HOW TO: Spruce Up a Boring Resume [INFOGRAPHIC]

Writing a resume is such a nebulous activity these days. You have to figure out which type of online resume format is best for you, whether to include a cover letter, how to incorporate social media into your resume, if a video resume is a good idea and what you should include on your LinkedIn profile. Above all that, to get the job, you need to beat out all the other creative digital peeps who are producing dynamic digital resumes. Phew — that's a lot of work! We're always finding new resources to help you on your journey to perfecting your digital resume, and we happened across this nifty infographic by the team at Colorado Technical University, which includes tips on creating a digital resume, as well as tips for sprucing up your traditional resume, for potential employers who still like the smell of top-linen paper. [via: Colorado Technical University] Social Media Job Listings Every week we put out a list of social media and web job opportunities.

Hot Tips For Landing Jobs at Google, Apple and Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC] Google, Apple and Facebook are the tech trifecta, so we found facts that could help you land a job at one of these companies. No doubt, there will be stiff competition: Nearly one in four young professionals wants to work at Google, for instance, but there's more room in the Googleplex for software developers. Facebook gets 250,000 applications a year and sifts through them to find the cream of the crop, preferring those who build things, whether they're apps or organizations. And Apple wants, well, Apple fanboys to help create the next generation of gadgetry, but you ought to have a reference from an existing Appler. The tech field is booming, and the industry needs bright young talent to keep innovating. An IT manager can make more than $110,000 a yearAndroid app developers are especially covetedData mining and statistical analysis are ideal collegiate specializations Every week we post a list of social media and web job opportunities. Infographic courtesy of MastersDegree.net

4 Simple Tools for Creating an Infographic Resume This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As a freelancer or job seeker, it is important to have a resume that stands out among the rest — one of the more visually pleasing options on the market today is the infographic resume. An infographic resume enables a job seeker to better visualize his or her career history, education and skills. Unfortunately, not everyone is a graphic designer, and whipping up a professional-looking infographic resume can be a difficult task for the technically unskilled job seeker. For those of us not talented in design, it can also be costly to hire an experienced designer to toil over a career-centric infographic. Luckily, a number of companies are picking up on this growing trend and building apps to enable the average job seeker to create a beautiful resume. 1. The company's vision is to "be the future of resumes." 2. 3. 4.

5 Clever Ways to Get a Job Using Social Media Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0 and the founder of Millennial Branding, a full-service personal branding agency. He’s spoken about personal branding at Google, Harvard, Time Warner, IBM, and CitiGroup. Read his Personal Branding Blog for more information. Social media is making it easier to find the right jobs, and for you to connect to the right people that can help you get those jobs. Many job seekers are still using traditional job search methods that are yielding poor results. But you don’t have to end up like these professionals! More and more companies are recruiting using social media, and 40% of young professionals are using social media to get jobs, reports Elance. 1. People get jobs through other people, not computers. 1. 2. People are starting to use mobile applications to see job openings near them and apply with just a few touches of an iPhone or Android. In 2009, I wrote a post for Mashable on the top iPhone job search applications. CareerBliss (Free). 3. 4. 5.

10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics: Keep it simple! Ideas for infographic formats include: Timelines;Flow charts;Annotated maps;Graphs;Venn diagrams;Size comparisons;Showing familiar objects or similar size or value. Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation: Creating Your Infographic Plan and research.If required, use free software to create simple graphs and visualisations of data.Use vector graphic software to bring these visualisations into the one graphic. Ultimately, if you have a little design skill, the very best approach is to create all the simple graphs and illustrations yourself using vector graphic software. Stat Planet Hohli

How Interviewers Know When to Hire You in 90 Seconds Infographics In these times, we can’t get enough of interviewing tips and guides. People are always fretting about job interviews, try to prepare as much as possible but there is no way of predicting the outcome. In this video and infographic, there are some cool stats from our friends at Come Recommended. RELATED:The Weirdest Interview Questions and How to Answer them About Jörgen Sundberg The original Undercover Recruiter, after 7 years in tech recruiting Jorgen now runs Link Humans, a social and digital marketing agency in London. Get recruiting and career tips direct to your inbox once a week with more like this!

GettingStarted - gwt-platform - Starting your new project with GWTP's MVP architecture - GWTP: A complete model-view-presenter framework to simplify your next GWT project. GWTP Project Has Moved The goal of this page is to help you get your first project started using GWTP's Model-View-Presenter architecture. Although it focuses on how to use GWTP in Eclipse, it should be easy to adapt within your own development environment. After reading this guide you should have a better idea whether or not GWTP is the tool you need for your next project. If you used gwt-presenter before, you might first want to take a look at how it compares to GWTP. For more information about the Model-View-Presenter architecture, check out Ray Ryan's Google IO talk or this video from Lombardi's Alex Moffat. Starting with the GWTP Eclipse Plugin The rest of this document describes how to create a GWTP project manually step-by-step and will give you a deep knowledge of GWTP's fundamental principles. Getting the sample applications A good way to learn advanced GWTP features is to look at the included sample applications. External examples Getting GWTP ...

5 Social Media Tips for Scoring Your Next Job Marc Hoag, CEO and co-founder of Venturocket, is a California-licensed attorney with an econ degree from UCLA and a strong background in math and science. Marc's mission with Venturocket, first conceived nearly 10 years ago, is simple: to help make the world a more productive place. Unless you're fortunate enough to be deliriously happy with your professional life, the odds are high that you’ll be looking for a different job in the future. On the bright side, the fact that you’re reading this article means you know how to navigate the Internet — a point in your favor. Your cover letter and résumé may still be your opening gambit, but the life you lead online increases in relevance every day, especially as a resource for potential employers. Since social media presence will likely be investigated and considered prior to your next hire, you’re going to want to put your virtual house in order. 1. 2. ...But Show Some Personality On the flip side, however, is the danger of being too careful.

Infographic of the Day: Is College Really Worth It? Is going to college really worth it? Probably so, but it's not that clear cut, and economics have been arguing the point for 30 years. Most studies tend to show that college-educated people end up making far more money in the course of their lifetimes. (The niggle: Usually, it's not worth paying for a private university.) Still, that evidence isn't totally cut and dry: What do you really learn in college? This graph makes a couple points in that debate: 1. But who in their right mind wouldn't recommend a college degree? If I had a guess, I think it's precisely that attitude that creates all the economic advantages--its the way our society is organized, rather than anything about college itself. [Luxury Spot via WeLoveDataVis; I suspect this graphic is actually from OnlineEducation but couldn't find it on their Web site You can find the original at Online Colleges and Universities, which seems to affilated with OnlineEducation] [View more Infographics of the Day]

Acceleo About Acceleo Acceleo is a pragmatic implementation of the Object Management Group (OMG) MOF Model to Text Language (MTL) standard. You do not need to be an expert to start using the plug-ins and create your first code generator : using the provided example projects and the powerful completion feature of the Acceleo editor, it is very easy to get started and understand the basic principles. Acceleo is the result of several man-years of R&D started in the French company Obeo. Junction between the OMG MTL standard, its team's experience with industrial code generation and the latest research advances into the M2T field, it offers outstanding advantages : High ability to customize, Interoperability, Easy kick off, and much more! From Acceleo.org to Eclipse.org The Acceleo project was started 4 years ago. User Experience

Social media advice for job-seekers, from CEOs, HR execs & recruiters - Innovation Economy Jennifer Ramcharan, Global Recruiter at TripAdvisor Appealing: LinkedIn: we like to see candidates who have filled in their profile completely. Twitter: If you are going to use this site as a way to communicate with recruiters/companies, make sure your bio accurately describes your career and goals. Less appealing: Think about how you present yourself on all social media sites — including Facebook, especially when seeking a job. Brian Halligan, CEO at HubSpot 1. 2. 3. Patrick O'Malley, social media trainer (a/k/a 617-Patrick) If people are looking for jobs, here are some tips: - LinkedIn: The best LinkedIn tip that 80+% of my audiences still don’t know: Use advanced search to find "friends of friends" that might hire you. Use the LinkedIn jobs section to find companies that are hiring, and focus on positions that are posted by 2nd level connections, using your mutual friend as a "door opener." Post answers to questions in the LinkedIn Q&A section. - Twitter Companies do post jobs on Twitter. 1.

Book by Lethbridge and Laganiere on Object-oriented Software Engineering Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Practical Software Development using UML and Java Second Edition Timothy C. Lethbridge and Robert Laganière McGraw Hill, 2001 ISBN 0-07-710908-2 (in the UK, Canada and most of the world)ISBN 0-07-709761-0 (first edition - now superceded) ISBN 0-07-283495-1 (first edition in the USA) A textbook for people who know the basics of object-oriented programming and want to learn the basic principles of software engineering, including how to develop large systems using UML.