The Orthodox Union of America (OU) is having a 2-part Israel job fair in New York and Jerusalem as part of their National Convention in November 2008.
Unofficially there are actually 3 parts:
Part 1 - New York
Who
The New York part of the job fair is aimed at people considering moving to Israel (making aliya).
What
The goal is to introduce candidates to Israeli companies looking for English speakers, and hopefully lead to a job offer before the candidates move to Israel.
At the short event, arrangements will be made for the next steps in the recruitment process such as forwarding resumes to Israeli employers, scheduling video interviews from New York or live interviews later in Jerusalem.
Entry is free.
Register and send in your resume here
When
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 from 10am – 1pm
Where
OU Headquarters
11 Broadway 14th floor
New York, NY
Part 2a - Jerusalem, The 2008 OU National Convention
Who
The second part of the job fair, in Jerusalem, is for people who attended the first part in New York AND for English job seekers already in Israel.
What
From the
official announcement (pdf):
- Counselors and mentors ready to help you prepare for every step in landing a good job.
- Help with preparing your resume to appeal to an Israeli employer.
- Printers will be on-hand to print out your newly re-written resume at the November 25th Job Fair (see below)
Entry is free.
When
Sunday November 23rd, 2008 from 5pm -7pm
Where
OU National Convention,
Ramada Hotel Jerusalem
Access: 5-10 min walk from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station
Part 2b - Jerusalem, Job Fair at Mercaz Hamagshimim-Hadassah
Who
Again - either for people who were in NY for Part 1 or who are already in Israel.
What
The goal here will be to conduct interviews between candidates and employers. There will even be video conferencing equipment to have interviews with employers that can’t come to the event.
Here too, entry is free.
Register for the job fair here
When
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 from 5pm – 9pm
Where
Merkaz Hamagshimim-Hadassah
7a Dor VeDorshav Street
German Colony, Jerusalem
Access: take Bus 18 from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station
For more information about any of the different parts, contact Michael Rosner at rosnerm [at] ou [dot] org.
If you’re planning on going to the fair, don’t forget to read
35+ Jobs Fair Success Do’s and Don’ts
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In the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashana and Passover, the Israeli media unwraps the presents that employees will be receiving for the upcoming holiday.
Gifts to Israeli employees in 2008
Gift package values per company:
- NIS 1050-1200 employees and pensioners of the Bank of Israel
- NIS 1000 - employees of the Nes Ziona Biological Institute
- NIS 1000 - National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi)
- NIS 800 - Bank Mizrachi
- NIS 600 - Telrad
- NIS 500 - El Op Systems
- NIS 400 - Teachers’ Union
Sources:
1,
2 (Hebrew)
Bank of Israel employees buy themselves presents
TheMarker
gives an example of how the bonuses are paid for. At the Bank of Israel (BoI), employees set aside up to NIS 80 per month to a Workers’ Council fund, or NIS 960 per year, which is almost as much as the NIS 1050-valued gift they’ll receive as you can see in the list above. However, this fund also pays for the Council’s activities, Passover presents and BoI pensioners’ Rosh Hashana and Passover gifts.
Although the BoI also contributes, do you think it makes sense that employees pay for their own gifts?
More gift giving trends this year
In
Economic Slowdown Aside: Average Value of Holiday Presents Rises 21% to NIS 470 (Hebrew), TheMarker announces:
- 72% of Israeli companies are expected to hand out gift certificates
- 6% will offer gift packages
- 21% will give presents such as one-time salary increases or cash bonuses
- 47% are partnering with charity organizations to gather food, clothing and monetary donations
- 89% are planning on having evening parties for employees for the holidays
It’s funny in a sad way how the above article uses the gift-giving as an indicator for the Israeli economy.
Also sad is the apparent disconnect between the giving employers and the receiving employees according to
NRG.co.il (Hebrew), quoting a survey by Israeli jobsite
JobMaster:
- 61% of employees would rather receive a free weekend for two at a hotel than the gift certificates they have coming
- Only 7% of employees will NOT need to make a special request to receive all the presents that their company is giving out
In other words, companies are giving more but their giving is almost inconsiderate of employees’ desires. So why continue doing it if people won’t appreciate the effort?
Happy New Year to you and your family, your friends and everyone you love
May this be your favorite year yet. Speaking of favorites- as a rollerblading nut, here’s a Rosh Hashana video card that I enjoyed and hope you will too:
Thanks to Ouriel for the find
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After over 2 months of attracting submissions and showing them on site, the 2008 JobMob Guest Blogging Contest is finally over. Time to announce the grand prize winner…
Thank you to all the contestants
This year’s contest had 10 participants. Each guest post shared a unique story and perspective, with the whole list covering many different aspects of job hunting in Israel or in general. Each writer put in the time and effort to bring you ideas in the hopes of helping you, your friends and family. I’d like to thank each and every one of them for a job well done and I hope they’ll come back next summer as well.
Traffic-generating tactics used
Before I get to the final rankings, here’s how contestants achieved their results:
- Social bookmarking services like Stumbleupon, del.icio.us and Kotvim.co.il - Sharon Gefen, Andrew Rondeau, Dr. Michael Britt, Andrew Rondeau, Hillel Porath
- Social networks like Facebook - Benji Lovitt, Sharon Gefen, Kate Baggott, Andrew Rondeau, Aviva Sieradski, Hillel Porath
- Writing about their guest post on their own blog - Benji Lovitt (multiple times), Sharon Gefen, Andrew Rondeau, Kate Baggott
- Getting fellow bloggers to mention the post - Kate Baggott, Benji Lovitt, Sharon Gefen
- Blogging in guest posts about their guest post - Benji Lovitt
- Posting about their guest post to mailing lists - Aviva Sieradski
- Emailing friends, family and contacts - everyone
- Search engine optimized (SEO) content - some of the contestants may have tried to blog about a topic that the search engines would like, but everyone benefited from the fact that JobMob is in good standing with Google.
Final contest rankings
The 2008 JobMob Guest Blogging Contest Grand Prize winner is…
Benji Lovitt of
WhatWarZone with
The Idiot’s Guide to Finding a Job in Israel
Congratulations Benji! I’ll be in touch soon with the US$150 prize.
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