Organize to End Unpaid Wages

Ever had trouble getting a client to pay?
Tomorrow and next week we're having meetings to organize freelancers against unpaid wages.
Over 77% of our members have had payment delayed or denied within the last year. That needs to stop—but we need your help to end it.
Join us at our upcoming Unpaid Wages Organizing Meeting in your neighborhood.

Rockland Co. Event- April 1st
Westchester Co. Event- April 6th
Nassau Co. Event- April 7th
Suffolk Co. and Upstate Webinar- April 8th

Together we can hold companies' feet to the fire.

RSVP to your local meeting today.

Let's get paid,

Explore Career Options

Career Tip of the Week

Match your identified skills with available career options and see where you fit best. One of the best ways can be trying out intended jobs through internships, part-time work, summer jobs, or volunteer job options.

Digital Media Event: An Evening with Marketers, Entrepreneurs, & Tech Geeks

Announcing NYEBN's 1st digital media networking event. We host this type of event because there is a large demand for it. The event is meant to be free, but we need your commitment for it. Here is how it works:

1. PayPal Payment/Refund
A small fee of $5 needs to be deposited in order to RSVP for the event. We will refund you the $5 fee if you do the following:
A. Show up at the event yourself
B. Drop your business card in the bucket
C. Write your PayPal email address on the back of your card
If you do not pay in advance via PayPal, it's $10 at the door for admission.

2. Attendees
Please note this is not a pitching type of event. Instead, we are creating an environment where you can connect with the right people in the media and tech industries to assist you with your businesses. Let's keep the discussion focused on digital media only for this type of event. If you fall into any of the following categories, you should come:

Avoiding the Resume Black Hole

Astoundingly, 75% Resumes are Overlooked?

If you are like most people you have applied to and uploaded resumes for dozens of jobs and heard nothing back.  This is generally referred to as the "Resume Black Hole".

If you do not know how to beat the Resume Black Hole chances are your resume can be overlooked.  The root of the "Resume Black Hole" problem is a piece of technology called an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).  The ATS was designed to streamline the flow of applicants for companies.  This is accomplished by having a central place where all applications and resumes are warehoused.  (Climber.com helps solve this,  please continue on.)

To further compound the issue, ATS's are only 65% to 80% accurate in reading the information in your resume. This means that one-fifth to one-third of the time the ATS is just plain wrong in importing data wholly and properly into the ATS.  If your resume makes this cut, the ATS then screens and ranks your resume against open positions.

Next, resumes that pass the ATS screen are generally sent to a gatekeeper who spends about 30 seconds reading the resume before they decide to move it along to the Recruiter or Hiring Manager or pass it along to the trash can.  About 1 in 10 resumes are passed along to the decision maker who decides if you will be interviewed.

Here are a few more tips:

   1) Job Fit: Make sure the job fits.  Especially in today's tough job environment, it is even more important to make sure that you have the skills and background required for the job.

   2) Join other networking sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter:  Each offer tools to interact with recruiters and hiring managers.  These are great ways to start open dialogs and ask for a recruiters assistance in routing your resume.

Cheers and good luck in your career,
Mike

NYEBN Seminar: How To Get The Most Out Of Online Marketing

Announcing a new event featuring Gabriel Shaoolian, the founder of Blue Fountain Media, and Ellen DePasquale, The Software Revitalist. They are both well-known speakers and sought-after entrepreneurs in NYC. Scroll down to read their bios. This seminar is focused on giving value and getting you familiar with internet marketing.

Here is a glimpse of the meeting agenda:
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Registration and informal networking
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Getting the most value out of your website (Gabriel Shaoolian)

Details:
~ Features that create better usability – visitors can find what they are looking for
~ Easy navigation
~ Increase conversions
~ Strategies to increase new and returning visitors
~ Create brand royalty
7:00 - 7:30 PM: How to market efficiently online (Gabriel Shaoolian)

Details:
~ Forms of online marketing
~ Search engine marketing
~ Social media marketing
~ Bringing qualified traffic to your site at low cost per visitor
~ How to measure the results
7:30 - 7:45 PM: Q&A for Gabriel Shaoolian
7:45 - 8:45 PM: Prospecting in the Digital Age (Ellen DePasquale)

Plan out your career before doing anything

Career Tip of the Week


You need a plan for your overall life and career that you are seeking to accomplish. People without an overall strategy for their goals never rise very high. Set a strategy for both your personal as well as professional objectives

The Holidays Are the Best Time to Search for a Job

Career Tip of the Week

Searching for a job and applying for the same should be intensely calculated activities in your career. You should critically analyze the factors that would help you in getting hired. The holiday season is one of the best times to apply for a job and get interviewed. There is less competition, employers are in a happier disposition, there is less pressure of work on their shoulders, the temperament is more tilted towards giving than taking, and the basic mood prevailing is one of sharing, kindness and empathy. This should hence be seen as the best opportunity to get hired.

Continue the Communication Process

Job Tip of the Week

A little-known job search secret is that a significant percentage of people get jobs each year using non-traditional methods to communicate with potential employers. Communication is key. Once you interview with a company-or even send in a resume-you do not have much to lose by communicating further. For example, calling before sending a resume is a great way to get the employer’s attention. Calling after an interview to reaffirm your interest is another great way to get an employer’s attention. Making sure you remain on the employer’s radar with a series of notes (even if you end up getting the job six months from now) also helps a lot.

10 Secrets for Searching for a Job During a Recession

Focusing your efforts on jobs in growing industries and demonstrating how your work has generated revenue are just two simple ways to distinguish yourself from the rest of the job seekers competing for positions in a down economy. 

If you're tired of struggling to find a job and don't want an economic slowdown to hurt your chances of landing a new one, follow the best practices outlined in this story for conducting a job search when times are tight.

Identify New Ways of Job Search

Career Tip of the Week

Questioning assumptions, consistently doing new things and finding new ways to search are among the most important things one can do in a job search. The more you embrace new methods of looking for jobs, the better off you will be. Your job search and your career are too important to allow yourself to be stuck in one way of thinking. You need to open your mind and ensure that you do everything within your power to think about your job search in a way that gives you more opportunities and not fewer.