Waiting For the Official Job Offer

Written by Linda Matias


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If you haven't heard fromrepparttar employer in a timely fashion, call to reiterate your interest inrepparttar 105032 position. Here's an example of an effective follow-up call: "Thank you for your time and for a very informative interview last week. Based on our last discussion, you are seeking an Executive Assistant who can effectively serve as a corporate liaison, manage administrative affairs, and support organizational goals. After a series of interviews, you were enthusiastically going to recommend me forrepparttar 105033 position but I have yet to hear fromrepparttar 105034 Human Resources department. The Widget Corporation is my #1 choice and I am very interested in joining your team. Unfortunately, I will be forced to consider other options if I don't receive an offer in writing by Friday at noon."

By providing a timeline you create a sense of urgency and putrepparttar 105035 employer on notice that you are in demand. This may encourage them to moverepparttar 105036 process along. But only use this tactic if you really do have other options because setting a deadline that an employer is unable to meet could get you dropped from consideration.

Although I recommend that you follow-up with a phone call, don't become a nuisance and call everyday. If you reach out to an employer several times without receiving a courtesy response, stop calling and move on.

As frustrating as it may be, you must always remain professional. Keep in mind that, until you are officially hired, every conversation you have withrepparttar 105037 employer is part ofrepparttar 105038 interview process.

In conclusion, realize that a definite maybe does not qualify as a firm job offer. Therefore continue job searching until you receive an official offer. If an employer is interested in you, they will respect your time, return your phone calls, and make a concerted effort to keep you updated.

Don't waste your time waiting byrepparttar 105039 phone. You deserve more than that.

Recognized as a career expert, Linda Matias brings a wealth of experience to the career services field. She is President of CareerStrides and The National Resume Writers' Association. Visit her website at www.careerstrides.com or email her at careerstrides@bigfoot.com.


You Can't Afford To Be In Business

Written by Bob Osgoodby


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Ezine advertising is one ofrepparttar most effective, inexpensive forms of advertising available onrepparttar 105031 web. You can get your message out to thousands of prospects for a few dollars. If you can't afford to advertise like this, you can't afford to be in business.

The old "saw" that "it takes money to make money" certainly holds true when conducting a web based business. Butrepparttar 105032 beauty here is that you don't have to invest thousands to get started.

Many people trying to earn income onrepparttar 105033 web will fail, however a well thought out program will make money. Is there any "magic formula" which will guarantee success? Yes, but some are either to busy with their regular job to pursue this like a business, while others who do haverepparttar 105034 time, would rather spend it in other activities, and are simply taking a "shot" hoping to get something for little or no effort.

In order to succeed in any business, online or off, you have to give itrepparttar 105035 proper attention, and approach it in a business like fashion. And atrepparttar 105036 risk of using a "dirty word" you have to "work", and approach it like a regular job. If you hope to build an online business, you cannot sit back and hoperepparttar 105037 world will beat a path to your door - they won't. You have to promote your business to getrepparttar 105038 prospects interested in what you are trying to sell.

People will invest their hard earned money in a program, but don't take that next important step and spend a few bucks to promote it. They search out inexpensive programs to work with, and they are being "penny wise". But they don't spendrepparttar 105039 few extra dollars to promote it. That is being "pound foolish".

If you are "penny wise and pound foolish" in your approach to running any business, you will not succeed. If you approach it in a business like manner, you will achieve success. If you don't, you can't afford to be in business.



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