The Great 2019 Texas Career Management Tour! July 15th in Austin and Dallas

The Great 2019 Texas Career Management Tour! July 15th in Austin and Dallas I am going on a road trip this summer and what better place to go in the summer than Texas! I hear its a lovely time of the year! For years my road trip speaking has consisted of my very favorite presentation, Career Management 2.0 most of the time. Sometimes Id talk about LinkedIn (since I wrote one of the earliest books on the topic, and have done a ton of training on LinkedIn), and then a few other things here and there. On this trip I will introduce a new presentation, titled Career Management 3.0.   In this presentation Ill talk about what the gig economy means to us, and why the last time I got laid off it was way more okay than getting laid off in 2006. Ill share numbers and ideas that are practical and within your reach to help you get more control over your income and, in turn, your career management. As of right now this is where Ill be speaking: Monday: Dallas pending/open Tuesday: Dallas Accomplished Executives at 7am Frisco Connect at 9am: Stonebriar Community Church, 4801 Legendary Drive, Frisco, TX Wednesday: Dallas HR  Focus Group at 9am: Whites Chapel United Methodist Church, 185 S White Chapel Blvd in Southlake Thursday: Austin Career Networking Group at 8:30 (part of the Job Seekers Network): Southwest Austin at Austin ridge Bible Church, 9300 Bee Cave Road, Building B, Austin Friday: Austin Launch Pad Job Club You going to be in Dallas or Austin the week of the 15th? Let me know! The Great 2019 Texas Career Management Tour! July 15th in Austin and Dallas I am going on a road trip this summer and what better place to go in the summer than Texas! I hear its a lovely time of the year! For years my road trip speaking has consisted of my very favorite presentation, Career Management 2.0 most of the time. Sometimes Id talk about LinkedIn (since I wrote one of the earliest books on the topic, and have done a ton of training on LinkedIn), and then a few other things here and there. On this trip I will introduce a new presentation, titled Career Management 3.0.   In this presentation Ill talk about what the gig economy means to us, and why the last time I got laid off it was way more okay than getting laid off in 2006. Ill share numbers and ideas that are practical and within your reach to help you get more control over your income and, in turn, your career management. As of right now this is where Ill be speaking: Monday: Dallas pending/open Tuesday: Dallas Accomplished Executives at 7am Frisco Connect at 9am: Stonebriar Community Church, 4801 Legendary Drive, Frisco, TX Wednesday: Dallas HR  Focus Group at 9am: Whites Chapel United Methodist Church, 185 S White Chapel Blvd in Southlake Thursday: Austin Career Networking Group at 8:30 (part of the Job Seekers Network): Southwest Austin at Austin ridge Bible Church, 9300 Bee Cave Road, Building B, Austin Friday: Austin Launch Pad Job Club You going to be in Dallas or Austin the week of the 15th? Let me know!

Graphic Design Resume Writing

Graphic Design Resume WritingBefore your next job interview, it is always best to include a well-designed graphic design resume with your cover letter. A good graphic design resume will help you stand out from the crowd and establish you as the right candidate for the job.The graphic design resume should include the following elements: job objective, project summary, educational information, skills, experience, and license. You should also include the following in your graphic design resume: a portfolio, sample of work, and a portfolio. A portfolio will be a place where you show off your portfolio. A sample of work will give you an idea of what your graphic design career is really about.In addition to the above, your graphic design resume should include two or three sample projects that you have worked on for clients or colleagues. These should include the scope of the project, what tools were used and how they were used, and any other valuable information that the hiring manager may need. Each project should also include your name and contact information, and should also include contact information for references.While a great resume can be written by someone else, a quality graphic design resume should be written by a professional. It should be both professional and concise. You will want to use the most accurate spelling and grammar. Also, any grammatical errors in your graphic design resume will destroy the effect that it has on the hiring manager.It is important to be able to communicate the points in your graphic design resume in a manner that will make sense to the hiring manager. Because a graphic design resume will be read so many times before the job is offered, the interviewer must be able to easily get the point of your resume across.You will find that the best designers are those who are willing to take a leadership role in the type of work that they do and how they market themselves. This is an important way to stand out from the crowd and draw a little more attention to yourself.If you have done the research to find the best graphic design resume writer, then you should receive the highest level of professionalism. You will be confident in the direction that you will go in your career and you will be confident in the designer that you choose to write your resume.Because a graphic design resume is a highly specific document, you should always be sure that the design is something that you are proud of. When you hire a designer, you will be trusting them with your future, and it is not a decision that should be taken lightly. A well-designed graphic design resume can set you apart from the rest of the crowd.

Implementing an Employer Brand in North America

Implementing an Employer Brand in North America Its a global brand which is very well known in the automotive industry but its just as popular with its customers. The German-based company is better known for its tires but thats not all they do. Continental has over 40,000 employees, and we will learn how they are implementing an employer brand strategy in the United States. Weve been speaking to Tanya McNabb. who is Head of HR Communications, U.S. Canada at Continental and Ally Brown, who is a Senior Employer Branding Specialist at Continental. Have a listen to the episode below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the  Employer Branding Podcast. Listen on  Apple Podcasts,  Spotify,  Stitcher  or  Soundcloud. In this episode you’ll learn: Why they treat employer brand in the same way they do customer brand What Shaping the future of motion means Why they believe employer brand should be in line with the company mission Why they try to be organic on social media but are happy to give a hand when needed Their tops tips and pitfalls including why you should involve your senior leadership team on the employer brand journey You can connect with Tanya and Ally here.

Why I Hate Elevator Pitches - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Why I Hate Elevator Pitches - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Fellow PBB writer, Scott Bradley, nearly had me rolling my eyes when he wrote about why your personal brand needs an elevator pitch. But he saved me from serious eye strain when he avoided making the cardinal sin most elevator pitch writers make. The sin of being too clever. Scotts strategy is a good one. A good elevator pitch is an effective value proposition. It tells people what you do. And it has to be simple and memorable. That is, it needs to take much less than the 30 seconds were usually told it should take â€" your elevator pitch should be no more than 2 sentences â€" and it needs to be something people will remember. But memorable is not clever. Memorable is short, punchy, and to the point. The Goal is to Get People to Talk to You The whole point of an elevator pitch is to get people to talk to you about what you do. To want to learn more. To ask questions. And their first question should not be a puppyish tilting of the head followed by a quizzical Huh? Several years ago, one friends elevator pitch was We make your company more memorable. She changed it after Kyle Lacy, my Branding Yourself co-author, and I made fun of her. That could be anything, we said. Sky writers, a guy wearing a sandwich board, or someone who will punch people in the mouth while shouting your company name. The problem was, she had been told to use her elevator pitch because it would get peoples interest and get them to talk to her. Its not a bad strategy if youre stuck on a transcontinental flight with someone and you both forgot your headphones. But in every other elevator pitch situation, you dont have that long to gain someones attention, so you dont want to waste the first 10 seconds of that interaction â€" not to mention that chance to make a good first impression â€" by saying something that makes you have to explain what it is you do anyway. Just tell me what you do, and we can skip the unnecessary stuff. If I like what you have to say, and I need it at that particular moment, Ill ask for more. If I dont, well make polite conversation until I can figure out a way to leave without appearing rude. Its About Timing In a recent blog post on Linda Formichellis Renegade Writer, Melissa Breau talked about how its important to have perfect timing when youre pitching. Case in point: Melissa landed a copywriting client because she started Twitter-following a well-known entrepreneur and she mentioned that she was a writer in her bio. It wasnt overly clever â€" we put your dreams down on paper â€" and it wasnt overly boring either â€" #Writer. #GrammarNerd. These opinions are my own. Instead, it explained that she was a copywriter, which is what her client needed at exactly that moment. (By the way, let me break away for a minute and talk about how much I loathe: 1) #Hashtags in Twitter bios. They make you seem desperate; and, 2) Statements that tell me your tweets are your own. If your company lawyers make you say that, fine. If they dont, dont. I already figured that the personal account with your own name and photo was a dead giveaway that these were your opinions.) Melissas bio, her Twitter elevator pitch â€" her Twitch? â€" describes what she does: Copywriter and book editor. And what did her new client need? A copywriter. It is, as Scott Bradley said, simple and memorable. It was, as Melissa Breau said, perfect timing. She wrote the right pitch, and it reached her new client at the right time. KISS â€" Keep It Short and Simple The point is this: it doesnt matter what you say, how clever your pitch is, or whether its 5 seconds or 8 seconds long. What matters is the person youre talking to needs exactly what you offer at that very time. If they dont, no amount of clever patter, no matter how much effort you put into it, no usage of the latest corporate jargony bullshit will save you. Make your elevator pitch simple, clear, and direct. Im a copywriter. Im a forensic accountant who investigates corporate embezzlement cases. Im a personal injury attorney specializing in bicycle versus construction equipment accidents. Dont fluff it up, dont be clever, and dont try to come up with something that will make them ask questions. Either the other person is interested in what you do because they need it, or theyre not. And no amount of verbal trickery is going to make them interested. So be simple, be direct, be as self-explanatory as you can. Remember, you only have 15 seconds to impress someone. Dont spend that time explaining your elevator pitch. Just say what you should have said all along. Author: Erik Deckers is a writer. Thats it. Just a writer. Nothing more. Oh, and hes a business owner. Hes the co-owner of Professional Blog Service. Hes also the co-author of Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself. His new book, No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing. Also, his opinions are his own, but they should be embraced by the general populace.

Should Companies Actively Use Positive Discrimination

Should Companies Actively Use Positive Discrimination It was once thought of as the best way to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce. Jobs and programs aimed just at one specific group to ensure only applicants from those backgrounds would apply and therefore helping companies meet their diversity quotas. The practise has now been made unlawful but there are other means and ways companies can ensure they attract a diverse workforce. Our panel of diversity and inclusion experts tell you positive discrimination isnt the way forward. Natasha Broomfield-Reid Although positive discrimination has been used in the past to address under representation, it can have a negative effect, and can undermine positive previous work that has been carried out regarding diversity and inclusion, especially at senior levels, with the issue of tokenism. I am more of a believer in positive action when an employer takes steps to help or encourage certain groups of people with different needs, or who are disadvantaged to apply for roles as this widens the talent pool and enhances opportunities for skilled applicants who are currently under represented. Natasha Broomfield-Reid, Head of Development at Equal Approach. Caroline Stokes It’s unlawful to actively seek a particular gender for a role. However, I’ve seen companies suggest it would be ‘good to hire a woman to balance the 20 men in the team’, where they can clearly see there is a need to have a more diverse team. Whether they end up hiring a woman for the job is irrelevant, as it’s about finding the best person for the job. Caroline Stokes, Executive Headhunter Coach. Founder of FORWARD. Nicola Crawford An open and transparent diversity policy and practices should be adhered to at all times. Diversity isn’t the tricky bit it’s inclusivity that often poses the problem. Ensuring that all parts of society are reflected in the workforce is important but again it should be the right person for the job. Nicola Crawford, CFIRM, Chair of the Institute of Risk Management. Joanna Abeyie I’d always advocate an inclusive recruitment business which means therefore that you will always have a diverse talent shortlist, as all those who feel they have the relevant skills will apply for those roles. Sometimes, businesses feel they need to positively discriminate in the first instance to allow for real change, especially if in their opinion they feel they are starting from a position of no diversity. However, while I can understand the reason for positively discriminating, it will only work out if the environment in which you have introduced talent is an inclusive, tolerant and one in which celebrates and welcomes difference, otherwise it’s an empty exercise. Joanna Abeyie, Managing Director, Hyden, SThree.  Suki Sandhu Ultimately, the best person for the job should always get hired. To find this person, you need to ensure that you’re selecting candidates from a wide and diverse enough pool so that all diversity groups are given the same opportunity. Suki Sandhu, CEO and founder of  Audeliss. Charlotte Sweeney As a general rule, ‘positive discrimination’ is prohibited in employment. In contrast, ‘positive action’ is permitted and may even be required in certain circumstances. Positive discrimination means treating one person more favourably than another on the ground of aspects such as gender, race, age, marital status or sexual orientation. Limited forms of ‘positive action’ are permitted under all strands of UK discrimination legislation. For example, employers are allowed to offer disadvantaged groups access to facilities for training and to encourage job applications from under-represented groups. Employers can use positive action when selecting between two equally qualified candidates. This enables employers to base their recruitment decisions on, for example, gender or ethnicity where there is under-representation in the workforce of that particular group and they are faced with two or more equally suitable candidates for an available role. Charlotte Sweeney, Managing Director of Charlotte Sweeney Associates Ltd. Sarah Nahm No. The goal of diversity and inclusion is to hire and invest in the best people out there, not to specifically hire more women or minorities. Positive discrimination ultimately has negative effects on all parties; it diminishes the achievements of the women and underrepresented minorities you hire (“did they only hire me because I’m black?”) and can lead to misguided resentment among other employees (“they only hired her because she’s black”). Sarah Nahm, CEO, Lever.

5 tips to make sure you dont become disillusioned by your dissertation

5 tips to make sure you dont become disillusioned by your dissertation This post was written by an external contributor. George Caulton provides the top 5 tips to help you when you hit that wall with your dissertation.   Dissertations can be a real drag. Everyone has heard their fair amount of horror stories. From computers deleting files, to water bottles leaking onto keyboards and students writing 10,000 words in 10 hours. I think it’s fair to say that this really isn’t ideal. Many students will still embark on a voyage into the library a week before its due with a word count of zero. If you have ever found yourself doing countless all-nighters which have been fuelled by cheap coffee and crappy energy drinks, then don’t panic. I can assure you that you aren’t alone. Having completed an undergraduate dissertation and hitting that mid-way mark in my postgraduate thesis, here are five tips that I have taken on-board throughout my higher education experience that have helped me stay on track. Use Google Drive Get ready for Google Drive to be your new best friend. If you have hundreds of documents lost in the abyss of your computer, this tool helps to sort out everything. Its also useful if you’re prone to breaking your laptop, or keep forgetting to put it in its case. Google Drive automatically saves your document as you type and can be accessed from any device across the globe. Trust me, since writing my thesis it’s been a life saver. Make the most out of your supervision sessions Throughout my undergraduate dissertation, I saw my tutor no more than four times. Considering I had an allocated one hour slot with him every week, I really didn’t utilise this well. Remember that they are experts in your field of study. They have contacts, they can help develop your ideas and they are the perfect people to add as a reference to your CV. Make the most out of it, you’ll only regret it if you don’t. Be realistic about how much you can do Everyone has heard stories about students writing their dissertations in 16 hours and getting a high 2:1, but I can promise you that it isn’t worth risking it. For something that can be worth over a third of your degree, it deserves a little more looking after than an all-nighter and pages of typos. In saying this, it’s also important to look after your own wellbeing. If you have left it until the last minute, work out a timetable and make sure you get some well-deserved sleep. Whilst caffeine is great, you’re bound to work ten times better when you take some time for yourself. Get someone with no knowledge of your topic to proof read As much as your Dad might not want to read about heroic masculinity in Shakespeare’s history plays, it will really help the flow of your dissertation. It will help to spot typo’s, awkward phrasing and punctuation errors. No matter who it is, if someone is not invested in the content they will naturally pay more attention to the structure and style of the overall project. Don’t keep asking your friends how much they have done It’s common knowledge that asking someone how far they are into their dissertation is possibly one of the most annoying questions known to mankind. Most people who ask this want to either show off about how much they have done or, for some reason, want to make you panic about how much you haven’t done. The best thing to do is track your own progress and keep your supervisor in the loop. Other people really don’t need to know how much you have or haven’t done. Download Debut  and  connect with us on  Facebook,  Twitter  and  LinkedIn  for more careers insights.

App - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

App - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog I just supported a?sweet little app idea, based on sound principles from positive psychology. Check it out and see if you want to help this app happen. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Last chance to sign-up for The Declaration of You! (and then Ill stop talking obsessively about it. Promise) - When I Grow Up

Last chance to sign-up for The Declaration of You! (and then Ill stop talking obsessively about it. Promise) - When I Grow Up I know, I know, youre so sick tired of hearing me talk about The Declaration of You, but I cant help it! Im just so excited about the start of the next e-course on Monday, since we already have an amazeballs group of women in the site introducing themselves and getting to know each other in the Forums. From CPAs to lawyers to designers to theater teachers to art therapists and healthcare admins (I could go on and on!), there are so many differences with one big similarity: uncovering their declarations! Sign-ups end at 11:59p Eastern this Sunday, so if you wanna join this creative, driven, soul-seeking, kicking-the-shoulds-to-the-curb group of mademoiselles, register here (and quick!). Wed simply love to have you.