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Friday, December 7, 2007

Planning to give your boss a gift this holiday?

The season of giving is here and the holiday mood is in the air. Before I plan for my vacation, there's one thing that I'm looking forward to plan and give my 100% attention. Shopping for GIFTS! They said that its better to give than to receive. But it's not a necessity to give gifts to your co-workers and boss especially if the reason why you're giving gifts is because everyone else is giving you one.

If you want to treat your colleagues this season, you're welcome to do so. You can choose from a variety of gifts, may it be funny, cute, useful or edible, or whatever is within budget, its your call. But be more careful when picking a gift for your boss. Here are some tips on buying holiday gifts for your boss.

First of all, you have no obligation to get your boss a gift, a holiday card is enough. And it does not mean that you should get something for your boss if he buys you a gift. I'm sure your boss does not expect you to give him a gift just because he gave you something. A thank you note would be just fine and will be appreciated nevertheless.

Should you wish to reciprocate the gesture, first ask around among your co-workers about general gift-giving practices in the company. Some have company-wide exchange gift or a secret Santa where everyone (including the bosses) spends the same amount for an assigned person.

Be discreet when giving the gift, put the gift on your boss' desk early in the morning or at the end of the day so as not to draw attention to yourself. Some people don't have the money to buy their boss a present, and if they see you, they may feel inadequate. And others might gossip about it.

If you belong to a group, you can potluck for a gift for your boss. In doing so, those who doesn't have a budget, can share something and everyone can sign the gift card.

Don’t overdo it. You are not expected to spend the same amount as your boss would on a present.

Know your boss' interest so that you can get him or her something that he/she can actually use and enjoy. Suitable gifts that are not heavy on the pocket would be a book, a CD, or a magazine subscription. You can also give something that he can enjoy or share with his family such as movie tickets, sweets or wine (if he's a wine drinker). Useful items for the office like a sign pen, organizer, mug etc.

Enjoy your shopping! And don't worry too much, because it's always the thought that counts.

Originally posted by Shiena on Wednesday, 05 December 2007 at 04:53 PM at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

Your resume viewed by an employer? We'll tell you by email!

Hi, if you have been using our Searchable Resume feature and opened your resume to viewing by employers, you'd like to know that effective from today, we shall email you every time an employer looks at it. It's our way of telling you that an employer was interested enough to look deeper into your qualifications or experience. However, the decision to call you for an interview still rests with the employer.

You can always set your resume to be seen by employers. Just log into your MyJobStreet membership account and look for the Searchable Resume link in the MyResume page.

What do you think of this feature? Leave a comment to let us know!

Originally posted by blogadmin on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 at 04:00 PM at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

Upload the resume you write

It's quite common that many job seekers are now creating their resumes on online job sites like JobStreet.com.

However, this does not mean that nobody is writing the traditional, old-fashioned resume any more. Far from it, many people are still doing this because there are occasions when a written resume can be more appropriate than an online one. The only difference is that, instead of keeping type-written copies, their resumes are now stored as a Word document in their computers, ready to be printed whenever needed.

When you prepare a resume the traditional way, your individual style is always reflected in the way you write or format the document. On the other hand, an online resume normally follows a structured format. The self-written resume can thus often look more creative. You usually do not have such flexibility with the online version.

Uploadresume One of the newest features that you'll find on JobStreet.com is the ability to show off your individualism and creativity by allowing employers to look at your self-written resume. We call this feature Upload Resume and it allows you to, yes, upload your written resume to your MyJobStreet account.

The resume that you upload does not over-ride the online version that you first created on JobStreet.com. Rather, both versions co-exist side-by-side and when you apply to any job on JobStreet.com, the employer can choose the version that he prefers.

Keeping a self-written resume on JobStreet.com is not an absolute must but if you do, please make sure that every time you have something new to add to your qualifications, experience or skills, you should update the information in both resumes or otherwise the employer may miss out on some information in one of them.

So do you have your resume ready? You can upload it now, if you like. Just log into your MyJobStreet membership account from here (all countries except members from Indonesia who should log in from here.)

Have you any thoughts on this feature? You can take part in a very short poll on Upload Resume and let us know!

Originally Posted by blogadmin on Tuesday, 27 November 2007 at 08:00 AM @ http://blog.jobstreet.com/