This is a guest post by Danielle on the negotiating a relocation package. You can read the guidelines to guest posting at our write for us page.
When your company asks you to move to a new location, you face many questions. One of these is how, on your existing income, you will afford to move. To help, your company may negotiate different kinds of relocation packages with employees.
Here are some things to consider:
The Moving Company
Hiring movers is a substantial investment, and the cost of hiring a moving company is going to greatly impact your budget, especially if you have a family. This should be one of your first considerations as you negotiate a relocation package. If the company wants you to move, they should pay for the moving company’s services.
If that is not an option, ask your company to cover the costs a rental truck, gas and packing supplies such as boxes and packaging paper. It’s a less expensive alternative to hiring a moving company, but still helps foot the bill.
Cost of Living Adjustments
If you live in an area with low real estate prices, but are moving somewhere with high housing values, housing costs needs to be considered as you negotiate your relocation package. If you are selling a $200,000 house but will need to spend $500,000 to get a similar sized home in your new location, you may wish to negotiate some sort of compensation, whether it is an outright payment to cover this difference or an increase in pay. Consider asking for a cost-of-living adjustment if it will be more expensive to live in your new location.
Assistance with the Sale of Your Home
Selling your home can be a tremendous hurdle. If your company is serious about having you move, they may be willing to help with this. Assistance may include coverage of the monthly payments while your home is on the market, a takeover of the actual selling process or a price guarantee.
Temporary Lodging Costs
Even if your company is handling the sale of your home, you may need temporary lodging. If you need the proceeds from the sale of your home for the down payment on your new one, you may opt to rent until your home sells. You may also need to stay in a hotel for a few days as you wait for the moving truck to bring your belongings. These types of temporary lodging costs may be added into the relocation package.
What Not to Ask For
There are no cut and dry guidelines to what is appropriate to ask for in a relocation package. Yet, chances are you are not going to be paid simply for the task of moving. Everything you add to your proposal needs to have a reason, whether it is cost of living or the cost of the move.
Once you know what your goals are for your relocation package, approach your human resources department with a detailed data-driven proposal. Try to keep it as mutually beneficial as possible; it will improve your chances of getting a package that meets all of your needs and allows your transition to be a smooth one.
About the author:
Danielle is a professional writer living in the Indianapolis area. She specializes in blogging about education and professional development.
This is a guest post by Adarsh on surviving the jobless phase in your life. You can read the guidelines to guest posting at our write for us page.
Even after the big recession, getting jobs isn’t that easy anymore.
Most people, when they are fresh out of college end up as job seekers because very few colleges have good placement facilities. Even in colleges that have a lot of companies coming in, not all of the students are offered jobs.
When people are actively looking for jobs, after a month or two, they start to get frustrated. They either see their peers with nice jobs or they are under huge pressure from parents for not getting a job. All of these can negatively affect the life of the job seeker.
How to Survive the Jobless Phase of Your Life?
After months of job search, when people don’t end up with jobs, their morale goes down. They are no longer confident of their abilities and are desperate to land any job they can get. This is usually the time when most people make bad career choices.
Here are some tips to survive the jobless phase and still make the right career choice.
#1: Accept Your Situation
Most job seekers don’t try to really understand and accept their situation. They simply go on applying to any job they can find without giving proper thought to it.
The first thing you need to really do is understand what your situation is and accept the truth. Yes, you need a job. But that doesn’t rule out other possibilities like entrepreneurship, higher studies, and so on.
#2: Have Clear Goals
Every personality development guru will tell you that setting goals is absolutely essential for success. Although everyone is good at setting goals, most people never get to complete theme.
Here are some tips to set goals when hunting for jobs
- Set a goal as to how many jobs you’ll apply to each day
- Make a goal as to which companies you want to work for
- When you set goals, make sure they are specific. Don’t set a goal like I’ll apply to maximum number of jobs in a day. Provide a number like you’ll apply for 25 jobs in a day
- Your goals should be achievable. No point in setting a goal which is too difficult to accomplish. Know your limitations and set realistic goals. When it comes to a job, it matters a lot. A fresher cannot be the CEO of a Multinational Company. So play to your strengths!
#3: Be Ready to Change
If you are looking for a public sector job, you know you have to be flexible. So be ready to change if it means you’ll land up with a great job. You might be an introvert. But the job might require you to be an extrovert. In such cases, buckle up and be ready to change.
#4: Make Correct Choices
The problem with being jobless for a while is that frustration builds. When it happens, you start making the wrong choices. The trick is to keep your cool and wait patiently for the right opportunity.
If you are starting out, it’s even more important that you get started on the right track. If you choose the wrong career, chances of you having to stick with the same job is high. While you have the ability to wait it out, do so.
#5: Never Give Up
The 5th point, and yet, the most important point is to never give up in your job search. Never give up or lose hope. There is always another opportunity waiting for you.
It’s OK to not land the best job all the time. You still have the option to move on later. It’s OK if you don’t enjoy the same salary package or facilities as your peers. All that matters is what you are capable of doing and what your end goal is.
Getting a job is not the hardest part. Getting the “right” job is!
About the Author:
This is a guest post by Adarsh Thampy, marketing manager of YourNextLeap which provides career guidance and fresher jobs to fresh graduates. You can also find him blogging at conversionchamp.com.
This is a guest post by Damian on common mistakes at a job interview. You can read the guidelines to guest posting at our write for us page.
It is not uncommon to see candidates faltering at interviews, not because they were ineligible for the roles but because they did one of these common mistakes that interview candidates do.
Do not know about the company
You could start your research by visiting the website of the company and taking knowledge of press releases and general information about it. If you know in advance that you will pass the interview, do some research also on the experience of this person.
In addition, through social media like LinkedIn, it is easy to access information about the company, as the turnover rate, for example. There is therefore no excuse to attend an interview without previously obtaining a minimum of information about the company.
Having an inappropriate dress
A formal dress is more appropriate for an interview at a large company. For men, this means solid colors, a full in a hurry, tie and polished shoes. For women, a dress or a classic dark suit with jewelry are discrete implementations.
However, if you are applying for employment with a nonprofit organization or a company that focuses on creativity, a complete or a tailor might seem inappropriate and you would think that you do not understand the culture of company. In this case, adopt a rather neat casual dress, relying more on the side “neat” than “sport”. Whatever the situation, it is better to dress too dressed than not enough.
Criticizing your former boss
Do you remember when your mother said “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing”? The same principle applies when you inevitably ask about your last employer. Small world, and who knows, the person who passed the interview may be a good friend of the boss that you just criticize.
A bad attitude or sarcastic remarks will not make you enjoy your future employers.
The same principle applies to your conduct on social media. HR departments often consult Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to get a feel for potential employees, it would be wise of you to avoid making disparaging remarks about the company you work for now, your boss or of your colleagues.
And while you’re at it, eliminate from your social media pages on any photograph unprofessional and potentially embarrassing. What happened in Vegas should stay in Las Vegas and do not end up on your Facebook wall.
Do not ask the right questions
Consider the interview as if it were a conversation in formal after which both sides hope to achieve the same result, namely that you are considered the best candidate for the station. That said, good communication is important and if you do not ask questions, you could spend your eyes vis-à-vis as someone who is not prepared or interested. What is important is to ask good questions and describe your achievements with flying colors.
Employers are looking for enthusiastic people who can not only respond intelligently to questions asked during an interview, but also ask themselves relevant questions. Find someone – a friend, family member, a career coach or counselor job search – you will spend fictional interviews to practice your communication skills. This will help you develop relevant questions about company and position you are applying.
Too early to learn about salary and benefits
The job interview is your opportunity to shine and not to negotiate. Ask questions early in the interview about the compensation can give potential employers the impression that you care about more money than your role in the organization. The appropriate time to inform you of the salary and benefits package is when you are confident that the employer considers you a good candidate for the position and is about to make you an offer.
When that time comes, however, make sure you understand what your benefits will be. Will there a probationary period during which you will not receive benefits, such as guaranteed medical and dental expenses? If this is the case, find out if there is a way to extend the coverage you get with your current employer until your new benefits take effect. The benefits program is it comprehensive enough to meet your needs and those of your family? Otherwise, do a search and make sure that your new salary will allow you to provide additional protection.
Author’s Bio:
The author of the post Damian is a consultant and considers one of the greatest challenges as consulting and contributing on marketing strategy for mining jobs Queensland project.
This is a guest post by Kristie on team work at office. You can read the guidelines to guest posting at our write for us page.
Working in teams can be a difficult process, especially when the team is made up of such different personalities, talents, and opinions. However, as a team leader, it is your responsibility to make sure that work gets done as a joint effort. If managed effectively, team work can be the most valuable asset of any company or enterprise. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
Get to know all the members of your team on a personal basis.
It’s absolutely essential to get to know everyone on your team beyond what they do for you at work. Of course, you don’t need to know every personal detail of their lives, but learning each member’s interests and personalities will help you assess where their strengths and weaknesses lie so that you can assign work and roles within the team accordingly.
Identify and communicate the “higher purpose” everyone is working toward.
Any successful team must have discrete goals, but these goals must go beyond the mere means toward an end. You and the entire team must understand the ultimate end, and not just that—they must care about the ultimate end as well. If your entire team knows how their projects are going to affect the company, this will serve as immediate motivation for them to work together to achieve this higher purpose. People are motivated to work for a team when they know that the work they do together matters. If you don’t yet know what this higher purpose is, talk to your boss so that you understand how your work affects the company, and relay this information to your team.
Don’t set up any tasks that are strictly individual.
Many teams work by just having individual members do their own tasks, and then these tasks are all put together to complete the project. This is the least effective way of building a cohesive team. Instead, create tasks in which all members, in some way or another, must collaborate with one or more members. Have periodic meetings during which you talk about what you are working on, so the team understands how everything fits together.
Have fun together!
There’s a reason that many companies have team-building events, like going out to lunch, participating in sports leagues, or having happy hours. These activities build a camaraderie that is absolutely necessary for the team to work effectively. Even if the team cares about the higher purpose of their work, if they don’t care about each other, then they won’t work together.
About the Author:
This is a guest post by Kristie Lewis from construction management degree. You can reach her at: Kristie.Lewis81 @ gmail. Com.
This is a guest post by David on the Android apps for Job Search. You can read the guidelines to guest posting at our write for us page.
Your parents probably used to tell you that you can’t wait around for a job to come knocking at your door and that you have to get out there and find one. This is true even more so today, even though the playing field is a little different.
Though most people look for jobs on the Internet these days, you cannot allow yourself to become completely reliant on your home computer in this process. With smart phones becoming the norm of the day, it makes sense to know about ways you can do this on your smart phone as well.
Here are some of the best applications for Android-based smart phones that will enable you to stay on top of your job search even when you are out and about and far from your personal computer.
Monster Job Search
This app does not need much of an introduction. Monster is one of the premier job search sites on the entire Internet and this app allows you full access to your Monster account on the go.
Work from Home
If you are looking for a chance to make some money without having to actually go to work, this is the perfect site to find some excellent stay-at-home freelancing work. It searches all of the most popular sites that offer jobs for people who want to work from the privacy of their own homes.
ConnectIn
If you really a lot on LinkedIn for your job search, this app allows you to sync your LinkedIn contacts and all your other activities related to this popular social network.
Resume Tips
This app gives you excellent tips and advice on how to create the perfect resume. It is always been updated with new tips for making your resume eye-catching and unique so that it can sell your merits as best as possible.
Job Search HireADroid
This is a very advances job search app that not only searches posts in LinkedIn, but also a number of different job search engines from several different countries as well.
Compass
If you are going to an early morning job interview in a part of the city that you are not very familiar with, the last thing you want to do is get lost and arrive late. This app is a great tool for avoiding that fate.
Touch Calendar
If you are looking to get hired, you need to be organized, especially if you have committed to a lot of different interviews. This great app makes sure that you never miss your interviews or lunch meetings and always you to organize all of your responsibilities so that you never miss a step.
Mobile Career Companion
This is a motivational or inspirational app that is a constant source of career tips, and quotes and information aimed at inspiring you to continue your search.
Government Jobs
If you are looking for a government job and want all of the benefits that come with one, this is the best place to start. It is an app that links you directly to the US government job search site – www.usajobs.gov.
PrinterShare Mobile Print
What if you meet someone randomly who might be able to get you a job, but you don’t have your resume with you? This app enables you to print out your resume no matter where you are, because your resume is always with you and stored on your phone at all times.
CB Jobs
This app is brought to you by the CareerBuilder site and lets you search their database from your mobile phone as long as you are already registered there.
CraigsApp
This is one of the best apps for searching Craigslist, which is an excellent place to find some work, especially if you are interested in part-time and freelance opportunities either in your city or as a work-
Job Interview Prep
If you need a refresher on the bus ride to the job interview and you don’t want to carry around cards or notebooks, use this add to remind yourself of what you want to say and what you want to ask during your job interview.
RealTweets Job Networking
Twitter runs this powerful app which allows you to not only network with people through Twitter who might be interested in a similar line of work, but to also seek out employment by being notified of tweets that are relevant to your job search.
Indeed Job Search
Brought to you by Indeed.com, this app searches the databases of a whole bunch of different job sites and reports back to you with its findings. It is a very convenient tool if you don’t have the time to search every possible job site individually.
Job Interview Questions
Yet another cool app for organizing your thoughts before a job interview. Make notes about what you want to ask and what you want to say so you don’t have any regrets once the interview is finished.
GetAJob
Another great app that lets you search a variety of different job sites all from one place.
RepliGo Reader
This is an excellent app to use if you want to always be able to get some good ideas down and edit files, like your resume, when you are not at your computer. It enables you to view and annotate PDFs and can be synced with Gmail and many other similar services and apps.
Job Search Careers
An app created by CareerJet, this app is very simple to use and makes a casual browsing of new job offers very enjoyable thanks to its fantastic interface and speedy search results.
Quick Contact
This is a great app for getting down contact information from possible collaborators and job leads very quickly and effectively. It is also great for organizing your schedule of interviews, possible networking events and meetings.
David Lazar is a blogger at CometDocs.com. With a background in journalism, he enjoys writing about and following a variety of topics, including careers, technology and new media.
