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January 29th, 2008

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Lifehack has a list of lifelong learning things. Always keep a book, nice if you have the time to read. Keep a to learn list, that sounds kinds cool, but I imagine parts of it never get done. Teach others, that’s good pass along your knowledge or better yet surround yourself with smarter friends. People who don’t say the word dude and totally after every sentence. And if nothing else start a project.

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Another search engine this one for the government

January 28th, 2008

Take a look at usajobs.gov, a website that lists job for government organizations in various fields. I used it for a while to look for history jobs, I found some except there were either working in an office in DC or some other big city for next to nothing or working at some state park in the middle of nowhere for something. There are jobs with the IRS, CIA, National Parks, Bureau of Natural Resources. Just take a look I’m sure you will find something.
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Having trouble with your resume?!

January 27th, 2008

Some people struggle with resumes. I know there was a point where I did. Not knowing what to put on it, not knowing how to make it stand out, and not knowing what phrases to use to make employers like you. Solution there are people out there for who could help for a fee. They will take the time to work with you on your resume, (hopefully), not just doctor it. So if you are struggling just hit up Google and look up resume services or critiquing.

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Making money?

January 27th, 2008

Want to make some cash on your savings account(s)? There is a thing known as online banking. Two sites I recommend and have received great reviews who also have awesome rates are ING direct and Emigrant Direct, no matter what one you chose your accounts would be linked to your regular checking account. Why settle for a crummy 3.0% interest when you could get 4% or sometimes even 5%.
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How to get a promotion

January 25th, 2008

This was a nice find. Well some of the steps include being popular and letting people know you are working hard. Let people within the company know you are trying to get a promotion. No harm in dropping the hint once and a while. Go to school, groom a successor, and my favorite get a mentor.

Lastly seek employment somewhere else, that should raise some flags and you must might get a promotion then.
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Back at school

January 23rd, 2008

Well the job I was supposed to take didn’t work out and here I am back at school working away. Remember if you feel like you are stuck in a rut with employment or your current job, try going back to school, if you have money to spare. Generally night and weekend classes at local university or community colleges are reasonable. Might be something to consider for a career change.

ShanghaiKid

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Career Fairs

January 21st, 2008

Well if you are a college student then you know career fairs come at least once a year to your cmapus or someplace close to your campus.

And you should go, dress nice, and take several copies of your resume with you. hopefully you can find a guide to see who is coming this year. Be polite, pass out your resume, ask a lot of questions about what they are looking for. If they hesitate jump right in and re-assure the people representing the company that you are not an idiot and a quick learner.

After you’ve passed out resumes, shook hands, and maybe set up an interview or two, follow up the next few days especially with the companies that just said to leave a resume. This shows those companies that you area interested and willing to go the extra mile and hopefully something good comes out of it.

ShanghaiKid

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Benefits you might want to consider

January 18th, 2008

So you’ve been offered a job fresh out of college, what do you look for in the way of benefits. Well a matched 401k is a good thing to have, i.e. the company matches what you put into a 401k. Or maybe a partial match. Full health, dental, and vision is always nice, but 2 out of 3 is fine by me.

Do you have to commute a lot or pay for parking? See if you can get a parking pass or some gas reimbursement. Or hell maybe if you are successful enough you will get a company car.

Maybe a gym membership or a company trip. All these things are great benefits but make sure at the very least you get medical and a 401k.

ShanghaiKid

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Still looking for that dream job?

January 18th, 2008

Well sometimes you might have to do what you love for free for a while. Say you love library work, you just got an MLS but can’t find a Library job, you may be doing some volunteer work or temp library work until you get a full time job. Love playing video games and writing about them? well you could become a video game reviewer but you need to do some freebies first before you can get into the big leagues. Sometimes you have to start at the bottom to work towards the top.

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