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Tackle Your Job Search

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Getting a job can be one of the most difficult things you could tackle in today’s world. Getting a job you love, even harder. There are two possible ways to tackle your job search, as I see it, depending on your personal situation. First option: decide what you want to do. Do you want to work in retail, foods, manual labor, or something else? Then see what jobs are available in that specified area. Or, option two: apply for what is available. If you are flat broke, I’m sorry but you cannot afford (literally) to be picky. Take the first job that hires you. Then, after a while, you can add that job to your list of work experience and perhaps expand your background, bringing more knowledge than you had previously to your next job.

Job Interviews Can Vary

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Depending on the type of job you apply for, interviews can vary quite a bit. Once I worked in retail. The store was small and not the most professional looking, but I loved their cheap clothes and knew they were hiring. When I went in for my interview, the manager took me into the back because the office was a tiny box in the extreme back of the storage room. We went through his list of questions and finished the interview and I thought I could go, but then he says, “Wait here, I’ll get the assistant manager and do the second interview so you don’t have to come back later.” I was so surprised… this was my first job and I have never heard of such a thing as a second interview. But I made it through and got the job.

Nepotism

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

If I were the head of a corporation, or the leader of some sort of organization, I would have a extremely hard time not hiring friends and family. Nepotism is a bad thing, but what if I feel my friends are smart and work hard? Usually successful people associate with other successful people, so why not let them tap into their friends? Everyone should have an equal chance to get a job, but I think people have become so afraid of being accused of nepotism that they don’t even consider friends and family when they actually may be the best person for the job. You shouldn’t ever choose someone who is less qualified just because they are your friend, but you shouldn’t ever rule them out because they are your friend either.

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