How can I find the right job for me

You are working a nine to five job. You get a paycheck every week, but that is about all that you get from this job. You wish there were a better way to make a decent living, but you feel trapped. You don't want to risk yours and your family's futures by losing your only source of income, so you have just keep quiet and drag through each work day, praying feverishly for the weekend to get here faster.

There are more people than you probably realize who find themselves smack dab in the middle of the above scenario. If you are one of these people, then read on and find how you can set yourself free and find the happiness you deserve!

First, sit down and make a list of all of the assets you have to offer. Include any education that you have, hands on experience, and any other skills that you have. These skills might include personal strengths such as good organization, an eye for details, good mathematical skills, you are able to work by yourself with little supervision, you are a self-starter, etc.

Next, think about what you like to do or what you would like to do and make a list. Your list might include taking care of animals, working outdoors, working with numbers and figures, cooking food, baking, cleaning, fishing, woodworking, etc.

Next, equipped with your list of possible jobs, you will need to research some jobs and find out what they entail. You can check with your high guidance counselor and gain valuable information on how to research some job areas that you are interested in. Check with your local public librarian too. And don't forget to search the Internet. Find out and write down some common job titles and their general responsibilities. Different companies will have different job descriptions, but this will give you at least a general idea to go on. Decide on two or three jobs that you would be interested in and then search further to find out what the prerequisites are for the jobs. Do you currently have education in this area? Do you have previous experience? Could you possibly get a job that interests you and then learn on-the-job and receive the necessary training that way?

Finally, ask friends and family members who work in the fields that you have chosen. Find out where they work, what they do, and how they got the job. Check with area colleges and technical centers to find out what kind of classes they offer for a job you are interested in that requires an educational background. Some companies will hire a person, and then allow the person to attend night classes to receive the education that they need. Some companies will even pay for a part or all of the costs of the courses.

Whatever field you decide to get into, do not wait another day to find out what else the world has to offer outside of the walls that you are currently in.

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Cara Kreatif Cari Lowongan Kerja

Sulitnya mencari pekerjaan menuntut anda untuk lebih kreatif dalam mencari informasi lowongan kerja. Jika anda ingin cepat mendapatkan pekerjaan, ternyata jangan hanya membaca lowongan kerja yang diiklankan. Lalu bagaimana caranya mencari lowongan kerja yang tidak diiklankan? Gampang kok, baca dong informasi berikut ini :

Rajin-rajinlah membaca berita bisnis di surat kabar lokal atau bisa juga kalau anda sekalian membaca surat kabar khusus bisnis. Dengan demikian anda akan memperoleh informasi suatu perusahaan yang ingin melakukan ekpansi atau mengembangkan bisnisnya. Pengembangan bisnis atau ekspansi biasanya membuka peluang bagi karyawan baru. Kemudian anda bisa mencari tahu alamat lengkap perusahaan itu dengan menanyakan pada surat kabar yang bersangkutan. Dan jangan tunggu lama-lama lagi segera kirim deh lamaran ke perusahaan tersebut.

Tanyakan kepada siapa saja yang anda kenal, terutama teman-teman anda yang sudah bekerja. Tanyakan tentang kemungkinan lowongan pekerjaan di tempat mereka bekerja. Umumnya mereka sudah mengetahui informasi lowongan pekerjaan di kantornya sebelum informasi itu diiklankan. Tetapi jangan terpaku bertanya kepada mereka yang bestatus staff saja. Kadang satpam dan cleaning service juga sudah tahu 'bocoran' ini lebih dulu.

Buka buku atau direktori yang memuat daftar perusahaan. Kemudian carilah perusahaan yang kira-kira bergerak di bidang yang sesuai dengan keahlian anda. Lalu telponlah perusahaan tersebut dan tanyakan kemungkinan adanya lowongan pekerjaan. Atau bisa juga kalau anda 'sok pede' dengan menanyakan, "Saya dengar di perusahaan ini sedang membutuhkan karyawan baru ya..?"

Bacalah jurnal perdagangan dan industri. Dengan cara ini anda akan lebih mengethui aktivitas dan tujuan suatu perusahaan yang berpengaruh pada masalah tenaga kerja. Memang cara ini membutuhkan banyak waktu dan usaha tapi informasi yang anda peroleh cukup bermanfaat bagi anda yang sedang hunting lowongan kerja

Pasang telinga dan mata anda lebar-lebar atas segala yang berbau informasi 'lowongan kerja'. Misalnya dengan memperhatikan dan mengamati perusahaan mana saja yang akan mempesiunkan karyawannya. Biasanya dengan adanya event pensiun berarti juga membuka peluang bagi pendatang baru untuk menggantikan karyawan yang sudah waktunya pensiun

Nah, kalau anda sudah mencoba cara-cara diatas paling tidak ada satu atau dua informasi lowongan kerja yang anda dapatkan. Tetapi kalau belum, harap sabar. Yang penting sudah berusaha

Sumber : Harian Ekonomi NERACA

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5 Steps to Volunteer Your Way to a Job

By : Debra Donston-Miller

Industry experts and job hunters who have successfully parlayed volunteerism into paying jobs provided the following advice.

1. Use your network to find open volunteer positions. That will get you into an organization faster.

    - Jane, a job hunter who turned a volunteer job with the MSPCA into a paying job with a Web site
      focused on animal welfare

2. Determine whether the volunteer opportunity matches your “availability horizon," both so you can achieve
    success and so you don't leave the non profit in the lurch.

    - Robert J. Rosenthal, Volunteer Match director of communications

3. If you are able to secure a position where you're actually doing a job that's in line with your skill set, then
    you can absolutely list that on your resume as a position you've held. Disclose that you were a volunteer,
    but list all of the duties and responsibilities that you had, as well as any significant responsibilities.

    - Rahul D. Yodh, executive recruiter with Link Legal Search Group

4. Join a professional organization or a chamber of commerce within your region. These organizations are
    already in the business of helping each other, and there's always a need for fresh blood. Professional
    organizations are a fantastic place to network and work. It's great exposure on many levels.

    - Nate Towne, who found his position as a public- relations counselor at the Hiebing ad agency by
       performing volunteer work for an industry professional organization

5. Treat an extended volunteer job like any other job on your resume, provided it is related to your profession and can demonstrate what you accomplished at the charity.

    - Stephen Van Vreede and Steve Burdan, both certified professional resume writers who work with
      TheLadders

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The Secret to Finding a Job Now

Five reasons to use a staffing firm

CareerBuilder.com

What if I told you that I knew how you could find a job without having to dig through hundreds of job postings, wait for weeks to hear back from an employer, negotiate your salary or blindly walk into an interview ... and you could do it all for free?

I bet you'd say, "Where do I sign up?" I would answer, "With a recruiter."

Headhunters, recruiters, staffing agents -- call them what you will -- are here for one reason and one reason only: To help you and employers find a match in long-term employment.

Unfortunately, recruitment, a $92 billion industry, is virtually untouched by job seekers. Forty percent of job candidates are unable to name a single staffing firm from memory and only 20 percent have used a staffing firm in their most recent job search, according to a recent study by CareerBuilder.com and the Inavero Institute for Service Research.

Instead, job seekers are utilizing other resources in their search for employment. The average candidate uses up to four different sources in his search and only 4 percent of people turn to recruiters as their first method, according to the survey. Eighty percent of job seekers use online job boards as their first resource.

Let's take a look at why job seekers aren't using the efficiencies of staffing firms.

The perception gap

The staffing industry bears a heavy load of misconceptions, the one of the most common being that recruiters cost money. Eight percent of job seekers are under the impression that there will be costs to them if they utilize a staffing firm, according to the survey. Most recruiters are free to candidates, however, and it's very rare that the expense of a recruiter will influence an employer's hiring decision. In fact, Eric Harrington, president of Healthcare Solutions, a California-based staffing firm, says the money lost on a bad hire is about 10 to 20 times more than what a recruiter is paid to fill the position with a great match for the company.

Additionally, 10 percent of job seekers believe staffing agents only fill temporary positions. They feel as though they are only used to "fill a hole" rather than find gainful employment, according to the survey. In reality, it behooves recruiters to find clients long-term employees. Companies are considered clients to recruiters and they get paid by them to locate talent. If a recruiter consistently delivers unreliable, temporary candidates, it's unlikely he will help that client for very long.

A third false impression of the staffing industry is the experience job candidates take away from it. Twenty-five percent of survey respondents indicated that headhunters are unresponsive or don't follow up with them. Other issues they reported included thinking that they were not advocated for and that they were treated as a "warm body" or "product" by the staffing firms.

Though every job seeker's experience with a recruiter is different and varies by the people he or she works with, there are a variety of reasons why job candidates can benefit from using a staffing agent.

Here are seven reasons why you should use a recruiter in your next job search:

1. It's free.

2. Recruiters get to know you and put you in companies where your career can flourish. You can be honest with a headhunter in terms of your likes and dislikes when it comes to an employer. Since a good recruiter should know the ins and outs of a company, he or she uses these details to find a job best suited to you.

3. They can negotiate a higher salary for you. Recruiters have better knowledge of the job market and salary ranges for different positions. Generally, it's to the headhunter's advantage to obtain a higher salary for the candidate, says Kelly Smith, a corporate contract recruiter. Usually, recruiters are paid a fee based on the overall salary that a candidate receives, so they will work to negotiate a realistic salary for both parties.

4. They can get the inside scoop. Headhunters know their clients. They work with them over and over again so they know what the company is truly looking for in an employee, says Lori Marcus, principal for Quad656. They can prepare you for a company's interview style, tell you what types of questions interviewers may ask, inform you of its pet peeves, tell you where and why others have failed to get to the next step and how to get the information from them that you may need to make a decision as to whether it's the best fit for you.

Smith says recruiters can also give the candidate the dirt on a company's corporate culture as well as requirements for the job that may not be written in the job description.

5. You don't have to wait to hear back from someone. Some human resource departments are notorious for not getting back to candidates or for taking weeks to do so, Harrington says. Recruiters have immediate contact with hiring managers so you don't have to wait for anyone to contact you. They get you an answer one way or another.

6. Recruiters can identify opportunities that may not be advertised and that really exist. Recruiters have leads on positions you may never hear about otherwise, says Lindsay Olson, a recruiter and partner with Paradigm Staffing, a staffing firm that specializes in placing public relations and communications professionals. Some companies use headhunters to fill confidential positions that they don't want to post publicly. When you hear of a job through a recruiter, you know there is actually an opening.

7. You can get feedback and guidance from recruiters before interviews. When you meet with a recruiter, you can get specialized pointers before going on interviews, says Jodi Smith, a human resources professional and etiquette consultant. From advice on purchasing a different tie, perfecting a firmer handshake and better eye contact, to specific feedback on how to phrase answers and helping you identify your strengths and weaknesses, candidates can polish their image and be prepared before meeting with a hiring manager.

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