and key responsibilities
• Professional affiliations - showing the professional memberships of job seekers giving them the professional status to perform the required duties
• Soft skills - showing employers the job seekers' skills such as problem solving, team work ability, leadership, interpersonal skills, multi-tasking ability and negotiation skills
• Other experience - like computer skills and languages ability related to the targeted job
5) Skills identification
Transferable skills are developed and used in a wide variety of work and life situations; they are also known as "root skills". Job seekers must think about their past experiences and decide what are their "five" strongest skills they have to use in future jobs.
Employers want to know the personal qualities or attributes that job seekers can offer to their organizations. These attributes are categorized as job seekers ability to relate to others, attitude, enthusiasm, flexibility/resourcefulness, communication/problem-solving and work habits. Job seekers must identify their five strongest attributes accordingly.
Employers’ Top 10 desired work skills are communication, teamwork, time management, problem solving, organizational, learning, computer, adaptability, creativity and leadership.
6) Understanding labor market trends
Labor market information include data regarding job vacancies, unemployment rates, corporate information, education and certification required for different occupations and salaries and working conditions.
Labor market trends can be seen as a general direction or tendency of the market. Researching the Labor market is very important to decide short and mid-term objectives, defining Labor market trends in a job seeker’s field, unemployment rate, related occupations, relevant professional associations and regulatory bodies, research corporate data using the Internet, research salaries for the required occupation and checking universities and colleges for information on courses and training.
7) Preparing Business cards
Business cards serve as a resduced resume, so keep it short and simple. Job seekers should use them for networking purposes, to summarize skills, to get job leads and to submit with application forms when applying for a job.
When designing a business card, you must remember to place the most marketable items first.
8) Writing cover letters/thank you letters
A targeted cover letter must include essential keywords and skills which are carefully picked out from the advertised position. Also, it must state the position applied for and where it was posted.
In the heart of the targeted letter, job seekers must mention all important below-mentioned issues:
• Why they are good candidates?
• What related skills and experience do they have?
• Why do they want to work for this organization?
• What do they know about this organization?
After carefully wording these issues in the letter, it should end up with requesting an interview and giving contact details.
A great cover letter must be personal, concise, tailored to the employer's needs, and describing important skills of job seekers.
Similarly, after a job interview, job seekers must send a Thank You letter to all members of interview panel in the next 24 hours after the interview. This will enforce the job seekers ability to follow up.
Competitors in the job market are treating their job searches as a job in and of itself, so job seekers need to make sure that they have powerful cover letters and résumés, are prepared for the interview, and know as much as they can about their potential employer and the people to whom they'll be talking.
But with the uncertain economy and more competition for existing jobs, it's necessary to look beyond textbook examples to see what practical advice is working for candidates right now.
Here are few important factors, which must be considered in your search for your dream job in a global environment of recession, fierce competition and intelligent resources of communications.
1) Start your own blog
The phenomenon of blogging has exploded in the last several years, but for job seekers, a blog can be a résumé in motion. It can show potential employers who you are and what you're about in a very comprehensive way.
A personal blog is an excellent marketing tool and its content is considered as a virtual calling card; the blog can easily show readers job seekers' identity, personality, attitude, knowledge and objectives.
2) Hidden job market & networking
Job seekers know that tapping into social and professional networking sites like FaceBook, LinkedIn and Brightfuse.com can connect them to contacts that might be the key to their next job.
But in addition to those structured networks, job seekers are reaching out to the contacts in their informal network -- close friends and family. It may seem like an unsexy or uninteresting approach in a tech-savvy atmosphere, but it capitalizes on one asset that everyone has access to: people.
It may seem like old-fashioned pavement pounding, but as Mendelson says, you have to get the word about what you're looking for out there. "Make friends, build a network and in tough times don't be afraid to ask tactfully for help," he states.
3) Use online resources
There is a huge amount of relevant information available online for job seekers, giving them full assistance in their search and presenting a lot of information paving the way for job seekers to review, choose and implement various techniques towards their definite target - job search.
Online data focus on the following career/jobs keywords:
• Self-employment
• Training, education and financial assistance
• Experienced workers
• Business directories & Search engines
• Labour market information
• Corporate websites
• Government websites
• Internship programs
• Professional affiliations
• Mentorship programs
• Bridging programs
• Student assistant
• New graduates work chances
• Second career
• Volunteering
• Apprenticeship
• Bulletin Boards
• Job Fairs
4) Writing a good resume
One of the most important steps to be taken by job seekers is writing a well-defined functional or chronological resume, which must include the following:
• Objective - what you really want to do in your next job
• Qualifications - mainly called HOOKS, or the main features of job seekers, which will make probable employers to be convinced of hiring them
• Achievements - examples of stories of their success should be briefly narrated showing how job seekers were able to perform successfully in their previous jobs
• Experience - showing previous work history in chronological format
• Education - showing degrees or diplomas earned by job seekers giving them the ability to perform job duties and key responsibilities
• Professional affiliations - showing the professional memberships of job seekers giving them the professional status to perform the required duties
• Soft skills - showing employers the job seekers' skills such as problem solving, team work ability, leadership, interpersonal skills, multi-tasking ability and negotiation skills
• Other experience - like computer skills and languages ability related to the targeted job
5) Skills identification
Transferable skills are developed and used in a wide variety of work and life situations; they are also known as "root skills". Job seekers must think about their past experiences and decide what are their "five" strongest skills they have to use in future jobs.
Employers want to know the personal qualities or attributes that job seekers can offer to their organizations. These attributes are categorized as job seekers ability to relate to others, attitude, enthusiasm, flexibility/resourcefulness, communication/problem-solving and work habits. Job seekers must identify their five strongest attributes accordingly.
Employers’ Top 10 desired work skills are communication, teamwork, time management, problem solving, organizational, learning, computer, adaptability, creativity and leadership.
6) Understanding labor market trends
Labor market information include data regarding job vacancies, unemployment rates, corporate information, education and certification required for different occupations and salaries and working conditions.
Labor market trends can be seen as a general direction or tendency of the market. Researching the Labor market is very important to decide short and mid-term objectives, defining Labor market trends in a job seeker’s field, unemployment rate, related occupations, relevant professional associations and regulatory bodies, research corporate data using the Internet, research salaries for the required occupation and checking universities and colleges for information on courses and training.
7) Preparing Business cards
Business cards serve as a resduced resume, so keep it short and simple. Job seekers should use them for networking purposes, to summarize skills, to get job leads and to submit with application forms when applying for a job.
When designing a business card, you must remember to place the most marketable items first.
8) Writing cover letters/thank you letters
A targeted cover letter must include essential keywords and skills which are carefully picked out from the advertised position. Also, it must state the position applied for and where it was posted.
In the heart of the targeted letter, job seekers must mention all important below-mentioned issues:
• Why they are good candidates?
• What related skills and experience do they have?
• Why do they want to work for this organization?
• What do they know about this organization?
After carefully wording these issues in the letter, it should end up with requesting an interview and giving contact details.
A great cover letter must be personal, concise, tailored to the employer's needs, and describing important skills of job seekers.
Similarly, after a job interview, job seekers must send a Thank You letter to all members of interview panel in the next 24 hours after the interview. This will enforce the job seekers ability to follow up.
Competitors in the job market are treating their job searches as a job in and of itself, so job seekers need to make sure that they have powerful cover letters and résumés, are prepared for the interview, and know as much as they can about their potential employer and the people to whom they'll be talking.
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