The Social Job Search [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Social Job Search [INFOGRAPHIC] Can Social Networks help you get a job? There is a lot of hype surrounding the Social Job Search and statistically, it is justified. In 2012 alone companies are expected to use social media to recruit for over 80% of Job openings. It is observed through various eye-tracking studies that on average, a recruiter spends 5.7 seconds looking at your profile. That is less than what on average a CV gets (~8 seconds). Recent data suggests that social job search is happening right now. Around 98% (WOW!) of recruiters admit to using LinkedIn to find suitable candidates. Facebook and Twitter are used by 33%  and 42% by recruiters respectively. If this is any indication, then it can be argued that the social job search is the most popular method of recruiting at the moment. Now its up to you whether you want to take advantage of this social job search phenomenon or not. If you do decide to use it though, make sure that you check out our guides on LinkedIn for Graduates and Twitter For Graduates. 3

Resume Writing For The Newbie

Resume Writing For The NewbieIf you need to write a resume, you are most likely overwhelmed with the task. You want your resume to be perfect, right? Right? Right!Before you begin writing your resume, keep in mind that there are several basic steps you should follow. The first step is to sit down and draft your resume. Do not jump into it and don't skip this step. Every piece of writing is a step in developing your skills.At this point, take time to think about the things you would like to tell potential employers about you. Think about what you are looking for and how they can best meet your needs. What are your goals? Why are you looking for a job? What is it you want?Write down these ideas and create a rough draft of your resume. Do this before you start writing your resume, because the ideas that come to you in the middle of the night will not be captured. These will not help you get your resume prepared, so if you want to avoid this type of situation, take the time to write them down ahead of time.Once you have your draft, it is time to start drafting. Keep in mind that the next steps may be different than the previous steps.Have you gone back and worked on any weaknesses in your resume? How about any accomplishments? What areas of your resume need work? How do you want to leave a long-term impression on your potential employer? These are all important questions you must answer before you even begin writing.Once you have answered all the questions, now that you have your resume written, you must edit it. Use a computer to edit and proofread your resume. Your employer may not be able to see every word of your resume, but they are reading each word carefully, so the proofreading process can make all the difference.Finally, review your resume. Make sure it is clear and concise. Have it read by someone who can look over it for you. When you are finished, have it read again and make sure everything is correct.Before you begin writing your resume, understand the basic steps that follow. Write a detailed, well-structured resume. Have a list of your goals and be prepared to have it edited later. Review it carefully and re-edit it if necessary.

A happy call center Who knew! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

A happy call center Who knew! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog I recently visited the City Call Center here in Copenhagen Denmark, and theyre a bit of a novelty: A call center where the employees are actually happy to work. Call centers are not known as the worlds best workplaces and many are plagued by high levels of absenteeism, stress and extremely high employee turnover. In some call centers, new employees typically last only a few weeks before moving on. But Pouline Andersen, the founder of City Call Center, decided from the beginning to create a happy workplace and the results speak for themselves. As she puts it: We must be doing something right because revenue has grown by 30% annually the last five years running and were about to move to a new office thats 15 times as big as our current one. Also, our employees say for 1.2 years on average, which is far higher than the industry average. Heres a video of a chat I had with Pouline where she explains why she chose to make her company happy, and how she does it. Part 1: Part 2: Pouline also sent me some additional comments on how she makes her employees happy, which you can find below. Theyre in Danish though :o) Her er nogle af de ting, Pouline g?r for arbejdsgl?den: * Rent socialt afholder vi naturligvis julefrokost (med ca 25 af vores sm? kunder, s? de ogs? f?r en ordentlig julefrokost), sommerfest (ligeledes med invitation af kunder), ?rlig bowling turnering med stort trof?, der graveres med vindernavn og st?r til offentlig beskuelse i k?kkenet, ?bne fredagsbarer, samt vores stolte tradition: Hansen-bes?get. ?Hansens K?kken og Bar? er en fantastisk restaurant med lidt fin mad, hvor vi tager ned og spiser alle sammen p? firmaets regning hver gang vi har ansat en ny ?callgirl? for at fejre det. Vi kender ejeren og tjenerne og det er derfor en rigtig god oplevelse at komme der. * Det kan v?re sv?rt at f? talt sammen n?r telefonerne ringer hele tiden og vi afholder derfor personalem?de den sidste mandag hver m?ned efter lukketid (kl. 17), hvor vi f?r gennemg?et alle forbedringspunkter, irritationsmomenter etc. Vi plejer at starte med en ?rose-runde?, hvor vi skiftes til at rose hver enkelt kollega. P? den m?de husker vi at sige de ting, man ofte glemmer i en travl hverdag. J Pigerne f?r naturligvis l?n for personalem?derne. * To gange ?rligt har vi endvidere personalesamtaler. Her har jeg hver af medarbejderne p? tomandsh?nd og vi kommer derfor lidt mere i dybden med de forskellige ting. Ofte er det naturligvis ting som deres personlige trivsel i jobbet, eventuelle ?nsker om nye ansvarsomr?der, samt l?n vi taler om. Uanset hvor godt det g?r, skal kommunikation hele tiden v?re i fokus. 9 uf af 10 gnidninger skyldes d?rlig kommunikation? * Jeg er rigtig god til at uddelegere (det som jeg kalder dovenskab ? lettere at f? andre til at g?re tingene end mig selv J) og det g?r at pigerne f?ler at de er vigtige og der bliver vist dem tillid -> det g?r dem meget mere ansvarlige og de f?ler at de er en del af virksomheden, ikke blot en tilf?ldig ansat. Det lyder m?ske banalt, men de er typisk mellem 18 og 22 ?r gamle og for mange er dette det f?rste rigtige job de har. * Vi er ikke meget ramt af sygdom i forhold til aldersklassen. De fleste er syge 1-2 gange om ?ret, hvilket er langt under hvad g?lder andre steder. I ?jeblikket har vi ?n medarbejder der har sygedage hver/hver anden m?ned, men jeg er overbevist om at det skyldes problemer p? hjemmefronten, som jeg desv?rre ikke rigtig kan tillade mig at adressere som chef. * Vi er forholdsvis gode til at v?re spontane, som f.eks. vores ?sjov dag?. N?r det er mig der ?melder sjov dag? g?r jeg rundt med klovnen?se, ofte bl?ser jeg cerpentinere over pigerne og deres computere eller s?tter balloner fast p? deres sk?rme med ?elefantsnot?. P? sjov dag laver vi ofte quizzer over messenger og n?r en har svaret rigtigt kommer jeg l?bende gennem kontoret med en lille pr?mie i form at en mars bar el.lign. Vi laver ogs? lykkehjulet eller online ?tegn g?t?. * Vores kunder er nu ogs? gode til at hj?lpe til; f.eks. har pigerne v?ret med til Baccardi release party, Bodil-uddeling, julefrokoster hos kunder i bl.a. bowlingcenter og Cirkusbygningen (vi bliver ca inviteret til 2 julefrokoster om ?ret, udover vores egen). I ?r har en af vores kunder tilbudt os VIP-billetter til juleshowet i Tapperihallerne med b.la. Casper Christensen og Frank Hvam, til halv pris da de har haft frafald blandt egne medarbejdere. Jeg var s?dan lidt ligeglad, s? jeg spurgte t?serne om de gerne ville med, for ellers ville jeg nok selv v?lge at spare den l?rdag aften, men de blev fuldst?ndig vilde og jeg blev straks erkl?ret som verdens bedste chef, da de fandt ud af at firmaet naturligvis betaler. Sjovt som de ting man ikke selv ville finde fantastiske, nogle kan vise sig at have en helt anden mening for de ansatte. * Hvis jeg synes at vi har haft en h?rd periode og pigerne har arbejdet s?rlig h?rdt (f.eks. hvis vi har f.eks. v?ret ramt af to syge samtidig, eller jeg har haft l?ngere ferie eller problemer med at f? ansatte nok, som vi erfarede sidste for?r) kan jeg ogs? finde p? at anderkende deres ekstra indsats med f.eks. en buket blomster hver med personligt kort, eller en ?sommerkurv? med bikini, god solcreme og thailandske special frugter, netop fl?jet ind og relativt ukendte i danmark. (et af mine bestyrelsesmedlemmer er heldigvis rigtig god til at finde p? den slags). Julegaven er ogs? hver ?r en stor julekurv hvor jeg selv finder indholdet gennem et par m?neder. * N?r vi ans?tter nye har vi udover en udf?rlig medarbejderh?ndbog ogs? d?kket deres skrivebord med et fint kort (personligt skrevet og altid med en glad tegning en af pigerne har lavet), en lille blomst, flag og en chokoladecroissant eller lignende, s? de f?ler sig velkomne. * Er der kunder der er sure og tv?re, deres kunder er sure og tv?re ? ellerhvis de bare er rigtig d?rlige til at betale deres regninger, opsiger vi samarbejdet. Det er ikke ofte det sker, men det h?nder da. Jeg synes det lyder fantastisk, og det er super at se virksomheder, der s? konsekvent satser p? arbejdsgl?den. Godt g?et! L?s mere om City Call Center her. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. 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Have A Financial Adviser Why You Need A Career Strategist Too

Have A Financial Adviser Why You Need A Career Strategist Too My friend  Greg, a financial adviser, asked this thought-provoking question.  Its said often, common sense is not common anymore. Although this may be true, I was pondering that one of the MAJOR reasons people are having so many problems is they lack self discipline. Someone may have the common sense to realize an action is wrong, but not the self discipline to say NO to it. Your thoughts Having  learned much on the subject of finance, weight loss, psychology, marketing, etc., often it is the little things that make all the difference. Heres my long-winded response. Id say the biggest reason is rationalization. For example, trying to lose weight and you are tired and stressed and have a snack at the end of the day. Is that bad? A one-off wouldnt harm you. But what happens next does. Instead of saying to yourself, it was just a moment of weakness. It happened, move on and get back to doing the right things with your diet and exercise. You say, Well screw it. and dump your diet and eat the whole bag of chips and stop watching calories and exercising thinking, Whats the point. Ill never lose weight anyway. The same thing happens with spending. You buy the suit. And the upsell shirt and tie become, Why not? And since youve blown your budget, the next impulse buy is that much easier. You have a credit card. You dont need cash now to buy it. Dont you deserve it? Little things matter. And not allowing small missteps kill your plan. I heard a good point about why you should use a financial adviser. One of the biggest objections to using a financial adviser is that technically you could get the same ETF-equivalent fund without paying a commission to a financial adviser (or a fixed monthly or annual planning fee). But the big advantage [of having an adviser] is when the market tanks, they talk you off the ledge so you dont turn your solid 8-12% annual return over time into 0% by yanking your money out at the wrong time when youre freaking out. Your adviser could be worth 10-12% or more. Gregs response confirms this with his anecdotal evidence. Well said Mikey, Ive often told clients, one of the biggest things I bring to the table is I am non-emotional about their money. EVERYONE Ive ever met that lets their emotions run their portfolio massively under perform my clients, and often its because they have a gut feeling. So this brings up an interesting point. An Adviser Keeps You On Track So you have a financial adviser who helps you with your retirement portfolio, maybe your insurance, etc. You may have an accountant who does your personal and/or business taxes to make sure you stay out of jail and arent buried each year with all the paperwork. But what about you career?  Why do you leave your career to the whims of your employer and chance? Even if youre a  typical  employee making $50,000 a year, your career (or earning capacity) is your #1 money-making enterprise (I know the real estate industry and regulators tell you your house is but what pays for your house?). Take  your $50,000/year X 30 years = $1.5 million lifetime income And thats a typical career that isnt being managed well.  With effective management, energy and focus, you could easily double that. But lets be even more conservative with the numbers.  With even a minimal amount of career management (through a career coach or strategist yes, Im one who could help you) you could easily add another $5,000/year to that number without any problem.  That translates to: $5,000/year X 30 years = $150,000 So why havent you done it yet?  I know, we werent taught in school to think of our careers that way.  And there arent career coaches in every strip mall across America (but maybe there should be). You just do the basics.  Go to school, get a good job, work hard, and hope. But hope isnt a plan.  Hope is a wish. And as we see with todays economy, wishes often dont come true.  They turn into financial nightmares as the unprepared are laid off, buried under student loan debt, and lose everything through unemployment or underemployment. And then that $150,000 potential gain by getting help managing their career turns into the opposite. A years unemployment or equivalent underemployment = $50,000 in the red.  That plus the $150,000 lost upside = $200,000 net opportunity lost by burying your head in the sand. Executives manage their careers. They have career coaches and mentors who they, or their businesses, pay tens of thousands of dollars to in order to improve their earning power and the results of the businesses they lead. But fat-cat-executives shouldnt be the only ones benefiting from a career coach or strategist.  Why not you?  You may not be able to pay a couple grand a month for a coach.  But what if you could get equivalent guidance at a fraction of the cost. As we saw, you could easily get a $5,000 per year bump that is over $400 per month for someone in the $50,000/year job category.  What would that $400 per month pay increase be worth to you?  That $150,000? So why do you need a Career Coach or Career Strategist? Much of the benefit of a career coach, like an insurance agent or accountant, occurs  when major (or even minor) life changes happen.  You must consistently practice the  basics (like recording your accomplishments and setting goals). Having someone guide you with that and hold you accountable for your goals and commitments helps you follow through when times get difficult.  That is especially true when life starts to spin out of control and your self discipline starts to wane.  And then theres those things throughout the year or over your career that force you to actually make tough career decisions  whether youre prepared or not. These include: Annual reviews Pre-review prep. Quarterly check ins with your boss These are what often feed an annual review. Monthly accomplishment accountability What did you do last month?  And is it keeping you on track for your annual goals? Asking for a raise Asking for a promotion Looking for a new job Preparing a resume Interviewing for a job Negotiating salary and benefits Evaluating side hustles Will it help or harm your career?  And is the right for you? Contractor vs Employee options Which is better for you at this time and why? Multiple job offers How to decide between offers. Life changes marriage, divorce, having kids, retirement How do these life changes and choices affect your career options? So dont leave your career to chance.  If you dont get a guide, a coach, a strategist to support you on your journey, who will you rely on? Your family?  Boss?  Friends?  Your career is the farthest from their minds.  Do it alone?  Youll get distracted.  You wont follow through. And a year from now youll be coming up on your next annual review and wonder where the time went.  And youll end up with the same minimal increase or no salary increase (remember people, were in a tough economy, no room for raises this year). Dont let this be you. So youve decided to take control of your career.  Now what? Email  me and Ill tailor my career coaching services to fit your individual situation.  How we work together will be based on. Stage of your Career a fresh high school or college graduate has different needs that a mid- or late-career client. Financial Situation if youre buried in student debt and credit card debt with minimal spendable income youll not be able to afford my  personalized services but you could get start with one of my self-guided templates.  It isnt perfect but starting is better than not. Job Status if youre unemployed or changing jobs youll need a different focus than someone in a stable career at their current company. Motivation are you willing to put in maximum effort to drive your career forward?  Or do you want more of a work-life balance? So lets get started driving your future forward.  Get in touch with me today.

An Effective Escape Leaving Your Day Job Without Living In Your Parents Basement!

An Effective Escape Leaving Your Day Job Without Living In Your Parents Basement! Wanna quit yer job, but dont wanna wind up living in your parents basement eating Ramen noodles? Well, that doesnt have to be mutually exclusive! In  this  90 minute virtual workshop (that means you can join us from wherever you be as long as you have a computer and a phone line!), youll find out  how I created a big, fat, sturdy safety net so that I could leave my corporate job in Mar 2010 and make the leap to full-time coach and what Id do differently if I had to do it again!  Youll also leave with  the framework of  your big, fat, sturdy safety net (not yo Mamas or yo partners!);  potential Plan Bs that wont leave you beaten down without a soul; and  your Breathe Easy number thatll give you enough of a financial cushion to make you, um, breathe easy but not have to wait until 2020 to break free of those golden handcuffs. Only 50 45 40 39 spots left! Im not planning on offering this again, so head on over and join us for An Effective Escape: Leaving Your Day Job Without Living In Your Parents Basement!

How to Put Writing Skills on Resume

How to Put Writing Skills on ResumeThere are different ways to put writing skills on resume but you should know that not all of them are appropriate. Some of the ideas may not be appropriate for certain professions and job titles. Some of the ideas may not be appropriate for your resume since they will reflect you less because it is written in a negative way.One of the ways to put writing skills on resume is to use quotes and give examples to back it up. It can include novels, short stories, articles and poetry. This is a good way to impress readers since most of the people reading it would have used the skills from it.You can include non-fiction book in your resume as this will help you and impress the reader. It also helps you as a writer. It will show you more of your capabilities and how well you can write and research the topic.As a writer, you have to use words well. This means that you need to use the right words to reflect the topic accurately. The best words to use are those that are writing or publishing in their field.When you want to put writing skills on resume, you must also know that it is very easy to change your thoughts when writing. Your previous idea may not be the same with your new ideas. You must not forget this fact especially when you have been doing something for several years.There are many different ways to put writing skills on resume but you need to be practical about it. These may include previous publications or articles on the same topic. You must also remember that if you do not have a lot of knowledge on the topic, you cannot be a good writer.Putting writing skills on resume should not be difficult. However, you need to practice the same way when it comes to your resume.

Using Kaizan in Resume Writing

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