Fun Facts Friday

7 strategies that can impress recruiters with your resume:

1. Be concise
Don’t use 10 words when 3 will do and don’t fill your resume big words to sound impressive. Recruiters want to know the facts about you. Use simple and direct language in your resume.

2. Drop the cliches
If you have seen words frequently on other resumes do not assume those same words belong on yours. Recruiters have heard of ‘team players’ who ‘think outside the box’ more than they can count.

3. Stick to the facts
Your resume should cover all the key facts a recruiter needs to know. This could include: how many people a manager supervised, how many users an IT person supported or what budgets an executive controlled. All these facts must be on your resume and easy to see.

4. Show a little personality
Just because you have to stick to the facts, doesn't mean you can't show a little personality in your resume. You can present facts in fresh and interesting language that reflects who you are. That’s the best way to stand out from the crowd.

5. Write a profile that summarizes the important facts
You can summarize 3 of your best accomplishments such as listing the high-profile companies you’ve worked for. Select whatever facts are most impressive about you and use the resume profile to highlight those.

6. Focus on Your Impact
It's always good to tell a story of how you made an impact in your jobs. If your resume can show how you can make a difference you can score the interview. That’s the kind of information that makes a recruiter want to meet you.

7. Give them proof
Have you won awards for your work? If so, highlight them right up front. Have you earned several promotions? Say so in the introduction. Proof like these will look great on your resume.

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Top Job Thursday

The Benefits of Becoming a Chef!

1. Creativity. One of the benefits of becoming a chef is that they are able to create their own dishes and use them as promotions or specials. This gives a chef room and reason to experiment with different recipes and foods.
   
2. Unlimited eating options. What other job offers the employee a chance to eat whatever they want? Who knows the menu better than the chef?
   
3. Nutritional information. A well educated chef knows what they are working with. One of the benefits of becoming a chef includes knowing the details of the nutrients in the food they are eating. If anyone knows how to eat healthy, it's a chef!
4. Exclusive domain. The only person a chef can't tell to get out of their kitchen is the owner. Being a chef offers control of being like a business owner without all of the hassles.
5. Respect. Even the owner of the restaurant doesn't get as much respect as the chef. The chef is the artist of the facility.
   
6. Solitude. Though a chef may work with many people, they are often loners. Their very profession is based on their own personal knowledge and skills.
   
7. High income potential. A well respected chef is no fry cook. They are educated and talented and as such, are well compensated for their time by restaurant owners that expect only the best from those they employ.
8. Fame. While some people go to a restaurant simply based on the name or clientele of the restaurant, there are those customers who go because they know they can rely on the chef for a well developed meal to please their palate.
9. Joy. A chef is a type of artist. They tend to take pride in their work and enjoy what they do. A job isn't really work if you love what you do!
10. Endless career growth. While many fields of employment tend to lean toward hiring a younger generation, a chef's career has nothing to do with their age. In point of fact, an older chef tends to have more experience and a well developed following. Customers may actually grieve when a chef leaves rather than being excited about the replacement for the chef.
    

By Kat Foust, Break Studios Contributing Writer. To view the original article CLICK HERE

Weekly Feature Wednesday

Job Title:

Yoga Instructor

Position Type:

Casual

Job Location:

CFB Trenton

Employment Category:

Recreation

Job Description:

Yoga Instructor
Non-Public Funds
Personal Support Programs
RecPlex
CFB Trenton
Casual Position
Competition Number: TRN-12-008

Under the supervision of the Community Recreation Supervisor, the Yoga instructor plans, organizes and delivers yoga instructions. He/she prepares class schedules, design programs and assist with advertising and public relations.


Qualifications:

• High school diploma AND some years experience conducting yoga/Pilates lessons.
  

AND

• Yoga Teachers Certificate
• Current CPR and Basic First Aid qualification
  

Language requirement: Language requirement: Bilingual Mandatory – Level 002/002. Applications from non-bilingual candidates will be accepted. Should a non-bilingual candidate be chosen on merit, he/she will be required to undertake second language training.

The proficiency levels which can be assigned to each skill are: 1(basic), 2(functional), 3(advanced), 4(professional

Job Requirements:

Knowledge Requirements -

• Of instructional techniques
• Of group dynamics
• Of health and safety practices
• Of injury prevention

Experience Requirements-

• In planning, organizing, and delivering yoga instructions.
• In monitoring and controlling large groups of participants
• In ensuring safety protocols and procedures
• In providing customer service
• In using software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, e-mail and Internet browsing

Application Procedure:

Employer Fax

(613-965-2196)

Application Material Required:

Cover Letter

Resumé

Additional Application Information:

Salary: $ 15.19/hr

Successful candidate will be prepared to commence employment as soon as possible.

NPF employees must demonstrate the following core characteristics: team player, customer focus, positive attitude, excellence, and competence.

NPF is committed to Employment Equity and Diversity and invites applications from Women, Aboriginal People, Persons with Disabilities and Visible Minorities.

To receive this job poster in an alternative format, please contact the NPF Human Resources Manager.

Eligible candidates should submit a resume clearly outlining their ability to fulfill all position requirements by mail to: Trenton Recruiting, NPF Human Resources, 8 Wing Trenton, P.O. Box 1000, Stn Forces, Astra, ON K0K 3W0, by fax at 613-965-2196, or online at www.cfpsa.com Applications must be received before 1600 hrs on 23 February 2012.

Please note that only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. If you have special needs and require accommodation measures for the selection process, please notify the NPF Human Resources Manager at that time.

Organization:

Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency

Division:

Canadian Forces

Application Deadline: Feb 23, 2012 11:59PM

Tip of the Day Tuesday

What to do on your first day/week of your new job:

First day on the job...

• Show your supervisor and co-workers that you are polished, professional and take your new position seriously.
• Remember the time you took to prepare your professional appearance for your interview? Do the same thing again!
  
• Be punctual and arrive early (but not more than 15 minutes early). As with your interview, leave yourself plenty of time to account for traffic or unexpected circumstances.
• Before going to work your first day, learn as much as you can about your new company. Visit the website and review annual reports or brochures.
• During your orientation, take notes and do not be afraid to ask questions. Show how interested and motivated you are to do a good job. You are not the first employee who has gone through training!
• Write down and commit to memory the mailing address, phone and fax numbers of your new company.
• When you record your personal phone message, be upbeat and clear. Remember to say your name and your company's name.

First week on the job...

• Get to know your co-workers but avoid office politics. Be inquisitive, listen and be open-minded.
• Do not complain or gossip about your old company or boss. A negative attitude is seen as very unprofessional.
• Always turn off your cell phone when you are in a meeting. If you forget, quickly apologize and silence the phone.
• Pay attention to the office schedule and expectations of what hours to keep.
  
• Make sure you are familiar with all the office equipment and how to use it.

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Making It Big Monday

Improving teamwork in the workplace can be achieved in various ways.

Implement Recognition Programs

Create incentives to work well as a team by giving praise and issuing small tokens of appreciation. This will encourage fellow employees. A gesture such as this instills a sense of meaning and value into the nature of the job. Overall it boosts teamwork among group members.

Encourage Social Activities

Teamwork is enhanced when workers know each other well. One can build a sense of camaraderie by formulating team activities. These events could be informal, such as meeting together over coffee, or a team building event could take place over the weekend at a secluded resort on the outskirts of town.

Outline Clear Roles

Boost teamwork abilities by outlining clear roles for each of the members. Before the project begins, work with the members to outline skill sets and deadline charts. Consult with the group regarding the feasibility of the listed tasks as well. This will reduce possible stress arising from unrealistic expectations.

Identify Existing Problems

Gain feedback from the team to assess sources of strife. Though groups might be tempted to let issues sort themselves out over time, such a method may not be optimal. It may be better that problems are handled the moment they arise. Encourage group members to discuss issues collectively instead of letting the problem fester.

Mediate Disputes

Provide detailed instructions on how to remedy issues that arise among team members, which boosts teamwork by empowering members to solve issues efficiently and productively. Instead of creating a culture of blame, foster an attitude of being proactive and solution oriented.

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Fun Facts Friday

Nosy? Here are some jobs that are for you!

Being nosy isn’t generally considered a positive attribute in a job candidate but some jobs require an inquisitive personality. These jobs are some possibilities for you!

1) Gossip Columnist: For those who can rattle off Brad Pitt’s dating history since he was born, you may find career bliss as a Gossip Columnist. There aren’t many ready-made openings for gossip columnists, so this job is suited to people with ambition and entrepreneurial drive.

2) Private Investigator: What could be better than being paid to find the dirt others want to keep hidden? Due to heightening security demands, employment of private detectives and investigators is expected to grow 22 percent during the 2008-18 decade—much faster than average.

3) Market Researcher: Market Researchers scrutinize the way people behave. More specifically, they figure out how and why certain types of people buy certain types of products. The mathematically minded will enjoy this position. The job revolves around analyzing raw data in order to help companies develop, enhance, and market their goods and services. It’s also unlikely to be outsourced any time soon.

4) Customs Patrol Officer: The granddaddy of all nosy jobs, Customs Patrol Officers are required to ask lots and lots of questions, all in the name of protecting the nation’s borders. While monitoring the international comings and goings of ships, planes, cars and foot traffic, they get to peak into people’s trunks, verify identification, and occasionally testify in court proceedings.

5) Digital Photographer: Why does this job makes this list? Simple: Paparazzi.

6) Personnel Coordinator: Personnel Coordinators deal with two things: paperwork and people. Whether it’s making sure employees have dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s on the required documents that keep a company out of trouble (think liability release forms), overseeing the hiring process of a new employee, or investigating employee efficiency, Personnel Coordinators handle a lot of confidential information.


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Top Job Thursday

The Benefits of Becoming a Personal Trainer

Becoming a personal trainer can be a very rewarding job. After you get certified, you will have a vast array of options open to you, and amazing benefits come with those options. Here are a few of the benefits to becoming a personal trainer for a career.

1. You are the boss (most of the time). If you work for yourself, you can set your own days and hours that you will work. Even if you work for a gym, you still might be able to pick a flexible schedule that fits into your life. Most of the time, personal trainers can decide when and where they work, and how many hours they work which is something you most likely would not have in an office environment.

2. You can choose where you work. Some certified fitness trainers work for a gym. Others, choose to work on a contract basis and there are also opportunities where you can work in the clients' homes. You might spend a morning running outside with one client and spend the afternoon swimming with another. One thing’s certain: You won't be in a tiny cubicle all day.

3. You will stay in great shape. Since personal trainers work out with their clients, they are generally very physically fit. Not only does this help you get work by being your own walking billboard, but you will stay in peak condition, allowing you to better serve your clients.

4. You will be helping people. Personal training is a very people-oriented job. You will get to spend time with people and will help them reach their goals—from losing weight, to getting healthier, to living longer. You might even change the lives of some people. What could be better?

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Weekly Feature Wednesday

Job Title:

Summer Research Intern

Position Type:

Off-campus Summer Employment

Job Location:

Toronto

Employment Category:

Social Service/Recreation/Health

Job Description:

HEQCO seeks skilled policy/education/social science students to join our small and dynamic research team. We are looking forward to the opportunity to help you enhance and develop knowledge and skills that will be useful for your career success; familiarize you with the opportunities that exist for careers in public policy research; and provide you with extensive knowledge in higher education and the postsecondary sector in Ontario. At the end of this opportunity you should be well placed to advance in your career. Reporting to the Research Directors, the Summer Intern may be responsible for any or all of the following:
• conducting literature reviews, developing surveys and performing scans on policy development
• writing and preparing briefings, reports, graphs, tables and presentations for senior researchers
• assisting in statistical data analysis and evaluation using data analysis software such as SAS, STATA, or SPSS
• participating in projects, workshops, conferences, etc. as part of a team The Summer Intern will be involved in a number of research activities, in particular on a research project of his/her own choice with a senior research member where the intern is exposed to a variety of research
techniques and problems in public policy research.

Job Requirements:

• currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a graduate/post‐graduate program in public policy, education, social science or a related field and/or experience in applied research utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods
• understanding of policy planning, research, analysis, design, development and evaluation processes
• organized, self‐motivated, and able to work both independently and as a team member
• exceptional writing and verbal communication skills
• knowledge of office productivity software (e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• statistical analysis and evaluation skills
• knowledge of higher education (and ideally the postsecondary sector in Ontario) would be an asset
Interviews will take place: On Campus Employer’s Location Telephone
Hourly Wage: $18.40 per hour
Number of Positions: TBD

Application Procedure:

Employer Email

If by email, send to:

info@heqco.ca

Application Material Required:

Cover Letter

Resumé

Additional Application Information:

Interested applicants are invited to submit resumes electronically to info@heqco.ca
by February 20th 2012.

For more details about HEQCO visit the Career Centre or email us at careers@loyalistc.on.ca

Division:

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario

Application Deadline:

Feb 20, 2012 11:59PM

Tip of the Day Tuesday

Phone Interview Tips

Telephone interviews are used as the first stage in a selection process. A telephone interview will work like a filter, finding the best candidates. Here are just a few tips to ace yours!

1. Prepare a list matching your achievements to the job description. You can use this list during the interview and refer to it at possible opportunities.
2. Find out all you can about the company's products, services, history and more. Familiarize yourself with the company's website and be prepared to comment on it of the topic comes up.
   
3. Review your CV and highlight any areas that the interviewer is likely to want to address.
   
4. Interviewers want to hear about specific challenges or problems you faced in the workplace, the specific actions you took and the measurable results you achieved. Think about giving examples which you used communication skills, analytical skills, teamwork, and so on.
   
5. Don’t speak too quickly, use slang, interrupt or talk over the recruiter and don’t ’um’ and ’err’ too much!
   
6. Use the interviewer’s name regularly throughout the conversation and also use the company name a few times.
7. Be succinct. For most questions a 2-4 minute answer is a good target.
   
8. Have a copy of your CV, the job description and your notes to hand, for quick reference. Jot down key points throughout the course of the interview.
9. Try smiling while you are talking. Studies have shown that this has a positive effect on the person who is listening.
   
10. Have a list of prepared questions available to ask the interviewer once they have asked their questions. This shows an employer that you are serious about the job.
    

Here are a few questions which the interviewer might ask you:

• Can you tell me a little about yourself?
• Why did you apply for this position?
• What are the main responsibilities in your current position?
• What can you bring to this position?
• Why are you leaving your current job?
• What is the most important achievement in your career to date?
• What are your strengths and weaknesses?
• What do you see yourself doing in five years?
• What challenges do you think you will face in this job?
• Please tell me about your salary expectations

Written By: Nikki N, 22-11-2009. To view the original article CLICK HERE

Making It Big Monday

Interview Mistakes Not to Make!

So, you got the interview all lined up and are ready to go! Well if you plan on doing well, you better avoid these interview killers. They have happened before so don't let it be YOU!

• Arrive late or too early (more than 10 minutes is too early)
• Fall asleep or yawn
• Smell like cigarette smoke or alcohol
• Discuss your party life
• Dress inappropriately
• Talk bad about your past co-workers or boss
• Be overly sarcastic
• Look at your watch/play with jewelry
• Don’t research the company
• Ask too many questions or no questions at all
• Use “like” too often
• Use big words incorrectly
• Wear too much or too little makeup
• Sound desperate
• Leave your phone on
• Forget to ask for the job
• Act like you have better places to be
• Expect benefits immediately
• Be overly shy
• Speak too quickly/or to slowly
• Swear
• Complain
• Roll your eyes
• Interrupt the interviewer
• Arrive under the influence
• Talk too much
• Not know which position you are interviewing for
• Forget the name of the company/interviewer
• Chewing gum
  
• Ask about dating in the workplace
• Be fake/overly excited
• Deliver a weak or too strong handshake
• Name drop
• Ask the interviewer their age/relationship status/gender
• Don’t even show up

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Fun Facts Friday

Enjoy Reading Some Of These Hilarious Job Descriptions

• Help people hate each other: Divorce Lawyer
  
• Stand on a field and get yelled at for hours: Baseball Umpire
• Talk in other people’s sleep: College Professor
  
• Read things that don’t matter, then write papers saying they do matter, for points that don’t matter, in order to get a job doing something totally unrelated: Student
• Learn laws created ages ago so that I can tell engineers why I’m smarter than they are while complaining how it’s a travesty that they get paid more: Physics major
• Show you innovative ways to burn money in the spirit of patriotism: Fireworks Stand Manager
• Run away and call the police: Security Guard
• Try not to kill the baby: Housewife
• Teach your kids enough to complain but not enough to make a difference: College Teacher
• Supervise the guys and gals who try to protect the good people from the bad, only to be hated by the good people AND the bad: Police Sergeant
• Wear a tuxedo and smash metal plates into each other: Musician
• Manage waste recycling, promotion & sales: Antiques Dealer
• Teach kids to be evil…or so they say: Video Game Creator
• Spend most of the day looking out the window: Pilot
• Go to strange people’s houses and take their money: Pizza Delivery Boy
• Tell people that they can’t spend money they thought they had: Government Analyst
• Make corporate propaganda feel like folksy truthisms: TV Ad Director
• Take pictures of the unlucky and the stupid: X-ray Technician
• Profit from the misfortunes of others: Cops and Courts Reporter
• Pass poisonous gas on command: Research Assistant in solid state ammonia storage
• Have people spend far more than they estimated: Building Inspector
• Shepherd clients through the process of setting their products on fire: Consumer Products Tester
• Make sure nothing ever happens: IT Security
• Misinterpret the universe: Astronomer
• Be a human napkin: Stay-at-home mom of three
• Copy and paste the Internet: Student

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Top Job Thursday

Benefits of Being a Photographer

Being a professional photographer requires a lot of knowledge, artistic inclination, skill, and practice when compared to a photographer who does it for leisure or fun. But a professional photographer also enjoys the great benefits of taking up such a profession. Here are just a few:

1. Outlet for creativity:

One of the greatest benefits of being a photographer is the opportunities for creativity that this profession provides. It allows you to earn a living while pursuing something that you most enjoy doing. You see what others generally miss and through your photos make people realize the beauty of things in the world around you.

2. Variety or choice of focus:

A photographer can select from a wide range of streams to focus on. You can decide to be advertisement photographer, a media photographer, a journal photographer, or an independent photographer with your own studio. You can also do freelancing for multiple employers.

3. Opportunities for Social Networking:

This profession requires you to interact with a lot of people like your clients, employers, friends, acquaintances, officials, editors, etc. Thus, you get the opportunity to bond better with known people as well as to establish relationship with new people.

4. Job Security:

Photographs are objects of memory, love, value, etc to a lot of people. Even in times of economic slowdown, people still want to record their weddings, births, graduation ceremonies, farewells, etc. Photographs are also used both in the print and online media. Therefore, photographers will always have lots of opportunities for work.

5. Opportunities to travel:

Traveling to places to complete assignments or create catalogs is all part of the job. This not only provides opportunity to satisfy the travel bug in you, but also provides opportunities to see new places, meet new people, and learn more about the world.

6. Job Satisfaction:

A photographer's job involves freezing moments of time which become memories. There are several instances where photographers have frozen fleeting moments that people would have otherwise missed or ignored. These moments have changed history or the way people look at life, science, or even history. Therefore, a photographer gains great satisfaction in knowing that his work is valued and may live through generations.

7.Rewarding:

Photography is not only a creatively and professionally rewarding job, but also a monetarily beneficial one. The pay package of photographers is one of the best compared to several other professions. Further, photographers also have the independence to freelance or have their own studios. With a little business aptitude, photographers can run a successful business of their own.

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Weekly Feature Wednesday

Job Title:

Skateboarding Instructor

Position Type:

Off-campus Part-Time Employment

Job Location:

Quinte West YMCA

Employment Category:

recreation

Job Description:

Looking for a Skateboarding instructor for the YMCA summer camps.

Job includes planning daily activities as well teaching new skills to children aged 8-15.

Job Requirements:

-Experience with children

-Skateboarding knowledge and ability

Application Procedure:

Employer Email

If by email, send to:

brad_warner@YMCA.ca

Application Material Required:

Organization:

YMCA of Belleville & Quinte

Job Contact:

Brad Warner

Contact Title:

Child, Youth and Family Coordinator

Phone:

(613)613-394-9622

Website:

www.ymcabellevillequinte.ca

Email:

brad_warner@YMCA.ca

Address:

50 Monogram Place

Quinte West

Ontario

Canada

Application Deadline: Apr 28, 2012 11:59PM

Cover Letter

Resumé

Tip of the Day Tuesday

5 Things You Should Leave OFF Your Resume!

Despite LinkedIn, Facebook and other new job hunting forums, at some point in the application process you’ll be asked for a resume or CV. A good resume can still help you get that all-important interview for an open position. So what should you cut from your first draft? Here are five suggestions for meaningful exclusions.

References Available on Request. Drop it! All hiring managers know you need solid references at some point in the job hunt. Have your list ready before they ask. Verify your contact information for each reference and let each person know you want to use them as a reference.

Your Photo. According to Careerbuilder.com, in most cases, a company will throw away your resume without looking at it, to avoid the issue of discrimination, if you have a photo in it.

Every Job You’ve Had Since You Were 16. Evaluate every position you include in your resume by asking if it's relevant and recent. If a job doesn’t qualify, leave it out.

Resume Clichés. Investopedia.com warns against boring language in a resume (phrases like “team player” and “detail-oriented”). Use a thesaurus if you need it. You can also really describe what makes you a team player or how you actually used your attention to detail to make a specific project successful.

Unprofessional email address. Id Interns helps students and recent graduates in the arts. They remind job and internship seekers that personalized handles like designfreak82@hotmail.com or sweetiepie02@yahoo.com will not impress a potential employer. Instead, they suggest a simple first name [dot] last name address for all job-related correspondence.

By ResumeBear. To view the original article CLICK HERE

Making It Big Monday

9 Steps to Getting that Job

If you’re job hunting, you’ve probably discovered that there are jobs out there. However, because you have so much competition, you may be finding it difficult to get a response. Here are nine steps to help you get the job you want.

1. Identify not only the position you want (and are qualified for) but the companies you’d like to work for. Learn everything you possibly can about each company: its mission, work culture, what makes it unique and competitive, the qualities they look for in employees, and so on.

2. Be sure to target companies that need what you have to offer. Be clear on what problem the hiring manager needs to solve with this hire and present yourself as their ideal recruit (provided you are!). Be ready to demonstrate how you’ve added value and solved similar problems for other companies as well.

3. Ramp up your networking efforts. Locate people who work in the companies you’re interested in through social networking sites. Take the time to build rapport before inquiring about job openings. With a little luck, you can develop relationships with people who will let you know as soon as the right job opens up or to put in a good word for you.

4. While networking is a powerful job hunting tool, don’t abandon other sources of information about job openings. Be strategic about using job search engines, job boards, local newspapers and other sources.

5. Make sure your cover letter is top notch. Never send out generic cover letters. Instead, gear each one directly to the company. Also, briefly demonstrate experience you have in solving the problems they need solve and how you are the person who can help them achieve company goals.

6. Follow up after sending out your resume. Make a follow-up phone call or send a follow-up email asking if you can schedule an interview. Chances are the hiring managers has a lot of resumes to sort through. Being proactive can make you stand out.

7. Send a thank-you note after each interview. It’s common courtesy to thank the employer for his or her time.

8. If you sent a thank-note and don’t hear anything within the decision-making timeframe you were given, make another follow-up call. Be polite but gently persistent. This shows you’re really interested in the job.

9. Make job-hunting your full time job. Continue to broaden your network. Contact individuals every day with the goal of getting referrals and setting up interviews.

By ResumeBear. To view the original article CLICK HERE

Fun Facts Friday

15 facts about people's career paths

• Before starting a career as a world-class singer, Andrea Bocelli was working as a lawyer and moonlighting in a piano bar.
• 86% of employees at small companies (less than 100 workers) report that they are happy, while only 78% of employees at large firms (1000+ workers) claim to be happy.
• On average, young professionals born after 1982 change jobs every 13 months.
• Henry Ford had five failed business ventures before founding the Ford Motor Company in 1903.
• In 1989, 75% of Britain’s wealthiest individuals had inherited their fortune. Today, approximately 78% of Britain’s richest are self-made millionaires.
• Less than 20% of law school graduates entered legal professions in 2007.
• Aircraft pilots, air traffic controllers, and coroners appear among the highest paying jobs.
• Vienna, Zurich, and Geneva are considered the top 3 European cities to live and work in. London ranks 39th, Birmingham 55th, and Glasgow 57th.
• On average, investment banking analysts clock in 80 hours of work per week. Assuming they get 8 hours of sleep each night, they are left with just 5 hours each day (even weekends) – to do anything else.
• At age 33, Jerry Springer served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio for a year.
• While many young people seem to fancy the idea of an international career, only 4% of UK graduates actually work abroad.

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Top Job Thursday

Thinking of Becoming a Nurse? Here are some of the MANY Benefits!

Altruism (Feel good about what you do)

You can save someone's life!: As a nurse, you may have the opportunity to save someone's life.
You want to make a positive contribution: You care about your fellow man, and want to make a positive impact on peoples' lives.
See miracles: You can see miracles happen every day in nursing.
Do something that matters: As a nurse, your work matters to your patients and their families.
You want to take away pain and suffering: Become a nurse to help stop the pain and suffering of others.
You'll bring hope: You can be a giver of hope to your patients.

Education

It's easy to get started: Registered nurses can get started with a 2 year associate's degree and licensing exams.
Completing a bachelor’s degree offers even more: For better pay and hiring opportunities, it's easy to complete additional education for a BSN.
You can help family and friends: As a nurse, you'll be able to help support the people you care about in their health.
You'll be more aware of your own health: Studying and working in healthcare can help you better focus on your own health.

Rewards

Value life more than ever: Becoming a nurse will help you better understand the value of life.
Seeing patients cured: The reward of seeing someone return to good health is a great reason to become a nurse.
You can be proud of your work: Nursing is a career that you can take pride in.
You'll do good deeds for a living: When your job is helping people, you will do good for a living.
Changing people's lives: Become a nurse for the satisfaction of changing people's lives.
Personal growth: Nurses often experience strong personal growth and satisfaction.
Medical TV is more exciting: When you live what other people only watch, medical TV shows are more interesting.
You can quickly earn vacation time: When working long hours at a time, you'll be able to earn vacation days quickly.
Self esteem: Working as a nurse, you can feel good about yourself knowing that you're helping people.
You'll get satisfaction from stopping suffering: When your patients recover, you'll enjoy seeing their suffering reduced.
You will be appreciated: Although not all patients will recognize your importance, many will be very appreciative of your hard work.

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Weekly Feature Wednesday

Job Title:

Paid Intern

Position Type:

Contract

Job Location:

Napanee

Employment Category:

Sales/Business Development

Job Description:

The Intern will be helping to set up and optimize a new retail web site and help to set up and launch a new business in the form of an actual bricks and mortar ’Retail outlet’ store to market the inventory from the existing Wholesale business. The intern will also help to set up operational protocols for both wholesale and retail businesses to facilitate future hiring needs.

The project that the intern will be part of is the development of a Retail Website along with the set up and launching of a Retail Outlet store. We would like to have both up and operational by the fall and then fine tune all the operational aspects of the inventory and customer service systems involved in running the existing wholesale company and the retail branch. Our objective is to have systems and protocol in place to insure the smooth operation of both aspects of the business so that it can be managed by suitable employee(S) allowing for growth of the business. We are looking for someone that has good ’e’ commerce and computer skills but also some experience in sale

Job Requirements

We are looking for someone that has good ’e’ commerce and computer skills but also some experience in sales.

The right candidate will need to be energetic, organized, and enthusiastic. The ability to grasp concepts and follow through on their own initiative with guidance will be important. We are looking for a team leader and a team player. A mature person who is looking at a second career would probably be a good fit.
We are looking to train the right candidate so that they can take over some managerial aspects of the business, and be able to operate on several levels within the organization to insure smooth integration of product and services between the different parts of the business.

This is a unique opportunity to learn all aspects of starting up and growing a company, setting up protocols and systems useful in many businesses. We will be dealing with many different aspects of sales and marketing as well as problem solving as the occasions arise. This project covers a variety of skills useful to many applications. By the end of the year, the intern should be able to train and supervise staff in a retail situation, understand and facilitate an online business, organize and purchase inventory, and be versed in aspects of sales and marketing need to promote business. These skills can be used to set up their own business or work in a managerial position somewhere else. (Preferably here)
Once they become familiar to the day to day operation of the web sales and the wholesale order taking and shipping procedures. We will then work together to create a ’Retail Outlet’ store and all that will entail.
Supervision will be ongoing as new tasks are taken on. Either myself or my warehouse manager will always be available to help solve any problems or answer questions but I would want this individual to learn to work independently and see what needs to be done and at first with confirmation from myself and later on their own tackle the problem and initiate a solution.

Application Procedure:

Employer Email

If by email, send to:

bayshoreimports@gmail.com

Application Material Required:

Cover Letter

Resumé

Additional Application Information:

To begin with the intern will be working as an assistant to myself learning all aspects of the business with assignments to be accomplished in each area of the operation, in order to learn and master the skills required and learn the importance of each as it relates to whatever is affected by it.
Once they become familiar to the day to day operation of the web sales and the wholesale order taking and shipping procedures. We will then work together to create a ’Retail Outlet’ store and all that will entail.
Supervision will be ongoing as new tasks are taken on. Either myself or my warehouse manager will always be available to help solve any problems or answer questions but I would want this individual to learn to work independently and see what needs to be done and at first with confirmation from myself and later on their own tackle the problem and initiate a solution.

As a starting position and during the initial training period we will be offering 40 hrs a week at $15.00

Organization:

Bayshore Imports

Division:

Explorers market.com

Application Deadline:

Feb 24, 2012 11:59PM