100 Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better | Nerds Do It Better May 7th, 2008 100 Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better No matter how perfect you may think you are, the fact this there’s always some small way you can improve for yourself and others. Health Good health is the foundation of a good life, so make these improvements, and they’ll resonate out to the rest of your life. Social Take these steps to change your social life for the better. Join a book club: Get some social interaction while improving your knowledge with a book club.Get out of the house: Believe it or not, the world just isn’t going to come to you. Emotional Improve your emotional life with these simple strategies to improve your health and relationships. Make an effort to be happy: Whether you actually feel happy or not, make it a point to attempt happiness. Financial Make these changes to improve your life’s financial outlook. Mental Improve your mind by taking these simple steps. Go back to school: Continuing your education does not have to be a complicated endeavor.
The 25 most difficult questions If you are one of those executive types unhappy at your present post and embarking on a New Year's resolution to find a new one, here's a helping hand. The job interview is considered to be the most critical aspect of every expedition that brings you face-to- face with the future boss. One must prepare for it with the same tenacity and quickness as one does for a fencing tournament or a chess match. This article has been excerpted from "PARTING COMPANY: How to Survive the Loss of a Job and Find Another Successfully" by William J. Morin is chairman and Cabrera is president of New York-based Drake Beam Morin, nation's major outplacement firm, which has opened offices in Philadelphia. 1. Since this is often the opening question in an interview, be extracareful that you don't run off at the mouth. 2. You should be able to discuss products or services, revenues, reputation, image, goals, problems, management style, people, history and philosophy. Give your answer a positive tone. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Anatomy of a Winning Resume [INFOGRAPHIC] Searching for jobs is a daunting task for many, so it's imperative your resume is in tip-top shape. With 25% of human-resources managers receiving 50 resumes per job listing, competition is fierce, according to an infographic developed by NowSourcing, an Internet-marketing services firm. Called "The Anatomy of a Great Resume," it dissects the components of a first-class CV. The infographic encourages job-seekers to concisely summarize work experience, emphasize accomplishments and include key words such as "problem solving," "leadership" and team building." On the other hand, the infographic counsels against making spelling and grammatical errors. Indeed, it says 77% of HR managers search for candidates with relevant experience, while 48% want information on specific accomplishments, and 41% look to see whether a resume is customized to an available position. For more on how to create a stellar CV, check out the entire infographic, below.
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Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.
Great Resume Designs that Catch Attention--and Got People Hired Inspiration June 21, 2011 When applying for a job, you have no choice but to do your best to outshine competition. Even before winning an interview, your qualifications (or in some instance, your character) are already judged by the resume you’ve submitted. It is then important to make your resume or CV as honest, concise, and striking as possible. If you are looking forward to a creative position, you will be expected to come up with something grand and extra creative as well. Take a look at how other designers compose their creative resumes. View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source View Source Author: Cadence Wu Cadence is You The Designer's senior blogger, and the most jack-of-all-trades of the staff.
Professional Resume Design for Non-Designers Writing a good resume can get you the job…or at least will put you on top of the pile. But professional resume design is a skill not everyone has. No worries though, there is help out there. Here is a quick outline of the resume created in Word7. I have outlined 7 Steps that are important to a resume. Step 1 Your contact information needs to be there, visible at first glance. Step 2 Your resume should rarely be more than one page. Step 3 The first paragraph should include a brief description of your current qualifications. Step 4 Let’s add the Work Experience or Employment History. Step 5 Next step is to add the education. Step 6 The last step is to add your skills. Step 7 I like to add the contact information again at the bottom, smaller but noticeable. Now you have a resume that should stand out among the rest. ContrastRepetitionAlignmentProximity In this specific example, we applied this formula. Lastly, proofread everything until your resume has no mistakes and you should be good to go.
How To Become A Hacker - StumbleUpon Copyright © 2001 Eric S. Raymond As editor of the Jargon File and author of a few other well-known documents of similar nature, I often get email requests from enthusiastic network newbies asking (in effect) "how can I learn to be a wizardly hacker?". Back in 1996 I noticed that there didn't seem to be any other FAQs or web documents that addressed this vital question, so I started this one. A lot of hackers now consider it definitive, and I suppose that means it is. Still, I don't claim to be the exclusive authority on this topic; if you don't like what you read here, write your own. If you are reading a snapshot of this document offline, the current version lives at Note: there is a list of Frequently Asked Questions at the end of this document. Numerous translations of this document are available: ArabicBelorussianBulgarianChinese, Czech. The five-dots-in-nine-squares diagram that decorates this document is called a glider. 1. 2. 3. 5. 2.
Recreating Your Resume in 10 Simple Steps I like opening blog posts with something that everyone can agree with me on. I think I learned that technique from some “how to get people to like your blog post” article or book or something. So here we go — job searches suck. With me so far? Writing a resume sucks. So, yes, searching for a job universally sucks, especially when it comes to that stupid little piece of paper that employers get to judge you by. The way you need to think about your resume is that it is a sales tool. So, that’s where this great resume in ten steps comes from. So, let’s build your new resume: Gathering Your Selling Points List your top three most marketable skills Think about all the skills you can offer a company like “management,” “communication,” “leadership” and things like that. Writing Your Resume Qualifications Summary The first thing after your name and contact information should be a qualifications summary. Tada, you have an effective skills resume. So that’s your quick and highly effective resume.