Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the January 16, 2006 issue of
QuintZine.
Interviewed by HR.com, professional speaker, trainer and co-author
of Great Connections: Fireproof Your Career and
Make Your Connections Count, Lynne Waymon, offers this
tips for learning a person's name in a networking situation:
"First of all, say the name back. If you say, 'Hi. I'm Rich.' Then, I
would say, 'Hi, Rich.' Only about 25 percent of all the people that I have
studied do that. Ideally, you should hear someone's name three times.
The third time should be when I introduce you to somebody else at that
event. That should always be the goal, to hang onto a name long enough
to introduce that person to one other person. That is your job as a
great networker and a good host or hostess."
According to CareerBuilder, these fields will flourish in 2006:
Retail salesperson
Registered nurse
Postsecondary teachers
Customer-service reps
Janitors and cleaners
Servers, wait staff
And what were the most unusual jobs of the year just past? Career Builder lists them in alphabetical order:
A - Actor for haunted house
B - Bingo announcer
C - Clown for rodeos
D - Drawbridge tender
E - Eye glass buffer
F - Fingerprint analyzer
G - Glass sculptor
H - Hot rod builder
I - Interpreter for government agency
J - Jelly doughnut filler
K - Karate instructor
L - Lifeguard at nude beach
M - Military role player (played Iraqi citizen for military sensitivity training)
N - Note taker for college students
O - Ocean scuba guide
P - Phone psychic
Q - Quiz writer for competitions
R - Rescue squad for pets
S - Stand-in bridesmaid (for weddings where the bride didn't know enough people)
T - Telemarketer for a cemetery
U - Urinalysis observer
V - Voice-over specialist for movies
W - Window washer for skyscrapers
X - X-mas tree decorator
Y - Youth boot camp instructor for juvenile offenders
Z - Zoo artificial inseminator
It's that time of the year again. Time to plan for Job Shadow Day 2006!
On Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 -- Groundhog Day-- countless working
professionals will see their "student shadows" as part of the 9th Annual
Job Shadow Day. Job Shadow Day kicks off year-round job shadowing
activities around the U.S. and even the world! In fact, many local
Junior Achievement offices offer job shadowing programs throughout the year.
Interviewed by HR.com, professional speaker, trainer and co-author
of Great Connections: Fireproof Your Career and
Make Your Connections Count, Lynne Waymon, offers this
tips for learning a person's name in a networking situation:
"First of all, say the name back. If you say, 'Hi. I'm Rich.' Then, I
would say, 'Hi, Rich.' Only about 25 percent of all the people that I have
studied do that. Ideally, you should hear someone's name three times.
The third time should be when I introduce you to somebody else at that
event. That should always be the goal, to hang onto a name long enough
to introduce that person to one other person. That is your job as a
great networker and a good host or hostess."
