Waiting For the Official Job Offer

Written by Linda Matias


Atrepparttar end ofrepparttar 105032 third job interview, Helene was told byrepparttar 105033 hiring manager, "Congratulations, I am going to recommend you forrepparttar 105034 position. Expect a call from HR." Helene breathed a sigh of relief because her job search of six months was finally over.

Helene went straight home and waited byrepparttar 105035 phone all day. The phone never rang.

Asrepparttar 105036 week drew to a close, Helene began to get nervous. She hadn't heard from HR. She wondered what had happened. She convinced herself that everything was fine, thatrepparttar 105037 HR department must have been swamped. She wasn't exactly sure what would be more important than calling and welcoming her onboard, but she knewrepparttar 105038 HR department had a good reason. After all, Helene wasrepparttar 105039 most qualified candidate;repparttar 105040 hiring manager told her so.

Days went by and still Helene heard nothing. Confused byrepparttar 105041 situation, she anxiously glanced throughrepparttar 105042 Sunday morning classifieds wondering what had gone wrong.

Unfortunately, this happens to many jobseekers. They are offeredrepparttar 105043 position byrepparttar 105044 interviewer and they never hear from HR or it takes months before a firm offer is made.

But there are steps that you can take as a jobseeker to minimize your risk of being strung along by an employer.

An easy and often neglected step is to find out what comes next after each interview. Establishingrepparttar 105045 next step gives you some control overrepparttar 105046 hiring process, and helps avoidrepparttar 105047 guessing game. Make it a point to leave each interview with a clear understanding of what you are supposed to do and whatrepparttar 105048 hiring manager is supposed to do.

E-mail, fax, or snail mail a follow-up letter thankingrepparttar 105049 interviewer forrepparttar 105050 job offer and that you are looking forward to hearing fromrepparttar 105051 HR department. Sending a note stresses torepparttar 105052 interviewer what you heard and if there was any confusion on your part, compelsrepparttar 105053 interviewer to contact you and addressrepparttar 105054 misunderstanding.

You Can't Afford To Be In Business

Written by Bob Osgoodby


You Can't Afford To Be In Business by Bob Osgoodby

We've all heardrepparttar old saying "Penny Wise and Pound Foolish". It never ceases to amaze me that someone will join an income opportunity program, but not effectively promote it and scout out new customers. Most people join programs of this type to generate income, and they pay a monthly fee to be involved.

They first might try allrepparttar 105031 free advertising available, and that may or may not generate some income. However, they are usingrepparttar 105032 "tried and true", but very "tired" ads supplied byrepparttar 105033 affiliate, and wonder why they don't do better.

Then they try some paid ads usingrepparttar 105034 same tired ad copy in newsletters, ezines and on web sites with similar results. At this point, they might do one of two things, and sometimes both. The first is they discount this type of advertising as not being effective, and/or quitrepparttar 105035 affiliate program. After a program gets saturated, thousands of people have used these affiliate supplied ads, and potential customers have seen them a "jillion" times. Once an ad gets "tired", it is a waste of time and money to continue using it.

However, many people rely on ezine advertising to sell these affiliate programs that others are failing at, and do very well. So what are they doing to be successful?

They do not just post an ad, and wait forrepparttar 105036 dollars to arrive in their mailbox. They have not fallen into what is referred to as "the earn while you sleep" trap. You know, you throw up a few ads onrepparttar 105037 web, and at night people all overrepparttar 105038 world are sending you their hard earned money. They realize that like anything else, if they are to succeed, they have to work at it.

The first thing they do is write some original ad copy, and back it up with their own web site. Withrepparttar 105039 cost of registering a site AND a full year of web hosting for about $35, (see http://bitshack.com) which is probably less than their monthly fee torepparttar 105040 affiliate program, this is a must.

They next seek out newsletters or ezines, whose subscribers fall into their general target market. There, they place their rewritten ads and keep them going. It takes usually 5 to 7 exposures to an ad to get someone's attention. The really successful keep their ads in front of potential customers on a regular basis.

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