Are you offensive Take a breath, be real with yourself.

Are you offensive Take a breath, be real with yourself. I am in an interesting business. I love what I do, I feel it is my mission, and my team is passionate about helping and serving others. BUT, JibberJobber users are dealing with some very difficult things.  If they are in a job search (Id guess 80% of my users are in transition), they are dealing with a host of emotions.  At any given time they can be happy and hopeful, or in the utter depths of despair. Most of the communication I get from people is cordial.  People are either nice or professional, communicate what needs to be communicated, and treat me and my team with dignity and respect. They treat us like we are real people. Sometimes, however, I get communication that is an utter embarrassment for humanity.  A couple of weeks ago I got an email from someone who spewed vile and hatred and even threats. Surprising, isnt it? Well, we deal with people.  And people are predictably unpredictable. Instead of sharing the emails and messages I got from this sad unfortunate person, I want to share my observation as a service provider, which is this: BE CAREFUL. You may think you are venting.  You may think you are right, and have the right to put people in their place.  You may think that your [age/wealth/status/knowledge/degrees/etc.] qualify you to be the heavy-handed person to set the world straight. The reality is that you dont have the right to treat someone else like crap.  Further, you are on trial.  As soon as I see you, hear from you, or read something you wrote, I am judging you. As a business owner Im judging you to see if I want you on my team.  Even though Im not hiring, Im always looking for that right person. Im judging you to see if I want you as a customer.  I firmly believe in my right to FIRE customers.  My team comes first.  If you disrespect my team, you are fired.  The customer can come first if they are humane and cordial, or respectful and professional.  But when you treat someone on my team like crap, you are out of our life.  I dont care if you were going to upgrade, or tell all of your (three) friends how horrible we are if make anyone on my team feel sub-human, you lose. Go somewhere else.  Ill give you the names of alternatives to JibberJobber ?? Im judging you to see if I would feel comfortable recommending you.  Regardless of your title and experience, if I am not comfortable recommending you, I will not do it.  If you are a horrible person, you are blacklisted.  Unfortunately, for the creep who spewed yuckiness to me and my team, if you are a career or business coach (which this person is I feel sorry for his clients), you will not get any recommendations from me. My wife and I have spent the last semester mentoring youth in a Shakespeare class. This semester we are putting on a play (Comedy of Errors).  In our last class we talked about the auditions and I told the kids that they have really been auditioning since the first time I met them.  You are not on in the few minutes you formally audition.  You have been on the whole time.  We have watched how you have received instruction, interacted with others, and what you have done in your down time.  We have watched you turn in your assignments and memorize things.  We have taken mental note of how you participated in games and activities. This is the same for you!  You have formal interviews, but you are really being informally interviewed all the time.  People are looking at you wondering is she ready for an introduction to my industry contact yet? I remember a lunch I went to where the person I was with was embarrassingly rude to the server.  It wasnt over-the-top, but I was uncomfortable.  That behavior made me think I dont want to do business with this person! When I was at college I somehow got on a performance dance team. Now, Im not a dancer. I had never really been on-stage and I had never received training.  My dance instructors hated me (I know this).  Heres what I learned: if you dont smile during practice, you wont smile during a presentation. You see, when I practiced I had on the Jason Is Thinking face.  There was no smiling to be had.  Plus, I felt kind of dumb smiling to nobody. What I didnt understand until much later was this: if you cant smile when you practice a hundred times, what makes you think you will smile when it counts? Oh yeah, guess what?  It counted during practice!   I was judged for not smiling. I hope you get what Im saying here.  The interview or that special lunch meeting isnt the time to be nice, professional, etc.  It is RIGHT NOW.  It is ALL THE TIME.  If you slip and people see there is another real you, and that is a dark real you, you might have ruined it.  Just like the person who sent me the hate. Heres some great advice from Finding Nemo: Are you offensive Take a breath, be real with yourself. I am in an interesting business. I love what I do, I feel it is my mission, and my team is passionate about helping and serving others. BUT, JibberJobber users are dealing with some very difficult things.  If they are in a job search (Id guess 80% of my users are in transition), they are dealing with a host of emotions.  At any given time they can be happy and hopeful, or in the utter depths of despair. Most of the communication I get from people is cordial.  People are either nice or professional, communicate what needs to be communicated, and treat me and my team with dignity and respect. They treat us like we are real people. Sometimes, however, I get communication that is an utter embarrassment for humanity.  A couple of weeks ago I got an email from someone who spewed vile and hatred and even threats. Surprising, isnt it? Well, we deal with people.  And people are predictably unpredictable. Instead of sharing the emails and messages I got from this sad unfortunate person, I want to share my observation as a service provider, which is this: BE CAREFUL. You may think you are venting.  You may think you are right, and have the right to put people in their place.  You may think that your [age/wealth/status/knowledge/degrees/etc.] qualify you to be the heavy-handed person to set the world straight. The reality is that you dont have the right to treat someone else like crap.  Further, you are on trial.  As soon as I see you, hear from you, or read something you wrote, I am judging you. As a business owner Im judging you to see if I want you on my team.  Even though Im not hiring, Im always looking for that right person. Im judging you to see if I want you as a customer.  I firmly believe in my right to FIRE customers.  My team comes first.  If you disrespect my team, you are fired.  The customer can come first if they are humane and cordial, or respectful and professional.  But when you treat someone on my team like crap, you are out of our life.  I dont care if you were going to upgrade, or tell all of your (three) friends how horrible we are if make anyone on my team feel sub-human, you lose. Go somewhere else.  Ill give you the names of alternatives to JibberJobber ?? Im judging you to see if I would feel comfortable recommending you.  Regardless of your title and experience, if I am not comfortable recommending you, I will not do it.  If you are a horrible person, you are blacklisted.  Unfortunately, for the creep who spewed yuckiness to me and my team, if you are a career or business coach (which this person is I feel sorry for his clients), you will not get any recommendations from me. My wife and I have spent the last semester mentoring youth in a Shakespeare class. This semester we are putting on a play (Comedy of Errors).  In our last class we talked about the auditions and I told the kids that they have really been auditioning since the first time I met them.  You are not on in the few minutes you formally audition.  You have been on the whole time.  We have watched how you have received instruction, interacted with others, and what you have done in your down time.  We have watched you turn in your assignments and memorize things.  We have taken mental note of how you participated in games and activities. This is the same for you!  You have formal interviews, but you are really being informally interviewed all the time.  People are looking at you wondering is she ready for an introduction to my industry contact yet? I remember a lunch I went to where the person I was with was embarrassingly rude to the server.  It wasnt over-the-top, but I was uncomfortable.  That behavior made me think I dont want to do business with this person! When I was at college I somehow got on a performance dance team. Now, Im not a dancer. I had never really been on-stage and I had never received training.  My dance instructors hated me (I know this).  Heres what I learned: if you dont smile during practice, you wont smile during a presentation. You see, when I practiced I had on the Jason Is Thinking face.  There was no smiling to be had.  Plus, I felt kind of dumb smiling to nobody. What I didnt understand until much later was this: if you cant smile when you practice a hundred times, what makes you think you will smile when it counts? Oh yeah, guess what?  It counted during practice!   I was judged for not smiling. I hope you get what Im saying here.  The interview or that special lunch meeting isnt the time to be nice, professional, etc.  It is RIGHT NOW.  It is ALL THE TIME.  If you slip and people see there is another real you, and that is a dark real you, you might have ruined it.  Just like the person who sent me the hate. Heres some great advice from Finding Nemo:

First Impressions - Is What You See Really What You Get

First Impressions - Is What You See Really What You Get Sometimes you really do need to look twice or three times to see the person behind the tattoo or the lion in the sheeps skin.  It takes just one-tenth of a second for us to judge someone and make our first impression, and our confidence in impression formation increases with the time taken to form the impression. Not only do we take milliseconds to work out what something is when we first see it, we also decide whether or not we like it! Two things reminded me of the power of initial impressions, a recent poll on LinkedIn suggested that 25% people make a decision in an interview in the first few minutes of the interview. Then a candidate who planned to call the Chief Executive of an organisation he was applying to was taken aback when I said ‘you never get a second one chance to make a first impression routine’. He was really amazed. It had not occurred to him that this casual conversation could have a decisive effect on his career. Given that people are forming impressions of us all the time, not just in interviews but in meetings, in the corridor, when we meet a new colleague, manager of partner; we need to be aware of the fact that our LinkedIn profile, our telephone call or our CV all project an image of what we are like. ‘Your reputation goes before you is another truth’ we should not ignore. Many of us are acutely aware of the fact that our audiences do form first impressions and there is a mass of advice out there about smiling, firm handshakes and shiny shoes. There is much less advice on how to improve our own ability to make those snap judgements successfully and accurately. Gladwell in his book ‘Blink’ says that these primitive (and very useful) abilities to size up a person (enemy or friend) very quickly can be both educated and controlled and that when they go awry they go wrong for a specific and consistent set of reasons. We can start to identify what those reasons are by understanding our own prejudices, to challenge in the moment our own thought processes. We can train ourselves to suspend judgement , not to label or categorise in those first 7 seconds. We can train ourselves to really listen to the person we are meeting, to see the world from their shoes, to find common ground and to build empathy. We can objectively try to compare the data with our real experience. Consider the person in a different light ‘if this person was smaller what would I be thinking? If this person did not have tattoos, what would I be thinking? If this person was already my employee what would I be thinking…’ To take action and make un examined decisions on those first impressions maybe to dismiss someone who can have real value in your life, to attach to someone who quickly turns out to be able to bring less value than you initially thought, or even worse who has a destructive and negative impact on you. Keep learning and keep challenging yourself to overcome your preconceptions and prejudices. And keep perfecting those smiles and shiny shoes… they may count for more than you think!

Executive Secretary Job Description - Algrim.co

Executive Secretary Job Description - Algrim.co Executive Secretary Job Description Template Download our job description template in Word or PDF format. Instant download. No email required. Download Template Using Your Template Follow these instructions to use your new job description template Step one: Fill out all details in your job description template using the provided sample on this page. Step two: Customize your requirements or duties to anything special to your workplace. Be sure to speak with team members and managers to gauge what's required of the position. Step three: When the census of the team has agreed on the description of the work, add in a Equal Employment Opportunity statement to the bottom of your job description. Step four: Check with your legal department, management team, and other team members to ensure the job description looks correct before creating a job advertisement. Choose a job board that's specific to your needs.

As University Starts, Heres A Reminder of Businesses Born In A Dorm

As University Starts, Heres A Reminder of Businesses Born In A Dorm From the most visited website of all time, to the world’s largest transportation company, BBP University found there are many well-known businesses that were established at university. Some of which are so renowned, they may surprise you… Google Google was born off the back of a research project conducted by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students studying computer science at Stanford University, California. It is now the most visited site in the world, having reached an average of 5,922,000,000 visits per day in 2013. Andy Barke, Head of Northern Agencies at Google, said: “Having the opportunity to set up a business at a young age is invaluable. You’re at a brilliant stage in your life to assume such a mighty challenge; so set the bar high, put your mind to it, and seize your business prospect â€" just like Larry and Sergey.” Facebook Launched in a dorm room by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends Eduardo Saverin,  Andrew McCollum,  Dustin Moskovitz  and Chris Hughes, social media site Facebook (originally called thefacebook.com), was initially limited to fellow Harvard University scholars. Just over two and half years later, anyone over the age of 13 was able to join and the students’ brain-child rapidly became one of the biggest websites in the world. Microsoft Bill Gates was studying at university when the prospect of starting up a computer technology corporation arose. He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, and it is now a multi-national operating system. FedEx While studying at Yale University, Fred Smith generated the concept for an economics assignment that would later evolve into the world’s largest transportation company, Federal Express. The student’s brain-child currently makes more than 3.6 million shipments on an average working day, meaning it is unarguably the industry’s global leader. Dell At the age of 19, Michael Dell created the self-named computer technology company, Dell, whilst he was a student at the University of Texas at Austin. Born on campus in 1984, the technological corporation is now one of the biggest in the world with its founder appearing in the Forbes list of billionaires. Yahoo In 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo created a website called ‘Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web’ whilst studying engineering at Stanford University. Renamed ‘Yahoo’ just a few months later, it is now a multi-national internet corporation with several entities, including: Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News and Yahoo Answers. WordPress WordPress was founded by University of Houston student, Matt Mullenweg, and Mike Little in 2003. The self-hosted blogging tool has grown to be the largest of its kind, appearing on millions of websites across the world. Tim Stewart, Dean of BPP Business School at BPP University, said: “If you’re thinking about starting a business, doing it while studying at university is an optimum time. You’re exposed to a wealth of knowledge â€" from advice from staff to take advantage of, to library resources and the opportunity to gain industry experience. “If your business start-up doesn’t go to plan, you’ve still gained invaluable experience that you can use on your next venture â€" plus you’ve got time on your side.” 3

5 Ways to Make Your Boring Office Extra Glam CareerMetis.com

5 Ways to Make Your Boring Office Extra Glam â€" CareerMetis.com You spend a lot of time at work. Think about it: If it takes you about an hour and a half to get ready and get to work, and then you spend the next nine hours in your office, you probably only have about four hours of awake time at home. So out of 14 to 15 waking hours, you’re spending over two-thirds of that at work, and another chunk just getting ready for workThat’s a lot of your awake hours for the day. And that means it’s a lot of time looking at the same four walls in your officeâ€"the same probably beige cube dividers, the same ordinary desk, the same blending-in carpet.What we’re saying, of course, is that your work space may be a space that doesn’t have a lot of personality, and can leave you feeling a little bored and sapped creatively. And if it does that, it might be time to take your space and your office accessories, to the next level with some easy DIY glam ideas.evalLet’s start with office supplies such as scissors and staplers. Everyone needs thoseâ€"you can’t get away from it, even if your office is almost completely paperless. And you of course can find glammed up versions of these in office supply storesâ€"but it’s a lot cheaper (and a lot more fun) to use some spray paint to add a little bit of sparkle to your own options. And what’s even better is that you don’t need a ton of DIY skillsâ€"just the ability to point and spray, in fact.And if you glam up your office supplies, you can also use the same skills to glam up your home accessories too. Take a catch-all trayâ€"you probably use one in your office to hold papers and files. And you might use one at home to corral keys and smartphones and wallets. Some adhesive paper is all you need to take your catch-all tray from boring to beautiful, and you can easily make one for the office and one for home.There are even ways to think about your office to accessorize it without putting any DIY skills to use. For example, the textural look and feel of different things, such as fau x fur, can be a great way to improve the look of an office. What else can you do? This graphic explains some ideas.Infographic Source :Quill.com

Watch this video - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Watch this video - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog My good buddy Srikumar S. Raos new book is now out and while I havent read it yet (my review copy is on the way) I know it will be good. Just the title alone is great: Happiness at Work Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful No Matter What. Theres also a whole series of 1-2 minute videos on Youtube where Srikumar talks about some of the themes from the book. My favorite is this one, where he explains how we learn to be unhappy. And if you want to know more theres the video of Srikumars smash-hit presentation from our conference in Copenhagen last year. This video has now been viewed more than 200,000 times and focuses specifically on the two traps we must avoid, that keep us from becoming happy. You can watch the entire speech here (18 minutes): 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

Tips For Creating A Tax Preparer Resume

Tips For Creating A Tax Preparer ResumeA Tax preparer resume is one of the most important elements in a tax preparation agency. There are some factors to consider when creating a resume. These factors will help you see your potential and what's best for you.A tax preparer resume should be easy to read and skim through. The more information you include, the better the resume will look. It is okay to skip some information but it is a common mistake. Keep in mind that just because something is not in your resume it doesn't mean it isn't important. Because the tax preparer is not trained in accounting and has little knowledge on the subject, they need to be able to add information that is pertinent to their position.The most important aspect of a proper tax preparer resume is what you don't put in. You should only include the information needed to write an effective cover letter and salary request. When it comes to resumes and cover letters, the two often go hand in hand. By putting in a resume first and adding in the letter later, you can be sure your letter will be both professional and relevant.Your tax preparer resume should have a unique job title. Having a generic job title won't be effective. Because your resume is the only way that employers will know you are qualified for a certain position, it is crucial that it should be professional looking and include the proper job title.Since the tax preparer resume is your introduction to a tax agency, it is imperative that it be professional. This means including a relevant web address and company name. Although it may be tempting to use a personal web page for your resume, it is actually not necessary. Instead, use the business address that the tax preparer website uses to create leads.If possible, include a cover letter at the end of your resume. This will give you extra information to add to your resume. It will also be helpful in explaining why you are applying for the job.When putting together your resume, it is best to keep it short and to the point. This helps to make it easier to read. However, don't include any unnecessary information. Your resume is meant to help you in the job search. You do not want to clutter it up with other information, like college coursework.Use different ways to include information in your resume. To be effective, you must use some kind of format that your employer will accept. When it comes to tax preparer resume design, you have many options so long as you know what information to include.