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Atricle Dump - Summer Job Hunting 101
Your Yellow Page Ad Deserves More than 10 Minutes of Thought a YearBefore long, your Yellow Page directory rep will be paying you a visit. It's an annual event that happens several months before next year's directory goes to press. He or she will urge you to think about your ad just long enough to renew what you used in the previous directory - or to upgrade according to their suggestions. If you comment that business is up OR down, they'll recommend a larger, spruced-up ad as the answer.The statistics they quote are out of date, and don't reflect today's realities. The typical business owner is afraid - unsure what to trust to bring enough new customers. Even if he want
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House
How do you earn a living folks? Tell me, do you often find yourself overflowing with too much dough and hardly ever stressed about paying monthly expenses especially that heating bill? For sure if this sounds familiar to you, then perhaps you're certainly not amongst the majority. The truth is the majority of the middle class residents live paycheck by paycheck. Well, for the most part anyway. It’s not as though we are running out to dole out 50 grand on a new sports car like it's no big thing. This may be one of the major reasons why some of us go all-out to find other money sources.We all seek that sense of security irrespective if it’s a money making program
“Have you’ve found a job yet… Have you’ve found a job yet? Have you’ve found a job yet?!?!”
Well, have you?
Sure, you can choose to diss the job search all together, and spend the summer bored, broke and having to do mom and dad’s laundry every morning just to pass the time. But that’s just awkward for everyone.
In other words, you need a job. And in order to beat the flood of slackers that will spill onto the ‘Net and into stores once we work our way into June, you need to start looking now. According to a recent http://www.ja.org/files/polls/summer_jobs_2006.pdf Junior Achievement summer jobs survey, more than 85 percent of students ages 15 and older plan on looking for jobs. And if you do the quick math, you’ll realize not everyone is going to get their first choice of jobs (or second, or third). Someone is digging ditches, but that someone doesn’t have to be you.
So, here are a few tips to make sure you’re not stuck folding dad’s boxer shorts in the middle of July…
Have realistic summer job expectations
Everyone has that one friend with the dream summer job – the one who makes more than you, works less and seemingly possesses an unlimited amount of sick days. (And by sick days, we mean days spent tanning by the pool while reading a copy of US Weekly). It may seem like that friend has won the summer job lottery, and we don’t want to be the fun police, but what is he/she really learning? Even if a summer job may not appear to be the yellow brick road to your dream career, you’d be surprised at what you can take away from the right job.
Here are a few ideas of how summer employment can lend credible experience to your future dream job…
Cashier: Investment banker
Before you start investing millions of dollars belonging to Fortune 500 big wigs, you’re going to need to master making change for a $20 purchase. And those pesky penny rolls are a pain to break open.
Arts & crafts retail store stockperson: Designer to the stars
It’s doubtful that designing a dress for the Oscar red carpet walk will require you to know which kind of glue works best for attaching googly eyes onto pipe cleaners. But such a job can be the first rung on the ladder to establishing that prized and posh skill set.
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House
Radio may be old, but it's certainly not feeble.According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, the average American listens to radio more than 19 hours a week. So why don't more direct response advertisers use this medium? After all, many direct marketers find that their radio response converts up to 25-50% better than their television response.Although radio has some limitations, it has terrific potential for many types of offers. If you want to make the most of your direct response radio advertising, consider the following strategies for success:Lead generation offers are best for responseIt's challenging to get people to order and p
In other words, you need a job. And in order to beat the flood of slackers that will spill onto the ‘Net and into stores once we work our way into June, you need to start looking now. According to a recent http://www.ja.org/files/polls/summer_jobs_2006.pdf Junior Achievement summer jobs survey, more than 85 percent of students ages 15 and older plan on looking for jobs. And if you do the quick math, you’ll realize not everyone is going to get their first choice of jobs (or second, or third). Someone is digging ditches, but that someone doesn’t have to be you.
So, here are a few tips to make sure you’re not stuck folding dad’s boxer shorts in the middle of July…
Have realistic summer job expectations
Everyone has that one friend with the dream summer job – the one who makes more than you, works less and seemingly possesses an unlimited amount of sick days. (And by sick days, we mean days spent tanning by the pool while reading a copy of US Weekly). It may seem like that friend has won the summer job lottery, and we don’t want to be the fun police, but what is he/she really learning? Even if a summer job may not appear to be the yellow brick road to your dream career, you’d be surprised at what you can take away from the right job.
Here are a few ideas of how summer employment can lend credible experience to your future dream job…
Cashier: Investment banker
Before you start investing millions of dollars belonging to Fortune 500 big wigs, you’re going to need to master making change for a $20 purchase. And those pesky penny rolls are a pain to break open.
Arts & crafts retail store stockperson: Designer to the stars
It’s doubtful that designing a dress for the Oscar red carpet walk will require you to know which kind of glue works best for attaching googly eyes onto pipe cleaners. But such a job can be the first rung on the ladder to establishing that prized and posh skill set.
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House
Used clothing has long been a staple segment of the flea market business. Vendors would either unload their no longer needed clothing, or buy it from a local Salvation Army thrift shop.Flea market vendors could make good money selling used clothing, often working on profit margins of over 500%.Many established businesses set themselves up to supply used clothing to flea market vendors, offering pieces of clothing for as low as .25 each.Vendors could then resell the clothing for $1 to $2 each, enjoying great returns while saving their customers plenty of money.So it’s only natural for prospective flea market vendors to consider selling used clothing.
Have realistic summer job expectations
Everyone has that one friend with the dream summer job – the one who makes more than you, works less and seemingly possesses an unlimited amount of sick days. (And by sick days, we mean days spent tanning by the pool while reading a copy of US Weekly). It may seem like that friend has won the summer job lottery, and we don’t want to be the fun police, but what is he/she really learning? Even if a summer job may not appear to be the yellow brick road to your dream career, you’d be surprised at what you can take away from the right job.
Here are a few ideas of how summer employment can lend credible experience to your future dream job…
Cashier: Investment banker
Before you start investing millions of dollars belonging to Fortune 500 big wigs, you’re going to need to master making change for a $20 purchase. And those pesky penny rolls are a pain to break open.
Arts & crafts retail store stockperson: Designer to the stars
It’s doubtful that designing a dress for the Oscar red carpet walk will require you to know which kind of glue works best for attaching googly eyes onto pipe cleaners. But such a job can be the first rung on the ladder to establishing that prized and posh skill set.
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House
Every office is different and subscribes to different needs under even a single product category.However, it is not always possible for the managers to track and answer all the minute details of the needs of employees in a comparatively bigger office. We admit that it is not an easy task to operate.Say, an office needs some tapes. Is this much information enough to get the job done! There are, Clear Tape, Double Sided, Drafting Tape, Adhesives and Litho Tape, Masking Tape, Packing Tape, Printed Tape, Invisible Tape and many other verities.Now again we ask- ‘is this much information enough to get the job done!’ These tapes come in various sizes and colours to serve
Here are a few ideas of how summer employment can lend credible experience to your future dream job…
Cashier: Investment banker
Before you start investing millions of dollars belonging to Fortune 500 big wigs, you’re going to need to master making change for a $20 purchase. And those pesky penny rolls are a pain to break open.
Arts & crafts retail store stockperson: Designer to the stars
It’s doubtful that designing a dress for the Oscar red carpet walk will require you to know which kind of glue works best for attaching googly eyes onto pipe cleaners. But such a job can be the first rung on the ladder to establishing that prized and posh skill set.
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House
Document scanning is not new technology and has been around now for many years. We have seen document scanning become mainstream in the last few years with advent of multifunction machines that print, copy and scan. Walk into any office supply store and you we will see an isle full of fax machines that scan, as well as print. There is off the shelf scanning software that will not only allow you to scan, but will allow you to create keyword searchable images for under $99.1. Access - Scanned documents are easily shared by employees and staff who need fast access to business information. In most cases documents can be shared across a LAN, WAN or the Internet.2. Security -
Camp counselor: Professional coach, athlete or trainer
Making sure that a dozen rug rats playing dodgeball don’t deliver each other black eyes is a good warm-up for playing with the big boys and girls. Here you can hone your understanding of game fundamentals and polish your locker room communication without worrying about upsetting any big league prima donnas.
Pizza delivery driver: Musician
Hear us out first! Carpooling pizzas in your hatchback through strange neighborhoods at a responsible speed may not be the same as doing an acoustic set at the House of Blues, but answer us this: How many other jobs let you listen to any music you want to, as loud as you want to (without headphones)? That’s what we thought.
Sound advice
Job hunting and workplace clich?s are a dime a dozen. You’ve probably heard to “dress for the job you want, not the one you have” or to “work outside the box.” As annoying as these are to hear – and as hard as that pesky “box” is to find – clich?s serve a purpose in that there’s usually a meaningful nugget of truth at the core of each. Conversely, the time to serve up clich?s is not during a job interview. When speaking with a potential employer, be candid but be careful. Likewise, be yourself but be sure to filter out the just plain weird stuff (your potential employer doesn’t need to know about your boy band fan club), and be one more thing…
Be honest with potential employers
This starts with being honest with yourself. If you’re a proud vegan who isn’t sure you could stand handling meat patties and prime-cut filets all day, then skip the restaurant summer job route. Being honest also includes your initial conversations with potential bosses. Don’t over-commit to the amount of hours you’ll be able to work up front and then back down. Also, don’t claim you posses certain skills and experiences even if you don’t. We know it’s exciting to be on the cusp of landing a job, but the quickest way to crash and burn in your new gig is by fibbing.
Don’t be “that guy” or “that girl”
When dozens and dozens of your peers are vying for the same coveted job, don’t make it easy for a potential employer to take you out of the running early. From having crass cell phone ring tones blowing up during an interview to dropping off a r?sum? while wearing a tuxedo T-shirt, the list of these embarrassing faux pas is long. When in doubt, pause, and then exercise a little common sense.
Start now
Seriously...right now. And save yourself some time and gas money by browsing for summer jobs on http://www.snagajob.com/job-resources/summer-jobs.aspx
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