Category: Home Business

Home Business refers to doing business from one’s home. Similar to “work at home”, home business entails doing a job in your home in a satisfactory manner. but unlike work at home, your home business may be registered with the local municipality.

Job Sites – The Top Five by Preference


Of all the web sites currently being used by aspiring job applicants to search for and locate suitable employment, there are five that stand out and have risen to top the list of most preferred by online job hunters. Following are those sites along with brief descriptions listed in order of preferred to most preferred.

5) Net-Temps.com – Preferred

This site provides job openings at one click. All an applicant needs to do is simply enter a keyword and specify the location for this system to list over a hundred job results. It also provides assistance in posting resumes, including a tutorial on how to create one.

Additionally, this site allows searchers to use a job search assistant that searches thousands of contracts and direct jobs to store up to three cover letters/resumes for each applicant. Other helpful features can be found in the advice and tips for interviews and preparing impressive resumes.

4) CareerShop.com – More Preferred

This is a company that actually delivers products and services which help organizations in acquiring human resources by means of improving the power and effectiveness of the Internet. The company also offer a hiring management system which is focused on recruitment and management staffing.

3) TrueCareers.com – Even More Preferred

This site caters to job hunters as well as employers looking for qualified applicants to fill positions in their companies. It provides a list of available jobs, resume postings, employers currently in need of applicants, hot openings, and even advice to small business owners.

2) JobCentral.com – Second-Most Preferred

JobCentral provides information about their member companies as well as assistance to new graduates and old time job seekers. The site also provides a salary calculator for calculating average salaries based on position, including information and premium salary data depending on the state or kind of company being applied to.

1) Hotjobs.com – Most Preferred

Woo-hoo! We come to the most preferred site: HotJobs! It has all the tools you need for completing any job search. The site has a complete set of workflow tabs that provides assistance.

Home and Job Search tabs provide the basic assistance in order to search different related job categories, locations and descriptions. The Job Search tab more specific My Searches tab gives an applicant the complete list of searches s/he saved.

This eliminates redundancy and reduces duplication of jobs already seen days before as it is thenature of job search engines to change data on a daily basis. The My Saved Jobs tab helps an applicant search for the saved jobs in which s/he is most interested, while allowing said applicant to plan and manage searches in one convenient location.

The My Resume tab help employers find a qualified applicant, who in turn can upload an existing resume and even create a new one.

The Career Tools section assists applicants in preparing a resume as well as composing a job-winning application letter. It also provides support to applicants for interviewing and preparation in making a great impression; helps applicants make connections and create relationships, and lastly, it calculates how to find out the most effective way to negotiate starting and future salaries.

Where to from Here New Graduate?


Answering the surveys

According to a recent survey by Job Outlook, a new graduate might be able to respond positively to the “where are you going?” question, the title of that survey, since there is a positive increase in hiring fresh college graduates for the third straight year.

The survey indicates that business owners plan on hiring more from this year’s graduating class than they did from the previous year’s class, and they also intend to offer higher compensation and benefits packages for the new hires.

In another survey (conducted annually) by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, nine out of ten companies describe the new job market as good, very good, and excellent.

In demand jobs

Public accounting and consulting firms held the brightest prospects for future graduates, while engineering and construction firms supported the idea by saying they will also be hiring. There is a growing demand for new graduates in this job market which can also be said is the result of growing products and services they offer, as well as keeping up with a retiring HR (Human Resources) staff.

So in what areas is there actual demand for new talent?

  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Accounting
  • Business administration / management
  • Economics / finance
  • Computer science
  • Information sciences and systems
  • Marketing / marketing management
  • Computer engineering
  • Chemical engineering

Mechanical engineering graduates topped the list and focusing on them are aerospace, automotive and mechanical equipment manufacturers, among others. Moreover, they also plan on hiring graduates with Ph.D.s in science and computer related courses.

Can't go wrong when the science is right

Banking, transportation, financial, and insurance services are seeking Economics/Finance graduates. The food and beverage processing companies, merchandisers, and financial services will need more Business Administration/Management degree holders also.

For the associates

In addition, one-third of business owners plan on hiring associate graduates from three categories: technology, engineering and business related degrees. Insurance and engineering/surveying companies appear to be most in need of 2 year course graduates since they possess a productive kind of technical knowledge which does not require more training.

They belong to the hands-on work force who developed a good work ethic, a quality which, unfortunately, is noted by employers as missing in previous amateur graduates. During the survey, only 23.5% of (mainly manufacturers) respondents planned on hiring international graduates

What qualities should a new graduate possess?

  • Must have excellent verbal and written
  • communication skills
  • Must be honest and has a high regard with integrity
  • Can easily relate to others
  • Maintain strong work ethic
  • Can work well with others…TEAMWORK!
  • Analytical skills
  • Must be self motivated and initiative
  • Adaptability to change
  • Updated computer skills
  • Observant to details

Featured benefits

The standards of companies’ ideal candidates are often higher than last year’s. It is important that new graduates show good G.P.A.s as full time jobs come with good benefits resulting from good revenues. Salary should not be the sole consideration when looking for a job, benefits are also important considerations.

Here are some of the lists of benefits:

  • Life and Medical/Dental insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Annual and semi-annual increase
  • Employee counseling program
  • Dress code
  • Paid training
  • Bonuses and commissions
  • Family benefits
  • Flex-time
  • Performance updates
  • Vacations and sick leave days
  • On-site fitness and recreational facilities
  • Day care center
  • Company car/service

Fashion world descends upon us

research: your due diligence

The best places to meet competitive employers might be on campus job fairs during on-the-job-trainings, student organizations and clubs, Internet search on “job search engines,” etc. What’s important is that the right employers are targeted.

Don’t let an opportunity pass, hone in on the interview to learn more about their career offers; and don’t forget to do diligent research about the company. It is a must that career objectives be discussed; and also important is composing a list of relevant and creative questions to ask of the prospective employer.