EMPLOYMENT NEWS January 2015 By Shinni Colglazier Department of Human Assistance Job Market Who’s Hiring? The holidays are over and time to start looking forward to the new year. After all the holiday rush, stores and companies are looking for help to inventory their stock. Companies like Washington Inventory Services and RGIS are gearing up for their busiest time and are looking to hire. Visit their website for company information and job opportunities! RGIS: www.rgis.com/us_en/about/careers WIS: http://w3.wisintl.com/ Success Story DHA’s Employment Services strikes again! Helping someone find employment and leading the way to self sufficiency. Julie started our latest Job Club class at the beginning of December. Her desire was to work with children and had pursued education in that field. Upon learning this, Job Developer assisted Julie with several subsidized employment referrals for child care positions. Julie wowed them at her interview and she was offered a position the very next day. Things moved rather quickly and within 2 weeks of starting class, Julie was already working as a childcare facility teacher at $10/hour. Congratulations to Julie, we wish her the very best in the New Year! Career Tips "So, tell me about yourself." It's one of the most common interview questions, and one of the most difficult. With such a wide range of possible answers, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Hint: If your response includes where you grew up or what you studied in college, you've probably already lost your interviewer. While the hiring manager does want to get to know you, at this point they are only focused on figuring out if you're the right person for the job — and your most important task is showing them that you are. Let’s breaks down this question into a simple three-part response that will hook the interviewer without losing them with unnecessary details. Part 1: Start with a condensed version of your career history. Keep it as concise as possible. Part 2: Next, give a brief summary of a specific achievement to capture the interviewer's interest. Choose an accomplishment that can be easily explained and/or illustrated. Part 3: End with a few definitive sentences about what you hope to accomplish next in your career, but make sure it's relevant to the position you're interviewing for. Instead of giving the hiring manager a broad view of who you are, show why you'd be a great fit for the position. Job Fair January 22 – Recruit Military 11am-3pm Aerospace Museum of California 3200 Freedom Park Dr., McClellan http://events.recruitmilitary.com Information has not been verified. Please confirm date and location by going to event website. DON’T FORGET ABOUT JOB TALK a forum for job seekers to get information on local jobs, job fairs and low-cost training. 4990 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento - - - - - - - Mondays at 1:00pm 2700 Fulton Ave, Sacramento - - - - - - - - - Mondays at 1:30pm 10013 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova - - - Tuesdays at 10:00am 4433 Florin Rd, Sacramento - - - - - - - - - - Tuesdays at 2:00pm 5747 Watt Ave, North Highlands - - - - - - - Wednesdays at 9:30am 3960 Research Dr, Sacramento - - - - - - - Wednesdays at 2:00pm 2450 Florin Rd, Sacramento - - - - - - - - - - Wednesday at 10:00am 5655 Hillsdale Blvd, Sacramento - - - - - - - Thursdays at 10:00am The JobLink Group Steven Chao Muranda Sams Jennifer Beath Linda Wilson Bill Grimaldi Shinni Colglazier Inna Grunin Mona Ghobril Toni Sammons Maycho Vue Betty Conley Sari Clark Melissa Dollar Yee Mua Choua Her Patrice Crosby Cindy Marks True Yang