3 Quick Ways to Tap into the Hidden Job Market Building Your Future Now

3 Quick Ways to Tap into the Hidden Job Market Building Your Future Now The hidden job market are those jobs that arent publicly advertised. Companies typically do this for a variety of reasons which include a desire to nurture and promote from within thus no need to advertise externally; another reason is that a company desires positions to be filled through employee referralsfor example if a company trusts and respects an employee with a great track record the belief is that they will refer other great employees to their company. For a job seeker, the hidden job is usually one of the best kept secretsbut sometimes it can be frustrating to tap into it. However, it doesnt have to be. Here are 3 ways to tapping into the hidden job market. Your immediate network Family and friends, former co-workers and even neighbours can be all great sources to tapping into the hidden job market. Some of them are part of companies that dont advertise jobs and thus can refer you if you qualify. Other people in your network may be business owners and entrepreneurs and are always looking for strong talent to help them grow their businessand remember they havent advertised their job openings because of time and/or budget constraints. However, when looking into your personal network for a job opportunity be sure that you are committed to giving 100% effort if you do land a job (as you should for any job.) This is, after all people that know you or have referred youand you really dont want to burn bridges by being a less than stellar employee. Your School Alumni Association If you have graduated from a college or university you are automatically an alum of the schools. Some graduates dont know this, but there are a host of career programs and job resources that can help you find a job especially in the hidden job marketsometimes the institution has ties to companies that may look kindly to the schools alumni. There also might be graduates working for these companies that find the alum great and would love to hire more. Dont be afraid to pick up the phone and find out more about job/career development through your alumni association. Cold Calling This is one of the toughest ways to tap into the hidden job market, but if you add cold calling to your daily job search routineit can truly pay dividends. First, make a list of companies in your industry. Secondly, check out their career areas on their websites. Did you find anything there that interests you? If not (or they have nothing listed) dont let that deter youcall them and find out if they are hiring. Ask for hiring a manager especially. You will be pleasantly surprised to find some unexpected opportunities by calling them out of the blue! Image: Geralt

How NOT Getting the Job was the Best Thing that Could have Happened - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

How NOT Getting the Job was the Best Thing that Could have Happened - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Lessons learned Last week I received that dreaded phone call that comes from the same family line as the tiny envelope university rejection letter: Ring. Ring. Ring. Me: Stephen! How you doing? Stephen: Doing great Jun Me: Did you get my email? I had an amazing time interviewing with Damon and Jim yesterday. Feeling real good about it. Stephen: Im glad to hear it heres the thing. Dont got the best news for you. After a real tough decision, we decided to give the offer to someone else. You were good, but the other person had previous experience at Universal and has been in the industry for 6 years now. Id love to stay in touch though For about 6 hours that day I felt horrible, useless, and like an utter failure.   With no hope in sight, I decided to bask in my failure and feel sorry for myself.   And then suddenly, as if it were meant to be, I remembered that Tim Ferriss and Ramit Sethi had a live webcast that night, so I decided to get up, sit by my laptop, and feel sorry for myself while watching Tim and Ramit (at least somewhat productive).   The session was nothing less than a paradigm shift. 1. Feeling sorry for yourself is the worst thing you can do How many times have you done something wrong and then felt sorry for yourself because you wanted someone to take pity on you.   I have, you have, and it just seems like its human nature to want someone to console us in our time of failure.   This is the absolute worst thing that you can possibly do!   If I had stayed in my room and sat there feeling sorry for myself all day, then I would have never watched the Ramit and Tim webcast that changed my out look on life.   If you sulk around everytime you fail, then youre going to miss lots and lots of opportunities that show up in front of you. It really is true: for every door that closes, there are a couple that open.   Make mistakes, keep your eyes up, and look for that opening door. 2. Absolutely everyone fails; the winners are the ones who keep getting back up During the webcast, Ramit and Tim joked about how many times they have failed.   Ramit has a goal to fail at least 3 times a month!   He has a goal to fail!   The point here is that we only see the successful side of successful people. We dont see all the hard work and failure that the successful person has had to go through to reach the level that he is at.   This is what separates the entrepreneurs that are going to succeed, from the corporate employees who had an entrepreneurial seizure.   If you become an entrepreneur, you will fail.   I absolutely guarantee that you will fail with at least your first couple of ventures.   The true mark of a successful entrepreneur is the sheer drive to punch failure in the face and keep trying until you do succeed. 3. Life is not about hard work, but effective work For a while I felt like I needed to work hard every single second of my life.   I did it to a point where I was working so hard that I would ignore and neglect my family.   And you know what, I did it with a sense of pride because I thought this is what true entrepreneurs did.   Now I look back and laugh at myself.   Its not about the hours that you put it, but the actual results from your hard work.   The key is to avoid getting distracted by all of the online tools available to us: Gchat, Twitter, AIM, Facebook, and many others.   Turn off your chats and TweetDeck, turn off the TV, and focus on working hard and effectively for 4 hardcore hours in a day.   I guarantee you that you will be able to finish what you need to do, and be able to spend the evening with your family or girlfriend. I am truly an entrepreneur at heart.   I always knew this, but the rejection from the corporate firm solidifies it.   Now that I can look back at it with a smile, I realize that I would have been utterly miserable if I entered the corporate world again.   Sure Id be making a lot of money, but I would ultimately feel empty and unfulfilled working for someone else. Entrepreneurs of the world, take each failure as a badge of honor! The more you have, the more likely your big success is right around the corner! Author: Jun is the Founder and CMO of Future Delivery where he is the host of Awesome Bloggers, the show that interviews the greatest young bloggers.   His personal blog, How to Succeed as a Young Entrepreneur, gives a real, unfiltered view of the Startup Life so that current and aspiring entrepreneurs can learn from his successes and mistakes.

Thrill Seeking in Costa Rica Activities For Adventure Junkies

Thrill Seeking in Costa Rica Activities For Adventure Junkies Adventure is a great antidote to stress. What better way to clear your mind than to jet off to a stunning part of the world and take part in exhilarating experiences. Costa Rica is known for its beautiful beaches, tropical rain forests, abundant wildlife, and volcanoes. It’s not surprising that it is known as the happiest country. This beautiful land provides a breathtaking backdrop to a diverse range of activities, guaranteed to get the blood pumping. Each year, droves of people from all different walks of life choose to volunteer in Costa Rica. This is a great way to afford the trip while immersing yourself in a tropical paradise and enjoying everything this beautiful country has to offer. White Water Rafting With its year-round warm water and spectacular scenery, Costa Rica is an ideal location for white water rafting. The country boasts fourteen major rivers that begin in the volcanic mountain regions and flow out to the ocean, and provide spectacular waterfalls. As well as producing striking terrain they also create world-class white water rapids. Many companies offer one or multi-day tours, aimed at all levels from beginner to advanced. Popular destinations include the peaceful Penas Blancas River and the relaxing Corobici River. For a more exciting journey, opt for Savegre River. This is a mixture of calm waters with some exciting parts. There are plenty of opportunities for swimming along the way. And for thrill-seekers, you won’t be disappointed in the Naranjo River tour. Canopy Tours And Zip Lines What better way to experience the tropical cloud forests than to take a canopy tour? The clouds hover around the canopy of trees and drip onto the plants below. The atmosphere is moist, as the sun cannot fully penetrate the thick trees, leading to an abundance of rare species of plant life. A series of zip lines have been established in many of the forests where you can travel high above the forest floor. Monteverde is a popular location with its famous coastline, coffee plantations, and monkeys. Hiking Costa Rica offers miles of well-marked trails for hikers setting out on the adventure of a lifetime. Trails will take you along beaches, through rainforests, and up rugged mountains. There are numerous options for those who enjoy a gentle stroll, to more ambitious routes for those who like to push themselves. Guided hikes will allow you to walk and learn about the unique terrain and its indigenous wildlife. A popular hike takes in the Arenal Volcano National Park. Here you can hike over old lava flows and through the rainforest. The views are breathtaking. Or, hike through Manuel Antonio National Park and enjoy monkeys playing in the forest canopy. Combine your hike with a trip to Manuel Antonio beach where you can rest and swim. Another route worth mentioning is the Arenal Hanging Bridges Hike. As the name suggests, this trail takes in a series of fixed and hanging bridges where you can observe the forest wildlife beneath the Arenal volcano. Costa Rica: Something For Everyone Whatever your level of fitness and appetite for adventure, you won’t be disappointed by Costa Rica. It is a haven for adventurers.  And it all takes place in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. . Image credits. Main.  Tours.     Hiking.

Good negotiating skills decrease stress

Good negotiating skills decrease stress If you want to know the inside dirt on being a top-flight waiter, Waiter Rant is the blog to read. Yesterday he wrote about the stress of the Memorial Day crowd. I am always shocked by the insane and totally out of line antics this guy has to put up with, which is why his blog is so popular. Some of the most stressful jobs are the ones where you have to negotiate among difficult personalities. You could be launching a rocket to the moon, but if everyone is getting along and working very well together, its might be less stressful, in the moment, than managing a room full of screaming airplane passengers who have been told their plane wont take off that day. My best negotiating lessons came in couples therapy, when my husband wouldnt get his bike out of the apartment (we live in New York, in a tiny space). The couples therapist did not, as I was hoping, tell my husband to shut up and put his bike in storage. The therapist had us read Getting to Yes and then negotiate a solution we could both live with. (For those of you who doubt my negotiating skills, the bike is gone, but believe me, it was a lot of hard work, and I recommend that book.) The most important part of negotiations is understanding the other persons motivations. You could learn this by being a waiter, or any of a long list of service workers whose job is to read people in order to make them happy. (My friend is a hairdresser-to-the-very-rich and has the same types of stories as the waiter.) But it takes a lot of years of being a waiter or a hairdresser to be great at reading people. You might do better checking out Speed Reading People by Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger. These are people who have mastered the art of bringing the personality test to the masses. And in this book you learn how to apply the Meyers-Briggs principles to people you meet so you know how to communicate with them. A lot of your workplace stress could be alleviated if you were better at negotiating asking for less work, better projects, getting co-workers to stop annoying you, convincing your boss to listen these are all negotiation points. So when you are feeling stressed, think about how to solve the problem through negotiation. And meanwhile be thankful you dont deal with the customers on Waiter Rant.

Resume Writing Services Located Downtown Brooklyn

Resume Writing Services Located Downtown BrooklynIf you are currently looking for some resume writing services located downtown Brooklyn, then you need to start your search online. There are many options to choose from and when you use the Internet, it is very easy to get hold of a large amount of free services and find that they can work well for you.The first thing that you need to do when you are searching for reputable resume writers in Brooklyn is to conduct a thorough research. Researching will give you an opportunity to find out more about the professional services that you are in need of and also to find out about their background. This will give you a better idea about their credibility, because if they are not credible, it will affect the manner in which you receive and view their services.Once you have taken care of the necessary things that you need to do in order to gain more information on the professional service you require, the next thing that you have to do is to me et the writers face to face. You can easily do this by finding a number of top-rated and reputable resume writing services in Brooklyn and having a meeting with them. You can also discuss about the services you want from them and ask them questions so that you can get a better idea of how they will be able to help you with your resume.Once you have established a good rapport with the writers, you can get their feedback on what you need and also what they are capable of doing for you. Some of the things that you can expect to hear back from them include ideas on how you can make your resume unique, sample resumes for you to look at and also suggestions on the layout of your resume. It is important that you hire professionals who can handle your resume well, because these professionals are those who have the experience and know how to write a resume that can stand out among the rest.Once you have secured a good professional writer, you should proceed to send the sample resumes to the writers. This is one of the best ways to see what they are capable of writing. Some of the sample resumes may require certain details that are specific to the job that you have applied for and it is important that you provide the writer with the appropriate details that they need to portray your skills.Another way that you can do it is to contact the professionals in writing for resume services in Brooklyn, who will be able to provide you with a lot of services that can really help you in your search for a professional service. Aside from presenting the sample resumes that you have already sent to them, they will also be able to prepare a lot of samples for you to review and analyze. This will give you an idea about how the professional services can handle your resume properly help you get the job you need.If you are in the middle of a job search or need to create an effective resume, then you need to start this process immediately. These services are very helpful in making the job search easier and more successful, and therefore, you should definitely take advantage of this opportunity. Besides being a professional in the field, you can also look for writing samples online, which will give you the opportunity to see what other writers have done.So do not delay any longer in finding some resume writing services in Brooklyn, as this is the best time for you to search for the best service. You will need to determine how you can be of most use to your job search and determine how you can best handle it in order to get the job you want.