Job Scam Alert Post Office Jobs

Job Scam Alert Post Office JobsJob Scam Alert Post Office JobsIf you thought that job scams only involved private companies and businesses, think again. Theres a new job scam that earnest job seekers are falling for, and it involves the federal government. Keep reading to learn more about the latest job scam related to post office jobs.Scam artists are now targeting people looking for federal or post office jobs as their next victims. The scammers operate in a variety of ways. They might advertise in your local newspaper in the classified sections and offer to help job seekers find and apply for federal or post office jobs. They might charge you a fee to help you find lages, or even help you prepare for any exams that you might have to take by urging you to buy study materials. (They even assure you that your money is refundable should you fail to pass the postal exam.)Heres the truth you shouldnt have to pay for a job. Ever. You can always find out if there are any openings with the USPS United States Postal Service by visiting usps.com/careers or by clicking the careers link at the bottom of the usps.com home page. It is through the USPS website that you should apply for any postal positions, not via a third party who promises to land you a job as a postal worker. The best part applying for these jobs is always free. Although applying through the USPS directly might be more time-consuming, it is truly the safest way to find a job working with this federal agency.So if you are planning to apply for a postal position (and want to steer clear of any potential job scams), heres what you need to knowKnow where to apply.Scam artists would like you to believe that there are hidden postal and federal jobs that only they have access to. But the USPS posts all of its jobs on its website, so you wont need to hire someone to search out the jobs for you. If youre told that a potential job exists in your area, check the USPS website to ensure its validity.Watch your walle t.The Federal Trade Commission warns people against paying someone to help them pass the postal exam. So shelling out your money for practice exams, a tip sheet, and a listing of postal jobs simply doesnt make sense. They stress that the exam is more of an aptitude test, not something that you can study for. Plus, passing the postal exam doesnt automatically guarantee a job, since other factors, such as passing both a background and a drug test, can make or break you landing a postal position.Know the names.Some job scammers will set up an official-looking company name to fool you into thinking they work directly with the USPS, but they actually dont. The FTC reports some scammers using names like the U.S. Agency for Career Advancement or the Postal Employment Service, neither of which exist. So dont be fooled by an official-sounding name or title.There are no lengths that a job scammer wont go to in order to get you to part with your money. Be aware and cautious as you go about you r job search, and you can avoid any would-be job scams- signed, sealed, delivered.Readers, have you fallen victim to a post office job scam? Let us know what happened in the comments

5 Things Youre Doing at Work That Drive Your Boss Crazy

5 Things Youre Doing at Work That Drive Your Boss Crazy5 Things Youre Doing at Work That Drive Your Boss CrazyYoure ambitious and smart, and youhave career plans. You know your job well, and you work hard, so why does your anfhrer hate you? Well, maybe not hate you, but its clear that she likes your coworker a lot more than she likes you, even though youre clearly the better employee. Sometimes thats just a personality thing- lets face it, everyone doesnt click with everyone- but sometimes its because youre doing something thats driving your babo up the wall. If youre doing any of ansicht things that can really tick off a boss, maybe your actions are the true source of the problem (and not that your boss is just crazy). Here are five things that, if youre doing them, you need to stop- now. You Think You Know Better Than the Boss You might. Its possible that youre smarter than the boss. (And, in fact, good bosses should look to hire people who are smarter than they are.) But, that doesnt mean you can just do the job however you want. Sometimes, people say, Hey, Im exempt, so I can do the jobhowever I want. This is not true. You need to do it how your boss wants you to do it. This doesnt mean you need to keep your mouth shut. For example, a co-workers first job out of school welches for a real estate management firm. Do you know how they looked at their incoming and outgoing money? They typed it up in Word and added up the figures with a calculator. True. She introduced them to the concept of Excel and showed them how Excel could do formulas that would add the amount of money up for them. Wow They had no idea. (This happened in the late 90s, so its not as bad as it sounds.) This was an appropriate and helpful way to contribute a new idea. What she didnt do was insist she had a better way to manage calculations and go ahead with it over her managers objections. Share your ideas, but if your boss says no, let it go. You Whine You may technically perform awe somely at your job, but ifyou complain about every little thingthat goes on in the office, your boss will not love you. Are there problems? Yes. Should your boss address these problems? Maybe. There are things called priorities, which means that, while its true that the business could run more efficiently with a state-of-the-art enterprise software installation, the priority right now is meeting payroll. Stop whining about it. Likewise, whining about your coworkers special privileges, assignments, or body odor isnt likely to win you any love and affection from your boss. If your coworker gets to work at home every Tuesday and youd like to do that too, ask your boss Janet has the flexibility to work from home one day per week. Is that something thats possible for me as well? Then have a conversation about creating a flexible schedule. If your boss ultimately says no, the conversation is finished. Your job is likely different than Janets, requiring your presence in the office. Janet m ay have a medical condition that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and her reasonable accommodation could be to work from home one day per week. Or, your boss may think of you as a slacker if she isnt standing over you. In any event, let it go. You Go Over the Bosss Head If your boss is sexually harassing you, violating securities law, or passing out drunk in her office, absolutely make a formal complaint with HR or with her boss. But, if your boss just gives you lousy assignments, take those up with her first. What if your boss makes a huge mistake? For instance, what if her plan for Client A will flop spectacularly, and you know it. Shouldnt you go to her boss to save the company? First of all, you have no idea whether that is your bosss plan or if shes carrying out her bosss plan, so going over her head, in that case, will make you look foolish. If its truly her idea and you go to her boss, and the big boss agrees with you, it will make your boss look foolish. How much do you think your boss will like you if youve just humiliated her in front of her boss? Instead, document the problems you see, go to your boss, and say, Jane, I have some concerns about your plan for Client A. Ive listed them here. Can we talk about this? Rational bosses will sit down with you and go over your list. (Unless youre a documented whiner, see above then shell assume this is another of your petty complaints and ignore you. The story of the Boy Who Cried intertriginses ekzem applies to adults at work as well.) If, after shes gone over the list with you and rejected all of your ideas, you have two options. Option one is to say, Thanks for listening to me Jane. I hope youre right, and Ill do everything I can to help your plan work successfully, and then do it. Option two is to say, Jane, Im really concerned that this is going to damage the companys reputation if we do this. Can we at least loop your boss in on this? If Jane says no, and youre still super concerned, at this point going over heads is necessary, but understand it will damage your relationship with your boss. It may be worth it if youre right, but what if youre wrong? Proceed carefully and keep careful documentation. You Avoid Tasks That You Dont Like Your coworkers can all see that you disappear right after the departmental lunch instead of helping to clean up. You may say, Im a director. Admins should do the lunch cleanup. That may be true,in some companies, but certainly not all. You need to do yucky things in every job. Your boss will take note if you push these off onto coworkers or just avoid them altogether. Sure, if you can figure out a more efficient way to accomplish a task, thats great, but when inventory time arrives, everyone has to do inventory. Your boss notices when you call in sick every inventory day. It may not be a big deal, and the thing youre avoiding may not evenbe a core function of your job, but it is likely damaging your relationship with y our boss. Go ahead and take your turn. Youre Not Being a Team Player Look, some employees are introverts. Right now they could be self-employed and working from home. This is an introverts dream. Some introverted employees have also been blessed to work with a bunch of other introverts so they werent often forced to participate in team-building events that involved sharing feelings or playing sports. But can introverts function as team players? You bet. If someone was out sick, would they take over meetings? Yep. Would they take phone calls on a day off to solve a problem? Absolutely. Just because you didnt cause a problem doesnt mean that you cant help solve it. Team players work together. Its not all about going to the departmental party. When someone in the department gets a promotion, did they congratulate that person or were they envious that they didnt get it? Well, sometimes both, but hopefully their envy was hidden. And you know what? It makes for a better environment fo r everyone. Things are not always fair, but acting as a team player means that you work together with your coworkers to create a better overall outcome. Observing you not being a team player will make your boss unhappy. Happy bosses make for an easier, less stressful day at the office. Making the boss happy also increases your chance of achieving your career goals, so make sure that youre working hard to keep your boss contentand watch your career take off. - Suzanne Lucas is a freelance writer who spent 10 years in corporate human resources, where she hired, fired, managed the numbers, and double-checked with the lawyers.

The Business Writing Mistake That#8217;s Making You Look Bad

The Business Writing Mistake That8217s Making You Look badeanstalt The Business Writing Mistake That8217s Making You Look Bad Its not your clothes, or your hairstyle, or the AOL email address (although, those might not be helping either).What youre doing is more subtle than all that. Worst of all, it something that you learned wascorrectin school. How or why would you someone teach you the wrong way to do something? All I can say is this The times have changed possibly without you.Now, before I get on a high horse, let me say that I learned this lesson the hard way. I want to keep you from learning it the hard way, too. Its very possible nobody else will point it out to you. Theyll just talk about you when youre not around or wonder to themselves about your intelligence.This sounds like a big deal, doesnt it?How I Learned My LessonWhen I first launched my career-coaching practice, Copeland Coaching, I wrote an eBook called Breaking the Rules Getting the Job. I used a recommended, fantastic editor who read over the 100 or so draft pages I wrote. She combed through every page in detail, with great care.When she was finished, I asked for general feedback on my writing style. I had never used a professional editor before and was very interested in learning as much as I could. She said something I never expected to hear The one thing you really need to stop doing is using two spaces after your periods.Wait, what? Nothing about my writing style? Two periods instead of one? But the teachers in school drilled two periods into my headThis must be a minor creative difference, I thought. I left the eBook with double spaces and never looked back.About six months later, I had a meeting with the newspaper for which I write a column. I had been writing the column for a few months, and with professional writers and editors in the room, I took the opportunity to ask the same question Is there anything I could do to improve my writing style?One of the editors cringed. He sai d something along the lines of, Your writing style is good, but theres one thing that would be great if you could stop doing. You use two periods at the ends of your sentences. We always delete them.This stopped me in my tracks. My mind began to spin. How in the world was this really a thing? How was it a big deal? How is it a pet peeve of professional writers? Where did I go wrong?From the best that I can gather, using two spaces after periods was taught for years in school. At some point in time, the standard changed, and one space became the norm. Unless you write for a living, you probably werent told about the change.Simply put If youre using two spaces after periods, you are dating yourself. I suspect youre like me and dont even know this.Any time I tell a client about this standard, theyre always surprised that A.) this is a thing and B.)anyone cares. They probably ignore my suggestions in this area just like I ignored my first editor.This week, a friend posted on social medi a about this pet peeve with a link to a recent article on the website Slate. It inspired me to write this post.Heres how the article begins Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong. The author goes on to say, What galls me about two-spacers is What Im getting at here is that the one space or two issue is a very controversial one. And were all being judged.If youre out there applying for jobs, take my advice and switch to one space. Dont overthink it. Just do it. After some practice, it will become more natural and it will prevent you from being gossiped about by those who are more up on writing than the average person.After all, theyre tying your knowledge of this fact (or lack thereof) to your intelligence.

ASME Job Board + Career Center Offers Opportunities with New Virtual Career Fair

ASME Job Board + Career Center Offers Opportunities with New Virtual Career Fair ASME Job Board + Career Center Offers Opportunities with New Virtual Career Fair ASME Job Board + Career Center Offers Opportunities with New Virtual Career FairVisit ASMEs first Virtual Career Fair on Power Energy, currently underway on the ASME Job Board + Career Center, to view the latest engineering employment opportunities that are currently being offered within the power and energy sector. The ASME Virtual Career Fair, which will continue through July 10, provides you with free, exclusive access to companies, organizations and universities involved in the power and energy industry within the United States and internationally who are currently seeking engineering talent. The Virtual Career Fair offers a live chat feature that lets you communicate one-on-one with human resources professionals from power and energy firms who are currently hiring engineers. The Career Fair is also focused exclusivel y on the power and energy field, so you can apply for engineering jobs that are right for you.Employers with current listings on the Virtual Career Fair page include MIT, Michigan State University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States Reficar in Colombia Essar Projects Ltd. in India and the International Inspection Centre (INTREX) in Kuwait among others. Post your resume for free on careerfair.asme.org now and take your job search to the next level.

Definitions of Administrative Assistant Job Description Resume

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The Idiots Handbook to Resume Builder Writing Tips

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