56 Best Job Search Blog Posts of 2012

56 Best Job Search Blog Posts of 2012 352 I asked the Top Job Bloggers around the world for their most popular, most visited blog posts of the past year. There are some great reads below. Enjoy! The Top Job Bloggers’ Most Popular Articles of 2012 Alison Green: How Long Should I Wait for a Company to Contact Me for an Interview? Andy Headworth: This is why your LinkedIn profile is NOT showing up in people’s LinkedIn searches Barbara Safani: The Pros and Cons of the new LinkedIn Endorsements Feature CareerAlley: How to Email Your Resume and Cover Letter Chris Perry: 4 Things Every Employer Loves to Hear From a Candidate Gayle Howard: Job Search: The Emotional Rollercoaster Dawn Rasmussen: LinkedIn Networking #FAIL: Here’s What Not To Do Donna Sweidan: Finding Dignity, Finding Hope. Giving Job Seekers Permission to Reclaim their Professional Identity Erin Kennedy: 5 Ways To Make Your Executive Resume Better Dorlee M: How to Manage Your Career When Unemployed Dawn Bugni: How current is that job search advice? | Beware the dinosaur. Grace Kutney: Resume Trends of 2012- What to Follow and What to Discard Hannah Morgan: LinkedIn Headlines that Entice Heather Huhman: 7 Questions To Ask During A Job Interview Jason Alba: AWESOME Cover Letter Jessica Merrell: Resume Cover Letter Tips for Articulating Your Awesomeness Julie Walraven: Top Resume Question: When to use past tense or present tense? Joshua Waldman: The 3 Mistakes Job Seekers Make on LinkedIn Karalyn Brown: Finding a mining job in Australia… rich reward or perilous pitfall? Read the inside dirt from someone at the coal face! Mark Babbitt: 7 Phrases I Never Want to See on Your Cover Letter Mark Stelzner: 5 Career Lessons From The Road Meg Guiseppi: How to Get Your Personal Brand Into Your LinkedIn Profile Melissa Cooley: Answering “How Have You Gone Above and Beyond in Your Work?” Miriam Salpeter: How to ask for LinkedIn recommendations Phyllis Mufson: Boomer Job Search: How to Shave Time Off Your Job Search, Part 1 Recruiting Animal: Job Hunter and Career Coach Susan Ireland: Let’s See Your Best Cover Letter! Cover Letter Samples Sital Ruparelia: Back To Work Mums: 7 Strategies For Finding Part-Time Work Susan Lamotte: Tips For Job Seekers: What Recruiters Don’t Want You To Know Tim Tyrell-Smith: 10 Signs You Are Being Lazy On Linkedin Wendy Terwelp: Ticked off? Step away from the keyboard! Sharlyn Lauby: The Best Color To Wear For a Job Interview Rosa Vargas: The Resume’s Evolution: It’s Not Dying, It’s Evolving! Jason Buss: 50 Job Search Tips From Recruiters Nick Corcodilos: Pop Quiz: Can an employer take back a job offer? Brie Weiler Reynolds: What is a Consultant Job? Dan Schawbel: Beware The ‘Tell Me About Yourself’ Job Interview Question! Dana Leavy-Detrick: Behind the Scenes in HR: What’s Taking So Long to Hear Back? J.T. O’Donnell: 3 Reasons Networking Is A Job Search Priority Jeff Lipschultz: Common Misconceptions about Working with Agency Recruiters Jennifer McClure: What’s New(ish) With LinkedIn Penelope Trunk: Get pregnant at 25 if you want a high-powered career Suzanne Lucas: Bewildering hiring manager behavior Michael Haberman: It Will Cost Me How Much? A Story of Misclassification and Improper Deductions Jon Ingham: #InTalent Europe â€" Linkedin and talent brand risks Lavie Margolin: 21 Mistakes People Make on LinkedIn Dan McCarthy: The Future of Leadership Development Mildred Talabi: Don’t waste your time on graduate schemes (here’s what you should be doing instead) Jim Stroud: How To Find Passive Candidates Under The Radar Scot Herrick: The 4 connections you need to get hired Willy Franzen: TED Jenny Foss: 15 things it took me 40 years to figure out. Andrew Rosen: 8 Best Employee Incentive Programs Lindsay Olson: Is Job Hopping Still Looked Down Upon? Rich DeMatteo: 5 Steps to Make Lasting Connections With Recruiters on Twitter ?? Top Job Search Articles of 2019 ?? Top Job Search Articles of 2018 ?? Top Job Search Articles of 2017 ?? The Top Job Search Articles of 2016 The Top Job Search Articles of 2015 The Top Job Search Articles of 2014 Top 40+ Job Search Blog Posts of 2013 56 Best Job Search Blog Posts of 2012 The 51 Best Job Search Blog Posts of 2011 56 Most Popular Job Search Blog Posts of 2010 39 Best Job Search Tip Articles of 2008 eval

The Non-Hippys Guide to Workplace Mindfulness

The Non-Hippy’s Guide to Workplace Mindfulness Say the word “mindfulness” and many people will picture chakra beads and tie-dye, alongside an Instagram account filled with Mahatma Gandhi quotes and yoga poses in front of waterfalls. When you’re less “spiritual vegan” and more “kebab with Blind Date”, it’s easy to dismiss mindfulness as the exclusive domain of people who can tell their chi from their chai latte. But you’d be wrong to do so. The world we live in is hectic, busy and streaming constant information at us. With smartphones in our pockets and computers in every room of our home, being constantly plugged in can be exhausting. This is particularly true in the workplace, where reported stress levels are sky-high. Mindfulness mantras can help you destress and put everything in perspective. Using these techniques can make you happier, boost your motivation, and up your productivity… no bare feet or group chanting required. “Slow It Down” We’re all busy, busy, busy. But no matter how much we rush to get everything done, more and more stuff just keeps getting piled on, until we feel overwhelmed. Sound familiar? Pause. You may think that racing through a lot of work is the definition of a good employee, but rushed work is sloppy work, and that helps no one. Instead, be willing to take time over important projects. Take a step back from your workload and evaluate it. The usual or obvious way of doing things is not always the best â€" reflect on similar projects in the past, and think about what worked well and what didn’t. What previous mistakes or difficulties could you learn from? Avoid becoming obsessed with crossing absolutely everything off your To-Do list. Steady, high-quality progress is what you should be aiming for.  â€œBe in This Moment” We all have a tendency to fixate on the future while at work. We talk about what we will do and enjoy “when this workday is over…” “when I go on holiday next year…” and even “when I retire…” But by constantly relegating any source of pleasure to the distant future, we end up essentially wishing our life away. Of course, not every aspect of each workday is enjoyable enough for you to want to focus on it any more than necessary. But some should be, so seek out or create those moments. If a task is going well and you’re feeling satisfied, take the time to pause and enjoy the feeling. Allowing yourself to acknowledge your own achievements builds up the sort of positive thought patterns that will make you much happier day-to-day. Similarly, when you take breaks from work, really take breaks from work. If there’s a fancy brand of coffee or a particular snack you enjoy, make a point to move away from your desk and really savour the treat. If you work near a picturesque outdoor space, slip out for a walk at lunchtime and take the time to really take in and enjoy your surroundings. The point it to switch your brain off from work stuff, giving it a chance to relax and recharge.  â€œIt Is What It Is” In the workplace, there will always be decisions and situations that you disagree with. Sometimes you’ll have the opportunity and/or authority to change them, but often you will not. In these instances, one of the most valuable skills you can learn is to just let it go. Stressing, sulking or bitching about it will change nothing, and put you in an unnecessarily negative mindset. Either ignore it or, if you have to partake in it, do your share of the work as quickly and gracefully as possible, then move on. (The only exception is if the action or request appears so egregious to you that you will not comply with it under any circumstances. If you’re willing to lose your job over it, you have the capacity to push back politely but firmly.) “You Are Enough” Everyone sometimes feels that they are just not good enough. In the workplace, where career progression is expected, this feeling can be exacerbated. Sometimes something as simple as having a bad week, making a mistake or being overshadowed by your colleague can leave you feeling morose and insecure. When you find yourself getting hung up on negativity, remind yourself that you are only human and have flaws, weaknesses and bad days like everybody else. Think about your strengths and contributions and try to reframe your mindset in a positive way. If you’re struggling to do this, make a point of writing down three positive thoughts or accomplishments each day. Forcing yourself to think about positive things will help you maintain a more constructive perspective. Another good idea is to keep records of trackable tasks so you can see your progress over time â€" it’s easy for us to forget how far we’ve come if we’re solely focusing on how far we still have to go. “This Too Shall Pass” No matter how terrible things get at work, remember that nothing lasts forever. Horribly awkward situations eventually blow over. Awful co-workers eventually leave. Mistakes are eventually forgotten. When you’re wading through a difficult project that seems never-ending, remembering that there is an end goal and it will eventually arrive can help you get through it. Similarly, when things are good, appreciate them, because good times don’t consistently last either. Understanding that our careers â€" like our lives in general â€" will be full of ups and downs and being okay with that will ultimately leave you a happier and more resilient person. Beth Leslie is a career and lifestyle writer. She is also the editor of the Inspiring Interns blog. Inspiring Interns is a recruitment agency which helps career starters find everything from project management roles to marketing internships. Check out their graduate jobs London listings here.

Brand Integrity Brings Increased Business - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Brand Integrity Brings Increased Business - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Upon becoming an entrepreneur, I was advised to build my brand and to become as consistent as a box of cereal. Upon catching my attention, I immediately asked, “How do I build my brand?” In my opinion, three elements are key for successfully building your brand: 1. Take some time to reflect back on your childhood up to current day. Answer these questions: What did others admire about you most? What are you passionate about? If you could accomplish anything, what would that be? As you reflect on the past and daydream about the future, you will find a picture of the true you. Once you grasp that view, hold on to it and never let it go. Take it with you everywhere and apply to every endeavor. This is your brand and it will serve you well. 2. Consistency is a must. Every new product or service you create must be complementary to the ones already in place and serve to support the marketing-communication theme of your business. When you undertake something that was “sold” to you as a good idea but turns out not to be consistent with who you are, you hurt your brand. Your leadership role is established when you adhere to consistency. 3. Prioritize opportunities coming your way. I teach it is very important to say “Yes” to opportunity and then figure out how to implement. However, I have since found an exception to the rule. As you and your business become well known, an increased number of opportunities will find you. It is close to impossible both financially and time-wise to take advantage of all of the proposed ideas coming at you. What should you do? You now should proceed back to item #1 â€" reflect to prioritize the opportunities. Initially each one will be presented as a fabulous money-making opportunity, and one which will get you in front of even larger audiences than you already have. Yet you need to examine the profile of those intended new prospects and the motivation behind the program presented. All of the factors must be in alignment with your brand, otherwise the said opportunity should go to the bottom of your list. Your words, actions and deeds must be synchronous and consistent for brand awareness and for you to be remembered and referred! Author: Elinor Stutz is the CEO of Smooth Sale, LLC a motivational speaker and the author of the International Best-Selling book, “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results” published by Sourcebooks. Elinor’s new book, “HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews” is based upon years of community service teaching job-seekers how to land the job they desire. Elinor provides team sales training, private coaching to grow you business, and is available upon request for consultation.

The workplace should be segregated. Maybe.

The workplace should be segregated. Maybe. Increasingly it makes sense to me that the workforce is segregated by gender. There are, in fact, jobs where mostly women belong, and there are jobs where mostly men belong, and thats fine. Its outdated to think there are no differences between men and women. And once we accept there are differences, we need to study them instead of downplay them. One of the most difficult parts of coming of age today is that there are no clear paths in the new topography of work. The terms quarterlife crisis and emerging adulthood have come to us as a result of the new scramble to figure out where to go in adult life. In order to create safe, compassionate, growth-oriented paths through adult life, we need to understand where women and men fit best. I have taken a lot of shots at this topic before. Most notably, Ive pointed out that women want to be with kids more than men do. That explains Pews findings that most women want part-time jobs rather than full-time jobs after they have kids, but men do not. But what about gender differences before there are kids? Where do men belong? Where do women belong? Here are three places women do not generally fit: 1. Highly competitive sales jobs are not for most women. Most women are not happy when they are competing, rather than collaborating with their co-workers, whereas men love competition, according to a study from the University of Chicago. And research from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that even in the case of men who are poor competitors or women who are strong competitors, the gender-based preferences for competition persist. Women who achieve high levels of success played sports as kids and experienced huge satisfaction with winning. However women are less likely than men to choose competitive environments due to millions of years of evolution encouraging women to mitigate risks to protect themselves for their children. (Tons of studies support this, but my current favorite is from Anne Campbell, psychologist at Durham University in England.) So who is a good fit for a career in sales? Richard Goldman, COO of Birkman International, a company that helps businesses make intelligent hires by using the Birkman Method for personality assessments, explains that collaborative, team-player types simply do not make good salespeople. When it comes to sales, though, the people who are the best fit for the high-level jobs are those who have an eat-what-you-kill mentality. 2. Men are better at very high-level math, science and engineering. A 2008 survey of US universities by the National Science Foundation revealed that less than 30% of PhDs in the physical sciences were awarded to women. Higher up the ranks, women make up only about 10% of full professorships in physics-related disciplines. Yet a study from psychologists Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams of Cornell University found no evidence of gender bias during the interview and hiring process for science positions. Now that we have a few decades of data coming from girls who were encouraged to do math, we can say, with a decent amount of certainty, that the average girl is as good at math as the average boy. But in the world of hotshot math, women are outclassed. One fundamental difference between the male and female brain is gray matter. And University of California at Irvine released solid data to explain why men are good at math. Evolution has created two different types of brains designed for equally intelligent behavior, said Richard Haier, professor of psychology who led the study. In general, men have approximately 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence than women, and women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter related to intelligence than men. Gray matter represents information processing centers in the brain, and white matter represents the networking ofor connections betweenthese processing centers. This chart, from Gene Expression, shows the difference in brain makeup. Also, now that we have a slew of data about Aspergers syndrome, we can say that the people who are incredibly terrible with language (white matter) or incredibly gifted with mathematical thinking (gray matter) are usually boys. Boys, rather than girls, populate the two extreme ends of the bell curve. So it should not be surprising or controversial that studies repeatedly find that there are large gender differences among extremely gifted math students. More boys are gifted. Now the world starts making sense. This is why there are more men in math and science positions in universities. This is why the hot-shot companies in Silicon Valley are full of male engineers and not women. And this is why we need to stop complaining that science departments are boys clubs. Its not just the departmenthigh end scientific thinking is a boys club. 3. Men are best suited for the insanely fast-paced startup arena. More than 95% of venture capital goes to male-run startups. (To be clear, we are talking here about companies that plan to grow to more than $100 million in sales over five years and these companies court investors to achieve that.) These startups are largely male, and the reason is that women are not interested in the crazy life that startup founders live. Women prefer lifestyle-focused companies where they can have better control over the intersection of their work life and personal life. I laid out the argument in a post on TechCrunch, but, as you can imagine, it comes down to kids. Women want to spend more time with kids, and they have less desire to give up everything for their company. It would be great if you could do both, but when it comes to startups, you cant. If you poll women who are CEOs of venture-backed startups as well as mothers, you will find that most women have either lost their marriage or their sanity while trying to run a startup and a family. Of course, no woman (besides me) will say this publicly because it will kill her career as an entrepreneur. One woman, (who has been lauded on TechCrunch for her startup), told me confidentially that she is getting a divorce and her husband thinks her drive is pathological. Which, frankly, is probably true, because much has been written about how most successful entrepreneurs are almost-but-not-quite crazy. And Sara Lacy has explained the process whereby the boys-club startup founders perpetuate the boys club: if you get through it once, you can keep going, and helping other people to live out the crazy, family-unfriendly pipe-dreams of startup founders. Many of you will want to tell me stories of the exceptions. I know. Im one of them. Ive driven myself and my ex-husband completely insane with my startup dramas, and I keep doing them. Each time I tell myself I will stay small. I will do a lifestyle business, and then I dont. I think too big and I take in outside funding. But going into a field where you are the gender minority is very difficult. For one thing, people judge you more harshly, and you are more quickly to be deemed a failure. And it feels uncomfortable. Sure, its fun to be the only woman in the room because you get a lot of attention, but on balance, Live Science reports that women are uncomfortable in a male-dominated setting. One of the worst adages of feminism was you can be anything. Because you cant. You cant be an iconoclast if youre not. And most of us are not. Its a lonely life. Why encourage it? Look at the paths that have a more sure footing. Look at the lives they create. If you like that life, give it a try. When we look to create new paths for new careers, look at what real lives look like along the way. If you are 20 and you want to be the rare woman getting a PhD in math, ask yourself, are you really that different from all other people? And if you are 30 and you want to get funding for your startup, ask yourself if you truly are crazy enough to give up sanity for a company. Most of us look for more stable, surefooted ways to go through life. Thats rational behavior.

Getting Help With Writing a Resume

Getting Help With Writing a ResumeThe first thing you must do when you need help with writing a resume is to find the right company to send it to. It can be difficult to figure out exactly what is needed in your particular situation so make sure you consider all of your options before choosing a company to work with.Akron, Ohio is an excellent place to begin your search for a resume writing company. There are a variety of companies here that specialize in helping individuals and companies to increase their resumes. This gives you a good starting point to consider when looking for an individual to write your resume.One of the best aspects of doing this search online is that it will narrow down your choices of employers and help you find them quickly and easily. Once you find the company that has the experience and knowledge needed, all you have to do is fill out the application and send it to them. This is a faster and easier way to get your resume in front of the employer of your cho ice.If you want to take things a step further, then consider contacting companies in Akron, Ohio directly to see if they can write your resume for you. Many of these companies are already able to help clients as well as providing clients with templates and samples that will help them with writing a resume. They will not charge you but you may pay a small fee for the work they provide you with.If you are able to use one of these services, then getting free help with writing a resume Akron, oh can be easy. You simply send the resume along with your cover letter to the company and you can start your job search in just a few short steps.Once the potential employer receives your resume, they will contact you to discuss your qualifications. Your resume is now complete and your new job will begin. It is a simple process that will give you your desired results.Being able to do a free resume writing service is important for a successful job search. Employers want to know about a specific exp erience you have as a candidate and that will help in your search for a job. All it takes is some research and some time to get your resume in front of the right person.Once you begin writing a resume and know where to find help with writing a resume Akron, oh, it will not be hard at all to land the job you are looking for. Even if you have never done this before, it will help you with getting more knowledge about how to write a resume for potential employers.

Art The office assistant - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Art The office assistant - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Consider this a tribute to the unsung heros of the workplace. The people who make the whole thing work. Artist Zen Parry has taken up a seat in the Portland Building in Portland Oregon, where she crochets a a huge blanket while talking to the public. During a temporary job I had in the corporate world, the office always functioned well, but felt even better when the Office Assistant was present. This woman brought a sense of comfort into that cold sterile environment she did all of the unseen things that the rest of us didnt know how to do. I often thought of her as providing a comforting blanket of functionality within that office you could always rely on her just being there. This installation symbolizes the comfort experienced in that environment. There is a lot of security in having a routine and identity that a job provides. Even though you might not be happy with your job, you will still come to work on a regular basis, and perform your duties, comfortable in the familiarity of that rhythm. I am doing the same coming to work each day, performing my duties by being here and making a rug of comfort. You are invited to interrupt my performance sit and chat, call out to me as you walk through the lobby or use the ATM machine you might even try to ignore me as you hurry to your next appointment. Artists often strive to create an environment as a work of art. In this installation/performance, I will strive to create an environment as the art of work. Even if you manage to ignore me, I know that you will miss me when I am gone.. What a cool, fun, innovative way to comment on work, especially unfulfilling work without condemning it. Read more about the installation here and Zen is blogging about it here. 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

Why Working In Accounting Could Be A Dream Come True For You - CareerAlley

Why Working In Accounting Could Be A Dream Come True For You - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Have you ever considered a career in the accounting field? For some people, this isnt ideal, as they just dont have the skillset and interests necessary to thrive. However, for others, this role could be a dream come true. Heres why! An Abundance Of Jobs With A Great Income In accounting, there are a variety of jobs that may suit you. Many of these jobs also offer a great income! The majority of accountants who worked for tax, payroll, and bookkeeping services, averaged $75,000 a year. However, there are far more jobs and many of them can help you to earn far more!