Newsletter
May 02What Will be Your Legacy?
Posted in Job Center at 1:20 pm
Be nice to the people you meet on the way up. They’re the same people you’ll meet on the way down.
This old saying is still sound career advice. After you leave a job, people quickly forget all your accomplishments. (often, they forget them while you’re still there!) What they will remember, however, is YOU and how you treated them.
According to Jeff Garton, author of Career Contentment: Don’t Settle for Anything Less! (ASTD Press, 2008), the most important career asset you take away when you leave a job is the relationships you forged with your co-workers. He calls this your “legacy,” and a positive legacy is important for gaining future job and client referrals. To ensure you’ll be remembered favorable, Garton advises focusing less on what you do and more on how you do it when interacting with coworkers, supervisors, customers and vendors. Building a reputation for honesty, fairness, diligence and pleasantness is more valuable to your career success in the long run than bringing in that big grant or building that killer system. From the May issue of the NAWDP Advantage newsletter.
The JobNet Business Advantage
Posted in Job Center, Recruitment at 11:01 am
JobNet Business offers many advantages to employers in recruiting for job openings. It is a no-fee listing service; allows for extensive information to be entered to fully describe the job opening, and requirements to help in pre-screening job seekers; and can be run up for up to 90 days. You can copy old listings, cut and paste in new or changed information, and make changes to your job listing instantaneously. Be specific on your needs. Look at your listing as a job seeker would. Is the order clear, concise and providing the required information about your needs?
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Energy Assistance Available
Posted in Job Center, News at 9:49 am
The Manitowoc County Human Services Department will be accepting applications from Manitowoc County residents for the 2006-2007 Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP) beginning October 1, 2006 through May 15, 2007. Benefits are also available to assist with electric costs if the applicant is responsible for fuel costs. Applications will be taken at the Manitowoc County Job Center, 3733 Dewey Street, Manitowoc.
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