Archive for July, 2009

Building services jobs going strong!

1. The industry
The building services and engineering sector undertakes around £20 billion of work every year. It covers many industries, including: electrotechnical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing to name a few.
Currently there are over 600,000 employees working in building services jobs around the UK. With around 50,000 businesses between them, plumbing and electrotechnical [...]

Using Toronto Recruiters in a Job Search

If you are new to Toronto, looking for a job or have recently been laid off, Toronto recruiters are the people to meet. Having a wide portfolio of experience linking potential clients with job seekers, all at a nominal fee. After an initial consultation, either over the telephone, via email or in person, they will [...]

Water construction jobs as vital as ever

1. The industry
Behind oil and electricity, the water industry is the third largest in the world. In the UK alone, some 16 billion litres of high quality water is collected, treated and supplied to domestic and commercial clients every year. A further 10 billion litres of waste water is also collected and treated.
Since 1950, the [...]

You Are What You Wear

Next time you visit an office building, think about the different styles in dress you see and what positions they each signify. While each company has a different dress code, “lower totem pole,” behind-the-scenes employees are usually going to dress in a much more casual way (since customers or corporate partners only hear their voice) [...]

Job Searching And Staying Marketable In A Recession

Job searching is never fun, nor is it something that is particularly comfortable for the majority of people out there. It can be frustrating, but ultimately, it can prove to be an extremely rewarding experience. There are additional challenges that exist, however, when it comes to job searching in a recession.
The term recession is likely [...]

15 Sure-Fire Ways

Here are some tips for a job interview that will help you come out of the process on top. When you walk into a job interview, the product you are selling is YOU. In order to successfully sell yourself, you must market your personal brand. That is, you must build a reputation that qualifies you, [...]

Make underemployment work for you!

Job loss deals a devastating blow, but underemployment is rough too.  Taking a cut in status, pay, or hours is just a slower version of the same death of your sense of self-worth and your financial viability.  Economists call it underemployment, and it’s not as severe a problem as unemployment, but it’s bad.  Nobody can [...]

If you’re unemployed, get a business card

For some reason a lot of people fail to act on an obvious fact:  A business card (or personal calling card) is just as important as a resume.  Why do I say this?  Because if you are doing real business or hoping to connect with people in a meaningful way, you need to connect with [...]

Top Work From Home Jobs

Not everyone likes to go office everyday and follow the instructions of boss at every step. Some others are there, especially the stay home moms, who can not go to office due to their responsibilities towards some other high priority in their lives at that certain point of time. That doesn’t, at all mean that [...]

Transcription Providers Create Employment

Transcription Services are creating a huge employment opportunity worldwide. For perspective, a 2006 Market Intelligence Service report of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) estimates that at least 120-150 companies are engaged in medical transcription there. India has an estimated. 18,000 transcriptionists today, but the number is expected to swell to 50,000 by [...]