How to leave your job on the right note - Washington Business Journal:
"So you have received that perfect job offer and told your boss about it. Now it's time to clear out your desk, take long lunch breaks, push the autopilot button and ride out those final two weeks, right?
Better think again, or it could come back to haunt you."
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Office Live Small Business Makes the Fantastic Freebies List!
PC World - 101 Fantastic Freebies:
Microsoft Office Live Small Business (service) With this service, you can share documents and collaborate with coworkers and customers, build a Web site, and manage your contacts. A variety of for-pay options are available as well, but you don't have to pay for the basics.
Microsoft Office Live Small Business (service) With this service, you can share documents and collaborate with coworkers and customers, build a Web site, and manage your contacts. A variety of for-pay options are available as well, but you don't have to pay for the basics.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Reasons to Trash or Rewrite Your Resume
Career: Reasons to Trash or Rewrite Your Resume
via Lifehacker.com
"Marketing expert Seth Godin says job hunters who are "remarkable, amazing, and spectacular" probably shouldn't have a resume. Bold statement! Godin writes:
Having a resume begs for you to go into that big machine that looks for relevant keywords, and begs for you to get a job as a cog in a giant machine. Just more fodder for the corporate behemoth. That might be fine for average folks looking for an average job, but is that what you deserve?
Instead of a resume, he says you should have an actual completed project potential employers can see, a great reputation (you may establish with a blog!), and/or a handful of recommendations from people the employer knows or respects. That's a tall order, Seth! Especially for folks who don't have the connections they need to get those irresistible recommendations or experience doing their own big project.
So what if you feel locked into having some semblance of a resume? Career advice columnist Penelope Trunk has three pro resume-writing tips for overhauling that puppy. Her advice isn't actually far off from Godin's, especially around showcasing your accomplishments. Trunk says:
Don't focus on your responsibilities, focus on what you achieved. [...] Most people do not think in terms of quantified achievements when they are in the job, but on the resume, that's the only part of the job that matters. No one can see that you were a "good team player" on your resume unless you can say "established a team to solve problem x and increased sales x%" or "joined under-performing team and helped that team beat production delivery dates by three weeks."Trunk emphasizes that your resume is like a personal commercial that makes a potential employer want more—in an interview.
Whether you decide to trash your resume completely as per Godin or just scrap what you've got for a rewrite, there's good advice all around here.
How do you make yourself come across as a superstar when you apply for work?"
via Lifehacker.com
"Marketing expert Seth Godin says job hunters who are "remarkable, amazing, and spectacular" probably shouldn't have a resume. Bold statement! Godin writes:
Having a resume begs for you to go into that big machine that looks for relevant keywords, and begs for you to get a job as a cog in a giant machine. Just more fodder for the corporate behemoth. That might be fine for average folks looking for an average job, but is that what you deserve?
Instead of a resume, he says you should have an actual completed project potential employers can see, a great reputation (you may establish with a blog!), and/or a handful of recommendations from people the employer knows or respects. That's a tall order, Seth! Especially for folks who don't have the connections they need to get those irresistible recommendations or experience doing their own big project.
So what if you feel locked into having some semblance of a resume? Career advice columnist Penelope Trunk has three pro resume-writing tips for overhauling that puppy. Her advice isn't actually far off from Godin's, especially around showcasing your accomplishments. Trunk says:
Don't focus on your responsibilities, focus on what you achieved. [...] Most people do not think in terms of quantified achievements when they are in the job, but on the resume, that's the only part of the job that matters. No one can see that you were a "good team player" on your resume unless you can say "established a team to solve problem x and increased sales x%" or "joined under-performing team and helped that team beat production delivery dates by three weeks."Trunk emphasizes that your resume is like a personal commercial that makes a potential employer want more—in an interview.
Whether you decide to trash your resume completely as per Godin or just scrap what you've got for a rewrite, there's good advice all around here.
How do you make yourself come across as a superstar when you apply for work?"
Friday, March 21, 2008
Top 10 Interview Blunders
Top 10 Interview Blunders:
"How Not to Interview
What shouldn't you do when interviewing? Here are a selection of blunders, mistakes and errors a candidate for employment can make. Spend time preparing to interview so these don't happen to you!
Top 10 Interview Blunders"
This article has some great tips on what not to do when interviewing for a position!
"How Not to Interview
What shouldn't you do when interviewing? Here are a selection of blunders, mistakes and errors a candidate for employment can make. Spend time preparing to interview so these don't happen to you!
Top 10 Interview Blunders"
This article has some great tips on what not to do when interviewing for a position!
Extend your Office apps via Live Workspace | Workers' Edge - a productivity blog from Dennis O'Reilly
Extend your Office apps via Live Workspace Workers' Edge - a productivity blog from Dennis O'Reilly - CNET Blogs:
"I spent Wednesday afternoon getting to know Microsoft's new Office Live Workspace, a free service that lets you store Office files online for easy access and sharing.
Once I got used to what the service isn't--it isn't a way to actually work on the files in a browser--I came to appreciate how easy the service makes it to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on the Web, and open them in their original app on any PC with an Internet link."
"I spent Wednesday afternoon getting to know Microsoft's new Office Live Workspace, a free service that lets you store Office files online for easy access and sharing.
Once I got used to what the service isn't--it isn't a way to actually work on the files in a browser--I came to appreciate how easy the service makes it to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on the Web, and open them in their original app on any PC with an Internet link."
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Microsoft Offers $100K to Testers of Office Live Workspace
Microsoft Offers $100K to Testers of Office Live Workspace - New York Times:
"Microsoft Corp. plans to announce Tuesday that it is running a sweepstakes with a US$100,000 grand prize for U.S. beta testers of the Web-based document storage and collaboration offering."
"Microsoft Corp. plans to announce Tuesday that it is running a sweepstakes with a US$100,000 grand prize for U.S. beta testers of the Web-based document storage and collaboration offering."
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