5 Secrets of the Guy Who Gets Multiple Job Offers. We’ve all got “that guy” in our lives. The guy who seems to achieve everything he sets out to, win far more often than he loses, and land multiple job offers—approximately 14 seconds after he divulges to you that he “might be looking soon.” You want to hate him (seriously, you do), but you truly can’t. Why not? Because he’s likable, inspiring and, well, the truth of the matter is—you would totally hire him, too. So what the heck is his secret? How is he managing to find this quick success, with so many interesting players? While he may not ’fess up, I’m guessing these are some of the very strategies he’s employing: 1. Unlike many job seekers, that guy isn’t plopping in front of the computer for two seconds of aimless searching until he’s done a little bit of soul searching. What kind of job does he want? 2. Once that guy hones in on a target job, guess what he does next?
3. Likewise, he makes an effort to have interesting ideas and stories to share. 4. 5. That guy doesn’t cave. What Employers Want to See When They Google You. InShare572 If you have an ounce of common sense, you know the basics of keeping your social media profiles “clean” when applying to jobs. You already avoid pictures with red Solo cups. You don’t share anything you wouldn’t want your mom to see. You keep a close eye on your privacy settings. When employers search online, they want your digital presence to give them more than a person free of red flags.
Except there’s one caveat. Although employers say they want to “get to know the real you,” they filter that online info through their assumptions of what it takes to succeed professionally. How do we know what employers want? An electable personality. Now after reading that list you may be thinking: “What a great way to recreate myself as a corporate drone and have no personal life.” But how can you address this?
Consider what you want out of life What are the tradeoffs if you prioritize your professional life online? Part of this process involves figuring who you are and who you want to be. A Quick Way to Tell How Your Cover Letter Sounds to Others. When it comes to editing your own work, Microsoft Word is great for some things—checking your spelling, pointing out punctuation errors, alerting you when “there” should be “their.” But wouldn’t it be great if it could also tell you when your writing be stronger, shorter, or just, well, less sucky? For those oh-so-important documents—your resume, your cover letter, a memo to your boss—that’s exactly where Hemingway comes in.
Drop your text onto the page (or use the desktop version), and the color-coded app will give your writing a once-over. Is a sentence too wordy, overly complex, or totally unreadable? It’ll be highlighted in red until you revise it. Tend to overuse the passive voice? Every instance of it will show up in green. Basically, it’s the closest you’ll come to having a real-life person tell you when you’re droning on and on or your GRE vocabulary flash cards have gotten the best of you.
5 People You Should Regularly Talk Shop With for a Better Career. Welcome to Forbes. What You Should (and Shouldn't) Do When You're Waiting to Hear Back About a Job. You know that you’re capable of being a top-tier applicant (that’s why you’re here!). You’re the type to take your career ambitions into your own hands—build your network, do your research, rock the interview, and write an awesome thank you note.
But then it’s the hiring manager’s turn, and you have to shift gears from proactive to patient. Isn’t there anything you can do? The short answer is, making the switch from “full steam ahead” to “wait and see” mode is the most important step (but more on that later). Don’t Work Against Yourself As with most relationships, looking interested is good, but looking too interested makes you less desirable. Need another reason to wait to contact your potential employer? Do Respond in a Timely Fashion To be clear, you want to step back from your role initiating communication—which you did when you sent your cover letter and thank you note—and let the company be the party to reach out.
Don’t Drive Yourself Crazy Do Move on Graciously So what should you do? 7 Science-Backed Ways to Seem Smarter at Work. If you haven’t yet heard of the hot area of psych research called “embodied cognition,” listen up. The first impression you make may have nothing to do with the words that come out of your mouth. Scientists are discovering that our bodies may be making snap judgements and sending messages to our brains before we even speak. From the temperature in a room to the way we’re seated, our physical world can shape what we think and influences our opinions of each other. Want some groundbreaking ideas on how to capitalize on (or even improve) your image before your next interaction?
Read on for the latest insightful research on how you can subtly (but powerfully) manipulate how you’re perceived. 1. Have you arranged a meeting with a client whose opinion you want to sway? Need a raise? 2. Running a presentation and want attendees to take your findings more seriously? 3. 4. Never underestimate the effect your pearly whites have on the perception of your job performance. 5. 6. 7. 10 Companies That Are Hiring Like Crazy in August. If a career change is on your mind, we know it’s not the easiest thing in the world to find a company you can feel at home at—which is why The Muse is here to help! We’ve rounded up some great companies that are looking to hire like crazy this month.
Check out the listings below to get a sense of why they’re awesome, and see how you might have the chance to work for them. 1. Counsyl Where: San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland, and Richmond, VA Counsyl wants to give people more information about their bodies. See the Jobs 2. Where: Flexible Worldwide101 helps connect talented professionals who want flexible work options with small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups around the world to provide virtual support in all sorts of things: administration, customer service, social media, project management, design, web development, and more. See the Jobs 3. Where: All Around the U.S. See the Jobs 4. Where: San Francisco, Melbourne, and Dublin See the Jobs 5. Where: San Francisco See the Jobs 6. 7. 8. 9. 7 Ways to Lay the Groundwork for Your Next Job (Even if You Don't Know What it Is)
Whether you love your job or not, you’ve probably given at least some thought to your next career move. (And if you haven’t, well, here are a few good reasons why you should.) Problem is, a lot of us stop there. After all, if you don’t have a set goal—if you don’t know exactly what lies in your professional future—there’s not much you can do to prepare for your next step, right? Wrong. In fact, even if your goals are a little fuzzy, there’s plenty you can do to position yourself for (and even stumble upon!) 1. Ask many people how they got their current jobs, and you’ll often hear that it’s a case of being in the right place at the right time—or of knowing the right people.
Either way, a great way to start preparing yourself for the future is by getting yourself out of your comfort zone and meeting new people. 2. Of course, once you meet all those nice people, you’ll need to keep in touch with them. 3. 4. Interested in something completely unrelated to your current position? 5. 6. 7. 27 Pinterest Boards That Will Actually Make Your Work Life Better. There are not many places on the web as aesthetically pleasing as Pinterest. It’s chock-full of gorgeous clothes and accessories, meticulously decorated houses, drool-worthy food porn, and everything else beautiful that you could possibly imagine.
But Pinterest is much more than just pictures—it’s also the ideal place to discover and organize ideas, thoughts, advice, and more! And yes, this does include (as I’m sure you’ve already guessed) the tricks you need to boost your career and get ahead in your job search. To get you started, we’ve pulled together 27 awesome Pinterest boards that will help your work life—everything from great work wear looks and office inspiration to productivity hacks and motivational quotes. (And don’t forget—all the best Muse advice is always available on our own Pinterest page!) Career Advice 1. These neat career spotlights will inspire you to take the next step to get ahead in your own career or do something you really love. 2. 3. Check Out The Muse | Career 4. How to Get the Job When You Don't Have the Experience | James C. 5 Ways to Stop Being So Busy (While Still Getting Everything Done)
We are busy. And we’re only getting busier. All the tech tools that were supposed to help us break free from the office have wound up keeping us online and working virtually 24/7. Rather than succumbing to that mad scramble, however, I recommend being more strategic about how you manage your work, to help increase focus and improve performance. Most people just assume that being overly busy and scattered is the nature of business. With that in mind, here are five strategies that can help you take on your heavy load more productively. 1. This seems obvious, but you would be surprised by how many people are doing work that doesn’t excite them, and that they aren’t good at anyway. For example, managing operations when you’re really best at sales. Bringing in the right people, whom you trust to get the job done, helps alleviate feeling responsible for everything. 2.
Don’t attend meetings where your perspective or participation is not completely essential. 3. 4. 5. More From Inc. How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love. “Find something more important than you are,” philosopher Dan Dennett once said in discussing the secret of happiness, “and dedicate your life to it.” But how, exactly, do we find that? Surely, it isn’t by luck. I myself am a firm believer in the power of curiosity and choice as the engine of fulfillment, but precisely how you arrive at your true calling is an intricate and highly individual dance of discovery. Still, there are certain factors — certain choices — that make it easier. Every few months, I rediscover and redevour Y-Combinator founder Paul Graham’s fantastic 2006 article, How to Do What You Love.
What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. More of Graham’s wisdom on how to find meaning and make wealth can be found in Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. Alain de Botton, modern philosopher and creator of the “literary self-help genre”, is a keen observer of the paradoxes and delusions of our cultural conceits.