Archive for May, 2008

Gifts that are always thoughtful

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Someone special celebrating a special occasion? Want to thank your friends for standing up in your wedding? Maybe you just want to show appreciation to someone for all that they’ve done for you. One of the best ways to do so is to give personalized gifts. By giving personalized gifts, you are showing thoughtfulness. Picking something you know they would enjoy and giving it that extra personal touch shows that you were spending time thinking about them. It’s a basic lesson of gift-giving that children learn early in their lives: it’s the thought that counts, not how much money you spend.

            To that end, it’s important to choose something that you know the person will enjoy. Just slapping an engraving on anything defeats the purpose of personalized gifts. Do you know a wine lover? You can get a bottle engraved with their name on it. Giving a gift basket? Fill it with goodies that you know they will enjoy. You can even think further outside the box: get your Chinese food-loving friends a set of engraved chopsticks. Or anyone can enjoy a nice picture frame with a message engraved on it.

            It’s important when personalizing gifts to spend time thinking about what that person would like and enjoy most. It’s a staple of gift giving, and it can guarantee that your gift will be received warmly.

Random Job Hunting Doesn’t Work

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The number 1 rule is to compete in all eight segments of today’s job market. ITS is best known for providing all the openings, leads and contacts a job seeker will need, but in our advanced strategies section we instruct job seekers in all 15 Rules for Success. Here is a summary of some of the key points:

·     Use all segments. For best results, use all five segments of the published market… and all three segments of the unpublished market.

·     Pinpoint goals. With 30 million resumes in circulation, you need to pinpoint your job goals and use a multiple resume concept.

·     Broaden your appeal. You can dramatically expand your appeal to employers with a communication strategy that see’s transferable skills.

·     Uncover emerging jobs. You can uncover emerging jobs and make contact with employers before there is any competition. ITS makes this easy and fast with “Emerging Jobs Super Search.”

·     Create a job. Many people have had jobs created for them. There are proven techniques for doing this.

·     Convert interviews to offers. There are five proven rules for interviewing that can give you a competitive edge.

ITS offers Personal Marketing Services that goes far beyond Outplacement Career counseling. ITS uses its own unique technology to give job seekers access to as much as 85% of the advertised openings, including those from newspapers, recruiter openings, job boards, employer sites, and trade magazines. It also provides access to the unadvertised job market among employers, recruiters and growth companies.

For additional information: pr@changingcareers.com or contact Tom Mortenson at 800-320-1277.

Article By: ITS