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Job Search Tips: Managing Job Search Pressure

March 1st, 2012

By Eugene Calvini

So you’re out on a job search, you have nothing lined up and you’ve no idea when unemployment is going to end. It’;s very easy in this situation to go to a very dark place and spiral into a vicious cycle of losing motivation to find a job where motivation is a key area potential employers look for when hiring. Let’s go over things to help cope with your career or job search.

Feeling Down is Natural

Realizing situational depression is normal and indeed expected will help you cope with it when it happens. Unless you have a history of clinical depression, then psychologists explain that it’s an expected space to be in when the job search endeavor is taking place with no projected sure outcome; don’t be surprised by your own depression, harness it » Read more: Job Search Tips: Managing Job Search Pressure

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Volunteers Needed

February 22nd, 2011

The New England Job Show is looking for volunteers.  If you are looking to add some fresh and interesting material to your resume, would like to learn a new skill to enhance your resume, or would just like to give back to the community please consider volunteering with NEJS.

We are currently seeking people for the following teams:

  • Show production: Do you have experience running a camera or would you like to learn how?  Interested in finding and booking talent for the shows?  Got editing skills?  We are currently staffing for 1 show to be produced each month which typically requires less than 10 hours of your time.
  • Marketing: Do you have social media skills?  Familiar with SEO?  Done some PR work in your past?  Or would you like to learn about using social media to reach a target audience?  We are currently looking for people to work with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, our blog, and on our new web site.  We are looking for people who are interested  in developing relationships within the job search community, have the desire to spread the word, and some knowledge of fund raising.  The marketing team meets once a week for 2 hours, additional work depends on your assignment.

The New England Job Show runs on the energy of unemployed people just like you. If you are interested in joining our team please contact us at: info@nejs.org.

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Career Tips: 6 Ways Volunteering Can Boost Your Career

January 23rd, 2011

By Tai Goodwin

It’s always a good thing to give back. Whether it is doing hands on service with a group like Habitat for Humanity, or assisting in the back office of a local non-profit, there are benefits beyond money that come from volunteering. Apart from just the positive feeling of sowing good actions into a cause you believe in and the impact on the lives of the recipients, volunteering can also help your career. Here are six ways volunteering can help your career:

  1. It can fuel your passion. If your current job is not your ideal work, volunteering at something you enjoy is an alternative source of the passion that your you can’t get from your job right now.
  2. You can practice new skills. No opportunity in your current job to stretch or learn something new? Find a volunteer opportunity that allows you to explore new roles and skills that you’d like to develop. It’s experience you can add to your resume.
  3. Volunteer your way into a potential job. Maybe you don’t have the experience to earn the paid position yet. Signing on as a volunteer gives you a chance to learn the organization, build relationships there, and show that you have what it takes to do job.
  4. Volunteering is an opportunity to expand your network.  Not only will you meet people » Read more: Career Tips: 6 Ways Volunteering Can Boost Your Career

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