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Do you want to become a phlebotomist but you worry about your potential salary? However it is interesting to learn that, given the fact that not much time or money should be put in beginning a career, it can be a great option.

Generally, increasing in phlebotomist salary begins when your experience in phlebotomy rises as well. You can enter the phlebotomist classes and learn various things such as methods of drawing blood, medical terminology and first aid. Also cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a very useful skill that many hospitals and medical centers need. Read full article…

Recently we had someone come to us asking how best to approach their LinkedIn connections to help them find a job. This is a tricky networking challenge isn’t it?

I wanted to share with you a few thoughts on this however none of these alone will be the quick fix answer. Networking effectively requires a combination of things in order to work well and hopefully these thoughts may give you a few ideas of where to start or what things to think about:

There are a few questions that I’d like you to maybe ask yourself before starting to contact or network with anyone:

I ask these because without knowing what you want from your network it is difficult to ask them the right questions.

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Psychiatrists have said that having a boring job can leave you just as vulnerable to ‘burn-out’ than one which leaves you rushed off your feet.

They believe there is a distinct category of “underchallenged” employees who end up finding they simply cannot take any more of the “monotonous and unstimulating” tasks that they are expected to perform.

Such people “have to cope with the disenchantment caused by feeling trapped in an occupational activity to which they are indifferent, which bores them and produces no gratification” the Telegraph quoted Jesus Montero-Marin, of the University of Zaragoza in Spain, as saying.

“These employees present a cynical attitude and are invaded by guilty feelings due to the ambivalence they feel for their work and by their desire for change.”

People working in administrative and service roles were most likely to be bored in their jobs, while men were more likely to suffer this type of burn-out than women.

According to Montero-Marin that was “perhaps owing to the fact that the role of males has always been linked to social expectations of professional development .”

The study was based on a questionnaire of more than 400 employees at the University of Zaragoza.

Montero-Marin categorised two other types of burn-out: ‘frenetic’, in which the employee works “increasingly harder to the point of exhaustion “; and ‘worn-out’, where workers “give up when faced with stress or lack of gratification”.

The study has been published in the journal BMC Psychiatry.

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No one wears a t-shirt to a job search networking event.  Do they?

Well, you shouldnt.  But if you thought about it and wanted to wear one of these, please pull them out of your virtual closet.  Right now.

And burn them.

Maybe as fodder for creating a more positive job search bonfire.

But whats the point here really?

You got it.  Its not about the t-shirt.  Its about the message.  Because you can send the wrong message even when you are wearing a sweet 3-piece or hot pant suit.

Yes, its true.

So in an effort to help you create more positive social networking habits, read through these messages to avoid and find another more positive one to share.

Dont forget to vote for your favorite in the comments.  You might win a printed version.  So you can burn it. 

#1

Does this one surprise you?  For many, this is the over-arching view they carry through the process.  Instead, what if you saw job search as an opportunity.  What are you doing to become a better person during job search? There are 1

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  The best undergraduate accounting, finance, and business students in the country are invited to compete in the fifth annual Government Finance Case Challenge, sponsored by the Association of Government Accountants . Student teams will collaboratively analyze and offer a written response to a case involving a local government. The written response should be a citizen-centric report that details government finances in a visually appealing, clear, and understandable document.   AGA prepares the case for the challenge based on a local government’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report information, said Jennifer I. C Read full article…