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Akhtaboot 3rd Job Fair Successfully Concluded with 11,000 Visitors

2012-11-27 / / 1 Comment

(Amman, Jordan)

Akhtaboot 3rd Job Fair has successfully concluded for the 3rd year in a row with the attendance of more than 11,000 job seekers from various sectors and career levels. With the participation of 70 local and international companies, the job fair was held at Amman Grand Hall, Al Hussein Youth City on the 21st and 22nd of November 2012.

The job fair was inaugurated by His Excellency the Minister of Labor Dr. Nidal Al-Qatamin, along with the participation of Orange – Jordan as Main Sponsor of Jordan’s biggest career event for the year 2012. During the job fair, Orange conducted several presentations highlighting the corporate culture at Orange while shedding light on a number of success stories of Orange – Jordan employees.... Read More ...

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What Not to Include on Your CV

2012-11-27 / / 0 Comments

Things Employers HATE to See on a CV!

If you’re looking to win the job search game you have to leap ahead of your competition by taking your CV writing skills to the next level. Many people believe that they have to include all of their work experiences on their CV, which eventually may become unmanageable if they switch jobs many times during their career. What you don’t include on your CV can be as important as what you do include. Akhtaboot is here to the rescue with a number of things you should leave off when writing your CV.

Short-term Jobs

Including short-term jobs in your CV will raise red flags for hiring managers, as it will give an impression that you are unstable and that you don’t have a clear career path.... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot Announces the Winner of “#AkhtabootJobFair” Twitter Competition

2012-11-25 / / 38 Comments

Akhtaboot – the career network is proud to announce Dina Abandah as the winner of “#AkhtabootJobFair” Twitter competition.The contest attracted hundreds of active participants from all over the Middle East. @akhtaboot followers only had to retweet one of Akhtaboot 3rd Job Fair tweets to be able to enter a random draw for their chance to win a trip for two to Sharm Al Sheikh.

“#AkhtabootJobFair” Twitter competition took place during the period of November 7th and November 20th, 2012. Dina Abandah was crowned winner through a random draw that was conducted and announced on the 22nd of November, 2012 during Akhtaboot 3rd Job Fair and on all Akhtaboot’s Social media Channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest.... Read More ...

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Questions Great Job Candidates Ask

2012-08-28 / / 443 Comments

Evaluating your potential employer during job interviews!

What do you say when the hiring manager wraps up the job interview and says: Do you have any questions for us? Average employees respond to this question by saying: “No, I think you’ve covered everything very well”. Well, you have just passed on your chance to ask some critical questions that may determine whether you really want to work for this company or not. Great candidates understand that being on an interview is a critical time for them to find out insider information about the company or the position. They formulate questions based on the information they hear during the interview to make up their minds on whether the company is the best place for them to thrive or not.... Read More ...

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Getting Mad at Work the Right Way!

2012-08-22 / / 0 Comments

Because the choice is yours!

From disagreements with coworkers, stress over a tight deadline, to your boss getting on your last nerve; it’s an inevitable fact that every once in a while you will get angry at work. When it comes to your personal life, your response to similar situations might be to start shouting, or to complain out loud about it, but at work, acting this way can harm your professional image, as well as your relationship with others. While anger is a completely natural emotion, we can’t just lash out at every person or object that irritates or annoys us at work.... Read More ...

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Making a Great Lasting Impression

2012-07-31 / / 406 Comments

It’s not just first impressions that count!

It comes as no secret that making a great first impression will do your career and life good on so many levels. So many business professionals get so hung up on making a good first impression and forget all about making it last. Whether you are giving a speech, going on a job interview, or delivering a presentation to your team at work, you need to plan your presence even if the crowd already knows you. Akhtaboot is here with a number of tips on how to make a lasting impression to keep yourself in line with bigger and better future opportunities.... Read More ...

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Firing Employees the Right Way

2012-07-25 / / 0 Comments

The art of terminating employees the appropriate way.

No matter how we try to sugar coat it, there is no pleasant way to fire an employee. However, you can’t afford to waste your time, money and effort by keeping bad performers around. While termination is a necessary part of any business setting, there are certainly right and wrong ways to go about letting someone go. Getting it wrong might cause heartache for the both of you, or worse, you may end up in court! So how can you fire an employee with minimum damage while keeping their ego intact? Akhtaboot presents you with some useful strategies to follow when terminating an employee is the only choice you have left.... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot and MenaITech Sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement

2012-07-22 / / 72 Comments

Akhtaboot – the career network, signed a partnership agreement with MenaITech to bolster bonds of cooperation, enhance the level of services provided by either side to customers, and exchange technical expertise and logistics support in the fields of employment and human resources management.

Under the agreement, signed by Akhtaboot’s CEO and Co-founder, Eng. Yousef Shamoun, and MenaITech’s CEO and Co-founder, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, MenaITech, the regional company specialized in building and deploying human resources applications, Akhtaboot’s revolutionary Connect Career service will be added to its long list of integrated services.

Powered by Akhtaboot, the Career Connect service provides companies with a fully integrated and branded Careers section, as well as the ability to post unlimited job openings and receive job applications directly onto their Careers section on their own website.... Read More ...

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GJU Partners with Akhtaboot on their 2nd Job Fair

2012-06-10 / / 108 Comments

The German Jordanian University (GJU) in cooperation with Akhtaboot – the career network organized the 2nd GJU Job Fair under the theme of ‘Empowering GJU Students and Graduates’. With the attendance of more than 25 international companies covering a variety of industries, the 1 day event was held on Wednesday the 30th of May, 2012 at the University’s campus in Jubaiha, Amman.
As part of Akhtaboot Cares Initiative – Akhtaboot’s CSR Arm, Akhtaboot’s Recruitment Specialists provided one-to-one CV evaluation for students and graduates-to-be, highlighting the areas that need to be tackled in order to prepare for the needs of today’s job market.... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot Cares Initiative Powers the Career Section of the British University in Dubai

2012-05-27 / / 0 Comments

Akhtaboot – the career network is proud to announce the launch of the British University in Dubai Microsite Solution, a revolutionary service provided and powered by “Akhtaboot Cares Initiative” – Akhtaboot’s CSR arm, and targeted towards universities and educational institutions all over the Gulf and MENA region. Akhtaboot Microsite Solution features Akhtaboot job content in a fully integrated and branded jobs section displayed directly onto the careers section of the University website.

BUiD Students and job seekers will be able to benefit from the full features of Akhtaboot directly on British University in Dubai’s website through the fully branded Microsite link buid.akhtaboot.com... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot Participates in KFUPM’s 29th Career Fair

2012-05-17 / / 2 Comments

 
Akhtaboot – the career network is proud to pronounce its participation in the largest university career fair in Saudi Arabia, held by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran. The 29th KFUPM career fair was inaugurated by Prince Jalawi bin Abdul Aziz bin Musaed, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Province, and welcomed both students and the public during the period from 6th of May until the 9th of May, 2012.
Around 120 government and private companies and agencies participated in the event, with Akhtaboot handling the CV clinic, which provided students and graduates to be with personalized, one-to-one feedback on their CVs, highlighting the areas that need to be tackled in order to prepare for the needs of today’s job market.... Read More ...

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Akhtaboot to Power Kharabeesh’s Recruitment

2012-05-15 / / 0 Comments

Akhtaboot – the career network is proud to announce the launch of Kharabeesh’s Career Connect solution, “Powered by Akhtaboot”, which will provide Kharabeesh with their own fully integrated and branded jobs section with the ability to post unlimited job postings and receive job applications directly onto their careers section on their own website.

As part of Akhtaboot’s relentless efforts in providing world-class recruitment services to its clients, Kharabeeshwill be able to make the most of their Career Connect solution with a single point of contact for all of their recruitment needs with a variety of CV filtration, and organization tools, making the hiring process simple, efficient and as cost-effective as ever.... Read More ...

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