The December Career & Job Advice – Blog Carnival
December 3, 2007 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Jobs
I have been wanting to host a job fair here at Interview Chatter for awhile, but I haven’t figured out a format yet. However, what I have been able to do today is to share a blog carnival with you, introducing you to other bloggers and websites that provide excellent information in the Career & Job Advice niche.
Take some time to go through and click the links included in this post. Many of these posts have great advice that will help you in your job search, job skills and even some inspirational post. Enjoy!
Job Search
Jose DeJesus MD presents Business Relocation: Tips For The Savvy Mover
Brip Blap says, it’s not that hard to find a high-paying career; here 8 Steps to a Six Figure Career.
Kingsley Tagbo presents How To Find IT Jobs.
Sagar Satapathy presents Better Than Monster: 50 Free Places You Can Post A Job Online And Get Top Talent.
When Amanda started thinking about pursuing her Masters in Library Science, she realized she needed to make sure it wasn’t just a desperate career change. She has been working on these things to make sure she’s headed on the right path. Amanda presents tips for Preparing For A Career Change.
Casey shares thoughts on the the ultimate goal – The Pursuit of Self-Emplolyment.
Stephanie Mackie presents Home Business Idea. Medical Transcription.
Robert Tatum writes, there are 21 Occupations That You May Want to Avoid Like the Plague and you should be considered off-limits to both new and existing job seekers due to the level of stress and low pay that it provides a prospective employee.
Steve at JobsCareer Etc.com presents Where to Get Career Advice and The Pros and Cons of Independent Contract Work.
For those who are interested in developing a home business, or already have started one, Mary Emma Allen from Home Biz Notes has 5 Tips For Success in Your Home Business.
Job Skills
Ever wonder how to Keep Your Skills Current? Pinyo cites some common organizations that offer free job training.
Kingsley Tagbo presents Are Your Skills Portable? and How to Improve Your Skills and Get a Lucrative Job.
Interviewing
According to the Baglady, Speed Interviewing is when interviewers see as many candidates as possible in a short amount of time and give offers quickly so that they fill up positions quickly.
Linsey Knerl presents Finding the Right Job: There’s Always Plenty of Phish In the Sea
Though your personality has a lot to do with it, people often judge by what they see first rather than what they hear. So it’s important that you portray competence in your business industry not only in your knowledge and performance, but also in how you convey yourself. Michelle Kramer presents Communicating Competency.
Hiring Managers will usually make room for you to ask questions at some point in the interview. The worst thing you can do is to decline this opportunity to participate in the interview process. Do You Have Any Questions?
Positioning and branding one self as having these characteristics is a right step on the way to success. Dorian Wales presents 6 Tips On How To Make Yourself A Desired Employee.
Andy says, when it comes to Negotiating Your Salary and Benefits Package, most of it just boils down to knowing how much you’re worth in the marketplace.
Resume Writing
Kevin Thompson says next to including key words in a resume the format is the second most important aspect of your resume. Here is A Resume Format That Will Gets You Noticed.
Steve presents 3 Resume Tips.
On The Job
Sarah Aswell presents Make them Say No, is a good rule, perhaps not for dating or other social interactions, but for business-type things like asking for the salary you want.
Ispf presents 5 Reasons to Like Lazy, Annoying Colleagues.
Gavin Ingham presents What’s Your SI (Sales Intensity) Rating?
Carol Bentley presents 8 Elements for a Powerful Sales Letter…
Raj Sheelvant presents Cultural Intelligence for IT Workers
Should we be “producing” during every minute we’re at work, except for our approved breaks and the occasional bathroom break, which should be strictly limited in number and length? NO !!! David Bohl presents The Myth of Productivity
Stanimir Sotirov presents Motivation: Become A Leader, Learn how to become a leader the right way,not being the boss that everyone hates!
If you were to join the James Dyson Company, within your first week, if not first day, you will build a vacuum cleaner. This is whether you are an accountant, call centre operator and or any other job at Dyson’s. Andrew Rondeau presents The Rest of the Company Does What?
Join the conversation Dealing With Bad Work Experiences with Isabella Mori.
David B. Bohls presents Entrepreneurs, Does Retirement Fit Into Your Plans? The values and beliefs of the Baby Boomer generation were handed down to us from our parents, many of whom survived the post-war era and Great Depression. The underlying message became loud and clear, and formed a blueprint for life: If I just work hard enough and long enough, my life will turn out just fine — eventually – and it will all be worth it in the end.
People are making millions of real dollars in the virtual real estate business. Are you missing out on the next Web gold rush? Danogo.com presents How to Make Real Life Money in the Second Life Virtual World.
Anna Farmery presents Recipe for Business Success.
According to FMF, A key part to making the most of your career is making sure your boss and other people who can influence your career path are aware of the accomplishments you’ve made to the company. Check out Grow Your Career By Promoting Your Work.
Mark Runta presents Market Turmoil – Is It Keeping You Up At Night? Get out of the mid-career rut by observing some lessons learned from Starbucks.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Stop Being Poor! What Low-Income Earners Can Do To Get Off Minimum Wage.
What happens when you take a job and conflict comes? You will Feed the Hog!
Setting Goals
Hueina Su presents The 212 Degrees Attitude.
Stanimir Sotirov presents Motivation: Setting Goals, Learn about the power of setting goals,and how to use it in your advantage!
Thomas D. Brownsword presents Where I Am, Where I Am Going, How Will I Get There
Trying to find success in your career and in life? Check out this list 7 Reasons to Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goals Yet by Ralph Jean-Paul.
Networking
Aruni Gunagesaram says, while it’s important to make sure your business does well, don’t forget there’s more to life than work. Check out The Work/Life Balance of Networking.
Emmanuel presents Build It Before You Need It.
Teenagers and Job
Over at Me, My Kid and Life, Christine shares insights about the lessons she and her daughter are learning through her daughter’s First Job is learning. Chritine says, teaching teens about self-employment and freedom to create one’s own schedule has been a great way to introduce Sophie into the world of financial responsibility and self-made opportunities.
Business – Online and Other Stuff
Kenton Newby presents The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Starting Their Online Business
Mitch McDonald presents Marketing Plan: A Business Necessity
Mark Riffey presents Competitors: How To Easily Keep An Eye On Them. Free.
Ron Ruiz presents One Roll of Stamps=$45,000 In Sales
Robert Phillips presents More Than 123% Increase In Opt-Ins
Richard Lee presents Tools of the Successful: Reviewing
Andrew Erickson presents Taking The Long View – Are You In Business?
Great Management presents How To Be An Effective Public Speaker and Successful Manager share Information
Wanda Grindstaff presents Success Through Service, The Most Important Component!
Ron Ruiz presents Stay-At-Home Mom Creates Million Dollar Product.
Richard Lee presents Your Product Idea Incubator
Gley Yahya’s secret to being a Power Seller was “Building Trust in The First Place”. To help you start an ebay business and reach the same level as quick as possible. In this step-by-step guide, How to Start an Ebay Business, you can learn how to start an ebay business the right way and become part of… The “Best” Of eBay Power Sellers – The Ones Who Actually Make Big Money on eBay!
What’s happening now and in the future of your work world. Miki shares Workforce Challenges.
The Silicon Valley Blogger presents What the Silicon Valley Startups Taught Me In My Life.
Inspiration
Andrew Rondeau shares an interview with Leo Babauta, Owner of Zenhabits.com, who Spills the Beans about his success, your success, pitfalls to watch for and suggestions on how to turn your career around.
Tupelo Kenyon presents twelve common sense reminders on how to inspire yourself. Inspire Yourself On Purpose – Inspiration from Inside Out. The word “inspire” derives from root words that mean “in spirit” or “spirit within.” Although there’s always another step to take, these points are a natural result of recognizing and identifying with this realization of who we really are.
Tina Su presents 6 Ways to Be Positive In Any Situation
Anna Farmery presents Your Brand Story… A Film Starring You
Gamy Rachel presents Self Improvement Starts With Making Decisions. To have a positive change in your life, you have to decide you want a positive change, and this in itself is making a decision.
Warren Wong presents How To Feel Better And Be Happier
How often do you say no to the people and things that would increase your business success and personal happiness? Learn key tips to change your nos to YES! Lorraine Cohen presents Letting Yourself Have Outrageous Success and Personal Happiness.
Wealth Building
The secret to investment success is the consistent application of time-proven strategies, not the use of complex, hard-to-understand investment vehicles created by investment bankers out to take your money! Allen Taylor presents Business Investment Strategies That Work Every Time.
On your road to riches, beware of contracting Money Worshiper Syndrome. Putting money in its proper place is important. Tony H presents Don’t Get Money Worshiper Syndrome
Thank you for hosting and including my post on how to keep your skills current. This is a huge carnival and I appreciate the work.
Darlene, you are to be commended! What an awesome job you’ve done with your carnival, and you had a great response. So much information here. I’ll recommend that our Home Biz Notes readers stop by. They’re sure to find information and inspiration to help them.
Pinyo – Thanks for participating. I will be featuring some of the articles on Interview Chatter over the next few months. Don’t be surprised if you see a link back to this post or another on your blog. I look forward to getting to know you!
Have a great day!!
Hey Mary Emma!! It is my pleasure to host this carnival. I am looking for ways to network with more bloggers in this niche and love that you participated. There are lots of people who are in the job market that may want to consider working for themselves. So I was VERY glad to include your post and highlight Home Biz Notes!!
Thanks for including my post! Tremendous job with the carnival and such a huge number of entries!
Hi Steve,
No problem! I look forward to doing this again sometime next year!! Have a great day and thanks for participating and visiting Interview Chatter.
Darlene, that sounds great. I look forward to it.
Thanks for featuring one of my articles Darlene.
Your set up is great and I look forward to submitting to your next carnival.
Great job!
Hi Tony, Thanks for submitting your post. I look forward to doing it again. Hopefully in the next few months. Also, I will stop by your blog in the next couple of months and link back to you. So be on the lookout. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you!
Be Blessed!
I found some valuable resources in your carnival.Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Next time I would like to be added to it if possible.
Hi Vicky, Thanks for stopping by Interview Chatter. I am glad you found some valuable resources here. I don’t know if you submitted a link, but if so and I didn’t include it – please keep in mind, that the best way to guarantee the link will be the focus of your post in the job search and hiring process. I tried to include every post that was tied to my niche. All other posts were added based on the topics you see in the carnival blog post. Please let me know in the future if you submit a post. I am happy to work with you to ensure it is included in the round-up.
Thanks!
Thank you for including my post, Darlene,
My apology for not dropping by to thank you sooner, cos I only see the incoming link now.
I have added a backtrack link at my blog
http://www.mindthinksuccess.com/blog-carnival-list
Warmly
Gamy
Hi Gamy, No problem! My pleasure. Please feel free to stop by anytime! Welcome to Interview Chatter!
Thank you for including me in the list. The carnival looks great! Thank you for running it.
Love & Gratitude,
Tina
Think Simple Now. ~ Clarity & Happiness
Hi Tina Welcome to Interview Chatter! It was truly my pleasure to host the carnival for December. Please feel free to stop by any time! Make it a great day today!
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
Welcome to Interview Chatter Idetrorce! Please share what you don’t agree with?
Hi Tina,
Thank you for including me in the list. This is a great carnival. Thank you for compiling the list.
Love & Gratitude,
Tina
Think Simple Now. ~ Clarity & Happiness
This was a very useful information