From the Wall Street Journal: Here are five ways you can help: 1) Donate to the Red Cross: www.safeandwell.org donations via redcross.org donate $10 by texting REDCROSS to 90999. 2) Volunteer or Donate to the Salvation Army: donations at online text STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation by check by writing ”Oklahoma Tornado Relief” on it and [...]
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New Grads: How to Succeed in Your New Job
Simply Hired Blog21 May 2013 | 10:23 amYou’ve graduated from school (congratulations!), and now it’s time to start your first real job. Beginning a new position can strike terror into the heart of even the strongest person. As one of my career coaches commented, “It’s like the adult version of your first day of school. In most cases, you don’t know anyone, you’re not sure if the other ‘kids’ will play nice or be mean, you don’t know the layout of the new workplace or even where to find the bathroom, and you’re not sure if you’ll fit in.” The easiest way to ensure success in a new job is to avoid common… -
Seminar: How to make your 20s count
Penelope Trunk Blog20 May 2013 | 11:41 pmThis seminar will show you how to make the most of your 20s so that you can set yourself up for an engaged, fulfilling life. We’ll have four days of live video sessions with chat from June 10-13 at 9pm-10pm est each evening. The cost is $195. If you sign up in the next five days, the cost is $150. Sign up now. The most important thing to do in your 20s is figure out where you fit. Find your place in the world, pick your friends and family. You will make 85% of the major decisions in your life by age 35. And your earning in the first ten years of your life has exponential impact on your… -
3 Things You Must Say At Every Job Interview
JobMob16 May 2013 | 9:45 amA few unique job interview tips to make you the one they want. This is a guest post by Thomas Taylor. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Job interviewers read and hear so many clich?s these days that they just about walk and talk in their sleep during the recruitment process. No more “I should get the job because I’m honest, hardworking, and reliable” — it’s time to say something different if you want to them hire you. In job interviews, you’ve not just got to talk the talk. You’ve got to walk the walk. Here’s how with these… -
Mid-life Career Change: It May Not Be What You Really Need
Career Hub21 May 2013 | 10:27 amJust like Peggy Lee’s song, have you ever wondered “is that all there is” in relationship to your work? In my work as an executive career coach, I meet many people who think they need a career change. They’ve been...
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Holy Kaw!
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5 ways to help the Oklahoma vicitms
21 May 2013 | 12:15 pmFrom the Wall Street Journal: Here are five ways you can help: 1) Donate to the Red Cross: www.safeandwell.org donations via redcross.org donate $10 by texting REDCROSS to 90999. 2) Volunteer or Donate to the Salvation Army: donations at online text STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation by check by writing ”Oklahoma Tornado Relief” on it and [...] -
How do you measure a tornado?
21 May 2013 | 12:05 pmOklahoma’s in a state of crisis after yesterday’s EF-4 tornado which, despite the devastation caused and surprisingly, isn’t even the strongest on the Fujita scale. And this EF-4 twister destroyed a town of 55,000 people, the worst tornado in American history, says the New Yorker Magazine. (Note: You may recall that tornadoes used to be [...] -
Why bullies succeed on the job
21 May 2013 | 11:55 amWorkplace bullying is pervasive. A new study indicates that as many as half of all employees in the US have witnessed bullying at work, and 35 percent have been the target of bullying. “Many bullies can be seen as charming and friendly, but they are highly destructive and can manipulate others into providing them with [...] -
20 most valuable brands in the world
21 May 2013 | 11:46 amThis list, compiled by Business Insider, should come as no surprise. Among the top 20 most valuable brands in the world are IBM, Google and Apple. But did you know that China Mobile and UPS are among them? Check out this link for the full list and all the stats you wanted to know about [...] -
Em-, En-dash and hyphens and other writing stuff
21 May 2013 | 11:35 amI’m terrible with this – I use dashes and hyphens all the time – and mostly incorrectly – but with much enthusiasm – and I’ve seen other posts similar to this one, but this particular one caught my eye. For the uninitiated, here’s a short version: there are three types of dashes and hyphens – [...]
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Simply Hired Blog
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New Grads: How to Succeed in Your New Job
21 May 2013 | 10:23 amYou’ve graduated from school (congratulations!), and now it’s time to start your first real job. Beginning a new position can strike terror into the heart of even the strongest person. As one of my career coaches commented, “It’s like the adult version of your first day of school. In most cases, you don’t know anyone, you’re not sure if the other ‘kids’ will play nice or be mean, you don’t know the layout of the new workplace or even where to find the bathroom, and you’re not sure if you’ll fit in.” The easiest way to ensure success in a new job is to avoid common… -
The Top 10 Cities With Green Job Openings
20 May 2013 | 10:47 amForbes recently published an article regarding the best cities to find Green jobs in the U.S. Based on Simply Hired's hiring data, the article discusses a fast-growing and dynamic Green industry. Today, there are 83,000 Green jobs on Simply Hired, compared to 45,000 a year ago. The continuous growth of Green jobs suggests this is definitely a new career path worth pursuing. With that in mind, here are today's top cities hiring for Green jobs. Click on the cities below to search jobs available now. Also, search for Green jobs in your area with Simply Hired's Green Job Search… -
Why a Job Search is Harder than a Google Search
17 May 2013 | 10:40 amIn the last two decades the job search experience has changed drastically. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you naviagate the digital landscape in search of employment. 1. A Job Search is Complex, But The Internet Helps The Google search experience has spoiled us. Today, when we go online we expect instant answers. We expect to find what we’re looking in the first three results, and if it doesn't, we change our search. This approach normally works when looking for websites, information on specific topic, or items to buy. A job search is quite different. In a job search, you… -
What Employers Want in Remote Employees
16 May 2013 | 10:50 amFor a manager, hiring remote employees comes with a specific set of challenges. Anyone who has been in a position of responsibility can tell you that managing employees twenty feet away is complex. Keeping atop of someone 1,000 miles away adds another level of stress. Because different priorities create different concerns for managers of remote employees, there are specific traits hiring managers look for when interviewing remote candidates. Autonomy - If you’re not in the office, can the manager be confident that you can and will do the work without them overseeing every detail? … -
Try Using the “Reverse Graffiti” Approach to Resumes
15 May 2013 | 11:38 amHave you heard of reverse graffiti? It’s an approach to street art in which the artist removes the grime on city buildings or sidewalks to create images instead of using spray paint. So what does this have to do with your resume? Take a look at your resume and see how hard you have to look for the hidden masterpieces of achievement. Do they stand out are are they buried? Most people approach the onerous task of resume revision by adding more recent information such as job experience or training to the same old document. Is that your approach too? Unfortunately, the additive approach to…
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Penelope Trunk Blog
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Seminar: How to make your 20s count
20 May 2013 | 11:41 pmThis seminar will show you how to make the most of your 20s so that you can set yourself up for an engaged, fulfilling life. We’ll have four days of live video sessions with chat from June 10-13 at 9pm-10pm est each evening. The cost is $195. If you sign up in the next five days, the cost is $150. Sign up now. The most important thing to do in your 20s is figure out where you fit. Find your place in the world, pick your friends and family. You will make 85% of the major decisions in your life by age 35. And your earning in the first ten years of your life has exponential impact on your… -
Put yourself in uncomfortable situations
16 May 2013 | 7:22 pmOne of the biggest changes in the workforce in the new millennium is that we have to be information synthesizers instead of information producers. All information is available online. So we can’t add value by memorizing it. We have to add value by reframing it. I call this synthesizing. IBM conducted a survey of CEOs to find out what they thought were the most important leadership skills of the near future. And in the top five was boundary spanning, which is networking ideas and collaborating in order to synthesize information in new ways. Side note: I have a theory that this is… -
How to know if you’re in a good job
13 May 2013 | 7:36 amOne of the things I had to do as an adult was learn to see what makes a good job. Some people intuitively know how to find a job that feels good. Most of us spend the first half of our lives trying to learn what feels right and the second half of our lives trying to get it. Maybe this post can speed up that process for some of you. The bottom line of a good job is that it makes you feel like you have unlimited energy for your work because it’s so fulfilling. Psychologists would say the job matches your personality type. Mihaly Csikszentmihali would say it puts you in the state of flow. -
Before you aim for someone’s job, look at the price they paid to get there
9 May 2013 | 1:35 pmWhenever I write about grad school, someone writes in the comments about how I’m just bitter that I didn’t get a degree. But what I’m really bitter about is that no one wanted to have sex with me. Some famous poet was a visiting professor, hitting on every grad student but me. And Leslie Epstein was there, who is not only king of the Jews but the father of Theo Epstein, a big name in baseball. Leslie said I’m the best sex writer he’s ever read. So why wasn’t he asking me for sex? Probably because I’m the master of bad sex. There is no anal penetration… -
Why Jason Collins matters for your career
2 May 2013 | 12:06 pmJason Collins is a professional basketball player who just announced that he’s gay. It’s rare enough for a professional athlete to be openly gay that President Obama called him up to offer support, and former President Clinton tweeted his support, adding that he’s known Jason Collins since he was friends with Chelsea Clinton at Stanford. Collins is a 12-year NBA veteran who has played for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards and chose to come out in the new edition of Sports Illustrated . He says, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And…
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JobMob
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3 Things You Must Say At Every Job Interview
16 May 2013 | 9:45 amA few unique job interview tips to make you the one they want. This is a guest post by Thomas Taylor. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Job interviewers read and hear so many clich?s these days that they just about walk and talk in their sleep during the recruitment process. No more “I should get the job because I’m honest, hardworking, and reliable” — it’s time to say something different if you want to them hire you. In job interviews, you’ve not just got to talk the talk. You’ve got to walk the walk. Here’s how with these… -
#CONTEST: Leave a Comment, Win Professional Video Resume Help
8 May 2013 | 6:00 amHere’s a contest you can win with a single blog comment. Join in before Sunday night, ok? This comment contest is sponsored by Powtoon.com. Powtoon is “the best free animated presentation online software tool and PowerPoint alternative that supercharges your business presentations and animated video marketing.” Put more simply, it’s an easy-to-use website for making professional-looking animated videos that you upload to YouTube. How is that relevant to job search? Check this out: Click here to view the embedded video. Besides making a creative, animated video resume,… -
How To Claim Your Free Job Search Consult Call
30 Apr 2013 | 1:14 pmLooking forward to helping you. As promised in last week’s article about JobMob’s 6th anniversary – you can still wish us happy birthday – May is going to be special. How special? For the first time ever, I’m offering free job search consult calls to a small number of readers, so you’ll need to act fast. My hope is to speak with a different JobMob reader almost every business day through the month of May. The calls will take place over Skype so that you won’t have any calling charges. Another benefit is that I can record Skype calls and make the… -
Happy 6th Birthday to JobMob
24 Apr 2013 | 6:29 amAnother big year. Read all the way through, you don’t want to miss the special announcement… When JobMob launched on March 21st, 2007, I never thought it would last this long. Back then, I wanted to learn about blogging while I was looking for a job, so it wasn’t hard to think of blogging about my job search. I suppose the idea would have been to stop once I found a job, or when I didn’t feel there was more to learn – or like most people who start blogging – when I’d simply had enough and couldn’t find the time or effort to blog anymore. But… -
160+ More Beautiful Personal Logos, Monograms and Wordmarks For Your Inspiration
10 Apr 2013 | 12:25 pmMake your job search documents stand out with a personal logo or monogram. Get inspired by the best. I’ve already shared with you 123 Beautiful Personal Logos, Monograms and Wordmarks For Your Inspiration. Here are 163 more. Enjoy! Question of the article Quickie question – which is your favorite? Tell us in the comments. Personal logos Angela Light, Designer Enrique Engels, Insect Photographer Luke Kirkwood, Web Designer and Developer Nigel Ortega, Photographer Sally Barrett, Editor and Writer Julia Demetriou, Bead Creation and Patterns Jason Grover, Photographer Harvey Esparcia, Graphic…
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Career Hub
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Mid-life Career Change: It May Not Be What You Really Need
21 May 2013 | 10:27 amJust like Peggy Lee’s song, have you ever wondered “is that all there is” in relationship to your work? In my work as an executive career coach, I meet many people who think they need a career change. They’ve been... -
If You Are Going To San Francisco, Be Sure To...
17 May 2013 | 8:36 amDuring a recent visit to San Francisco, we visited Haight-Ashbury – something I would recommend to anyone and everyone whether you are a Baby Boomer or not! As we walked along Ashbury toward one of the former residences of Janis... -
3 Steps to Attract Recruiters to Your LinkedIn Profile
14 May 2013 | 10:10 amAccording to Wikipedia: recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, selecting, and onboarding a qualified person for a job. Recruiters are increasingly using social media to find and research candidates. This approach is often called social recruiting which is... -
Top Resume & Career Hurdles for Job Seekers: 15 Scenarios
14 May 2013 | 5:53 amPeople come to a career coach and certified professional resume writer for a number of reasons. One or more of the following may sound familiar to you. "My resume and LinkedIn profile are attracting too low-level jobs." "My resume and... -
Recruiters Make 25% of Executive Hires in This Channel: Are You There?
12 May 2013 | 4:20 pmWhere is that? Yup, you guessed it, social media is where recruiters report sourcing 25% of executive hires. And those are 2012 figures! I'm ready to say it straight out: "If you're not spending a portion of your time every...
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WSJ.com: Money
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How a Pick for a Financial Adviser Can Go Wrong
20 May 2013 | 2:49 pmNew research shows why a mentor who's good for some could be bad for you. -
Are You Rich Enough for a Family Office?
20 May 2013 | 8:18 amA new wave of private firms that cater to clients' every imaginable financial need are increasingly courting the merely wealthy. Here's what they offer. -
Buying a Piece of Your Financial Adviser
20 May 2013 | 8:12 amThe Intelligent Investor: A few investors have taken the bold step of investing directly in their adviser's firm. What could possibly go wrong? -
Higher Yields in a Low-Interest World
20 May 2013 | 7:07 amTo earn yields of 5% or more, investors are turning to more complex fare, such as high-yield corporate bonds, preferred stocks and real-estate investment trusts. -
Do the Math Before You Take Social Security
20 May 2013 | 3:08 amMost people still take their Social Security benefits as soon as they possibly can and many of them are leaving money on the table.
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WSJ.com: Careers
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Amanda Foreman: The Tyranny of the Micromanager
20 May 2013 | 3:42 amAs anyone who has had the misfortune to work for a micromanager knows, success only makes the manager worse. A few lessons from micromanagers through history. -
Cultivating 'Soft Skills' to Get Ahead
20 May 2013 | 3:03 amPersonal aptitudes and attitudes like being a good listener and communicator strongly influence likability and workplace relationships. -
Wanted: Digital-Savvy Directors
16 May 2013 | 10:50 amNearly every facet of corporate life has gone digital, so corporate boards are scrambling to recruit newcomers to advise on strategies for mobile devices and social media. -
Coursera Makes Case for Online Classes
15 May 2013 | 9:05 amDaphne Koller, co-founder of online education provider Coursera, discusses where teachers fit into the model for massive, open, online classes. -
Turn Bad Stress Into Good
9 May 2013 | 6:32 pmThe right type of pressure can boost daily performance. Key ingredients in transforming the bad into good: taking more control and finding better support.
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David Allen Company Updates
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GTD Connect: What Does It Mean To Be Organized?
20 May 2013 | 4:05 pmWhat does it mean to be organized? It used to be the definition was clean and neat. You know the offices--you walk in the door and it looks likes no one works there. The desk has nothing on it, except for a cool object and a photo. Is this what being organized really means? My answer is we need ... -
GTD Connect: Making It All Work - May 20
20 May 2013 | 3:54 pmTake a photo tour through the Making It All Work Seminar in New York City last week... -
GTD Connect: Incorporation Of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Theory Of Flow Into GTD.
20 May 2013 | 2:00 amHi GTDers! Word of warning. What follows is just me thinking out loud on a topic i feel has some gold to be mined. This is more theory oriented rather than practical. Still, it would be great to get your feedback. First here is a diagram of Csikszentmihalyi's flow model. http://www.mindtools.com/... -
GTD Times: Organizing actions by context = faster decisions about your focus
19 May 2013 | 6:10 amQuestion: I have been implementing GTD for approximately three years. I read Getting Things Done and Making It All Work, and have gained a lot of respect for you, and the enormous sphere of knowledge and wisdom that you have shared with the World. As an architect, I run a design-oriented architectural practice, along with several job roles, and consistently attempt to balance work and a family life. Over the years, I have found that organizing next action items by context is difficult for me to implement for the following reasons: 1. I tend to be very intuitive and think about… -
GTD Times: Video sample of GTD & iPhone webinar
18 May 2013 | 11:38 amThis 3-minute sample is from a recent webinar about implementing GTD on the iPhone. [HTML1] (This video is streaming from YouTube, so it may take a few seconds to load.) Live webinars on GTD & iPhone are scheduled on these dates. Wednesday, May 29, 10am Pacific Time Thursday, July 11, 10am Pacific Time
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The Obstacle is the Path
21 May 2013 | 8:53 amBy Leo Babauta Often we’re discouraged because of some tough challenge or obstacle in our way. But a shift in mindset from a Zen proverb can change everything: “The obstacle is the path.” The obstacle isn’t something standing in our way. It’s the way itself. That might seem strange, so let’s look at a few examples: You are struggling with writing, and procrastinate. Procrastination is the symptom, but it also illuminates the path you should take: you are dreading something about the writing, you are shying away from discomfort, you are afraid of the writing… -
5 Lessons in Contentment from Billionaires Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger
16 May 2013 | 7:03 amBy Leo Babauta I sat in a crowd of 45,000 about 10 days ago, watching super-billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger riff off each other and deliver quick wit and worldly wisdom about finances and life in general, at the famous Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha. As I listened to these titans of the investing world, it struck me how content they are. Not just content because they have all the riches in the world and all their needs met (they do), but because they understand fundamentals of contentment with life, which I believe is a superpower. It was… -
Smile in Each Moment
13 May 2013 | 12:59 pmBy Leo Babauta There’s a tendency to get caught up in the tasks of our day, the urgency of what’s coming up, the distractions of being online. And we forget to smile. In the rush of the day, the stress of wanting things to happen a certain way, we lose the enjoyment of each moment. In every moment, there’s the capacity for happiness. It’s not that we need to be ecstatic, full of pleasure, excited or even joyous each and every second of the day. Who needs that kind of pressure? And it’s not that we can never feel sadness or anger or stress. It’s that we can… -
A Guide to Practical Compassion
10 May 2013 | 12:19 pmBy Leo Babauta If I’ve found two guiding principles in my life, they are contentment and compassion. With these two ideas, life becomes better. Contentment makes every moment better. And compassion makes your connection with others better. What Compassion Is, & Some Difficulties Let’s talk about compassion for a few minutes, because as important as it is, very few people talk about how to actually do it. First a definition: the simple definition of compassion is feeling and understanding the pain of others, and then wanting to reduce that suffering. In practice, it’s a… -
6 Steps To Healing Yourself
7 May 2013 | 7:00 amEditor’s note: This is a guest post from Lissa Rankin of 6 Steps To Healing Yourself. Take a moment and check in with yourself. How is your body feeling right in this moment? If you’re generally healthy, check in for subtle symptoms. Is your neck feeling tense? Does your lower back ache? Do you have a headache? Are you exhausted — again? Or perhaps you’re battling a more serious health diagnosis and you’re experiencing symptoms from your health condition. Whether you’re experiencing the nuisance of a minor physical symptom, the more concerning stress of a serious health…
