Workplace Safety: Beware of These Hidden Dangers - Careers Articles

workplace-safetyWritten for AOL

Some jobs are just inherently dangerous: Window washers spend their days suspended 50 stories above ground, coal miners face risks like wall collapses, gas poisoning and explosions, and the livelihood of firefighters practically depends on the presence of dangerous conditions. Because of the occupational hazards that go along with these jobs, many of us opt for safer means of employment, where we're out of harm's way ... or so we think.

CAREER ADVICE COLUMN: What is the Best Way to Prepare for Finding a New Job? | Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Branding Blog

Rather than reaching for the word processing to create your resume, your first step is to pull together a full plan or strategy on your job search. Your plan needs to include these parts:

1) Get clear on 2-3 jobs/titles you are pursuing.
2) Define your criteria for a place to work that includes those jobs
3) Do research to find those companies (that meet the criteria you just developed) and if you need a refresher on the hiring criteria, go update yourself.
4) Figure out a schedule you will do your job search (and stick with it)
5) Identify 2 different search methods you will use

6) Refresh your network and then
7) Create your resume.

Everybody Wants Out – 95% of the Employed Want to Change Jobs (Hat Tip to TLNT) « Good to Know

Wow. Put it this way: if you aren’t thinking about changing jobs (assuming you actually have a job), then you’re probably the only one in your company who isn’t.  According to Spherion, just about everybody is ready to jump ship. If you’re in the job market – this is ridiculously good news, because all that turnover will open up spots. If you’re with a recruiting agency – gird your loins. You’re about to be called to battle.

If you’re in corporate recruiting? Hire some more staff. Pronto. El flood gates are about to get knocked wide open. Best get ready.

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The Truth about Acting, Marketing, and Personal Branding | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

I have noticed recently that marketing, acting, and personal branding are intertwined in many different ways. The two seemingly different careers (or strategies) embrace similar goals. All three are in the business of storytelling, true or false?

1. Marketing is an integrated process by which companies create interest in a product or service.

3. Personal branding is an integrated process by which an individual defines a unique quality and experience to build their brand.

Resume Content vs Form | CareerAlley

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H L Mencken

Author Byline: Resume Builder
Author Website: http://resumebuildertemplate.com

If you are a happy applicant, looking for your dream-job and you don’t know what to start with then this is the article for you.

10 Ways To Penetrate Your Target Companies | Tim's Strategy

finding a job,target companies,job search,ideas,find a job,interviews,interviewing,penetrateMost job seekers meet somewhere between 3-5 people at their target companies during an interview process.  And that’s pretty lousy if you are interested in working for them someday.  And usually those “3-5″ were people they met once.  On interview day.

Not good.  But what is the value of meeting more people?

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