Home - OLCOS. Finance. The Jobseeker's Secret Weapon: If This, Then That. If you haven't used IFTTT, we think you should check out one of the greatest free web services around.
IFTTT stands for If This, Then That, and the name is practically self-explanatory. If one of the several triggers you setup happens, then the service activates whatever multiple commands you designate. But how does all this help you find a job? Turns out that many job sites have RSS feeds, and that happens to be one of the triggers on IFTTT. That's the start of the process — the end result is all up to you. How to Get Jobs Sent to You Via IFTT: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Bonus OmniFocus tip: If you use OmniFocus for the Mac, try this out for size. OmniFocus allows you to sync with Apple Mail, that way you can send yourself an email and it will automatically put up a task for you in the system.
Now not only do you get your job searches emailed to you right away, but they're added into OmniFocus automatically so you don't forget to tackle them. (Images: Kevin Whipps) How to Find a Job. Why am I qualified to tell you how to find a job?
At the beginning of 2003 my coworker showed me a NY Times article - Citigroup was going to lay off 1,000 employees in the New York area. Friday morning, I was escorted out of the building with a cardboard box for my personal belongings. Citigroup offered us free career counseling services and I attended a 1 day seminar on how to go about looking for work - all of it was useless. I started looking at ads and sending my resume out.
I had no professional certifications. I started selling stuff online & got pretty good at it. So what was this amazing strategy? Our Mobile Planet. CreativeApplications.Net. S November 2012 Trend Briefing covering the consumer trend "PRESUMERS" Now, on to the hands-on stuff.
Here are just a few examples – drawn from all over the world – of how businesses are already catering to PRESUMERS. Divided into: mass crowdfunding platforms which allow all kinds of projects, niche crowdfunding platforms which focus on a specific type of project, and a number of other innovative PRESUMPTION businesses. Kickstarter: Platform for creative projects Probably the best known crowdfunding platform, US-based Kickstarter bills itself as the world’s largest crowdfunding platform for creative projects. Project creators post details of their project, stating a funding target and deadline. The Porthole: Funded glass infusion vessel The Porthole is a glass infusion vessel designed by Martin Kastner of the Chicago-based Crucial Detail design studio. Sedition Wars - Battle for Alabaster Game Sedition Wars is a horror-themed tactical board game from renowned game designer and figurine maker Mike McVey (Studio McVey).
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