A More Competent Human Is A More Competent Employee

A More Competent Human Is A More Competent Employee The title of this article might seem ridiculously obvious. Even an eight-year-old could understand it if you put it to them in more simple language. So why the need to title an article in this way? Is your intelligence being disrespected? Well, not entirely. It can be more than worthwhile to delve deeper into what this means given your current situation. We all feel that we could improve. If you don’t, you simply haven’t thought your situation through honestly enough. People have near limitless potential, and if you’re already in the workforce it’s likely someone has already put their money on the line to bet you have. It’s not easy to hold a job and perform it well, no matter how or where you work. So, in order to retain that employment, you are expressing your skills each and every day. So far, so good. But do you let your corporate or employed life define you, or do you let your normal life control how you work? This might seem a little cryptic and unnecessarily complex, so lets elaborate. Could it be that with the right skill sets, and the right personal development outside of office hours, you could skyrocket your way up in the company of your choosing more than you might deem possible? Time To Make Things Happen? We’ve all been worried about our ascent in a business. A promotion not coming soon enough, dealing with a manager you feel could improve, or generally being bored with the ease and familiarity of your daily routine all play into this. So, let’s escape into self-development. Before long, your entire perspective could change on your job role. You are likely to be rewarded for this extra competence so long as you make it known. If not, you might have the confidence to leave for another firm or truly put yourself forward for that job role. It might just be that the familiar once again becomes engaging, because you have the intellectual freshness to enjoy what’s in front of you. This guide will help you be a more competent person, through the following techniques and disciplines: Fitness In order to be fit, you have to be disciplined. There are a variety of reasons as to why this impresses employers before and after you are hired. To begin with the most obvious, it shows that you have drive. It shows that you are willing to strive towards a goal that makes you uncomfortable, but is worth attaining. After all, getting fit and healthy is not always the most comfortable of paths. It requires sacrifice, and it requires effort. An employer will see pretty clearly if you care about fitness in how you appear, and how much energy you have. Secondly, fitness informs your entire life in a positive, beneficial way. If you’re hoping to look as good as you can in front of a prospective boss, then you need all of your mental faculties in order. This means working out your morning chaos in the gym, or running around your area. By morning chaos we mean the foggy feeling you may have upon waking. Soon, your efforts in fitness will give you a much more strengthened energy reserve, allowing you to sleep deeper and wake much more easily. It will mean you are ill and off work less. It will also help with focus at work, allowing you to cognitively apply your skill to the task with much less difficulty. You may even cut out coffee for this, but of course, one step at a time. The third is that you will increase in confidence. This will help you stand taller, with your shoulders back. It will allow you to face the front and hold eye contact, and give you the courage to speak your mind when it really needs to be expressed. It shows that you have the capacity of being more forthright and assertive. When you’ve negotiated with yourself to run that extra mile in the morning, how hard is it to tell a boss you’re the best choice for the new client handler? Fitness will also make you more attractive. This sounds superficial and juvenile to say, but it’s true. If you are put together, radiant with health and you look good, people are more likely to take you seriously. Call it unnecessary social judgement, but that doesn’t lessen how true this is. It also doesn’t mean you can then rely on looks alone. All companies have dominance hierarchies, and all tools at your disposal can help you raise that. This doesn’t mean flirting or lessening your worth. It simply shows through your appearance that you have self-respect, you care about the details, and you care about coming across well to another person. This is because fitness is much more than ‘being fit and attractive.’ It’s an entire social, psychological and self-expressive retooling, something that leads to You Version 2.0. These are useful job skills. Someone who is obviously placing pride and effort in working out with the same experience, against someone without a good grooming schedule or care for health will always win the position. You might take offence to this, but if you owned the business you would hire the former too. It has nothing to do with unfair social profiling, and everything to do with the aura of competence you give off. So, work towards attaining it! Your personal and professional life will benefit for the effort. Multi-Variant Skills The skills you employ will dictate exactly how you are considered for a role. For example, if you enter a role with more than one language under your belt, it might be that an employer considers you for a different position he was thinking about creating, even if you do not get the first. When an employer hires for a position, they do not usually throw away all the resumes they find. They keep the ones that hold some practical value, and potentially contact them in the future. Multi-variant skills could come from anywhere. They are the skills that can be applied to many different circumstances and scenarios, which is why employers value them. Better than employers valuing them however, is that you will value them. They make you a better person, able to tackle different challenges with a more refined skillset. Imagine someone who is charged with fixing a cars engine. Would you choose the guy with one screwdriver and a spanner, or a guy with a full toolbox? You know fully well that the entire contents of the toolbox aren’t going to be used, but just in case they are there if the worst problems occur. There are a huge array of skills like this. For example, gaining a BLS certification in First Aid is a basic but thoroughly useful skill to keep. Not to insult your years in accounting, but it’s one of the only skills on your CV that could truly and immediately save a life. That’s pretty valuable. You could also do small management projects, even if that’s developing your own short films as a side project for professional clients. You might self-qualify in many courses such as food hygiene and preparation, or learning a programming language. Or you might paint and compete in exhibition art shows. You might earn a side income teaching children how to play the guitar. While these last two suggestions might not be useful in a job format, don’t necessarily ignore their utility. They show an employee you are interested in skill acquisition, and the willingness to improve upon them. Hobbies that show growth lead to ensuring growth in your professional field. Humans are active. If you have no hobbies that lead to a form of active improvement, then it shows you are happily passive when not fulfilling the bare minimum requirements of earning your keep. Of course, it’s more than your right to live this passive home life.   But if you’re in the interest of benefiting your position, you will surely need growth hobbies as a personal prescription. This also lends a purpose a little stronger than the usual practical considerations. A competent person who becomes more competent in a wide array of avenues sees that informing their work. For example, the ability to learn a programming language (or human language,) might help you decipher the cryptic wording a client has used in communication. Expressing yourself with paints might lead to a creative, outside of the box solution. Teaching guitar to a student might help you slowly and assuredly teach a new recruit who doesn’t have the faintest idea of how to grapple with the in-house software. Universally, the act of being terrible at a new hobby and slowly getting better each day will teach you patience, which is the golden ingredient for achieving anything worthwhile. With the right attitude, you can glean plenty of benefit from learning new skills. They are often fractal, in that one skill can inform another, and the blossoming of your competence spreads. These two tips are basic and will help you open your perspective just a little more. They are simple, but simplicity is often the best solution. We wish you every success in your pursuits. Image credit.

How to Write a Resume For an Undergraduate College Student

How to Write a Resume For an Undergraduate College StudentWriting a resume for an undergraduate college student can be more challenging than it first appears. You may have a long list of accomplishments in your academic career, but you also must make sure that they are compelling enough to entice the reader into thinking that you would be a good fit for the school's graduate programs. This is particularly true if you want to send your resume to job hunters or employers.Before you begin, make sure that you know exactly what kind of degree you are applying for. Different universities have different requirements for different degrees. It is important to figure out whether you are looking for a BA, BSc, MSW, or PhD before you begin working on your resume. You should also determine if you are going to apply online or mail in your application. Both methods work but one method of submission might provide a higher chance of acceptance.Your next step is to come up with a summary of your achie vements. List your educational background, majors, and work experience, as well as your major courses completed. For example, if you are completing a B.A. with a concentration in English, you will need to include a short description of the literature course that you completed.Remember that some universities require that you only send your results in for one academic year, while others will allow you to submit your records for two years. Do not choose a school based on your ability to complete your degree because this could cause you to miss out on receiving credit for valuable summer school or college programs.Once you have determined what type of degree you want, decide which programs are available for graduate programs, as well as how much time you have available for these programs. You may also want to list some specific topics that you have taken care of, including how many graduate courses you have successfully completed.Your next step is to identify your strengths and weakness es, as well as areas that you think are particularly useful to the person that you are applying to hire. For example, if you are hoping to land a position in the science department, this might require specific research skills, or your ability to demonstrate leadership skills in your organization. You also need to list what specific experience you have had within your field of study.After you have written a full list of your achievements, you are ready to begin writing your resume. Be sure to use bold, italics, and underline text to draw attention to your important points. Always include your contact information as well as the contact number for the graduate school in case you have any questions.Last, but not least, make sure that you know your deadlines for your submissions to graduate schools. Once you get your job offers, you should feel free to explore the opportunities that are available to you in order to further enhance your professional knowledge.

Go Twitter

Go Twitter I love Twitter and I want you to also. Well, at least like it. OK, please at least try it. Twitter is an amazing tool for marketing (read EREs post Twitter: Media or (Un)Social Network ) It isnt difficult and it doesnt take long to set up. The more people you follow, the richer your experience. Once youve set up your account, you will want to start following people. Who? At first this can be difficult. Why not start with people you are connected to on LinkedIn. There are a couple of ways to do this: You can look at the LinkedIn profile and see if theyve listed their Twitter handle. Use the new app on LinkedIn that allows you to see the twitter stream of people in your network. Executive Career Brand has a post about this here. Another way to start finding people to follow on Twitter is to follow lists that other people have created. If you want to see who Im following for expert career advice on Twitter (and blogs), you can view this list career experts. Still another way to find people to follow is by using Twellow. (Considered the yellow pages for Twitter) Now that youve found people to follow, look at what they are saying. What information are they sharing (retweeting)? Twitter: The Newest Job Board from Job-Hunt.org has a great post with suggestions on how to get the most out of Twitter. If you are looking for more basic information about Twitter (and other tools) Hubspot has put together 12 videos to help you get started with social media. The first three are about Twitter. I have found Twitter to be invaluable as a networking AND marketing tool. What has your experience been?

110 Chris J Reed - Black Marketing - Jane Jackson Career

110 Chris J Reed - Black Marketing - Jane Jackson Career Chris Reed is the charismatic Founder Global CEO of Black Marketing.  Black Marketing is a global marketing consultancy that specializes in enabling LinkedIn for C-suite executives Entrepreneurs across the world. He has taken the company from 1 person in 1 country in 2014 to a full listing on the NASDAQ in 2016.Chris has been named as an Official LinkedIn Power Profile 2012-2016, has one of the worlds most viewed LinkedIn profiles with 55,000 followers, hundreds of recommendations, is one of the Top 100 most influential LinkedIn Bloggers and is q No. 1 International Bestselling Author with his book LinkedIn Mastery for Entrepreneurs.Chris has also been awarded B2B Social Media Influencer of the Year by Mumbrella and Asias Most Influential Digital Media Professional by CMO Asia and Black Marketing Social Media Marketing company of the year by Singapore Business Review.I had a fabulous chat with Chris, who is energetic, enthusiastic and so passionate about all things LinkedIn! Liste n and learn the secrets to his success and then book in for one of his workshops!Hes currently on a world tour speaking on LinkedIn and promoting his amazing book.I attended Chris workshop in Sydney this February and thoroughly enjoyed  his fast-paced, fun, entertaining and educational workshop while enjoying the stunning view at the top of the Shangri-La Hotel from their Executive Centre.Stops on Chris tour include Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and New York.  Despite his hectic schedule, his presence is so uplifting and his energy and charisma  will certainly light your passion for LinkedIn too!See Chris in action:8th March Melbourne The Grand Hyatt14 March New York  Andaz19th April Singapore The Collective Works Capital Tower27 April Perth Hyatt Regency9th May Hong Kong Island Shangri-La18 May Sydney Shangri-LaWhere to find Chris:Website: Black MarketingLinkedIn: Chris J Mohawk Reed EntrepreneurIf you enjoy podcasts then youll LOVE audio books!  Get your FREE Audible trial today you can choose from thousands of popular titles, sit back, relax and listen! Click here

Client Case Study Gawoon Chung - When I Grow Up

Client Case Study Gawoon Chung - When I Grow Up Um, do you know that Ive coached hundreds of women since I started offering dream career guidance in 2008? And that these women are freakin rock stars, leaving soul-sucking jobs and traveling the world and launching creative, grown-up businesses and simply doing work that fits their lifestyle goals? Well ya do now and youll hear their stories firsthand in my  Client Case Studies series!  I have *loved* seeing Gawoon Chungs business evolve since she 90 Day Business Launch-ed it up with me in June of 2017. Back then, she knew that she wanted to help clients brainstorm, organize, and outline their ideas for specific short-term projects they have in mind. Less than 2 years later, shes owning the title of Digital Designer + Project Manager like a true boss. Read on to learn how she did it, check out some new and helpful platforms, and see what shes working on now! (Hint: her Gold Blogger templates are the shizz). Why did you decide to work with me? Prior to working with you, I saw my multi-passionate nature as a setback rather than an asset and wondered if any of my ideas could translate into an actual business. After taking your CreativeLive class online and reading about your tailored approach to coaching, I became more and more confident that you were the right person to work with to help me launch my business. I didn’t want to work with a general career coach; I wanted to work with someone who understood where I was coming from and was a multi-passionate creative herself. It was clear that you understood and celebrated the potential in multi-passionate creative women like me. (Also, you just seemed like a lot of fun to work with!) What were you doing work-wise when we started working together and what are you doing now? I had quit my job at a media company about a year prior to working together and was on the fence about whether or not I should start my own business. Today, I work with creative entrepreneurs and small business owners to plan, design, and launch successful web projects from websites to promotional content. I am also a part-time UI Design student working to enhance my skills as a digital designer. What was your biggest takeaway from our work together? My biggest takeaway is that while building a business takes time, it doesn’t have to be super complicated. Follow-through can sometimes be the hardest part about being a multi-passionate creative, but with your strategic advice, I was able to execute my ideas and clarify both my short-term and long-term vision. You distilled my hodgepodge of ideas into a structured but flexible business plan that, yes, I still refer to to this day! Think of someone who is currently in the shoes you wore when we first started working together. What advice do you have for her? It might feel scary and risky launching your own business or forging a new career path, but think about how much you risk by continuing to wait on your dreams. A lot can happen in a year. Take a chance on yourself and start today! And if you feel overwhelmed, remember that wonderful people like Michelle Ward exist. Find the people who “get” you and seek guidance when you need it. Is there anything thats been a game-changer for you when it comes to your business that you can share? Wed love a good resource or a mindset/productivity tip! Processes! Create systems early on. For example, if you work with clients, have some sort of process in place (i.e. onboarding, milestones, offboarding, etc.). Resources-wise, I highly recommend Dubsado, Asana, Trello, and/or, lately, Notion. I’m always testing out new apps and software to streamline my business, but those are my favorites. And if you find yourself writing the same emails over and over again, save some time by creating canned email responses with Streak (a free Chrome extension)! Last, but not least, I try to remind myself every day that productivity has nothing to do with how much I get done. In fact, I try my best to focus on a 3 main tasks per week and only on the things that move the needle for my business. Whats on the horizon for your business? Wed love to hear about any upcoming offerings or goals!   I recently launched a DIY Squarespace kit for bloggers and online business owners, which you can learn more about at gawoonchung.com/shop. This kit is for anyone who isnt ready to invest in a web designer yet but would like to launch their website as soon as possible (without neglecting the design part). If you are interested in my custom web design services, I am booking projects for May 2019 onward (see gawoonchung.com/project-website-launch)! Where can we find you and your work? Website: gawoonchung.com IG: @gawoonchung Ready to launch your dream business with me this summer? Ive worked on sixty-seven 90 Day Business Launch plans (!) since the summer of 2016 and I hope youre next! Click here for program details no-obligation application access ASAP. Spots are limited until Im booked through the summer!

Improve Your Writing Ability on Resume

Improve Your Writing Ability on ResumeWriting ability on resume is crucial and actually requires you to show it. You should make sure that your writing skills are as good as possible to suit your goals and dreams. If you have this knowledge then it is much easier for your resume to be accepted in the job market.The best way to improve your writing ability on resume is to look for ways in which you can make your resume more professional looking. You can get tips from top professionals who are experienced in writing resumes. They can give you tips on how to make your resume appealing and special.Most people are in great need of resumes that are original and will create some serious buzz. Search the internet to find the best professional resume writing services. Look for some forums that would discuss resume writing and career advice. This would help you improve your resume by generating ideas for you to consider.Look for web sites that have all the tools that you need to generate infor mation about your career in the real world. You can search the internet and find sites that provide free resume services. Most of the sites will offer you the option of registering and adding to your resume.You can choose from the resume services that have the benefit of being an online resume service. These websites provide you with the needed information that you need on your resume and will guide you through the process. You just need to copy the information from the resume and provide it to the online service for processing.Usually these online services are related to business and there is the need for you to have the name of the company where you are currently working. You can get tips on creating and adding to your resume for this. You can also generate your own facts to fill the complete vacancy of your choice. You will find alot of people who are experienced in writing resumes to do this job.Writing ability on resume is not an easy job but a great success and it is definitel y going to boost your personal and professional career. This is the best way to increase your job prospects. You should try to improve your writing ability as much as possible. Learn to improve your writing ability on resume now and you can be sure that your resume will be accepted in the job market.

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