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Standing out at a Career Fair can make a difference in your job hunt. Job Faires are starting to pick up, and a major job search company is running some nice ones, called Targeted Job Fairs. At a SF Bay Area Job Faire in early 2010, 10 companies as showing up, and Dice has 82 career fairs scheduled for this year across the US.

How do you get to the real interviews at a Career Fair? The contention can be substantial, but you can help yourself leap out from the gang with early preparation. At AA-Careers, we have a straight-forward six-step process to get ready. Plan to go? Here’s how to prepare:

First, investigate the organizations that are going and pick your objectives. Use the web to research the companies that are there before you even decide to go. Go to their sites and see if they have their openings listed. Pick a small number to target, and get ready to spend about an hour researching each one. It’s hard to do more than ten in a day, and three to five is a much more reasonable target. For each company, you want to know: key product lines, recent news, and executive names. Try to see if you know anyone at the target companies. You should end up with a page or two of research for each company/job.

Second, if there are job postings on the web, read them to see what the organization is looking for. Create a mapping of your achievements and skills to the demands of the job. Make the language match. If the hiring organization calls customers "clients", your resume should do the same thing. The accomplishments should be written in the style of the hiring company.

Third, create a ‘thumbnail sales pitch’ for each likely company/position combination. Write down a sixty second ‘thumbnail’ that you can repeat verbally depicting why you are a good candidate for that position. You’ll use this in your resume and when you meet the team from the company at the job stall.

Fourth, modify your resume for each job type. The objective on your resume should exactly match the job you’re aiming for. The executive summary should be a written form of your “mini sales pitch” for the job. Then choose the achievements and skills that most clearly match the job description. Especially at a Job Faire, the purpose of your resume is a sales tool for you – to get you on-site job interviews. It should be a no-brainer to see that you’re a match based on your resume.

Fifth, practice your ‘mini-sales-pitch’. Collect your research and the resume for each spot - bring a couple of copies for each – and put each in a clearly marked folder. Keep them in a light briefcase or folio.

Finally, dress and prepare as if you’re doing on-site interviews. Dress nicely and be well groomed. Avoid strong cologne or perfume…use any eau de cologne or scent sparingly, if at all.

Remember to smile, and good hunting!

I hope you don’t mind my sharing these links with you from a couple weeks ago. Let me show you some sites that impacted me recently. This is simply a roundup - that I think will be useful to somebody out there.

Camping Gear

I went on a week long fishing trip last week. We were going to meet some friends up at a trail in the mountains and hike in to camp. Shopping before a camping trip is fun - especially online. We found a good camping tent. The tent made it to our house on time thankfully. We might not have made it to the camp. Sometimes I worry when I order online that I’ll get the wrong stuff. This was just right. Luckily there was an expedited shipping special. We had a fun filled week up in the hills - the back country is the way to camp. We’re planning another one right now!

Secured the House

One thing I had to do before I left was get a home security system for the home. You know it’s time to secure the place when you’ve been there a couple years. The computer has all our photos and memories stored on it. Scary. We got a security system installed after bouncing around online looking for a good local reputable company. I can’t believe the short time it took to install. Ready for another vacation. Hooray!

Energy

I sit on computers all day…I wasn’t ready to camp for a week. We quickly found out how much of a energy boost efusjon could give us - it was awesome. With two kids running all over on top of hiking, camping and fishing - it was a relief to feel energized all day. I was energized for at least 12 hours sometimes with the drink. Awesome. Get in before it’s too late - get on the ‘a’ team at efusjon. Learn to love the energy drink - order some today.

Check you later. Talk with you soon!

Do you yearn for DVD superiority; though miss your old VCRs facility to record your much-loved drama telly episodes? If so, you are able to acquire the best of both with a Digital Versatile Disc recorder, due to its versatile taping capabilities together with its DVD excellent audio and image.

There are at this time numerous models of Digital Versatile Disc recorders available, each with exclusive qualifications and features. This means that whatever your wants, there is a precise make of DVD recorders available in stores to suit you.

Digital Versatile Disc Recorders have never been so sensibly priced. If truth be told, prices are sinking so swiftly that ditching that old Video Cassette Recorder (more regularly known as a VCR) & switching to Digital Versatile Disc or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) recording makes further sense. But, it’s a consumer marketplace driven by technology & innovation & consequently means product features are altering monthly.

If you are bamboozled by the differentiation between DVD-R, DVD-RAM & DVD+RW, we also present you with a clear breakdown of the configurations available to buy - which brands are supporting them and what the most recent developments are. Click here to find huge savings on many DVD recorders at Digital Direct.

Pioneer produces an array of Digital Versatile Disc recorders, a number of which have HDD capability; letting you to record several hours of TV before transferring them on to DVD when required. Pioneer also produces a range of superb Digital Versatile Disc players and Digital Versatile Disc home cinema systems including HDMI compatible models.

Pioneer is a recognised television and hi-fi company catering for the home, car, multimedia & DJ equipment industries. Pioneer started up as Fukuin Shokai Denki in Tokyo in nineteen thirty eight. The company initially began life producing speakers then later altered its name to Pioneer in 1961. It has since initiated a number of firsts onto the electronics market, which includes the world’s first GPS navigation system in 1990 and the first ever Digital Versatile Disc recorder nine years later.

Choosing a mobile phone plan can be difficult due to conflicting and even misleading advertising offered by the companies that are vying for your attention.

If you are not careful you may end up paying much more than you expected and much more than is actually necessary. Here are some tips that will help you to choose the right mobile phone plan, the one that matches your budget and your communication requirements.

1. Take your time. Don’t rush into a plan without knowledge

The billing structures of many phone plans are complicated and it is not easy to see, at first glance, how much you will actually pay if you sign up for one of these plans. In addition to this, you have to weigh the pros and cons of the plans offered by competing companies.

All of this takes careful attention and a bit of research. So, don’t jump for the first plan that you see, delay your decision until you are sure that you have found that mobile plan that is right for you.

2. Match the plan to your calling habits

The key to getting the most economical plan is to understand your own calling needs and to find a plan that gives rates that are favourable to your phone calling habits. Even an infrequent mobile phone user can end up with an unnecessarily high bill if he or she chooses a phone plan that does not match their needs.

To understand your needs consider the following factors:

a. Do you make calls in peak or off peak hours? If you are making business calls, the bulk of your communications may be in peak hours, while if you will be using your mobile phone for social calls you may be able to call in off peak hours. Choose a plan that gives you the best rates in the period when you make the bulk of your mobile calls.

b. Do you make local, national or international calls? If you need to call out of your local area frequently, then look for a plan that offers good rates for national and overseas calls.

c. Do you plan to use voice mail, send SMS messages, receive email or browse the web from your mobile phone? These services are convenient, but some of them, can be expensive. If you do need them, pay careful attention to the charges for these services and choose a plan that gives you good value for special services.

3. Find the plan that fits your budget

How much do you want to spend each month for your mobile phone? How much can you afford to spend? Don’t rush into a mobile phone plan blindly and hope that you will be able to manage the bill later on. In order to understand how much you are actually going to pay you need to first consider what is the monthly cost?

Then check to see how much you will be charged for calls. Are calls billed per second or for 30 second intervals? Is there a connection fee or “flag fall” charge that is added on to each call?
Make a rough calculation of your calls based on your recent calling activity and add it to the monthly charge and you will get an idea of what to expect.

4. Compare the plans of the main providers

Once you have an idea of your calling needs and your budget, take a look at the plans offered by the main providers in your area. Visit the websites of the providers, read their brochures or talk to their sales representatives.

Find out as much as you can about their call rates, billing system, length of contracts, discounts for off-peak and holiday calling and other features of the mobile phone plans on offer. Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you are not clear about the details of the plans.

5. Find out what your friends and other consumers think about the various providers

A plan may look good on paper or may sound nice on TV, but the quality of the service that is offered by the mobile phone provider is every bit as important as the price. If you do not have connectivity when you need it, then even a cheap call rate will not help you out. If a company gives poor customer support or is unethical in handling billing disputes then their seemingly good plan may not be worth it.

Ask your friends, relatives and colleagues which service they use and find out if they are satisfied. Also, it is good to know which service your friends and colleagues use, because it is often cheaper to call people who are on the same network. If you find out that many of your friends are on one particular network and they are happy with it, then it will make sense to sign up with that same service.

6. Be careful when signing up for “capped” plans

The idea of a cap or ceiling on expenditure sounds like a great idea, especially if you have to look out for your monthly budget. However, many of the capped plans have exclusions or sneaky charges and that might not protect you from receiving massive bills.

The other problem with capped plans is actually not the fault of the phone companies but is the fault of the typical users. When they get a capped plan they think that they will be protected from high costs and they start to radically change their usage patterns. They begin to use the phone much more than they did in the past because they think that they will not be charged for it. In the end they wind up with huge bills. If you are not sure, it is better to avoid these capped plans.

7. Remember, fancy handsets are not free, nor do they cost $1

Many telephone companies offer a free or $1 phone when you sign a contract with them. The newest and most fashionable phones, loaded with gadgets, are not cheap and they are definitely not free. If a company is offering you a deal that includes a free or cheap phone, you will probably be paying for it as part of your contract.

If you really need a new phone or the phone that is being offered, and would have bought it anyway, then go ahead, but just remember that you are going to pay for it.

If you are about to sign-up for your first mobile phone plan or change your current mobile phone plan, then consider these “7 Tips on Choosing the Right Mobile Phone Plan” and make the best possible choice.

In the old days (7-10 years ago) there were no long distance calling cards and cheap phone cards so it could cost you a ton of money to make long distance calls. Calling your grandparents in another state or calling home from college on the weekends was very expensive and prohibitive.

Those days have gone forever and now it’s more convenient and inexpensive than ever to stay in touch with friends and relatives from not only the next state, but also the next country with long distance calling cards. You can find prepaid long distance calling cards that are literally only pennies a minute to call from anywhere in the Continental U.S. to anywhere in the Continental U.S. And for calling international?

Wow!

Have the prices ever dropped for calling overseas. It used to be 1 or 2 dollars a minute just to call Asia or Europe; now those same phone calls can be made for a tenth of that or better.

Which type of Long Distance Calling Cards works best for you.

When looking to save money on your long distance calling cards narrow down what your calling habits usually entail. Do you generally call only within the U.S. or do you also call your old friends in Australia? Deciding on the type of calling you engage in will save you quite a bit of money as you shop for the best long distance calling cards with the most minutes and the cheapest rates.

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