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Everyone on the planet has a mobile phone with SMS capability … right? Well, maybe that’s exaggerating a tad, but you know what I mean, mobiles are out there and almost everyone is using them.

When I lived in the United Arab Emirates a couple of years ago, mobile phones were the most commonly used form of communication. Not everyone had email, or a landline, but almost everyone, even the lowest paid people had mobiles. Why? Because they relied on them for daily business and personal organisation. The snail mail system wasn’t that good and mobiles were everywhere. Every year when my car registration was about to expire, I’d get an SMS message, in Arabic, telling me my registration had to be renewed. So, I always had to get one of my Arabic students to read the damn thing for me, but at least I got it.

Now, closer to home there is an excellent innovation called … yes, you guessed it, SMS the Job.

According to Rob Wise of SMS the Job, “SMStheJOB is a new way to receive and apply to job ads. Register as a Job Seeker, tell us your new job preferences and we will send you, by SMS, job ads that match your requirements. If you would like to apply for a job that has been SMS’d just reply to the SMS and this will cause an application for the job, including your resume, to be sent to the Advertiser.”

This is an excellent addition to your job search armoury. The only concerns I have are that:

1. When you give someone permission to SMS you, you could get spammed with a lot of unrelated material
2. If your keywords aren’t specific enough, you could receive a lot of SMS messages for jobs that aren’t suitable for you

According to the SMS the Job site, this service is free. Additionally, you can end your agreement with them by notifying them.

This looks like a sound opportunity and I recommend you give it a test run. As you should, with any agreement/contract you sign, always read every line to make sure you don’t sign up for something you later regret.  Let us know what you think of this service after you’ve given it a trial.

Robin

You’ve heard all the hype about the reduction of job opportunities, downsizing among banks, and hysteria about massively high levels of unemployment … the doom and gloom of it all. Well, for the next few days I’m going to reveal some of the latest research results from the Clarius Group, a specialist in the employment services market with over 20 offices in the Asia Pacific Region.

You’ll be pleased to know that the Clarius Skills Index published last month indicates that unemployment hasn’t risen as high as expected and that full-time employment rose in September. The number of job advertisements has also risen for each of the past three months. That’s the start of the good news. Keep in touch and I’ll reveal some of the other good news soon.

Robin

Get a free CBMall store and make money

I don’t usually post on Saturdays or Sundays as I treasure my weekends, however, this great opportunity came to light this morning and I just had to tell you about it.

CBMall stands for Clickbank Mall. Clickbank is one of the world’s most eminent online transactions agencies for digital products ie, ebooks, courses, software and memberships, things people buy online and download or access online. I’ve been a member of Clickbank for longer than I recall; I sell a handful of my ebooks online and I sell others digital products and get a commission.

CBMall is a library or storehouse of Clickbank products that you can sell from the one place. When I joined Jeff Mulligan’s CBMall in 2002, it cost me a joining fee.

Today it’s free. I don’t know for how long, but if you join now it costs you absolutely nothing. Within minutes, literally, you can be advertising the link to your store and earning a commission up to 50% on everything you sell without any costs or handling. Leave it on autopilot and watch the cheques roll in fortnightly.

You need to sign up for a Clickbank account so they know who to send the cheques to. That’s free!

You get your CBMall link, that looks like this http://www.cbmall.com/?storefront=dwave and post it in your emails, on your site or do a letter box advert and you’re in business. I’ve been earning a steady income through CBMall for years and still do. Remember, I had to pay for the privilege, but today it’s free.

It’s easy to sign up, cost absolutely nothing and you have an opportunity to earn some real money. How easy can that be?

It’s absolutely no burden to carry a URL around, so don’t miss this opportunity. Sign up today and you’ll thank me every time a cheque rolls in.

Go now to CBMall and look for the FREE Open a Store link.

Write a comment and tell me your CBMall user name and I’ll send you a helpful bonus.

Robin

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Those famous words by William Shakespeare reminded me of the variety of names used in the workplace, many of which don’t make any sense. For example, I saw a job advertised at a local hospital recently for a “Patient Flow Manager”. At a guess, I expect it has to do with processing … processing like sausages; they come in one end, the handle turns a few revolutions and they flow out the other end just in time to be caught by a tube of animal gut and tied off pending arrival of the next lot of minced meat.

Maybe I’m wrong and it really refers to someone who measures the urinary flow of patients. Patients? Why in hell do we still refer to people in hospitals as “patients”? I would have thought they’d be anything but patient … more likely really annoyed that they have to wait so long for attention. Why not just call them clients, or customers? Or perhaps grumbies for people who grumble? You know the deal; oh, I have a sore back; my ears hurt, I have a headache, grumble, grumble.

Years ago I had a work colleague who referred to her husband as a landscape architect. In my ignorance of things architectural, I always conjured up visions of this sunburnt guy with huge safety cap boots, socks rolled over the top, straw hat, shoveling horse dung and planting mutli-coloured daisies. Deep down, I always though she was a pretentious person turning horticultural worker into an architect.

Then, one day to my surprise it dawned on me that there IS an occupation called landscape architect and it requires tertiary education. My friend’s husband had a Master’s degree in landscape architecture; egg on my face eh?

The point is, don’t keep looking for a job with a title that is necessarily familiar to you eg, financial manager. They could be hidden away under other topics eg, project manager, business development manager, business advisor etc.

You need to become familiar with the different titles given to jobs with common qualifications and experience requirements.

Robin

New evidence from older workers suggests that when they retire from work, their health improves up to the equivalent of reducing their age by 10 years. This no doubt means that work is a stressor that most people could do without.

According to the article in News.Com.Au, Researchers analysed almost 15,000 employees in France and found that they felt increasingly less well in the years leading up to retirement, but dramatically better after they stopped work – suggesting they saw work as harmful to their health.

There is good food for thought in this article, especially if you are coming up to retirement age and considering staying in the work force. Read the full article here.

Robin