ShareThisI've said it many times: "Nothing beats the smile, eye contact, and hand shake!" I also said, years ago when the Internet first got started that the day would come when job seekers would sit at their computers, unshaven or hair in rollers, expecting to get hired before getting dressed. It doesn't, and won't happen, without effort on your part.I love the Internet and use it for fun and profit everyday, but I believe that the best purpose of the Internet for job seekers is for information and research. To support that belief, get a copy of a great book by Mark Emery Bolles & Richard Nelson Bolles (author of What Color is your Parachute), "Job-Hunting Online," fifth edition, published by Ten Speed Press. As the Bolles father and son team says in their introduction, "The Internet has become an integral part of the job-hunting process. Any job-hunters who fail to access the information, contacts, job listings, and research opportunities that the Internet has to offer are putting themselves at a serious disadvantage." "Job-Hunting Online," is a powerful tool that will help you find and use the incredible resources that the Internet has to offer. I plan to keep my copy by my computer and urge you to do the same. It will guide you through job listings, message boards, research sites, counseling, networking, self-assessment tools, and niche sites that will assist every job searcher. You will, still, have to dress up in your best interview suit, smile, make eye contact and shake hands, but this book will help you get to that point and beyond. It's a small price to pay for an enormous investment in your future.To the many readers who ask about references, most large employers refer all requests for references to their human resource department, so if you are feeling cautious about listing a previous supervisor, simply refer prospective employers to the director of human resources. You should list previous co-workers whom you know will give you positive feed-back, but leave previous employment data to human resources. It will be best for you and your previous employer to present the facts accurately, and without prejudice. It's the facts that count - just the facts, Ma'am.(Marvin Walberg is a job search coach. Contact him at mwalberg(at)bellsouth.net, marvinwalberg.blogspot.com, or PO Box 43056, Birmingham, AL 35243.)
Job hunting takes personal effort
Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 13:43
Paying taxes unites us. It also divides us. People can pay five and even six times more in state and local taxes than other folks in similar circumstances making similar incomes.
Who's got your number?
In one of the fastest-growing forms of identity theft, crooks are stealing tax refunds by swiping personal information and using it to trick the Internal Revenue Service.
