Research Resources You Can Use in Your Job Search Building Your Future Now

Research Resources You Can Use in Your Job Search Building Your Future Now Maximizing your job search resources is vital to finding a job as quickly and efficiently as possible. Here are several solid resources you can use: Google search/G-Suite Google is the ultimate tool when it comes to helping you search for a job. Google search is a powerful tool and should be your go-to when looking for job postings, career information and labour research. G-Suite is free and can be used along side your job search to keep info in order (contacts, job applied to.) Various Applications There are a host of applications you can download and quickly utilize for your job search. Check out the reviews and also see if they are worth buying it. Library Resources If you have a chance be sure to head down to the library. They typically have many online resources available to help in your job search. Some of these programs come with a fee outside the librarybut go through themthese programs are free. Image: Free-Photos

Personal Branding Weekly - Its Hard Time - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Weekly - Its Hard Time - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career ‘Time is of the essence â€" time is money’. Perhaps we think this phrase to be a tad bit trite, as we have heard people say it over and over again, so much so that these words fall upon our ears passively, like hearing some insistent, broken record in dire need of a new track. But in my experience as a wife to a retail businessman for over 25 years while being a mother to three beautiful children, the totality of my life story can be summed up into that simple belief â€" that time is of the essence, time is money.   In fact, time is more valuable than money! Today, I challenge you to look at your time. When I say, look at it, I mean, look at how you spend it. No, Im not referring to the canned answer thats often rote and what’s expected as when asked “whats most important to you?   Im referring to where you spend your time. Look at your calendar and know that where ever you spend your time is what you value. No matter how you answer the question where youre spending time now is whats important to you. Spending 12 hours of the day on business?   Then, thats important to you. Theres nothing wrong with that if that is really what is most important to you. This week we hoped to save you time as you become better at communicating your personal brand, entrepreneurship and career skills.   Here’s what we shared: Which of 4 Conversations are Prevalent in Your Workplace? by Skip Weisman Youre IT by Kevin Monahan Interview: Can You Work Overtime and Weekends? by Nance Rosen 10 Pieces of Career Advice from Extraordinary Women by Amanda Healy Rodeo Girl: An Interview with Darcy LaPier by Bill Connolly Giving Back Can Boost Your Brand by Heather Huhman The Holiday You by Elinor Stutz Interviews are About Understanding the Psychology of the Interviewer by Alex Freund Whats Your New Relationship Plan for 2014? by Eddy Ricci The Seven Habits of Lackadaisical Job Seekers by Richard Kirby How to Get A Job Before Its Posted by Glassdoor.com Solopreneurs: Jabbing and Right Hooks Matter to Your Brand by  Maria Elena Duron Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Job Search! by Robin Ogden Tips for Creating a LinkedIn Profile that Gets Noticed by Jeff Shuey Maximize Content Marketing by Repurposing by Leslie Truex Boost Your Personal Brand by Always Speaking Positively! by Beth Kuhel How Can Companies Hire International Candidates by Ceren Cubukcu Working with a Conscience by Nick Inglis Strategic Networking Building Your Tribe by Marc Miller Here are some easily shareable tweets from our posts this week. Share, tweet and become a hub of great information and resources to your contacts. Know that if you help people in any area of their life, they will be more likely to see you as someone who can help them in other areas of their life. When interviewing, your intro statement should make you stand out from competition and match the needs of the position. http://ow.ly/rwpvv  [tweet this] There is no such thing as luck, but you can make your own luck with smarts and hard work. http://ow.ly/rwqPu  [tweet this] The experience of taking a gap year can help students become more independent, resourceful and adaptable. http://ow.ly/rFRvF  [tweet this] No matter your budget, be sure to do something to put a smile on your contacts faces and spread a little cheer. http://ow.ly/rFTlj  [tweet this] Those who are in-shape will be conceived as stronger and more resilient than those who take less care of their bodies. http://ow.ly/rFTNh  [tweet this] When you’re a remote worker, work time has a tendency to encroach on your personal time. Don’t let it. http://ow.ly/rIK5s  [tweet this] At your company, seek out people you can learn from and cultivate formal mentoring relationships. http://ow.ly/rIKov  [tweet this] It is important to have the right conversation with the right person in order to solve problems in the workplace. http://ow.ly/rIKQB  [tweet this] Always work hard to ensure your personal brand is known and understood by others; it should never be hidden. http://ow.ly/rIL9B  [tweet this] Whether you work overtime or not, many jobs depend on your so-called personal time to contribute to your productivity. http://ow.ly/rILsv  [tweet this] You don’t have to be an expert to start a company; you just need the drive to learn and the perseverance to fail. http://ow.ly/rILyf  [tweet this] Did you know that volunteers have a 27% higher likelihood of finding a job after being out of work than non-volunteers? http://ow.ly/rILRi  [tweet this] As a business professional, being a better person is critical for attracting the right attention and clientele. http://ow.ly/rIM0N  [tweet this] If you’re able to align with an interviewer’s traits, your chances for a successful interview are immensely increased. http://ow.ly/rIMhV  [tweet this] As part of your plan for 2014, relationship “goals” should be planned just as carefully as revenue goals. http://ow.ly/rIMqo  [tweet this] Avoiding  common behaviors of lackadaisical job seekers will improve the attractiveness of your personal brand. http://ow.ly/rIMSy  [tweet this] If there’s a place you want to work, find a way to introduce yourself before a job opening is even posted. http://ow.ly/rIN5i  [tweet this] Storytelling via social media enables businesses to tell its customers the value it brings to the table.   http://ow.ly/rIN7a  [tweet this] As we wind down 2013, and if you’re serious about developing a personal brand that is authentically you and harnessing the power of your own personal strengths then take the time to find out what really matters to you. Yes, it’s that important. All the promotion, strategies and communication will do you no good if you are not solid on what matter most.

In search of the stay-at-home spouse

In search of the stay-at-home spouse I am on a campaign to make my husband a stay-at-home parent. I am convinced that this is a precondition for me having a huge career, but also, its a precondition for the sanity of our family. After a generation of two-income families, there is little anecdotal evidence to show that a family can survive with two spouses in high-powered, time demanding careers with children at home. Invariably, one spouse takes a slower career path in order to support the children and high-powered spouse in their endeavors. Before I launch into the intricacies of my own family, here are some facts that will affect your family, too: 1. There is no equality in taking care of kids. Even if there is a full-time nanny, one parent feels the majority of the burden on sick days, parent-teacher conferences, Halloween and soccer games. 2. Among highly educated women with children, 43 percent have left the workforce voluntarily during their first eight years. 3. Most women at the very top of the corporate ladder are not the primary caretakers of children. The women either have no children or have a husband taking care of the kids. 4. Women who are parents are held to significantly higher standards at work than women and men who are childless and men who are parents. 5. Women and men have parity in pay until they have children. Then women who are parents earn less money for doing the same job that men who are parents do. So look, I dont mean to be a buzz-kill on the feminist revolution, but more like a reality check: If you want kids, dont marry a lawyer who is going to work 16-hour days if you want to work 16 hours a day, too. Lately, I have been experiencing these statistics first hand. I am the primary caretaker of our son, I handle all household things ranging from moving the 401K to buying nieces birthday presents, and on top of that, I earn as much as my husband does. When I tell him Im doing too much, he says, Youre right. So stop doing so much. And he proceeds to tell me why things that I see as essential like getting a set of keys to the babysitter do not need to be done. So when my husbands job ended, I told him I didnt want him to get another office job. He was shocked. I explained to him, over about ten hours of heated discussion, that I couldnt keep doing everything without help from him at home. I tried to put it in terms hed understand: Our bedroom heater had been off for more than half the winter because no one could stay home for a whole day to accommodate the parade of specialists who needed to come to our apartment to fix it. Then I put it in harsher terms: I have very high earning power and which I cannot realize if he does not stay home to facilitate it. You do not have high earning power, I told him, as gently as I could, which surely was not. I spewed statistics to him, and I told him my conclusion that one person needs to be on the not-fast-track and I dont want it to be me. So, okay, hes agreed, on some level, to give up the idea of a full-time job outside the home. It should be a victory for me, but it does not feel that way. My husband has the same problem that all people who stay home have: Its often boring, and always much harder than going to an office. And there are few rewarding job opportunities for people whose first job is to maintain a home. Additionally, I have spoken to a few women who have a stay-at-home husband they say it is hell for the men socially. This news should not come as a surprise because most high-powered women who have men at home taking care of their kids will not talk about it on record in order to protect their husbands ego. In fact, we have already experienced the social problems. When we tell people my husband is going to stay home, people say, And do what? He cant just stay home. On the other hand, when I tell people that my husband has decided to stay home and Ill be the one working, people raise their eyebrows, and they talk to me differently. They take me more seriously. It shouldnt be that way, but since it is, Im glad I found a husband who is willing to try staying home. I cant tell you that hes going to be happy. But Im happy that were giving it a try.