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• Accept plenty of invitations.

Although you may not feel like partying, you should go to as many weddings, dinners, mixers and other get-togethers as you can. In a relaxed social atmosphere, you can meet the most important job-search requirement – making yourself liked – and gain rapport with people who may become valuable networking contacts. Remember, you learn about jobs by talking to people, so any occasion to ‘work the room’ is worth your time.

• Pursue leads through your working spouse.

The benefits of a working spouse in providing job leads through professional and social contacts have been well documented. If your spouse has a job where couples are invited to social events, you should jump on those opportunities.

• Check your local chamber of commerce.

They should be able to provide contacts across a wide range of local employers. Industry directories and service clubs are also good sources for executives’ contact information.

• Check the business section of your newspaper.

Announcements of plant expansions, sales campaigns, product introductions, management changes, and other facts can suggest where to inquire about jobs in your area of expertise.

1. The tyranny of internships will be exposed and companies will have to pay real wages.

StuffWhitePeopleLike.com has a smart and hilarious summary of why internships are for white kids. But seriously, the fact that internships are practically essential starting blocks for a top-tier career is just ridiculous when you think about how well connected one has to be to get into any of the great summer internship programs.

2. The tyranny of corporate tech support will be exposed and they will actually offer help.

Here is a parody of a call, but it is actually what happened every single time I called tech support while I was working in the Fortune 500. If you have ever called internal tech support from within a large company, this will make you laugh. (If The Onion did a documentary on the tech support call, this is what The Onion would come up with.)

3. The tyranny of the discreet job hunt will be exposed and everyone will job hunt openly.

Accountemps reports that 75 percent of executives are comfortable with people job hunting while still on the job. And they would do the same themselves. That makes sense to me intuitively, because 25 percent of any office is people who are dead wood who are not going to look for another job – ever – and therefore don’t want anyone else to. The big news here is that most people are looking all the time. And since job hopping builds strong careers, the people who aren’t are the ones who have a problem.

4. The tyranny of high heels will give way to the pricey, good-for-feet-but-still-sexy heel.

Academic researchers are finding on many fronts that men like to work with women who dress ‘like women.’ That means shoulder-length hair or longer, a good amount of makeup but not too trampy, and yes, high heels. They don’t have to be stiletto, but you need to look like you know how to pull an outfit together. This means that a lot of women are walking to work in flats and switching in the elevator, and kicking their stilettos off under the table during meetings. But that will end, soon, because The Wall Street Journal reports that shoe designers see a gold mine in saving female feet from career-girl frustration.

5. The tyranny of the prudish will be exposed for hurting productivity, and co-workers will be able to flirt openly.

Flirting at work has a positive impact on productivity, according to Heidi Reeder, professor of communications at Boise State University. This news doesn’t mean that upping the ante to an intimate encounter actually ups the productivity level as well. In fact, you might ruin everything by moving beyond a platonic friendship. But feel free to find the flirt in you and use it to get ahead.

1. Use Titles or Headings That Match The Jobs You Want
With employers receiving hundreds of resumes you must make sure that your resume hooks an employer's attention within a 5-second glance

2. Use Design That Grabs Attention
Employers make snap judgments when glancing at your resume. If they see unrelated job titles or skills the likelihood is very high that they will make an immediate assumption that you are not qualified for the job you want. Adding to this problem is the fact that employers don't have the time to read through each of your job descriptions to determine if you have the skills they need. You Must Do That For Them! The design of your resume must highlight the most important information about your work experience, skills and education. At first glance this information forms the image that employers have of your skills and abilities.

3. Create Content That Sells
Resume design should get attention but it's really the content of your resume, the descriptions you include of your skills and abilities, that determine how many interviews you generate--as well as the level of salary offers you receive.

4. Quantify and Use Power Words
Another strategy that is extremely important in controlling the image that employers develop about you--is to use Power Words or verbs that match the level of position you want.

5. Analyze Ads and Job Descriptions to Identify Key Words
Learning how to analyze the key words that employers provide in help wanted ads and job descriptions is a key element in creating powerful resumes.

6. Identify and Solve Employer's Hidden Needs
To beat today's heavy competition for jobs, it's important that you identify and anticipate the full range of needs each employer faces and show how you can solve those needs.

7. Sell the Benefits of Your Skills
Most resumes provide a list of duties that each applicant has been responsible for--without explaining the benefit of those skills to employers. For example, a secretary's resume might state she can type 80 wpm and is extremely accurate. This statement lacks an explanation of how her typing speed and accuracy benefit an employer's bottom line. The real benefit is that the employee can produce more work and ultimately save the employer money.

8. Create An Image That Matches The Salary You Want
As you write your resume, keep in mind the level of job and salary you want. Be sure to create an image that presents you at the appropriate level. For example, language used in a resume for an $8 an hour position is much different than the language used for a $16 an hour position.

9. Prioritize the Content of Your Resume
Another big mistake that job seekers make is to list very important data in the lower sections of their job descriptions. As you compile statements for your resume, prioritize them by importance, impressiveness and relevance to the job you want. Remember that a strong statement which uses power words and quantifies will affect every statement under it.

10. Tweak and Target Your Resumes and Cover Letters
You will generate many more interviews by tweaking your resume and cover letter so that they address the specific skills each employer requests.

Great interviews arise from careful groundwork. You can ace your next interview if you:

1. Enter into a state of relaxed concentration.

2. Act spontaneous, but be well prepared.

3. Set goals for the interview.

4. Know the question behind the question.

5. Follow up with an effective "thank you" letter.

6. Consider the interviewer's agenda.

7. Expect to answer the question, "Tell me about yourself." This is a pet question of prepared and even unprepared interviewers.

8. Watch those nonverbal clues. Experts estimate that words expressonly 30% to 35% of what people actually communicate; facial expressions and body movements and actions convey the rest.

9. Be smart about money questions. Don't fall into the trap of telling the interviewer your financial expectations.

10. Don't hang out your dirty laundry. Be careful not to bare your soul and tell tales that are inappropriate or beyond the scope of the interview.

Your research for the job interview preparation should give you a better insight on:

• The Job Description.

• What business the organisation is in.

• Hiring process procedures.

• Early experiences on the job.

• Corporate culture.

• General Organisational Structure.

• History.

• Career paths.

• What to wear for a job interview.

• General knowledge about current state of industry.

• Protocols before and after the interview.

• The location of the interview.

• Size of organization.

• Number of employees.

• How long has the company being operating.

• Are there any subsidiary companies involved in this company.

• Who are the major competitors of this company.

• Who is the direct supervisor.

• Information on your direct supervisor.

For the last three decades Foreign Exchange market, - briefly Forex or FX, had integrated into the world's biggest financial market. The volume of daily transactions is about 1-3 trillion of US dollars. The trading instruments on this market are the currencies of different countries, so the fluctuation of currency's rates allows to gain a real profit.

Of course monetary assets of different countries exchanged since the term money appeared as well as an idea to obtain profit from currency's rates difference. Now it is not a new idea, but the transformation of foreign exchange market to the modern stage with an opportunity to conduct conversional operations of such volumes arose only after an introduction of floating rates regime by the state-members of IMF. Within this regime's framework the rate of one currency to another is defining only by the supply and demand on the market.

Presently Forex market is a global telecommunication network of banks and different financial organizations. It does not have any fixed trading place and time restrictions - the trade starts on Monday morning in New Zealand and closes on Friday evening in USA

The advantages of Forex market are:

Round-the-clock trading access: the ability to trade for 24 hours a day;

Liquidity: the market works with a huge money and gives the customers complete freedom to open or close their position of different volume;

Leverage: an ability to use leverage. It decreases requirements to the sum of the initial deposit (margin trade). So in case you deposit 10 000 USD into your account you'd have an opportunity to work with 1 000 000 USD (leverage 1:100);

Objectivity: no exterior regulated structures, so the currency's rate is establishing in accordance with current supply and demand on the market;

Globality: everyone can become a market participant irrespective to the living place, as trading requires only your skills and Internet access.

At present mostly all the operations on the market are conducting only to obtain profit. With the development of Internet and other means of communication this sector of the financial markets becomes more accessible and attractive for the investors of different levels.

This particular interview question, in whatever form it's asked, really scares a lot of job applicants. It's phrased as a very negative-sounding question. People have been known to be left speechless.

It's intended to be a tough, direct, interview question. Only very good, clear and comprehensive, interview answer will do the job. This one interview question can soon separate the good applicants from all the others. There's a practical reason for this approach, and it's based on checking the interviewee's knowledge.

Important Tips:

This can be a very high value interview question. It covers information which would otherwise be asked in other questions, so it's weighted accordingly. Interviewees are advised to expect this interview question, and put a lot of thought and care into their interview answers. The 'Why Should We Hire You?' interview question can occur at any point in the interview. There are two elements to this question:

The interviewee must define their understanding of the job's requirements, to show why they're suitable. The interviewee has to state their best claims for the job, to give a complete interview answer which matches job criteria. Answering the 'Why Should We Hire You' interview question.The interview answer must provide enough information which clearly shows both high employment value to the employer and strong skills and experience.

The interview answer must!!!!:

Set out a clear range of skills Show appropriate knowledge levels Show experience in the work required Show value to the employer You can see why this interview question is so effective.

Set out a clear range of skills

This is the basic information required for any job. What skills does the applicant have?

Show appropriate knowledge levels

Depending on the job, knowledge levels come with degrees of difficulty. The applicant has to show the right level, when answering the interview question.

Show experience in the work requiredAnother basic requirement. The interview answer requires clear evidence of appropriate experience.

Show value to the employer

This is the part of the interview answer where you're really addressing the 'Why Should We Hire You?' question directly. Do you have additional skills the employer can use? Can you add more value to your work by having more skills than other applicants?

Example

The interview question is 'What makes you the right person for the job?

''I have ten years experience doing all the work involved in this position. I'm qualified to the required level, and have a very good knowledge base. The quality of my work is described as above performance standards by my current employers. I have additional skills which add a range of related possible applications in the workplace.

Analysis

This interview answer demonstrates:

Applicant knows job requirements Can prove experience Shows high work standards Qualified to required level Has a good knowledge base Has additional skills