Archive for November, 2009
 Speed dating might not be just for singles anymore as some companies are using a similar format while interviewing candidates. If it leads to success in personal life, it may as well work in business. This format allows companies to accelerate the selection process and compare applicants more easily while decreasing the risk of losing great candidates in the normally long interview process which can sometimes take weeks or even months.
Non-traditional recruiting method has many advantages for job seekers as well. First of all, it’s a great opportunity to talk to many potential employers. It also gives an idea on how many people are looking for a job in your industry. Entry level candidates can gain valuable interviewing experience. In the end, even if you are not offered a job, you can still get some tips or recommendations from employers.
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 We are often asked this question and I firmly believe the right answer is it depends. You have to look at the one’s situation (both financial and professional) as well as the volunteer position considered. Volunteer work can often help your job search but in some cases may get in the way. There are several things to consider whether to work for free when unemployed. Here are some things to consider:
May Turn into a Paying Job
A temporary volunteer position may turn into a full time paid position, depending on the position itself as well as the organization’s need and your track record. If this is something you have in mind, it may be a good idea to cheek whether this is even possible for the position you are considering. Sometimes such opportunities may open up down the road, when the organization you would be volunteering for gets additional funding.
Great Addition to a Resume
Many professional recruiters would tell you that a relevant volunteer position on your resume looks a lot better than having an extensive gap in your employment. In fact, pro bono work is often respected and having this experience on your resume may actually help you get a job. You don’t even have to mention that it was an unpaid job and if you had a volunteer position with duties and responsibilities and you have shown real achievements – make a note of that on your resume!
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Wishing You a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Resumark.com!
 TO: ALL PERSONNEL
FROM: ACCOUNTING
It has come to our attention recently that many of you have been turning in timesheets that specify large amounts of “Miscellaneous Unproductive Time” (Code 5309). However, we need to know exactly what you are doing during your unproductive time.
Attached below is a sheet specifying a tentative extended job code list based on our observations of employee activities.
The list will allow you to specify with a fair amount of precision what you are doing during your unproductive time. Please begin using this job-code list immediately and let us know about any difficulties you encounter.
Thank you,
Accounting
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 Senators Bernie Sanders (Vermont) and Charles Grassley (Iowa) have introduced legislation that would bar any company that lays off 50 or more employees from hiring foreign workers. The two lawmakers have already added H1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year, Computerworld reports. The new proposed legislation, called Employ America Act, can potentially affect a broad range of tech firms that continue hiring after laying off large numbers of employees. It will also apply to companies that hire H2B visa workers. H2B visas are mostly used in construction, health care, food service, and other industries.
“With the unemployment rate over 10%, companies that undertake mass layoffs shouldn’t need to hire foreign guest workers when there are plenty of qualified Americans looking for jobs,” said Grassley. According to the two senators, the high-tech industry alone has laid off more than 340,000 workers since August 2008.
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 Holidays are just around the corner and everybody is shopping for the gifts. You may consider it hard to find a gift for your co-workers and especially for the boss, so we thought we’d share a few ideas.
How to Buy?
How much to spend on your boss and your co-workers? You don’t want to look cheap and, at the same time, don’t want to end up with huge credit card bill. There are also company policies and certain guidelines of office gift-giving:
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Today is Friday and you may be sitting at work thinking that your job is the worst. Well, first you may consider yourself lucky that you have one. With the US unemployment rate of 10% and rising, there are millions of people that would love to have YOUR job. Think about that for a second!
To cheer you up we found a list of what we think are some of the World’s Worst Jobs. Hopefully, after reading this you won’t think that your job is so bad:
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 I came across this interesting news today, the International Labor Union has released a list of companies that make their “Sweatshop Hall of Fame”.
The Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2010 highlights apparel and textile companies that use sweatshops in their global production. Hall of Shame inductees are responsible for evading fair labor standards and often are slow to respond or provide no response at all to any attempts by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), workers, or others to improve working conditions.
The official inductees of the 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Shame are: Abercrombie and Fitch, Gymboree, Hanes, Ikea, Kohl’s, LL Bean, Pier 1 Imports, Propper International, and Walmart. This list also includes an Honorable Mention to the American Apparel and Footwear Association, a national trade association representing apparel and footwear companies. This association has exhibited a flagrant disregard for workers’ rights by primarily focusing on maintaining trade with Honduras in the middle of a military coup.
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 Today’s job market still doesn’t offer a lot to job seekers. Fortunately, with the holidays around the corner, we can take a little break, forget about our troubles, and also earn a little extra cash thanks to seasonal jobs.
If your job search has been unsuccessful so far, you may want to consider a temporary seasonal job for the holidays. It is a good way not only to put food on the table and gifts into stockings around the holidays, but many of such opportunities may eventually turn it into full-time jobs.
Because of the slow economy, many employers are actually hiring temporary “seasonal” workers, as opposed to permanent jobs. Numbers indicate that more people will be hired for seasonal jobs this year than any of the previous years. The rush for seasonal jobs is more competitive this year because of a bigger applicant pool, and timing is of essence.
There are thousands of seasonal jobs still available and we have prepared this list to help you find opportunities quickly:
Retail / Holiday Sales
As you know, retail sales go up around the holidays. In fact, this is the busiest season in all malls and stores around the country. With promotions, sales, and huge crowds of people shopping for gifts, retail industry will be hiring thousands of seasonal sales associates, clerks, store managers, etc.
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 In today’s economy it is increasingly difficult to find a good job. There are many well known online services and regular recruiting agencies that can help during the process. However, when traditional things do not work, we can always try something else, something different that distinguish us from the crowd and give us a better chance of finding a job.
Here are three cool websites that try to make a difference:
1. Resumark.com is a new hot recruitment web site with a unique idea behind it. You can upload your resume or create it online in just a few minutes. It’s not only free for job seekers, but you will also make $1 every time an employer downloads your resume.
Who pays the money? Employer does.
Why would they? Surprisingly, many people believe that services like Monster and Careerbuilder are free. While they are free for job seekers, employers have to pay to download resumes and also to post jobs. What Resumark.com does? It shares the profit with resume owners and allows posting jobs for free. Seems fair to me.
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