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Job and career tips and guides great information. Advice for developing your career and landing a job.Guide for job seekers, employees, and professionals. Offering resume help, planning for career changes.Career and occupational information, including nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, related occupations and sources of additional information.

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8 Considerations for Switching a Job 

job switching tips


  1. Have time finding a new job. Set aside the less important or not too important activities like socializing or hanging around.
  2. Make a list of a possible new job. The list may include Job Title, job description, salary Range, Working Hours, Work Location and Contact Details, etc.
  3. Decide when to leave out the recent job. Get your self ready and prepare for leaving the current job. Accept the situation that you have to go. Do not get affected by your emotions. The sooner you accept the reality, the better.
  4. Feel free to leave. Leave everything that bothers you. It makes easer for you to make a better move on in looking a new job.
  5. Foucus on the essential things that you like at work. There are bad things that you do not like in you current job and there will be in your future. Leave all those things behind. Forget them. Just think about the things that are important to you. They make you more comfortable while at work.
  6. Do not focus on the salary alone. Having a higher salary does not always make a happy employee. Usually a high salary is accompanied with more task and more working number of hours.
  7. Make your job a great job. It is up to you how to make it great. Make your strength and weaknesses as a basis for making decisions.
  8. Ignore other irrelevant working ideas. Irrelevant reasons why some people choose their current job include the following that should be avoided:

    • Job description that sounds cool and more professional.
    • Job that will impressed their family and friends.
    • It is a well-known office / company.

Global Job Search Do's and Don'ts 

wordwide job search tips


  • Do have a comprehensive research on the country in which you seek for employment. It includes: cost-of-living, culture, salaries, transportation, major places, basic laws.
  • Do know everything as possible about the employer.
  • Do have a specific job research strategy that includes country, employer, and location of the office / company, type of position, salary, and contract details.
  • Do have plan for continuing your career after you have finished your contract from them.
  • Do have a plan, goal, and strategy before going abroad.
  • Do have a multiple option on working abroad.
  • Do focus on your skills and credentials such as communication skills, language fluency, cultural adaptability.
  • Do open to any advice or info from your friend and relatives.
  • Do ask something to anybody who has experience from working in that country or with that kind of job.
  • Do prepare for a home-sick and culture shock situation.
  • Do have knowledge about the job fair on your areas and neighboring areas.
  • Do offer your availability for the interview at your own comfort if possible.
  • Do not expect an immediate reply from the employer
  • Do not expect to find and have a new job abroad.
  • Don't expect to get a good job.
  • Don't apply to a country that is a treat for you.
  • Don't depend in only one source of global job source
  • Don't just accept a job without knowing that complete and detail job description and contract.
  • Don't be afraid asking the employer about the trip/travel expense

Job Hunting Do's and Don'ts 

job hunting tips


  • Do keep a record of your applications: dates, position you are applying for, location and company info.
  • Do read the Job ad posting carefully. Take a note on every important words and apply it for your cover letter.
  • Do conduct research about the company. Its salary range, working hours, rules, type of works you are qualified for, what they do, etc.
  • Do prepare about money matters questions. You could be asked about your expected salary and salary from your previous job.
  • Do proofread your cover letter and resources. Let your family and friends double check it.
  • Do use good and professional email address when sending application through internet.
  • Do have different version of resume: web based, text based and traditional format.
  • Do have a job hunting schedule and strategy
  • Do practice and ready for on the spot interview.
  • Do make a list of question you would like to ask for the interviewer after or during the interview.
  • Do take advantage of all the resources you have: friends, relatives, time, money and occasions.
  • Do have a clear, good layout and professional resume. Always use action verbs.
  • Do make sure that you can be reach by the employer. Include your contact number and complete address on your resume.
  • Do you best while talking to someone to when it is about job matters.
  • Don't use the same cover letter and resume
  • Don't feel bad when your application is rejected.
  • Don't feel leave our current job until you have found new one.
  • Don't expect that you will be hire when applying.
  • Don't use the same strategy in the job finding process.
  • Don't stop hunting jobs.

Job Fair Do's and Don'ts 

jof fair tips


  • Do have basic information about the company.
  • Do always prepare for all possible questions that might be asked for you.
  • Do attempt to know all the vacant jobs that suit your skills. List them with the name of the company.
  • Do have a good strategy to maximize your time at the job fair event.
  • Do dress like a professional
  • Do take advantage your chance during the interview. Ask only important questions.
  • Do have a ready to print cover letter and resume.
  • Do remember proper posture and good gestures.
  • Do prepare to talk about our important skills and experiences.
  • Don't tell your failures and weakness or anything negative about our previous experiences with your previous job, co-workers and superiors.
  • Don't interrupt the interviewer / recruiter when she is talking.
  • Don't use words like: "you know", "um" , "ahhh" and other filler words.
  • Don't be afraid.
  • Don't give your resume and just walk away.

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Eclectic_Muse wrote...

Lots of useful information! Nice work!

ReplyPosted October 31, 2008

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