Work Fair Success

Due to the recent  economic climate  we find ourselves,  job is a scarce commodity. Unemployment levels are on the high increase all over the world, and are set to break records in several countries.

This makes it all the more important that you make the most out of every opportunity to find a job. Where as at one point, there were more jobs than there were potential employees, the opposite is now true; for every job advertised, companies are getting dozens, if not hundreds of applications. It is becoming harder and harder to make yourself stand out from the crowd when it comes to the recruitment process.

Job fairs are a phenomenon which exists for two real purposes; the first is for companies to advertise that they are looking for people to fill positions, but increasingly now job fairs are also being used almost as a screening process for potential applicants. They are big business these days, and as such they attract massive amounts of attention, particularly in this current climate and the high number of unemployed people looking for work.

Once upon a time it was sufficient simply to attend a these events. This is no longer the case. At any given job fair there will be literally thousands of people turn up all looking for a job. Simply attending a job fair is a waste of time; you need to shine at a job fair in order to make the most out of the opportunity to meet your perspective employer.

What follows is a rough guide to ensure that you get the most out of job fairs.
 Below are basic guidelines that you should follow in order to enhance your chances of getting that job that you want.

The first thing that you need to do is to make sure that you look the part for your job fair. Now of course, the job fair is not an interview, but the old saying of 'you never get a second chance to make a first impression' is entirely true. Whist some companies may outsource their job fair staff; most will use members of their Human Resources department for this type of event. What this means is that the person you speak to at the job fair will likely be involved in the decision of whether or not to hire you. It is because of this that it is essential that you dress and look the part when you turn up at a job fair.

This means that you dress like a professional, you conduct yourself like a professional and that you are a professional. You need to look and act at a job fair like the type of person that a company would want to hire. You need to look and conduct yourself every bit as professionally as you would want to at a job interview.

The second rule of attending a job air is to formulate a plan of attack.
Information regarding which companies will be exhibiting at a job fair should be freely available before the event itself. This information is crucial to your strategy and you should be well versed as to any and all information pertaining to these companies.
Before the event itself, you need to go through the list of exhibiting companies and decide which ones you would want to work for. At any job fair, this is likely to be between five and ten companies. Keep a note of the companies you most want to speak to so that you can score them out as you speak to them, this will ensure that you will not miss out any companies that you want to work for.
In addition , you should select the companies that you most want to impress, and do a little research on them. Learn about what they do, what makes them different from their competition and how they were formed. It is not enough simply to turn up at a job fair, in order to make the most out of these events, you need to make an impression on the companies that attend.

The final guideline for making the most out of a job fair is to think about and write down any questions that you would want to pose to the companies' representatives. You should write them down because in the heat and hustle of a job related conversations, it can be all too easy to forget what questions you really want to ask.
By asking questions shows interest and a level of enthusiasm. As has been previously stated, it is not enough simply to turn up at a job fair, in order to make the most out of the event you need to make an impression on the companies' representatives. Asking intelligent and insightful questions will demonstrate that you are someone that they would want to employ. In addition to this, it is a great time to get a better understanding of what the company do and what they are looking for.

How to Make Money Playing Video Games.

Be aware that Making money on the Internet is not a new concept, lots of people are doing it everyday. However, making money from playing video games is a fast and new growing concept that is allowing a lot of professional and amateur gamers to make a living.

There are a lot of ways to make money playing video games but here are a few of my favorites.

Product Creation:

Virtual products for video games can range from strategy guides to manuals to anything specific in the game that is worth writing a "How To" on.

Virtual products can be created and sold in many ways. The most common are places like Clickbank where they handle all the customers, checkouts, and pay out after their cut while the creator supplies the website, infrastructure, and security checks (if necessary).

Being a product creator can be a tough task, but also a rewarding one, as the responsibilities increases ten fold over that of an affiliate site. Affiliate sites will be selling the product that is created (if done right) and the product creator is left with dealing with customer support and more.

Affiliate Sites:

Affiliate sites are an ever fast and growing trend but right along with it is a growing trend of affiliate sites being created by spammers and people looking to make a quick buck.

This has caused a lot of negative views on affiliate sites as people attempt to flood the ranking results with their sub par or thrown-together pages.

However, there are still a lot of legitimate affiliate sites out there making money, even though many places are disallowing the use of affiliate links and hops, running a website is a good way to make money from video games for now.

The idea behind running a website is to attract traffic to it by providing high quality content on a video game and then presenting users with passive advertisements that do not interfere with the usability of the site and have people wanting to come back for more.

Affiliate sites usually run ads, accept paid links, or directly promote a product off a place such as Clickbank using an affiliate encoded url to get credit for the sale where they are paid a commission.

How to Make a Good Impression on Your First Day at Work

The  process of getting the offer can be tough - you have to prove yourself throughout each stage - so once you've secured the job and got a fixed start date, it's important to make the best possible impression on your first day.

Below are some tips that can help you get off on the right foot on your first day.

The first step to making a good impression comes a few days before your starting date - take time to learn about the company, their history and their culture. It will help you to feel part of the organisation - knowledge is power after all - and will show your employers that you really care about their business.

Secondly, be punctual. Turning up late creates an awful first impression, and you will probably be in a bit of a state, having hurried to get there on time. If you are driving, do a couple of practice runs in the days before, and be sure to leave a little earlier on your first morning. For users of public transport, be sure to fully research your route, and plan a back-up option in case your train or bus is cancelled or delayed.

It's always difficult knowing what to wear on your first day - take your cue from your interview, and the way your potential employers were dressed. Luckily some people are interviewed within the office in which they'll be working - if this is the case, take in your surroundings, as this can provide a fairly obvious idea of what is and isn't acceptable attire.

When you have arrived on time, dressed appropriately, walk in with confidence and a smile.Make eye contact, introduce yourself and be very polite. If you don't understand anything, ask questions - it may seem annoying but your employers would rather you asked instead of making a mistake or worrying because you find something confusing.

Lastly,enjoy  and relax   the experience. It may seem daunting but if you follow these tips you should have a successful and rewarding day - and remember that every single person at the company has had a first day, so they will understand how you feel and hopefully try to accommodate it in every way they can.  

Waiting For The Career Offer

If you have been interviewing with various companies over the past several months. And with one of these companies you have actually had three interviews;

 the first being a typical phone screening interview, the second being an interview with key players within the organization, and lastly, an interview with potential co-workers and possibly the company president.

 Days after these series of interviews with the potential employer contacts your references, which leads you to believe that they are interested in making a job offer to you at some point in the very near future. So you wait... And you wait.... And you wait.... And, nothing!

Maybe two weeks after your references had been checked, and your final interview had taken place, you noticed that this particular company placed an ad for the very position you had just gone  three interviews  for. This totally baffles you! So you decide to forget about the experience and move on to seek other opportunities. A month later you see this same particular employer placing  another advert for the very same position you had interviewed for . Now this really gets under your skin!

So for the second time you conclude in your mind  that possibly you are not the most correct fit for the position. You also realize that you still may be a potential candidate and they may be looking for a different type of person to fill the role for possibly you did not have all the pieces they were looking for. So you think.

One more month goes by and you still hear nothing from this particular employer and you have pretty much forgotten all about any job offer coming from this organization. Upon looking for new opportunities in the local "help wanted ads" you discover yet again they place another job posting for that  same position. But this time you realize the possibly it is a good thing you did not get hired by this employer. Your thoughts are if they cannot locate any talented and qualified applicants after four job postings, over a period of three months with more than likely up to 100 potential applicants for this very position, then possibly it is best that you are not working for this particular employer.

So what could be the issue here? Let's see....

1.)Somewhere within the interview chain of events you were not well received by one of the interviewers and thus disqualified for "whatever reason". This could be attributed to a difference of personalities, or viewpoints, based on the conversations you had with these very people interviewing you.

 2.)Possibly your references did not pan out as you had expected. This can happen to anyone, if by chance one of your references had made a statement that possibly could have turned off the potential employer.

 3.)  It could be that the company seeking to fill this particular position has yet to clearly define what the role entails, the place within the organization this person would fit, or have a firm commitment in filling the position anytime in the near future.

So, the lesson here is to not get discouraged. Learn from this experience and take this knowledge to your next set of interviews. Waiting for the job offer can sometimes be a very stressful event. You may think you have done everything correctly and to the best of your ability during the interview process, but quite often it is things out of your control, and quite often, unknown to you, that can get in the way of job search success.