There are a number of different reasons for a woman to go job hunting while pregnant and the good news is that it can be done, and is done with varying degrees of success. Simply because a woman is pregnant is not any reason why she should not continue looking for a job until the time of her due date is close when it will warrant a layoff.
If you are still in the job search process, it is extremely important to follow up on all contacts. It is not good to just sit and wait for results to come pouring in when you think that you’ve already done your part because your contact information has been distributed.
There’s a little Girl Scout on the street carrying boxes of different flavored cookies, timidly trying to knock on her neighbors’ doors worried that somehow she’ll be booed out and that doors would just slam shut on her face after offering her cookies for just a few cents? Such a pitiful sight eh?
There are certain times in the year that are most conducive for job hunting, and one of them is the summer job hunting period following Labor Day while the other is the period after New Year’s Day. After Labor Day, when summer vacations give over, summer job hunting gets back into full swing with companies hiring like nobody’s business. Also, the summertime is a period when it is most suitable to look for a job because companies are faced with fewer choices, so your chances as a job hunter will increase considerably.
When applying for a job, it is ideal that you identify your strengths and weaknesses and get prepared to address them. By knowing your advantage, the chances of getting the job that you want will surely get easier. But you should not get too confident since this is one of the common mistakes that plague job applicants. Appearing too confident or as somewhat of a know it all person will only get you labeled by your interviewer as unfit for the job.
Every once in a while in one’s career the decision to relocate has to be taken which can often be a big decision especially when it means relocation and job hunting for a new job. If you are going to be moving quite a considerable distance from your home it may cause you to reconsider the whole move and not have second thoughts about accepting the new assignment.
In the midst of technological advancement nowadays, the ‘back-to-basics’ rule still applies when it comes to getting hired for a job. It does not matter if you are planning to apply for a million-dollar company or a small, independent firm. When you face an interviewer, it all boils down to how you present yourself. This is the deciding factor whether you will get hired or not.
More and more companies are using personality tests for job hunting candidates, and are relying less and less on plain resumes and on interviews to select the right candidate. This may be because employers are looking beyond simple good administrative skills as well as just a successor to the previous employee, and are more interested in hiring someone that will be easy to get along with.
How can one person ‘think out of the box?’ This should be done independently, but how? Here’s an example: Cut a cake into eight slices but you have to make no more than three cuts. Most people will have trouble coming up with a way to cut the cake. But to solve this, you have to change the way you look at the cake and how to cut it. One perfect solution is to cut the cake into two equal sizes and put the other half on top of the other. Cut it again in half then stack the other half pieces on top of one another and cut them again. There you go, that’s thinking out of the box.
Career advisers tell jobseekers to send a thank you note after an interview. To address the most frequently asked questions on how and what to send in a thank you note, here are some give aways.
Won’t the employer think that an applicant is desperate and a sissy applicant if he sends a thank-you letter?