The Key to Unlocking Your Future Success! (Pt. 1) Building Your Future Now

The Key to Unlocking Your Future Success! (Pt. 1) Building Your Future Now More often then not, success doesnt come over night. Hard-work, dedication, and constant study of your craft are essential components to laying down long-term career success. However, the key to unlocking your present and ultimately future success is your belief in yourself. Beliving in yourselftheres much more Believing in yourself can truly set you apart from the competition. Believing in yourself isnt simply about confidence, its about your true ability and pushing yourself to accomplish amazing things. It is also about having the strength and courage to admit mistakes (accepting responsibility) or overcoming any personal/professional flaws. It is truly an amazing thing to become a solid professional and an exceptional person overall. Always becoming better It doesnt matter if you work as a busboy or a CEO, a nurse or a janitor we all have the choice to grow in the jobs we currently occupy. There is no reason to stop learning when we dislike a jobin fact, we should strive to learn as much as we can, build relationships and try to find our potential in every situation. Believing in yourself is about a commitment to always improving and being the best we can be. The futureis now We can sit and ponder how the future will roll out, but it is up to us to make the best of the present. There is no point in even thinking about the future unless we make the effort to creating the best experience in the NOW we can!

Resume and CV - The Top Tips on What to Include

Resume and CV - The Top Tips on What to IncludeA resume and CV can be very daunting for an employer to read, especially if the job requires a lot of focus on the most important information. It is certainly understandable why they want to avoid reading a resume that does not contain all of the important information. To make your resume stand out and grab their attention, here are some key tips on what to include on a resume.When writing a resume, you should always start with job requirements and job titles. It is essential that the employer understands your level of proficiency in a certain field. This will help you get through the initial stages of the application process and increase your chances of success.If you have done your own research, then it is time to present your career path in detail. It is a must that you detail the time you have spent in a particular field, whether you have worked for many years in the same company or have gone through a number of projects. If you have worked for several companies over a period of time, then the applicant will be able to tell what the job is about and give the interviewer a clear idea of the kind of person he is dealing with. If the applicant has worked for a small company, he may have a hard time explaining what he has done.The number of publications that you have written will be considered by the recruiter when he is evaluating your CV. It is advisable that you start with the most recent publications. These may help you to clearly convey your expertise in the field you are applying for. However, it is advisable that you explain the publications that are older so that you do not look as though you are looking for something else.You should never include your work experience without being asked. Your employer may find this embarrassing and will most likely be reluctant to hire you without knowing what you have done. The least you can do is to offer the amount of experience that you have in order to convince the em ployer that you can do the job.When you apply for a job, you need to present all of your qualifications in the CV. However, do not overdo it as you will only appear as unprofessional. So, take the time to list everything that you have learned and prepared for the job.Always mention your accomplishments, but avoid putting down the reason for the job you have applied for. It is more helpful to be honest and describe your strengths and weaknesses in order to put yourself in a positive light. An example would be, 'After working for five years as a health representative, I was interested in starting my own business in the health care industry.' When you mention your strengths, it will give the interviewer a clear idea of what you can do for the organization.A resume and CV are very important documents and your first objective when writing it is to impress your potential employer. All of the information included on the resume is important and should be included to get you through the init ial stages of the hiring process.

How To Get Clients From A Conference Or Trade-show - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

How To Get Clients From A Conference Or Trade-show - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Over the course of a year, my company spent over $25,000 on conferences and trade-shows.  Quite a lot of money for a start-up, but something that we found to be absolutely necessary to generate enterprise-level client leads and expand our pipeline.  To see a return on our investment, we would need to generate over $25,000 worth of deals from these conferences. A feat that we achieved with flying colors. My company has built recognition in the franchise restaurant world because my team and I hustled extremely hard at each conference.  We didnt let the business come to us; instead, we went out there and took it for ourselves. This post highlights in detail the techniques and methods I use to close client deals from a conference or trade-show. The real networking happens at the event, not the exhibition floor I quickly learned that only fools stand by their booth all day at a conference. Ill let you in on a secret that I learned while at conferences: the people that approach your trade-show booth are NOT decision makers; the real decisions makers (the professionals you are looking to meet) avoid the exhibition floor at all costs and can be found at the speaker panels and keynotes events. Go to the actual event and network with everyone.  Be knowledgeable, be helpful, and invite professionals to come check you out at your booth later when the exhibition floor opens. If you spent the majority if your time at your conference booth, then youve just wasted your investment. Host a breakout session and bring printed materials Quite often, conferences have breakout sessions where conference sponsors can lead discussions about a particular topic.  To lead a breakout session, speak with the conference coordinator and organize accordingly. The mistake that I see most sponsors make is that they go into the breakout session completely blind and unprepared because they feel theyre already an expert on the topic that theyre moderating.  Its the mistake of overconfidence. Prepare + bring handout materials: Everyone in your breakout session will be surprised to find that you not only have a 5-7 minute presentation about the topic, but that you brought handout materials as well.  Make sure these handout materials are helpful guides or industry reports about your topic dont just hand out marketing materials. Also, make sure to get everyone in your discussion group involved.  People will leave and get bored if you monopolize the conversation. 3 weeks prior/3 weeks post method As a conference sponsor, you get a list of attendees for the event.  Ive noticed that the majority of sponsors dont take advantage of the list to build hype and generate leads prior to the conference or after the conference. The email method that works: For 3 weeks before the conference, my team and I send out a weekly email with helpful tips and strategies about the industry and how its related to my company.  The goal is to be helpful and informative, and let the attendees know that were experts in our field. For 3 weeks after the conference, my team and I will send a weekly email with lessons and how tos learned from the conference.  This is particularly helpful to professionals who attended the conference because they have to report back to their team about what they learned. Use the three methods described above to stand out from the crowd and make sure you get a solid ROI from your conference or trade-show investment. Author: Jun Loayza  is the Co-Founder of  RewardMe, a customer loyalty program for restaurants and retailers. In his entrepreneurial experience, Jun has sold 2 internet companies and lead social media technology campaigns for Sephora, Whole Foods Market, Levi’s, LG, and Activision. Jun currently lives in Mountain View, CA with his girlfriend and startup team.  

Graduate and Unemployed Try these to boost your calibre

Graduate and Unemployed Try these to boost your calibre Avoid Graduate Job Hunt Burn Out If you are a graduate or about to graduate and are unemployed, then it is easy to concentrate on only one thing. That one thing being looking for a graduate job day and night. At Career Geek we encourage graduates to keep looking for a job, through different mediums i.e. traditional job search or social networks. But looking for a graduate job and doing the graduate job applications is a time consuming activity. It can easily burn you out and reduce your efficiency in making high quality job applications. Avoid Graduate Job Hunt Burn Out To avoid graduate job hunt burn out, here are 4 ways you can try to take your mind off, yet help boost your calibre. Start a blog / make a website Answer / Read on Quora Volunteer for a charity or a start up Try making web applications / Microsoft Office Applications Here is explaining how. 1. Start a blog / make a website credit: life123.com You are reading a blog right now. I started this blog after I graduated and before I started my job. It’s as simple as that. Before this I used to blog for the Careers Service at the University of Leicester, where I detailed my job hunt and other activities related to the careers service. Blogging and making a website is free to do for basic use. And it is quite interesting too. It helps you learn whilst you are doing the activity and there is no coding involved. Skills to show employers â€" Time Management, project management, responsible worker, entrepreneurial, networking (through social media), communication skills, IT are some of the skills that you can show through this activity. p.s. Try to avoid an all-out personal blog. Personal / professional why not?  2.  Answer on Quora or Read Quora Quora is an advanced, high quality and a well-followed answering community. In simple terms, it is like Yahoo Answers, except Quora answers are written by some of the top professionals in Silicon Valley: the CEO’s , MD’s , CFO’s, industry experts, and even people who invent things. I’ve enjoyed my outings on Quora and learn quite a bit about topics I follow. Go there, and see if you can find your topics, start answering questions if you can. Skills gained â€" networking, confidence to answer, increased knowledge on topics, improved understanding of topics, business knowledge are some of the skills gained to boost your calibre. 3. Volunteer for Charity / Start-up Personally I don’t support unpaid internships. But in the case of charities, that makes a real difference to the society or start-ups which have no funding available yet, I support volunteering in some capacity (not full time though). It is a good way to get knowledge of business right from the ground up credit: richard-wilson.blogspot.com and it will give you experience of knowing your real value to a team. Volunteering is a multi-billion dollar industry, if a charity makes difference to society, be a part of it, it will help you de-stress a bit from the job hunting craziness. Skills obtained to show employers â€" business communication, work experience, ethics of working, time management, responsible individual, work under changing dynamics, quick learner, team work. 4.  Create Apps / Microsoft Office Applications Just like blogging or website development, apps are the next in-thing at the moment. If you know how to make apps, try putting some thought into making one and who knows, you might get a few quid, get motivated and work better to do more? If not, try using Microsoft Office to create some applications. For e.g. if you know Excel well, why not create some macro enabled sheets for your use or put them up for download which can help other students. Or making an Excel worksheet to plan exam study hours, etc. No big money, but at least you are racking your brains on something other than the jobhunt. Skills gained â€" critical thinking, problem solving, providing solutions, taking initiative, project management. Any Other? These are some of the simple things you can try from your desktop or local street, to reduce the graduate job hunt burn-out. If there are other tips, do comment below and if you found the advice helpful, please use the sharing buttons below. 8

Writing a Resume For a Guy - Writing Tips

Writing a Resume For a Guy - Writing TipsIs it important to write about a guy writing a resume in such a way that it is appealing and entertaining? That is not necessarily the question, but if you ask me, it certainly would be. Here are some tips to help you.No matter what the job is, a resume is an important document to get done. What is great about writing a resume is that you have a lot of control over it. Writing a resume for a man is not much different than writing one for a woman. Your resume needs to appeal to the reader. Keep these ideas in mind when you are writing a guy writing a resume.One good idea is to use bright colors. A lot of men like bright colors, so this will get noticed right away. Use color that is similar to the background of the page, not too bright or too dark. If your resume looks too busy, you may as well just toss it out and go to the next one.Color has always been an important element in writing, whether it is art or just plain writing. It's the same wit h your resume. You should stick to the page you are on and let the color stand out. Try to choose something that is neutral, meaning that it is not orange, green, yellow, etc.Wordy resumes are boring. Avoid having too many words on your resume, use short sentences and keep it to two sentences if you can. Most resumes have four to five bullets, use those. When it comes to that third paragraph of a resume, make sure it is brief, informative, and interesting.What is a 'bullet' on your resume? Just as you do in art, when you are trying to illustrate a point with words, bullet points are a good way to do that. You can explain in bullet form, what is going on in the job. Don't go overboard, however. Stick to what is necessary.Having a listing of accomplishments is a good way to say that you are a hard worker. Just remember, that you should write a resume for a guy who has worked for that company before. Make sure you also mention previous promotions, advancement, and bonuses you received. That will definitely tell a reader that you have had some experience and can add to their portfolio.Writing a resume for a guy writing a resume can be difficult because you have so many things to cover. However, this is the job of the person who writes it. Remember, it is supposed to be entertaining and in some cases, informative.

Sudden Death From Too Many Resume Bullets

Sudden Death From Too Many Resume Bullets Bulleted lists are often used on resumes to highlight specific talking points and areas of achievement. But too frequently bullets are misused and they end up diminishing the impact of the talking points rather than enhancing them. Here are a few common mistakes candidates make when using bullet points on their resume.Too Many Bullets When job seekers create a list of more than five bullets in a row, nothing stands out and the text starts to look like one big paragraph. A better strategy is to create functional headings such as Business Development, Marketing, Financial Analysis, etc. This allows you to group your bullet points in sub-sections and quickly differentiate the types of value-add statements you are including in the resume.Mixed Purpose Bullets Frequently job seekers mix information about job tasks with information regarding accomplishments. This waters down the value of the accomplishment statement and makes it harder to spot amongst a sea of task-oriented statements. A b etter strategy is to report job tasks in a brief paragraph format and identify accomplishments in a bulleted list to differentiate the two and make it easier for the reader to quickly spot the accomplishments.Unique Bullets Sometimes candidates use unusual symbols for their bullets that can be quite distracting for the reader. Its better to stick with traditional circles and squares when creating bullet points. You want your resume to be memorable based on its accomplishments, rather than unusual formatting.

177 Nissar Ahamed - Careermetis - Jane Jackson Career

177 Nissar Ahamed - Careermetis - Jane Jackson Career Nissar Ahamed is a Growth Marketer, Publisher and is successfully building the most comprehensive publication on Career Advice CareerMetisCareerMetis.com is an Award-winning Career and Productivity Blog.Nissar is a genius when it comes to content curation, growth hacking and social mediastrategy.Nissar is also an accomplished public speaker having been the President of Toastmasters International (Gavel and Glass Toastmasters Club) and Vice President of Education at Toastmasters in Toronto.Having started his career as an engineer before moving to Canada and into a sales role with Chase in Toronto, then Canon, Robert Half, and then to marketing with Atomic Reach, Nissar has become a master of career reinvention and now, as the Founder and CEO of Careermetis, he has much wisdom to share with our audience on how to reinvent your career and how to build your brand through blogging and podcasting.In this interview, Nissar and I discuss his career journey, his love of lifelong learning, books and how he made his successful career transitions. He has many fascinating stories to share!Nissar’s top 3 tips for success:Work to transform your SelfInvest in yourself â€" always keep learningBreak away from the obvious path, it’s ok to make a changeNissar’s book recommendations:Joe Girard â€" How to Sell Anything to AnybodyRobert Green â€" 48 Laws of PowerIf youd like ongoing career transition and career management support and guidance, join The Careers Academy online.Where to find Nissar:Website:   www.CareerMetis.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/careermetis