Competing Successfully at Career Fairs

Standing out at a Job Fair can make a difference in your job hunt. Job Fairs are starting to pick up, and a major job search company is running some nice ones, called Targeted Job Fairs. At a SF Bay Area Job Faire in early 2010, 10 companies as showing up, and Dice has 82 job faires scheduled for this year across the States.

How do you rise above the crowd at a Job Faire? The contention can be significant, but you can help yourself leap out from the gang with early planning. At AA-Careers, we have a straight-forward six-step process to prepare. Planning to go? Here’s how to prepare:

First, investigate the companies that are going and pick your targets. Use the World Wide Web to check out the companies that are there ahead of time. Go to their websites and see if they have their jobs posted. Pick a moderate number to target, and get ready to spend up to an hour researching each one. It’s hard to do more than nine in a day, and four or five is a much more reasonable target. For each company, you want to know: recent news, key product lines, and contacts you know. Try to see if you know anyone at the target companies. You will end up with with a page or two of research for each company/job.

Second, if there are job openings on the web, read them to see what the hiring manager is looking for. Create a mapping of your accomplishments and skills to the prerequisites of the job. Make the language match. If the hiring company calls customers "clients", your resume should do the same thing. The accomplishments should be written in the style of the hiring organization.

Third, create a ‘brief sales pitch’ for each potential organization/position combination. Write down a 90 second ‘thumbnail’ that you can repeat verbally describing why you are a fantastic prospect for that position. You’ll use this in your resume and when you meet the company at the job kiosk.

Fourth, modify your resume for each position. The objective on your resume should exactly match the job you’re going after. The executive summary should be a written form of your “mini sales pitch” for the job. Then choose the accomplishments and skills that most clearly match the job prerequisites. Especially at a Career Faire, the purpose of your resume is a sales tool for you – to get you on-site job interviews. It should be very easy to see that you’re a fit based on your resume.

Fifth, dress and prepare as if you’re doing on-site interviews. Dress nicely and be fittingly groomed. Don’t overdress (this isn’t a date!) and don’t underdress (no jeans or t-shirts, no matter how much you paid for them). Avoid strong cologne or perfume.

Finally, practice your ‘mini-sales-pitch’. Collect your research and the resume for each spot - bring a couple of copies for each – and put each in a intelligibly labeled folder. Keep them in a light briefcase or folio.

Remember to smile, and good hunting!

Some Thoughts on Human Resources Management

People management skills are very important for business success. You can succeed in learning these techniques. It may be an advantage to have a intuitive affinity for getting along with people, but you can do some things that will facilitate the process.

Relationship Building: Remembering individuals by name will be a great start. Speak to staff; look employees in the eye as you are talking. Develop a respectful attitude, and listen to the other person’s opinion, regardless of whether you agree or not. Paying attention to everything staff have to offer is one of the most critical talent management skills in your arsenal. Be sure to show an interest in what everyone can give to the team.

Show integrity: Keeping your word is fundamental. When you don’t keep your promises, the fragile bond of trust is destroyed, and no-one will offer you their best if they do not trust you. When you make a statement or make a promise about something, do be sure that you can deliver or it would really be better not to give your word at all. The truth is, when your people can’t count on your word, your staff will not be committed when you truly need them. Welcome feedback: Feedback should be a two-way process. People management skills mean keeping an open mind to all feedback. If you can prove accessibility and receptiveness, you show that you respect your co-worker’s feedback, and they will appreciate your opinions. Supporting conversation in addition promotes original ideas, ways of fulfilling the mission of the company, and develops the team dynamic. By allowing the team an input, every member of staff invests in the project’s outcome.

Communication is the key: Managing people comes down to one concept — good communication. Keeping an open door policy, listen closely to other people, be open minded, and encourage each of your staff to express themselves. Employees should be encouraged to speak to each other not only with you. The growth of a business depends a great deal on the interchange of ideas, and in speaking with one another, it is simple to recognize problems swiftly, and corrections can be applied before matters get out of hand. Some time and effort is required, but the dividends achieved far outweigh the effort needed. By inspiring a good team dynamic and demonstrating effective listening skills, a flourishing business will be achieved.

Delicious Gifts from Fannie May

Besides the fact that Fannie May is a household name all over the Midwestern US nowadays, the organization started out small. This well known chocolate company first opened its doors in 1920 in the Windy City, and during eighty-five years in business it has turned into one of the nation’s favorite sweet shops. Fannie May’s gift of blending cocoa, sugar and other premium ingredients in the perfect way made them so popular they expanded to about forty-eight stores in just fifteen years. During the second world war rationing, the shops were shut, as they decided not to degrade the quality of their candies. Fortunately, many of the recipes it used back in the early days are even being manufactured and on sale nowadays. Of course all the candies are beautifully presented. Remember to opt for a lovely gift box if the chocolates are for a present, it will add a special touch. The scale of a chocolate gift is wholly your decision, from a single chocolate to a basket loaded with each sort of truffle, nuts and even luxury pretzels. It is easy to order a carefully designed assortment on the website or you can customize the order with unique sorts to ensure everybody has plenty of their favorites.

To make life even less complicated, Fannie May has many franchises all over America and around the globe. So you can place an order online and have your gift box sent anywhere. While there are some shipping restrictions during the warmest summer months, this chocolate maker can have gifts delivered anytime of year and will ensure the quality of the candies when they are delivered.

Particular diets are not an obstacle. Bakery items and other sweet treats are available not to mention gourmet chocolates that are suitable for low sugar diets. If you are planning a special occasion like a marriage, tiny gift boxes and wedding favors are a specialty. You simply have to give them a call and let them know what you need.

Fannie May has become such a thriving chocolate business and it is all down to its dedication to make quality products, service and such a tremendous selection of. And, with candies like white to dark chocolate, fudge, and mint fillings, your most difficult task is narrowing down the wide selection.

A Blogger Girl Carries out Perfect Wedding

Where’s the enjoyment behind a wedding and not doing it up right? Allow yours truly to share with you the Boyd family’s long wedding planning reputation. It could be if you live in around here you’ve heard about us and how we hold a proud history for hosting amazing wedding experiences.

We eat, dream and sleep weddings. Our friends include wedding planners, caterers, and photographers. My Uncle Theodore is a delightful wedding singer and pianist–there’s nobody better! Recently we’ve considered a who’s who collection of wedding planners we found on: Chicago luxury weddings resources. Obviously, yours truly practically went to school for wedding planning. As a remarkable high class wedding planner without a minute to spare, I am finally fashioning my dream wedding with a lot of insight from sister. But that’s not all, I am so in love. You could see that I’ve been taken off my feet by the most wonderful guy.

Caroline, my Chicago wedding planner partner vendor and I, are terrific coworkers and total girlfriends. She a bit thrilled for me and my soon-to-be husband Davis. Tuesday, we looked through the old polaroids of her infamously tacky Dallas wedding. Good times hilarious, but tastes change. Can you find the an example about classical design in that.

I can’t hardly restrain myself. My father is actually flying everyone in, and all our friends and family will be at one of the most luxurious hotels! I can’t share the when and where because who needs party crashers. So my love is a successful lawyer and informed me he worked some magic for the ceremony venue. He hasn’t told me what yet. Don’t you think it will impress us! We can all admit that’s what a luxury wedding is truly about. The energy of life.

All the Best,

Amanda

Exquisite Jewelry by John Hardy Is the Perfect Christmas Present

This year demonstrate to the special people in your life how much you love them with an exquisite item of jewelry by John Hardy. The selection of collections available in silver is so very large that you can rest assured you will find the perfect even for those individuals who are always difficult to please. Well — why gamble on your loved ones being disappointed this holiday season - you can be confident that they will be delighted with jewelry chosen from John Hardy!

The ranges for men include a broad array of styles in a variety of metals and finishes. These feature a slightly chunkier, more rugged look though they still have the excellent quality you’d expect. With this number of alternatives, choosing the perfect gift is certain to be very simple this year. No matter what type of jewelry a lady might embrace, this innovative jeweler has jewelry that will thrill her. Classic items are available and are the perfect gift for women who prefer timeless elegance. For the positively avant-garde woman, there is a variety of bolder items. In any case, all of the women’s ranges boast bracelets, earrings designed for day wear and evening wear and various necklace styles.

Everyone recognizes that Christmas is a magical time of year for kids and John Hardy has jewelry collections made with them in mind. Sizing apart, every item of jewelry has been created to the same choice standard as you would expect from any other adult jewelry item from John Hardy. Bracelets, ear studs and gemstone pendants are examples of a gift that any child will hold dear for the rest of their life.

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Very small children are very hard to choose for especially with the number of presents they receive, a situation conceivably aggravated by the fact that parents’ expectations can more often than not be accordingly high. The wonderful variety of gifts for toddlers from this luxury jeweler should make buying presents for infants much. The Bamboo collection is great for the person who would like to make environmentally friendly gift selections. This environmentally friendly program is called Wear Bamboo, Plant Bamboo and when a piece from this program is purchased, some of the profit goes to plant sustainable resources in Nsu Penida and Bali. Each piece of jewelry is stamped with the number of young bamboo plants planted before shipping. This scheme has a wide selection of jewelry to suit every taste, so it has never been easier to please your loved ones without damaging the earth. Thus do not forget to take a look at the charming items available from John Hardy and make your shopping fun this year.

Greater Cincinnati Tennis Courts

Evaluating your Tennis Game for our format:
Dallas Tennis Courts, Durham Tennis Courts, Cincinnati Tennis Courts
NTRP Rating Written Description and Comments

1.5 - 2.0 You could describe yourself as a newbie. You know how to serve and hit volleys but you haven’t improved any tennis game consistency. You hopefully have figured how to keep track of score. You basically know the game and desire to meet up with other people who have the same passion.

2.5 Requires on-court tennis experience. Has stroke failings but is familiar with original locations for singles and doubles play. 2.5 Learning to judge where the ball is going although court coverage is less than adequate. Can keep a little rally of weak pace with other tennis tennis players of the same skill level.
Admin Comments: Recreational skill level, About 10% of the tennis players are in this skill level. You’re an advanced beginner in this category. We hope the minimum ability tennis players have is to be able to serve and maintain a couple stroke rally.

3.0 Moderately consistent when hitting mid-paced tennis shots, but is not comfortable with all strokes and misses execution when trying for directional control, depth or might. Most common doubles formation is one-up and one-back.

3.25 You’re in-between 3.0 and 3.5 Tennis Skill ranking.

3.5 Has accomplished improved tennis stroke dependability with directional control on light strokes, but still misses depth and diversity. Starting to present more competitive net play, has improved court coverage and is developing teamwork in doubles.

3.75 You’re in-between 3.5 and 4.0 Skill rating.
Comments: Advanced2 Skill Level, This skill level appears when the program’s league is large adequate and we have enough returning tennis players. The addition of this skill level allows the program to fine tune the skill levels and the matches incline to be closer.

4.0 Has sure tennis strokes, including guiding control and depth on both forehand and backhand sides on average shots, plus the ability to use lobs, overheads, approach tennis shots and volleys with some success. Occasionally pulls errors when serving.

4.5 Starting to master the use of power and spins and beginning to handle pace, has solid footwork, can control depth of tennis shots and is beginning to vary game plan according to opponents. Can hit first serves with power and accuracy and place the second serve. Tends to over hit on difficult shots.

The Best Kept Secret About Life Insurance

Do you love someone enough to spend your hard earned dollars on a life insurance premium — month after month?

Because the real benefit of a life insurance policy isn’t for you. It’s for those you love… but after you’ve gone.

Life insurance is money paid to those who rely on you right now to provide a secure standard of living. They can lose this in a heartbeat.

Life insurance is money when needed the most… with no income tax or publicity.

Buying a life insurance policy is challenging because it isn’t an easy subject matter to begin with.

Most people get confused about how it works and whom they can trust enough to make the purchase.

And there’s a large number of companies and sales agents all clamoring for your attention.

This article will help to clarify a huge misconception about term life insurance. Also, I’ll introduce you to what many knowledgable professionals consider to be the best kept secret in a life insurance policy.

Buy term and invest the difference is a phrase touted by those … including many life insurance agents … who have absolutely no idea how much harm it’s implementation can cause.

The principle theory is you no longer need life insurance when you reach a certain age such as 55, 60 or 65.

Supposedly your kids have finished school and are doing just fine earning their own income. And you and your spouse are living comfortably on retirement savings and social security.

On the surface and to the naive, this might appear reasonable.

Now, it’s easy to pick apart this hypothesis, but let’s focus instead on the real problem with this scenario.

We are living longer than ever before. We may not be enjoying it very much due to poor health but, nevertheless, we’re hanging on.

Life insurance companies know this better than anyone. In fact, most of them now use age 115 has a factor when calculating life insurance policy premiums.

You hear about retirees who are forced to find work at McDonald’s or Wal-Mart. Have you ever joined a seniors chat room on the Internet and witnessed the concerns most of them have about running out of money before they die?

Many of these seniors are frightened to death. And what about the millions of babyboomers right behind them.

An intelligently purchased life insurance policy can be the saving grace for those you love the most.

Now, let me set the record straight. I have nothing against term life insurance. For over 24 years I’ve personally sold millions of dollars worth.

What bothers me … and what I believe to be criminal … is when term life insurance is sold under false pretenses.

Let’s use a simple example.

A 35 year old nonsmoking male in excellent health can buy a $500,000 term life insurance policy for about $700 per year.

The premium is guaranteed to be $700 for 30 years. Some companies will be a little cheaper and some a little more expensive.

The buy term and invest the difference advocate would compare this to a $500,000 whole life insurance policy at $3,650 per year. Once again, some companies will be higher and some lower.

Theoretically, you have $2,950 to invest each year for 30 years. I say theoretically because in the real world you would never consistently invest $2,950 each year.

Not the same way you would commit to a life insurance policy premium.

How do I know this? Call it human nature based on lots of experience.

But, let’s give you the benefit of the doubt and say you actually do invest according to this hypothetical plan. What rate of return are you going to make over 30 years? 5% … 8% … 10 percent?

By the way, this question opens up another can of worms. The psychology of investing. But, we’ll save that controversy for another time.

For arguments sake let’s assume you get an 8% compounded rate of return each year for 30 years. This comes to $360,920.41.

Okay… so now you’re 65 years old and you have $360,920.41. But guess what?

When you reach 66 your $500,000 term life insurance policy will lapse without value because the annual premium becomes $21,180.

Yep, you read that right! It jumps from $700 to over 21 thousand dollars.

At age 70, it’s $31,430. At age 75, it’s $52,970.

There’s no way on earth you’ll pay this premium. Problem is… you aren’t dead yet!

You have paid $21,000 over a 30 year timeframe to have a $500,000 life insurance policy during a period of time when the odds are you would never die anyway.

Under normal circumstances you will die somewhere around age 80 — give or take. Your loved one’s investment account still won’t be worth $500,000.

What’s more, she will have to pay income tax on the investment gains. Remember, life insurance proceeds are income tax free.

Permit me to repeat myself. I am not against term life insurance … as long it’s purchased with an eye towards the reality of future expectations.

If your term life insurance policy is issued by a highly rated company with a broad selection of products, you will have ample opportunity to convert the term into something more permanent over the course of the 30 years in our example.

Keep in mind your age determines the length of time the term policy will have a guaranteed level premium.

You may not be able to get more than a 10 year guarantee if you are over 50 years of age.

So, exactly what is the best kept secret in a life insurance policy?

It is a universal life insurance policy that guarantees the death benefit regardless of investment performance.

Universal life is the most flexible type of policy on the market. The premium is higher than term, but lower than whole life. There are several on the market, so you must be careful.

If you decide to buy term because of budget constraints, then be certain to buy from a company that also offers universal life.

This gives you the chance to slowly convert the term into universal with the same company over the length of the term guarantee.

As your budget permits convert term into universal.

One word of caution. Long term interest rates are critical to the performance of universal life insurance.

Because they’ve been depressed for several years and will likely continue so, you must get the universal life with an unconditional death benefit guarantee.

Here’s an example using our 30 year old male. The $500,000 universal life insurance policy premium is $2,871 per year. This compares with the already discussed $700 term and $3,650 whole life premiums.

Let’s say you really do decide life insurance isn’t important when you reach 65. By that time, you would have paid $86,130 in total premiums.

Down a rat hole like the term plan? Nope!

The cash surrender value would be at least $85,501. It might well be over $100,000 based on the actual competitive interest rates credited to the policy over the 30 years.

When you buy the right type of universal life you guarantee the death benefit for as long as necessary… plus you have the ability to recover your expense if you wish to cash it in.

You can benefit from the best of both worlds when you use the best kept secret in a life insurance policy.

Veteran financial consultant Don Adams provides easy to understand advice on a wide variety of money matters. You’re just a click away from getting tons of free tips at personal-finance-on-the-net.com.

Ceramic Disc Capacitor-How to Accurately Test It

The last article I mentioned about electrolytic capacitor breakdown when under load. In this article I will talk about the high voltage resin coated ceramic disc capacitor. In computer monitor, it is frequent used in the screen voltage (G2) line at the crt board. When it fails, it can cause erratic or intermittently raster bright and dim and sometimes no display.

Adjusting the flyback transformer screen control will not solve this problem. You can isolate the problem as whether if it cause by a defective fly back or G2 line at crt board. Remove the G2 wire from circuit and measure the screen voltage with a digital multimeter- it should have a constant voltage (will not vary). If
the voltage is not stable suspect the fly back. If it ok then trace the screen voltage circuit. Usually this circuit consist of only resistors and capacitors. Sometimes a defective crt socket might cause this type of problem also!

Many times a tech can’t solve this intermittent or no display problem is because their digital capacitance and ohmmeter measured ok on the capacitors. The capacitors in the screen voltage line are usually rated of 102,103, and 472 1kv to 2kv. A ‘missed’ in checking this capacitors will caused the technician can’t solve the problem, unless he direct replace the capacitor. An intermittent capacitor can pull down the screen voltage causing the display problem.

As mentioned earlier, an ohmmeter with 12v output and a digital
capacitance with 3v output are unable to accurately check the capacitor that have the rating of 1-2 kilovolt!

If you have the analog insulation tester or meter, the panel will show a short circuit when certain voltage are pump
in to check the high voltage capacitor. The voltages that you can select is depends on the brand or model you buy. Some have the range of 50v to 1000v and some have the range from 100v to 500v. It is optional whether you should have one. If you have one then it would be an added advantage for you. The other option that you have is to direct replace the suspected capacitor. In my country, you can get a new one in less than US150.00 or you may bid a used unit from eBay.

As for me, checking the small blue resin coated ceramic disc capacitor that have the capacitor code of 104 50v, besides using digital capacitance meter to check for the value, i also use an analog meter set to times 10Kohm that have the output of 12v to check this type of capacitor. Many times it will revealed the bad intermittent capacitor. You will be shocked to see the capacitance meter checked ok but show a shorted reading when check with analog multimeter.

In the market there is certain brand of analog multimeter that have the range of 100kohm. If you open up the cover, you can’t see the 9v battery in it, what you see only the 2 pieces of 1.5v
battery. This type of meter can’t accurately detect the short in the capacitor because the output voltage is only 3volt!

For those of you who involved in repairing monitor, you will agree with me that checking the flyback internal capacitance- quite often you get the right value 2.7nf with digital capacitance meter but when you switch on the monitor, you will hear a ‘tick-tick’ sound from the flyback. This is because the capacitor is breaking down when under load. If you did not
do anything with the flyback, gradually the internal capacitance will become shorted and you will need to refurbish the flyback.

Jestine Yong is a electronic repairer and a writer. For more electronic repair information please visit his website at http://www.noahtec.com/electronic-repair-articles.htm

Portable DVD Player Cases

A portable DVD player is great for alleviating the boredom of long rides on the road. Usually, all portable DVD players are manufactured sturdily for traveling purposes. However, since it is still an electronic device, there is always the probability of it getting spoiled due to the various bumps found on roads. This is where the use of a portable DVD player case comes in handy.

There are many portable DVD player cases available on the market. However, when choosing a case, make sure to choose a good and solid portable case for the delicate portable player. The portable DVD player case has to be large enough to have room to keep the portable player and the extra cables that may be needed to use the portable DVD playerand, of course, a few favorite DVDs. The portable DVD player case is usually made of ballistic nylon, as it is a sturdy material that is both lightweight and water resistanttwo requirements for a traveling accessory. They come with an adjustable in-car suspension system that allows for easy attachment to most seat backs, or between two bucket seats. This mounting system can also be detached to convert into a portable carrying case.

In addition to all this, there are also storage pockets for the remote control and discs and sometimes extra space for additional boxed DVDs. For the convenience of listening to the movie while the player is in the case, some portable DVD player cases come with a built-in, double headphone jack. There usually also is a built-in power port that streamlines an AV power cord from the vehicle’s power source. Moreover, there is also a warranty for portable DVD player cases that is usually for twenty-five years or so. So go ahead and buy a portable DVD player case before the wear and tear of use on the road takes its toll on the portable DVD player.

DVD Cases provides detailed information on DVD Cases, Portable DVD Cases, Portable DVD Player Cases, DVD Storage Cases and more. DVD Cases is affiliated with In Wall Speaker Wire.

Home Made Wind Power Was Never the Same

The other part to it is the instructions that are being used are meant to teach ordinary civilians how to do this with the most ease possible. Since these two factors took hold, home made wind power was never the same. Don’t get me wrong, this all happened very recently, but very quickly also. Since people could make home made wind power for less than $200, they jumped on this idea with extraordinary success. The success would never have been possible if the plans followed the old tradition and targeted hobbyists and enthusiasts.Instead of just talking about global warming, you are actually doing something about it. There are two options to tackle this project. You could search the Internet on various methods to build your own home renewable energy system. The problem with this approach is that it will take a lot of time to gather all the information. Some of the information will be in disagreement so you will have to weed out the good from the bad.A person does not really need to have a degree in engineering to understand the step-by-step guide and the corresponding schematics. Also, since this is an e-book, any person from any part of the world can order, purchase and download a copy and eventually use that information to set up their own alternative power source. One more thing about this book is that it teaches its readers how to make solar panels and wind turbines at budgeted costs. There is no more need to fear that estimated thousand dollar solar panel or wind turbine installation.
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Electricity From Wind