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Hi everyone,

I hope that some of you have landed a job interview now that the new year is on it's way. Companies will be getting back to business as usual now that the holidays are over.

My latest article could be beneficial to those that have an interview with a potential job offer:

Negotiating A Job Offer In A Weak Economy

Let's discuss what kind of issues are arising with job searches in 2010 that may be different from last year.

With the acception that the economy is still weak, what have you found that is working for you that you are doing different this year?

Great article Gwen. Having worked in both private and now the public sector - I find the art of negotiating a lot different. As least in my County government - there is little room for negotiation.

I definitely agree it is important that if you want to negotiate, that you can prove your worth to the company with something other then quoting how much you made in your last position.

Unfortunately with the economy being what it is - and this pretty much being an "employer's market" except in some fields, competition is fierce. If I have two candidates in a tie after the interview and one is asking for $40 per hour and one is asking for $30....chances are we would take the $30.00 pr hr person.

Great article, it gave me a lot to think about!

Juli

it seems legit unlike the one I will mention below. Bayt.com is a Scam. There are fake jobs on this website, and a lengthy form that leads you to pay for their CV building services. That's all you will be getting from them. Bayt.com and Rabea Ataya is a Fraud. There are many articles on this individual and no one knows why the Dubai police is not doing anything about this fraudster. We demand Rabea Ataya by taken to jail for the crimes of stealing money from Jordanians and innocent Saudi residents. He has spent all the money invested in this scam. His partners are all broke. This website will shut down pretty quick so do not pay them any money.

Bayt.com is widely recognized as one of the most successful and socially responsible companies in the Middle East. Bayt.com is now in its tenth year, operates 12 offices with over 200 staff and has helped tens of thousands of employers and hundreds of thousands of jobseekers match opportunity and talent. (Please check ''About Us'' on www.bayt.com for further information.) Bayt.com continues to go from success to success. Rabea Ataya and Bayt.com have been widely accoladed and awarded by global media, world leaders and community activists. We maintain a very highly public profile that is easily verifiable. The defaming post is part of a deliberate defamation campaign by an anonymous, at large individual who is currently being pursued for prosecution. Should you have any info that will lead to the identification and apprehension of the individual please forward to info@bayt.com Should you have any questions please contact us at info@bayt.com

The question at hand has not been addressed. Very clever threatening to prosecute people that voice their opinions in Dubai, thats just traits of this region and you guys play into it very well. Bayt and its clans are not going to return back my money by posting a lousy come-back to my complaints. I am short of $250 thats almost a 1000 AED. Unlike you, I can give you my name, and its Anand Malhotra and I have paid you for your service 4 months ago. I want Bayt and its owners to be responsible of its illegal scam charge that they procure to get job seekers hired. I do not care if Rabea Ataya has received his Knighthood. He is a FRAUD and that doesn't change for me only because he charges poor job seekers $250 for a CV that is not justified in content nor is it justified in layout. Only charge if you can honor your claims, you clearly have not, in my case rather or perhaps many more who do not know how to voice their opinions online. I bet you guys rather deal with jobs seekers that fax in their CV's or call you for an appointment. My order number is 5543325.22 thats all you need to know in order to track my payment made on November 24th, 2009. The position that I have applied for was for an Accountant Analyst. If you issue me a refund, I will reduce or quit the frequency of my postings as a sign of good faith from other sites. I will also give you another week or so for you to decide what steps you must taken for me to receive this payment. Looking forward to your legally coated clever bullshit response that is baseless of material facts. Please do peruse me for prosecution but do return my money back as thats all I need for now. I guarantee you that no Indian would ever register on your website if I do not get my money back. I have gotten every crafty response from you guys up until now for reasons my money cannot be refunded. I was told that your CV services were availed and that there was no money back guarantee. So what about the job guarantee ? I was under the assumption that I had a job lined up and all I had to do was get my CV created by Bayt. I have yet to see what response you guys are capable of coming up with this time. This frustration made possible only by Bayt and only in Dubai where company's like these get away only because money taken from job seekers like me are probably stashed away into the local partners bank account. Until next time.

An individual saying she works for bayt.com has contacted BellaOnline and asked for this entire thread to be deleted. They feel the messages posted about Bayt.com are not authentic posts.

I have asked them to verify that they have an order number 5543325.22, created by a person named Anand Malhotra, so I can ascertain if the above post was made by a legitimate user of their system and posting his personal experiences.