Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the January 17, 2005 issue of
QuintZine.
It's almost time for Job Shadow Day 2005. On February 2, 2005, more than 1 million young
people will have a chance to explore their futures when they "shadow" workplace mentors as part of
the eighth annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day initiative.Job shadowing is a yearlong national effort to enrich
the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and
a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace.
Last year, students experienced more than 100,000 workplaces throughout the nation. For additional
information, including a How-to Guide, brochure, and an online training presentation on how to
coordinate job shadowing, visit JobShadow.org.
For more information contact mailto:info@jobshadow.org.
When you visit a corporate Web site looking for a job, do you know what kind of candidate that employer wants to hire?
Does the site demonstrate to you why anyone would want to work for that company?
The folks at CareerXroads recently researched the corporate sites that do the
finest job of putting their best foot forward to job-seekers:
CareerXroads 2004 Fortune 500 Top 25 Corporate Staffing Sites:
1. Aetna
2. Apple Computer Inc.
3. Bear Sterns
4. BellSouth Corporation
5. Computer Sciences Corporation
6. Coors (Adolph)
7. Disney (Walt)
8. DuPont De Nemours (E.I.)
9. Eastman Kodak Company
10. Exxon Mobil Corporation
11. Federated Department Stores Inc.
12. Ford Motor Company
13. General Electric Company
14. Intel Corporation
15. Johnson & Johnson
16. Lehman Brothers
17. Microsoft
18. Northwestern Mutual Life
19. Procter & Gamble
20. Robinson (CH)
21. Rockwell Automation
22. Sherwin Williams
23. Sprint
24. United Parcel Service of America
25. United Technologies
In many parts of the world, January is a nasty weather month. It therefore can be a good time to make a case to your boss
for telecommuting. Pat Katepoo, founder of WorkOptions.com, says timing is an important factor in getting approval of
a request to telecommute. "Unlike work/life balance conflicts related to children or elder care, weather and road conditions
are something every manager in your office can understand. Pitching a well-crafted telecommuting proposal during the winter,
especially while weather conditions are making headlines, boosts the chances of getting the boss to say 'yes' to your
work-from-home request."
WorkOptions.com offers weary commuters a planning tool at no cost for restructuring a current job into a telecommuting arrangement,
a popular work option made more desirable during foul weather.
The worksheet, Redesign Your Job into Telecommuting, is crafted to help the user answer the boss's query,
"Exactly how will your work get done while telecommuting?"
Download the no-cost planning tool.
It's almost time for Job Shadow Day 2005. On February 2, 2005, more than 1 million young
people will have a chance to explore their futures when they "shadow" workplace mentors as part of
the eighth annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day initiative.Job shadowing is a yearlong national effort to enrich
the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and
a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace.
