Fancy Being a Chief Beer Officer?

I was surfing the Internet today and I came across a most unlikely position that you may find advertised: that of a Chief Beer Officer (CBO).

That's right, you didn't read it wrong. A Chief Beer Officer.

At the start of 2007, Sheraton's Four Points hotel chain had been looking for someone to fill this part-time position. An advertisement was placed in several United States newspapers but somehow, word got around on the Internet and the hotel received about 7,800 applications from people in at least 30 countries.

Applications were received from self-proclaimed beer snobs, certified beer judges, beer journalists and hundreds who have travelled the globe in search of the world's best brews.

Would you qualify as a CBO yourself? First, without question, the job would involve drinking plenty of beer. Then, for the successful CBO, he would be needed to be the "official beer ambassador at select microbrewery tours and national beer festivals, and on barstools across the country." A dream job for many pub crawlers.

I wouldn't mind applying for this job myself but sadly, it has already been filled.

A bloke named Scott Kerkmans beat me to it by 10 months. As CBO, his perks include free beer delivered to his door. "I think I've made a lot of people jealous" with this new job, Kerksman said. Lucky devil, you!

Originally posted by SS Quah on Thursday, 03 January 2008 at http://blog.jobstreet.com

How to Get Promoted: Nine Obvious and Not Often Practiced Tips

It would be safe to say that you would have probably entertained the question of how to get promoted even before you graduated or left school.

Long Yun Siang, the head of a department in a multinational advertising agency in Malaysia, says that he is often asked this question by juniors in his industry. These experiences pushed him to pen nine obvious but often not practised tips on how to get promoted.

He recommends making them part of your career plan and before you know it, you would have moved up to the next level. However, a main reason for people to ignore these obvious practices is because they seem very long term. But Long thinks otherwise. All you need to do is to consistently DO them.

To read about his tips, click here.

Originally posted by blogadmin on Friday, 04 January 2008 at 11:38 AM at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

Get your next job match in Facebook!

You have probably caught the Facebook bug by now - the hugely popular and addictive social networking site.

We've just developed a couple of Facebook Applications - now you can get your perfect job matches (from LiNa - your personal job agent) or do a job-search right from your Facebook account.

Just type in "JobStreet" on the search box in Facebook - you'll see two Applications listed. Just click "Add Applications" as usual and tell your friends about it too!

Try it out and let us know what you think - tell us about your ideas on how to make it more useful!

Here's wishing everyone a rewarding and purposeful 2008 ahead.

Cheers from the JobStreet.com team.

Originally posted by Wee Khang Teoh on Monday, 31 December 2007 at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

New Year Greetings from Us to You

Hi, welcome to 2008. Just a few short words to cap off Year 2007.

We'd like to thank you for your continued trust in JobStreet.com as your career partner. We are happy to share with you that we are now in eight countries, with Japan being the latest in our JobStreet.com family. We also got recognized by Forbes Asia in their list of 'Best Under a Billion companies'!

As we look forward to this year, we are inspired to work harder at Improving Lives Through Better Careers throughout the whole region. With more than 30,000 jobs posted regionally at any given time, we commit to giving you MORE CHOICES and BETTER CHANCES in your job hunting.

Again, thank you and we wish you a very Happy New Year! May 2008 be a very productive year for you and all of us!

Warmest wishes from LiNa and the staff at JobStreet.com

Posted by blogadmin on Tuesday, 01 January 2008 at http://blog.jobstreet.com/

Time to rev up your career in 2008

Hi. So how have your Christmas holidays been like? There's nothing like taking off at the end of the year for some seasonal revelry, enjoying the company of your loved ones and charging your batteries in the process before looking ahead to the new year.

But even as you wave off the old year and welcome in the new, it should be the time that you also think about how you can rev up your career next year.

Take some time off from your holidays - or your work - to look at your achievements in 2007. Have you done anything special that you can count on with pride? Saved some money for your company? Improved on some processes? Made life easier for your supervisors, peers or subordinates? Received a promotion or a commendation?

If you have, it is time that you should update your resume to show off these achievements. Don't leave them out from your resume. Update it now, while the achievements are still fresh in your mind. Treat it as a new year resolution that you will do just that, won't you?

Cheers!

Originally posted by SS Quah on Thursday, 27 December 2007 at http://blog.jobstreet.com/