Favorite Friday The 10 Hour Job Search Not If You Are Serious.

Favorite Friday The 10 Hour Job Search Not If You Are Serious. Preorder the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD here. This is perhaps one of my more contraversial posts, not because of what I wrote but where the comments went. I lost sleep over this one, yet I remain passionate about the message. The post is titled The 10 Hour Job Search Seriously (Jan 19, 2009) Towards the beginning of the post I said: What are they smoking??? I ended the post with: I can’t believe people can justify a 10 hour a week job search, can you? What do you think is 10 hours a week enough for a serious job search? Favorite Friday The 10 Hour Job Search Not If You Are Serious. Preorder the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD here. This is perhaps one of my more contraversial posts, not because of what I wrote but where the comments went. I lost sleep over this one, yet I remain passionate about the message. The post is titled The 10 Hour Job Search Seriously (Jan 19, 2009) Towards the beginning of the post I said: What are they smoking??? I ended the post with: I can’t believe people can justify a 10 hour a week job search, can you? What do you think is 10 hours a week enough for a serious job search? Favorite Friday The 10 Hour Job Search Not If You Are Serious. Preorder the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD here. This is perhaps one of my more contraversial posts, not because of what I wrote but where the comments went. I lost sleep over this one, yet I remain passionate about the message. The post is titled The 10 Hour Job Search Seriously (Jan 19, 2009) Towards the beginning of the post I said: What are they smoking??? I ended the post with: I can’t believe people can justify a 10 hour a week job search, can you? What do you think is 10 hours a week enough for a serious job search?

How to Get Better at Small Talk

How to Get Better at Small Talk You might be the greatest professional your industry is yet to discover. And you might even excel at talking about your business and selling your skills as you network. But there’s one aspect of the job interview that can elude the best of us: small talk. It may sound like, well, a little thing. But small talk can be a deal-breaker when you go for a job and your potential boss is only 99% sure you’re right for the gig â€" or they have you measured up against somebody with similar strengths and experience. In that case, what they’ll prioritize is something that all employers value: work with ability. How pleasant you are to have around. Your attitude to life and to other people. Unfortunately, you may have the rosiest of outlooks on life, you may be the most peopliest person of them all. But if you tend toward the introverted end of the sociability scale, conveying your good nature to a panel of strangers can be like forcing a square peg into a round hole. Some people are naturals at small talk. Lucky them. But lucky you, because boffins in behavioral science have observed these people and figured out what works. Small talk may be an instinct for some, but for the rest, it remains an attainable skill. So, how do you get it? Use your body Of course, you’ve already been told to make eye contact while being grilled on your professional attributes. But that eye contact should begin the moment you get in the door. Using the triangle trick â€" keeping your eyes fixed on a triangle between a person’s eyes and mouth â€" will help you to keep engaged while they’re talking, and to follow little cues as to the direction of the small talk. It will even make it feel, to the other person, like you’ve said more than you really have because they’ll go away with the impression of having connected with you. It also means that your interviewer will look up more at you, so they’ll see when you nod, smile, or otherwise non-verbally participate â€" which takes some of the stress off from having to come up with more to say. Keep your arms uncrossed and lean (non-invasively) towards the interviewer, and you will increase this sense of engagement. It will also help keep you alert so that you can respond meaningfully to what you’ve heard. The other factor in responding meaningfully is to listen. How to listen to small talk A lot of people worry about small talk because they don’t know what to say. But if your interviewers start the talking, they’ll do a lot of the hard work for you. That’s because you can listen to them, and bounce off the topics that they raise. It can be as simple as repeating back exactly what you’ve heard: “It takes me two hours to get to work every day.” “Wow â€" two hours?” You just added content and all you came up with was “wow.” Repeating back like this â€" including during the interview (but don’t overdo it) can also help you remember details. That means at the end of the interview you have material to go back over if one of the interviewers walks you back through the building to the exit: “You mentioned you used to work in retail. Where was that?” This approach can help you to concentrate on what the speaker is saying, instead of getting stuck in your own head trying to think of something original to say next. The more attentively you listen, the better clues you’ll have about where to take the conversation. Already sounds easier? This new visual guide to making small talk contains a wealth of ideas on how to up your chit-chat game. Because employers don’t just want professionals â€" they want human beings! About the author:  John Cole  writes on behalf of NeoMam Studios. A digital nomad specializing in leadership, digital media, and personal growth topics, his passions include world cinema and biscuits. A native Englishman, he is always on the move, but can most commonly be spotted in the UK, Norway, and the Balkans

15 Unique Team Building Activities that are Worth a Try

15 Unique Team Building Activities that are Worth a Try Designing a fun and worthwhile team building activity for your employees can be a challenge. Most corporate offices have tried typical team building exercises, such as physical obstacles, lectures, or PowerPoint presentations. Instead, try something unique. Here are 15 engaging team building activities to try. Cultural PotLuck If your companys budget for team building activities is small, you dont have to miss out. You can try low budget activities that you hold on-site to help bring people together. Try hosting a cultural potluck lunch or dinner at your office. This way, workers can show off their cultural or ethnic background with unique and tasty dishes. Virtual Reality Experience Another low-cost option that you could bring to your office is something that incorporates video games and virtual reality. Try holding a virtual reality experience in your workplace. A vendor can bring in equipment, such as headsets and video monitors, to make the experience more realistic. Corporate Cooking Class For something a little different, build relationships and develop new skills with a corporate cooking class. Place people in teams to create delicious dishes or sweet baked goods and see how much problem solving you can practice. Community Circles If you want to hold a team building experience that helps your employees express themselves and provide feedback, a restorative community circle is a great, low-cost option. Simply arrange everyone in a circle, have a talking piece, and ask creative, thought-provoking questions. Go-Kart Racing An exciting activity that also allows you to have some friendly competition, like go-kart racing, also helps promote unity. Put your employees behind the wheel racing against each other to make progress in your mission. Ropes Course Challenging activities that put people out of their comfort zone, like a physical ropes course, are also unique and beneficial to teams. The adrenaline rush you get from completing a ropes course can help promote positive feelings with your organization. Board Game Night Another fun option that helps build relationships and make working together more fun is holding a board game night. Choose board games that can be played in teams for best results. Hiking When the weathers nice outside, take a team building excursion outside. Provide a trail hiking experience to give your staff something engaging to participate in. Beach Excursion Field trips also make great team building activities. If your business is located close to a beach, try scheduling a day at the beach for some summer fun and relaxation one day. Plan a few beach activities, such as volleyball or fishing to make it more competitive. Ice Cream Party If youre trying to reward your team, make it a social activity that also helps build more of those important social connections. Food rewards are pretty budget-friendly but think outside of the typical free lunch. Instead, host an ice cream social for your employees and allow them to create their own sundaes and socialize. Scavenger Hunt Puzzles that are fun can also be used in team building to promote working together to solve a problem. Hosting a scavenger hunt around your workplace can be a great, social way to teach different concepts to employees, such as workplace safety or operating procedures. Trivia Challenge Trivia contests within your company are also effective as team builders. Have your staff join up together with others in a group to get them to work together to answer different questions about the company or your industry. Escape Room A popular option for teams that need to solve complex issues and create innovative solutions is to have a day at an escape room. See how your staff works together on a difficult problem in this unique setting. Mystery Dinner Having dinner together with employees is a standard social, team building activity, so mix it up to give it a more unique flavor. Try holding a mystery dinner, where the menu choices are printed out as riddles, to get creativity and social activity flowing. Trampoline Park Finally, if you just want to get out of the office and get the blood pumping with your team members, a trampoline park is the way to go. This is an energetic way to get people to see a different side of the individuals they work with. Team Building Think Outside The Box Look beyond the usual team building experiences and pick something memorable. Afterward, look forward to a boost in morale and productivity.

The Three-Step Strategy to a New Career That Works Every Time - Classy Career Girl

The Three-Step Strategy to a New Career That Works Every Time I admire those people who know exactly what it is they want to do in life. You know, the ones who are nine years old and have this blinding realization that this is what they want to do in life. And then they set out to study, work, and climb their way to their dream job. For the rest of us though, it’s not so simple. How many of us at 18 really knew what to do with our careers? Years later you find yourself in a job that’s not really you. Or after having kids, life changes and so do your career goals. Having my daughter was the reason I become a freelance museum curator and writer. I hated my old job with a passion so deep it’s hard to put into words. Plus, I really wanted to find a way to work with more creativity and flexibility. I wanted a job that said yes to the world not no all the time. But it wasn’t my first career change. I started out as a high school teacher, then worked in museum education. Then I became a project manager before what I do now. Being a curator became my business. For each change, I started in junior to mid-level positions, which isn’t as bad as it sounds. I was well paid. I just wasn’t the boss, which is fine with me. Then over time, I had opportunities to take on better projects or be promoted. This was the same with my business. I leveraged my past experience and started with small projects I could manage with looking after my daughter. Then as I gained more time as my child grew and more professional experience, I took on bigger projects. Changing careers isn’t simple. Sometimes you get lucky and you’re in the right place at the right time. Other times you need a strategy to get you there. This is what I did to change careers. It worked for me every time. Here are my three steps to developing a career change strategy that works. The Three-Step Strategy to a New Career That Works Every Time 1. Focus On Your Actual Skills, Not Qualifications Qualifications help you get a job when you’re 23, but not so much when you’re 33 or 43. By the time you’ve worked for five years, employers are more interested in what you’ve done at work and what skills you bring. For sideways moves, you need to sell how your experience and skills are directly relevant. Concentrate on the transferrable skills you have from past work and study. However, there are still some jobs you just aren’t going to get without the qualifications, and for good reason. If you really want it, work out the most cost and time effective way to get that qualification. 2. Make Targeted Connections (Network With The Right People) Networking didn’t do anything for my career transitions but making direct connections with the right people did. A lot of networking events are just too broad. Put 150 people in a room and the chance of finding someone who needs what you offer is pretty slim. It’s the same with Facebook and LinkedIn. Yes, there are two billion users on Facebook, but where are the small percentage who actually need what you offer? Direct connections with the right people in the right places  worked very well for me. I moved from teaching into museum education by taking an unpaid internship. Later, I took an entry-level job to get into project management. [RELATED: The One Thing I Did (Repeatedly) To Change Jobs] 3. Target Your Resume For Each Job You will have to join the dots for people. A lot of people just don’t know much outside their professional area of expertise. If you are moving into a new field, you will have to educate them on why they need you. Be clear about the skills you have that make you perfect for the job. This means that your application and resume must be directly targeted at that job. A generic resume just won’t cut it. And you must look for ways to stand out from the pack â€" go above and beyond the average to stand out.

Accounting Resume Objective and Summary

Accounting Resume Objective and SummaryAccounting resume objective and summary must be set at the right time. One has to prepare a workable and viable business plan if he wants to establish a successful business. By setting the correct objective and summary, it can attract and retain potential candidates.No company that is looking for a job would look beyond your qualifications, past work history, and references when choosing to hire you for a position. To attract a certain number of qualified candidates, employers will try their best to convince them to join their team by offering attractive working conditions. If you are the current or a prospective employee, then make sure that your work resume and summary accurately sets forth your skills, experience, and qualifications for any position where you want to apply. Here are some quick tips on how to write an accounting resume objective and summary.Put your work history in the first paragraph. It would be best to write out your work h istory after you have taken the place of the previous employee. It is best to write out the first paragraph before the summary. If you have a little more time, then write out the summary about yourself first. You might want to include relevant work experience information.The next paragraph should outline your main objective for being in the company. It must be short and clear. It should be compelling. The keywords should be included in the keyword section. By using the right keywords, your resume objectives and summary can reach more than one candidate.Finally, the summary section of your resume should be given adequate attention. The summary is the last thing that should be mentioned. Since it is brief, it should be very basic. The summary can also contain information about your skills, skills that other applicants are not having, or information about the previous experience that you have had. All of these can be contained in the summary.If you are using a bullet style for your sum mary, you should include some sort of bold headline that says 'We want to hire.' This is the only place where you can place the 'We want to hire' part. The second paragraph of your summary must highlight the skills that you possess and which employers are searching for. Make sure that you give proper focus to each section.When you are done with your summary, then you can move on to the objective. Again, it should be brief and direct. Make sure that you put it all in the first paragraph so that it does not become too long.The second objective section should include the key benefits that you are offering to the employer. There should be no doubts left. This objective section is the most important section of your resume. Make sure that the key benefits are well stated and complete.

Job Search - You Need to be In It to Win It - CareerAlley

Job Search - You Need to be In It to Win It - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. If it doesnt matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi Its that old Lottery tag line (the title of this post, that is), but it applies to job search as well. Its very unlikely that someone will find you and offer you a job if youve not in the market, although it does happen from time to time. So what does that mean to be in it? Well, you dont have to buy all of the lottery tickets to win, but you do need to get your resume circulated, talk to friends and family and company websites. How committed you are depends on lots of things, but the more effort you put in the more results you will get. Some basic links to get you started. Our Guide to Finding a Job A good place to start, this article is posted on money-zine.com and has a long list of resources with links. Topics range from Getting Fired to Quitting a Job. Clicking on any of the links leads to a page dedicated on the topic. Each of the pages are comprehensive, providing all of the information you need on that topic, along with some related links. 100 Best Career Books of All Time This list, posted on onlinecollege.org, provides links to books to help you with your career. The post is divided into sections (new grads, job hunting, networking, etc.). Each item on the list has a link back to the book. Lots of good stuff here (like The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs). Take a look. Timeshare Staff This is a neat website that is focused on timeshare jobs. It is a global site, and the main page leads with a search bar, followed by links by geographic area. You can also search by position, company or language. There is also a keyword search bar center page. Bottom of the page has additional links for the weeks most popular jobs. Local Jobz Another interesting site, this one focuses on local jobs within you area. You have to start by filling in the first page. After this a page with job search links. Type your zip code and you are off to a page that is dedicated to jobs in your area. You can then refine your search by selecting company, city, state and range. Guide to Finding Jobs Online Need help leveraging the Internet to find a job? This is a great place to start. This article, posted on job-hunt.org, starts with the basics (link a link to the super sites). There is a section with links for figuring out what you want to do, links to where jobs are posted and a few other tips with embedded links. Dont forget the left hand side of the page, which has links for getting started, job sites and other career resources. Good luck in your search.Visit me on Facebook

Our First International Conference on Happiness at Work was a HIT! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Our First International Conference on Happiness at Work was a HIT! - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Last week we had our first ever International Conference about Happiness at Work. Weve done 7 previous events but they were all in Danish (mostly). This year we took the plunge and made the whole event international and in English and were so glad we did. 200 awesome participants from 19 countries came to Copenhagen to learn from some great experts, researchers and practitioners and by all accounts they had a GREAT time. In the preliminary participant feedback, 95%?give the conference the highest rating. Weve already released the first video from the conference my talk on The Science of Happiness at Work. Well be releasing more talks over the next weeks follow this blog or subscribe to our newsletter if you dont want to miss them. 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. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related