Michael Beck - A Better Way to Find Jobs on LinkedIn I don't think there's any doubt that LinkedIn is the king of social networking for business. It's a great platform with lots of features and high traffic. But when it comes to using it for career advancement, most people use it poorly. They dutifully establish a profile and create the compulsory network of friends and coworkers with a handful of people from their past and present. Until they lose their job. The result? Let me offer a different LinkedIn strategy for advancing your career. There are three parts to this strategy and they need to be implemented prior to you needing a new job. Include a summary of your skills and philosophies. The second part of this strategy is to join vibrant, relevant LinkedIn groups. And then comes the final, most important step. You don't need to spend hours on end doing this. And guess who they'll call when they need someone?
Things My Father Didn't Teach Me ABOUT ARCHIVE FOLLOW Facebook Twitter Instagram Google+ Ads Via The Deck Things My Father Didn’t Teach Me share it happyfathersday 4,393 notes Everything You Wanted to Do With Office... But Didn't Know How English | Español | Français Menu ≡ home > resources > articles > everything you wanted to do with office... but didn't know how Everything You Wanted to Do With Office...But Didn't Know How You use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a daily basis and are still be trying to figure out where things are and how they work, using only 10% of the applications power. The difference between an Microsoft Office beginner and advanced user is all about knowing how to use the individual applications, and knowing how to use them well. The best way is to customize them. All you need is a guide on getting the best customizations out there. Streamline Document Formatting – It’s faster and easier to tweak a few things here or there to make a document truly your own. How the use themes in Word 2007 A document theme is a set of formatting choices that let you apply a consistent look to a document. Keyboard shortcut/Cheat sheets – Your work can be full of repetitive tasks and processes. back to top
50 Beautiful Color Palettes for Your Next Web Project Choosing the right color scheme is essential to your website’s success. Your layout and other design choices — including font — should be developed in concert with your color scheme, which can ensure readability, cohesiveness, and beauty in the final product. Unfortunately, making that choice or creating a color palette from scratch can be quite the challenge. That’s why for today’s post I’ve put together a collection of 50 beautiful color palettes that are ready to use for your next web project. If you like these, check out another 24 palettes I’ve recently rounded up. Getting the Most Out of This Post Before diving into the color palettes I’ve collected, I want to mention a few tools that can help you get the most out of this post. Editor’s Note: Want to make your own palettes even better? Remember that Photoshop will display certain colors far more vibrantly than they will look on the web when you use hex codes. That’s all. Pick Your Palette Bonus Resources!
3 Mind-Blowing Lateral Thinking Puzzles Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal (i.e. average) or somehow different? Here are 3 lateral thinking tests. The answers are published below, but do not go immediately to read them! Think up your own answers first. Tests Here is the story of a young girl. Question: What motive did she have to do it? Take at most 10 seconds to do this test, otherwise it will not work. Find how many ‘f’s there are in the following text: Do the following reasoning exercise, answering the questions one by one, without going to the next question if you have not answered the previous yet. It is not necessary to write your answers. How much is: Yes, these are a bit more difficult but the exercise is really worth doing, so be patient: Now think of a tool and a color! Answers She hoped that the young man would appear again at the funeral. Explanation: If you gave the correct answer, you probably think like a psychopath. If you did not give the correct answer, it is good for you! How many ‘f’s did you find?