Six things you should do before you start your job search. YOUR DIGITAL REPUTATION: What would a prospective employer find if they ran a search on you? When you’re looking for a job, maybe your first since leaving education, it can be a daunting prospect. Here are six things you need to think about before you even start sending off your CV to potential employers, so that you can begin to prepare for whatever opportunities come your way: 1. Set your goals It’s good to think about what you want from your future career – both in the short and long term. What do I enjoy doing? 2. Every word on your CV needs to work hard: Spring clean your education section. 3. What would an employer find if they ran a Google search on you? 4. Boost your employability by taking a class or volunteering. 5. If you already use sites such as Facebook and Twitter, check out the pages of potential employers and follow them. 6.
People are more likely to do business with individuals they know or people that are recommended.
What your nose says about your personality? – Did you know ? It’s a fact that your sneezing style could be genetic, with an amazing information about boogers can boost immune system. Love your nose or hate it, but you have to believe these amazing facts about nose. Facts About Nose And Your Personality Normal functions of nose: BreathingPreventing from infectionDetermining sense of smellDetermining sense of tasteAffecting the resonance of your voiceDetect More Than 10,000 Scents Just imagine life without all above mentioned functions could be unfortunate.
Even a simple sneeze involves carefully choreographed responses from muscles all over your body. Different Shapes: The shape nose determined by the positions of nasal bones, lower lateral cartilages and upper lateral cartilages. Sneeze Style is Genetic: Your sneeze style could be honk, shout or silent, sneeze process starts when an irritant happens to the trigeminal nerve. Nose is the most important and projecting part of human face, and noticed immediately. Big Nose: A Big nose Small noses: A small nose. How to Improve Your Social Media Marketing Return on Investment. Have you ever been asked to show the return on investment (ROI) for your social media work? Have you had trouble giving an exact number to explain your ROI or even set quantitative goals for your social media? 25% of marketers said that their biggest marketing challenge was finding the ROI of their marketing activities. In this article, I’ll show you how to tweak some of your social media actions with your business goals in mind and make them easier to tie to your ROI. #1: Use Social Media to Promote Your Offers Social media is an important channel to promote any content you create.
Tap into your social audience whether you’re on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ or Pinterest. Social Media Examiner uses Twitter to share content and generate traffic. As you can see on Twitter, it’s important to link to all of your content with your tweets. For other social channels such as Facebook or Google+, take advantage of the visual real estate you have and include an engaging photo. Barron's Accounting Handbook - Joel G. Siegel, Jae K. Shim. Strategic Analysis: Google. Personal Branding Is A Leadership Requirement, Not a Self-Promotion Campaign.
The 21 Principles of Persuasion. Fiscal Review 2012. When Colleges Look Up Applicants on Facebook: The Unspoken New Admissions Test. Judging by its Facebook network, Hastings High School in New York has one strange senior class. A student named “FunkMaster Floikes” is somehow rubbing shoulders with Lizzie McGuire and the fictional parents from That ‘70s Show. Meanwhile Samwise Gams (a nickname of a hobbit in Lord of the Rings) is listed as a 2012 alum. At first glance, such social media profiles have all the makings of crude online pranks. But in reality, they have been strategically created by actual Hastings seniors determined to shield themselves from the prying eyes of college admissions officers. Amid decades-old worries about GPAs, resumes, extracurricular activities and campus interviews, today’s college applicants must reckon with a new high-tech dilemma: Are colleges judging me based on my online activities?
(COVER STORY: College Is Dead. It turns out students have good reason to worry. Such ambiguity has sparked an array of conspiracy theories. Almost every student has heard a horror story. How Behavioral Science Propelled Obama's Win. For the last couple of weeks, pundits have been analyzing why Obama won the 2012 election, not to mention how Romney’s strategies led to a loss.
One area that has received scant attention is the use of behavioral science and consumer persuasion techniques in the Obama campaign. A group that calls itself “COBS,” for “consortium of behavioral scientists,” was one part of Obama’s winning marketing strategy. Benedict Carey of the New York Times reports that a “dream team” of behavior researchers offered input and even helped create scripts for the Obama campaign. The team was organized by Craig Fox, a behavioral economist at UCLA. One example of applied research in the Obama campaign drew on technique well-documented by Cialdini – the power of a written commitment to alter behavior: Simply identifying a person as a voter, as many volunteers did — “Mr. Another research-based technique was not to simply deny negative or false rumors. . + show more + show more CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. Learning to Love Volatility: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Antifragile. What Causes A Yawn? | SymptomFind.com. What makes us yawn?
Other people yawning, of course! At least, that’s what you may be thinking. But the contagious yawning theory is just one of many attempts to explain what causes a yawn. The truth is, the reasons why we yawn have yet to be scientifically proven. But many researchers have come up with some plausible answers that may turn out to be true. Feeling Sleepy, Drowsy or Bored When you find yourself yawning every few minutes at night, it’s a pretty good indicator that it’s time to go to bed. Dr. The Temperature of the Brain When your brain is feeling overheated, it may yawn to cool itself down. One study in particular showed that when people pressed a warm compress to their forehead, they were more likely to yawn than when they pressed a cold compress to their forehead. Other People Yawning One person yawns, then you yawn, then someone else yawns. Excessive Yawning What Other Ways Does Yawning Benefit The Body? Bottom Line Sources: Billionaires Index News.
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We try to identify and confirm all potential liabilities. To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew G. How Zara Grew Into the World’s Largest Fashion Retailer. H&M also delivers frequent shipments of new items and imitates the latest trends. But even H&M offers original collections by famous fashion designers. Inditex has discovered it doesn’t need to. “They have done process innovation very well,” says Nelson Fraiman, a professor at Columbia Business School who has studied the Inditex model. “Product innovation? No. Expansion, however, poses a threat to Zara’s process by putting stores far from the factories and logistics center in Europe. “The United States is a graveyard of European retailers,” says José Luis Nueno, a professor of marketing at I.E.S.E.
There’s also the delicate matter of sizing. “Would you expand in the United States?” Expanding in China, however, will make production more complex and also require heavy investment. Still, Asia remains central to Inditex’s plans, and the prospect of more than a billion Chinese consuming clothes at the fast-fashion clip worries some critics of the industry model. 4 Myths of Finding the Perfect Mentor. We have an amazing roster of mentors. In fact, we couldn't have started Altruette without their help and their immense wisdom. Some of these people are folks we've known for years but more and more we find ourselves turning to folks we've never even met. We've essentially cold called (or "cold" emailed) these people for advice and have asked them to continue helping us.
We thought this was something most start-ups did, but the more we talk with other entrepreneurs, the more we realize how rare this is. It got us thinking about the formality that surrounds the role of a mentor or advisor. While it's becoming easier to find mentoring programs at large companies, there's no perfect place for entrepreneurs to turn to find someone to take them under their wings. 1. 2. 3. 4. While having a traditional relationship with a mentor is still ideal, we're convinced that a modern mentoring relationship can prove to be just as helpful and a lot more convenient for everyone. Useful links. To inspire others, it's how you do it that counts. Successful sports coaches show behavior is not a defensive tactic, says Dov Seidman. Pictured, former Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola.
In the interconnected modern world, our behavior matters more than ever, argues Dov SeidmanHe says leaders must have a two-way conversation with colleagues and customers"Behavior has become a powerful source of excellence and competitive advantage," he says Editor's note: Dov Seidman is the author of "HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything" and CEO of LRN a company that helps businesses develop values-based corporate cultures.
You can follow Dov on Twitter at @DovSeidman and join the HOW community on Facebook. (CNN) -- Our world has rapidly gone from being connected to interconnected to interdependent. When the world is tied together this intimately, everyone's values and behavior matter more than ever, because our actions affect more people than ever and in ways they never have. Dov Seidman Competitive advantage has shifted from what we do to how. Selecting the options papers.