EVENT REPORT - Leading The Way

In today’s knowledge-based corporate scenario, the call for organisational greatness is greater than ever before. And the role of a good leader has become of prime importance. Career News found several more learnings were derived at a recently held HR events.

Aleadership crisis looms. Trust in leaders has tanked, new business challenges have sprout up virtually overnight and experienced leaders are in short supply. Moreover, there’s a pitched battle for employee talent. Today’s management leaders must be able to see their team members as "whole people" - body, heart, mind and spirit - and manage and lead accordingly.
Franklin Covey South Asia in association with Ascent online presented their training programme - "Leadership Summit Series 2011" at J.W. Marriot Hotel in Mumbai recently. The programme was led by Michael Simpson, global director, FranklinCovey and Columbia University's Executive Coaching Program along with Rajan Kaicker, executive chairman & MD, FranklinCovey India & South Asia. More than just a training event,
Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results
(a part of the Leadership Summit Series) helped leaders discover ways to inspire trust and build credibility with their people, define a clear and compelling purpose, create and align systems of success and unleash the talents and energy of a winning team. The programme took a process-oriented approach to developing great leaders who learned how to:

• define their team’s purpose and their "job to be done".

• create a strategic link between the work of the team and goals of the organisation.

• connect the work of the team to the organisation’s economic model. Kaicker said, "There is a huge talent crunch in the market today. Organisations that want to retain their best and brightest must have leaders who understand the radically new paradigm from which the knowledge worker operates." Simpson said, "India has become a hugely important force in the global economic environment. This programme addressed the core need for businesses today - effective leadership, as participants gained the ability to inspire trust, as well as the knowledge to identify and address the chronic problems that undermine success."

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Void Management When Your Team Leader leaves The Team

In a working professional's life, the working place plays a second home where he/she spends most time of his/her day. Hence, even if one person leaves the team, there is obviously a change that occurs in the team dynamics and schedules. If a new person is assigned to take over the vacant post, there are many issues to be considered with respect to work style, attitude and team compatibility. However, if it is the team leader (read:boss) who has moved on, the situation needs special attention. Career News finds the effects when your team violates.

The point to consider is that the team members are used to a particular style of leadership, and hence, the sudden transformation has to be handled in a way that does not affect the productivity of the team as well as the team chemistry. 'Our senior leaders spend a considerable amount of time and effort on succession planning for each role. In order to battle a situation as this, there should be a well-established process for meeting such demands if and when they arise,' says VP HR of country's leading system manufacturer.

The HR department has to think of the whole situation from the point of view of the employees who are still a part of that team for which the leadership has changed. From an HR's perspective, it is important that they address this issue and show the team that steps are being taken to make the transition smooth for both the parties involved. 'Team dynamics are definitely affected by people movement - more so when bosses move. However, what is important is to ensure a robust communication plan is well in place that helps in mitigating any potential issues that may arise out of such a movement,' says Head of a talent management.

The team members may have shared a different relationship with their previous boss and there is a sense of security that the team has, as they have been working with the particular person for sometime now. When the HR is more people-oriented, can they understand the true potential of the situation and take steps to help the employees to get over the situation as soon as possible.

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Millenials and Their Ruling World

A lot has been discussed about the entry of Generation Y or the Millenials into the workforce. They are a lot different from the older knowledge workers and all set to shake up offices and organizations, say experts. Career News tells you more about this charismatic bunch of professionals

The workplace is not what it used to be earlier. Prior to 1998, there were essentially three generations working together with a reasonable degree of harmony. While traditionalists, baby boomers and Gen Xers are certainly distinct and each has their pros and cons, the millennials have developed work characteristics and tendencies from doting parents, structured lives and contact with diverse people. Millennials are used to working in teams and want to make friends with people at work. MD of Kelly Services added that to effectively interact with or manage millennials, it is critical to understand what drives them and shapes the value of their generation. As they are more technology savvy, their preferred mode of communication is instant messenger followed by e-mails and phone calls. They have enjoyed close relationships with parents, teachers and mentors and open electronic access to virtually anyone. They are therefore more willing to circumvent institutional hierarchies to have their voices heard at the top by providing ‘bounded access’ to managerial levels and above through formal 'meet and greet'’ occasions or informal town hall-type meetings. Millennials need to feel that their ideas are being heard while still working within the larger organization's structure.
Today, organizations constitute a large number of a younger workforce, so a large percentage of stakeholders within organizations are millenials. It has been found that even in new age businesses, 80-90 per cent of talented workforce comprise of millenials. Although they do not have many years of experience, they certainly have great innovative ideas and energy to implement, qualities which are widely accepted by their target audience landed by director of GlobalHunt.

FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
In a challenging economy, many young workers are just thankful to have a job. But smart companies are developing strategies to maximize the potential of their entry-level employees — members of the millennial generation — to gain full value from their workforce and minimize turnover as the economy rebounds. What sets them apart at the workplace is their ‘sixth sense’ when it comes to incorporating technology to interact with the world, coupled with an expectation that organizations will moduld themselves to accommodate their needs.
So what are some of the ways through which organizations can keep them moving?

• Millennials want to look up to their leaders, learn from them and receive daily feedback. They always wish to have the leader’s best investment of time in their success.
• Focus on skills: Focus on what they are good at. This group is energetic, bright, and fearless and can multi-task better than anyone. They are technologically-savvy and are used to a 24/7 environment. Instead of complaining about the ways in which this group differs from past generations, use their strengths to your advantage.
• Provide a fun, employee-centred workplace: Millennials want to enjoy their work. They want to enjoy their workplace. Employers need to worry if the millennial employees aren’t laughing, going out with workplace friends for lunch and helping plan the next company event or committee.
• Make the work assigned to them more meaningful: Nothing turns off a millennial faster than work that has no perceived value. Leaders need to provide them with tasks that are more meaningful and have variety.
• Challenge them: Millennials want learning opportunities. They want to be assigned to projects they can learn from. A recent Randstad employee survey found that 'trying new things' was the most popular item. They are looking for growth, development and a career path.
• "This is a generation of talented people who wants to be heard and this need can be supplemented through a coaching-mentoring model. Organizations need to have credible mentors who can satisfy the impatience and curiosity levels of this workforce. The leader of the past knew how to tell, but the leader of the future will know how to ask.

The Millennials have a 'can-do' attitude about tasks at work and seek feedback about how they are performing on a regular basis – even daily. Positive and confident, millennials are ready to take on the world!

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Recruiters and Interview Sessions Are Getting Tougher Now-a-days

How many leaves do you see in the tree outside? How many people in your batch wear spectacles? How many steps have you climbed on the way to this office? Baffled? Zapped? Don't get puzzled, Career News brought the issue to let you notify about the present scenario of what is going on recruiter's mind.

Wait…there’s more. When CEO, MyInsuranceClub.com was recruiting at a premier B-school, he asked, ‘how does your institute’s logo look like?’ He adds, “The candidate must have looked at the logo a thousand times, but never really bothered to look very closely at it.

He was dumfounded ofcourse!” Yohannan didn’t stop grilling though. He asked the same candidate (who got shortlisted for five other companies) to elaborate on any one of the prospective company’s logo? “This had to be the worst interview session in that candidate’s life, as he experienced several embarrassing blanks throughout. The point I am trying to make is that, the question doesn’t need to be weird; it can be the most simple question to un-settle you and from then on, it’s anybody’s guess which way the interview can go,” adds Yohannan. You may wonder how do the answers to the above questions influence a recruiter’s decision. But clearly, we all know that they aren’t entirely insignificant because those questions are being asked by employers to gauge competencies and skills, vital for the job, right?

Dr. Shalini Sarin, director – HR, Schneider Electric India says, “Employers want to see how well the candidate can think on his/her feet. Sometimes, they just want to see if he/she gets rattled. Often, it is only to test one’s creativity or sense of humour. In creating stress and by asking a weird question, the interviewer may be testing how well the person would respond to stressful situations at the workplace.”

In a different interview setting, candidates were asked to express their opinions on the increasing significance of brain drain and Yohannan was a part of the discussion. While most candidates kept harping on the need for better facilities and the lack of government grants for research, etc to keep the best brains in our country, one of them blurted, ‘It considerably increases the marriage prospects of those who have moved abroad’ as one of the key reasons! Yohannan says, “And from there on, a very serious discussion was won over by just looking at the problem from a very non-traditional point of view. Yes, the candidate got selected!” Taxing?

It is evident that India Inc, in an endeavour to hire the best, is resorting to innovative ways of interviewing candidates and gauging their capabilities. “The people are competing across the globe today and hence, one needs to prepare oneself for handling situations, which are unknown and even of an imaginary nature, where the person’s ability and potential can be assessed and measured,” says Harpreet Kaur, senior GM and head – HR, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. The core model behind Hutchison 3 Global Services (H3GS)’s recruitment strategy is the competency-based hiring methodology, which is buffered with certain psychometric tests. In order to identify a candidate’s skills, they play a battery of audio clips of a customer call and ask the candidate for their response to that situation. Ashfaq ul Ahad, VP, recruitment, Hutchison 3 Global Services says, “This enables us to assess how the candidate will react to these situations in ‘real’ time. Another example here is a story reconstruction exercise where the candidates are given a written story about a customer’s problem. Candidates have to identify the customer’s situation and come up with a suitable response.” Ahad gives a word of caution, “Most of these programmes thrive on behaviour-based responses, which are only predictive in nature and can reasonably prove 90-92 per cent congruent on any statistical test; this means that there is an almost 8-10 per cent inherent risk in such methods.” Baffling?

For certain lateral positions at 3i Infotech, job seekers are grilled at the technical stage itself. The questions may require answers, which are technical solutions to the problem but they demand innovative thinking. In roles like training or sales, etc, the individual is required to deliver a short presentation or training module on a given topic. Certain roles, which are clientfacing require the ability to deal with pressure. Here, at 3i Infotech, the client is involved during the interview process and the candidate is put through a gruelling round of technical, business scenario questions and evaluated accordingly. Such questions bring out analytical thinking, creative abilities and crisis-handling traits, they believe. At Godrej & Boyce, they do follow unique approaches in the selection process, which is carried out for candidates. For middle to senior management recruitment and leadership development process, the selection process comprises of assessment centers based on the leadership competencies identified by the organisation. These assessment centers comprise of various tools and exercises like role plays, case studies, etc over and above the psychometric profiling. These days, recruiters refrain from asking dated questions like ‘where do you see yourself five years from now?’. Employers today want to make the most of the time in hand and you have to be prepared to shine through!

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How to Continue With Telemarketing - Summer Time Story

Browse the hitlisted secrets with Career News to enrich your telemarketing skills.

The summertime often offers a lull in activities in many businesses across the UK. We presume that since people are away taking their holidays, we should perhaps reduce our telemarketing efforts until the early Autumn. Many people complain that their sales figures or sign-ups are slow during the summer, but of course they're slower if they reduce their telemarketing campaigning!

However, you should not stop your sales campaigns just because traditionally people holidayed during the summer months. Keep the pressure on and keep the money coming in. Who can afford to have a slow summer this year? Here are our 10 reasons why you shouldn't stop telemarketing this summer.

Don't Stop 1: While the Gatekeeper Sleeps
At some point in the summer, the regular gatekeeper, the person that guards the important prospect from unnecessary distractions to making their company money, will go on holiday.

At this point, someone less well-trained, less experienced and much easier to sidestep will often be appointed to cover their summer holiday period. It's at this time, that an experienced and skilled telemarketer can make a break past the inexperienced gatekeeper and get connected to prospects that can take advantage of your summer deals.

Don't Stop 2: Never Be Forgotten
It's important to keep in touch with your prospects throughout the year. If you don't call during the summer, the chances are that some canny telemarketers from another company will slip unnoticed into your place and make the sale whilst you're away topping up the tan.

Do not give your prospect the opportunity to forget you. Sometimes it really takes persistent reminders of the benefits and values of your products/services before they will finally cave and go with you. But if you give up during the summer, that alternative telemarketer, the one that isn't afraid to call during the summer, will make the sale instead of you.

Don't Stop 3: Stand out from the Crowd
BE the stand out, the alternative telemarketer that was mentioned above. So many companies don't bother to telemarket during summer that they miss valuable opportunities to win business during the summer months. When you call your prospects, the chances are you'll be one of a very few that know how to turn summer into sales. Stand out from the crowd by calling for a chat during a long summer's day.

Don't Stop 4: We Know You're In There
Not everyone can go away for their summer holidays at the same time. The right people have to be in the office at some point during the summer. If you're lucky, the right person is at work whilst their secretary or some other gatekeeper is away for their annual trip to Majorca. Your tenacity will benefit you plenty if you can keep making contact without becoming too irritating.

Don't Stop 5: Set Up for Autumn
If you find that getting the right people to make a decision is difficult in the summer, why not set up appointments for the Autumn, or just use the time to build a relationship with the prospect. Setting up more profitable interactions with potential customers and clients later in the year isn't time wasted; it's an investment in sales at a later stage. Use the summer months to set up sales in the Autumn.

Don't Stop 6: Know Your Industry
Each industry works differently when it comes to summer holidays. The better you know your industry, the better you will understand when the best time to call will be. Some industries close their factories and offices for periods of time during the summer, so clearly, that's a black out period for your telemarketers. Don't waste time calling businesses that are closed for their summer holidays!

Don't Stop 7: Their Summer is Slack
Let's face it; some businesses do experience a slower summer. So that means when they're not taking their vacation, there's a lot of people sitting around in offices wishing they were somewhere else, or at least that it would stop raining.

If you can call during this time, you can bring a little merriment back to their office. Don't go straight for the sell, just have a chat, build rapport, work on the relationship, you can always call back during the Autumn if you feel that now's not the right time to sell them something. But using your experienced telemarketers, you'll know the difference and use the prospect's slack summer as an advantage to you.

Don't Stop 8: People are Ready to Receive
This is the prime time to build rapport with people. Call on a sunny summer morning and you'll be much more likely to build a relationship with the person at the other end of the phone. People are relaxed, they're happier because of the sun and they feel more positively. Also, because it's sunny outside, and they'd like to be outside, they're more likely to consider your phone call a break from their daily routine.

Don't call in the afternoon, many people leave earlier or start focusing on the 5pm bolt for the door.

Don't Stop 9: Who Can Afford A Summer Holiday?
You may have noticed that there's been a catastrophic global economic crisis. Well, who can afford to close down for the summer any more? Get calling, people are much less likely to take long summer breaks this year, most people are broke! This is the perfect time to make someone's day by telling them precisely how you can make things better for their business.

Don't Stop 10: Invest in Training
If you really can't make the dots connect this summer, it is still a fantastic opportunity to train your telemarketing staff. During the slow period, invest in training your staff and then unleash them refreshed and renewed as the Autumn begins.

Recruirements and Qualities for Cracking a Telemarketing Jobs

There are plenty number of employment classifieds that contavins job advertisements and claim that telemarketers, work from home also capable of earning enough or more money than individuals working in the call center. There are few that promise earning prospective of thousands in very first week. It is very sensible to be skeptical in such situations, but the question still prevails, The qualities and criteria for online telemarketing jobs. Here, in Career News, you could get some of them in brief.

There are actual online telemarketing job prospects and for lot of populace, working from home for telemarketing job is a nice way to earn money, only if blended with the right combination of quality support and products. But, these jobs are not available in abundance.

The quality work that should be obtained from these jobs is a bit difficult and you should be able to identify the right one from thousands of fake clones. If you are planning to work in this sector, then it must be remembered that this sector may demand investment of significant time as well as effort in search of few legitimate opportunities. The bad instances are hard difficult to discern from good ones and just anything from poor parent organization stretching bad products accompanied with little support for clearing scams.

Factors to consider
Another important factor that should be considered are the skills required for working in online telemarketing jobs are very identical to those needed for performing the same job from call center. It requires two important points, the services offered by the company, knowledge of the products and also the communication skills for doing the job. Many classified job marketers assure that online telemarketing jobs offer more money as compared to call center.

Others also assure that you may even earn huge in the very first week itself. It is wise to be skeptical of these types of claims, but is there really scope for online telemarketing jobs?

Skills required
These skills comprise of sales office, lead generation, customer service, prospecting, order taking, communication, cold calling and endearing phone personality and of course customer relationship management software. Besides from having all the above skills and qualities, flexibility should be considered while pursuing online telemarketing jobs. You should make use of all the resources in order to be successful.

Advantages of online marketing jobs
Actually there are jobs. For a large population online telemarketing jobs are an excellent way to earn money, if blended with quality support and products. However, these jobs are not available in abundance. Good quality of work is not easy to find by simply sitting at home and must be identified from majority of fake specimens.

Individuals desiring to work in this sector will have to spend extreme efforts and time looking for authentic and valid opportunities. The poor examples are difficult to distinguish from extremely good ones and can be anything with parent company performing poorly stretching bad items with small support in order to clear scams. In spite of the relaxed surroundings available while working online, it is mandatory to maintain and posses discipline and skills demanded by the job.

Are You Suited For Drilling Engineering Jobs And Subsea Jobs?

Drilling engineering jobs constitute the majority of jobs that most people see as being the type of work oil workers are involved in. Most people harbour the impression of petroleum companies as only doing one thing ' digging wells for oil and gas. In some ways this is true, while in others it is not quite so true. While it is true that drilling wells for oil and gas form a core part of the business of petroleum companies, extracting those precious resources from below the earth and bringing it up, these companies would not be able to function without the many thousands of supporting workers in logistics, technical support, engineering, geology, and other vital departments. Sort out your career path with Career News.

Nevertheless, drilling engineering jobs are among the more important jobs to be found in an petroleum company, and you might find yourself interested in becoming employed in such a capacity. If you are, then here are some things you can consider to determine if you are suited for drilling engineering jobs or not.

Drilling engineering jobs are involved with anything that has to do with the process of drilling a well and then putting the machinery down to extract the oil or gas below. This is not a simple process, by any means, and involves hundreds of details from planning for a well to be drilled to arranging for the required machinery and equipment to be transported to the drilling site.

Another possibility you should consider are subsea jobs involving drilling. Petroleum companies extract oil and gas from both the land and below the ocean, and while land-based drilling engineering jobs are challenging, subsea jobs are even more so. This is the part of drilling for oil that involves in the oil rigs that you so often see in movies.

Subsea jobs are made more challenging by the fact that drilling must be carried out from huge floating platforms on the surface of the ocean, while the drills extend down to the ocean floor and further below that. The challenges that workers in subsea jobs face are markedly different from those working in land-based jobs.

The sea is often unpredictable and treacherous, and sudden storms can spell disaster for those working on board floating oil rigs. Seawater is also extremely corrosive for metal, and the machinery and equipment on board oil rigs require more rigorous monitoring and maintenance than those used on land. The job of surveying the earth for oil and gas deposits is also made more difficult by the seawater separating people on the platform and the ocean floor.

If you relish a challenge, however, and are not afraid to work in a strange and unfamiliar environment, then you should definitely consider subsea jobs. You will find yourself involved with building and maintaining drills underwater, constructing underwater pipelines to transport oil and gas to refineries, and dealing with other work that needs to be done below the surface of the waves.

So if you are a person who likes being challenged and also has a love for the sea, then subsea jobs are perfect for you. If you would like to be involved in drilling, but do not wish to work on an oil rig, then you can simply apply for drilling engineering jobs on land instead.
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Success in Sales - The 5 Steps To Go

It's a common question we come across everyday: why is business getting more difficult now? Well, it all starts with your company's sales competencies. The strange thing is that many companies spend lots of money and time training its people how to sell their products but not how to sell. Walk along with Career News and be the almighty in sales jobs.

Avoid the sales peaks and troughs experienced by the average salesperson by building an individual selling system that will guarantee you results'

Step 1: Goals
Without clearly defined goals, measured over a specific time frame, you will achieve very little. When setting your goals consider your income, lifestyle and requirements. First aim to improve your last years' income by a specific amount, or, if you are new to sales, aim to achieve as close to the top sales person in your team as you can.

Step 2: Prospecting
The level of success achieved by salespeople will always be determined by the number of customers self generated, that is other than floor traffic or telephone enquiries generated by your advertising.
Put a system in place to regularly find new customers from referrals, past customers etc.
Build up your database of loyal customers that you can sell time after time.

Step 3: Qualifying
Qualifying is the factor, which has the greatest impact on the management of your time. You have to become skilled in sorting prospects. The greatest stress in your career will come from working with unqualified prospects, be it someone who refuses to buy at a fantastic price or someone who is not ready, willing and able to buy at all.

Step 4: The Sales Process
The key to a successful sale is the ability to build rapport and trust with each customer.
Meet, greet and build rapport, settle them on a model, garment or product to demonstrate.
All the time check by asking trial-closing questions then asks for their business.
Remember to sell the benefits of your product speaking in their own linguistic modality. For example talking to an auditory person about a car engine you would say.
'Listen to that engine, doesn't it sound great?'' Or to a visual person your could say, 'You see how smooth that engine is''

Step 5: Follow up
This is the first step to the next sale to your customer or to obtaining referrals from them' First a thank you letter, then a 7 day follow up call followed by a call at least every 9 days. This will ensure a steady stream of referrals' All you have to do is ask

Remember' Do what you most fear to do, and you will have the results you most want to have'

Success Keys for Job Seekers at Interview Panel

Even though the recession is finally packing up its bags and leaving us to rebuild our economy, much of its impact is still being felt. Competition is still fierce and many people are considered to be lucky if they even get as far as the interview stage. Follow up Career News and crack the dream job you are looking for.

However, if you're one of the few who have been lucky enough to bag an interview, the chances are you'll be a little nervous about how you can make the most of the time you have to really sell yourself to your would-be employer. Thankfully, there are plenty of things you can do to give yourself that little bit of edge which will hopefully make you shine above the rest.

First of all, you should know your own job inside out. Whatever it is you're applying for your interviewers will be more impressed the more you know about it. Even better, if you read up about the company you are applying to and show an awareness of their history and current standing in the market you will prove that you are enthusiastic to be an employee.

Preparation is key for interviews. There are a myriad of books and websites out there that will help you enormously when it comes to anticipating the types of questions you will be asked during an interview. After all, when it comes down to it, most interviews are similar in that the questions you are asked are set to assess how well you fare when it comes to key skills, such as problem solving, leadership and teamwork.

The best way to prepare for these questions - particularly the "tell me about a time when you'" ones - is to come up with answers beforehand. Countless individuals have gone into interviews containing these questions unprepared and ended up floundering when asked to recall a moment they went all out to ensure a disgruntled client walked away happy.

If you can't reel it off right away, work out your answers beforehand. That way, your interview will continue smoothly and it will become apparent that you have done your homework. This approach will show your interviewers that you are willing to prepare, work hard and excel when it comes to the work itself.

Finally, don't despair if you don't end up getting the job. More and more are opening up every day and, if you want help finding them, you can apply to a recruitment agency as well as check listings on the internet to help you on your search.

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Secrets To Crack Landing Seasonal Jobs & Temporary Employment

The title of this article may be a little bit deceiving. There really is no "secret" to securing great seasonal jobs and temporary employment, but there is a healthy dose of common sense and assertiveness recommended for landing temporary employment over the winter months. Share the following factors with Career News.

When to look
If you're shopping for a part-time holiday gig without any leads or connections, then the sooner you start looking, the better. That is, unless you you're prepared to wrap up and pass out TV dinners and paper towel greeting cards to your family and friends again this year. Trust us, frozen Salisbury steak makes a worse present than socks and David Hasselhoff CDs.

To beat the rush, start (and hopefully finish) your search before Nov. 1. Remember, if you're a high school student, hungry college students will be arriving home to snatch up jobs for Winter Break. And if you're a college student nervous that high school students will grab all the good jobs, it's best to rely on your connections. This advice actually works for everybody: Check in with some of your previous summer job and part-time employers to see if they can squeeze you in the schedule. Since you've previously worked there, they won't have to spend time and money on training, making you more attractive than a newbie employee.

Where to look
Not only are there more jobs during the November and December holiday season, but there is also greater flexibility, as holiday shopping hours have businesses opening earlier and closing later. Here are some of the industries that get hot when it gets cool outside:

Retail
This is a no-brainer. People buy more stuff during the holiday months. And they buy it at stores. Hence, more employees are needed. This is where you come in! Whether you want to refold shirts just yards from the mall food court or restock the aisles of your local toy store, the possibilities are endless. Stores such as Michaels, Party City, Toys "R" Us, Target, Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond will all certainly be hiring extra workers this season. Be sure to ask potential employers if they offer an employee discount; you might be able to save on holiday shopping without having to be cheap!


Restaurants
Holiday foot traffic picks up at both fast food joints, such as Wendy's and McDonald's, as well as casual dining eateries, including Romano's Macaroni Grill and The Cheesecake Factory. Not only are people grabbing bites on-the-go between shopping stops, but they're meeting up with family and friends. And when you're spending days slaving in the kitchen on the year's most anticipated home-cooked meals, you need a break from the potato peeler and the turkey baster at some point. Since restaurants are open later than your typical businesses, there's added flexibility in the hours. And if you're eligible for an employee discount, free or discounted grub will help you afford grabbing gifts for the grandparents and second cousins on your list.

The North Pole
We don't mean this literally. But the truth is that the holiday season offers many rare job opportunities that aren't available the rest of the year; that is, unless we missed the shopping mall Santa fly fishing in the department store fountain in the middle of July. From the aforementioned Kris Kringle impersonators and his assistants to Christmas tree lot workers and gift wrappers, there's a veritable holiday buffet of unique jobs to try out. And don't forget Santa's real-world sleigh - check out FedEx jobs and other couriers with extra hiring needs during the gift-giving season.

Will you keep the job?
When the Christmas trees hit the curb and the school starts back up, there's a decision to be made. Granted, some seasonal jobs are just that - temporary gigs undertaken with mutual understanding that you'll be unemployed when the holidays are over. But with many jobs, you may have the opportunity to stay on the staff in some capacity. Here is some advice: No matter which of the two situations you find yourself in, and what decision you make, keep the door open for returning to the job down the road. Be open, honest and respectful of your employer. And the next time you're looking for a seasonal gig, you might be able to come back.

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Drilling Engineering and Subsea Jobs : Check Your Career Suitability

Jobs like Drilling engineering compose the majority of jobs that most people look as being the workers of oil industries involved in. Many try to maintain the impression of petroleum companies as only doing one thing like digging wells for oil and gas only. This could be true, in some way, while in others it is not quite so. Drilling wells for oil and gas form are the core part of the business of petroleum companies, extracting those precious resources from below the earth and bringing it up, these companies would not be able to function without the many thousands of supporting workers in logistics, technical support, engineering, geology, and other vital departments. Harbor the Drilling Engineering with Career News and grab the creer graph of this striking industry.

Nevertheless, drilling engineering jobs are among the more important jobs to be found in an petroleum company, and you might find yourself interested in becoming employed in such a capacity. If you are, then here are some things you can consider to determine if you are suited for drilling engineering jobs or not. Drilling engineering jobs involves with something that has to do with the process of drilling a well and then putting the machinery down to extract the oil or gas below. This is not a simple process at all, any means and processes involve in it, and hundreds of details from planning for a well to be drilled to arranging for the required machinery and equipment to be transported to the drilling site.

Another possibility you should consider are subsea jobs involving drilling. Petroleum companies extract oil and gas from both the land and below the ocean, and while land-based drilling engineering jobs are challenging, subsea jobs are even more so. This is the part of drilling for oil that involves in the oil rigs that you so often see in movies. Subsea jobs are much challenging enough. The fact that drilling must be carried out from huge floating platforms on the surface of the ocean, while the drills extend down to the ocean floor and further below that. The challenges that workers in subsea jobs face are markedly different from those working in land-based jobs.

The sea is often unpredictable and treacherous, and sudden storms can spell disaster for those working on board floating oil rigs. Seawater is also extremely corrosive for metal, and the machinery and equipment on board oil rigs require more rigorous monitoring and maintenance than those used on land. The job of surveying the earth for oil and gas deposits is also made more difficult by the seawater separating people on the platform and the ocean floor. If you relish a challenge, however, and are not afraid to work in a strange and unfamiliar environment, then you should definitely consider subsea jobs. You will find yourself involved with building and maintaining drills underwater, constructing underwater pipelines to transport oil and gas to refineries, and dealing with other work that needs to be done below the surface of the waves.

So if you are thinking to take up being challenged and so has a love for the sea, then subsea job is just perfect for you. If you would like to get involved in drilling, but do not wish to work on an oil rig, then you can go for drilling engineering jobs on land instead.

Empower your Career Graph Grabbing a Sales Job

All over the United Kingdom there is a person with something to sell; there is also a person wanting to purchase that same item. The holdup tends to be connecting the seller with the buyer. This is where the exciting world of sales enters the picture. Lets follow the way Career News has brought the issue of information regarding getting The Sales Jobs in the UK.

Whether you have sales experience or are choosing to enter the world of sales with no previous experience you can find an exciting and often time lucrative position. How can you find that perfect position? Begin by looking in the employment section of a newspaper or go on the internet searching for "sales jobs in the UK". You will find links to a variety of websites that will provide leads to finding the perfect position for you.

You have found the position or positions you want to pursue, but now you want to stand out in the crowd. Follow the tips below to land this sale.

- Be persistent?a good salesperson doesn't give up if there isn't an immediate yes. Follow up with a phone call, note mailed to the person selecting the interviewees, and email a follow up reminding them of your qualities. A good line to place in the call, email or note would be "I will work just as hard for your company as I did to obtain this position".

- Do your homework on the company. Find out their sales records, learn about their products or services, find out their largest competitor, and any other information that may give you an upper hand against the competition for the open position.

- Have your CV customized to the area of sales you are pursuing.
- Document your achievements that show you can pursue a goal and recognition.
- Know your philosophy of selling before you arrive for your interview.
- Practice your story of your biggest sale. Capture their interest.
- Know ahead of time if you are willing to begin at entry level. If so, let the company know.
- Be consistent.
- Don't tell stories that are too personal.
- Remember to smile. It is important that you show yourself comfortable and approachable.

Sales jobs can include retail sales, call centers, and traveling to customer locations. To be successful you need to develop relationships with your customers and sales leads, remain approachable and deliver excellent customer service at all times. With consistent work and a positive outlook, you can enjoy the benefits of your hard work.