11 Jul

Fortune 500 Companies looking for Job Seekers, Northern California Career Fairs

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HireLive Career FairLAGUNA NIGUEL, CA –  July 11, 2011 – With summer in full swing, thousands of new college graduates now face the task of starting their career hunt and landing a job. To help kick start the interview process HireLive is coming back to the Northern California area to help job seekers in need of landing their next career.

HireLive is a Southern California based sales, retail and management recruitment firm that is focused on bringing candidates and companies together. On July 26th, 27th and 28th HireLive will be in Sacramento, Walnut Creek and San Jose helping active job seekers find their next opportunity with industry leading employers in each market.

HireLive focuses on helping those who are looking for a job in sales, retail or upper management. Companies attending are looking for professional entry level to senior level job seekers who are serious about taking their career to the next level. In June 2011 over 1,200 job seekers attended the Northern California HireLive Career Fairs to meet and interview with over 60 industry leading companies who were hiring. These companies included: Rite Aid, Staples, Hershey Food’s, Verizon Wireless, Nike, LTC Financial, Enterprise Rent A Car, Helzberg Diamonds and many more.

HireLive prides itself on the unique experience they offer job seekers. Attending a HireLive Career Fair is a different experience than most associate with an old fashion “job fair”. These Career Fairs are primarily held at Embassy Suites Hotels where each company gets their own suite to conduct sit down first meetings and initial interviews. This allows candidates personal time with the hiring managers in a comfortable and non-distracting environment.  All of the attending companies are actively hiring for sales, retail and management openings they are trying to fill. “It feels good knowing I am helping job seekers who are truly working hard to land an interview and not just waiting for a company to call them” Stephanie Ross, Marketing Coordinator at HireLive, “This experience let’s candidates do what their resume and cover letters can’t always do, set themselves apart from the stack of resumes hiring managers have.” Candidates not only get to meet the companies they are interested in, but interview with hiring managers on the spot. Job seekers often leave with second interviews already scheduled and on some occasions even a job offer.

HireLive’s Career Fairs are complete free for all job seekers to attend and the events take place from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm. HireLive is expecting 60 companies to participate between these 3 events and should have over  1,000 candidates attending. Professional dress and multiple resumes are the only requirements when attending.

Sacramento – Tuesday, July 26th 2011
Embassy Suites (Riverfront Promenade) – 100 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA. 95814

Walnut Creek – Wednesday, July 27th 2011
Embassy Suites – 1345 Treat Boulevard, Walnut Creek, CA. 94597

San Jose – Thursday July 28th 2011
Embassy Suites Milpitas (Silicon Valley) – 901 East Calaveras Boulevard, Milpitas, CA. 95035

With over 20 years of experience in connecting job seekers with potential employers, HireLive’s objective is to provide the highest quality recruiting events and job openings for the top sales, retail and management candidates across the country. For more information Visit www.HireLive.com or call HireLive at 949-599-1870.

Contact:
Christine Lombard, Director, Marketing and Event Operations
HireLive
clombard@hirelive.com
949-599-1869
www.HireLive.com

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16 Jun

Is Your Job Search Stressing You Out?

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Have you been in the job market longer than you expected? Are you frustrated because you just don’t see as much progress as you would like and because you feel like success-the perfect new job-is eluding you?

There is no doubt that job searching can be stressful. Not only do you have to cope with what often feels like rejection, if you are currently unemployed, financial concerns may be an added stressor. It may not be much better if you are looking for a new job while currently employed, as you are probably trying to juggle too much to do in too little free time, and may also be worrying that your current employer may learn about your job search prematurely.

No matter how you look at it, job searching is stressful!

But, could your beliefs be making your job search even more stressful than it would be otherwise? Let’s look at a couple of the most common beliefs that many job seekers hold, and that can cause undue stress.

1. Comparing yourself to others.

Did your neighbor Mary land the job of her dreams after searching for just a week? Does cousin Bob brag that he sent out his resume to 20 companies and got calls for 20 interviews in return?

Every single person is unique. The qualifications and credentials they offer, the experiences they bring to the table, the achievements and results they have produced in the past-every job seeker is different. Also, each situation is different. One industry may be expanding while another is contracting. The economy in one geographic area may be booming while another is declining. Certain professions are more in demand than others.

It is simply a mistake to compare your job search to any other…not even to a colleague with very similar qualifications and goals as yours. You can’t compare apples to oranges…you can’t even accurately compare a yellow delicious apple to a red delicious apple.

Instead, be willing to let go of the comparisons and see if instead there is a lesson in the other person’s job search. While the situation is different, perhaps they used a particular technique that you could adapt to your own search. Comparisons almost inevitably cause unnecessary worry and stress and oftentimes blind you to a lesson that might help you along your path.

2. Holding unrealistic expectations

Sure, it is possible that you could send out your resume Friday and have a job offer Monday afternoon. Anything is possible. But it is unlikely.

It is important to recognize that even the AVERAGE job search often takes months. The traditional rule of thumb is to plan for one month of job searching for every $10,000 of salary you are seeking. Whether or not this is accurate, is debatable. But, what is clear is that job searching often takes time. Just taking a moment to think about the hiring cycle will show you this is true: a company may solicit and collect resumes for an opening over a period of weeks, they then spend another couple of weeks interviewing and re-interviewing candidates, then another couple of weeks conducting reference checks and making a decision. It is the rare job search that will conclude successfully in a time that is shorter than even the typical hiring cycle.

Of course, you have no control over these external hiring processes. All you can control are your own actions. So, if you expect your phone to be ringing off the hook for interviews and you just sent your resume out for the first time last week, or if you expect a solid job offer just two weeks into your search, or if you have other goals or hold other expectation that are not realistic, you are just setting yourself up for disappointment and stress.

So, what is the solution to these faulty ways of thinking?

Goal-setting-realistic goal-setting–is absolutely essential. You need to be thinking all the time about your job search and the goals you’ve set for yourself. In this way, you maintain awareness and open yourself to recognize and act on opportunities that arise.

While the ultimate goal, obviously, is to achieve your target job, setting this as the goal that you strive for each day and each week can lead to frustration. The actual timing of when you are offered and accept a job is often based on factors that are outside your control. Thus, setting a goal that you will achieve an offer for your target job in 6 weeks, for example, can just lead to frustration and a loss of motivation when six weeks comes and goes without an offer in sight.

While I certainly encourage you to set a job offer that matches your target as your overall INTENTION, as your actual working goals, I suggest that you select goals related to events and activities involved with searching for your new job. To keep your goals manageable and motivating, I recommend you set weekly goals. It’s important that you write down your goals on paper.

To summarize, your goals should be:

  • Attainable while providing a challenge
  • Written
  • Specific
  • Stated in a positive way
  • Manageable
  • Measurable and trackable
  • Timed with a deadline

Job searching may be stressful, but by resetting faulty beliefs and following some basic, proven goal-setting techniques, you can make it much less so.Review your goals daily to make sure you stay on track and to adjust your schedule if necessary. To keep yourself motivated, always remember to plan a reward for yourself at the end of the week. This could be spending an evening out with friends, giving yourself permission to spend an afternoon in a hammock reading a novel, or buying a new sweater that you really wanted. Whatever it is, make sure it’s something that you enjoy and you will be motivated to work for. It is amazing how successful you will feel-how successful you will know you are-when you begin measuring your success by how much you have accomplished rather than be how much further you have to go!

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Nationally certified resume writer, career marketing expert, and personal branding strategist, Michelle Dumas is the founder and executive director of Distinctive Career Services LLC http://www.distinctiveweb.com/ Michelle has empowered thousands of executives, professionals, and managers all across the U.S. and worldwide with all the tools and resources necessary to conduct a fast, effective job search. Michelle is also the author of Secrets of a Successful Job Search: 7 Simple Steps to Find the Job You Want In Half the Time found at http://www.job-search-secrets.com/

To learn more about her job search products, resume writing services, and career marketing programs, and to sign up for many other free resources, visit her websites.

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25 May

Land your next Sales job in Northern California

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As a follow up to last week’s “I Graduated….Now What?” this article can be great news for you recent college graduates and those who are about to graduate. I have an incredible way for you to get your face in front of multiple hiring managers from fortune 500 companies and the nation’s leading businesses.

HireLive will be hosting their sales, retail and management specific career fair in four Northern California areas next week! This couldn’t be a better time to take advantage of the many opportunities available for the enthusiastic sales person with the multiples companies who will all be under one roof.

Next week on June 1st and 2nd HireLive Sales, Retail and Management Career Fairs will be in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, San Jose and Sacramento. So all you post graduates or soon to be from Sacramento State University, University of California Berkeley, San Francisco State, University of San Francisco, San Jose State University, San Jose City College, Sacramento City College, City College of San Francisco and all the others you will want to hear this! These career fairs offer awesome opportunities to everyone from the entry-level to veteran sales person, all of these companies offer the potential to earn great money your first year out of college and the possibility of growth within.

Some of the companies that will be in attendance are Verizon Wireless, Hershey’s, Staples, New York Life, Nike, CarMax, Enterprise Rent A Car, AFLAC, Konica Minolta, Terminix, Pennysaver and many more. Attending a career fair would be a great way to practice your interview skills and you might just land a great job!

SAN FRANCISCO
Wednesday, June 1st
9:00 am – 12:30pm
Embassy Suites
150 Anza Boulevard
Burlingame CA 94010
Parking: Free


WALNUT CREEK
Wednesday, June 1st
9:00 am – 12:30pm
Embassy Suites
1345 Treat Boulevard
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Parking: $5.00 fixed rate for the day


SAN JOSE
Thursday, June 2nd
9:00 am – 12:30pm
Embassy Suites Milpitas – Silicon Valley
901 East Calaveras Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035
Parking: Free


SACRAMENTO
Thursday, June 2nd
9:00 am – 12:30pm
Embassy Suites – Riverfront Promenade
100 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Parking: $1.50/per half hour at parking structure

HireLive’s Career Fair Positions Service These Surrounding Areas:
Walnut Creek, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Roseville, Pleasant Hill, Waldon, Bancroft, Lafayette, Orinda, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Moraga, San Ramon, Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, Kensington, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Newark, Fremont, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, San Mateo, Daly City, Vallejo, Concord, Hayward, Novato, Stanford, Carmichael, Arden-Arcade, Florin, Santa Clara, Livermore, Dublin, Union City, Fremont, San Leandro, Castro Valley, Martinez, Alameda, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Stockton, Rocklin, Citrus Heights, El Dorado Hills, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Fairfield, Granite Bay, Lincoln, North Highlands, Orangevale, Olivehurst, Vacaville, Tracy, Woodland, Antioch, Brentwood, Burlingame, Foster City, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Milbrae, Newark, Oakley, Pittsburg, Pinole, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Salinas, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, Vallejo

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