Career Day What Are We Teaching Our Children

Career Day What Are We Teaching Our Children The Primary school sent home a notice about Career Day, an initiative focusing on Academic Fitness and Career Development.   Yippee, its never too early to start thinking about this stuff right? First, let me say, that teachers have an incredibly difficult job.   They arent just educating children, they are caught in the middle of   wacky over-protective parents and the schools administration.   It is a really, really tough place to be.   I respect what they are doing and want to support their efforts to educate my child while in school and help instill a love of learning.   The rest is up to the parents! The flyer requested that students dress up as a career that interests them.   The flyer provided suggestions for costumes (things you would have around the house).   The examples were:   waitress, mailman, or teacher.   The more important part of the assignment, stressed the flyer, was that the student should also be able to talk about why they are interested in the career they chose, its job responsibilities and the skills or personal qualities associated with the job. Now, here is my rant! What message does this career day assignment send to students? Is it that they can only pick ONE career? Are we forcing them to think in a linear career progression?   The reality is that these little tots will have 10-15 different jobs in their lifetime, perhaps more. We need to do a better job instilling in them at a very young age the understanding of a career lattice.   Sloane Work and Family Research Network at Boston College defined career lattice as a “replacement for the traditional “corporate ladder” enables employees to move in several directions rather than just upward. Additionally, it is quite possible that these children will be working multiple jobs at the same time, not just a single job. The need for contract work far exceeds the stable and traditional employee.   Shouldnt we prepare them for this now? The career day costume choices were a bit discouraging as well.   Are we underestimating the intelligence and creativity of our children by suggesting such common careers?   Can we push our children to think about what jobs might be available in the future?   Technically, we dont know what those career choices are because they dont exist. But isnt it worth a try to get them thinking outside of the box? Part of me cant help but think that this well-intentioned assignment is being given by lifetime educators.   Most teachers I know went straight from their graduate program into teaching.   That is to say, they only know what they know. Perhaps this is a dangerous assumption to make. The Career Day event hasnt occurred yet.   I would love to see what happens in the classroom.   I may just do that and report back. FYI:   When I asked my child what he wanted to do, he said he wanted to be an author, a librarian and an architect!   Now thats a cool answer!   How do you dress up for that combo? What do message do you want to make sure the children of today are learning?   How can you make that happen?

Job Action Day 2011 - How to confidently drive your career bus where you want to go -

Job Action Day 2011 - How to confidently drive your career bus where you want to go - Today is Job Action Day 2011. Its the fourth year of this annual event sponsored by Quintessential Careers, a website with many, wonderful resources for job seekers. Im delighted to be participating for the fourth time. Ill never forget how delighted I was when Dr. Randall Hansen invited me to participate the first time, at the suggestion of my friend and colleague, Lindsey Pollak. Im equally delighted to add my blog this year to those of my colleagues and friends who will be writing in response to the various topics: skill up, start up, speak up. Please keep an eye on this post, as I will be linking to other Job Action Day blogs as soon as theyre all collected. Quint Careers explains: This years theme is: Skill Up, Start Up, Speak Up. (Im focusing on the Start Up theme.) The Start Up aspect of the theme refers not only to tackling unemployment during the recession by starting a small business, but also developing a whole new mindset of being the CEO of ones own career by having a portfolio of portable skills, a great network, flexibility, a project-mentality; not sitting at the computer visiting job boards, but getting out there and meeting people, knocking on doors, taking ownership of their career path. Ive been writing for years about exactly this topic In fact, my 2008 post asked, How can you thrive professionally when keeping up seems about as easy as holding water in your bare hands? My response, then and now: While there is much we as individuals cannot control (e.g., the stock market, whether or not the industry we chose for our career will thrive in tomorrows economy and if layoffs will be necessary in our company), careerists still have a lot of power. No matter what you call it, you are the CEO of your own career, and you are the only one who has the power to make sure you get where you want to go. My mantra has been (and continues to be): Drive your own career bus. Driving that bus has gotten a little more involved in the past four or five years. Its become more clear how important social media tools can be to help careerists create and share a professional persona with more people than we could have ever imagined in the past. Not only can you have a portfolio of portable skills, a great network, flexibility and a project-mentality, you can take it to your audience without ever leaving your home or office. Before you get out and meet people, and knock on actual doors, you can take ownership of your career path by identifying and defining your value proposition as it relates to your target audience. Once you know what you offer and define what is distinct and special about you, you can broadcast it via your own website (via a blog) and by answering questions on LinkedIn or Quora. You can meet and engage with people you never could have otherwise met via Twitter or Google+, and you can reconnect with old friends and keep in touch with new ones on Facebook. At the same time, lets admit it: this brave new social media world complicates things a bit. While we can access information about our interviewer before the interview and research organizations from the comfort of our homes, job seekers are accountable for so much more than ever before. Interviewers EXPECT you to know information they may only have hoped youd be privy to in the past. I spoke to a job seeker at an event recently. When I explained her LinkedIn profile needed to be written to appeal to all of the types of employers she is trying to attract, her face fellShe is trying to apply to very different types of jobs. Now, its even harder, she moaned. It can be even harder now if you dont know what you want to do, if you are unfocused and if youre not willing to learn new things. But, if you take some time to focus, and are willing to learn how social media can propel your search, you have access to opportunities beyond what youd ever imagine. What can you do? Learn how social media tools can help you. Read about how to optimize your LinkedIn profile. Consider how having your own website yourname.com can make a difference. Review details about using Twitter for your job search and embrace the network as a useful resource to connect with others and extend your network. Consider how Facebook can be useful to you, and review information about tools such as BeKnown and Branchout to try to create a professional network via Facebook. Dont miss out on what Google+ has to offer. Use your profile to highlight what you know and take advantage of Google+ Learn about Quora a place to ask and answer questions. And, once you learn how to use social media tools, learn how to become a connector engage and interact, introduce and incorporate your new communities into your search process. What I wrote several years ago still holds true today if you dont like traffic, change how you drive through it. Take the keys and drive confidently in the direction youd like to go next, because you are the only one who can get you there. Blogs addressing Job Action Day Quintessential Careers Blog, Job Action Day 2011: Skill Up, Start Up, Speak Up Career Doctor Blog, #Job Action Day 11: Speak Up: It Takes a Village to Turn a Jobs Crisis Around Quintessential Resume and Cover Letter Tips Blog, #JobActionDay11: Skill Up, Start Up, Speak Up: Expert Tips to Fire Up Your Job Search A Storied Career, #JobActionDay11: A Start-Up Story of Triumphing Over Job Loss Deborah Brown-Volkman, The Career Coachs Blog Susan Guarneri, Career Assessment Goddess, The Start-Up Mindset: 10 Tips to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Maggie Mistal, Career Advice Blog, Job Action Day: 3 Actions Jobseekers Can Take To Bridge the Skill Gap Nancy Miller, Job Action Day 2011, Life Work News, Skill up for Employment Hannah Morgan, Career Sherpa, Start Up: Building A More Stable Career Meg Guiseppi, Today is Job Action Day 2011! Deborah Shane, Deborah Shane Toolbox, Raise Your Career Metabolism, Bring Your A+ Game and Develop More Magnetism Wendy Terwelp, Rock Your Career See Quint Careers for the complete, updated list of Job Action Day 2011 blog posts.

Writing a Professional Profile For a Resume

Writing a Professional Profile For a ResumeWriting a professional profile for a resume is very important. As a person who wants to get a job in a particular field, one needs to put their best foot forward in the process. This is why it is important to know what to write in the profile that you put forward.There are several tips you can follow to ensure that you have created a unique and personal statement of yourself. All you need to do is read the guidelines on the reference section of the resume, which goes hand in hand with the resume. You should use all these guidelines in writing your profile as well. Also, your personal statement of course should match with the job that you are applying for.The first thing that you need to do in writing a professional profile for a resume is to ensure that you include all the relevant information about yourself. In this section, you will put down all the details about your interests, educational and work experience, education and skills, and th e like. For instance, if you are an avid reader, then it would be helpful if you state that fact. This will make your resume more professional and helps a lot when you go through the reference section of the resume. After you have done so, you can also list down all the other interesting points that you would like to mention.The next thing that you should do is to create a document of yourself, which is very much in line with the role that you are seeking. The reason for this is that if you put down some factual information about yourself, the reference section of the resume would contain the same. It would help you if you used the resume templates that are available online. These are helpful in creating professional looking resumes and provide you with an opportunity to avoid some of the mistakes that people make while writing.The next step to take when writing a resume is to get into the details about the job that you are seeking. The information about the job is very important an d the reference section will need this information as well. However, you need to be careful with the information that you include. If you forget to mention the specific job, then it might not be listed correctly in the reference section. That is why it is important to make sure that you include all the information in the profile that you create.Besides the information about yourself, you can also write a detailed description of the position that you are seeking. In this section, you should put down all the things that you have been doing in the past and the projects that you have undertaken. You can also add in the contact information for those in the company who would be responsible for the promotion of your resume. In doing so, you will ensure that you have put down all the pertinent information that a prospective employer will need in making his decision.Writing a professional profile for a resume is something that should be done very carefully. It is important to know how to cre ate a profile in a way that makes it unique and matches the job that you are seeking. For this, you can use resume templates that are available online. These will help you in creating an attractive profile that is the best that you can have.

5 Email Mistakes That Are Totally Avoidable

5 Email Mistakes That Are Totally Avoidable Email has been with us for well over 40 years, and in common professional use for more than 20 â€" but you’d never know it, if you went by how often most of us screw up while using it. Part of the problem is email’s ubiquity. If you work in an office, you probably have access to email most of your waking hours. Depending on the corporate culture of your employer, there might even be an expectation that you’ll keep checking email long after work is over for the day. The more we use a technology, the more comfortable we get with it … and the easier it is to make mistakes while our attention is elsewhere. The good news is that you don’t have to keep making the same email mistakes over and over again. For example, here’s how to stop making these: The Reply-All Apocalypse Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. There are really two kinds of Reply-All Apocalypse. The first happens when you send out an email to your team and every single person replies to the list. You can lose your whole day this way, and never make any progress. To lessen the chances of this happening, specify that you’d like everyone to reply to you separately, so that you can coordinate responses. Will everyone comply? Absolutely not. Will some people read it and think, “Oh, that’s right: these threads get annoying very quickly, and I should refrain from contributing to the problem”? Most likely, yes, and then you’ll get back some of your time. The second kind of Reply-All Apocalypse is potentially more deadly to your career, but even easier to avoid, because it’s entirely within your control. This is the one that arises because you replied-all when you meant to respond to only one person, typically the sender. The way you prevent this problem is by opening another email, and replying separately. Sure, you might cost the sender a few seconds in sorting time … but you’ll avoid saying something you shouldn’t. It’s also important to note that it’s a mistake to ever send anything via email that you wouldn’t print on a t-shirt and wear to the company picnic. If you’re embarrassed to have someone see what you want to write, rethink it. The Flowery Missive Emails occupy a strange space in professional communications. They’re not letters, but they’re not quick-hit messages, like you’d find on Slack or text. It’s no wonder that people sometimes get confused about what emails should look like. Keep in mind that the goal is to communicate quickly. You should be civil, sure, but you should also get to the point as soon as possible, and keep the message brief. The recipient will thank you. Skip: long blocks of text, unrelated thoughts, and redundancies. Include and place right up front: the question you need answered, the point of your email, or what you need from the recipient. Read More: Could ‘The Red Sneakers Effect’ Boost Your Career? It Depends. See Attachment (There’s No Attachment) Most email programs will warn you if you use a word like “attached” and there’s no attachment, but if you’re in a hurry, even that won’t stop your flying fingers from clicking “send” and moving on. To keep this from happening, add the attachment to your email before you write the body of the message. You’ll also probably be less likely to attach the wrong document. Read More: 5 Jobs for Night Owls Allow Me to Answer Your Question With a Passive-Aggressive cc: It’s important to keep your manager and teammates in the loop, but there’s a difference between including someone in the conversation, and throwing your colleague under the bus. If you don’t have an answer to a question, say so. Do not use a productivity tool to slow down productivity. You’ll lose your coworkers’ esteem and you won’t get anything done. Read More: Gen Z Will Hit the Workforce Sooner Than You Think The Email-Alert-as-Electronic-Leash If you’re still checking your email every time an alert goes off â€" or every few minutes â€" it’s time to rethink your approach. Most productivity experts advise checking email only a few times a day. Do so more often, and you run the risk of allowing other people to dictate your schedule and priorities, instead of considering many messages at once and determining which are most important for your goals. Of course, to pull this off, you’ll need your boss’s buy-in, but if she understands that your goal is to get more done â€" and if you provide another means of getting in touch â€" she’ll most likely be on board.

The Benefits of a Video Resume - Your Career Intel

The Benefits of a Video Resume - Your Career Intel While the video resume has not (as of now) overtaken its traditional, printed counterpart, it certainly is a great addition to one. Consider creating a resume video so that employers and/or recruiters can see your face and personality shine through as you speak to the camera and give this brief introduction to who you are and why you’re a good fit for the position at hand. It should not, however, feature you reading your resume. The biggest challenge with video resumes is that a lot of people are camera-shy. But look at it this wayâ€"even if you are afraid to be on camera, this is not live television! You can practice and redo it over and over again until you’re happy with your resume video. I encourage those having a hard time getting an interview to add a video component as a bonus. In addition to the video, you should have an expert or hiring authority review your resume. I helped a gentleman that was unemployed for a year due to a lay-off. He told me that he didn’t receive one response. Within a week after making changes to his resume, he started receiving calls and interview requests. A video resume may shed some light on who you are. The goal is for the hiring authority to see and listen to how you communicate. Here are a few tips to get your started creating video resumes: 1. Where should your video resume live? Consider a video platform, such as Vimeo, where you can apply some privacy setting so that only those you give the link to can view your video resume. Include a link to your video on your traditional resume. As with all online content, make sure the video is something you wouldnt mind sharing with other, though. You never know whose eyes will see it.  2. How long should it be? Important: Your resume video should not be more than 1 minute. In fact, it might be better off being closer to 30 seconds. Hey, just think of all those TV commercials out there that deliver their message that quickly. Its possible. A too-long video can lose a busy recruiters interest. 3. How many video resumes should I create? I suggest you create a different video for either every job you are apply for (to really target your messaging) or at least make it relevant to the target industry and job category. You wouldn’t want it so broad that the same message is created for both a marketing career in the healthcare industry and a marketing career in the beauty industry, for example.  4. What should I wear? This will depend somewhat on the career you are going forâ€"concert producer and advertising executive require different attire. However, always look clean and neat, and err on the professional side of things. When in doubt, dress up, not down. 5. What should my background be? Unless you are an artist and want to showcase your work in the background, for example, keep your video resume background as neutral as possible. Record it in a quiet place without any background noise that can distract from you, the main character!  6. What should I say? Don’t just describe your jobs. This is actually your time to bragâ€"humbly and confidently, not arrogantlyâ€"about your accomplishments. Focus on an elevator pitch that tells why someone should hire you by providing past results. For example, if you were in sales, you may include I’ve had a consistent 12% increase year after year; if you are a manager, you might say, I’ve saved the company XX dollars over the course of my term by doing X, Y and Z. Have a question about video resumes? We’d love to hear from you! Feel free to post a comment and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Recruiters Tell Us Why They Love Their JobsAnd Youll Never Guess Their Answers

Recruiters Tell Us Why They Love Their JobsAnd Youll Never Guess Their AnswersWe Asked 4 Recruiters Why They Love Their Jobs And Their Reasons Will Surprise YouThe recruiting industry can seem pretty mysterious from the outside. Recruiters occupy two spaces that are hard to understand together (at least in a traditional sense) Theyre both Business Consultants and Sales Experts.Yes, recruiting and staffing firms like Apex are hired by businesses to advise them on building high-skill teams and to fill their open positions. But few people know, for instance, that becoming a Recruiter is a great way to start a sales or consulting career. Or that its one of the best ways to make a lot of money after you graduate. (At Apex, Recruiters earn commission on the roles they fill for clients.)If you want to better understand recruiting, the most logical solution is to ask people who actually work as Recruiters. So thats exactly what we did.Here are four Apex Recruiters on why they love their jobs .Up, Up, And Away Fast Promotions And wertmiger zuwachs BonusesRecruiting is a career with a ton of upward mobility. Its a highly competitive, performance-based industry. And it makes sense that its that way, too. If youre recruiting great talent all the time, then you should be rewarded and promoted for your stellar performance.The people who work at Apex love this. Apex is a place to grow, to be challenged, and to be lifted up to be your best, says Emma, an Account Manager in Minneapolis. In fact, my managers would do ANYTHING to see me succeed and be rewarded for my hard work. They have provided me with opportunities for growth that have challenged and shaped me in ways I couldnt have ever dreamed of when I applied here.With management training and vorrcken tracks available to all their Recruiters, people like Emma can know that hard work at Apex gets rewarded with more than just a pat on the back.APPLY TO WORK AT APEX NOWWork Hard, Play HardTogether Company CultureWhen you put t ogether a team of Recruiters, youre essentially building a team of natural winners. Recruiters have to be smart, charismatic, and relentlessly resourceful. Theyre also balancing new clients and leads all the time, which means teamwork is key.The environment/culture is what I love most about working at Apex, says Ben, a Senior Professional Recruiter from Alabama. Its great to work in an environment surrounded by other business professionals who, like me, have a will to win, seek to do the right thing, and make others better.They want to see you win. But it doesnt mean they dont want to beat you. Everybody comes to work every day hungry to win, says Aaron from Tampa. notlage only is team success a priority, but individual achievement is highly regarded and recognized.That Feeling of Satisfaction When You Get Someone The Perfect JobAt WayUp, we know a thing or two about finding people the right job. It really is the greatest feeling in the world knowing that youve helped people make be tter futures for themselves. Youve made them, their friends, and their families proud.But when you work as a Recruiter at a firm like Apex, this moment is more than just pride. Its success. That means not only do you get the sweet satisfaction of helping people live better lives, but also a monetary reward worthy of your time and effort.That satisfaction of helping someone find their ideal job makes my day, thats what gets me going in the morning, says Jerlisa from D.C. And, of course, a little bit of pocket changeWhat are some of the other things Apex recruiters love?Days off for your birthday/to volunteerMonthly gym membership stipendsContinuing education classes at colleges/institutesThink you have the traits of a recruiter? Check out job Apex job opportunities on WayUp right now

New Teacher Resume Reviews & Tips

New Teacher Resume Reviews & Tips The Ugly Side of New Teacher Resume No matter the sort of industry youre aiming to land work in, you will need to personalize your list of skills for the position. As a consequence, the resume may be put under file. If so, your resume can nevertheless be quantified, and provide the hiring manager a concrete idea of the range of your abilities and abilities. Therefore resume objectives is likely to differ based on the sector in which you are looking for employment. Life After New Teacher Resume Special Education students are working to communicate with you. Teachers have to get certified. To learn more on what it requires to be an Online Teacher, have a look at our complete Online Teacher Job Description. New teachers frequently have tough competition when it regards an available teaching position. The Importance of New Teacher Resume In addition, you can learn more on the subject of education careers on Monster. For example, the te acher may have completed a four-year science degree program plus an extra education degree to concentrate on teaching. Teaching jobs typically need specific degrees and certifications, so be certain to highlight your education. They usually require specific degrees and certifications, so be koranvers to highlight your education. The New Teacher Resume Game Its not simple to receive work in the very first spot. Tip If youre not applying for a specific job, utilize a target line to describe what sort of work youre seeking and why you expect it. In order to acquire the best chances of landing your teacher job, you ought to make sure youre making the best resume that you are able to. Therefore, when you sit down to compose your first resume, attempt to consider your prior jobs in a new light. Learning how to do a resume when dont have any work experience is much simpler if youre able to demonstrate some seasonal or short-term work experience. The absolute most important goal f or your resume is to present clear, easy-to-read information regarding yourself. The exact first site of your resume is regarded as the most significant. Someone reading your resume needs to be in a position to do so within a couple of minutes. Thus, if youre searching for a job for a teacher, as well as your resume, its also advisable to pay appropriate attention to your cover letter. You will also find a good example of a resume written especially for an early childhood education job. If youre considering applying to be a teacher, then the very first step you will need is a resume to assist you. Conclusion For your resume to be successful in getting you an interview, where you could convince the employer that youre the finest elementary teacher around, your objective statement has to be grabbing. If You Read Nothing Else Today, Read This Report on New Teacher Resume Teacher Resume Objective As a teacher, its crucial that you adequately convey youve got the abilities and dedication required to teach todays youth. Someone whos a teacher is deemed to be an educated person. You didnt make a decision to be a teacher since you wished to turn into rich, you did it as you have passion for education. Turning into a teacher may be a noble profession.