3 Quick Ways to Build Your Online Experience Building Your Future Now

3 Quick Ways to Build Your Online Experience Building Your Future Now Companies have always craved experience and that is often difficult to fufil if you are a recent graduate and new in the workforce. So how to you turbo-charge your experience section on your resume quickly? One of the best things to do is to go out to a few non-profits and local businesses and ask them if you can run their social media/online marketing efforts. They are sometimes strapped on cash and time when it comes to their marketing. You are now the solution. Be ready for rejection and if you do get a gig the pay may be terrible or even non-existent. Regardless, online marketing/social media is needed so acquiring this type of skillsets and experience only enchances your resume. Here are 3 quick ways to build your online experience: 1.Facebook Facebook is perhaps the greatest marketing tool any business has at their disposal. Its easy to use and easy to set up. The tricky issue is keeping it up-to-date with great content. And this is where you come in! By maintaining a local businesses Facebook page you will be learning how to create content by writing, photographing and curating existing content. You will also learn a lot about that business. After a while, you will build your arsenal with 3rd apps that can help your marketing efforts as well as gaining a deeper understand of what your audience wants. Additionally, you are getting a crash course in marketing 101 by actually doing it hands on. Keep a journal of your methods, apps that you find helpful and books/websites/blogs that you are gleaning knowledge from. 2.Google My Business This is an underrated online marketing tool that many companies either misuse or simply dont know about. Helping put a non-profits goals front and center on Google My Business will get more people to join their cause; as for small local business tapping into the power of GMB will help gain new fans while keeping local ones up-to-date. Similar to Facebook, giving the option to organizations that you can help bring them more business through GMB will be welcomed! You simply need to maintain reviews, photos lots of great and interesting pictures and encourage customer feedback. Any Google product you master is another feather in your cap. 3.Website Content We have all seen it before: business sites that have no new content; who has time to write anything for the site anyway? But that ageing static site can be so much more! And this is where you save the day. Position the site as a online sales person. By writing new blog entries it keeps the site fresh especially if the content is timely and helpful: it is then selling products or services through content. Share the content on Facebook and GMB and encourage interaction! Image: RawPixel

3 Ways to Become the Go-to Person in Your Industry

3 Ways to Become the Go-to Person in Your Industry In traditional branding, the goal is to position your product in the premium segment. When you achieve this you can increase the price of the product and the demand will stay constant. In personal branding, you can do the same thing â€" you can become a  go-to person. Who is a  go-to person? An expert is someone that knows their stuff better than anyone else in their field. When you start a job, you are likely to look up to your seniors and ask them for advice. One of these senior colleagues will be an expert, the person that basically has the best subject matter knowledge and can tell the others how to do things. An expert is not necessarily a people manager, oftentimes they prefer hone their own skills than managing others. Whenever you see traditional titles like professor, chief architect, field marshal or anything else pompous you can expect the person to be an expert. Nowadays, you get the ‘new’ titles such as ninja or guru to denote an expert. Thought leader is another popular label used liberally across the Internet. Some would argue that you can only earn your expert status from your customers and peers, never by simply saying that you are one. Why should you want to become an expert? It may sound a bit dull but there are a number of advantages to being an expert. Two of these stand out with clear benefits. The fist one is that everyone wants to work with or buy from the person who has the reputation, credibility and knowledge of an expert. This means there is an increase in demand but not in supply; the person only has so much time to do their work. The first benefit of being an expert is that with more demand, you can choose which customers to take on as opposed to engaging with everyone. The second clear benefit of being an expert is one of classic economics. I just mentioned that demand goes up but the supply stays the same; this means the supplier can set a higher price for their product or service. Again, instead of catering for the masses and competing on price like everyone else, the expert can choose who to work with and request a higher fee. How you can become an expert in your field: There are probably as many ways to becoming one as there are experts out there. Some of these ways keep being mentioned and to me they are the top three. The three activities you have to be doing to become an expert are: listening, communicating and creating. 1. Listening Listening is the first one, by this I mean picking up information from all corners of your industry. Read blogs, magazines, books, go to seminars and workshops, watch and listen to the right programmes on TV and radio. When you listen and take onboard all that information, you will by default be improving your skills and getting closer to being the expert every day. Information is power as the old saying goes. 2. Communicating Communicating is all about being out there and talking to the people that matter in your industry. Whether it’s a client meeting, a networking event or you are commenting on a blog â€" it’s all interaction with your target audience. When you are engaging with the community, you will notice exactly what problems they are looking to solve â€" allowing you to adjust your service offering accordingly. 3. Creating Creating finally is where you produce content that secures you that expert status. Choose your channel wisely here according to what fits your audience. You could for instance write blog posts, newspaper articles, record podcast or produce video content. If you are really serious about becoming an expert, try your hand at writing a book. Whatever you choose to do, the results of your creative output will lead to further promotion of your personal brand and increased interest from customers. The experts advice Chris Brogan says that as a rule of thumb, you should listen 50% of your time, communicating and creating each 25% of the time. He produces quality blog content every day that ensures he stays at the top of his game. As a result of his blogging, he provides consulting services to major blue-chip companies, charging top dollar  as an expert. Bottom line It may sound a bit odd but becoming an expert has many benefits to it. If you are into personal branding, blogging, social media and networking you will have seen that some people enjoy a lot of attention and can exert a great deal of influence. If you are serious about your business or career, becoming the expert is the way forward. Do you create content of some sort in order to be an expert? Related post: 5 Kick-Ass Reasons to Boost Your Personal Brand Today.

Shop Till You Drop In London

Shop Till You Drop In London For major league shopping there’s nowhere like London to test your stamina when it comes to pounding the pavements in search of that must-have handbag, perfect pair of jeans or much-longed-for toy. Now that the summer sales are just a memory that’s fading as fast as our tans, it’s time to check out what the high street has in store for the new season. No matter where you’re planning your big shopping weekend, a London Travelodge within walking distance of your target area is the perfect place to base yourself for your stay. And the money you save on your great value room can go straight into the shopping fund, of course. Oxford Street   It’s the obvious place to go, which you’ll discover when you arrive there and it feels like every single person on the planet has decided to flock to it at exactly the same time. However, Oxford Street is a must-do destination for any serious shopper as it boasts the flagship Marble Arch branch of MS, a Primark on a scale that has to be seen to believed, an enormous Zara and that fabulous mecca of all things fashionable, Selfridges. If the crowds start to get a bit much, why not escape to the fantastic roof garden at John Lewis until 31st August?  It’s a perfect place to sit for a while enjoying a drink in a deckchair high above the crowds scurrying around below, before you regain the energy to rejoin them. Covent Garden   With its mixture of high street staples, quirky boutiques and upscale designer fashion, Covent Garden is a great place to enjoy a leisurely wander. As a tourist mecca, this area also enjoys a year round relaxed, carnival atmosphere so it’s a great place to combine a bit of light retail therapy with a spot of lunch, people watching and a look at some of the street theatre and art that is permanently in residence. Don’t get the tube to Covent Garden â€" get off at Leicester Square and enjoy the short walk along Long Acre, popping in and out of the shops that take your fancy on the way. Westfield   If you’re on a serious mission to nail that special occasion outfit or perfect present for someone precious, sometimes the rain-free, spacious atmosphere of a massive mall is the best option. In London there are two enormous Westfield malls with more shops, restaurants, cafés and bars than even the most demanding shopaholic could reasonably expect. Choose Westfield White City in West London or take the short journey on the bullet train from London St Pancras to Westfield Stratford, which is next to the Olympic Park. These two retail behemoths really do have every shop under the sun whether your budget is Primark or Prada. These are just a few of the best shopping areas in London. When you start to explore the endless shopping possibilities of this fantastic city, you’re bound to discover many, many more!

Building a Resume What Your Professor Didnt Teach You [INFOGRAPHIC] - Classy Career Girl

Building a Resume What Your Professor Didnt Teach You [INFOGRAPHIC] Did you know that an average recruiter spends a total of 6 seconds reviewing a single resume? (If this isnt your first How to Build a Resume rodeo, then the answer is probably, yeah, duh.) Imagine spending hours and weeks trying to create a perfect resume and being given only seconds to make an impression! On top of that, about 80 percent of the resumes sent to a single recruiter doesnt make the first cut due to being lax on one feature or another. The majority of job-seekers follow the “one-size-fits-all” approach to resume-building. This is a cardinal sin! Most candidates  refer to a resume similar to the job theyre applying for, edit it to suit their experiences, and send it off to multiple employers. A copy-pasted resume like that is not likely to receiveerrwell, any call-backs. [RELATED: How To Make Your Resume Stand Out] The key to being shortlisted lies in tailoring your resume to the requirements of your prospective company. The below infographic covers all the tried-and-tested (and successful, we might add) methods to create the Perfect Resume ideal for the job market of 2017. Building a Resume: What Your Professor Didnt Teach You [INFOGRAPHIC] For the purpose of a more in-depth reference, we have summarized the points for you below: 1. Keep it Clean, Simplistic Refined Stick to a one-page resume. Don’t get overly creative by using tons of watermarks, designs, and graphics. A clean, sleek, and simplistic format will make a positive impression on the recruiter skimming through your resume. 2. Readability Typography matters a lot in any professionally written draft, and a resume is no exception! Use easily legible fonts such as Calibri, Garamond, Trebuchet MS, Georgia, and Helvetica (but for Gods sake, dont use Times New Roman!) Do NOT mix-and-match fonts. Use one uniform, standard font throughout the resume. Instead of changing fonts, use bold, italics etc. to organize your resume. Company headers specific action words and achievements can be highlighted by bolding. 3. Stick to Value Generating Content In order create a one-page resume, you need to know what information adds relevant value to your resume and get rid of the rest. Here is some of the stuff you can straight-up get rid of: A. Objective Statement Once a popular component of a resume, an “Objective” or “Personal Statement” has lost its relevance in the current market. It does not do much to highlight your skill set and often ends up looking ambiguous or repetitive. B. References Dont waste your already limited space on providing an extensive list of references. You could add a note that references shall be provided upon request, but lets be real: why wouldnt they be provided on request? Save some space and leave it out entirely. C. Experiences /Skills Irrelevant to your application You dont have to list every job that youve had to date; stick to the experience specific to your potential job. Example: If you’re applying for a Business Analyst position, there’s no need to add the editorial internship you did at that xyz magazine or that time you worked at Starbucks. Instead, add bullet points to prior work experience (Lead Analyst Analyst) and describe your work-related responsibilities in detail. 4. Optimize Quantify Your Bullet Points Limit yourself to 3 bullet points per company. Use quantifiable achievements and facts in the bullet points. Example: Before: As the assistant manager in the Production Department of XYZ organization, I was responsible for carrying out a study to optimize the production process and increase production efficiency by 10 percent. Yikes. The recruiter is barely even reading your resume, do you think theyll really read through all that? Instead, use sentence fragments, which are essentially shortened sentences omitting articles etc. Try something like this: After: Optimized production process to increase overall efficiency by 10%. 5. The SO What Test After writing a bullet point, analyze the content ask yourself, So what? to check whether the point highlights your capability. Think about what difference it made Did it save cost? Provide better insights? And so on…… Example: Before: Helped new trainees with learning company procedures. Urrghhh, whatever you do, dont use the word help in your resume! Its too vague! What do you mean by help? Did you show them how to use the register? Brief them on the weekly schedule and deadlines? HOW did you help them???? Reading this does not leave a good impression on a recruiter. After: Conducted training program for new employees, which decreased average training days by 12 percent. Program has run in three offices for the past two years. 6. Action Words Omit the dull and overused words like “Responsible for”, “Made”, “Participated” with stronger replacements like “spearheaded,” “created,” “managed,” or “delivered.” The recruiter tends to look for quantifiable outputs rather than generalized job-roles. Avoid using vague terms like team player, hard worker, detail oriented, thinks outside the box, etc. Almost everyone uses them in their resume and they mean nothing to the recruiter. Example: Before: Responsible for inventory control and ordering products. Okay, but WHAT did you do in inventory control? Just stock items? Order them yourself? Take inventory at the end of the day? Load items off the truck? Transport them? After: Optimized inventory by monitoring for product shortages and ensuring efficient service usage. 7. Reverse Chronological Order Your current job role comes first, followed by previous job/internships/projects/freelance-Work. Make sure all job responsibilities apart from your current job are in past tense. 8. Placing Your Educational Details Always list your educational qualifications after your work experience. Employers are more interested in the work that you have done rather than where you went to college. If you are a recent graduate, it’s alright to list your education first, followed by internships. Highlight achievements such as academic honors, club positions, GPA etc. which might be relevant to your future employer. Employers tend to view scholarships as an endorsement of the candidates capability, so if you have won a scholarship, be sure to highlight it. 9. Understandable Language Everyone ranging from an office assistant to the senior project manager should be able to understand the content. Dont use fancy words and technical jargons. They make no sense and you look like youre trying way too hard to come off as sophisticated. Avoid using passive voice as much as possible. Passive voice basically means when you write an action without an agent (a doer). Ex: Bombs were dropped vs. [Country] dropped bombs. Write your resume using active voice. This tool shows you how many of your sentences are passive voice and how to fix them. Tense: When talking about earlier Jobs and responsibilities held, always refer to them in the past tense. When talking about your present job and responsibilities, use the present tense. 10. Online Certifications With the amount of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) available, online certification is basically a requirement if you want to present yourself as a competitive job candidate. Online certificates show that you have a thirst for knowledge and are ready to pursue it after regular hours, which is a positive mark on your application. 11. Volunteering Experience Most companies look favorably upon employees who contribute in a positive way to their community. Also, highlight the part you played while working there. Don’t simply list I volunteered for xyz organization. Statements like Coordinated and led work parties that constructed 15 homes for low-income families in need of housing showcases your leadership and management qualities and adds significant value to your resume. Examples: Ensured quality creation and timely distribution of organization newsletter and email communications with staff, volunteers, and applicants; oversaw and managed the website. Increased contributions by 28% by introducing PayPal donation link to website. 12. Hobbies Interests Reading books, watching sitcoms, sports, traveling, scrapbooking, shopping, playing guitar, etc. are some of the most common activities seen in the interest’s section. Really though, no need to list all of them. A good resume writing tip is to research the company you’re applying for to find out what personal interests to put on a resume. (If youve got someone in the company, try and find out what kind of hobbies and interests most employees enjoy.) Only list hobbies that are relevant to the position! If the job requires you to be “outgoing and a good team player,” sports are good hobbies to mention on your resume. Reading books and watching sitcoms are not. 13. Rewards Recognition An award goes a long way in differentiating you from the rest of the competition. They show that you dont limit yourself to participation, but go the extra mile in creating an impact. If you have received any awards (workplace or otherwise) in the recent past, feel free to list them in your resume (this includes scholarships). Also, add some background information (what does the award mean, what it took to get it, etc.) to help the recruiter get to know you better. Example: Associate, “Simmerville,” San Diego, CA (June11 May14) Awarded Excellent at Innovation and Execution award for establishing large, high-performance IT teams; utilized available local resources established cost savings worth 30 percent. 14. Foreign Languages Being bilingual, trilingual, etc. gives you a major leg up on other candidates. You can use the standard terms of proficiency such as native, basic, fluent, or intermediate to describe how well you speak the languages listed on your resume. Example: Spoken Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Fluent) Hebrew (Basic) 15. How to Present Gap Years If you have a few months (or years) of gap periods between two consecutive jobs, you can make it less of an issue by eliminating the start and end dates of the previous jobs in the work-experience section. Just mention the year(s) for each of the jobs. However, if you are asked about it during the interview, be honest! Give a concrete reason as to why you took time off and how you utilized the gap period. Lastly, make sure to highlight any volunteer work or skills you picked up during the gap period to show that you were productive during that time! 16. Proofreading Poor grammar and vocabulary are the pathways for your resume to be tossed right into the garbage. Use the read out loud function in MS Word to hear your resume and check for mistakes. You can also ask your friends and family for any error-checks. While writing your resume, one important thing to remember is DO NOT rely on MS Word for spell check as it doesn’t have contextual spell check. Tools like Grammarly and reverso can provide a reliable feed-back on your content. ____________________________________________________________________ In the current competitive job market, a good resume is a coveted piece of paper that sells your story to your potential employer. The above tips have been tried-and-tested by hundreds of applicants and they are sure to take your resume from good to great to all-star. Use it as a checklist to really get out there and create a winning resume. Now go get that job you were eyeing!

How to Unhook Yourself to New Levels with Ease

How to Unhook Yourself to New Levels with Ease Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comWe live in a “quick-fix” society. There are 168 hours in a week. Within this time we repeat certain actions that annoy us, either sometimes or often.For the past few years I am relearning how to connect to self and others. The truthis?â€"?beforeconnecting to self, I needed to disconnect gradually, otherwise it could bring depression, low energy, decreased self esteem behavior. The following insights turned into actions may change and give a new boost in your life. It gave given me new pathways.evalThe learning process is continuous, therefore few habits may entirely change your life as it happened to me, when they are re-organized and gradually dissolved. Firstly let’s look at them before flipping over to the bright side.The mind rules. It comes often when the head is full of “stuff”, analysis and thinking the way we are. This stuff of over thinking again and again, stuck our potential and drifts in our comfort zone.“If I have something, then I do, then I become happy”â€" the most common rule and the conditions go on to appear and twitch. Vishen Lakhiani called them “brules”.Complainingis about putting attention on the others, on the outside. It is a state of thinking about situations and people, being responsible for our being, for our live, for our achievement. Complaining may transform into self talk on being miserable, ugly, unimportant and “not enough”.Multitaskingin our life is the “quick fix” skill. There is no time to make pause, because the fix state comes from “I can” approach. It causes the drain of energy, lack of clarity and living under checks of the plan that is temporary. Multitasking may us feel proud, push to the top achiever’s state, however when we stay at peace with self for one minute, we get scared, because we cannot rule or just enjoy our own life.Following the stream. To be a White sheep is not easy. To follow and belong to the stream Somebody has scribed “happiness level det ermines your gratitude frequency”. Complaining is about setting the direction to negative, gratitude is the decoding the appreciation. With gratitude we raise self expression and authentic being. Moreover scientifically proven?â€"?people who express gratitude are 25 percent happier, more optimistic and better sleepers, when a person is happy his productivity raises by 12 percent as improves decision making, and problem solving, therefore it brings profits if that can be named that way.Multitasking transforms into focus.Your mind has the capacity to hold only one thought in its focus at any one time. The time is getting behind doing multiple tasks have been a real virtue and mastery. More and more the mastership lies in the power of now and focus. Doing one thing at a time is probably the most basic habit of concentration, and one of the most powerful. Focusing on one thing raises productivity, as multitasking trains to be less attentive.Following the stream changes to listening to your inner voice of authenticity.Most people’s life is about getting something. And the truth is, there’s nothing to get. All we have to do is to Be. The Being produces the end result. When you focus your attention on solving problems and trying to make things better, something very interesting happens: you miss what you already have.?So the only way to find happiness and satisfaction is to enjoy what you have right now. Authenticity is when you make a pause and discovers yourself, appreciate what you have already and express it by out loud saying “thank you”.evalAnthony Robbinsnicelyputs it:there is no growth without discontent.So, it is important to live in the present moment. Study your dissatisfaction very carefully because it will tell you something about yourself. Observe yourself how often and what do you complain about; what things do you multitask, how people opinions shape your actions. And by the end ask so called cleaning question: why do I do what I do? Be read y to flow when you start to disconnect.Last but not the least, the truth isthatmany programs on self help are available to fix, build a person’s habits, attitude, mindset, however the simple one exercise that heals, empowers and sets new quality in life and professional growth?â€"?start with gratitude and walk the talk with it.

Are Your Sales Reps Driving Away Your Customers

Are Your Sales Reps Driving Away Your Customers 5 Improvement Areas for More Effective Sales and Customer Service Hiring It is well known in the retail community that hiring effective customer service and sales representatives leads to better customer interactions. But did you know that making a great customer service hire can directly impact your bottom line? The bad news: These great retail hires are a rare breed. The good news: It IS possible to find them. SkillSurvey, a company that offers sophisticated software that generates insights about job candidates based on reference feedback, recently released data on retail workers. This feedback â€" from more than 19,000 references on about 4,000 job candidates â€" showed that retail sales and customer service representatives need to improve in five key areas. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of company products and services. Gathering information from customers and relevant sources to effectively answer questions. Communicating information clearly so that customers can understand. Tailoring recommendations of products and services to the customer. Encouraging customers to buy new products or services by presenting relevant options. The takeaway? If retailers want to get serious about improving the quality of their hires, these findings prove that they should be on the lookout for these key behaviors …or the lack thereof. Past Employee Performance Equals Future Company Success Ray Bixler, President and CEO of SkillSurvey, said, “Past work performance is the best indicator of future work performance. Quality hiring is critical because employees in these roles directly impact customer interactions and therefore the bottom line of the business.” The ability to upsell, tailor information, and make recommendations are all areas where customer service employees frequently need to improve. That is why it is more critical than ever before to carefully vet your job candidates. “Whether in-store, on the phone, or online, retailers may not be adequately meeting customer needs and in turn missing key sales opportunities. Our findings indicate that retailers can lose money when they don’t take the time to identify and hire candidates with skills such as the ability to gather the right information from customers and tailor their recommendations accordingly,” Bixler said. Take the time to ask intelligent, customer service-specific questions when interviewing. Do a thorough reference check and keep an eye out for common sales and service pitfalls. Focus on key behaviors and vet employees for the necessary soft skills like adaptability and problem-solving. Knowing that a job candidate has performed well in these key areas in the past can give you a glimpse into their future performance. It also means that the candidate can likely be a role model for other employees. Customer service representatives should be able to not only respond to customer requests, but also be able to engage with customers in ways that help them beyond their initial question or problem to ensure that their needs are being met. “Strategically using references to identify these behaviors for success will help set companies apart and boost their bottom line,” Bixler added. If you’re a retail employer, do your homework and look out for the five behaviors valued in retail sales and customer service. Your hard work will result in an excellent employee and an improved bottom line. Join Dana Manciagli’s Job Search Master Class now and get the most comprehensive job search system available!

How to Buy Resume Writing Cheap

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