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Posted on February 29, 2012

Tags: career, career path, employment, HVAC, interview, job, job hunting, job opening, resume, technician, techniques

Who Do We Hire For the Future of HVAC? The growing trend of Baby-Boomers retiring from the HVACR industry has forced many companies to scramble to find candidates to replace those seasoned service technicians and journeymen mechanics. Without a doubt, the best way to find potential employees is through referral networks. Managers and HVACR contractors must always be on the lookout for new talent, even if they are not actively hiring. Companies that are not

Posted on February 29, 2012

Category: Tricks of the Trade

Tags: employment, hiring, Hiring Manager, interview, interview questions, job, job hunting, phone, phone etiquette, resume

Phone Etiquette For Job Seekers – When speaking to or leaving a message for hiring managers or recruiters, it’s important to follow some basic etiquette rules. 1. Always sound professional and ready to speak to the hiring manager/recruiter… but also be prepared and have a well memorized or written out message in case you need to leave a message 2. If you leave a message, always leave your name and number twice…name at beginning and

Posted on February 27, 2012

Category: Tricks of the Trade

Tags: career, career advice, career fair, career path, career search, employment, interview, job, resume, unemployment

Career Fair Techniques – There are some techniques to utilize at a career fair. It’s not supposed to be about long lines and bad parking. You need to do as much as you can to not waste your time, nor the time of the companies in attendance. o Dress professionally always! It does not matter the type of career fair.o Bring copious amounts of resumes. Better to have more than less.o Bring a nice binder

Posted on February 26, 2012

Category: Tricks of the Trade

Tags: apply, career, career path, closing, closing questions, employment, hiring, Hiring Manager, interview, interview questions, job, job opening, questions, resume, verbage

Here are some sample closing questions to ask a company before the end of your interview. You always want to make sure you research a company prior to attending an interview, so you can be as educated as possible. Remember, your competition is doing this legwork. On top of finishing with verbage relating to the company, industry and specific job you are interviewing for, you want to add some of these below questions in the

Posted on February 25, 2012

Category: Tricks of the Trade

Tags: 401k, billboard, career, career advice, employment, hiring, job, job hunting, manager, now hiring, techniques

Unusual Job Hunting Techniques – Can you add more? Comment on this blog with any unusual techniques you’ve heard, seen or read about… —people who stand on corners with signs, dressed up in suits…signs say “recently laid-off executive…will work for 401k” or whatever, unusual job hunting tactics – just worked for a guy in the UK financial district—people wearing “PLEASE HIRE ME” shirts to job interviews—guy who bought a billboard saying he was looking for

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