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Be Tuned in to Your Job Search

Are you job hunting? If the answer is in fact yes, how’s the search coming? For many people in the job search, the results can range from great to downright poor. Often, how the search goes depends on a myriad of factors. Among them: National and local economies Your resume with experience and schooling If the employer you are pursuing is on a hiring binge or freeze With those and other factors in play, how can you best position yourself to find the work you want? Do Your Homework So that you are able to improve the odds of finding…

Education

8 Reasons Why Aspiring Architects Should Play More Video Games

(Photo Credit: Kevin Jarrett / Flickr) Prevailing logic would suggest that video games are a waste of time for children. Few would recommend video games to build future career skills, but perhaps that conception will change. Increasing evidence suggests that playing video games may help develop the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a career in architecture. Here are eight reasons why aspiring architects should consider playing more video games. 1. Improved Hand-Eye Coordination. Whether using an AutoCAD program or drawing plans by hand, architects need good hand-eye coordination as an architect. Nothing provides better training in this area than…

Business

What Skills Do CEOs Possess?

The role of a chief executive officer is one which many people seek throughout their careers in business. The reason why this position is so highly sought after is because it is not only the pinnacle of someone’s business career, it is also a position which comes with an incredible amount of power and influence and the financial rewards for such a job are very handsome indeed. Not everyone that wants to attain such a position that the likes of Lloyd Claycomb occupy are able to do so as these jobs are in short supply and the criteria is of…

Lifestyle Design

How to Stop Being a Dreamer

When we grow up as children we all have dreams in our hearts and minds, some are crazy and likely impossible but others are near-impossible and definitely achievable. As we grow older we lower our expectations when it comes to dreaming and make them things that are far more achievable. We do this because we are told as kids that we can do anything, then we meet life and it tells us that we can’t, this should be ignored. There is nothing wrong with dreaming about being a football legend like Jack Elway, a political leader like Barack Obama or…

The Zero Boss

How to Greatly Improve Your Chances of Getting Hired

The job market today is ferocious with multiple candidates fighting for even entry level jobs at desirable companies. With such fierce competition, companies are considering every factor when evaluating potential hires. This demands that candidates go into the job search process completely prepared to be vetted and able to satisfactorily pass scrutiny. It is important to note that previously irrelevant aspects about a candidate are now front and center, most prominent of which is their on-line activities. This has many job seekers hiring online reputation management companies to scrub and oversee their online reputations ahead of interviews. The key for…

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