Mac vs PC? It doesn't matter - this guy has some great vision. You have 15 minutes, spend it listening to Steve jobs commencement speech to Stanford University in 2005.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
The works!
We're very happy to be rolling out a number of interviews coming up, to help you stay in the loop as you either brush up on the resume and cover letter skills, re-enter the workforce, or just make sure you're on the right path.
Tomorrow (June 12th's) episode features Bethany of Global Girl Social Media, a friend of ours who helps businesses and individuals discover how social media can benefit their bottom line. Check Global Girl Social Media out, along with her Blog, Twitter, Facebook. Thanks for joining us!
Then, coming soon, we'll be joined by Kim DuBrul of Your Year of Transformation and Kimberly DuBrul Coaching. Not only does she help people find their careers, but just their life's focus as well. She has a Blog and Facebook page as well!
Up next, we're bringing back Rosa E. Vargas and a few of her friends who collectively call themselves The Resume Chicks.
All that, and a web site of our own coming soon where we'll have Access to E-books, links to Career Counselors, Services and just house all that information you should always have access to. The blog will, of course, continue to be a way to share the 'of the moment' info that's so important!
Happy Hunting!
Tomorrow (June 12th's) episode features Bethany of Global Girl Social Media, a friend of ours who helps businesses and individuals discover how social media can benefit their bottom line. Check Global Girl Social Media out, along with her Blog, Twitter, Facebook. Thanks for joining us!
Then, coming soon, we'll be joined by Kim DuBrul of Your Year of Transformation and Kimberly DuBrul Coaching. Not only does she help people find their careers, but just their life's focus as well. She has a Blog and Facebook page as well!
Up next, we're bringing back Rosa E. Vargas and a few of her friends who collectively call themselves The Resume Chicks.
All that, and a web site of our own coming soon where we'll have Access to E-books, links to Career Counselors, Services and just house all that information you should always have access to. The blog will, of course, continue to be a way to share the 'of the moment' info that's so important!
Happy Hunting!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Yes, you can actually work from home. True story.
I stumbled across Nancy Collamer's blog today, quite by chance. I misspelled something in a search as I realized I forgot to tag a prior search I'd done, and - bingo - there it was. An article about actually working from home. When I say working, I don't mean just spending hours deleting email because you signed up at one of those sites that just collects your email address and then SPAMs you into oblivion with offers for.. well, let's not get into that - we've all seen them.
Nancy gives you 25 ideas that you can actually do from home, with more resources on finding out specifics and other options for help. Click to read the post: "Work From Home: Biz Ideas for Moms" (and Dads too).
Now, amazingly - that's not the only place you can go to find real work at home jobs. Some of them can be found and reviewed at Work At Home No Scams and often, the local Craiglist has work from home jobs. Just make sure it's a local number, they provide some information about what the business is doing and what you're expected to do. Anyone who gives you too little information, and just promises a windfall of cash is selling you a pipe dream, hoping you'll email them so they can SPAM you. In fact, I have a SPAM account just for submitting to websites where they could be fake. After I'm sure it's not - I update my account with my normal email address. One easy way to find out if it's fake, just search for the title of the job in Google, if you see all the top searches come up with that same ad in ten different cities, just walk away.
Amazingly, you can work from home doing a job most people do from a cubicle with Alpine Access. They have some pretty strict rules abut noise, and you do have to have a few pieces of equipment - but if you're working from home, check with an accountant about deducting some of your home, Internet and telephone expenses if you really want to get into this as a career. As I'm not a tax professional, I can't give you any advice on your particular situation, nor would I want to - I'm just blogging here!
Happy Hunting!
Nancy gives you 25 ideas that you can actually do from home, with more resources on finding out specifics and other options for help. Click to read the post: "Work From Home: Biz Ideas for Moms" (and Dads too).
Now, amazingly - that's not the only place you can go to find real work at home jobs. Some of them can be found and reviewed at Work At Home No Scams and often, the local Craiglist has work from home jobs. Just make sure it's a local number, they provide some information about what the business is doing and what you're expected to do. Anyone who gives you too little information, and just promises a windfall of cash is selling you a pipe dream, hoping you'll email them so they can SPAM you. In fact, I have a SPAM account just for submitting to websites where they could be fake. After I'm sure it's not - I update my account with my normal email address. One easy way to find out if it's fake, just search for the title of the job in Google, if you see all the top searches come up with that same ad in ten different cities, just walk away.
Amazingly, you can work from home doing a job most people do from a cubicle with Alpine Access. They have some pretty strict rules abut noise, and you do have to have a few pieces of equipment - but if you're working from home, check with an accountant about deducting some of your home, Internet and telephone expenses if you really want to get into this as a career. As I'm not a tax professional, I can't give you any advice on your particular situation, nor would I want to - I'm just blogging here!
Happy Hunting!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Talk about What you can, When you can
As the saying goes, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression" or is it, "First impressions are never given a second...", or.. no - you see what I meant was... Dang it - they left.
Ok, you get it - right? First impressions are really important. so when you're going in for that interview, it's important to remember that's *NOT* your first impression! Wait, it's not? No - your cover letter and resume are your first impression and, like it or not, ALL the remaining decisions a Human Resources Recruiter, Hiring Manager or Head of a Department makes are based on that information alone. They won't look you up on Linkedin.com, they won't go check out your Facebook page to see what a kind person you are, and how great your hair looks. That employer gets flooded with resumes when a job is posted - especially in this day and age of digital postings and online applications. Become the buoy they grab onto in that flood!
We've talked about the importance of Keywords, and we've talked about the importance of cover letters, but first things first - you need to pay close attention to the job posting, and then you need to make sure they pay close attention to you. How do you do that? This great article from The Savvy Networker titled, "Five Resume Items That Can't Wait for the Interview" says it so clearly that if you haven't already clicked on the link to open it in a new tab or window... well you just should.
But wait, that's not all - There's always more, right? It's like Ron Popeil around here and you can "Set it on this blog's RSS feed and forget it!" Ok, the line needs work, but for those who get lost when I mention keywords, Yahoo! Hotjobs also posted this article "Resumes for the Digital Age: 7 tips for mastering keywords and electronic formatting" that covers many of the tips we've mentioned in a very succinct post. Again, get yourself there - and some snazzy shoes to go with that outfit. Oh - and no pants with holes, even if you paid extra to buy the ones that came with them already.
While you're here, I'm throwing in a bonus post as well. From ILostMyJob.com comes this Tuesday editions Video podcast which covers, among other things, the Outlook News for June 7th, 2010:
•More resignations than layoffs last month, breaking 15 month streak...
•Many people are waiting to leave their job once economy improves
•... After a long period of layoffs, companies may try to keep employees longer
now
•New college graduates see smaller starting salaries; 24% of job seeking grads have found a jobsource
Check out the full details at the ILostMyJob.com Tuesday Podcast (includes video)
Happy Hunting!
Ok, you get it - right? First impressions are really important. so when you're going in for that interview, it's important to remember that's *NOT* your first impression! Wait, it's not? No - your cover letter and resume are your first impression and, like it or not, ALL the remaining decisions a Human Resources Recruiter, Hiring Manager or Head of a Department makes are based on that information alone. They won't look you up on Linkedin.com, they won't go check out your Facebook page to see what a kind person you are, and how great your hair looks. That employer gets flooded with resumes when a job is posted - especially in this day and age of digital postings and online applications. Become the buoy they grab onto in that flood!
We've talked about the importance of Keywords, and we've talked about the importance of cover letters, but first things first - you need to pay close attention to the job posting, and then you need to make sure they pay close attention to you. How do you do that? This great article from The Savvy Networker titled, "Five Resume Items That Can't Wait for the Interview" says it so clearly that if you haven't already clicked on the link to open it in a new tab or window... well you just should.
But wait, that's not all - There's always more, right? It's like Ron Popeil around here and you can "Set it on this blog's RSS feed and forget it!" Ok, the line needs work, but for those who get lost when I mention keywords, Yahoo! Hotjobs also posted this article "Resumes for the Digital Age: 7 tips for mastering keywords and electronic formatting" that covers many of the tips we've mentioned in a very succinct post. Again, get yourself there - and some snazzy shoes to go with that outfit. Oh - and no pants with holes, even if you paid extra to buy the ones that came with them already.
While you're here, I'm throwing in a bonus post as well. From ILostMyJob.com comes this Tuesday editions Video podcast which covers, among other things, the Outlook News for June 7th, 2010:
•More resignations than layoffs last month, breaking 15 month streak...
•Many people are waiting to leave their job once economy improves
•... After a long period of layoffs, companies may try to keep employees longer
now
•New college graduates see smaller starting salaries; 24% of job seeking grads have found a jobsource
Check out the full details at the ILostMyJob.com Tuesday Podcast (includes video)
Happy Hunting!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
But how do I fit in there?
So we've all done it - wonder what we're going to do once you get the job. For some, it's more stressful than the interview process, and much more stressful to most of us than job hunting. Fret not, I have a lot of tips for you today, even if you haven't thought about this part of the puzzle yet, and how you fit yourself into it.
First - Here's a great selection of videos from Howcast "How To Fit in on Your First Day Of Work" once you do, or if you recently have, found that new job!
Ok, so your attitude, clothes, and the rest are important to the co-workers and people around you, but our friends to the north have some really great tips, not only on what you should do to fit in with co-workers, but on how to make some headway with your boss immediately with this posting "Tips on starting a new job and fitting in at a new company"as well.
Finally About.com has a thorough three part article which says much of the same, but is a bit more granular about the entire process. Look at their article "Starting a New Job: What You Can Do Before Your First Day"
Now if you haven't found that dream job yet and you're still looking, this article from Jobweb.com on "The 2010 Job Outlook" might be a bit of help - it was posted about a month ago and it has all sorts of details on the job outlook this year, basic salary information and some good tips on handling that difficult question about your salary history. I don't know about you, but I've fumbled that one a bit in the past - before learning how to navigate through it!
Happy Hunting!
First - Here's a great selection of videos from Howcast "How To Fit in on Your First Day Of Work" once you do, or if you recently have, found that new job!
Ok, so your attitude, clothes, and the rest are important to the co-workers and people around you, but our friends to the north have some really great tips, not only on what you should do to fit in with co-workers, but on how to make some headway with your boss immediately with this posting "Tips on starting a new job and fitting in at a new company"as well.
Finally About.com has a thorough three part article which says much of the same, but is a bit more granular about the entire process. Look at their article "Starting a New Job: What You Can Do Before Your First Day"
Now if you haven't found that dream job yet and you're still looking, this article from Jobweb.com on "The 2010 Job Outlook" might be a bit of help - it was posted about a month ago and it has all sorts of details on the job outlook this year, basic salary information and some good tips on handling that difficult question about your salary history. I don't know about you, but I've fumbled that one a bit in the past - before learning how to navigate through it!
Happy Hunting!
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