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Article Title: Jobs from the Fortune 500 Vol 13
Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: CareerAlley

“Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself.. anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.” - Donald Trump

“The highest unemployment rate in 26 years” - we are all tired of hearing those headlines. One in ten people are now out of work, a very high number. But, just as The Donald says above, “Watch, listen and learn”! “Learn what?” you say. Learn to leverage the tools you’ve got to get there first. How many job searchers do you know that are working their way through the Fortune 500’s company career sites to find their job? Not many I suspect, which means if you’re following this series and working your way through the list you may be ahead of the curve (and ahead of the gang). The companies on today’s list range from food distribution to auto financing with a sprinkle of telecommunications and diversified technology. There were 1,658 job opportunities across all of the companies when I checked the sites.

• Sysco - 62 on this year’s list and based in Texas, Sysco is known for selling, marketing and distributing food products. Their careers page is crisp and simple, with links on the left hand side of the page for Corporate Culture, Benefits, and Corporate Positions. The center of the page has a brief overview of Careers, with a link to positions available as well as a contact page. There were 3 job opportunities when I checked the page.

• Honeywell International - According to their website, Honeywell is a diversified technology and manufacturing company with business in, aerospace, control technologies and automotive products. Ranked 63 on the list, their careers site has links at the top for Job Search, Career Paths, University Relations and more. The left hand side of the page has news, while center page has Honeywell Careers. The right hand side lists a number of career paths, all with links with additional information and a small search box on the top right hand side. The job search page has quick links for search in other languages. There were 1,402 job opportunities when I checked the site.

• Sprint Nextel - Ranked at 64 this year, Sprint is known for telecommunications. Their careers site has links down the left hand side of the page for Career Search, Retail Positions, Call Centers, College Students and more. There is a brief overview center page, followed by links to various functional areas (like HR and Finance). Below this are short paragraphs with the same links that are on the left hand side. Click Career search to search across all jobs or select your specialty. There were 183 job opportunities when I check the site

• GMAC - Ranked 66, most of us have heard of GMAC who suffered due to the credit crunch and received some bailout money. In the last few weeks they’ve asked for additional funding. Their career site has a brief overview, followed by a list of countries grouped by language. Pick yours to lead to the job search screen. There were 194 job opportunities when I checked the site.

• Ingram Micro - According to their website, Ingram Micro is “the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company” and is ranked 67 on the list. Their career site is fairly simple, with links on the left hand side for a company overview, Vision, Careers and more. Center page has an overview of “Why Ingram” followed by “select a location”. Clicking on location brings up a list of countries - pick yours. There were 70 job opportunities in the US when I checked the site.

Good luck in your search.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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Article Title: Jobs from the Fortune 500 - Vol VIII
Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: CareerAlley

“We didn’t actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.” - Keith Davis

So why would you want a job with a Fortune 500 company? Well for one, they are among the largest companies in the world (depending on how you define “largest”). And secondly, larger companies tend to be less likely to go bankrupt (although I’m not sure of that anymore). But certainly there are more opportunities to be had, including career advances. In this case, the measurement is U.S.-based corporations with the largest revenue in the past year. Revenue is used based on publicly available data and, therefore, generally excludes privately held companies. But just because a company makes it to the Fortune 500 does not necessarily mean that they are among the most profitable (or even profitable at all).

So the point here is - do your homework. Make a list of the companies you would like to work for and then make sure those companies are viable, trustworthy, leaders in their industry and likely to last.

Today’s list picks up where we left off last time. The companies range from chemicals, to oil, technology and financial services. There are over 400 job opportunities across the companies covered below.

• United Technologies - 37 on the list, United Technologies is known for a number of name brand products (such as Otis Elevator and Carrier Air Conditioning). Their career site has a welcome section in the middle with a short video. The top of the page has links for undergrads, MBA, Diversity and more. The right hand side of the page has a search box, followed by Your Job Cart (if you register on the site), hot jobs and featured jobs. There were 320 job opportunities when I check the site.

• Dow Chemical - Dow is #38 on the list and is a well known name. Their product list is diverse, from agriculture to wire and cable. Their careers page leads with flexible work/life arrangements which is a great way to start. The left hand side of the page is filled with relevant links like recruiting events, why choose Dow, career news, view jobs and more. Click view and apply for jobs, pick your region on the next page and you are off. There were 39 job opportunities in North America and 29 in Europe when I checked the site.

• MetLife - The insurance company’s career site has an impressive list of diversity recognition awards (9 over the last few years) and the company is ranked 39 on the list. The main career page has company information, areas of interest, career search as well as special programs for students. Clicking on Career Search leads to a Getting Started page where your choices are searching for job openings or specialized jobs (you need to look at both). There are obs listed on the “specialized” page as well as the general job openings page. You can register on the site, post your resume and set up job agents.

• Goldman Sachs Group - Ranked 40 on this year’s list, Goldman did not fair as poorly as most of the other financial services companies. In fact, Goldman is already back to spectacular profits. And, no one can deny that Goldman Sachs is a survivor (and maybe a contributor) of the current financial mess. Their main career page is pretty impressive. Several tabs at the top for Careers, the Firm, Begin and Search, click Begin to (you guessed it) begin. More tabs on this page, with Key Dates, Unique Positions, Apply Now, Recruiting Events and Summer Intern Toolkit, plan to spend a fair amount of time surfing this site.

• Sunoco - Back to Oil and Gas, Sunoco is ranked 41 this year. Their careers site has a lot of “white space” with a number of links at the bottom of the page for carer opportunities, refinery positions and more. Click career opportunities and then either Job Search or List All Jobs. There were 4 job opportunities when I checked the site.

Good luck in your search.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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Author Byline: CareerAlley.com
Author Website: CareerAlley.com

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Dr. Seuss

Many of us grew up on Dr. Seuss (and if you didn’t, my condolences), and as wacky as those stories were, each and every one had a point to make. So for recent grads, time to leave Dr. Seuss behind as you head over the waterfall into the real world. It is a wild ride and with any luck (and lots of hard work), it should become the working world for you.

So what can you do differently? For one, you need to have a good research plan (what, where and who). Another point is that you should not forget that it is never too late to take on an internship or volunteer work. This will help you get some relevant experience (internship) or show that you are keeping engaged and active (volunteering). The longer you are job hunting the more likely it is that you will get questions like “so what have you been doing?”. Looking for a job is not the recommended answer.

Now back to reality and finding that job. So first some advice and then some resource links.

Career Advice:

• Advice for a Recent Graduate Looking for a Job - Some pretty neat stuff in this article posted on myliferoi.com. The economy, wrong degree, getting the right job plus loads of other tips, this article is definitely worth a read.

• How College Graduates Can Land a Job in a Down Market - This article, from nocopages.com, provides some great advice - get organized, be persistent, network and more. It covers the basics of what you should be doing to find that job.

• Gradspot Careers - This career page, which is part of Gradspot.com, provides a broad range of resources for recent college grads. The main section of the career page includes excellent articles (such as “Surviving the 2009 Recession” and “5 Common Resume Mistakes“) plus many more, as well as links to “Finding the Perfect Job” and “Preparing for the Job Hunt”. This is a great resource for both your job search. Check out the rest of their site as well.

• “Preparing new grads for uncertain job market” - This article, presented on ColoradoDaily.com, covers what the job market is like for this year’s college grads. The good news is that (according to the article) based on a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers are expecting to hire the same number of college grads as in prior years. The article is certainly worth a read

Job Search Resources:

• THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Online - This site’s tag line is “The Career Site For Students of Color“. The left hand side of the page has sponsors and employers, while the middle of the page lists career related articles and resources. Tabs at the top of the page include Job Tools and Career Center. Clicking on Job Tools takes you to Job Search, My Resume (resume management) and My Account (for registering). The site has a wealth of information and resources.

• Graduating Engineer - This site, which is for both graduating engineers, provides a broad range of career related resources. The tabs at top cover “Articles & Advice”, “Search Jobs”, “Research Companies” plus much more. The left hand side of the main page has a job search tool and clicking the “Search Jobs” link takes you to a listing of jobs which can be further refined by using criteria (at the top of the page).

• Chevron - Chevron’s Student and Recent Grad Site provides background on the company, a listing of upcoming campus recruiting events, a list of internship programs and a special page for MBA students. You can click on “Types of Jobs” which lists all of the job types at Chevron

• RecentGraduate - This website is geared to recent grads and students. You can search jobs, post your resume, build a portfolio (cover letter, personal references, etc.), browse books related to job search and link to job resources (like Resume Rabbit). The site also provides a way for potential employers to link/review anyone who has posted their resume on the site.

• Indeed.com - While I’ve covered Indeed.com in a previous post (Job Searching - Top Job Sites), I did not discuss leveraging Indeed’s search engine to narrow the search to recent grads. Clicking the link at the start of this paragraph (or click here) will take you to a pre-defined search for recent grads. Similarly, you can narrow the search to Entry Level Jobs. You can further focus your search by entering criteria in the “Where” box at top or by using any of the items listed down the left-hand side of the page.

Good luck in your search.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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Author Byline: CareerAlley
Author Website: CareerAlley

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” - Julie Andrews

If job search requires anything, it is certainly perseverance. Endless resume submissions, numerous interview, and where are the jobs? But you need to keep with it and look in the right places. Beyond qualifying for a position (there are thousands of people who qualify for every position out there), you’ve got to be in the right place at the right time. In any cases, you actually want to be there first.

So what does this really mean (this “perseverance” thing)? Well for one, you’ve got to be totally committed to “The Search”. If you are out of work, your full time job is to find a job (it’s so easy to get distracted). If you are one of the lucky ones and still have a job, you must still devote time to the search if you expect to get results. Okay, so you are probably asking for a description of being “totally committed”. Start by looking at the following posts:

• How To Kickstart Your Job Search
• I lost my job, now what?

MAKE A PLAN! Use whatever organizational tool works for you (paper and pen is fine) and make a list of what you will do EVERY DAY. So, what might this list look like?

• Check your favorite job boards every morning
• At least one new recruiter every day
• At least one new company career site every day
• At least one new job board per day
• Tweak your resumes (on the top job boards) once per week
• Join social networks (and be active) like LinkedIn

The good news is that there are jobs out there, and there is a brand new list of the Fastest Growing Companies (you can use these links as your company career site for the day). Today’s post will cover the new list (as of August 31st) with a fresh look at the companies, a broad range of companies and a list of links to real jobs over 578 job opportunities were identified across these companies.

• Research In Motion - Ranked #1 on this years list, I think we all know what RIM does (does Blackberry ring a bell?). Their career site is visually appealing, with a changing picture and text. There are links across the top of the page for Why RIM?, Search Opportunities, Students & New Grads and Career Help. Towards the bottom center of the page, there are featured careers (Careers in Finance and Engineering). Clicking on Search Opportunities leads to a page where you can select yoru region or create your profile. Searching all jobs returned 572 job opportunities.

• Sigma Designs - According to their website, “Sigma Designs develops and markets high-performance, highly-integrated System-on-a-Chip (SoC) semiconductors for the following key markets” and is ranked #2 on the list. Their careers page is somewhat sparse. They have some links on the left hand side of the page for locations (California, France, Singapore, Canada) and one for Sales. The center of their careers page has a high level overview, along with an address to send your resume as well as a fax number and email address. Clicking on any of the locations reviews job categories. Click on these categories to see a list of existing job opportunities. When I checked the site, there were approximately 8 job opportunities globally.

• Sohu.com - Ranked #3, this company is based in China so, unless you live in China or plan on working there, this company will have limited appeal.

• Ebix - According to their website, “Ebix is a leading international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry“. Their career site starts with an overview, followed by a list of job types and then job opportunities. Click on “details” to see details of the listed jobs or “apply” if this job fits your criteria. There were 8 job opportunities when I checked the site.

• DG FastChannel - Ranked # 5, DG FastChannel “is the nation’s leading provider of digital media services to the advertising industry and operates the largest network designed specifically for spot distribution” according the their website. The main careers page leads with an overview followed by a listing of jobs (none when I checked the site). There is also an email address where you can send your cover letter and resume.

Good luck in your search.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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It is interesting to observe certain management teams come up with numerical benchmarks that are not tethered to reality. A contract recruiting team is a tight group where the success of each individual heavily depends on the success of every other individual. The way most contract staffing agencies work is that the sales people are responsible for bringing job orders and recruiters are responsible for bringing candidates.

Imagine a scenario where a recruiter was told to fill a certain quota by finding candidates but without having a corresponding job order for those candidates. It gets better.

Imagine there is no sales strategy.

Further, imagine that the management is trying to sell offshore and web development deals that have no bearing on the recruiter quota at all.

What? Are you confused yet?

Question: Did the management effectively set up recruiting for total failure? Yes.

Question 2: Would recruiting be correct in describing the management as delusional and completely out of touch with reality? Yes.

Question 3: If the sales people do not sell contract staffing services which are the basis of the quota in the first place, how is the quota not pulled out of thin air?

Question 4: Would it be the right thing to cut recruiting and leave the management responsible for the setup? No, cut the whole team if you’re going to cut anyone.

Sounds like a delusional dream coming from someone straight out of a psychiatric ward.

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Article Title: Want to build your own website?
Author Byline: Amit Puri is the Managing Consultant at Sandbox Advisors. He has over 10 years of business, career services and HR related experience, with companies such as Bain & Co, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Sandbox Advisors is based in Singapore and provides career management/advice, job search, interview, resume and HR consulting services in Asia.
Author Website: Thinking about starting a website for yourself or your company?

With the tools available today, this can be very very easy. Unless you have very specific requirements, need some custom programming or have a large project in mind, I would recommend the DIY approach as opposed to hiring an expensive web designer. All you need to know is one magical word – “Wordpress”. Here is what you need to do to get started. These are broad steps which will provide a roadmap to work with and details of exact procedures will be available through installation wizards and support documentation given by various providers. - To get started register the domain name and you have in mind with one of the good/cheap providers (GoDaddy, BlueHost, JustHost and so on) and also sign-up for a hosting package - Setup Wordpress from your hosting account. There will usually be a prominent option/tab for this - Pick a Wordpress theme. These are ready-made templates which you can customise fairly easily, to get the layout, colours, etc. that you want. There are some excellent themes available depending on your needs. Have a look at this website for a listing of some of the good providers - http://www.premiumwp.com/ - Install the theme on Wordpress and customise as per requirements -Get your plug-ins. These are applications that can add lots of features to your website such as spam check, search engine optimisation, opt-in forms, contact us forms, advertisement management, forums, live chats, media galleries and much more. Some of the essentials ones I recommend and which are useful for most websites are – Akismet, All in One Adsense and YPN, All in One SEO Pack, Easy Contact, Dean’s Permalink Migration, Google XML Sitemaps, ShareThis, Subscribe to Comments and Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in. There are some very specific plug-ins available to meet demands of various users, so make sure you search Wordpress and Google to see what’s out there - Start creating your pages and posts That’s it! It really is quite simple and you need more time than specialised expertise. In case you want help on any of the aspects listed above, post a job on elance/guru and hire a reasonably priced freelancer to set it up for you. It won’t cost much and they can also be used to add new features/applications to your theme.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

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Back to the NAVY SEALS story. I really did not think that any American would froth at the mouth quite so much at the opportunity to denigrate the US Armed Forces, but I was wrong.

Just like the idiots who threw garbage and screamed obscenities at soldiers returning from Vietnam, so the leftist loonies are getting out the tar and feathers for the American soldiers of today.

It will be with open arms that these psychotic liberals welcome Islam to America and sadly for them they will be the first to be executed by the murderous Islamists.

And the NAVY SEALS that they helped charge will not be around to save them.

Only the sickest scum bag can dishonor the military for what politicians put them through. Most of these scum bags don’t have the balls to join themselves.

ISLAM is not a religion of Peace. Never was, never will be. Get it?

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/fox-host-outraged-navy-seals-charged/

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