You thought you had the job nailed. The interview went well--the interviewer seemed to like you and your skills were a perfect fit. They even seemed to be on the verge of offering you the job on the spot. But your agency tells you the next day you didn’t get the job or contract. What happened? It came as a big shock, didn’t it?
Losing a job or contract you thought you had is a real blow to your self-esteem. All sorts of reasons start to race through your mind. Was your agency up to something? Did one of your references put in a bad word for you? You just can’t believe it or understand it.
Having been on both sides of this situation, here are some of the reasons that it might have happened:
1. Better Candidate
By far the most likely thing to have happened is that somebody walked in later that afternoon, or the next morning, for an interview who was a better fit perfect for the position than you. As an employer it used to happen to me fairly regularly that I would interview someone I felt happy with and would have been glad to take on. But then somebody else would come along later who was exactly who we wanted, even more so than the previous candidate.
2. Agency Hocus Pocus
Although reason number one is by far the most likely, there is the possibility that the agent sent two candidates along for a contract position, and the client likes both of you. In that situation the agent may steer the client towards the candidate the agency can make the most money from.
3. Someone Recognized You
It’s always possible that someone you worked with previously recognized you as you walked in for the interview. Maybe they knew you got into trouble at the other place, thought you were incompetent, or just plain didn't like you. And they passed that information on after you left the building.
There’s also the possibility that person is protecting himself or herself. Maybe they were sacked from the previous company and didn't want someone knowing that starting at his or her new place of employment. I once lost a job I thought was a sure thing. I found out later I lost out because of a bad recommendation from someone I'd worked with previously. The guy had been escorted off the premises by the security guards where I worked with him before.
4. Jumped the Gun
It happens fairly regularly that Project Managers interview for positions they haven't received a budget for yet. It was only wishful thinking on their part. They either never get budget permission or they have to wait longer than expected, by which time you're already at a different job. If you were interviewing for a contract position, perhaps HR was still hoping to hire a permanent employee and didn’t want to commit to a contractor.
5. Bad Reference
There’s also the possibility that the company got a bad reference on you. This could have come from your previous employer, client or even a co-worker.
Hiring agents have told me that often the best sources to ask will be other contractors or co-workers. They may have somebody at a site where you used to work, and the agent will simply call them to ask what you were like. If you are unlucky they connected with someone with whom you didn’t get along.
However, by far the most likely occurrence, in my experience, is that someone else came along for an interview after you did that the company simply liked better. This is what happens in 9 cases out of 10, and possibly 99 cases out of 100.
Where do you go from here? If you lost out to someone else, you could try to find out what distinguished that person from you. It may mean you getting more training in job skills to match or exceed that other candidate. If you had equal skills and experience, maybe that other person presented himself or herself better. You might consider getting interview training so you don’t lose jobs again.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
What Will This New Job Cost You
One of the most important (if not the most important) benefit of a job is the salary. The salary you earn is very important – it's how you pay your bills and support yourself and your family. When looking for a new job you'll often have a number in your head that you want to earn. It doesn't matter if this is an hourly rate or annual salary; it is very important to remain flexible when considering a salary offer for the following reason – you don't know how much this new position is going to cost you.
Think about it for just a minute. There is a financial cost associated with any job. Many factors play a role in the out of pocket expenses a job will cost you. Many times a potential employer is not going to disclose to you the costs associated with benefits sooner than the offer phase. For this reason it's critical not to throw out a number too early in the interview process because you just don't know how much you'll need to actually make to bring home your desired salary.
So what expenses are associated with a job? Some of them are obvious. Take health insurance, for example. Depending on the size of the company or the insurance carrier selected there can be considerable differences in cost. For example: your current employer requires an out of pocket payment from you of $200 a pay period. The new employer requires $100 a pay period. We'll assume there are the same number of pays per year. If you're paid bi-weekly that's a difference of $2,600 per year in your pocket (before taxes).
What about the accepted dress code of the company, either official or unofficial? If you're coming from a company where it's casual dress every day and you're going to one where suits are the norm you might have to put out several hundred dollars to obtain the necessary wardrobe.
How is the commute? If you're commuting a long distance now and the new company is just a few minutes away you're going to save money on gas and automobile maintenance (if you drive) or possibly in public transportation costs.
Are you required to work overtime hours? You might be paid for overtime at your current company, but you new employer might not pay you for overtime. Maybe one job requires you to be “on call” after hours (unpaid) while the other position doesn't have this requirement. Figure out the actual number of hours you work now or will be required to work in the new position, divided by your annual salary to get a true hourly rate in order to compare the two jobs. If your current employer requires five hours a week of unpaid overtime and the new employer does not have any overtime, on paper a lateral salary move would be in fact a raise based on what you are paid per hour.
Other considerations to include in your comparison include 401(k) contribution, tuition reimbursement, company paid professional registrations and membership, parking, on-site health clubs, vacation and personal days, company provided cell phone and/or laptop, flexible schedules, on-site daycare, pre-tax spending accounts, paid training, and the ability to telecommute. While you might not be able to associate a financial cost with these items, something as simple as a flexible schedule might be more important to you than an extra $1.50 per hour.
Once you are able to determine the out of pocket expenses for both the new company and your current company you can come up with a figure that will allow you to cover your out of pocket expenses while bringing home the salary you desire.
Think about it for just a minute. There is a financial cost associated with any job. Many factors play a role in the out of pocket expenses a job will cost you. Many times a potential employer is not going to disclose to you the costs associated with benefits sooner than the offer phase. For this reason it's critical not to throw out a number too early in the interview process because you just don't know how much you'll need to actually make to bring home your desired salary.
So what expenses are associated with a job? Some of them are obvious. Take health insurance, for example. Depending on the size of the company or the insurance carrier selected there can be considerable differences in cost. For example: your current employer requires an out of pocket payment from you of $200 a pay period. The new employer requires $100 a pay period. We'll assume there are the same number of pays per year. If you're paid bi-weekly that's a difference of $2,600 per year in your pocket (before taxes).
What about the accepted dress code of the company, either official or unofficial? If you're coming from a company where it's casual dress every day and you're going to one where suits are the norm you might have to put out several hundred dollars to obtain the necessary wardrobe.
How is the commute? If you're commuting a long distance now and the new company is just a few minutes away you're going to save money on gas and automobile maintenance (if you drive) or possibly in public transportation costs.
Are you required to work overtime hours? You might be paid for overtime at your current company, but you new employer might not pay you for overtime. Maybe one job requires you to be “on call” after hours (unpaid) while the other position doesn't have this requirement. Figure out the actual number of hours you work now or will be required to work in the new position, divided by your annual salary to get a true hourly rate in order to compare the two jobs. If your current employer requires five hours a week of unpaid overtime and the new employer does not have any overtime, on paper a lateral salary move would be in fact a raise based on what you are paid per hour.
Other considerations to include in your comparison include 401(k) contribution, tuition reimbursement, company paid professional registrations and membership, parking, on-site health clubs, vacation and personal days, company provided cell phone and/or laptop, flexible schedules, on-site daycare, pre-tax spending accounts, paid training, and the ability to telecommute. While you might not be able to associate a financial cost with these items, something as simple as a flexible schedule might be more important to you than an extra $1.50 per hour.
Once you are able to determine the out of pocket expenses for both the new company and your current company you can come up with a figure that will allow you to cover your out of pocket expenses while bringing home the salary you desire.
Using XML/RSS in Your Job Search
In a nutshell RSS allows you to receive information from sites such as News or Job Boards without having to visit those sites each time you want an update. Not all web sites currently provide XML or RSS, but it is growing rapidly in popularity and many Job Sites and Career Boards do provide it.
What does it look like?
RSS is really just a standardized form of data based on XML. The data itself is processed by an RSS Reader or Aggregator into a human readable format. The real power of RSS aggregation is you can have all the feeds sent to one location. You can save a huge amount of time job hunting by sending all your favorite job board feeds to one place.
What software do I need to use RSS?
In general, the first thing you need is something called an RSS Reader or Aggregator. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want. There are plenty on the market, some free, some commercial.
How do I get a News Reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time. Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to consider this when you make your choice. To find a reader that fits your needs use your favorite search engine and search for "RSS readers."
How do I add feeds?
Each product or service will have a similar way of adding feeds. It's pretty simple, you find a site that can provide an RSS feed, you copy their link which will normally be on an image. You paste the link into your RSS Reader. You can normally set how often your reader will check your feeds. When it comes to job sites it makes sense to have it check as frequently as possible, that way you stand a better chance at applying for a job early.
Build A Custom RSS Job Feed
If you want jobs specific to your needs, we have a useful method. Several Employment Sites have an extremely handy way of building feeds specific to your searches. Simply search or browse these sites in the normal way, and you will find an RSS link on the results page.
Lets say you searched a RSS Job Site for Human Resource Management positions in Dallas, TX and you didn't find anything that suited you. No problem! Simply paste the RSS link into your RSS reader and the site will inform you the instant a position matches your criteria. You can have as many of these feeds as you want so make sure that you have established custom feeds for all the possible combinations fitting your interests.
What does it look like?
RSS is really just a standardized form of data based on XML. The data itself is processed by an RSS Reader or Aggregator into a human readable format. The real power of RSS aggregation is you can have all the feeds sent to one location. You can save a huge amount of time job hunting by sending all your favorite job board feeds to one place.
What software do I need to use RSS?
In general, the first thing you need is something called an RSS Reader or Aggregator. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want. There are plenty on the market, some free, some commercial.
How do I get a News Reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time. Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to consider this when you make your choice. To find a reader that fits your needs use your favorite search engine and search for "RSS readers."
How do I add feeds?
Each product or service will have a similar way of adding feeds. It's pretty simple, you find a site that can provide an RSS feed, you copy their link which will normally be on an image. You paste the link into your RSS Reader. You can normally set how often your reader will check your feeds. When it comes to job sites it makes sense to have it check as frequently as possible, that way you stand a better chance at applying for a job early.
Build A Custom RSS Job Feed
If you want jobs specific to your needs, we have a useful method. Several Employment Sites have an extremely handy way of building feeds specific to your searches. Simply search or browse these sites in the normal way, and you will find an RSS link on the results page.
Lets say you searched a RSS Job Site for Human Resource Management positions in Dallas, TX and you didn't find anything that suited you. No problem! Simply paste the RSS link into your RSS reader and the site will inform you the instant a position matches your criteria. You can have as many of these feeds as you want so make sure that you have established custom feeds for all the possible combinations fitting your interests.
How to Recession Proof Your Job
Economic times constantly change and organizations adapt to these changes. For you to find career success, you must be pro-active about your job. What are the career secrets of those who soar to the top in their careers no matter what the economic environment is in the world?
The following are ten career secrets you can use to “recession proof” yourself and find career success no matter what the economic situation is:
1. Find Out What Your Organization Needs for Career Success
Invest the time to investigate and understand your organization’s mission, goals, and values. Your organization may be facing challenges and the person who can tune into what the organization needs to be successful and provide the solution can write his/her own career success ticket.
Remember, to get what you want in your career, you must help your organization, your department, your manager succeed. Focus on what is important to your manager and provide the solution. If customer service is important, speak with your manager in terms of creating customer solutions. If your manager is a numbers person, quantify all your results, etc.
2. Be a Change Agent for Career Success
Organizational change will change the way you do your job. There is no escaping the changes that are happening around us all the time. Learn to embrace these changes so that you can learn how to take advantage of the career opportunities available from being a change agent.
How do you do this? Be pro-active and ask questions about the change. How does it affect the organization? What challenges will there be implementing the changes? How will these changes affect the way you do your job? And the most important question, “What can you do to help implement the changes?”
Once you receive the answers to these questions, and are able to act on the answers, you are way ahead of the “change curve” and will be looked at as someone who can “make things happen” within the organization. This will lead to countless career opportunities
3. Be the Master of Your Job for Career Success
Invest the time to learn as much as there is to know about your job. Many times, employees will become complacent and master only the few tasks that they do 80% of the time. Then when a career opportunity comes up, this employee doesn’t have the skill set to take advantage of a promotion or raise.
Take the time to read trade journals, go on the Internet to job related sites, and ask questions to master the understanding of your job. With the wealth of information there is in the 21st century, there is no excuse for “not knowing.”
4. Volunteer to Make a Difference for Career Success
Volunteer for assignments that expose your skills. Look for especially challenging projects that other people have declined.
Also volunteer to mentor others within your organization. This will show and develop your leadership, management, and interpersonal skills. Keep management posted on your challenges and how you are working with the person you are mentoring to overcome these challenges.
Volunteer to write a department or organizational newsletter. This is another way to benefit a large group, while showcasing your skills and ideas.
5. Be a Solution Creator and Not a Problem Maker for Career Success
Anybody can find problems within organizations. My experience is that you don’t need to find them…they will find you. Some people have a special skill for finding problems and reporting them.
Develop the skill of looking at these problems as “opportunities for advancement,” step back and analyze the opportunity, and develop ideas for overcoming the problem. Make sure you communicate these solutions during meetings, e-mails, memos, and conversations with management. You will soon be looked upon by management as someone who can overcome obstacles and make things happen within the organization.
The following are ten career secrets you can use to “recession proof” yourself and find career success no matter what the economic situation is:
1. Find Out What Your Organization Needs for Career Success
Invest the time to investigate and understand your organization’s mission, goals, and values. Your organization may be facing challenges and the person who can tune into what the organization needs to be successful and provide the solution can write his/her own career success ticket.
Remember, to get what you want in your career, you must help your organization, your department, your manager succeed. Focus on what is important to your manager and provide the solution. If customer service is important, speak with your manager in terms of creating customer solutions. If your manager is a numbers person, quantify all your results, etc.
2. Be a Change Agent for Career Success
Organizational change will change the way you do your job. There is no escaping the changes that are happening around us all the time. Learn to embrace these changes so that you can learn how to take advantage of the career opportunities available from being a change agent.
How do you do this? Be pro-active and ask questions about the change. How does it affect the organization? What challenges will there be implementing the changes? How will these changes affect the way you do your job? And the most important question, “What can you do to help implement the changes?”
Once you receive the answers to these questions, and are able to act on the answers, you are way ahead of the “change curve” and will be looked at as someone who can “make things happen” within the organization. This will lead to countless career opportunities
3. Be the Master of Your Job for Career Success
Invest the time to learn as much as there is to know about your job. Many times, employees will become complacent and master only the few tasks that they do 80% of the time. Then when a career opportunity comes up, this employee doesn’t have the skill set to take advantage of a promotion or raise.
Take the time to read trade journals, go on the Internet to job related sites, and ask questions to master the understanding of your job. With the wealth of information there is in the 21st century, there is no excuse for “not knowing.”
4. Volunteer to Make a Difference for Career Success
Volunteer for assignments that expose your skills. Look for especially challenging projects that other people have declined.
Also volunteer to mentor others within your organization. This will show and develop your leadership, management, and interpersonal skills. Keep management posted on your challenges and how you are working with the person you are mentoring to overcome these challenges.
Volunteer to write a department or organizational newsletter. This is another way to benefit a large group, while showcasing your skills and ideas.
5. Be a Solution Creator and Not a Problem Maker for Career Success
Anybody can find problems within organizations. My experience is that you don’t need to find them…they will find you. Some people have a special skill for finding problems and reporting them.
Develop the skill of looking at these problems as “opportunities for advancement,” step back and analyze the opportunity, and develop ideas for overcoming the problem. Make sure you communicate these solutions during meetings, e-mails, memos, and conversations with management. You will soon be looked upon by management as someone who can overcome obstacles and make things happen within the organization.
How to Quit your Day Job with Turnkey Websites
It's one of the hottest searched terms on the internet right now: Turnkey Websites.
What are they exactly? According to Wikipedia, The term turnkey is often used in the technology industry, most commonly to describe pre-built computer "packages" in which everything needed to perform a certain type of task is put together by the supplier and sold as a bundle.
In other words, turnkey websites usually refers to getting a pre-built fully-loaded website for one low price, including its domain name, design, images, programming – and at times, also the dropshipper contact info to deliver the products if it's an e-commerce website or the ebooks that the website is selling.
How exactly do you make a living with turnkey websites? By getting them through a low cost turnkey website provider and selling them over and over again on venues like ebay – not only do you secure the customer's money with the final cost of the auction, but you secure this same customer as your hosting customer who will pay you around $9.95 every month for however long they keep their website.
But you know nothing about servers and the hosting business? So what – most of my hosting resellers have never even owned an html editor before, but they're making thousands of dollars a month following my user-friendly plan. Here is exactly what you need to make a lot of money by selling turnkey websites:
1. A hosting reseller account (http://www.designshrine.net/host/reseller.html)
2. A membership to a turnkey website provider (http://www.designshrinephpfactory.com/)
3. A free html editor (we recommend NVU)
4. An ftp program (we recommend FlashFXP)
5. An account with ebay
That's it! Here is the process:
1. You log into your turnkey website membership and download, say, one of the Real Estate websites.
2. You purchase a domain for it and set the Domain Name Servers to your hosting reseller account (i.e. ns1.yoursite.com and ns2.yoursite.)
3. You install the downloaded turnkey website to your hosting reseller server.
4. You list it on eBay with the description that they will win this fabulous Turnkey Real Estate website and it is REQUIRED THAT THEY HOST THE SITE WITH YOU for $9.95 per month (or whatever you want to charge).
4. Auction ends and let's says you made $175 for the website alone, on the low side. You just made $175 PLUS WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IN RESIDUAL INCOME from the $9.95 per month! We have resellers making about $12,000 per month within one and a half years, but you can realistically expect about $2000 per month within the first 8 months or less.
5. You next install a Term Paper Store with a snappy domain and once again, you made another $9.95 per month.
6. Then the ebook store gets you another $9.95 per month.
TURNKEY WEBSITE SELLING IS GREAT BUT THE REAL MONEY IS IN THE HOSTING. You get the idea. You're selling information.
The only requirements of most turnkey website membership stores is that you are required to sell their websites with a domain already installed onto your server. You can never sell the script as they do or your account will be terminated.
This is not a get rich quick scheme or a slap 'em up website that you hope will make you money just by existing on the internet – that NEVER happens. Like any business, it takes some sweat equity – but not very much. Normally it takes about 2 hours per day in installing websites (usually takes about 5 – 10 minutes each) and answering questions from potential buyers.
When you quit your day job, you will have so many customers that you will be working 8 hours a day as I do, but it's all worth it – working at home or your own office with no one to answer to but yourself is worth everything in the world!
What are they exactly? According to Wikipedia, The term turnkey is often used in the technology industry, most commonly to describe pre-built computer "packages" in which everything needed to perform a certain type of task is put together by the supplier and sold as a bundle.
In other words, turnkey websites usually refers to getting a pre-built fully-loaded website for one low price, including its domain name, design, images, programming – and at times, also the dropshipper contact info to deliver the products if it's an e-commerce website or the ebooks that the website is selling.
How exactly do you make a living with turnkey websites? By getting them through a low cost turnkey website provider and selling them over and over again on venues like ebay – not only do you secure the customer's money with the final cost of the auction, but you secure this same customer as your hosting customer who will pay you around $9.95 every month for however long they keep their website.
But you know nothing about servers and the hosting business? So what – most of my hosting resellers have never even owned an html editor before, but they're making thousands of dollars a month following my user-friendly plan. Here is exactly what you need to make a lot of money by selling turnkey websites:
1. A hosting reseller account (http://www.designshrine.net/host/reseller.html)
2. A membership to a turnkey website provider (http://www.designshrinephpfactory.com/)
3. A free html editor (we recommend NVU)
4. An ftp program (we recommend FlashFXP)
5. An account with ebay
That's it! Here is the process:
1. You log into your turnkey website membership and download, say, one of the Real Estate websites.
2. You purchase a domain for it and set the Domain Name Servers to your hosting reseller account (i.e. ns1.yoursite.com and ns2.yoursite.)
3. You install the downloaded turnkey website to your hosting reseller server.
4. You list it on eBay with the description that they will win this fabulous Turnkey Real Estate website and it is REQUIRED THAT THEY HOST THE SITE WITH YOU for $9.95 per month (or whatever you want to charge).
4. Auction ends and let's says you made $175 for the website alone, on the low side. You just made $175 PLUS WHO KNOWS HOW LONG IN RESIDUAL INCOME from the $9.95 per month! We have resellers making about $12,000 per month within one and a half years, but you can realistically expect about $2000 per month within the first 8 months or less.
5. You next install a Term Paper Store with a snappy domain and once again, you made another $9.95 per month.
6. Then the ebook store gets you another $9.95 per month.
TURNKEY WEBSITE SELLING IS GREAT BUT THE REAL MONEY IS IN THE HOSTING. You get the idea. You're selling information.
The only requirements of most turnkey website membership stores is that you are required to sell their websites with a domain already installed onto your server. You can never sell the script as they do or your account will be terminated.
This is not a get rich quick scheme or a slap 'em up website that you hope will make you money just by existing on the internet – that NEVER happens. Like any business, it takes some sweat equity – but not very much. Normally it takes about 2 hours per day in installing websites (usually takes about 5 – 10 minutes each) and answering questions from potential buyers.
When you quit your day job, you will have so many customers that you will be working 8 hours a day as I do, but it's all worth it – working at home or your own office with no one to answer to but yourself is worth everything in the world!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Cold Calling For Jobs
When hunting for a job, after the first few weeks of sending out resumes and posting on job boards, people often feel like there is more they should be doing. Getting an interview in today’s tight job market is difficult and you may need to pull out some old-time methods to help you get a good job.
You might ask what else can I do to get a job and the answer would be to do anything and everything possible to help yourself get a job. One method of job searching that has fallen by the wayside in light of the Internet age is cold calling companies to see if they are hiring.
As most of us know, companies who want to fill positions will initially try to fill in-house (even though they will post the job publicly). Secondly, they will try to fill positions through referrals from employees. Finally, they may or may not post jobs on one of the larger job boards.
Some companies today still do not post the majority of their open positions on job boards and will instead try to fill it in-house, through referrals or by posting on the company’s web site.
In light of this, it is up to you and I to try any method possible to get a foot in the door. When you start considering cold calling companies for open positions, you first should prepare yourself for rejection. I suggest calling smaller companies within a 30 mile radius of home in the hopes that they do not have the hiring and advertising budgets that some of the bigger companies do and will be glad to look at your resume or even talk to you.
I spoke with a friend who was laid off after the 9/11 tragedy and was out of work for almost six months until he started calling the smaller software companies in the area to see if they needed help. Out of the blue, he called a local company that turned out to be owned by someone he went to Jr. High School with and he was able to secure a job with that company.
So, while not necessarily the best way to find a job, cold calling for open positions can sometimes lead you to discover relationships with companies that you never imagined possible. So, if your job search did not score you that big job in the first few weeks, don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and start making some calls. You never know, it might pay off.
You might ask what else can I do to get a job and the answer would be to do anything and everything possible to help yourself get a job. One method of job searching that has fallen by the wayside in light of the Internet age is cold calling companies to see if they are hiring.
As most of us know, companies who want to fill positions will initially try to fill in-house (even though they will post the job publicly). Secondly, they will try to fill positions through referrals from employees. Finally, they may or may not post jobs on one of the larger job boards.
Some companies today still do not post the majority of their open positions on job boards and will instead try to fill it in-house, through referrals or by posting on the company’s web site.
In light of this, it is up to you and I to try any method possible to get a foot in the door. When you start considering cold calling companies for open positions, you first should prepare yourself for rejection. I suggest calling smaller companies within a 30 mile radius of home in the hopes that they do not have the hiring and advertising budgets that some of the bigger companies do and will be glad to look at your resume or even talk to you.
I spoke with a friend who was laid off after the 9/11 tragedy and was out of work for almost six months until he started calling the smaller software companies in the area to see if they needed help. Out of the blue, he called a local company that turned out to be owned by someone he went to Jr. High School with and he was able to secure a job with that company.
So, while not necessarily the best way to find a job, cold calling for open positions can sometimes lead you to discover relationships with companies that you never imagined possible. So, if your job search did not score you that big job in the first few weeks, don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and start making some calls. You never know, it might pay off.
Pay Per Click Jobs
When it comes to making a living online, the chances have never been brighter! You already see that there are plenty of people who are seeing a great deal of success when it comes to making money online, but what might not be immediately apparent is how you can join them. Search engine marketing, particularly through pay per click services, is becoming quite popular when it comes to earning a living from the comfort of your own home, but remember, you need to be critical of the opportunities that you will find. Take a look below for some tips that will steer you towards the right opportunity, and don't go forward until you can tick every single one off of your list.
Find out how much time you can devote to this opportunity.
The best opportunity for you will be one that will fit into the time that you have slotted for it. It doesn't matter how great an opportunity is if you are constantly trying to get more work, or it constantly expects more from you than you can give.
Think about the salary.
What are your current needs? Do you have a job that you are looking to get rid of, but does it currently pay the bills? Are you unemployed and need a situation fast? There is often a time period when search engine marketing opportunities and pay per click services will need to wait before they pay you. Ask how long it will be before you receive your first pay check and how much they think it will be.
Do you have the capabilities to do the job?
Think about your internet set up at home. Do you have a reliable connection and can you clock time on your own on the computer? Too many people need to fight for a turn to use the computer, and this can be quite detrimental to your plans. Take some time to really sort through your resources and what they will be for the foreseeable future. Think about any disruptions (visits, vacations, the busy time at your other job) and make sure you take them into consideration.
Do your research!
What do you know about the company that is hiring you? Do they have a good reputation online and what do people who have worked for them in the past say? Take some time to find out what people are saying in reviews and on forums about your new company. How much did the other people make, and were they paid in a regular and timely fashion? There are many points to consider when you are starting a new job, and you want to make sure that your newest opportunity is a good one.
By keeping to a checklist, you can make sure that you have criteria for judging the opportunities that you come across. This is a good rubric to use when you are choosing between pay per click opportunities because it gives you a place to start from. Take some time and make sure that this opportunity is the one that helps you succeed!
Find out how much time you can devote to this opportunity.
The best opportunity for you will be one that will fit into the time that you have slotted for it. It doesn't matter how great an opportunity is if you are constantly trying to get more work, or it constantly expects more from you than you can give.
Think about the salary.
What are your current needs? Do you have a job that you are looking to get rid of, but does it currently pay the bills? Are you unemployed and need a situation fast? There is often a time period when search engine marketing opportunities and pay per click services will need to wait before they pay you. Ask how long it will be before you receive your first pay check and how much they think it will be.
Do you have the capabilities to do the job?
Think about your internet set up at home. Do you have a reliable connection and can you clock time on your own on the computer? Too many people need to fight for a turn to use the computer, and this can be quite detrimental to your plans. Take some time to really sort through your resources and what they will be for the foreseeable future. Think about any disruptions (visits, vacations, the busy time at your other job) and make sure you take them into consideration.
Do your research!
What do you know about the company that is hiring you? Do they have a good reputation online and what do people who have worked for them in the past say? Take some time to find out what people are saying in reviews and on forums about your new company. How much did the other people make, and were they paid in a regular and timely fashion? There are many points to consider when you are starting a new job, and you want to make sure that your newest opportunity is a good one.
By keeping to a checklist, you can make sure that you have criteria for judging the opportunities that you come across. This is a good rubric to use when you are choosing between pay per click opportunities because it gives you a place to start from. Take some time and make sure that this opportunity is the one that helps you succeed!
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