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7 Secrets of the Super Organized. A few years ago, my life was a mess. So was my house, my desk, my mind. Then I learned, one by one, a few habits that got me completely organized. Am I perfect? Of course not, and I don’t aim to be. So what’s the secret? Are these obvious principles? If your life is a mess, like mine was, I don’t recommend trying to get organized all in one shot. So here are the 7 habits: Reduce before organizing. If you take your closet full of 100 things and throw out all but the 10 things you love and use, now you don’t need a fancy closet organizer. How to reduce: take everything out of a closet or drawer or other container (including your schedule), clean it out, and only put back those items you truly love and really use on a regular basis.

Write it down now, always. Using Twitter for Job Search | Blue Sky Resumes Blog. If you’re not using Twitter, you’re not alone. Although the social networking site is growing at a rapid pace, it is still far smaller than giants like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. And yet it may provide more opportunities for job seekers than any of those sites. To understand why, you first need to understand how Twitter works. What is Twitter? Twitter is often called a micro-blogging site.

One of the things I’ve learned about Twitter is that you can’t explain the benefits to someone else in a way that’s convincing. All I can say is that once you try it, you’ll start to see the benefits. But I want to talk about how you can use it for your job search. 5 Secrets of Using Twitter to Find a Job 1. First and foremost, Twitter is a social networking site. And conversation is the lifeblood of Twitter, so you are perfectly free to reply to anything you read.

To get started making connections, I recommend using either Twellow or Twitter Search to find people you would like to follow. 2. 3. 4. Career Services, University of Pennsylvania. How to Work Like the Masters | LifeRemix. Written by Jay of Dumb Little Man. When I need work done on my car, I consult with a mechanic. When it's time to build a deck in the backyard, I will search for an expert and listen to what he says. So when it comes to life itself, why wouldn't you at least consider what experts think? Trust me, I completely understand that the term 'expert' is often self-proclaimed. Nevertheless, it is up to you to hear, interpret, and evaluate information. With that, LifeRemix has done some homework and we're bringing you a list of things that you'll need to consider. Here are a handful of tips on working from the most popular productivity bloggers on the internet, along with bloggers on organization, the environment and more.

From Wisebread: Achieve greatness fifteen minutes at a time. From Dumb Little Man: Gain 10 days per year by adjusting your sleep. From Zen Habits: Eliminate all but the essential tasks. From LifeDev: Take creative breaks. From The Happiness Project: Walk around the block. 10 Ways History’s Finest Kept Their Focus at Work. Post written by Albert van Zyl from the blog HeadSpace. The lives of great people give us interesting clues about how to organise our days.

All of them attached great value to their daily routines. This is because they saw it as being part of ‘becoming who they are’, as Nietzsche puts it. For the same reason they were also highly individual in their routines. They had the courage to go against popular opinion and work out often strange daily plans that suited them. This is perhaps the first lesson that we can learn – that it takes courage and resolve to design and stick to a routine that suits you. There are at least 10 other lessons that the daily routines of the great can teach us: 1. Despite the modern obsession with physical presence at offices (also known as ‘presenteeism’), very few of the great worked long hours.

Philosopher Michel Foucault would only work from 9am to 3pm. 2. Even during these short days, the great took plenty of breaks. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Mandela. The Resume - Saying it with impact. Five Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out (PR Edition) By Kiersten Kaye (@klkaye) I know it’s cliché, but if I had a dollar for every time someone told me “I hate recruiters” or “Looking for a job is SO hard,” I’d be a very rich woman. The fact of the matter is, most people find the hiring process to be frustrating because of a lack of reciprocation. First you apply to a job online and then you receive a generic email that says “Thank you for your interest in X company. We have received your resume.

If your experience matches one of our open roles…” – and then it’s crickets. So, what can you do to make your resume stand out and increase your odds of receiving the elusive call (or email) back? Here are the top five ways to make your resume stand out when applying to a PR agency #1 “I have agency experience” Recruiters and hiring managers automatically scan your resume and look for PR agency names. . #2 “I worked with clients X, Y and Z” The next thing PR folks want to know is what kind of PR experience you have. . #3 “I am a media maven” Like this: Resumebear Online Resume | ResumeBear Online Resume Builder Resume Delivery Resume Tracking. Optimal Resume at CALIFORNIA STATE - DOMINGUEZ HILLS. Jobs News - The New Resume Rules: What's In and What's Out. 50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily - S.

The 6 Crappiest Interview Questions. All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2015 Matthew Inman. Please don't steal. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP All artwork and content on this site is Copyright © 2015 Matthew Inman. Please don't steal. TheOatmeal.com was lovingly built using CakePHP. 9 Ways to Make a Great First Impression : Managing. Twenty something? Job seeker? How to dramatically increase your chances of getting the job « Practical Hacks. Face it: the job market sucks. Interviewing and not getting the job sucks, too. The good news? There are a few simple things you can do to make yourself stand out from other applicants and greatly increase your odds of landing the job. Doing these things will require a little bit of effort and time, but they’re well worth it.

Why does anyone get hired? When you cut through all the noise, there are only a few reasons why anyone gets hired: You possess the technical skills – you can do the jobYou seem likable and a “good fit” – you can get along with othersYou display energy and initiative – you have passion and energy I can’t help you with the first at all.

As for fit and people skills, I would simply encourage you to be upbeat and friendly with everyone you meet at the interviewing company without going overboard and seeming phony. What one thing will set you apart from every other applicant? This leaves us with the third factor listed above. For you, that’s fantastic news. “Hmm. “Yeah.