Use the Internet to Find a Job – Part 1: The Basics

Knowing where to find a jo is the first step.  In today’s career search, the Internet is vital.  Gone are the days of faxing and door-to-door marketing.  (Although, do not discount those methods!)  Email and the Internet are here and they are not going any where, any time soon!

Most companies utilize an applicant tracking system and tailor their searches to Internet job boards.  Similarly, most recruiters find potential candidates by searching around on the Internet, using buzzwords found on a resume.  Most companies and recruiters want you to email them a resume, so setting up a free email account is essential.  Unless a hiring manager networks his or her way directly to you, you are going to have to learn to use the Internet as a main source of finding that right career for you.

If you do not have Internet access, use a friend or family member’s computer or go to your local public library.  If you are an Internet novice, enroll in to a class to learn the basics of Internet terminology and navigation.  Look for affordable Internet classes at your local public library, community colleges, high schools or other institutions in your area offering these classes to the public.  Do not be intimidated or embarrassed.  As we stated earlier, in today’s career search, the Internet is vital!

Create an electronic version of your resume with a word processing program (e.g., Microsoft Word).  You may also want to create an Adobe PDF version of your resume.  Depending on where you post your resume or where you email it, they may want a Word version or PDF version.

Set up an email account to provide instant access of your resume to employers, networking contacts or recruiting professionals.  Free email accounts are available through Yahoo, Google (Gmail) and Hotmail.  Create an appropriate and professional email account name, not “BeerDrinker@___.com”.  Do not submit your resume with a confusing attachment named “821080res.doc (for example), but rather use your name or a descriptive label (e.g., job title).

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Rest

Job was a man of exceeding wealth and impeccable character before God allows the accuser to take away the former in the attempt to destroy the later.  In the midst of this trial “Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.”

After Job’s friends had mourned with him in silence for seven days and seven nights Job curses the day of his birth.  He then questions the purpose of life for those who are incapable of partaking in its joys and pleasures.  The singular reason Job longs for death stems from his desire for rest.

Job rightly laments his condition.  The poverty Job endures in his physical state rails against the course that the human body naturally desires.  The body yearns for peace and rest.  Yet, pain and suffering fill the void in their absence, and labor to pull the sufferer fully into their deathly grasp.  The hopeless will languish and expire–”Do you still hold fast your integrity?  Curse God and die.”  Yet, hope inspires the weary toward that rest which they rightly desire.

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LIFE : The Episodes of Life : Discovery Channel

LIFE : The Episodes of Life : Discovery Channel

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Am watching the first part of the show Life on the Discovery channel right now. Have been looking forward to this as I loved Planet Earth. So beautiful. I love animals, nature, photography… would love to do this for a career. Go around filming critters, traveling all over the planet and getting paid all in one. How cool would that be? Very.

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Modelling

What means modelling? It is definitely not only glamour. It is also hard work.

I know what I am talking about. When I do the Stylings for a Photoshoot I can see  how hard they have to act in front of the camera.

You have to be trained to be comfortable in front of a camera, you have to learn catwalk techniques, and you have to understand basic acting for TV and commercial work gaining confidence in yourself and your appearance.

Self-development offers you confidence within yourselve whilst encouraging a healthy self-image.

You have to do training courses in modelling, deportment, goal setting and style training. Whether you’re a teenager looking to have fun and make new friends, a young adult looking for style and confidence, an aspiring young model, or a professional looking for an updated corporate image.

Be careful to find the right support. Courses have to be run by highly qualified professionals who offer special care and attention to you in a safe and friendly environment.

Whatever path you choose in life training can be the first step to achieving your career and personal goals not only as a model. more….

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Focused

I need to become more focused on what matters, and who matters. I’m tired of putting 100%, and barely getting 50% back. I’ve recently started applying for jobs, my current one is a huge fail. Now, on to school.  I need to become more focused. My grades need to matter more, my scholarship is what is basically helping me stay afloat, and I’ve been focused too much on unimportant things. Next..who matters. I’m tired of caring so much about everyone and everything. I’m done with focusing too much on the well-being of others.

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Sometimes...

Sometimes I feel like an adult in a kid’s body, and sometimes I feel exactly the opposite.

I came to this realization today while I was blowing bubbles in my milk with a straw. But more on that later.

I realized that sometimes I can’t wait to be a real grown up with real work experience, have the experience I need to get a job, and be an adult. Except I can’t do that yet because I’m only 21 and I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I’m 21, an almost college graduate, and I need a job.

On the other side, I feel like 5th grade Melissa is trying to bust out of the adult body I’m living in. Today for lunch, I had PB&J with potato chips layered inside. (If you say you haven’t done that, you’re lying.) I also started a harmless rumor and blew bubbles in my milk with a straw.

Being a kid was so much easier. I went to school 2 blocks from home, walked home with my best friend, and she’d stay until exactly 5:27 which gave her the right amount of time to get home by 5:30 for dinner. On the weekends, we’d meet halfway, right by the bushes in front of some old lady’s house.

Sometimes I feel like a kid in an adult’s body, and sometimes I feel exactly the opposite.

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Da Management

The big news at the dealership is a change of management! The previous manager decided he’d had enough of targets and paperwork and quit quite suddenly. A minor company game of management musical chairs ensued, and the manager of a smaller provincial dealership arrived a few days later to take the reins.

Young, keen, earnest and professional, this guy is chalk and cheddar to the outgoing manager, like-able chap though he was. Suddenly we’ve got someone who’s always there, always helping, always supportive. He’s taken some of the admin workload weight and he’s very much there to help us do business. And the difference is immediately apparent, my personal sales are up a good fifty percent, this last four weeks being my busiest ever by some margin on used cars (which, oddly, seems to be where the money is to be made rather than new).

I’m also starting to see some decent money from this, always a strong motivator.

As to the job itself, well I’m half a year in at the end of this month, remarkably. The paper-trial doesn’t get any easier (albeit helped slightly by the new boss) but I feel on top of it as regards used cars, and definitely getting there with the new stuff. However the ease that knowledge and ability bring is offset by the quantity brought on by increased sales. And Motability sales remain a black art of form filling, computer inputting and organisation that I’d rather steer well clear of for the moment.

So the overview halfway through the first year is one of a continued building of success, very much aided and abetted by the change of boss. The mechanics of the job are not too difficult once grasped, there’s just so very much of it and the skill seems to be in the juggling of it all and making everything happen on time which can get a little stressful. All in all though, it’s a positive vibe and we’ll see how the summer pans out.

So far, so good then, and with the support I’m now getting I believe it can only get better.

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