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If it’s your first job and first day at work, it can be a very frightening experience. It’s because you are having your life’s first experience of stepping in practical life and you really don’t know what to expect. Here are few things to expect on your first day at a new job.

Introduction to Employees

Of course when you will start newly, you will be working with employees first. At first you will meet your supervisor at the work place then you will be taken around to introduce you to the rest of the employees. If you got the job in a big company with lot of employees then it’s possible that you won’t remember the names of all employees. But its OK with passage of time you will be able to pick them up. But never forget names of your managers.

Tour

After the introduction with co-workers most likely you will be taken to a tour of your working area. They will show you the place where you will work and also the show you around. Try best to remember your way around work. If you got job in a big office building then most probably you will get lost when you first start. But after some time you will know the office premises very well.

Paperwork

After meeting co-workers and looking work place premises you will have to fill out some paperwork. Paperwork will be involved with every new job you will start. Most of time you will have to fill out a W-4 form for tax purposes. From your form, employer will know that how much money to deduct of your paycheck for federal taxes and state taxes. That time when you will hand over the W-4 form to your employer, most probably employer will give you an employee handbook or something that spells out the rules of your employment.

Responsibilities

When you will go through all of these steps, then your manager most probably will tell you the basics of what you will be doing. You will be taken to working area and will be shown some of the steps that will be involved in your job. Don’t be panic if you can’t understand all of them on the first day. Try to remember as much as you can and do not be discouraged if you forget a few things. There is nothing to worry because later you can ask your co-workers or the manager for some help if you forget something. When your manager will be guiding you about your work , make a small attempt to work, this will make a good impression on your manager. They will feel comfortable leaving you to do your job in the future.

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The Orlando Employment Guide is pleased to announce the next Orlando Job Fair and Employment Session on Wednesday, July 21st at the Lowndes Shakespeare Theater in Downtown Orlando.

This is the same location as the April event and will feature over 25 hiring companies, a computer center and resume critique area as well as 2 live presentations on personal branding, social media and looking for a job online.

Looking for a job today is a full time task that includes networking, meeting people and looking for opportunities in every corner. This event allows you to meet with recruiters, career professionals, as well as other job seekers to help progress your prospects in the Orlando and Central Florida markets.

We encourage you to pre-register for the event on the official Orlando Job Fair page so that we may stay in touch and remind you of the event. And as always stay tuned to the Orlando JobSpot over the next few weeks as we unveil some tips and strategies to having a successful job fair.

Happy hunting Orlando!

-Greg

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We all know what the first events at the new Consol Energy Center will be. We now know what the very last event at Mellon Arena will be. Appropriately hundreds of Pittsburgh area job seekers will benefit!

On Tuesday, July 13th, from 10:00AM to 3:00PM at Mellon Arena more than 35 Pittsburgh area employers and schools, featuring career opportunities from HCR Manorcare and the all new Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, will meet and interview hundreds of job seekers at the 2010 Pittsburgh Diversity Employment and Career Education Expo.


Attendance is expected to exceed 1,000 Pittsburgh area residents seeking a new career. Last years 3 events attracted over 4,000 total job seekers and resulted in more than 450 job offers. Job Seekers will enter through gate 10. Attendance for job seekers is free. Pre-registration is not required but if you do pre-register you will ejoy faster access at the start of the event.  Go to this link to pre-register: http://bit.ly/9iPC2I

Companies include:

HCR Manorcare (Healthcare, Nursing)
Fairmont Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh’s newest Hotel)
Aramark, Consol Energy Center
Army National Guard
Callos Companies
Cintas
City of Pittsburgh
Colonial Life Insurance
Combined Insurance
Community College of Allegheny County
First Commonwealth Bank
Geneva College
Golden Living / Mt. Lebanon
Kaplan Career Institute
Life Pittsburgh
Lifesteps, Inc.
Mainstay Life Services
Medco Pharmacy Services
NCO Collection Services
OK Grocery Co (Division of Giant Eagle)
Pittsburgh Job Corp Center
Pittsburgh Tech. Institute-PTI
SMG Management
Southwestern Pa Commission CommuteInfo (Job Transportation Services)
Transitional Services, Inc
TSA Airport Security
U.S. Army
Universal Electric Corporation
US Navy
Valvoline Oil Change Centers
Waste Management
Wright Automotive Group

AND MORE!

Our good friends in Jacksonville, FL are hosting a job fair at the Avenues Mall in Jacksonville, FL next Wednesday, June 30th from 10am - 2pm. The event will feature over 15 local employers looking to hire people just like you.

For some of you in Central Florida, this may be an opportunity for you if you are looking to move in and around the Jacksonville area, or a great place for college graduates to consider relocating to.

As part of the Employment Guide’s Hire Commitment 2010 campaign, this job fair exists with the sole purpose of finding employment for the Jacksonville community.

You can pre-register for this career fair over at the Employment Guide’s Job Fair Page.

We look forward to seeing some of you at the event next Wednesday, June 30th.

-Greg

Mashable, one of the top blogs and new sources for social media and online technology has decided to create a national day for social media, and guess what?

It is coming on Wednesday, June 30th.

In the post announcing the day and the activities, Vadim, the author of the post says:

Social media has changed our lives. It has not only changed the way we communicate, but the way we connect with one another, consume our news, conduct our work, organize our lives, and much more. So why not celebrate?

Here in Orlando, the celebration will be held at Wall Street Plaza in the heart of Downtown Orlando. From 6-8pm there will be food and beverage specials. To show Wall Street’s commitment to social media, anyone who is friends with them on Twitter or Facebook will also get their first drink on the house!

While you are at it, check out our Twitter and Facebook pages to stay up to date on job tips, branding information, the latest local jobs and more!

Wall Street on Twitter
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Social Media Day Orlando Facebook Page
Orlando JobSpot on Twitter
Orlando JobSpot on Facebook

Let’s close this celebratory post out by asking you how you are using social media to look for your next job or career opportunity?

-Greg

With high school and colleges finishing up for the year it means more students and young adults looking for part-time and full time jobs here in Central Florida. These students are coming out of a safe, or comfortable environment and into a results driven world that many have not been prepared for, and I’m not just talking about the work.

Before the job comes the interview. Below are 4 rookie mistakes that I hope you can avoid this summer when going into your job interview (whether you are a student or a seasoned pro!).
1. A Bad Case Of The Electronics

We all know that Millennials, or Gen-Y are glued to their mobile device, texting, Tweeting and Facebooking their way through the day. When you are at the interview however, turn it on silent and avoid the twitching to check your friends’ status saying to hurry up and get to the pool when you leave the interview.

2. Lack Of Knowledge About The Company And/Or The Position

We talk about this often, but still many people go into interview without a strong knowledge of the company they are going to talk to. It can be as simple as a Google search, asking your Facebook or LinkedIn friends or asking the person that called you in for the interview a little about the background of the company. Do your due diligence and it will show in the interview’s results.

Here is a video on learning more about the person interviewing you.

3. Making Demands During A First Interview

At a first interview there is no reason to have an entitled attitude. You should be selling yourself and your value that will get the hiring manager’s attention and ultimately a job offer. That is when you can begin negotiations. Making demands before you are even offered the job is a headache waiting to happen and there are plenty of candidates who can do a great job in that position without the demands.

Focus your energy and strength on your value proposition to what you can bring to the company.

4. Walking In The Door Under-dressed

Grab your big boy pants and look like you really want the job and not like you want to hurry up and finish the interview so you can meet up with your people at the mall. If you are unsure of the work environment, ask upfront, or dress up. Jeans and free school t-shirts don’t make the grade when faced with a recruiter and hiring manager.

To Wrap It Up

As you head into an interview this summer, really look at what you can contribute to an organization and bring your A game. With many candidates to choose from, recruiters have many options to address and your performance in the interview is a very strong indicator if they want to take the chance to bring you on.

Best of luck and happy hunting Orlando!

-Greg

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Telemarketing is a very challenging job and involves constant rejection. So never get frustrated if you won’t achieve your goal. Keep one thing in mind that never take rejection personally. Telemarketing skills are necessary to be a good telemarketer.

You need a positive attitude while calling prospects. Your enthusiasm and confidence will com across in your voice and you will attract the new prospects, on other hand if you are boring and negative then you will be failed in attracting new prospects. Excitement sells and enthusiasm contagious. So turn the negative statements give by the prospect into negative ones.

Make it sure that you are prepared well. When you are going to call the prospect, preparation plays a vital role in your dealing because then you will know exactly what you are going to say when you call and your conversation then will flow more smoothly and will be more effective.

Other essential thing in preparation process is organization. This will help you to organize your leads so that you know who you will call next and a time. Having thorough knowledge about your product or service will help you to answer any question the prospect may ask.

Mirroring and matching the prospect is also a great telemarketing skill. For doing this ask the prospect a question and pay close attention to the response. If the tone is louder and the answer is short phrases then speak louder and keep your sentences short and you will establish rapport. Often people do business with someone who they observe same like them. You can also build a rapport by listening and repeating the words your prospect uses (positive ones) and keeping your rhythm and rate of speech same as theirs.

Asking qualifying questions is also an important telemarketing skill which you must consider and develop. Usually qualifying questions are used to separate those prospects that fall on particular criteria and will more likely say yes to an offer. This skill saves your time by avoiding unqualified prospects. Listening actively and carefully allow you to recognize many buying signals and understanding the prospects’ needs and concerns.

The last essential telemarketing skill is that whenever you ask a question or make a comment that is intended to get the prospect to respond-pause. Perfect use of strategic pausing creates effects, emphasis and enables the prospect to think before making final decision. Strategic pause is essential because without it you run the risk of talking yourself out of the sale.

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The right person, at the right time or place can really impact your ability to find great job opportunities in the Carolinas and then get your foot in the door, one step closer to that desk, office, or being in the field representing that company.

Some people call this timing luck. I like to think of it as strategic networking. The people you meet over the course of your life have all the impact in the world as to how you live and navigate your life.

Someone at an event telling you about a website or resource. A friend telling you about an opening at their firm or business. Running into an old buddy that puts your mind back into a certain state that changes your direction or motivation.


So where do you go about looking for people to add to your network?

You can 100% start online. Its called social networking, isn’t it. Get started on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to find like minded professionals.

Then take your networking offline. Meet recruiters and search firms. Get their insight and leverage their networks.

Venture out to live events in your local scene. Look for events both in and out of your niche or industry. If you are looking for a marketing position, look for marketing, advertising, public relations, online marketing, social media, business development, sales and other related meetups and events. Go out and meet someone and deliver value to them and it will come back to you.

Head on out to a local job fair, conferences, trade shows and other big time events where people are paying good money to meet people like you and talk shop.

Under30CEO recently published a great article on the after part of networking that centers around ways to follow up. From writing on the backs of business cards to sending links and news to these people that add value to taking new contacts out for coffee.

Lastly, take advantage of job boards and connecting with the people behind the job postings. We have a great video that goes over some strategies to doing just this.

So, what are you doing to be in the right place at the right time?

-Greg

A career which looks best today,might not be the best choice in next few years. There are various factors that affect your employ-ability; many from them are linked with job market. You can manage your career for long term success by keeping an eye on the trends in the marketplace and responding to changing factors.

There are three types of trends which you must know for moving forward. Those are:

• Employment Trends
• Recruiting Trends
• Market Trends

1 – Employment Trends

To know about the employment trends there is Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics , it have hundreds of career profiles including job outlook, earnings, and required training. You can search on OOH by keywords and it have internal links related to occupations that you may not have considered.

OOH also contains list of resources for job-related information at the state level, you can find here.

For assessing a particular career path which you think is fit for your goals, you can know about it in Projection Data Section that shows projected job growth through 2018 on OOH. You will find that different fields are having different prospects and if your field is projecting to a negative growth then moving to a field that’s projecting strong growth can give you a long term advantage.

2 – Recruiting Trends

If you are only concentrating to reach potential employers by applying online then you are missing great opportunities. Because recruiters are increasingly using blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other online avenues to connect with candidates.

Your ability of changing from one field to another is directly connected with your ability to connect effectively with the decision maker who will hire you. That’s why it’s necessary you choose such job where you can be visible and have more chances to be hired.

3 – Market Trends

There are three major market trends:

• Green jobs
• Jobs in social media
• Telecommuting

These all three major trends are based on bigger trends in society, such as more environmental issues, greater progress in technology, which affects the way we communicate.

To have clear picture of factors that affect the employment trends its better to view the major respected publications Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Advertising Age, and BusinessWeek .

Google Alerts – A great tool for trend watching

Automation is key to keep track of all information and it make easy add observation for you. Just set up Google Alerts with any term which is related to job you are searching for such as “accounting job outlook” or any other keyword. When you will set up that then all information drop itself into your inbox.

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