How to add a website to your Desktop (or, make JibberJobber.com a shortcut)

How to add a website to your Desktop (or, make JibberJobber.com a shortcut) I have been asked how to make a shortcut on your desktop to JibberJobber.  You can do this with ANY website. Step 1: Right click on your Desktop.  Youll get a menu that pops up, one of the options should say NEW. Step 2: mouse over New, and click on Shortcut. Step 3: In the box that comes up, put the URL in (see how I put in the http://__________?  put the entire URL like below). Step 4: Name the shortcut.  This is what will show up on your desktop. BONUS (if you use the Quick Launch in your Task Bar) you can drag that shortcut down to your Task Bar just click and drag to the Quick Launch area (this is me, dragging my JibberJobber icon to the Quick Launch area): There you go, pretty easy. Remember, you can do this with any website How to add a website to your Desktop (or, make JibberJobber.com a shortcut) I have been asked how to make a shortcut on your desktop to JibberJobber.  You can do this with ANY website. Step 1: Right click on your Desktop.  Youll get a menu that pops up, one of the options should say NEW. Step 2: mouse over New, and click on Shortcut. Step 3: In the box that comes up, put the URL in (see how I put in the http://__________?  put the entire URL like below). Step 4: Name the shortcut.  This is what will show up on your desktop. BONUS (if you use the Quick Launch in your Task Bar) you can drag that shortcut down to your Task Bar just click and drag to the Quick Launch area (this is me, dragging my JibberJobber icon to the Quick Launch area): There you go, pretty easy. Remember, you can do this with any website

Resume Writing Affiliate Program - Writing for Yourself and Your Employers

Resume Writing Affiliate Program - Writing for Yourself and Your EmployersIf you are a recruiter or an employer, having a resume writing affiliate program is an excellent way to be creative and show them what you can do, as well as make it easier for yourself to get a job. For years, people have been using this system to get jobs, but now employers and recruiters are beginning to understand the need for an effective marketing campaign.Your resume writing affiliate program will put your talent to work for you and will allow you to use marketing tools that you may not be able to use if you were trying to get a job on your own. Not only will you get an experienced writing career, but it is likely that you will also find a regular income from sales of products that you can use for your resume writing affiliate program.A resume writing affiliate program works by helping you make a profit and getting your resume published. When a recruiter or employer sees your resume on the internet, they will think that you are someone that they would hire over someone who uses the system and does not use it.The first thing that you need to do in your resume writing affiliate program is to write your resume. Start with a basic format for your resume, such as bullet points and check boxes. You will want to focus on getting your resume published, rather than on the formatting of your resume.In addition to getting your resume publishing on the internet, you will want to use your profile to send email campaigns, such as squeeze pages and landing pages. They will be very different than the other formats that you may be used to.After you have filled in all of the information that you have about your experience, you can include a very interesting product or service that you have developed. You should also include a sample resume that shows a good amount of your abilities and skills that will help you stand out. Many of the marketing programs that are available today do a very good job of matching you up with companies that are looking for specific things. Make sure that you have everything ready before you go to meet with someone so that you can explain exactly what you are offering and how it fits into their business.When you begin to put together your resume writing affiliate program, you will be amazed at how simple it is to get a job after doing so. You will be able to become a writer that is very specialized and will be able to get work for yourself.

The Not So Ugly Sisters of Tech

The Not So Ugly Sisters of Tech Whereas millennials are described as tech-savvy, Gen Z, those born between 1995-2010, are the first generation that are true digital natives. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that nowadays jobs in tech are all the rage. No longer boring or nerdy, but an industry full of innovation and discovery â€" there’s practically a new gadget or app on the market every other week. A 2016 global study found that, instead of pursuing lucrative careers in finance, today’s young people are headed for the tech industry. And this trend is still growing at pace â€" 1.56 million people in the UK are now working in the tech sector. Add to that the glorification of working within the M4 corridor, as well as the hype around start-up culture, Gen Z wants a piece of the tech-pie. But here is the thing â€" tech isn’t all office slides, free pizza Friday and app development. There are areas in the industry that are still deemed to be mostly ‘unsexy’ and therefore often don’t even get a mention. MultiValue (MV) for example is not something most budding techies have on their radar. But according to Elkie Holland, Managing Director and Recruitment Consultant at Prospectus IT Recruitment, MV can make for a very lucrative career. Elkie says “Youngsters who train up in MultiValue technology (a type of  NoSQL  and  multidimensional database), can enjoy a meteoric rise through the pay scales”. This might not have been a major draw for more idealistic millennials, but Gen Z is very much finance-conscious. So this gives candidates a real opportunity. But where can recruiters like Elkie find the talent to fill MV positions. And do we perhaps have to change our attitudes towards hiring in the more niche areas of tech? Lack of awareness AI, blockchain, IoT, big data, cloud, and automation. There’s no mention here of MV. Young people who are entering the industry are simply not aware of all their opportunities. This can create a real problem for companies. On average, next-gen developers are skilled in Python and Java, but not BASIC, a language that was marked for death five years ago and is crucial for MV developers. But just like the regularly declared ‘dead’ mainframe, BASIC had somewhat of a renaissance with Basic.NET and is sticking around.   But the people who can work with the language belong to a generation that is looking forward to their well-deserved retirement. And young people with MV experience are called unicorns for a reason. Part of the work for companies to do is to help students discover the MV platform by, for example, regularly engaging with colleges and universities to raise awareness. Or even going one step further, like Elkie, who has been working on enticing companies to provide MV apprenticeship schemes for the past two years. In the spirit of the mountain and the prophet, the onus is on companies to create the talent they need. The skills gap is what you make it Just because a company ideally wants someone fresh out of uni with an impressive MV skill-set, does not mean such a person exists. One can dream, but to stay within the realm of reality and possibility, companies will have to adjust their requirements. Especially in niche jobs, there needs to be a willingness to be flexible and hire from the existing talent pool, not the one you wish for. Working with the available talent might mean that the ‘fresh blood’ is not 20 anymore but instead in their 30’s and 40’s. According to Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen, the perfect age to start a career is, somewhat surprisingly, 40. While this has more to do with benefits to the individual, there is something to be said for ‘older’ employees. The Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging and the Stanford Center on Longevity found that older employees take fewer sick days, are more adept at resolving conflicts, have a strong work ethic and are loyal. Because, let’s not forget, staff retention;   having had time to gain experience and figure out where their interests lie, seasoned employees are less likely to run off when the next ‘cool tech’ thing happens elsewhere. Explore all avenues Hiring for niche positions requires flexibility and an open mind. Companies need to be willing to provide employees with the skills needed for the job if education has failed to deliver. But instead of predominantly setting their sights on graduates, companies should also be casting a wider net and consider opening apprenticeships and training schemes to the mature demographic of the workforce who might already be 10-20 years into their careers. Hiring a mixed-age workforce not only makes it easier to fill positions but also results in a happier workforce, which could amount to 20% more productivity. Everyone’s a winner. About the author: Iain Ramage, is VP Channel, Rocket Software.

Is your email out of control Test yourself

Is your email out of control Test yourself You cannot be organized if your email is not organized. If you cannot keep up with your email then you scream to people that youre overwhelmed with your job, and maybe your life (depending on how many personal emails you get and do not answer). Dont tell me you get too much email. Everyone gets too much email. You still need to be able to be effective with it. Here are three things people do that they shouldnt. If you do any of these, you need to get a better grip on your email. 1. Do you keep emails in your in box to remind you to do something? Get a real to do list. Your email box is not a to-do list. Well for some of you maybe it is, but it shouldnt be. Your to-do list is very important. It determines what you will get done in your life. It determines what your priorities are and what you value. So why would you let someone else dictate your to do list? If your in box is your to do list then you have so little control over that list that you dont even add your own stuff. (Unless you are sending yourself emails, which is so dysfunctional that Im not even going to make it an item in this list.) If you arent writing the items on your to do list then you are not controlling your own destiny. Really. Its that serious. So write a note to yourself on your to do list about each email, prioritize it, and then delete. 2. Does it take you more than forty-eight hours to respond to people you love? This is lame. Its actually lame in response to anyone, but especially for people you love. A twenty-four hour response is the expectation of email. If you cant meet it dont use it. Its like this: If you respond to an IM message ten hours later, youre not using IM, youre using email. And if you respond six days later to an email you may as well write a letter. If people you love send you stupid emails that you dont want to have to respond to, then tell the person directly. This is a much more effective way to operate than to passive-aggressively take a long time to respond. 3. Do you avoid scrolling through your in box because you know its filled with emails you dont want to have to answer? Try resorting. I usually sort by date sent. But I accidentally sorted by sender, and I noticed that I owed 80% of my responses to five people and 20% to 20 people. Just knowing that situation encouraged me to get moving. Instead of thinking of the task as thirty emails, I could think of it as five people. Much easier. Heres a game I play with myself: No reading unless Im deleting. Either I respond right away or file the email and add it to my to do list. Thats a lot of work filing and adding. So I tended to answer quickly and right away. And the more practice I got answering email quickly the easier it became. I noticed that the primary cause for not answering an email right away was not that I wasnt sure what to say, it was that I thought I needed to say something amazing. But really emails need to be timely more than they need to be amazing. Something else I noticed. Its fine to respond with a quickie one sentence when you are getting back to someone right away. But if you wait five days to respond, and then send a quickie sentence, you look like a procrastinator. On the other hand, if you spend all day answering your email obsessively, you also scream to people that youre losing your mind. Because if you answer all mail as soon as it comes in youre not doing your real job unless your only job is to answer email.

Tips For Writing a Resume From a Client Profile

Tips For Writing a Resume From a Client ProfileWriting a resume from a client profile is usually the first step for getting into a new job. If you are a job seeker, this is one step that can make or break your chances of landing that job. With so many job openings available, it is important to get a good job because it will be very hard to find one if you do not have any prior work experience.As job seekers, you may think that you have nothing to offer to employers. But what if you do have experience? If this is the case, then the first thing that you should remember is to list all the jobs you have held and then to determine how long they were in existence. Now consider the following scenario: if you were a sales representative for McDonald's for five years, you will have much more credibility than someone who has been working for a salon for only a few months.Writing a resume from a client profile can be difficult, especially if you do not know how to go about it. One of the first things that you need to do is to find out whether you will be required to fill out the personal statement as well as the application. If you are required to fill out the two forms, then you have the option of choosing to send them to the hiring firm to be sent together with the application.You should consider this when writing a resume from a client profile. You will not want to be rejected by the employer just because you wrote your personal statement but did not complete the application. A letter of recommendation from a prior client will help a lot.If you are applying for a sales position, then you should list some sales and marketing jobs that you have held for your clients from the previous five years. It is important to list all the positions for which you were responsible because some employers might ask for this information. At the same time, you should include those positions in which you did not have to handle the correspondence.Writing a resume from a client profile shoul d also include the dates when you were hired as well as the dates when you were fired. This information will be helpful in determining how long you have been working for the client. The length of time that you have been working for a particular company will be helpful when deciding whether you will be granted a contract or not.When you write a resume from a client profile, make sure that you do not forget to include the location that you have worked. You might think that you are qualified for any job that you apply for, but your recruiter might ask for the location where you have actually worked. At the same time, you can make a good impression by mentioning your other past jobs in this section.Writing a resume from a client profile can be tricky because there are lots of points that you need to consider. You should consider the abovementioned tips to make sure that you have done it properly. Remember, your personal statement and application will be sent along with the application f orm that is needed in order to get a good job.

7 Positive Steps After a Resource Action or Layoff - Career Pivot

7 Positive Steps After a Resource Action or Layoff - Career Pivot Positive Steps after a Resource Action? I originally wrote this post on positive steps after a resource action back in 2013 after there was a massive resource action at IBM. It is being updated and republished because I am seeing a large number of small resource actions. You may choose to call this an RIF (Reduction in Force,) a layoff, or if you are in the UK, a redundancy. I think these small but frequent resource actions will become the norm in today’s world of creative destruction. If you are not familiar with the term creative destruction, I suggest you read the following posts: Surviving Creative Destruction in the 2nd Half of Life How to Protect Your Career from Future Extinction, Now [Video] Positive Steps As many of you may be experiencing a resource action let’s discuss the positive steps you can take afterward. 1 â€" Take a deep breath and chill The worst thing to do is to start working on your resume and getting online to apply for jobs! Being the target of a resource action hurts. It hurts a lot. If you were to talk to any prospective employer it will come out that you are hurting. Take time off and heal. It will likely take longer than you think. 2 â€" Take stock of your current lifestyle This might be the right time to Repack Your Bags. Access why you are doing what you are doing. Are you still supporting adult children? Do you still have the big house where you raised your kids? Are you properly taking care of your own health? I have written in the past that I am a big fan of authors Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro and their book Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Good Life. If you are a baby boomer the statistics say you will make less in your next position. 3 â€" Take stock of your current career path Were you let go because your job could be done cheaper by someone else somewhere else in the world? Will you be replaced by a robot or another form of automation? If you think this could not happen then read my recent post,Beware Automation and Robots Will Sabotage Your Career Were you happy in your current career path? Come on be honest with yourself! Would you like to do something completely different? 4 â€" Take advantage of free resources If you were laid off … affected by a resource action, (I need to take a politically correct pill!) you were probably offered outplacement services. Take advantage of what they offer. There are lots of non-profits and religious organizations that offer job counseling services. I serve on the board of directors of Launch Pad Job Club, the largest and oldest organization of its type in Central Texas. I like to brag we have been in existence for 15 years and served close to 15,000 people. 5 â€" Work on your networking skills Your next job will not likely come from submitting your resume on some job board. About 8% of jobs are filled through online applications. Your next job will likely come from a referral. Build yourself a fan club and network strategically. We live in a referral economy. 6 â€" Work on your social media presence Many of you, who have worked for one employer for 15 or more years, this may be pretty scary. You need to build your personal brand. Your first step is to build a strong LinkedIn profile. 7 â€" Take advantage of this moment of clarity This could be a moment of clarity for you. Amoment of clarity is when something big happens, lay off, new job, birth, death, marriage, divorce … that causes us to get clear. We look at life through filters. Those filters protect us. During moments of clarity, those filters come down and we see things clearly. What is really important to you? I devote a whole chapter in my book Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life dedicated to this topic. It is that important. What is your next step? Often resource actions are the kick in the butt that we need to vault us forward to do what we really want to do with our lives. Take a moment to listen to the 8 stories told on my podcast of people making career pivots. Most started their journey with a resource action. Many of these people look at the resource action as a blessing. Do you have a story of recovering from a resource action? If you do, please tell us about it in a comment below. Marc Miller Like what you just read? Share it with your friends using the buttons above. Like What You Read? Get Career Pivot Insights! Check out the Repurpose Your Career Podcast Do You Need Help With ...

What Hiring Managers Look For In A Resume - Pathfinder Careers

What Hiring Managers Look For In A Resume - Pathfinder Careers What Hiring Managers Look For In A Resume This post has been generously supplied by Ernest White, an experienced human resources professional who has an extensive background in hiring and interviewing, with more than 15 years of broad experience in private and public sectors. His particular expertise is in employee relations, recruitment, diversity, succession planning and organizational development with a dedication to team growth and development. _________________________________________ When applying for jobs, it is important that you read through the job specs thoroughly before submitting your application. A lot of what employers are actually looking for in their potential new employee is written right in the job description and requirements. In fact, you should review your résumé against the requirements listed in order to make sure you have covered everything the employer is seeking. If you can address all the requirements by the information in your résumé or in your cover letter, you will be on the right track for getting the job. However, there is a whole list of skills employers look for that are never spelled out in the job description. These skills are typically referred to as employability skills, which are skills beyond your technical knowledge and qualifications that make you a great professional in your field. But dont panic! You already have employability skills… you just may not think of them as critical for getting a job. The employability skills have been grouped in eight categories: 1. Communication skills 2. Teamwork skills 3. Problem-solving skills 4. Initiative and enterprise skills 5. Planning and organizing skills 6. Self-management 7. Learning skills 8. Technology skills Now that you have read the categories, you are thinking to yourself, yes, I have those skills. But did you ever think to list them on the résumé? Most people focus on their professional achievements and responsibilities, and they often skip these skills in favor of those that are job-specific. However, more and more employers look for these skills in résumés. Your potential employer wants to KNOW that you are a team player, that you communicate well, and will show initiative when needed. While you may think this is implied by your interest in the available position, employers like to see these skills called out on your résumé or cover letter. The best way to demonstrate these skills is through your experience and under your qualifications. Point out the initiatives you have participated in that required you to work in a team, under a deadline, or as a self-starter. Demonstrate your loyalty through pointing out your accomplishments at an organization and how they benefited your team as a whole (not just you). You can showcase the employability skills in your cover letter by openly showing your enthusiasm for the available position, stating your commitment to your career objective, indicating your motivation and your integrity, and showing that you are above all un-selfish and credible. These skills are just as critical to your ability to do a great job as your professional experience and education employers are looking for someone who will be a great fit on their team and in their organization, someone who works well under pressure but also has a sense of humor and has a balance between their personal and professional life. Review your existing résumé. Does it contain any employability skills? If not, make revisions to incorporate those employability skills you feel you excel in. If you are unsure, ask your friends or family for an objective opinion, so that you can get a better idea of how people around you see you as a person as well as a professional. Keep these attributes in mind as you compose your résumé and your cover letter, and especially as you are taking part in interviews. These skills can make a difference between knowing how to do a job and being qualified to exceed goals and grow in your career.

How to use hashtags on Facebook -

How to use hashtags on Facebook - Facebook has hashtags; they are rolling out this feature to users now. What does it mean to business owners and job seekers? Its another opportunity to make it easy for people to find you if you adjust your settings correctly. How to use hashtags on Facebook If you dont use Twitter, where weve been using hashtags for years, this concept of adding a # to a word to join a conversation or to be found is a little foreign. However, its easy to get into the hashtag spirit! All you need to do is add a # before any word and it automatically becomes a hashtag. Like magic, right? For example, I may tag an update about this post on Facebook as #HashtagsOnFacebook. Unlike Twitter, where you are limited to 140 characters in an update, which necessarily limits how long your hashtag is, on Facebook, I expect people will go crazy and have a lot of fun with hashtags. Some uses are simply silly or ironic. I have a friend who posts photos of her granddaughter every Friday. She could tag those posts #FabulousDressUpFridays, and all of her friends could click through to see them. An ironic hashtag you may see? #FirstWorldProblems. Its a pretty common one on Twitter when people are complaining about things they know are really no big deal. For example, a post would read: Got dinner an hour late and it was cold. #FirstWorldProblems. In addition to frivolous uses, once things shake out and people start using common hashtags, you can jump on this bandwagon to be found more easily and to engage in online conversations with people you dont already know.   For example, if you post a job, you can tag it #JOB or, even more specifically #ITJob. If its a public update, everyone who follows that hashtag can see your post. If you sell a product or have a store, you can identify a hashtag to go along with it. For example, #Consignment if you have a consignment store. You could even try something like #BestPopsicles if you sell ice pops, for example. Something else you may see: people tagging events. For example, if you go to a conference, on Twitter, you can often follow along by watching the hashtag for the conference. Now, youll be able to do the same for Facebook. Similarly, during television shows or sporting events, people may use hashtags when they write updates about those programs or   events. Usually, social media savvy programs post their hashtag on the screen so everyone can follow the same stream of information. The jury is still out on how people will actually use hashtags on Facebook. It will be novel at first, so youll probably see a lot of hashtagging until we know how useful these will be for marketers and typical users. Privacy on Facebook with Hashtags Unlike Twitter, where your tweets are generally public (unless you make them private), most people maintain somewhat private Facebook pages, available to their friends, or perhaps also to friends of friends. Its important to know who will be able to see your hashtags, especially if you have in mind to use them to advertise your business or service. Bottom line: according to Facebook, hashtags should only be able to be seen by the audience allowed to see the update containing the hashtag. So, if you add a hashtag to an update about your daughters birthday party, available only to your friends, only your friends will be able to see that update or view your hashtag. When you click on the hashtag, you will be able to see any other posts using that same hashtag, whether they are public or posted by your friends. However, if it was a friends-only post, people who are not your friends should not be able to see your post or your hashtag. You can use hashtags on personal profiles, in comments and   on your pages. Mari Smith, a well-known Facebook guru notes, Individual comments on threads do not surface in hashtag searches; just posts show in searches. So, if you want something to show up in search, include it in a post, not on a comment. Making Hashtags Public So, if hashtags are private, how are you going to attract new people who are not connected to you assuming that you want to make the most of being found via your Facebook hashtags? You need to create public updates! This is easy to do. Follow the link on the top of your Facebook page to check your privacy settings. Once there, click on the icon that says Followers on the left side of the screen (shown below).   Then, under Who Can Follow Me, select the drop down that says Everybody.  This will give you an option to create public updates and for people to follow your public updates. For example, I use this feature on my personal Facebook page. While I would prefer people find and follow my Keppie Careers page (if we are not friends), I often publish public updates on my personal page that some people receive in their feeds. Once you enable everyone to  follow you,  you should see a new option when you post a status update. Take a look at the sample status update above. You can see how the #Hashtag is highlighted in blue, which means it will be enabled to be found. Click on where it says Friends and the drop down menu should offer public as an option. Select it if you want your hashtag to be public. When you do choose to make some updates public, make sure to check the next time you go to make a friends update that the status has not defaulted to public. That is the main risk of creating public updates: its up to you to be sure your status is correct when you make your next update. What questions do you have? Will you use hashtags to try to extend your reach and your network? Share your thoughts in the comments!