Ultimate RSS and Mailing List Guide Updates for the Israeli Job Seeker

Ultimate RSS and Mailing List Guide Updates for the Israeli Job Seeker 2 Following your Israeli job listings by email or rss subscriptions? Here are some changes for you. New to the Ultimate List of Mailing Lists Avoid Jobnews mailing list Moti of Jobnews.co.il contacted me about his site. At first glance, it appears to be a free alternative to AllJobs. I signed up for their newsletter and waited. I'm still waiting. Since the subscription confirmation email, no other messages have arrived from Jobnews in over 2 months. However, I have begun receiving spam from another site, the resume writing service of mbcv.co.il. After looking around both sites and Googling them, I became suspicious of a connection and emailed Moti about them. Until he or someone else over there replies with a credible explanation, Jobnews.co.il has been added to the mailing lists to avoid.eval Check out the Ultimate List of Mailing Lists for Your Israeli Job Search… New to the Ultimate RSS Feed Collection Avoid Jobnews rss feed too Incidentally, Jobnews.co.il also has an rss feed of recent additions to their database. Added to the Ultimate RSS Feed Collection after I discovered the feed, I've now removed it.eval Although subscribing to an rss feed is less dangerous than email from a spam point of view, why would a company with shady email practices stop there? The Jobnews rss feed leads to job listings with links for you to submit a contact email address and upload a resume. Who knows where your email address and resume will end up? I don't recommend using the site at all, but if you decide to do so anyway, at least use these resume posting tips. Kehillaton Kehillaton is a global directory of Jewish-oriented websites. There are rss feeds for every country in the database. The Kehillaton Israel jobs rss feed that I've added to our collection filters the job postings for you from Kehillaton's Israel-based listings. The rss feed only shows recent postings, but Kehillaton also has a free search here so you can sort through their entire job listings database. The removal of Jobnews and the addition of Kehillaton have also been made to the JobMob Bloglines account. Or you can just download and import the JobMob opml file to your feed reader to take into account the changes. More in the Ultimate RSS Feed Collection for Israeli Job Seekers… Reminder Just starting your Israeli job search? Or perhaps you're in a job search lull? Maybe you should try a JobMobber Profile.

Expand Your Network in 30 Minutes or Less

Expand Your Network in 30 Minutes or Less Marilyn Feldstein, M.P.A., MBTI, PHR, is the owner of Career Choices Unlimited, a career coaching firm she established in 2000 after leaving a corporate career. Feldstein is a certified Job and Career Transition Coach who has helped hundreds of people find new jobs or advance their careers. She believes that networking is the most important career skill you’ll ever master. So much so that she delivers workshops on networking dozens of times a year. She was the speaker at the August 19 meeting of the CareerSource Northeast Florida Professional Network., where she helped attendees learn how to expand their network in 30 minutes or less. Feldstein says most job seekers struggle with networking. “We all have a deep need to feel connected with other people,” Feldstein says. “But we also have a deep fear of rejection. That’s what keeps some of us â€" even those who are successful and confident â€" from making the effort to get out and meet new people.” Feldstein is a self-taught networker who built a system of meeting and connecting with people out of necessity. She’s an introvert (something you’d never know when you meet her at an event) and the idea of entering a room of strangers was terrifying to her at one time. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ojmq-LYGQENs_z9UEPtnwQ',sig:'EMlkWYILMKYndnH9JU0kbxef7NyEvtp_SFTCq_YDdYk=',w:'355px',h:'483px',items:'stk313126rkn',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); “Everyone’s nervous about meeting new people,” she says. “We’re worried that we won’t know what to say; we’re worried about looking foolish.” Feldstein’s presentation will focus on two skills she uses to transform a career transition: meeting and connecting with new people and doing informational interviews. I’ve written about informational interviews before, and how a 20 or 30-minute, informal meeting can give you advice, information and valuable job leads. Feldstein coaches her clients on how to find contacts in any company and ask for a meeting. “Many times, my clients hear that they’re the only candidate who reaches out personally. They almost always get a meeting; people are intrigued by someone with the confidence to ask for a face-to-face conversation.” Feldstein says that if someone can schedule six to twelve meetings, she guarantees transformational change. She cites the case of an introverted client who dreaded the process, but made a good faith effort to set six informational interviews. Although the intent of an informational interview is not the same as a job interview, her client received an offer in her third meeting. She didn’t accept it, but her confidence level soared, and she went on to find a great new position. The key to networking is to take a few minutes to find what you have in common. It might be your industry connections, your hobbies, or where you went to school. Once you find that connection, you’re no longer strangers, and even that small commonality can make a big difference. In his book Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don’t, Jeffrey Pfeffer writes: “Participants in an experiment who believed that they shared a birthday with another person were almost twice as likely to read an eight-page English essay and provide a one-page critique the next day. In a second study, people who believed they shared the same first name as the requestor donated twice as money when asked to give to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.” Finding common ground with new people is a powerful way to increase your visibility and influence, and it only takes a few hours each week to build a strong network. Marilyn Feldstein presents techniques that work and lets her audience practice them on one another. You can find out more about her workshops and coaching here.

How To Use Pinterest To Build Your Personal Brand And Land Your Dream Job

How To Use Pinterest To Build Your Personal Brand And Land Your Dream Job Since it burst onto the social media scene in 2011, Pinterest has developed a reputation for being the go-to site for women planning imaginary weddings, having imaginary babies and decorating imaginary dream houses. While it’s true that the vast majority of pins have to do with cooking, crafts, decorating and fashion, and that the site users skew heavily toward women (almost 80 percent of all users are female), Pinterest is more than just a place to find the perfect dessert recipe or 1,001 ways to wear a scarf. Case in point: Pinterest can actually be an important tool for jobseekers, as it can be invaluable for building a personal brand. In short, what appears to be a collection of beautiful images could in fact be your ticket to your dream job. Start at the Beginning: All About You Have you ever looked at your Pinterest profile page? If not, you may not realize that every Pinterest user can add a photo, short personal description, and links to their personal blog or website, and Facebook and Twitter profiles.   When someone clicks on your profile, he or she can see all of this information and connect with you outside of Pinterest. Why would you want to do this? Because Pinterest profiles are searchable, and potential employers will most likely find your profile when (not if, when) they search for you online before making a hiring decision. You can change your profile settings so that search engine like Google will ignore it when returning search results,   but why not take the opportunity to enhance your personal brand? When your Pinterest profile is in line with the image that you’ve presented elsewhere and shows your commitment to your career and your brand, it can only help you. It’s All In What You Pin Chances are an employer isn’t going to care too much about the slow cooker recipes you want to try or how you want to arrange your living room furniture. Still, they may scan the boards you’ve created to get a better idea of your personality and how you will fit within the organization. For that reason, create a few boards that demonstrate your commitment to your career. A few ideas: A credentials board. Consider turning your standard narrative resume into a visually appealing infographic, and pinning it with a link to your LinkedIn profile. Highlight your degrees by posting a link to your school or a news article announcing your graduation. Pin photos of events you participated in, links to awards you’ve won and anything else that highlights your accomplishments. An educational board. Show off your knowledge and pride in your school. Pin a link to your graduate program, as well as the conferences, events or lectures that you attended that expanded your mind. Consider adding a board containing the career-related books that you read or infographics related to your career. A goals board. What do you hope to accomplish in your life? If you want to earn a MSCRIM degree, pin images from the program you want to attend. If you want to reach a certain position, post the job description. Don’t be afraid to include goals that aren’t necessarily career-related, such as running a marathon, but that require some hard work and dedication. Employers want well-rounded individuals, so use your Pinterest boards as a means to share your interests as well as your career accomplishments. A Few Warnings As helpful as Pinterest can be in building a positive personal brand, it can also detract from it. If an employer visits your profile and sees nothing but posts containing profanity, controversial political or religious statements, or potentially offensive images, your application could be tossed in the trash before you’ve even had an interview. To prevent creating a negative impression: Take advantage of Pinterest’s secret boards. If you want to pin images or links that could be possibly offensive, like that e-card peppered with profanity, pin it to a secret board that only you and the users you select can see. Check your links. While Pinterest does an admirable job keeping the site free of spam or potentially harmful links, sometimes things slip through the cracks. Before repinning any content, check the destination link to ensure it doesn’t actually lead to something harmful or offensive. Think before you pin. Ask yourself whether you would want to have a conversation about the pin in a job interview. If the answer is no, use a secret board or keep scrolling. Pinterest may not be the most obvious choice for jobseekers looking to build a personal brand, but it can be a useful tool to augment your efforts in other areas. Take some time to develop a profile and presence on the site, and give potential employers greater insight into who you are and what makes you tick. 11

How to Plan a Wedding When Your Schedule Is Already Packed

How to Plan a Wedding When Your Schedule Is Already Packed If you’re trying to manage a career, you know that planning a wedding isn’t exactly going to make your life easier. Planning a wedding takes dozens of hours, if not hundreds, and trying to fit that into your already-busy schedule can be a nightmare. Fortunately, there are some strategies you can use to plan your wedding effectively, no matter how many other things you’re trying to juggle. Pick a Future Date (and Start Planning Early) Your first and best strategy is to pick a date for the wedding as far in the future as possible. Depending on you and your fiancé’s plans, this may be easy or difficult to accommodate. If you’re excited to get married, you may be tempted to choose a sooner date, but the more time you give yourself, the less stress you’re going to experience. Even if you choose a date a year in the future, don’t delay planning the wedding; start planning immediately, even if you do it in bits and pieces. Every step you take now is a step you won’t have to take when the wedding gets closer. Schedule Just 15 Minutes a Day If your schedule is overloaded with work and other commitments, you may find it difficult to find time to plan the wedding. Most people try to schedule a day to knock everything out at once, but this approach can stress you out even furtherâ€"and make it more difficult to accomplish everything. Instead, try scheduling just 15 minutes a day to focus on the wedding. Most people can find 15 minutes, whether that means canceling one small daily obligation, waking up a little earlier, or going to bed a little later. During those 15 minutes, don’t focus on anything else; just try to accomplish one specific goal for your wedding. Choose the Right Online Registry Finding an online registry and registering your items is an especially time-consuming process, but it goes much faster if you rely on a multipurpose online registry like Amazon, which gives you an enormous selection of potential products, and is convenient for your entire guest list. The right choice can easily shave hours off your planning time, and be more convenient for your guests as well. Rely on Friends and Family Members Though you might like the idea of having the final say on everything and remaining in control of the situation, it’s important to realize that you don’t have to plan everything yourself. Your friends, family members, and especially your fiancé will be willing to help. It may take time to explain your intentions, set ground rules for what others can and can’t plan, and review others’ work so they fit the grander theme, but you’re going to save time in the long run. Try to delegate things that aren’t as important to your grand vision, like the table decorations, or the type of chairs for the venue. Opt for All-in-One Solutions While planning a wedding, you’ll be in contact with multiple specialist vendors, but some vendors will inevitably be able to offer multiple products and services at once. For example, you might find that a venue also offers live entertainment, saving you the step of booking a separate act. As much as possible, consolidate the services you’re going to use; it will save you research time initially, and save you time every time you have to follow up with your reservations or have a question to ask. Plus, you’ll likely run into fewer coordination hiccups. Hire a Wedding Planner Though it will add to the total cost of your wedding, don’t write off the possibility of hiring a wedding planner. These are professionals who are dedicated to making the wedding planning process as seamless as possible. They’ll be able to offer you plenty of options, do the hard work for you, and keep everything organized so you don’t have to worry about it. Planning a wedding doesn’t have to be a job on top of your current career responsibilities and goals. This is one of the most significant events of your life, and it should be fun rather than a frustrating chore. The more time you give yourself, the more proactive you are with scheduling time to plan, and the more you delegate to other people, the less hectic the planning process will beâ€"and the less it will interrupt your brilliant career plans.

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Interview Super Prep That Wins the Job - Pathfinder Careers

Interview Super Prep That Wins the Job - Pathfinder Careers Interview Super Prep That Wins the Job Interview super prep is taking what normal people do to prepare for an interview… and put it on steroids. Will you use all of the knowledge that you gain in the interview? Possibly not. But what you do gain is one thing: CONFIDENCE. Remember that adage that knowledge is power? It’s true in this interview super prep situation as well. When you take the time to review a target company’s complete profile, you will be much better versed to speak to virtually anything. I’m not saying you need to remember everything, but even glossing over some recent things can prove to be helpful fodder in the interview conversation itself. Consider this important interview super prep points as ways you can be ready for your big interview: Review the company’s website inside and out, you will have a better grasp of what they are all about. Make sure to really get to know the vision statement! Skim news articles that mention the company, you can bring information up in the interview and highlight it. Search for articles written by company employees, you can build emotional connections with the people working at the company. Root out the press releases on the company’s media site, you have an idea of what is important to them. Scan social media posts about the company, you can gain insights about how they engage their customers. Read the LinkedIn profiles of people who work at the company, you can get some perspective of the type of culture at this target company. Speak to your contacts, they oftentimes can share insider information on what the hiring managers really want out of this position. As the saying goes: “The more you know”…    in the case of interview super prep, the more you know can make the difference as to whether you get the job or not. Think of it from this perspective: If you can be as conversant in as many angles as possible as it relates to the company, you will ace the interview. And thats because you simply have more weapons (aka data) at your disposal. So go ahead and do the interview super prep. You wont regret it.

Numbers in a Resume

Numbers in a ResumeMany people wonder if they should write out numbers in a resume. While it is a great way to get attention and a nice sales pitch, writing out numbers can be a little difficult. If you try to type them on a calculator or your phone without a question mark, it might throw off the entire sentence.There are many situations where writing out numbers in a resume can come in handy. If you are trying to market yourself as a skillful telemarketer, you can use numbers to highlight your sales skills. You can also put down the time you worked for a construction company and explain how that translated into skills in the real world. When you put numbers in your resume, it doesn't only show what you have done in the past, but what you can do in the future.Numbers are great when you need a sales pitch. This is the best type of number to include in a resume. It will make you stand out from all the other applicants and get the employer's attention.Another use for numbers in a resume is a sales pitch. Say you wanted to buy a set of steam shovels. You could put down the price and say that they were fifteen hundred dollars. When you include numbers in your resume, the employer will be more apt to listen to you because he or she will see that you know your product or service.Numbers are also an important part of a resume if you want to give a sales pitch. In this case, you don't have to write them down. Instead, use a calculator to state the average selling price of the product you are selling.The important thing is to make sure you know the right way to format numbers. You have to be careful that you avoid using numbers too much and that you are not making your resume too boring. You don't want to be seen as being overly intellectual by your employer.Writing out numbers can also make you stand out among the other applicants. Use numbers to show you were very successful with your career. For example, you could put down your name and the number four, to show that y ou were a four-year college graduate.Numbers can also be used to show that you are qualified for the position. This is true for every job position, not just the sales jobs. If you think you are the perfect candidate for a job, you can show that by using numbers.