Take Ownership of Your Actions by Taking Responsibility - John Coleman. By John Coleman | 7:00 AM August 30, 2012 Are you stalled in a project at work, waiting on someone else to take initiative to get things moving?
Are you in a broken professional relationship — with a manager, coworker, or employee — hoping the other person assumes blame and fixes the issue? Are you looking for an easy way to get focused or improve your productivity — a silver bullet from an unexpected source? One of the most common momentum killers I’ve seen in my professional life is our propensity to wait for someone else to act, take initiative, assume blame, or take charge. But very often, no help comes. One year ago, I heard Tal Ben-Shahar speak about this concept; he learned it from Nathaniel Branden, the father of the self-esteem movement. It’s a liberating concept. This may be particularly important for young leaders, often characterized as a coddled generation. But leaders of all ages could afford to act as if help is not coming more often. Entry level jobs are no longer entry level. There’s a nasty trend sweeping the entry-level job world.
At first, I overlooked it, thinking it was some kind of mistake. But now, I’ve seen it so often, and it’s clear, this is no mistake. What’s going on? Take a look at the qualifications section of any entry-level job posting. Employers all say they want at least one or more years of experience. How to Land That Dream Job When You Lack Certain Skills. Cezary Pietrzak: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Staying Motivated in Your Job Search. Staying motivated when job hunting is tough.
You start off excited and energized, ready to make a big change and move up in the world. But by the end, you can't wait for it to be over. You're mentally drained and physically exhausted, unprepared for the difficulties of the endeavor. John Pavley: Hacking Your Way Into The Workforce. Last month we announced Opportunity: What is Working.
It's a partnership with businesses, foundations and education to find real solutions to the problem every American faces: Joblessness. This is not some abstract, hidden or relative problem. The lack of jobs means that we're all one economic crisis away from economic disaster. Even you think you are immune, because of your skills, professional experience or nest egg, you are not. A large number of Americans out of work puts our whole consumer-driven economy at risk.
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"The novice users of LinkedIn use it to find a job. The power users of LinkedIn use it to manage their careers. " That's Deep Nishar, LinkedIn's SVP of product, giving his 21st century take on "The Brand Called You. " "Most of us worry when we ever have to find a job," Nishar says over a glass of fresh-squeezed carrot and ginger juice at a restaurant in midtown Manhattan. "That's the last time and place [you should worry]--by then, it's too late. With a ravaged economy and an unemployment rate of 8.6%, such career vigilance isn't a luxury many can afford. LinkedIn is focused on building products to facilitate this process. The issue is however, that unlike users of Facebook, not everyone thinks they belong on LinkedIn. Here are Nishar's three simple tips for novice networkers:
The Pioneering New Company Changing How We Teach Children (and Adults) About Technology. Last month, Thomas Suarez stood up in front of a packed TEDx conference in Los Angeles and talked about his app development company, CarrotCorp.
A fairly typical presentation you might think. Except Suarez has yet to finish what we in the UK would call primary school. His first app, Earth Fortune, used a picture of the earth which changed colours depending on what it predicts your day will be like, and his more successful Bustin Jieber app, a Whac-a-Mole style game involving hitting the popstar's face as many times as possible in the allotted time. The crux of his presentation - apart from subtly telling you to go and download his apps - was the frustration he had when it came to developing software. "A lot of kids these days like to play games, but now they want to make them," he says.
This conundrum represents a key pillar in the technology revolution. Rethink. Www.mathcentre.ac.uk/resources/Refresher Booklets/numeracy refresher/mathcentreNumeracy1.pdf. When Corporate And Consumer Communications Collide.