Come prepared to be interviewed!
Bring Resumes!
Stop by our booth & fill out a form for a prize drawing!!!
You still have time to buy booths, if you're a business.
If you're looking for a job, come by the Job Fair!
FREE ADMISSION for job seekers!!
Current Events
Career Fair at the Hickory Hollow Mall:
Tell them you heard about it on the Nashville Blog!!!
Tell them you heard about it on the Nashville Blog!!!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Career Fair - Job Fair Opportunity May 23rd - helpful hints!
Dress to impress!
Come prepared to be interviewed!
Bring Resumes!
Stop by our booth & fill out a form for a prize drawing!!!
You still have time to buy booths, if you're a business.
If you're looking for a job, come by the Job Fair!
FREE ADMISSION for job seekers!!
Come prepared to be interviewed!
Bring Resumes!
Stop by our booth & fill out a form for a prize drawing!!!
You still have time to buy booths, if you're a business.
If you're looking for a job, come by the Job Fair!
FREE ADMISSION for job seekers!!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
7 Things I wish I knew before Graduation!
High school is coming to a close, with graduation in less than a month! Check out this book for helpful ideas on career choice and will ask you powerful questions that make it less stressful to find THE JOB for you!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Healthcare Positions: RN LPN CNT CNA MA & MORE!!! Nurse Positions & Other!
Pick up a paper for the listings of great opportunities with awesome Healthcare Companies like:
Apria Healthcare
West Meade Place
Lakeshore Estates (Meadows, Wedgewood, etc)
Cornelia House
& MORE!!!
Email your resume to us
( nashvilleemploymentguide@yahoo.com ) , and I'll forward it to the hiring supervisor!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Job Interviews: When Does Your Interview Really Begin?
Job Interviews: When Does Your Interview Really Begin?
Most job candidates think their interview begins when they are introduced to the interviewer at the start of the question-and-answer session. If you wait until then to display your "best interview behavior," you may lose the job before you answer the first question!
This is a rather extreme example, but one of the nation's leading airlines often flies job candidates to their headquarters for job interviews. The airline provides the round-trip airfares. What the lucky candidates don't realize is that their tickets are "tagged" to identify them as job applicants on their way to an interview with the airline. Those candidates are being evaluated from the moment they enter the airport!
If candidate Mary Smith is inconsiderate to fellow passengers or rude to a flight attendant, for example, this information is reported to the hiring manager before Mary arrives for her interview. She'll go through the interview, may do a great job answering the questions, and will be totally mystified about why she is NOT selected for the position.
Here are more typical situations where your interactions with people prior to your interview may affect the hiring decision:
· When you talk to someone from HR on the telephone to schedule your interview;
· When you exchange small talk while riding in the elevator with someone;
· When you talk to the receptionist while waiting for your interview to begin;
· When someone walks by while you're waiting and starts a brief conversation with you.
Those are just a few examples.
Imagine Joe the candidate arriving at an office building for an interview which is being held on the 18th floor. Joe gets into the elevator and says "Good morning" to a woman who is already in it. The woman responds with "Good morning. Are you here to see Mr. Jones?" Joe says "Yes. I'm interviewing with him for an engineering position." Because Joe is nervous, he says a bit too much. "I'm really dreading this. I hear Jones is a grouchy old bastard." The elevator arrives at the 18th floor and they both step out. Mr. Jones is there to greet Joe, and says, "Good morning. I see you've already met my daughter." (There's a TV commercial similar to this.)
I'm not trying to make you paranoid, but if you suspect that every person associated with the company is a spy for the hiring manager, do you think you'll be more aware of your behavior while in their presence? You bet!
Don't wait until you meet the interviewer to turn on the charm. Your interview may begin--and be over--long before you realize it!
Bonnie Lowe is author of the popular Job Interview Success System and free information-packed ezine, "Career-Life Times." Find those and other powerful career-building resources and tips at her website: http://www.Best-Interview-Strategies.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bonnie_Lowe
Most job candidates think their interview begins when they are introduced to the interviewer at the start of the question-and-answer session. If you wait until then to display your "best interview behavior," you may lose the job before you answer the first question!
This is a rather extreme example, but one of the nation's leading airlines often flies job candidates to their headquarters for job interviews. The airline provides the round-trip airfares. What the lucky candidates don't realize is that their tickets are "tagged" to identify them as job applicants on their way to an interview with the airline. Those candidates are being evaluated from the moment they enter the airport!
If candidate Mary Smith is inconsiderate to fellow passengers or rude to a flight attendant, for example, this information is reported to the hiring manager before Mary arrives for her interview. She'll go through the interview, may do a great job answering the questions, and will be totally mystified about why she is NOT selected for the position.
Here are more typical situations where your interactions with people prior to your interview may affect the hiring decision:
· When you talk to someone from HR on the telephone to schedule your interview;
· When you exchange small talk while riding in the elevator with someone;
· When you talk to the receptionist while waiting for your interview to begin;
· When someone walks by while you're waiting and starts a brief conversation with you.
Those are just a few examples.
Imagine Joe the candidate arriving at an office building for an interview which is being held on the 18th floor. Joe gets into the elevator and says "Good morning" to a woman who is already in it. The woman responds with "Good morning. Are you here to see Mr. Jones?" Joe says "Yes. I'm interviewing with him for an engineering position." Because Joe is nervous, he says a bit too much. "I'm really dreading this. I hear Jones is a grouchy old bastard." The elevator arrives at the 18th floor and they both step out. Mr. Jones is there to greet Joe, and says, "Good morning. I see you've already met my daughter." (There's a TV commercial similar to this.)
I'm not trying to make you paranoid, but if you suspect that every person associated with the company is a spy for the hiring manager, do you think you'll be more aware of your behavior while in their presence? You bet!
Don't wait until you meet the interviewer to turn on the charm. Your interview may begin--and be over--long before you realize it!
Bonnie Lowe is author of the popular Job Interview Success System and free information-packed ezine, "Career-Life Times." Find those and other powerful career-building resources and tips at her website: http://www.Best-Interview-Strategies.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bonnie_Lowe
CONNECTING CLASSROOMS OF GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS
CONNECTING CLASSROOMS OF GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS
Trucker Buddy International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades 2-8. Trucker Buddy matches classes of students with professional truck drivers. Every week drivers share news about their travels with their class. Once a month, students write letters to their drivers. Students' skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and history are enhanced and learning is fun. Since 1992, Trucker Buddy has helped educate over 500,000 schoolchildren and introduced them to caring, compassionate men and women, professional truck drivers.
In November, 1992, a professional truck driver, Gary King, contacted a grade school in Williams Bay, WI and asked the principal for permission to write to a class of students as "pen-pals." One fourth grade teacher quickly agreed, and King began writing postcards and short letters every week.
The students eagerly wrote back and asked him questions about driving and the sights he saw. The teacher quickly recognized the value of the letters in stimulating the children's interest in reading, writing and other subjects, and integrated them into her teaching routine. When other drivers saw King writing his postcards and letters at the many truck stops he visited across the country, they, too, became interested in the program and wanted their own pen-pals.
The Trucker Buddy program became incorporated on July 1, 1993. Within the first year of operation, Trucker Buddy grew to almost 1,000 driver-teacher matches. The second year the program doubled, and doubled again in the third year of operation. By the end of the 1996-97 school year, there were approximately 5,000 driver-teacher matches, with 135,000 plus students participating in the Trucker Buddy program. In 1998, Trucker Buddy launched a new effort to recruit new drivers and expand services, and in 1999, the Board of Directors was expanded to include four active drivers and one teacher.
"Teachers adore the program because it makes school subjects come alive. The kids track the movements of their Trucker Buddy, discuss the places he or she visits, the loads hauled, and even personal facts. Many kids regard their Trucker Buddy as a true mentor, not just a pen-pal."
To be a Trucker Buddy requires a commitment of time and energy to help educate a class of grade school children. As a role model, it also demands a high degree of integrity and professionalism. All drivers in the Trucker Buddy program must agree to follow the rules on the website www.truckerbuddy.org You can also obtain an application from the website or for questions email info@truckerbuddy.org or call 1-800-MY-BUDDY
Trucker Buddy Driver of the Month for June 2005
Waupaca, WI- Brianna is a fifth grade student at Southern Elementary School in Falmouth, Kentucky. Her class was adopted by Trucker Buddy driver, William “TB2” Robles, who taught the class more than geography and writing skills. “[He] helps me learn how to use the atlas,” said Brianna, who added that she, “also loves trying to find how many miles he has done [on his trips].”
The students’ teacher, Ms. Chris Morris, joined the Trucker Buddy program in 2001, and has corresponded with William Robles for the past four years. “He writes where he picks up a load and where he delivers it, and the students must use their atlases to calculate how many miles he drives,” she said. “It is a very difficult concept for the students to learn about distance, and this activity gives meaning to why they need to learn the skill,” she added.
When Robles received a letter from one little girl who shared her frustrations with him about her lack of friends, he spent extra time with her and asked her for her assistance when he visited the classroom. When she received a small bear for her efforts, her face beamed. Her teacher described her response as “absolute joy,” in being chosen for the honor.
William Robles operates a Peterbilt under his own authority, B2 Transport, based in Bullhead City, AZ. He is a special Trucker Buddy to his students, and is one of nearly 4,000 professional drivers who share their time with elementary classes throughout the world. The only criteria to be a Trucker Buddy is to be a truck driver and willing to send a post card each week to a class in grades two through eight. Drivers and teachers can find out more about the program by visiting www.truckerbuddy.org or calling 1-800-MY BUDDY.
Robles will receive a personalized jacket, along with a check for $300 to spend on his class and $200 in Trucker Buddy merchandise, compliments of MultiMedia (www.tmi-multimedia.com), the advertising agency of choice for the trucking industry. He will also receive an IdleAire adaptor (www.IdleAire.com) and a Koolatron cooler as well as Donde Publishing’s “For the Long Haul,” reference guide for drivers. The class will receive a CrossCountry USA game from Ingenuity Works (www.ingenuityworks.com ), which will help them learn more about how trucks move freight across the continent.
Trucker Buddy International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping educate and mentor schoolchildren via a pen pal relationship between professional truck drivers and children in grades 2-8. Trucker Buddy matches classes of students with professional truck drivers. Every week drivers share news about their travels with their class. Once a month, students write letters to their drivers. Students' skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and history are enhanced and learning is fun. Since 1992, Trucker Buddy has helped educate over 500,000 schoolchildren and introduced them to caring, compassionate men and women, professional truck drivers.
In November, 1992, a professional truck driver, Gary King, contacted a grade school in Williams Bay, WI and asked the principal for permission to write to a class of students as "pen-pals." One fourth grade teacher quickly agreed, and King began writing postcards and short letters every week.
The students eagerly wrote back and asked him questions about driving and the sights he saw. The teacher quickly recognized the value of the letters in stimulating the children's interest in reading, writing and other subjects, and integrated them into her teaching routine. When other drivers saw King writing his postcards and letters at the many truck stops he visited across the country, they, too, became interested in the program and wanted their own pen-pals.
The Trucker Buddy program became incorporated on July 1, 1993. Within the first year of operation, Trucker Buddy grew to almost 1,000 driver-teacher matches. The second year the program doubled, and doubled again in the third year of operation. By the end of the 1996-97 school year, there were approximately 5,000 driver-teacher matches, with 135,000 plus students participating in the Trucker Buddy program. In 1998, Trucker Buddy launched a new effort to recruit new drivers and expand services, and in 1999, the Board of Directors was expanded to include four active drivers and one teacher.
"Teachers adore the program because it makes school subjects come alive. The kids track the movements of their Trucker Buddy, discuss the places he or she visits, the loads hauled, and even personal facts. Many kids regard their Trucker Buddy as a true mentor, not just a pen-pal."
To be a Trucker Buddy requires a commitment of time and energy to help educate a class of grade school children. As a role model, it also demands a high degree of integrity and professionalism. All drivers in the Trucker Buddy program must agree to follow the rules on the website www.truckerbuddy.org You can also obtain an application from the website or for questions email info@truckerbuddy.org or call 1-800-MY-BUDDY
Trucker Buddy Driver of the Month for June 2005
Waupaca, WI- Brianna is a fifth grade student at Southern Elementary School in Falmouth, Kentucky. Her class was adopted by Trucker Buddy driver, William “TB2” Robles, who taught the class more than geography and writing skills. “[He] helps me learn how to use the atlas,” said Brianna, who added that she, “also loves trying to find how many miles he has done [on his trips].”
The students’ teacher, Ms. Chris Morris, joined the Trucker Buddy program in 2001, and has corresponded with William Robles for the past four years. “He writes where he picks up a load and where he delivers it, and the students must use their atlases to calculate how many miles he drives,” she said. “It is a very difficult concept for the students to learn about distance, and this activity gives meaning to why they need to learn the skill,” she added.
When Robles received a letter from one little girl who shared her frustrations with him about her lack of friends, he spent extra time with her and asked her for her assistance when he visited the classroom. When she received a small bear for her efforts, her face beamed. Her teacher described her response as “absolute joy,” in being chosen for the honor.
William Robles operates a Peterbilt under his own authority, B2 Transport, based in Bullhead City, AZ. He is a special Trucker Buddy to his students, and is one of nearly 4,000 professional drivers who share their time with elementary classes throughout the world. The only criteria to be a Trucker Buddy is to be a truck driver and willing to send a post card each week to a class in grades two through eight. Drivers and teachers can find out more about the program by visiting www.truckerbuddy.org or calling 1-800-MY BUDDY.
Robles will receive a personalized jacket, along with a check for $300 to spend on his class and $200 in Trucker Buddy merchandise, compliments of MultiMedia (www.tmi-multimedia.com), the advertising agency of choice for the trucking industry. He will also receive an IdleAire adaptor (www.IdleAire.com) and a Koolatron cooler as well as Donde Publishing’s “For the Long Haul,” reference guide for drivers. The class will receive a CrossCountry USA game from Ingenuity Works (www.ingenuityworks.com ), which will help them learn more about how trucks move freight across the continent.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
College recruitment programs that work for students with disabilities
College recruitment programs that work for students with disabilities
U.S. Department of Labor
There are many programs available to students with disabilities. The Workforce Recruitment Program is a government-backed resource that aims to connect public and private sector employers with motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities.
According to Paul Meyer, acting staff director for the federal project, there are currently about 200 participating colleges and universities throughout the country. Any school that has eight or more interested students can sign up to take part.
The program, which has been around for 27 years, places students in internships and permanent jobs with employers throughout the country. According to Meyer, the majority of placements are within the federal sector. Administrators have been pushing for more placements within the private sector, but with limited success.
"It's a marketing issue," said Meyer. Just not enough employers are aware of the program. However, employers who do use the program continue to participate. "Once it works, people continue doing it," added Meyer.
Who is eligible to participate in the Workforce Recruitment Program?
An applicant must:
Have a substantial disability
Be a United States citizen
Be enrolled in an accredited two-year or four-year college or university, or a graduate or professional school within the past year.
What does the Workforce Recruitment Program offer to students?
The program is an excellent way for students with disabilities in all fields of study to:
Market their abilities to a wide variety of potential employers across the United States
Sharpen their interviewing skills during a required one-on-one interview with a WRP recruiter
Gain valuable skills, experiences and contacts on the job
Prove that people with disabilities can be excellent employees
-Source: U.S. Department of Labor
--The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent the views of EmploymentGuide.com, The Trader Publishing Company, or its approval of the opinions expressed therein.
U.S. Department of Labor
There are many programs available to students with disabilities. The Workforce Recruitment Program is a government-backed resource that aims to connect public and private sector employers with motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities.
According to Paul Meyer, acting staff director for the federal project, there are currently about 200 participating colleges and universities throughout the country. Any school that has eight or more interested students can sign up to take part.
The program, which has been around for 27 years, places students in internships and permanent jobs with employers throughout the country. According to Meyer, the majority of placements are within the federal sector. Administrators have been pushing for more placements within the private sector, but with limited success.
"It's a marketing issue," said Meyer. Just not enough employers are aware of the program. However, employers who do use the program continue to participate. "Once it works, people continue doing it," added Meyer.
Who is eligible to participate in the Workforce Recruitment Program?
An applicant must:
Have a substantial disability
Be a United States citizen
Be enrolled in an accredited two-year or four-year college or university, or a graduate or professional school within the past year.
What does the Workforce Recruitment Program offer to students?
The program is an excellent way for students with disabilities in all fields of study to:
Market their abilities to a wide variety of potential employers across the United States
Sharpen their interviewing skills during a required one-on-one interview with a WRP recruiter
Gain valuable skills, experiences and contacts on the job
Prove that people with disabilities can be excellent employees
-Source: U.S. Department of Labor
--The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent the views of EmploymentGuide.com, The Trader Publishing Company, or its approval of the opinions expressed therein.
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