ITList Information Technology Blog » Youngsters http://itlist.com Current IT field related information Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:14:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 3 Things You Shouldn’t Ask First at the Interview Desk http://itlist.com/3-things-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-ask-first-at-the-interview-desk/ http://itlist.com/3-things-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-ask-first-at-the-interview-desk/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:34:37 +0000 bikram http://itlist.com/3-things-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-ask-first-at-the-interview-desk/ Job interviews are crucial points of an individual’s life, where one either succeeds with sheer pride and evolves as a winner or crumbles into pieces of frustration and lack of confidence for whole life. Well here are some tips for the interview desk, explaining there are some typical questions that you shouldn’t ask first in any circumstances. Let the interviewer give you some hint, then only shoot your questions. Here they are.

Do not ask about salary first

This is a major mistake often seen among the youngsters and fresh candidates at the interview desk. Many youngsters join jobs, especially easy to get through kind of jobs just because of salary attraction. What they fail to see is that the company is hiring them for some good reasons of its profit, not to do charity. All that interest them is salary package. Often such candidates turn really impatient and just cannot wait till the interviewer asks him or her about expected salary package. Such candidate looks for an opportunity and whenever the interviewer is found little quiet, soon shoots questions like ‘How much are you planning to pay for this job?’ or ‘What will be my salary package if I am chosen for it?’ Well, such questions may not only irritate the interviewer, you may also lose chance to impress him forever. Ask about salary package only when the interviewer gives you come hint or asks you directly about your expected salary figure. Too much proactive effort from your side will invariably send wrong messages across.

Do not ask about the company’s background first

Do not forget, it is you who is being interviewed; not the person sitting across the table. Maintain interview decorum. Too much of interest and questions may make you appear too bossy, picky and irritating. It is good if you have queries in store for the interviewer, it is always appreciated. But shooting such questions at the wrong time may spoil your entire effort. Shoot all questions you have regarding the company background or places of operation or anything specific about the job profile – only when you are asked. The interviewer may specifically ask you ‘Do you have any questions to ask?’ and that time you can shoot your questions. If you are not asked, towards end of the interview process you may proactively ask some questions. But keep it short. Make sure questions are sensible, smart, logical and not personal.

Do not ask personal questions

Often the interviewer makes the candidate feel relaxed, at ease and comfortable. Interviewer may crack some jokes, share light moments to see how you are exactly behind the shield of formal attire. But such atmosphere doesn’t permit you to forget all interview decorum and get personal. Even if the situation is light hearted do not suddenly get personal and shoot questions like ‘Sir, what does your name mean?’ or ‘Madam how many years you have been working in this company?’ Such abrupt questions may instantly make the interviewer feel uncomfortable

Follow these tips and do not make a mistake being proactive at the interview desk.

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Tips for Promoting a Library on Internet, Targeted Towards the Youth http://itlist.com/tips-for-promoting-a-library-on-internet-targeted-towards-the-youth/ http://itlist.com/tips-for-promoting-a-library-on-internet-targeted-towards-the-youth/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:46:08 +0000 bikram http://itlist.com/?p=3046 These days reading habit has witnessed a diminishing fall among the younger generation. Well, blame it on lifestyle or availability of too many options nowadays kids do not like to read much and prefer television watching, Internet surfing and going to pub with friends over reading in leisure time. Libraries these days are vacant and mostly occupied by old retired people, as not much youngsters are keen to take membership. How to deal with such problem, when youngsters prefer Internet over a library? Here are some tips.

When youngsters are so frequent to Internet these days, make the most of it and use it as a medium to reach them and draw them to the library.

Build an interactive website

It’s very important to have your presence on the Internet, and tell your target group that you are not behind any globally renowned library. This will make your library appear updated, concerned about changing trend and demand. But building a website won’t be enough. You need to be different from others and the more interactive your website is the higher the chances you have to captivate the younger audience. You may make it interactive by keeping interesting down-loadable widgets, virtual bookmarks for eBook reading, puzzles, riddles etc.

Facebook can be a great tool

Since these days every person is on Facebook and it is such a rage among the young people, make the most of it. Make a page for your library and draw fans. Run contests for free gifts or discount on membership fee, discount for referring to a friend, free stationeries like bookmarks, stick on pads, pens etc. You may run interesting polls and frequently update status to keep your target group interested. You may also buy Facebook advertisement space and advertise your library there.

New updates

You may dedicate a section in your website called ‘News’ or ‘what’s new?’ where you can talk about the new additions in your library. You may send similar message through newsletters, blog updates and Facebook or Twitter. People should know that your library is not age old and outdated. Talk about new books in brief and the author’s details.

Issue a book and get a DVD free for 15 days

Youngsters are more interested in seeing interesting films, shows, soaps, documentaries than reading books always. Lure them with your audio-video collection and issue an extra DVD for next 15 days when issuing a book for home. This way they will remain more motivated to take home book and read within 15 days time.

What are you waiting for? Try these ideas right away.

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4 Unique Ideas for Promoting a Night Club http://itlist.com/4-unique-ideas-for-promoting-a-night-club/ http://itlist.com/4-unique-ideas-for-promoting-a-night-club/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:35:13 +0000 bikram http://itlist.com/?p=2968 Night clubs have always been a craze among the youngsters, who just want to have fun and dance till they drop. But with growing numbers of night clubs every year, many good nightclubs also witness downfall in footfalls. Nightclub owners have been thinking over it, about getting new DJs, playing grooving music, offering special rates; but still not maintaining a consistent loyalty. What can be done? Here are few effective tips for your help.

Reach your target audience in a better way

Reach out your target audience; i.e. the youngsters regularly. Don’t forget you can ‘only’ make them crazy about your club. Spread pamphlets about each weekend attraction at sports clubs, fitness clubs, and college cafeterias or outside colleges, movie theaters, coffee shops, salons or wherever the youth are frequent to. You may put up posters in different places where youngsters are found.

DJ attractions

Most of the nightclubs offer special DJ attractions on weekends. To pull the crowd further, you may offer something more. Like on weekends special DJs will come over and play, and will choose a lovely couple dancing on the floor and dedicate one hour long songs for the couple exclusively; while keeping the couple always under the focus light. Or the DJ may simply choose a lucky couple who appear to be best dancer and much in love; for his or her next music album poster.

Special drinks for free

You may also run come lucky draw contest for the club visitors. Or you may choose the best dressed couple or most stylish couple who gets free unlimited drink for the evening. Many youngsters will surely go to the nightclub in hope of winning free drink and get the recognition of best couple. Make the winners wear crowns of your night club’s logo.

Get featured in newspaper

Everyone wants to feel like a star, like a celebrity and see their pictures in newspaper and magazine. It can be a great weapon of your club’s promotion. Tie up with hot selling newspaper of the town, who offer a special page dedicated to the club culture or parties of the town. Such attraction will draw more and more people to your nightclub. It can be a random photo session and lucky one may get to see their pictures in next day newspaper or it can be much more hard earned, by keeping this privilege reserved for the ones who make a beautiful couple together or rock the dance floor or impress the DJ. A picture along with name of the winner in national newspaper – who would not love such celebrity status?

Before anyone else makes these happen, get started!

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Effective Tips for Job Hunt http://itlist.com/effective-tips-for-job-hunt/ http://itlist.com/effective-tips-for-job-hunt/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:27:14 +0000 bikram http://itlist.com/?p=2945 For new job aspirants finding a good and apt job is a difficult task often, since many of them remain confused about the entire process of job hunt. If you are on a job hunt, and looking for a good job; but don’t know how to start the process; here are some essential tips for you.

Fix your goal

First of all, know what you want to do. What’s your goal? Does your goal match with your skills? Often youngsters remain confused about jobs, designations, skills required and get convinced by what others are doing or what is highly paying. Never do this mistake. Know what you wish to do and if it suits your skills or not. If you wish to be a school teacher, stay determined. Whatever may come your way, you have to be firm with your decision. Don’t get lured by other job profiles.

Register at job portals

From where will you come to know about the job opportunities? You may not know each job recruiter personally. So start registering yourself in different job portals. Pick up the popular ones and also niche job portals which specialize in an area of job like academics and media jobs etc. Submit your resume there, write a nice cover letter and finish your personal and professional profile. Mark all the areas of work, from which you wish to receive job alerts in your mail inbox. Make sure you complete all details, more explicit your profile is higher are the chances of getting interview calls. Apart from regular job alerts, make an effort to visit the job portals regularly and do a manual search for new job opportunities.

Check local dailies

Look out for the job opportunities in your local dailies. You may refer to the job category of your interest like ‘academics’, ‘media’ etc. Browse these job advertisements regularly. They may ask you to send resume by email or post. Do the needful.

Proactive application may work

At times forced CVs do wonder. If you are eyeing at a company in particular, but in recent times they haven’t advertised for upcoming vacancy you may give an extra effort towards the same and send your resume. In such case, if they like your resume they may call when a vacancy crops up in future.

These are the few ways of job look out. It will ease the process of job hunt.

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How to Promote a Body Tattoo Shop? http://itlist.com/how-to-promote-a-body-tattoo-shop/ http://itlist.com/how-to-promote-a-body-tattoo-shop/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:14:28 +0000 bikram http://itlist.com/?p=2909 Body tattoo is not only a fashion statement but also a huge craze among the youngsters. People love to flaunt their tattoos. Still many people do not know about this body art or are not convinced much. How to appeal them? Here are some tips for promoting your body tattoo shop.

Display great designs

Unless you show caliber of your tattoo designing, people will not acknowledge your talent. Thus, start displaying various tattoo designs done by you. Show a variety of designs – including things like floral patterns, animals, birds, religious and spiritual symbols, numerical, various fonts of various languages, skeletons, dragons etc.

Talk about hygiene, scientific approach

Many people stay away from tattooing in fear of lack of hygiene, safety and the like. You need to reassure those people by illustrating in detail the scientific hygienic method adopted for tattoo job. Bring confidence in your target audience by narrating the process in all your communication strategies. Reassure them of the painless effort taken by your specialists with 100% hygienic procedure.

Temporary tattoo can bring customers

Many permanent tattoo artists do not take temporary tattoo much easily, considering it as an amateur job done for less experimental people. Don’t do this mistake. With nice attractive temporary tattoos you are not only lowering one tier of your customers and roping in business, but you are also seducing them with your expertise. If the customer leaves satisfied, may come back again and consider permanent ones too. Make sure you inform them about permanent ones and show some good designs. Offer discount for early booking.

Reach out youngsters

Do not ignore the youth, they are your customers. Appeal them, persuade them. You may put up your shop’s advertisements, posters in places where youngsters are frequent to like – coffee shop, ice cream parlor, gymnasium, sports clubs, movie theatre, shopping malls, pubs, dance clubs, amusement parks. You may also provide some percentage of discounts for couples getting it done together. You may offer special discount on Valentine’s Day.

Testimonials

Make real people – your past and present group of satisfied customers do the marketing job for you. Quote their feedback. If you have a celebrity customer that’s even better, that’s like an icing on cake.

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