Here are a half-dozen key tips for finding the right job – in good economic times and bad: 01. Try a sales technique During a phone interview or first job interview, prepare for the “60-second sell,” a four- to five-sentence summary of your resume and professional accomplishments, says Robin Ryan, career counselor and author of…
As employers embrace digital technology to post and search for jobs, job seekers must be equally enthusiastic and proficient in online job search. Without knowing how to search for jobs online, many job seekers have a hard time finding open positions, applying for jobs, and getting their information into the right hands. Read the following…
The job of a recruiter is both exciting and challenging. Your goal as a recruiter is to find the best candidate for a job by streamlining the hiring process. But what happens when you hit a rut and find that you can’t find qualified people for the positions you need to fill? It may be…
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ගැටලුව පැනනැඟෙන්නේ රට තුළ ඇති විදේශ විනිමය සංචිත (රත්තරන්, ඩොලර් සහ වෙනත් ඩොලර් වැනි වත්කම්) ඉක්මනින් නැති වී යන බැවිනි. මෙම පුරෝකථනය මුලින් නිවැරදි යැයි පෙනුනද, එය බොහෝ ගැඹුරට යන ගැටලුවක රෝග ලක්‍ෂණයකි.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව හඳුන්වන්නේ “පෙරටුගාමී ආර්ථිකය” ලෙස ය – නොදියුණු හෝ නැගී එන ආර්ථිකයක් ලෙස හංවඩු ගැසීමට තරම් වත්කමක් නැති ආර්ථිකයකි. තවද අප වැනි රටවල් සාමාන්‍යයෙන් විශේෂිත අංශ කිහිපයක් මත යැපේ. අප වැඩිපුරම මුදල් උපයන තැන එයයි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ගත් කල, සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය, තේ සහ වෙනත් කෘෂිකාර්මික නිෂ්පාදන කිහිපයක් මත බෙහෙවින් යැපෙන බව පෙනේ. ඇත්ත වශයෙන්ම සංචාරක ව්‍යාපාරය ලංකාවේ දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතයට 10% කට වඩා දායක වේ.
Although some jobs require an endless combination of skills, the most sought-after employee traits are often universal, whether you’re an aerospace engineer, a sales representative, or a mailroom clerk. So what are these sought-after good qualities? FindMyjob got in touch with nine recruiters and career experts to find out what they want to see in…
The first step into working life is as instructive as it is potentially terrifying. Most of us get a job when we are quite young, and the realization that we will spend most of our lives reporting directly to someone other than ourselves is not easy to suppress. The thing is, our first jobs, no…
It’s a question every job seeker asks. Do you really need to write a cover letter for every job you apply for to keep your life in order? Job hunting is a hugely time-consuming task, and if the process is streamlined in any way, the cover letter is often dropped and job seekers simply submit…
I knew something had happened when my attitude changed from aloof and non-committal to anxiously hopeful – ready and willing to say anything to make us (i.e. my team) seem more attractive to the candidate we had just interviewed. We had spoken to six people. All were pre-qualified by the recruiters and met our hiring…
I am sure that by now you know that without goals, not much can be achieved in life. It is always important to strive for something, otherwise, we are not able to move forward and strive for personal development. Similarly, when it comes to our careers, it is important to strive for certain things that…
A promotion allows you to take on a more important role in your company, earn a higher salary and have a greater sense of achievement. To effectively advance your career in your company, you will need to excel in your work performance and attract the attention of your superiors. While performance, experience, and skills are…
