Empower Each Other, Make The World a Better Place - Classy Career Girl

Empower Each Other, Make The World a Better Place The world would be a much better place if we supported each other while reaching our goals.  Unfortunately, thats not always the case. As Madeleine K. Albright said, There is a special place in hell for women who dont help other women. I’m sure that youve all experienced this phenomenon. While you work hard, making sure you do your job perfectly, aiming to succeed in achieving your goals, there are often ladies who will counteract you â€" either by criticizing you, talking behind your back, or even taking actions to make your journey harder so they can advance before you. I know your frustration and I can really relate to that since I’ve also been there before. Many female managers need to work twice as hard while being viewed through a magnifying glass and simultaneously navigating through competitive women.  I can also understand why some women tear others down. They simply think that there is only one chair reserved for women in the boardroom. This might have been the case in the past. However, if we focus the energy we use to compete with each other to help each other we can reserve half of the seats for smart, competent, and hungry women like us. At the same time, we make our organizations better, and in that way, were making the world a better place in our own way. So How Can We Make The World a Better Place? By Empowering Each Other. 1. See Other Women As Peers, Not Competition See other qualified and ambitious women as peers and team members that can help each other advance in their careers. 2.  Be Careful of Who You Criticize Understand that your dislike or criticism towards strong women is natural due to bias, fear, and competition. Try to see them as a person and to judge them just the way you see men. 3.  Focus on Company-wide Results Remember that together we can reserve more seats in the management room. Studies show that companies with better equality at the management level are more successful. So, in other words, you are not only helping other women, you are helping your organization succeed by supporting women. [RELATED: How to Handle Gossip at Work] 4. Look for Ways to Empower Other Women Listen and see how you can help and empower other women through your contacts, your skills or even just being a supportive friend to a co-worker. 5. Pay it Forward Once you have achieved your career vision â€" pay it forward! Help others on the way up by mentoring and promoting the next generation of qualified women.  By using all of the human resources that we have in an equal way, we will not only make our organizations more efficient, creative, and friendly â€" we can also make a difference in the world. Giving equal opportunities not based on gender or diversity while using our human capital in a much efficient way will give the world better chances to decrease poverty, illnesses, and maybe even war. In this way,  we are going to have a richer, healthier world. So ladies â€" let’s all help each other and make the world a better place! Dare to make a difference! Believing in you,   Moran.

9 Steps to acing a job interview

9 Steps to acing a job interview A good way to think about the process of getting a job is that a resume gets you in the door, and an interview is where you close the deal. Here are nine ways to ace an interview and get the job: 1. Tell good stories. When someone says, Tell me about yourself, they dont want to hear you rattle off a list of what youve done or what youve accomplished. People want stories.  Stories are what make you stick in peoples minds. The problem is, most people cant figure out a story to tell about themselves, so they start listing facts. This is boring, and research shows that listing facts about ourselves instead of telling stories actually makes us feel disjointed which is, of course, no good in an interview.  Compelling stories make us believe in ourselves. So find a story arc to your career, and tell it during every interview. 2. Understand the behavioral interview. When someone asks you a question that begins, Tell me about a time when its a cue that youre in a behavioral interview. There are established ways to answer this type of question. The interviewer is trying to see how you acted in the past, which is a good predictor of how youll act in the future. You need to tell the interviewer about a situation you encountered, the action you took to solve the problem, and quantify the results. This is called  the STAR response   Situation or Task, Action, Results. 3. Ask questions at the beginning, not the end. Dont wait until the end to ask good questions. Whats the point? You just spent the whole interview telling the person youre right for the job its a little late to be asking questions about the job, right? So  ask your questions at the beginning. And then use the answers to better position yourself for the job during the interview. At the end, when the interviewer says, Do you have any questions? you can say, No, I think I asked everything I needed to ask at the beginning of the interview. But thank you instead of thinking of a pile of pseudo-questions 4. Stop stressing about your MySpace page. Look, theres nothing we can do about the fact that nearly every college kid is writing stupid things to his friend and posting it on MySpace or Facebook. Hiring managers care less and less about these pages; its not earth-shattering news to human resources that college kids do stupid things. Which is lucky, because often,  trying to clean up an online footprint is a lost cause. So instead of worrying about what you did in the past, focus on what youre doing now. Write articles online, or write a blog do anything that will come up higher on  Googlethan your prom date photo. Getting your ideas at the top of a search is the way to impress an interviewer. You want to get hired for your ideas, not your clean record on MySpace. 5. Explain away job hopping and long gaps. It doesnt matter what you do with your time as long as youre doing productive, interesting things. So a gap is fine, as long as you can talk about what you learned, and how you grew during the gap. And  job hopping is fine  as long as you can show you made a significant, quantifiable contribution everywhere you went. 6. Present a plan. Show the interviewer that youve done a bit of thinking about the company and the job. Brendon Connelly at Slacker Manager suggests that you  go to the interview with a plan  for the first three months youre in the job. Show some humility say, This is just something I came up with that we might use to get the interview started. Of course, you can only do this if you know a lot about the job. But the best way to get the job is to know a lot about it. 7. Manage your parents. Its common today for parents to be involved in their twentysomething childs job hunt. Parental involvement is so ubiquitous during interviews for summer internship programs that companies like Merrill Lynch will actually send an acceptance letter to a parent if the candidate requests one. But some parents hover so close by that they make their kid look incompetent. Get help from your parents, but dont get too much. Check out CollegeRecrutier.com to find out where your parents fall on the spectrum. 8. Play to stereotypes. Youll probably interview with more than one person. And each person you talk with will have some sort of personal agenda that will infiltrate your interview. Your job is to identify the type of person youre talking to so that you can give the type of answer theyre looking for. Understanding personality types will be helpful. But also take a look at Guy Kawasakis hilarious list of interviewer stereotypes and how to wow each type with your answers. 9. Practice. A lot. An interview isnt an improvisation its a rehearsed performance. And its no mystery what the  most common interview questions  are, so prepare you answers. Even if you end up fielding a question you didnt anticipate, surely a version of one the 50 answers you did prepare will work with the surprise question. You can practice with a friend, or you can go back to your college counseling office, which will probably help you out no matter where you are in your career. But Alexandra Levit at  Water Cooler Wisdom  recommends using  InterviewTrue  to practice on video.

Writing a Resume Objective Example

Writing a Resume Objective ExampleSo you want to write a resume objective example that will bring out the best in you? If this is your first time to use the objective example, you may be wondering what to write. There are a lot of information online, but most of it is out of date. I will show you the best example of a resume objective and why this one is so powerful.Name: Tells the reader what you are about. You can do this by using the first name of the person you are looking for. Or, even better, describe who you are in the third person. This will set you apart from anyone else on your market.Time Location: To give you a little more information, you can include the names of your office hours of operation. For example, if you are looking for a position in New York City, your resume objective should mention NYC in your first sentence. A good example would be 'NYC-based customer service representative.'Faculty: If this is included, it will take away from the objective, so you should n ot include this when writing a CV. But, if you feel you need to make this part of your resume, make sure to give enough information so it doesn't feel like filler. Your objective should tell the reader something they want to know, not just an overview of you.Education: When looking for a job, it's important to know where you learned your skills. Do you have certificates or diplomas? How many years of experience do you have? Just a couple of sentences will let the reader know where you learned.This is the most important part of a resume objective and this is why it's vital to get it right. You need to emphasize exactly who you are, not just tell the reader. You want the reader to remember your name, not just what you did.The best example is a true example. One of the best examples I have seen is from the Seattle Times. It's not hard to find, so feel free to do a search on Google. You will find a bunch of examples, but most of them are from newspapers and magazines, so they are not ne cessarily the best.This is why it's crucial to use one of these examples instead of just trying to guess what a company wants to see. The examples will get you close, but if you want to be as specific as possible, you need to use professional resumes and CV writing services.

12 ways to pimp your office - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

12 ways to pimp your office - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog When your office was furnished, did the shopping list go something like this: One desk. Gray. One ergonomic office chair. Black. One waste paper basket. Gray plastic. One filing cabinet. Gray. You know the usual stuff. Typical. Traditional. Booooooring! Im not going to claim that a fancy desk or a weird chair is going to magically improve your creativity and productivity but I am damn sure, that all that sameness and eternal corporate grayness, does nothing good for your ability to come up with great new ideas. Here are some ways to spruce up a workplace that may actually inject some color and fun into your work environment. Got Milk? The Milk desk is a new design to match your Apple gear with its white surface and rounded edges. It lowers and raises electrically, it has ways to hide the cable clutter, and it also has four compartments at one end that can be configured for storage, trash or, yes, as an aquarium. Partition magic Softwall is a great way to flexibly partition a room. Its made of paper with a felt core, and I love it because it doesnt eat all the light in the room (if you go for the white one). It can be twisted into just about any shape or rolled up when you dont need it and it dampens sound more than most room partitioners. Plus it looks amazing! The wing desk Or how about a desk made from the wing of a DC3 plane? The saddle chair The starting point for the Haag Capisco is just your average, garden-variety office chair but theyve moved on from there. The saddle seat gives you a more erect posture and doesnt cut of the blood flow to your legs. The seat and back are constructed so you can sit sideways or reversed on it and still support your arms. And the whole thing tilts back into a very comfortable reclined position. Ive had one of these myself they rock. Bean bags Bean bags look great and can be used in a million different positions. Four bags and a coffee table and you have a great meeting room! Im partial to the the Sumo Omni (pictured above) myself. Disclosure: They once sent me a free one to review here on the blog. Bibliochaise Where do you keep all your reference manuals and handbooks? Close to where you can sit and read them, of course! Meet the Bibliochaise. Stokke Garden Its a tree. Its a sculpture. Its I dont know what it is, but I like it. Since I first saw these, Ive wanted one and only the huge price tag has kept from picking one up. It looks strange, but is actually supremely comfortable and allows you to sit/lie in many positions. I know, Ive spent quite some time in a showroom testing one thoroughly :o) The meeting bed. When your business is innovation, your office cant really look like any other corporate wasteland. London-based innovation agency ?WhatIf! know that as evidenced by e.g. the life-sized plastic cow statue painted like Spiderman in the lobby and the big red couch/bed they use for meetings: Conference bike This has got to be the coolest idea in a long time. 7 people pedal along, one of them steers. Its the conference bike and I want one!! I also mentioned this in my post on seeeeeriously cool workplaces. Art tables I was sitting in my usual caf? writing this blogpost when I spotted a lady at the next table looking through some pictures of weird and beautiful desks. Of course I had to ask her what the story was. Turns out shes Marie Westh, an artist and these are one-off tables she created, first for exhibitions and then later on as usable art pieces. Check out Maries website with many more weird and fantastic creations. A balance act This is more a metaphor than a piece of furniture but its pretty cool all the same. The idea is that three people can have a meeting where they must work together to hold their balance during the meeting. Like we must each contribute to a conversation, to make it balanced. Impractical but cool! More here. Wood wall Or how about an entire wall covered in cordwood? Not only is it amazingly beautiful, its also great for the acoustics and it gives the wall a great texture. I saw my friends at Connecta and their roommates build this from a huge stack of cord woodon the floor to the finished wall. Superb!! The upshot So is it the furniture that determines whether a company is creative and fun or staid and boring? Of course not! But the type and variety of furniture does reflect the mood at the company. If you have row upon row of identical, gray desks and chairs then odds are this is not the place wild ideas are born. And why exactly is it that everyone must have the same desk and chair? Why not let people choose for themselves, and give them a chance to create an environment that suits them. The resulting variety may be confusing to those who think that business is about structure, order and control but its sure to be more stimulating and fun for those of us who think that work is about being happy. There are more pictures of cool furniture in this flickr set. Also check out my post on 10 seeeeeriously cool workplaces: Or check out some other past favorites from the blog: Top 10 reasons why happiness at work is the ultimate productivity booster Top 10 mistakes managers of geeks make How to deal with a bad boss 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

Land A Job With The Webs Help - Margaret Buj - Interview Coach

Land A Job With The Webs Help Beyond the interview and the job application, what is it that can help you secure the role or at least help you get to the next step in the hiring process? The prep work you can do can have a big impact on your job search, and the internet might be able to help you in more ways than you might think. Here’s how to weave the web to work for you on your search. Know who you’re talking to First of all, use the internet to research any companies that you plan on applying to work in. There could be all kinds of information that could help you better position yourself as a fit for the team. For instance, you can look at their mission or any indication of their values and align yourself with them during the interview. You can also look at their recent news to strike up a positive conversation. For instance, if they have news of a recent success, you can congratulate the interviewer, especially if they were personally involved. Build your network online Social media is playing an increasingly important part of our professional lives, and it’s not always from a marketing perspective. Networking has always been crucial to a good career. Having connections to trusted professionals will work in your favour. Now, with networks like LinkedIn, you can build those networks online, capitalising on your work experience to show your experience with an industry, as well as a reliable and public record of your work history. Establish yourself on LinkedIn and start connecting with other professionals you have been in touch with before. Create a totally unique resume Your CV can help land you the job, but there could be a better way to present your skills, experience, and what makes you such a great hire. More people, especially those in highly competitive fields, are building their own websites. With a little web design, you can give your experience, skills, and portfolio the kind of professional shine that it deserves. Not only will many employers be impressed by the initiative, but they will see that you have a clear understanding of branding and sales, which is always important in a corporate role. Position yourself as an authority Back to social media for a bit. Besides creating a profile for yourself and linking with others you’ve worked with in the past, what you post can play a huge role in where you get hired, too. If you’re looking to work in a particular industry, then make sure you start following accounts that are well known for great news and insights in said industry. By engaging with the professional community, be it through thoughtful comments, sharing articles, and so on, it shows that you are truly invested in the industry, not just in finding a job. Take the time to establish an online presence for yourself and take advantage of whatever presence your potential employers have, as well. You never know when making the right connection online could pay off.

Are You The Type To Get Fired

Are You The Type To Get Fired Believe it or not, there are actually some people who just have the knack for getting fired (I bet you can name a couple of people like that yourself!). Alternatively, there are others who never get fired. What is the difference between the two and which type are you? Companies today want to grow and they cant do that if they have some people who are making it harder. So, they will get rid of them and replace them with those who bring something to the table and will help that company grow. There are certain types that companies will fire. They include: The Naysayer these types will always find a reason not to make a change, whether its for the better or not. They like the old phrase if it aint broke, dont fix it.. Unfortunately, many past businesses thought like this, but they are no longer in business. The Whiner This type will always complain about a new duty or an overall office change. They are the ones who can breed discontent in the workplace by making statements such as I dont get paid enough to do that. Ugh. The whiner will always be a negative in the workplace. The Grouch This person will know everything there is to know, know how to do it better, and try to tell everyone in the company how to do it better than they can themselves, even if its not in their area of expertise. They know how to do it all, just ask them. Any of the above personality types will get fired eventually. They can take a company down pretty fast. If you are one of these types, change your attitude at work to one who is willing to go above and beyond the call of duty, be willing to make changes in the workplace, work overtime if necessary, just to name a few. The economic times call for all employees to do what they can to help a business survive. The business, in turn, will keep working you so that you have money to put food on the table.

A Guide to Upwork Resume Writing Skills Test

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