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For college graduates with little or no work experience, internships can allow them to develop important skills that employers are looking for in new employees. An internship is like a preview of what they can expect when hired for an entry level job; it's an opportunity to learn from inside a specific industry, and maybe even have a little fun along the way. However, to get entry level jobs after they graduate from college, interns must meet certain expectations of potential employers.

For job postings look at: http://JobsByiJobs.com 

In the Book

• Learn what CEOs and top executives did early in their career to set them up for future success
• Get direct advice from these leaders on what young professionals can do to achieve success
• Find out what major corporations feel are the most important skills for their new-hires

To learn more visit:

http://www.ypsuccess.com/ 

You know the friend who constantly dates the wrong kind of person? The one who's endlessly frustrated that he or she is going to die alone because all the good ones are taken?

After enough venting sessions, you realize something your friend doesn't: He or she is the common thread tying together all of these -- let's just say it together -- losers. Someone needs to speak up and say, "You're doing this to yourself."

You'll find this same pattern can be true in a job hunt. Granted, we're in tough times and plenty of reasons out of your control can keep you from getting hired. But that's just one more reason to do everything within your power to be the best job seeker you can.

With that in mind, look over these 25 ways you might be unknowingly sabotaging your job search:

To learn more click the link below:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/15/job.search.sabotage/index.html 

 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/06/12/facebook.photo.to.ad.kplr

Check out http://www.juju.com for job listings in your neighborhood.

Can you imagine how simple your life would be if you never had to drive to work? If you have the self-discipline to work from home, the right opportunity could help you get back those commute hours and gain some extra time each day to do whatever you want.

Wondering where to start? Here are 10 companies hiring for work from home right now:.....

To Learn About These Companies Click Below:
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-10_companies_hiring_for_work_from_home-649 

Congratulations on completing your college degree. Now the real challenge begins as you enter the job market. You can make your job search easier if you format your resume and cover letters with care. Even recruiters for entry level jobs are looking for polished resumes and letters that demonstrate your ability to communicate as well as present your career skills. Here are five key do's and don'ts that can make or break the success of your job search.....

Click Below to View the Rest of the Article:
http://www.collegegrad.com/articles/resumes-and-cover-letters.shtml 

College students and young professionals aren’t the first to make stupid mistakes, but they are the first to post these mistakes online for all the world to see.
Gone are the golden days when you provided potential employers with carefully screened references guaranteed to give a glowing recommendation of your skills and character. Why call those people when you can look at all the things a candidate has posted online or easily figure out who else they’ve worked with and call the unscreened references?

Be forewarned that these days, most employers do some amount of due diligence on the people they hire and those they want to hire. At a minimum, they will do a Google search on you. Many will also attempt to check out your profiles on sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace...

Click Below to Learn the Don'ts of Having an Online Profile:

http://www.gottamentor.com/viewAdvice.aspx?a=312&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090317 

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, March 17, 2009 - In response to recent reports that job seekers are struggling to find jobs, CollegeRecruiter.com compiled lists of the five best and worst states for finding internships and entry level jobs. The data was gathered through a state-by-state search on the site; the lists will be updated every month to help students and entry level job candidates know how many opportunities are available to them and in which states...

To see the states ranking visit the following site:

David Perry, a longtime headhunter, says you're wasting your time if you're looking for job postings online. And he should know: he's often the guy on the other side helping companies lure new talent. Perry, who's based in Ottawa, says that in the last 22 years he has accomplished 996 searches totaling $172 million in salary. And the bottom line in today's economy, he says, is you have to tap the "hidden job market."  Perry's also the co-author of "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters" and he recently spoke with Fortune.

What's the "hidden job market"?

To find out check out the link below:
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106840/How-to-Get-a-Job-When-No-One's-Hiring  

Quintessential Careers is a great site to visit for your job search needs. Please feel free to browse the site listed below.

http://www.quintcareers.com/ 

For months, senior Rachel Morrissey polished her resume, networked with family and friends and diligently applied for dozens of jobs, hoping to snag a full-time graphic design position.

When nothing worked, the studio art major shifted her search and eventually landed a six-month unpaid internship at a Connecticut stationery company.

“An internship seemed like the better route,” she said......

To read more click the link below:

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=67434 

FOSTER CITY, CA -- April 8, 2009 -- CollegeGrad.com, the #1 entry-level job site on the Web, released its survey results on what college students believe to be the best sources of entry-level job information. For the third consecutive year, a majority of respondents, 53 percent, listed the Internet as their primary source of job-related news and data....

For more information click the link below:

http://www.collegegrad.com/press/best-source.shtml 

 Job Search Page offers Students instant and free access to millions of available jobs from across the web.  With a quick search your students can find jobs from career websites, employers directly, staffing agencies, newspapers and more.  Thousands of students are already finding our website to be a great asset to their job search.

To discover Job Search Page, visit the following link:
http://www.jobsearchpage.com/

With the emergence of social media sites like LinkedIn(), Facebook(), and Twitter(), and their user bases growing by the millions, one would think that a headhunter’s job just got much easier. I mean let’s face it; nowadays we can find anybody whether it’s on one of these social networking sites, on a blog, discussion board, alumni list or via true and tried headhunting techniques....

To Learn More, Click Below:

http://mashable.com/2009/04/08/social-media-recruitment/ 

 In a survey conducted by CollegeGrad.com, the #1 entry-level job site on the Internet, 86 percent of graduating seniors expect to graduate without a job offer. Yet employers expect hiring levels to hold steady this year, according to a survey sponsored by The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). The survery shows that while the current economy may have dampened the hopes of new college graduates, it hasn't necessarily affected their employment prospects....

To learn more click below:

http://www.collegegrad.com/press/hiring-stable.shtml 

 The College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees page is designed to offer college-bound, graduate school-bound, and career school bound students of all ages information easy access to information about a wide variety of subjects which include:

Compliments of CareerTv.com

http://www.careertv.com/v2/distribution/v2/distributionwidget.aspx?channel=show&width=300 

 Foster City, CA (PRWEB) April 21, 2009 -- As college graduation ceremonies commence nationwide, CollegeGrad.com, the #1 Entry-Level Job Site on the Web, announces the Top Entry-Level Employers for 2009. Despite difficult economic times, 2009 faces the second largest projected increase in entry-level hiring CollegeGrad.com has seen since 2005, down 1.5 percent from last year, but up 11.4 percent from 2007....

For more information click below:

http://www.collegegrad.com/press/top-employers.shtml 

The title says it all.  These are the questions that wake people with disabilities up in the middle of the night.  I can remember the what-ifs going round and round inside my head while I wondered if I would ever find a job, and just about every person with a disability I've ever known has wrestled with the likely consequences of these decisions and wondered what to do....

For more information click below:

http://community.gettinghired.com/blogs/pennyforyourthoughts/archive/2009/04/08/should-you-tell-or-not-how-and-when-and-what-if-you-don-t-then-what.aspx#Continued 

A survey conducted by CollegeGrad.com, the #1 entry-level job site on the Internet, found that 59 percent of recent college graduates plan to submit 30 or more resumes during their initial search for employment. Many job-search experts agree, however, that recent grads may find more success by focusing on the quality of their resumes instead of relying on mass distribution...

For more information, click below:

http://www.collegegrad.com/press/too-many-resumes.shtml 

A good place to start in your interview preparation process is to be prepared enough to answer the questions below.  Although these questions may vary from industry to industry, there are questions that will come up in every interview.  Here are the 8 most commonly asked questions and some tips on how to answer them...

For more information, click below:

 http://www.gottamentor.com/viewAdvice.aspx?a=372&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090519 

 Believe it or not, it is not your outstanding professional track record or your exceptional academic pedigree that make you standout in an interview.  Those are the things that get you the interview.  Once you walk in the room and sit down in front of the interviewer, it is a whole new ball game.  If you want to Standout in Your Interview, you need to focus on the following steps to differentiate yourself from your peers...

For More Information on Standing Out in an Interview See the Below Link:

http://www.gottamentor.com/viewAdvice.aspx?a=371&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090519

How do I build a great resume?** 

oWe want you to succeed. That's why we're providing tips and tricks about how to write a killer resume, ace the interview and join our team.

Your resume is the first point of contact between you and a potential employer.  This is often the only opportunity they will have to get to know you and your skill set.  The reality is: you don't have a lot of time to impress the reader as they spend about 10 seconds looking at each resume. So not only do you have to make a great first impression, you have to do it fast.  Here's how to create a compelling, concise resume that makes an immediate positive impression...

To read about the 10 Do's and Don't's of Resumes click the link below:

http://www.gottamentor.com/ViewGeneralAdvice.aspx?g=7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090609 

Your resume is the starting point of your job search. Considering the time and effort you spend developing your skills, writing an effective resume is a comparatively small additional investment of time. An effective resume will put you in position to begin using your hard-earned skills....

For more information see the below link.

http://www.jobhuntingadvice.com/resume_help.htm 

 If television sitcoms of the 1980s and 1990s are to be believed, every parent in America argued with a teenager who wanted to wear ripped jeans and ill-fitting shirts to school.

These shows also implied that the youth of America ran around speaking like Valley Girls and using slang no one over the age of 17 understood.

I thought these fashion battles were dramatized TV nonsense and never happened in real households.

I was wrong.

Judging by the amount of inappropriate attire job seekers wear to interviews and employees wear to work, many adults are taking advantage of the freedom to wear whatever they choose. And some of them seem to be wearing the exact clothes their parents disapproved of over a decade (or two) ago........

For more information on dressing for success see the link below.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/08/cb.what.not.wear.office/index.html