Its Time to Show Off Your Talent On Your LinkedIn Profile

Its Time to Show Off Your Talent On Your LinkedIn Profile Are you looking for a better way to represent your career and life experiences? You can easily show them off with photos, videos and samples of work, however, you dont need to build a website to have an online portfolio LinkedIn is your answer! Visual content is better: Your LinkedIn profile is more than just a boring online resume adding images will enhance your profile.  Studies have shown that websites with good quality photos are more trusted than those with no images or poor quality images and, according to urban legend, our brains process images faster than text! So by adding images to your LinkedIn profile  it looks more credible  AND you get your message across faster! Adding visual elements to your LinkedIn profile will entice, lure and garner the interest of people reading your profile. Most, if not  all, LinkedIn users have the ability to add photos, screen shots, video and audio content to their profiles. What media can you add to your profile? By: Link Humans LinkedIn says it officially supports images,  presentations, documents,  video, and audio by certain providers listed  here. For example, if there is a YouTube video featuring you on a panel discussion or giving a presentation, you can link it to your profile. You can even upload files from your computer such as Powerpoint presentations, documents and images. Where can you put it? You can embed media at the end of your summary, within each position listed in your  experience  section, and in your  education  section. All you have to do is edit your profile and look for the little blue box. Of course, you will have to upload or link to content, so What Media and Talents to Showcase Any sample of your work would work. The media you choose needs to provide proof you know how to do what you say on your profile. You can also think about what differentiates you from the hundreds of people who have the same job title as you: Is there a picture of you receiving an award? Have you given a presentation or spoken at a conference? Have you written articles? What would you show during an interview to prove you have the skills to do the job? These are the images, articles and content you can create and publish yourself online. Think of your LinkedIn profile as an online portfolio! You will need to begin collecting screen shots and links that supply visual proof of your expertise, talent and personality. More profile content ideas: You may have letters of recommendation from people who arent on LinkedIn. You can scan them and upload the letter. Or take customer quotes from emails and create a testimonial document or presentation. Just be sure you either get permission or omit identifying information. Maybe you are a guru and creating Excel pivot tables. Film a screen cast showing how you convert the data and upload it to YouTube. Voila! RELATED:  How to Maximize Your  LinkedIn Profile You dont have anything? If you don’t have anything, create it! You can create a Powerpoint highlighting your accomplishments or telling your story. If you want some ideas, search SlideShare using the term visual resume and see what other people have created. If you are interested in creating something a bit jazzier than Powerpoint, you may want to test Prezi.com. Search this site using the term visual cv. Think creatively: The options are endless. You can get ideas from corporate marketing campaigns too! Inspiration is all around you. Begin thinking about how you will market yourself and start clipping! RELATED:  How to Create the Perfect  LinkedIn Profile

How to Make Your Reddit: Resume Writing Process Easy

How to Make Your Reddit: Resume Writing Process EasyIf you are wondering how to make your Reddit: Resume writing an easy process, you might want to consider the idea of utilizing a reliable resume writing service. Resume writing services can offer you the same benefits of working with an employment specialist but you also get the opportunity to network with your peers. Resume writing services work in three different steps to help you write the perfect resume.The first step is to ask around to find out who has completed the best Resume writing job. It is best to choose a freelance service that specializes in resume writing rather than the usual free services that you usually find in your local yellow pages. This will help you compare prices and services available.The second step is to create a description of your skills for the writer to work with. Use language that is specific and easy to read and that will help establish your work history. Ask your friend or family member to help wi th the content because they can provide valuable input in a professional manner.The third step is to create an outline for potential employers to follow when hiring you. Determine the type of position you are applying for and what it is about. Make sure you include all required information in this section. It should be informative and help them determine if they are hiring the right candidate.After these three steps have been completed, you will have the ability to organize your resume, make it look nice, and put together a professional letter. If you would like, you can personalize your letter so that it will reflect who you are as a person. You should always use the same tone and type of language when speaking to a potential employer.You may be wondering why you would need to hire a company to write your resume. The reason is that you already know how to do it yourself. The benefit is that you will have access to the same opportunities that other individuals have, but without havi ng to pay for them.Free services can also be found online. However, they are limited to the number of resumes they can deliver in one day. A professional resume writing service is similar in cost, but they have the ability to create resume after resume. Therefore, you will have a better chance of being contacted in the future.Make sure that you choose a service that can deliver resumes quickly and efficiently. This is important to help you get your foot in the door and land the job that you want.

Keeping an eye on my career while I go through a divorce

Keeping an eye on my career while I go through a divorce Let me first say that my lawyer is not happy when I blog about my divorce. But now that Ive been in a front-page article of the New York Times for blogging about the divorce, I think weve passed the point of discretion. And anyway, I think its okay to blog because I am the transparent type, so it would be weird for me to have this huge thing in my life and not write anything about it. How is this blog at the intersection of work and life if I cut out the life? Also, I noticed that Nino has started commenting on my recent divorce posts, and he seems to be updating my family about our divorce via Facebook, so at this point I feel that all is fair in social media. And maybe working out ones divorce is going to be the killer app for Twitter. So the first thing Ive done to make sure the divorce doesnt undermine my career is that Im not pretending that it is irrelevant to my career. But here are some other steps Ive decided are important for trying to keep both the divorce and the career on track. 1. Surround yourself with smart people. Theyll help you make faster progress. I hired the two top attorneys. As if there is top anything in little Madison, Wisconsin. But alas, in any sea, there are big fish. I spend most of my time worrying that Nino routinely complains of me stealing our marital assets. Like, hell mention it while were watching a soccer game, or under his breath taking the kids to violin class. Usually this accusation is reserved for men who buy a yacht and a condo for a hot little mistress and twelve first-class airfares to see her. So the accusation wont hold for me. But still, my attorney decided that our best strategy is make sure that Nino has a great attorney so it is two smart lawyers who are used to negotiating with each other and things will go faster. I hope this is a good strategy. If my site starts loading slower youll know that the lawyers have been so expensive that I had to cut back on bandwidth. 2. Be consistent be the same in the divorce as youd be in your work Our first official divorce fight was Nino refusing to refer to me as Penelope in his emails. I told him he has to use Penelope, but I tried to say it in a nice email so that we were not having animosity. In my heart of hearts I still believe the most important thing is to be nice. So we tried. He wrote a long email about how my old namewhich Im not even writing here because Im so done with itis more appropriate. I ignored the email. He ignored my pleas. Its like were still married. Oh. Wait. We are. 3. Keep a sense of humor it gives you fresh perspective. Surprisingly though, our efforts to downplay the divorce animosity are paying off. For example, on Mothers Day, Nino agreed to go on a hike with me and our kids and our eight-year-old neighbor who spends tons of time at our house. It was a big favor for him to do because Im the one who really wants the kids to feel like were still a family, and Im the one who likes hiking. On the hike, the boys comforted me by being their normal boy selves, and they turned mud piles into cannon balls and every long stick became a sword. We sat down to rest at a campsite. Nino said, Wow, they have everything at the campsite, even a place to chop wood. If you have a hatchet. The eight-year-old neighbor says, We have a hatchet at our house. My moms boyfriend bought it for her last Valentines Day. Nino and I looked at each other, incredulous, and smiled. And for one, small second I felt like we were a familythe parents sharing an inside joke while the kids try to kill each other. 4. Be a good time manager; the divorce takes time, so manage it well Ignoring the fact that my lawyers time is probably more expensive than mine, I had him meet me at McDonalds. I had breakfast with my two-year-old and then, while he was crawling up and down in Ronalds Playland, I gave my lawyer a summary of our debts and assets. My son asked two or three times who the guy was. I said, Its my friend, Allan. And as I said it I thought maybe this would make it so I get the hourly rate for friends. (Do divorce lawyers have any friends?) My son offered Allan an ice cream, which he declined, (and then Allans clock ticked in Playland while I bought my son the most expensive ice cream ever purchased.) Then my son asked if Allan wanted to go down the slide. He asked if Allan was coming to our house. All this made me wonder about eventually bringing home some guy to live with us. Though honestly I cant wrap my head around integrating another man into our life beyond some guy coming to Playland with us. But I know it happens. I know that somehow women work this out in their lives. And since I learn so fast from stories, could people write stories in the comments section about how they introduced a step-parent successfully? 5. Be honest. If you are shady about your divorce people will think youre shady about everything. It would be so fake to tell you that Im not worried. Im very worried. Im worried that Ill never fall in love. Thats normal, right? I mean, I know its normal if you are fifteen and get dumped, so it must be true now, too. Im also worried about money. How does anyone separate their career from their divorce? A divorce comes with a promise to earn a certain amount of money. All the things Ive done in my life to insure that I have flexibility to do whatever career I want could be going down the tubes. Im very scared about that. I also worry that you are only reading this stuff because Im a train wreck. People like reading about other peoples divorces because they feel better about keeping their own marriage together. So, okay. I hope I can make some of you feel smug today, because sometimes I write posts and Im the one feeling smug. We should all get our chance.

How to be more creative at work

How to be more creative at work My current favorite blogger is Dave Portnoy at Barstool Sports. (Not safe for work.) His topic, as far as I can tell, is smut and snobbery. I think that even though my blog is pointed at the intersection of life and work, I wish it were at the intersection of smut and snobbery. Because I am an aficionado of smut, and I could use a place to show off. This is my favorite blog post ever by Dave: The Thong is Dead. (Maybe not safe for work.) He does so many great things in that post. He has genuine social commentary about who decides what is fashionable underwear. He shows us a glimpse into his personal life because he has an underwear discussion with his wife. And he provides a great photo of a girlss ass, in boyshorts. All this in 500 words. For me to get all of that into one post would take about 1000 words. Seth Godin writes posts like thatdependably dense: really short but packed with valuebut never as scintillatingly smutty as Dave. Where Seth makes a living as a high-paid speaker by republishing a compendium of blog posts every two years, Dave can make a living as the intelligentsia by repackaging other peoples soft porn. Do you know the Approval Matrix in New York magazine? No? You have to look at it. New York magazine has perfected a way to showcase the thrill that is behind the brilliance of low-brow culture. Recent example: Highbrow and despicable: Franco Zefferellis says the soprano in his opera is too fat. Highbrow and brilliant: When the production goes to Rome, she quits. Brilliant and highbrow: The book titled Benefits of Looking Up, which is a series of photographs of balloons that got stuck in trees. Brilliant and lowbrow: An online video of some guys jumping off Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest building. I am obsessed with the meshing of lowbrow and highbrow. Im convinced that if you understand high brow well, then you are also a great judge of low brow, and you can get even more pleasure out of that. This reminds me of when I used to hang out with a woman who was a Ralph Lauren model. Neither of us had very much money because I was playing professional beach volleyball which meant I was living off sponsors (I spent my days in a bagel shop that sponsored me with free food), and she used to be a Ralph Lauren model, but she cut off her hair because she thought she might be gay and she was living off residuals (checks that comes in when ads run months or years later). So wed hang out in my bagel shop, usually with way too much food on our plates because I was bulimic and she was a hoarder, and the food was free. My friends clothes were always a little raggedy because she decided it was cheaper to get ten-cent shirts from the thrift shop than to pay to clean clothes at the laundromat. And I always had a little too much sand in my hair, and it fell onto the table, and since the only new clothes I had were from sponsors, I always looked like I was at the beach even when I was at the bagel shop. We always sat in a corner because it was too much trouble to try to pass for regular. But still guys would come up to us and they would look at her and feel like they just discovered America. They were Christopher Columbus and she was the untouched new nation (and I was a native they might have to kill.) The guys loved thinking they discovered a street person who looks like a model. They thought they had an eye for lowbrow. They were morons, of course, because every guy in the whole world was attracted to my friend, and every guy thought he was the only one. Heres my card. I could do so much for you, guys would tell her. As if she wasnt already under contract with a modeling agency, violating it with short hair. My point here: there is a little-acknowledged thrill in uncovering low brow while seeing the high brow in it. Its why I love Barstool Sports. Its also why I know that every job is creative. There are ideas that people dismiss as not right. Not intellectual enough. Not how we think. But there are gems. The creativity, in any job, is finding the gems among the discards. Its thrilling to do. Even if youre wrong sometimes. And the rewards are huge. After all, Barstool Sports is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Writing a Resume For Middle School Students

Writing a Resume For Middle School StudentsWriting a resume for middle school students is not an easy task. They are pretty much just kids who want to prove themselves in the job market and they can easily fall into the trap of making up facts and figures that are not true. As a result, your resume could be totally destroyed. Don't make the same mistake by assuming this is a job posting for people with PhD degrees or a big company.When I started applying for jobs a few years ago, there was no standard or simple format for resumes. In fact, there were two different formats that you could use. You could use one or the other, but the trick is to know which one is right for you. I know it is hard to determine if you are doing this for yourself or as a service to someone else. I can only speak from experience when I say, 'It is a time suck!'The first thing you need to do is think about what type of work you want to do. If you want to be a writer, you might want to use one of the web based resume services available. A writer can start filling out the CV in less than a day and the CV will be ready for submission in as little as 24 hours.However, if you are a stay at home mom, you don't want to have to lug a laptop to the doctor's office, or the grocery store! Then, you need to try and create a resume using a format that is more 'printable'. The best way to accomplish this is by using a template.I think most people have heard of template when they have heard of the word 'free online' but not everyone has heard of template. Template is simply a type of template and can be used to build a resume without ever having to download anything. This is because it does all the work for you. It has all the fields you need filled out.Templates are easily downloaded to your computer, saved and printed out. There is nothing complicated about them, all you need to do is fill out the fields and click 'Print'. They are fairly inexpensive compared to the kind of professional resume servi ces offered and they are a lot easier to set up.Use the search engines and do a search for free template. If you can't find one you like then do a Google search using the words 'free template' and see what pops up. Be careful not to get scammed though because there are many places on the internet that sell templates for a high price.So, now you know what to do when you are writing a resume for middle school students. Try and take this information and begin creating your own resume for a reasonable price.

5 Top Tips for Freelancing Success - CareerAlley

5 Top Tips for Freelancing Success - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste time. Henry Ford There are many advantages for those who work on a freelance basis. Freelancing allows greater flexibility and a level of control over your life that full time employment simply cant compete with. If you are here looking for freelancing advice, chances are youre either thinking of becoming a freelancer, or you have recently started out on your own. Either way, here are ten super important points to consider when building your brand and growing your business. Stop Dreaming about the One that got Away As a freelancer, your time is precious. Focus your attention, time and energy on the jobs you get and stop wasting it on the jobs which pass you by. Look after the clients you have. Its better to build strong relationships with a few clients, who can offer repeat business and referrals, than to do one off jobs with companies that you never see again. Dont be Afraid Negotiate Its better to drop your price by a small percentage than to be rigid and lose the client altogether. Remember, 60% of something is better than 100% of nothing. If it makes the difference between getting the business and not getting the business, just do it! more Whats Your Bottom Line$ Be Honest and Transparent with your Pricing If you finish a project much quicker than you expected, be honest about it and charge what you feel justifies the work you have put in. The client will value this and will no doubt want to work with you the next time they need a freelancer. After all, its better the devil you know! Its always the Small things that People Remember Half the battle of building strong relationships is getting the client to remember YOU. Always think of something extra you can give your client that will stick in their mind. This could include sending them links to articles which you know they would be interested in. If you have charge for ten pages of copy, send them 11 and tell them its a freebee. Give them more than they expect, over deliver! Everyone loves something for nothing! Mistakes are Your Chance to Shine Think about the last time you had a bad experience at a restaurant and the staff fixed the problem. Chances are, you told more people about how great they were than if nothing had gone wrong in the first place. If you make a mistake, go above and beyond to fix it. This will instil trust in your client and they will tell their friends and peers how great you are. Everyone makes mistakes, the people that succeed are the ones who face up to it and get it sorted. more Survival of the Fittest These top tips for freelancers are brought to you from Redcommerce, who specialise in contract and permanent SAP jobs. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook

Making A Career In 5 Most Lucrative Industries - CareerAlley

Making A Career In 5 Most Lucrative Industries - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. You come one step closer to industrial world the moment you step into the last year of your grad school. It is a crucial time in terms of job placements. Educating yourself about the best industries to work in will definitely help in making thoughtful career choices. Although there is no precise way to know about what would be the most lucrative industries by the time you graduate, yet keeping an eye on job statistics will be beneficial. It will give you an idea about the job scenario you can expect in a year. Here are few to begin with:- Technical Sector: If you check Fortune magazines top 100 companies 2012, youll learn that most places are occupied by companies from the technology sector. This includes leading companies like Google, Accenture, Microsoft and Worldwide technology. Worlds top economists predict that the technology sector is expected to grow by five percent by the year 2018. This means numerous jobs will be created in the technical industry like:- Telecommunications Internet broadcasting and publications Data processing Web hosting Programming Software developing These industries provide innumerable opportunities to excel in the best fields. You are allowed to work full time, part time and even as freelance workers having good experience in the field of technology. The Healthcare Industry: This industry undoubtedly provides new jobs to half of the worlds population. With new researches every day and never ending medical prospects, healthcare field is getting more and more secure financially. In the coming years this industry is expected to provide specific jobs in large proportion. For instance jobs like medical assistants, dentists, physical therapists etc. Banking and finance industry: This industry is giving tremendous job opportunities to people worldwide. Banking is the fastest growing segments of the economy, but this sector is always in search of highly qualified and skilled manpower. Finance is a vast sector offering jobs in areas like: Accounting Financial planning Insurance Real estate Investment banking Stocks Employment services industry: This is another industry with significant growth. Many people think that jobs in employment services industry are temporary in nature. But contrary to this belief, this industry provides both short term and long term employment to the individuals depending upon their educational qualifications and professional work experience. This industry always has jobs to offer due to high turnover rate every year. Overseas employment services: This service provides jobs to many people worldwide. People from different countries work together and spread a message of unity in diversity. For instance countries like U.S.A, Australia, Singapore, London etc are home to multicultural workforce of Indian, African, Chinese and other races. To work in foreign countries you need to fulfill proper requirements, for example you require Singapore Employment Pass to work in Singapore and for prolonged assignment you require Singapore Work Permit. Similarly such rules need to be followed for foreign employments. Author Bio: Peter Lee is a consultant associated with one-visa.com. He is a travel buff and an avid blogger, who likes to study the work and business cultures of different places. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook