:REMON_LONG - signon text You are about to experience an exciting new concept! This is my distribution of JOBBS! employment software which has been running on my system in Roswell, GA since August 1984. The host system is called JOBBS! It displays 2450 jobs from all over the USA. It can be reached directly - 404 992 8937. 24 hours, 2400 baud maximum. This door is not a game door, it is for the career minded professional who wants information with which to further his or her career objectives, and to enhance his personal income. It will allow messages to William Griffin, as well as resume uploads, for confidential review. It's designed to put specific job information into your hands about current jobs in your state. You can access these jobs by title, title within state, or education. One of them could represent a career opportunity which enables you to change your life for the better. It gives you an opportunity to view requirements of open jobs which my contact clients currently seek to fill with qualified applicants. Many of these jobs will never be seen advertised anywhere. It may allow you to change employers for a more promising career path, one more to your liking for reasons of salary, growth, geography, or one more fitting your personal style. If you are interested, send current resume to the address below. Thank you for your participation and co-operation ! ALPHA SYSTEMS, INC. 1510 OAKFIELD LANE, ROSWELL, GA 30075-3016 TEL 404 992 8663 William W. Griffin, Pres. :REMON_SHORT Welcome back to the Job Search Door ! As a previous user you are foregoing the long opening screen. I remind you that the door is designed to put specific job information into your hands about current jobs in your state. You can access these jobs by title, title within state, or education. Many of these jobs will never be seen advertised anywhere. :REMOFF - signoff text We hope you enjoyed this review of jobs, and that you found one that appeals to you in the area of your interest and qualifications. If you haven't yet mailed us your resume, remember that we can do nothing for you without it. All information confidential. Please include current daytime phone number, and current salary to the nearest thousand $$. We will get back to you as soon as we have identified an opportunity for which you seem qualified, based on the answers you gave here when you logged into the door. Lastly, we appreciate your comments and feedback in our continuing efforts to make this a productive, profitable and enjoyable experience. Any comments you have of any nature whatsoever are more than welcome. Leave messages to Bill Griffin in the message base available from the main menu. We now return you to the host system BBS. Thanks again. :REMNEW - reads before filling out questionaire. ALPHA SYSTEMS justs wants to assure you before you begin answering our questionnaire, that all information is considered totally confidential. No one will see any of this information except William W. Griffin, President. If for some reason you are uncomfortable about any question, simply leave it blank and continue to the next. The questions asked are those that I would ask you personally in order to know more about your objectives, priorities, time frame, salary requirements, personal values and style, and what you want in an employer... large corporate giant or small highly flexible and entrepreneurial company, whether or not you want freedom of direction, management, or hands-on contributor role, etc. The more I know about your feelings the easier it will be for me to match you with a prospective employer. All questions (without exception) are asked with that objective in mind. Thank you for your cooperation and patience. :REMINFO - Info from the main menu Alpha Systems, Inc. is a professional search firm which recruits qualified candidates in design, systems, programming, software, technical, manufacturing, engineering, research/development, chemical, process, controls and instrumentation and operations, as well as many other kinds of jobs in many industries. We cover the Southeast and other areas thru afilliate relationships with many other recruiting firms. Hiring employers (only) pay our fees. I'm William Griffin, a recruiter with more than 23 years in technical recruiting. I'm making JOBBS! software available to this system for your career advancement possibilities, and specifically so that you can enjoy current jobs continuously, and not have to make long distance calls to the host system ! I receive confidential information on a variety of jobs from many sources. I put this information into the hands of your system operator in exchange for information about you, your education, jobtitle, employer, salary, in order to be able to send you future direct mail which describes in detail a job which I may be trying to fill for a client. Most of these jobs you will never see advertised in the newspapers. # The intent is to generate information about you which will be treated in a highly confidential manner, but which will be made selectively available to those recruiters with a genuine ability to change your career for the better, and who at some point in the future could call you about a job for which you seem to be qualified, based on your answers. You will be asked some questions about your career desires, and be able to create a 'mini-resume' online, by just 'filling in the blanks'. After you have completed the questionaire, you will be shown a number of current jobs in your state, by title, education, with a brief description. We hope that you will be pleased with the effort which went into making this service available to you. ALPHA SYSTEMS, INC. 1510 OAKFIELD LANE, ROSWELL, GA 30075-3016 TEL 404 992 8663. William W. Griffin, Pres. :REMUP - displayed before the user attempts an upload. Be sure that the file you upload is an ASCII file. My word process program is Wordstar, and I cannot read files created by programs which generate files with embedded control characters. Your file may be zipped, but internal files should be ASCII FILES ONLY, thanks. :REMBULL0 - Bulletin Menu text 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Job Search Informational Files � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴� � 1 � BIOGRAPHY. William Griffin, Pres of ALPHA SYSTEMS,INC 쳐컴� � 2 � Alpha Systems. More about my practice and contacts. 쳐컴� � 3 � RESUME FORMAT. Capture it now in ASCII format. 쳐컴� � 4 � Appearance and interview techniques. Some pointers. 쳐컴� � 5 � Salary concerns and negotiating an offer. Some tips. 쳐컴� � 6 � How contingent recruiters operate. A quick guide. 쳐컴� � 7 � 50 Questions you could be asked on interview. Be prepared! 쳐컴� � 8 � Hiring EMPLOYERS ! How to get your job included here ! 읕컴� :REMBULL1 Mr. Griffin is a responsible businessman, has been a recruiter since 1967, a Roswell, GA. homeowner since 1978. He has been married 27 years, and has 4 children. He has been a recruiter since 1963, having begun in Chicago, IL. He is an alumnus of GA TECH, and a resident of Atlanta since 1960, except from 1972-75 during which he lived near SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. He speaks fluent Spanish. He has also travelled in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Jamaica, Bahamas, Central America and Mexico. His interests include sailing, SCUBA, and flying. He has been a SYSOP since August 1984, and was founding VP of the first group of Atlanta area system operators. His practice: primarily manufacturing, engineering, research and development, in metal forming, high speed machinery, electrical products, medical electronics, factory automation and control systems, analytical/process instruments, plastic molding, chemicals, fibers, polymers, packaging and advanced materials, medical, food, and consumer products industries. # Major emphasis includes manufacturing and engineering mgt, machine design, project engineering, quality engrg/management, consulting, programming, systems, software, tech support in SE, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, & SW USA. He can share info with as many as 1310 recruiting firms nationwide. See next bulletin (#2) for secondary assigments and emphasis. :REMBULL2 Mr Griffin functions primarily as a recruiter rather than a marketeer of candidates. He could also share information about your qualifications with other recruiters in specific cities from coast to coast. Let him know if you have desire to relocate to some other city or state. Cover letters are the best way to elaborate on objectives which aren't in the resume. Secondary emphasis exists in recruiting assignment in mid to upper management levels, management information systems, human resources, safety/security, environmental engineering, distribution systems, and general management, accounting, tax, finance, business development, planning, operations, high tech govt MIL-SPEC systems, sales and marketing from $25,000 to $150,000 per year. All positions are fee paid by hiring EMPLOYERS only, as a condition of his involvement. He functions as a recruiter, & does not extensively MARKET candidates. The database of candidates which he maintains in order to satisfy client inquiries now numbers over 21,000 persons, which incidentally, are online on JOBBS! host system for scan by legitimate employers. In no way would he knowingly jeopardize your position with your employer, not contact them without your knowledge. :REMBULL3 NAME DO NOT PUT YOUR SOC SECURITY # ON A RESUME! ADDRESS ITS NO ONES BUSINESS BUT YOUR OWN ! CITY,ST ZIP ITS AVAILABILITY MAKES IT INFINITELY PHONE HOME EASY TO ASCERTAIN PERSONAL FINANCIAL DATA ! BUSN OBJECTIVE: State in terms of functional responsibility your immediate goals. You may wish to Indicate type of industry and/or geographical preference if it's a priority. Objective should be logical extension of previous experience, employment and salary history. EDUCATION - MAJOR. DEGREE IF ANY. SCHOOL, YEAR GRADUATED. GRADE POINT AVERAGE IF COMMENDABLE. ADVANCED COURSES. SEMINARS. DATES. ETC. (Example) MS ELECT ENGINEERING GEORGIA TECH ATLANTA,GA 1979 Registered Professional Engineer in GA 1980 Education should (on the page) tend to support your stated objective. MILITARY EXPERIENCE (optional) EXPERIENCE - Month, YR. as OCT 75 TO MAY 84 in reverse chronological order. COMPANY NAME, CITY, STATE (No street addresses) PARENT COMPANY if any, and PARENT location by CITY,ST. YOUR CURRENT/LAST TITLE. Give description of your duties and responsibilities by date or by project, showing how what you accomplished meshed with corporate objectives. You may mention special equipment familiarity, hardware, software, operating systems, appliations, special product, process or market knowledge, training under some well known expert, and mention how many persons you supervised directly, if any, and what their responsibilities were. Management recognition, special awards, trips, honors, to whom reported by title. Current or final salary. (Most companies will not consider seriously a resume without salary history). OPTIONAL- Reason for leaving last job. Repeat for each previous job. SPECIAL INTERESTS- MEMBERSHIPS. Civic affairs. Industry afilliations. Society honors. Special qualifications as: pilot, foreign language ability, knowledge of international markets, customs, banking connections, import export regulations, etc. REFERENCES - Usually "On request" AVAILABILITY- If applicable or unusual, such as graduation 3 months hence, or severance from Military service, etc. PERSONAL -You may mention place of birth, whether married or single, DOB, interests which show high physical energy level, capacity for problem solving, creative ability, ingenuity, special skills, aptitudes. Many of foregoing are optional, but in general my experience shows that the better feel the company has for your personality and lifestyle, the more rapid the response to your resume will be. COVER LETTERS - An important touch is cover letter which touches on reasons for your availability, your motivations, desire to enter a specific company, industry, or geographical location. The letter should be addressed to a specific person rather than 'Personnel Manager'. The cover letter is also the place to mention your expectations regarding any anticipated relocation expense, and your willingness to assume those, or flexibility regarding your interview process and salary requirements, need for a position for spouse, etc. Companies respond more quickly to persons who are single and renting and state so in front. :REMBULL4 Enough cannot be said about personal appearance on an interview. It has been said that 50% of an interview is over within the first 5 minutes. This is meant to imply that each client has a mental picture of what they expect in a candidate. This includes not only dress, personal mannerisms, attitude, habits, degree of assertiveness, vocabulary, courtesy, response to specific situations, and others. The extent to which one is successful on an interview is the extent to which one rapidly picks up on the habits, style, mannerisms, vocabulary, and values of the interviewer. It is human nature to want to have around oneself someone who shares ones values, has common experiences and seems to hold one in a certain esteem. It takes a certain amount of finesse to quickly find something of interest or some common value and use it to relate to an interviewer without being overly obvious about what you're doing. It goes without saying that fine clothes "make the man, or woman". New clothing on an interview makes a crisp impression, and certainly a fresh shoe shine on a new pair of shoes doesn't hurt. Of equal importance is cleanliness, and clean hair, fingernails, a fresh shave, and clothing that is not only unrumpled but in style. Certain colors make better impressions than others. Black socks are the only color to wear, preferably mid-calf length. In general DON'T WEAR GREEN unless A) You have just come from a win at the Masters Tournament, or B) You're interviewing for a job as a used car salesman that you don't really want anyway. There are many books written about dressing for successful interviews, and I won't go into that here. One is titled "Dress For Success". The author is John T. Molloy. :REMBULL5 One of the most productive activities prior to an interview is to learn all you can about the company, its products, its markets, its reputation, its key executives, its sales volume, number of employees, locations of other plants, regional offices, etc. By knowing this information you will stand out from most other interviewees who know little or nothing when coming in for an interview, and who expect the interviewer to spend a great deal of time giving a history of the company from founding to present date. Most interviews, like a chess game, have a beginning, a middle, and an end. It is important for you to know in which portion you are. There are certain events which happen in each, and reading those events will tell you whether the interview is going well, and whether and when you have moved from one portion to another. # In the first portion, the interviewer will usually tell you about the company and the duties of the position for which you are interviewing. In the second portion you will usually be asked in some detail about your job history, your skills for the job in question, educational background, etc. In the final portion moreso than the other two portions, the interviewer may try to get to know your personality, values, family stability, attitudes, and it is here that it is most important to warm up to the interviewer in order to leave a positive impression. It is here that you can be most effective by doing several things. 1) Asking the right questions, which show that you have done some research into the problems and needs of the employer. This also shows enlightenment and your capacity for understanding those needs in the same way that the employer interprets them. # 2) Letting the interviewer know in no uncertain terms, that you are interested in the job and that you "would like the company to make an offer based on what they feel you are worth to the company". Once an offer has been made, at whatever $ amount, the company has made "A committment". Committments with logic and good reason may be negotiated. HOWEVER, without a committment, you have nothing to negotiate. It is therefore imperative that you do whatever is within your power to get the company to want to extend an offer. If the offer is too low, and you cannot get it negotiated upward, you can always turn it down. You will want to evaluate any offer in terms of not only the salary but the benefit package, the moving policy, relocation expenses, growth potential, working conditions, and personal chemistry with your immediate superior. Many factors determine just how content you will be in a new situation, and where your career path takes you. # Few who strive for maximum dollar going into a company realize just how quickly the difference is lost if they have to do wait without a job for any length of time. For example, at $30,000 per yr ($2500 per month) it only takes 60 days loss of work to be out of pocket $5000. I have seen many lose jobs because they couldn't reconcile a $2000 difference in what they were offered and what they thought they were worth. They were out for another 6 weeks, costing them $4800. Further, the compound effect of loss of seniority, and interest on earnings versus others who may be hired at about the same time can be critical. You can have seniority over someone else by just one day. That could mean they get terminated before you do, if only one has to be terminated ! In softer 'buyers' markets is obviously even more critical to be flexible to employers needs, and to make the MOST of whatever interviews you are able to generate. :REMBULL6 To begin with, few realize the total functions of a professional recruiter, nor how and why they are paid. Many know that they want a "FEE PAID" job only, but with little awareness of what market factors affect their ability to secure such a position. Recruiters do not get paid unless they satisy the need of some corporate client. Contingent recruiters are different from search consultants in the following way: Search consultants get paid a portion (usually one third) of a fee on signing a search agreement, with another one third paid in about 30 to 60 days, and the balance when the assignment is completed and a candidate has accepted the companies offer. They may also get certain expenses. When they do this they usually accept no more assignments than they can reasonably expect to complete. This number may vary from six to ten, depending on the ability of the consultant, and his administrative support, informational resources, networking contacts, etc. Contingent recruiters on the other hand assume all the risk in front. They must compete with all other such recruiters, most often with the company directly, who decides after the recruiter has come up with an excellent choice, to place an ad in the newspaper to see if they can get an equally good candidate. Recruiters compete with internal candidates who feel qualified. They can never really know whether the company is just using the recruiters candidate as a benchmark or as a yardstick against someone to whom they intend to make an offer. The efforts that contingent recruiters exert that result in placement must pay for all the efforts that they exert that result in failure. It is usually 5% paying for 95%. There are many more factors that preclude the success of a contingent recruiter, than there are in his favor. The most successful have one offer made in every six or eight interviews. Only 40 to 50% of offers extended are accepted by the applicants, due to better offers elsewhere, unacceptable locations, etc. This means that I spend most of my time recruiting for open vacancies, and not specifically marketing candidates. The more time I must spend talking to you the less time I will have to talk to hiring employers about you. Your patience is appreciated. :REMBULL7 Following are 50 questions compiled by Frank S. Endicott, retired director of placement for Northwestern University. They are most often asked of college seniors. 1. What are your long and short range goals and objectives, when and why did you establish these goals, and what are you doing to achieve them? 2. What specific goals other than related to your career, have you set for yourself in the next ten years? 3. What do you see yourself doing five years from now? 4. What do you really want to do in life? 5. What are your long range career objectives? 6. How do you plan to achieve your career goals? 7. What are the most important rewards you expect in your business career? 8. What do you expect to be earning in five years? 9. Why did you chose the career for which you are preparing? 10. What is more important to you, the money or the type of job? 11. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses? 12. How would you describe yourself? 13. How would a friend or close associate describe you? 14. What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort? 15. How has your college career experience prepared you for your career? 16. Why should I hire you? 17. Which of your qualifications will make you successful in our business? 18. By what criteria do you determine or evaluate success? 19. What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours? 20. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company? 21. What qualities should a successful manager possess? 22. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and his subordinates. 23. What 2 or 3 accomplishments have given you most satisfaction, and why? 24. Describe your most rewarding college experience. 25. If you were hiring for this position, what qualities would you look for? 26. Why did you select this particular college or university? 27. What motivated you to choose your major field of study? 28. What college subjects did you like most and why? 29. What college subjects did you like least and why? 30. If you could do so, how would you plan your academic study differently? 31. What changes would you make in your institution and why? 32. Do you have plans for continued education? 33. Are your grades are a good indication of your academic achievement? 34. What have you learned from your extracurricular activities? 35. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable? 36. How well do you function under pressure? 37. In what part time or summer jobs have you been most interested, Why? 38. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation? 39. Why did you decide to seek a job with this Company? 40. What do you know about our company and its problems? 41. What two or three things are most important to you in your job? 42. Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? 43. What criteria are you using to evaluate your prospective employer? 44. Do you have any geographical preferences? Why? 45. Will you relocate? Does it bother you? Why? 46. Are you willing to travel? 47. Are you willing to spend at least six months as a trainee? 48. Do you think you will enjoy living in our community? Why? 49. What major problem have you had recently and how do you deal with it? 50. What have you learned from your mistakes? :REMBULL8 HIRING EMPLOYERS! If you would like to see your job made available to hundreds of BBS users per day, call or write the job description, salary range, contact person, voice phone and FAX number to: ALPHA SYSTEMS, INC. 1510 OAKFIELD LANE, ROSWELL, GA 30075-3016 TEL 404 992 8663. There is no charge for listing your job description. If a suitable candidate is located, you extend an offer, and said offer is accepted by our referral, you will be expected to pay a fee based on initial annual salary. Such fee will not exceed 25%, and could be as low as 10% depending on any other special job requirements, such as advanced degree, management skill, necessity to travel extensively, foreign language ability, clearance, etc. There is no fee unless our referral accepts your offer. Simply factor our fee into your hiring decision. If candidates credentials do not justify the investment, make no offer ! We feel that we can show you much better candidates than you will see through any other sources ! Ask for Mr. William Griffin at phone number above. :REMMSG Thanks in advance for the comment you are about to make. Due to the volume of messages it may be a week before I have a chance to answer you individually. For general comments on procedures, fees, interview techniques, etc, make sure you have read the available bulletins on this system. I will try to answer any questions you may have as soon as possible, but may not be able to answer all questions. If you wish feel free to call me with important questions at 404 992 8663. I am reached there during normal business hours. Other alternatives are to leave a message on the host system called JOBBS! at 404 992 8937 in Roswell, GA. My clients assume all fees in connection with any placement activities. There is never a fee to any applicant. Interview and moving or relocation expenses are normally discussed during interviews between client and applicant, and this is the time to be sure you understand what the employers policy is in this regard. # All information received is confidential. Under no circumstances would we jeopardize your current employment. No contact will be made with your current employer and no reference checking will ever be done on you without your knowledge and permission. Thanks again for your interest. ALPHA SYSTEMS, INC. 1510 OAKFIELD LANE, ROSWELL, GA 30075-3016 TEL 404 992 8663. William W. Griffin, Pres.