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Do Your Part
You may be only a summer intern, but that shouldn’t stop you from acting like an regular employee. Get to work on time and finish up projects before you leave the office. Don’t leave early unless it’s very urgent and don’t take extra liberties. Resist the temptation to join the group of people who take their jobs for granted. Don’t talk on your cell phone at work or take long lunch breaks, unless you have cleared it with your supervisor first. Above all, avoid office politics and don’t engage in office gossip.

If you prove your worth in the office and behave like a valued employee then everyone will appreciate you and your work. This in turn will compel management to consider you for a full time job.

Be Generous And Pay Your Dues
Generosity pays – so act like an employee and take extra assignments and tasks to showcase your skills. Sometimes you may have to take a less glamorous job during your internship, but do not neglect your work and do that work with full sincerity.

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Although it may seem so, video resumes aren’t a new concept. Sending potential employers a visual message was thought up in the 80′s, when VHS tapes were popular. The amount of valuable office space a stack of these would take up demonstrates their impracticality and why they failed to catch on. With the rise of personal DVD recorders and editing software designed for amateur film makers, video resumes have become plausible.

At their heart, video resumes are a way for a job seeker to catch the attention of hiring managers. In a competitive job market, sticking out from the crowd is important. Those who are considering making should look at it as form of personal marketing. The image on the screen is all the employer has to judge the applicant by. Because of this, it is extremely important to consider what impression one wants to give.

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Finding the right employee to fill a staffing vacancies can be more difficult than it may seem. Although a good resume and a wonderful interview may are usually enough to get through the door, many employers often regret such snap judgments based on first impressions. Some studies show that 90 percent of hiring decisions are bases on interviews, but that this way of choosing employees only has a 14 percent accuracy rate. This results in a large number of dissatisfied hiring managers and causes a company to have a higher than necessary turn over rate.

Careful employee pre-screening can drastically decrease the number of inappropriate individuals that end up on the pay roll. Drug screening and background checks often weed out the worst of these applicants, enabling companies to avoid many of the worst hiring mistakes. The most difficult of unsuitable applicants to avoid hiring aren’t the drug addicts or those with criminal backgrounds. Often sneaking by even the most astute hiring managers are applicants that lack the skill necessary to complete the tasks associated with their job titles.

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