Can I TRUST You (I am your interviewer, new contact, old friend, etc.)

Can I TRUST You (I am your interviewer, new contact, old friend, etc.) I think LinkedIn has made the phrase know and trust more popular than it already was. I want to talk about TRUST. I was reading an article titled Google Keep’s Already Shaky Ground because I like to learn from (a) what Google is doing, and (b) what people think about it. I was struck by this line: And yet, Google thinks users will now trust our notes to its cloud, after previous shutdowns of similar services like  Google Notebook or  Google Bookmarks Lists? The message the author is saying is: why would trust Google with my valuable thoughts and notes and clips in their new service, supposedly like Evernote, when Ive trusted them before and THEY FAILED ME? In other words people are saying: I TRUSTED Google before, but when they announced they were shutting down services I used I lost some trust.  And now they want me to trust them with other stuff?  How long will it last? Lets bring this to YOU.  As a job seeker, business owner, networker do you have integrity? If you say something, do people trust you? If you promise something, or endorse something, or introduce me to someone, can I TRUST you? If you are having problems networking, and you are doing the mechanics the right way, and your heart is in it (so, Im assuming you are doing all the right things), maybe your problem is TRUST. EITHER you havent established a relationship of trust with your connections, OR youve done something (or someone has said something) to chip away at that trust. If I can trust you Ill help you. If I cant trust you then I wont help you. BUILD TRUST. How do you do this? By having genuine, authentic relationships.  But dont go and say you are genuine and authentic that makes a skeptic like me tend to not believe you. Build trust by being a good person. Do what you say you will. Go the extra mile. All those cliche things.  But if you do them, and it becomes you, its not cliche.  It is integrity. And I LOVE working with people who have integrity.  Ill help them as much as I can. And you will too. Do people trust you? Can I TRUST You (I am your interviewer, new contact, old friend, etc.) I think LinkedIn has made the phrase know and trust more popular than it already was. I want to talk about TRUST. I was reading an article titled Google Keep’s Already Shaky Ground because I like to learn from (a) what Google is doing, and (b) what people think about it. I was struck by this line: And yet, Google thinks users will now trust our notes to its cloud, after previous shutdowns of similar services like  Google Notebook or  Google Bookmarks Lists? The message the author is saying is: why would trust Google with my valuable thoughts and notes and clips in their new service, supposedly like Evernote, when Ive trusted them before and THEY FAILED ME? In other words people are saying: I TRUSTED Google before, but when they announced they were shutting down services I used I lost some trust.  And now they want me to trust them with other stuff?  How long will it last? Lets bring this to YOU.  As a job seeker, business owner, networker do you have integrity? If you say something, do people trust you? If you promise something, or endorse something, or introduce me to someone, can I TRUST you? If you are having problems networking, and you are doing the mechanics the right way, and your heart is in it (so, Im assuming you are doing all the right things), maybe your problem is TRUST. EITHER you havent established a relationship of trust with your connections, OR youve done something (or someone has said something) to chip away at that trust. If I can trust you Ill help you. If I cant trust you then I wont help you. BUILD TRUST. How do you do this? By having genuine, authentic relationships.  But dont go and say you are genuine and authentic that makes a skeptic like me tend to not believe you. Build trust by being a good person. Do what you say you will. Go the extra mile. All those cliche things.  But if you do them, and it becomes you, its not cliche.  It is integrity. And I LOVE working with people who have integrity.  Ill help them as much as I can. And you will too. Do people trust you?

Develop Yourself Build an Awesome Development Career

Develop Yourself Build an Awesome Development Career Back in the day, doctors and lawyers were considered the “cool kids” of the business block. Not anymore. These days, the world is much more interested in developers. If you’re even remotely interested in starting a successful career as a developer, then read on! Developing… what, exactly? A lot of people know what want to work in development. But do you know exactly what it is you want to develop? It’s not quite as simple as “learning to code” and then applying that knowledge to whatever project comes your way. The code you need to learn might depend on what it is you want to do. It will also change how you approach a given code. So what is it you want to develop? Software? Video games? Websites and, if so, the front-end or the back-end? The programming knowledge you need This is where a lot of people end up getting stuck. It’s not that code is an aggressively difficult thing to learn. The problem lies in how difficult it can be to actually choose your first programming language! Many people start doing a few lessons on one language, then find themselves convinced they need to switch to another. As I implied earlier, the language you learn may be determined by what you want to pursue. If you’re looking at web development, then HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are must-haves. Game development will lean more towards C, C++, C#, and Python. Working with a wizard Okay, so maybe a better word to use here would be “mentor”. But trust me when I say that great developers don’t mind being referred to as wizards. If you know someone who can code, speak to them regularly. Get them to check your work. Talk to them about better solutions to your problems. They’ll probably even know the best language for you to start with. No doubt they made a few mistakes when they were starting out. The best thing you can do is find out what those mistakes were so you can avoid them. Development environments The environment you use on your computer to build and test your programs is important. They’ll often determine just how much you can do with the knowledge you have. This also means that they’re important to know about during the learning stages of development. Actually learning to use these environments will give you a much broader picture of the development process. That experience will also look great on a resumé. Game developers will want to get trained in something like Unity. Developers of websites and apps will benefit from Visual Studio 2010 training. Building a portfolio One of the best ways to stand out among the other developers looking to start careers is to have a portfolio. A lot of businesses are looking to hire developers, but a lot of resumés just like too much alike! Work on some great projects in your spare time and upload them to the Internet. They don’t need to go viral or anything (though that might help your prospects!). They just need to be there for the reference of potential employers. Image credits Main    Dev Graphic   Screen    Visual

This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change

This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change Some days I look through old posts, reminding myself of posts that Ive written that I like and that I should link to. Often, this process serves to let me procrastinate writing while pretending to be engaged in writing. If I were a body builder, this would be me looking in the mirror instead of lifting weights. Yesterday I was trolling for posts, and I remembered this one, about hiring a babysitter. I never link to it because I cant read it. I get physically ill. It was a short, stinging moment during an absolutely terrible time in my life. But a part of me likes that sting. Im the kind of girl that picks scabs off just to feel like Im alive. So you can imagine that a blog post about how to sell is not rocking my world. Its true that Ive been thinking a lot about creating more stability in my life. But its also true that in the recent post about what I learned from sales guys, I should have told you that when I met one of those sales guys on a plane, I went to a hotel and had sex with him. I had never had a one-night stand and I thought I should know what its like. And it was terrible. I like picking scabs, but its very controlled. Its hard to control a one-night stand, and it was, actually, very scary and not fun at all. I want this blog to be somewhere in between a one-night stand with a sales guy and a five-point list of sales tips. In fact, I want my life to be that way as well. A few days ago I flew to LA to get my haircut. I know that sounds crazy, but remember that I live in the middle of Wisconsin. Also, my best friend, Sharon, is in LA, and she owns a hair salon, and shes been cutting my hair for 15 years. Before I was her free-haircut-friend, a cut and color with her was about $300. So I feel like the plane ticket, together with the free haircut, is somehow still a bargain. I go there on a day the salon is closed, and we do my hair and then spend the day hanging out in Santa Monica talking. At lunch, outside, with cars driving by, I tell Sharon I need a break. I need a vacation. I have been working absolutely insane hours for the last five years. I traveled so much that when I get on a plane now, I have panic attacks. She said, What would you do on vacation? Me: Id probably wake up, take the kids to school, go to the gym, write a blog post, and then work on whatever company I was percolating. And then pick the kids up at school. So I dont really want a vacation. I want breathing room. But not a vacation. To be honest, I still work at night. I am not sure why. I think because Im interested in what people are doing. In what Im doing. I dont want to miss anything because everything is still fun. I think working at night is like picking scabs. It feels lively to solve some problems before I go to bed. Or create some. (Same way with pulling a scab, right?) After lunch, Sharon and I drove to Culver City, to get my eyebrows done. I usually go to NYC for eyebrows. But I dont want to travel anymore, so I dont want to have a hair person in LA and an eyebrow person in NY. So, as a step toward simplifying my life, I did my eyebrows in LA. I liked the place immediately because there was a whole display of gray nail polish and I know gray is the it-color for fall, and I know no one is wearing it yet in Madison, so I had high hopes for my eyebrows. But they are uneven. Sharon tried to tell me they were okay, but good friends, really, dont do that. So in the end, she didnt. And Im going back to NY next time. I know youll say, Just find someone else in LA. Its not bad advice. In fact, this is what Sharon said. But Im upset about the eyebrows, about how it turned out. Its hard to make changes, even if the changes could make my life more calm. Its so easy to convince ourselves that the change is too difficult to make. For eyebrows, for a blog, for a career.

HARO Show off your wicked smahhts for free. Career Coach JobJenny

HARO Show off your wicked smahhts for free. Career Coach JobJenny How is it that I'm just learning about the amazing HARO(Help a Reporter Out)? You want to share your expertise with the world (and, thus, get lots of credit and attention for being a really smart whatever-it-is-your-so-good-at?) Go this minute and set up a profile (as a source) on HelpaReporter.com. From what I can tell, it's one of the fastest, cheapest shots you have at getting free publicity in mainstream media. And that, job seeker, would be a very good thing for you. HARO is this awesome service created by entrepreneur Peter Shankman. It launched as a Facebook fan page and exploded in popularity. To the point that it's now it's own company/website. One that invites reporters, bloggers, authors and other news sources to connect with small businesses and professionals looking to tell their tales, promote their brands (your brand, uh, would be YOU) and sell their stuff. Every day, HARO sends out three emails with a list of queries -- reporters looking for people to talk to about the specific topics they're covering. If you happen to see one that applies to you? You respond to the query (following the instructions listed --seriously, don'tscrew this part up or they probably will pass you right on by) and explain why you'd be a helpful source. If they agree, they contact you, you chat and POW! You've just landed yourself some free publicity, possibly in some MAJOR publication or on a major broadcast news outlet. Heck, even if it's a super niche publication, so long as it's in your area of expertise? It could be a very big deal in terms of helping you land your next job. And, it's f-r-e-e. So, yes. Bust a move over to HARO. I'm just getting rolling with it myself (And, admittedly, this makes me feel a tiny bit like I did as a kid back in the '80s, when we were the last family on the planet to get a microwave oven). Any which way, now I'm telling you.With the hopes that HARO is also news to you. AndI assure you, when (not if) I land something through HARO? You'll all be the first to know.

The Way You Can Write a Great Sandys Hemphill Resume

The Way You Can Write a Great Sandys Hemphill ResumeMany people that are going to be interviewing for jobs at Great Plains are going to want to know how you can write a great Sandys Hemphill resumes. First, lets talk about why this particular job is so great.With Sandys Hemphill, you get the chance to work in the Entertainment Industry. You get to work with some of the biggest names and brightest stars, the industry is just so huge. This is because Sandys Hemphill wanted to hire people that could help the company make more money, and with all the people working for them, you will get to know who your work is to be.If you are looking for a job, you need to be very professional. You should present yourself professionally and portray yourself as someone that will do well for the company. This is true especially with this type of job, you are going to be representing your company in an individual capacity. It is going to be very important for you to show them how you can produce the high est level of work possible.So the first thing you need to do is learn how to go about compiling the right information that they are looking for. You can do this by utilizing the process of bullet points. This is just a great way to describe what you will do for the company, and where your focus is to be. This is very important, because you need to take the time to explain in detail the benefits you will bring to the company, and what you are willing to do to help them achieve their goals.You also need to know where your goals are at. They will be telling you to speak in a few words, but that doesn't mean that you have to do that. In fact, if you speak in three or four words, they will understand that you are very organized and can easily understand what you are saying. You also need to present yourself in a professional manner.A lot of people think that this is going to be a very easy job, but there are a lot of other things that are going to come up when you are applying for a part icular situation. Because of this, you need to take your time, but you need to be focused on what you are doing. After all, if you are not focused, your chances of getting hired will be far less.When you are speaking to a recruiter, you need to take the time to ask them what this particular event was about. You should also ask what the job requirements were for the company. These questions will give you an idea of what you need to prepare for. If you don't ask them, it will just give you a false picture of what is going to be required of you.With all of this information, you should now be able to create a Sandys Hemphill resume. There are a few ways that you can write your resume, and your situation, but we can only help you with the process that is necessary for you to be able to write the perfect resume. This is the only way that you are going to be able to get interviews and get the job.

LinkedIn Profile Headlines Make it or Break it

LinkedIn Profile Headlines Make it or Break it LinkedIn Profile Headline: Make it or Break it If I see another user’s LinkedIn profile headline that says “Unemployed,” I am gonna scream!!! Listen up, people. “Unemployed” is not a job. It is not a goal. It is not positive. It basically is shouting out to the world that you are in a bad place. Your headline should reflect your goal. Your target. It should summarize your background. Point you towards the future. Declare your career target. It shouldn’t look back at real or perceived slights or failures, or your current situation. The first point of contact you have with online networks is how you are found in search results, and the very first thing they see is your LinkedIn profile headline. Do you really want them to immediately associate you with “unemployed?” Is that what you want them to take away?   You haven’t even told your story yet. And never will be able to because you’ve already pushed them away with a negative LinkedIn profile headline. A headline is all about compelling someone to read more. Stick around a little longer on your profile.   Make them want to know you more. Negative language in your LinkedIn profile headline only serves to push them away.  And yes, they do stay away. My point is that there are better ways to indicate your interest in new employment opportunities without putting it into your LinkedIn profile headline. Instead, try including a call to action in your summary.   Leave your LinkedIn profile headline to selling yourself and what you can do for employers.   Your headline is your personal brand opportunity. But just as much as some people turn potential employers away from their LinkedIn profile headline with negative language, there are others who go the opposite direction. These are the people who use LinkedIn profile headlines that say “visionary” or “expert.” Even worse: “Visionary expert.” Pssst. Here’s a secret:  Anyone who has to TELL you that they are an expert… usually aren’t one in reality.   The REAL experts simply are. They don’t have to try to impress you. They are secure in their background and credentials. So if you are one of those people who calls themselves one of those expert titles, knock it off. We are not impressed. Instead, you should be telling the reader about HOW you actually help companies, not that you are an expert at it. The HOW is the devil in the details, and also is really your signature brand or service that you offer. The best LinkedIn profiles are the ones that draw people in, not scare them away. Which side of that equation do you want to be on?

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