As a result of a slow economy and scarce job opportunities, Employment Jamaica has created a web video series. We want to help you navigate through these tough times by using our helpful tips combined with your passion, skill and determination. This web video series features successful entrepreneurs who will share with you their experience and advice on how they were able to turn a dream into reality and earn money at the same time.
At Employment Jamaica we recognize the current job situation in Jamaica and we take it seriously. Our staff is feverishly working to recruit more reputable Employers to list job postings.
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As a result of a slow economy and scare job opportunities, Employment Jamaica has created a web video series. We want to help you navigate through these tough times by using our helpful tips combined with your passion, skill and determination. This web video series features successful entrepreneurs who will share with you their experience and advice on how they were able to turn a dream into reality and earn money at the same time.
We want to open the MESSAGE BOARD up for conversation, advice and feedback. Our Entrepreneurs will be available to answer questions.
We are excited to announce that we just finished wrapping up the video shoot in Miami FL for the first episode of Employment Jamaica Entrepreneur with our Guest DJ Jay Breezy. Visit DJJAYBREEZY online.
Watch your back—your office pal may be trying to destroy your career.
If you’ve had a job, you know the type: a colleague who's friendly and helpful on the surface—but who's career poison.
These workplace “frenemies” come in many guises, so be alert to the dangers lurking beneath some warm or appealing demeanors. Many frenemies mean no harm, while others are bullies whose power plays must be checked, according to Donna Flagg, the author of “Surviving Dreaded Conversations: How to Talk Through Any Difficult Situation at Work.”
“Once they’re outed, they become more self-conscious of their behavior, and it's less likely they’ll do it again,” Flagg says.
To help you identify workplace frenemies, here’s a rundown of six common types—as well as solutions for dealing with them:
1. The Politician spends a lot of time trumpeting his or her accomplishments—and maybe some of yours—to superiors, according to Blaine Loomer, the author of “Corporate Bull****: A Survival Guide.” Make sure you don’t let his or her grandstanding upstage your contributions.
“The Politician will tell you one thing and tell the boss something else,” Loomer says. "They’re in the boss’s office every five minutes, declaring their indispensable worth.”
Solution: Keep your manager and colleagues in email chains, so your work is documented and the Politician can’t take all the credit. If people around you are blowing their own horns, you have to join the orchestra.
If you're anything like me, you've sometimes spotted an employment ad or job posting and said to yourself, "I could do that job." Yet the job is totally out of your field, and you have no actual experience in that area.
How do you portray yourself as qualified for a job for which you have no proven track record? The under-qualified or just plain unqualified label most often plagues new graduates with limited experience, as well as career-changers whose experience is outside the area they now wish to pursue.
For both groups, fighting the under-qualified label is a tough proposition. Let's face it -- all other things being equal, most employers would prefer to hire candidates with the right qualifications and experience in the field over candidates, no matter how enthusiastic, who lack qualifications. A difficult battle, yes, but it's not impossible to beat the under-qualified label. This article proposes 10 strategies for overcoming a lack of qualifications. 1. Exploit your transferable skills. You may not have all the qualifications required for a given job, but chances are, you possess a skillset that contains abilities needed for many jobs, including the job you covet. Scrutinize ads and job postings for the kind of job you seek, and identify skills you've demonstrated that are needed for these jobs. Typical universally sought skills include communication, interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills. List your transferable and applicable skills prominently on your resume. In your cover letters, take the next step by explaining how your skills apply to the job you're pursuing.
2. Consider playing up school and other unpaid experience. Perhaps you have no paid experience in the field you seek to enter, but you do have some applicable education and/or unpaid experience (through internships or volunteer work). Don't be afraid to list school and unpaid experience in the main experience section of your resume. Experience is experience; it rarely matters whether it's paid or not. If unpaid experience helped you develop skills that are crucial to the type of job you seek, it's fair game for the experience section of your resume. I recently had a resume client who had a terrific background in restaurant management but was seeking to become a financial adviser. To further complicate matters, his most recent experience was as a school administrator. He was, however, an MBA student with coursework and project experience in finance. I wanted the first item the employer saw in his experience section to be finance-related, so I listed "MBA Student" first, with bullet points about his finance-related activities. Another client had 30 years of experience in the IT field but really wanted to be a park ranger. His most recent paid experience was in IT, but he had rich volunteer experience in the environmental, nature, and outdoors areas. So, we listed his volunteer experience first on his resume.
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Going into a job interview is difficult enough, but trying to figure out the meaning behind some questions just adds to the anxiety of job-hunting.
Sometimes seemingly simply questions will have "hidden" agendas, but more often than not, the interviewer is trying to gauge your true interest in the company and what value you can bring to its workforce.
If asked, "Why do you want to work here?", that's a perfect opportunity to show the firm you've done your homework. The interviewer wants details -- how does this company stand apart from its competitors, what new products or services are they offering -- and this is the moment to shine by having well-researched answers ready to deliver. If possible, mention something you are particularly familiar with about the firm that you can link directly to your own work experience and talents.
Even when asked the inevitable "What are your strengths?", find something in your own background that shows the particular talents you bring to this company's table. Put your strongest qualities into the context of what this prospective employer does and how they meet the company's goals.
Then there's the flip side: "What are your weaknesses?" For years, people have been counseled to envelope their "weakness" in an answer that actually makes it sound like a strength. But job interviewers have heard them all, and those answers tend to sound hollow these days. Rather, choose a time when you had to face a significant challenge or adversity -- without getting too personal -- and tell how you overcame that dilemma and were improved by it. Tell what you learned and how that newfound knowledge benefitted you as a professional. People who recognize their weaknesses and show they want to do better are showing a prospective employer they are willing to do their best, even if it means learning by past mistakes.
The company wants a team player and an independent worker
When you are asked whether you work better alone or in a team, what they really want to know is how you interact with others and how much direction you need when you're assigned to work by yourself.
If you use time alone well, are you able to keep your boss posted on your progress at reasonable intervals? Are you good at brainstorming in a group, the one who comes up with rapid-fire ideas? Or are you the person who is likely to mold them into a collaborative effort to find a solution for the challenge at hand? Either alone or in a team, you want to convey that you can interact well with co-workers at various levels of authority, but that you're a person who can be productive and come up with answers on your own as well.
Remember, an interview is a two-way street, and that's true where questions are concerned. Be sure to ask questions that show you have researched the company, and you're aware of current issues faced by the firm and the industry it's in. You need to show an interest in the company if you want them to show an interest in you.
Don't underestimate the power of a cover letter. When well written, attractively designed and customized for the recipient, a cover letter is a powerful tool that can practically scream "Interview this candidate immediately!"
But when they are thrown together using little to no consideration, personalization or creativityas cover letters often are -- the letter is as ineffective in the job hunt as a blank sheet of paper.
"This is a major misstep when job searching," say Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark, co-authors of "Cover Letter Magic." "You should take advantage of every opportunity there is to stand out from other candidates."
Enelow and Kursmark also say that writing a cover letter can be more fun than job seekers realize. "With the right perspective and a positive attitude, you'll find that it affords you great flexibility. There is no one set format in which they must be written. There is no one style in which they must be presented. In fact, there are very few rules at all; and because they are so flexible, cover letters allow you to positively present just those skills, qualifications, achievements and credentials you want to bring to the recipient's immediate attention."
There are a variety of ways job seekers can get creative with their cover letters and bring them to life in ways they never considered. In their book, Enelow and Kursmark suggest a few of these techniques:
You don't understand. You updated your résumé, you're applying to jobs every day, you've cleaned up your digital dirt and you network every day. Yet here you still are on the unemployment list. What is wrong with employers?
Unfortunately, many job seekers don't stop to consider the fact that the problem might not be them. It's you.
It's a hard concept that most job seekers have trouble wrapping their heads around, but applicants frequently (and inadvertently) display signs that tell an employer that you're not the best fit for the job.
According to a 2009 CareerBuilder survey, 47 percent of employers said that finding qualified applicants is their biggest hiring challenge. When asked to identify the most valuable characteristics in new hires, employers cited multitasking, initiative and creative problem-solving.
Do you lack what employers want? Yes, there are fewer jobs and there is more competition, but are you doing everything you can? Here are 10 reasons why employers might have looked you over.
1. You lie
Any lies you tell in your job search, whether on your résumé or in an interview, will come back to haunt you. In a 2008 CareerBuilder survey, 49 percent of hiring managers reported they caught a candidate lying on their résumé; of those employers, 57 percent said they automatically dismissed the applicant. Everything you tell an employer can be discovered, so it behooves you to be honest from the get-go. If you're concerned about something in your past, invention is not the answer. Use your cover letter to tell your story, focusing on your strengths and accomplishments and explaining any areas of concern if needed.
2. You've got a potty mouth
It's certainly tempting to tell anyone who will listen how big of a (insert expletive word here) your current boss is, but a hiring manager for a new job is not that person. A 2009 CareerBuilder survey showed that 44 percent of employers said that talking negatively about current or previous employers was one of the most detrimental mistakes a candidate can make. Find a way to turn those negative things job into positives. If you can't get along with your co-workers, for example, tell the prospective employer that you're looking for a work environment where you feel like you're part of a team and your current position doesn't allow for that kind of atmosphere.
The internet is now the primary resource for people seeking employment. However, fraudsters are developed a number of online scams targeting job seekers. Louise Campbell, of the recruitment agency Robert Walters reveals how to spot the scams.
With more job seekers now using the internet to find work it was perhaps sadly inevitable that fraudsters would develop a number of online cons. However, with the right information they are easy to spot.
Check for known “red flags”
Job scams usually contain certain common “red flags” that can alert you to fraudulent jobs. These include misspellings or grammatical errors in job ads, or a contact email address that is not the primary domain of the organisation. For example, a job ad that uses a microsoft@yahoo.com email address should raise some alarm bells.
Other discernable clues that something is amiss include ads that require you to put in some form of monetary deposit before giving you access to or offering you the jobs advertised.
A legitimate job should be paying you for what you are worth, in terms of your experience and contribution – instead of expecting you to pay upfront for the career opportunity.
Be careful of jobs that request your bank account information
There are some types of job scams in which the applicant is asked to accept payment to his or her bank account. These payment-transfer scams usually involve a con artist who pretends to be an employer, and uses fake job ads to lure unsuspecting job seekers and extract personal details and information from them.
The scary thing is that such con artists can even go to the extent of stealing company logos and corporate names to convince jobseekers that they are legitimate employers.
Always be wary of jobs that request information or personal details beyond that usually contained in your resume, and as a rule of thumb, you should never give out your bank account details before landing the job.
There are a number of ways to incentivize employees. Employers use incentives to attract workers and retain talent. They may be financial based or not. The employer's responsibility is to determine what type of incentive is best, based on the workplace, industry and employee satisfaction.
Wage Incentives
Restructuring wages may be an incentive that employees appreciate based on how current wage rates compare to other employers in the industry. Wage-based incentives also take into consideration how competitive the employer's wages are in its geographic area. An example is a sign-on bonus, where employers try to recruit candidates in highly competitive fields. Being the employer of choice is sometimes translated into paying fair wages or rewarding recruits for selecting your company over another.
Performance Incentives
Rewarding employees who meet and exceed their job expectations is another incentive. Performance evaluations shed light on the employee's ability and desire to succeed in the job. Employers provide incentives to motivate high-performing employees with liberal wage increases and promotions for excellent work. Retention bonuses create a financial incentive to stay for employees who have considered resignation or retirement.
Employee Recognition Incentives
Recognizing outstanding efforts and performance is another incentive form. Events like award banquets, contests and drawings are ways to reward employees who are nominated by peers, customers and managers. Employers may plan special outings and allow employees to invite family members and friends to share their recognition. Another way to incentivize employees is to reward service for milestone anniversaries, such as 10 or 20 years with the company.
Professional Development Incentives
Providing company-paid training opportunities is an incentive designed to encourage employees to achieve professional development goals. Training prepares employees to assume more responsible roles in the organization. It has the potential to motivate employees to perform above expectations. This type of incentive is used for skill building and personal development.
Other Incentives
Offering perks like designated parking spaces, free lunches and merchandise with the employer logo are creative incentives that do not pose a big expense to the employer. Company logos can be placed on t-shirts, jackets and other apparel. These kinds of gifts also can become part of recognition events by giving special items to deserving employees.
