Archive for the ‘Finding Jobs’ Category

…can be found here. It’s an article called Katheryn Rivas “100 Inspiring & Informative Blog Posts for Young Job Seekers”. Worth a look.

There are a ton of great links. If you have some time, I recommend checking some of them out.

I was recently reading a fantastic article from Louise Fletcher called You’re Not Applying for a Job. You’re Running a Campaign. The article points out that you have to treat your job search like you are campaigning for political office.

The thing I like most about this piece is that it helps to shift your frame of mind away from the standard job application. You can move away from the perception of “applying” and on to “convincing”. Instead of sending out quiet applications, broadcast yourself, along with your skills and abilities for employers to hear. This will help you break through the “noise” found during the standard job hunt and get through to employers more easily.

There are a million different things that I like about this, but it’s probably just best that you read it yourself and draw your own conclusions about how to put it into action.

I was very lucky. My parents didn’t put pressure on me to find a job after school. Their theory was that I would put enough pressure on myself without their assistance.

But those were different economic times. For all the talk of the economy improving, this is still one of the worst markets for Entry Level Job hunters. I’m sure that many of you have parents applying pressure in some not-so-subtle ways.

And it’s not like we don’t try to get jobs. Most of us don’t enjoy being unemployed while the bills and student loans pile up. So why add to the already stressful situation with some additional pressure?

Well the article Why Do Parents Nag At Their Unemployed Children? tries to explain that. It’s a look at the job hunt from the parents perspective. It investigates the motivations behind the “nagging” and attempts to share the reasons and rationale with you.

However, for all of the interesting material, one line caught my eye:

If you are a young person reading this, then it’s probably worth bearing in mind that your parents don’t nag you to go out and find a job because they want to be rid of you or even because they think you’re essentially lazy; they do it because they want to see you enjoying the best life that you’re capable of.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Just remember that any parent just wants what is best for their kid, regardless of how it comes across.

Remember the post I wrote a while back about the Best Job Ever? You know, the one where you would get paid six-figures to be the caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef and blog about your amazing experiences?

Well it appears that the job was not without risks. News came out a couple of days ago that the winner had a near-fatal jellyfish incident while performing his “duties”. According to this report, the box-jellyfish sting can be quite severe:

Its sting can lead to symptoms that include shooting pains in the muscles and chest, excruciating muscle cramps in the arms and legs, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, high heart rate and blood pressure, and psychological phenomena like the feeling of impending death.

It just goes to show you. Always be aware of the potential downside to any job. If it seems too good to be true, read the fine print.