By admin, on December 20th, 2010 Guest Author: CareerAlley
Website: http://CareerAlley.com
 “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
Being the best at anything is all relative. Relative to the competition and relative to the measurement being used. After all, if it was so cut and dry, the list would be the same every year. Of course, in this case the relative factor is that all of the companies on the list are great places to work. Whether they are number 1 or 100 it is not important. Many of these companies are on the list year after year and many of them show up on other “top” lists. Those that drop off don’t all of sudden stop being great places to work, maybe they are 101 or 120 (out of thousands of companies).
Continue reading Who’s Hiring from the Best Companies to Work for – Vol 17 »
By admin, on December 17th, 2010  Once you know that you want to intern and have determined when you hope to intern, your next major step will be to develop a list of potential internship sites. But where do you find internship opportunities? There are numerous resources available to identify internships – sometimes, too many. I suggest sticking with fewer resource, at least initially, to avoid getting overwhelmed.
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Your campus career center will likely have internship books, like Vault Top Internships or the Career Education Institutes’ series of books, including “Washington Internships in Law and Policy,” “Big Green Internship Book,” “Internships with Community and Social Service Agencies,” and “The Museum Internship Book.” Many of these books are republished every year or every other year.
Continue reading Internship Basics: Making a List of Sites »
By admin, on December 14th, 2010 Guest Author: Ron Cottick, CPC, CHRM
Website: http://jobsearch-rsc@blogspot.com
ATTITUDE is critical to carrying you through tough times, whether it is health issues, financial issues, problems with a home, maybe a car, or even, your JOB SEARCH. If you do not have a good ATTITUDE almost nothing else matters.
Now I know that sometimes it is tough having or keeping a good ATTITUDE. It takes a lot of faith in what you are doing. What I do when I need an ATTITUDE check is go into survivor mode. What I mean by that is I think of what I have been through before and how I got through it. I ask myself “what did I do to get through this”? I also think about what I learned from previous experiences and try to apply them to the current issues that are working on my ATTITUDE. I have self-inflicted a lot on myself, and family, but we have always come through and always have come out the better. The next issue that comes up usually doesn’t seem as dramatic because I believe in the Marine saying “that that does not kill you makes you stronger”. Now who can argue with a Marine?
Continue reading JOB SEARCH! Your ATTITUDE, the HIDDEN JOB MARKET and a comment on your RESUME! »
By admin, on December 10th, 2010 Guest Author: Steven Coyne is a Freelance Writer and Recruiter
Website: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5611662/cover_letters_should_you_use_them_in.html
Should You Send a Cover Letter with Your Resume?
Are cover letters useful anymore? There are a variety of opinions throughout the internet. One of the most compelling comments came from Edith Reese, an Insurance and Risk Management Professional and Attorney, saying that “There are blogger’s with HR backgrounds who state that a cover letter is outdated, but the comments on this site (LinkedIn poll page) from HR professionals indicate otherwise. For a variety of the following reasons listed here (distinguishing yourself from the other candidates, showing the company how you add value, showing interest in the position, creating a connection with the hiring manager, etc.) a well written cover letter remains an important element of the job hunter’s arsenal.
After exhaustive discussions with over 240 job seekers, many of them from the professional networking website Linkedin.com, and posting a poll on LinkedIn with the following title, “Do You Use a Cover Letter in Your Job Search”, I found some pretty interesting and relevant responses to the poll question.
Continue reading the article here and get the results of the poll
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