In Tomorrows Job Market, It Will Be All About You

In Tomorrow’s Job Market, It Will Be All About You 19 Flares 19 Flares Geordie McClelland  is the CEO and Founder of theThings.biz, an online career advancement service designed to help entry-level job seekers find work at companies where they are best positioned for success.   theThings.biz provides searchable, reference-based professional profiles built around the transferable skills and personal characteristics that define how people work, and a job search engine that matches aspiring young professionals with companies looking for workers who will be valuable over the long-term.     As our economy starts to improve and hiring stubbornly picks up, one part of the economy is growing faster than most others â€" the freelance economy.  The Freelancers Union estimates that one in three American workers are freelance workers and experts predict that this group could grow 6% year over year for the next five years.   Companies like Elance and HourlyNerd are further fueling the growth of the freelance market, helping companies connect with workers who can get project work done quickly and at relatively low cost (compared to full-time employees).   These marketplaces will continue to grow and provide companies with more, and more high quality options when they need the talent to get a job done as efficiently and cost effectively as possible. There are a lot of benefits to freelance work, including flexibility and the opportunity to work with more people on a more diverse set of challenges, but with its unpredictability and the costs of things like healthcare, freelancing isn’t for everyone.   So what are you to do in this changing economy if you know full-time employment is more your thing?   How can you be the person that a company wants to invest in and develop at a time when companies are less inclined to invest in and develop people? It will be about you, not just your skills Though we are talking about the future, I think the writing is already on the wall â€" when companies can easily access a marketplace of workers who can deliver the “hard skills” they need to address near-term project needs, for full-time hires they’ll increasingly look to soft skills and attitude, the personal characteristics that drive retention and are more indicative of long-term success.   Leadership IQ, a consultancy that works with the likes of Microsoft, IBM and GE studied retention of 20,000 new hires over a 18 month period and found that when people were fired, “lack of skill” was the reason given only 11% of the time   89% of the time people were let go because of a mismatch in attitude and the intangibles that suggest how a person thinks and works.   With the high cost of employee turnover, companies are now focusing more than ever on these types of measures. Just check out the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ list of the skills and qualities employers want, the result of a 208- company survey across industries as diverse of manufacturing and government: 1)     Ability to work in a team structure 2)     Ability to make decisions and solve problems 3)     Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work 4)     Ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organization 5)     Ability to obtain and process information 6)     Ability to analyze quantitative data 7)     Technical knowledge related to the job 8)     Proficiency with computer software 9)     Ability to create and/or edit written reports 10)   Ability to sell or influence others In the top ten, only two of these desired skills and qualities would be considered “hard skills”: #7 “technical knowledge related to the job” and #8 “proficiency with computer software programs” â€" and both of which, in many cases, can be easily taught to the right person.   The rest of the top ten are more about soft skills and attitude, the personal characteristics and deeper measures of “the right person” that are learned over time through experience. This isn’t new; people have been writing about the importance of hiring for attitude and training for skill for years now.   What’s changed is that the market for short-term, skills-based hires has become so much more efficient (thanks to a thriving freelance economy).   As a result, more companies can make better long-term hiring choices without worrying that their immediate needs won’t be served. So to get that full-time job, sell yourself, not just what you can do To sell yourself, you’ve got to know yourself and the characteristics that truly define how your think and work.   That’s often a challenge, though, because the tricky thing about identifying and attesting to your intangibles is that they are, well, intangibles.   To get around that fact, try tapping into your network and the people who know you by working with you, ask them how they would recommend you to a potential employer and listen for the language they use â€" generally it’s about you, what it’s like to work with you, not your pivot table prowess.   And if they need prompting, ask them to choose the two things from this list that best define how you work: Ability to Communicate Complex Ideas Ability to Self-Manage Ability to Sell (an idea, a product / service) Ability to Work Across Cultures Ability to Work In a Team Ability to Work in Uncertain Environments Attention to Detail Creativity Decision-Making Skills Flexibility Initiative Leadership Skills Management Skills Problem-Solving Skills Quantitative Thinking Reliability / Follow-Through Research Analysis Skills Resilience Ask a couple of people from different experiences in your life and soon you’ll start to see some consensus around your true, long-term value as an employee.   Whatever that is, that’s what’s ultimately going to differentiate you from a hired gun and make a company want to invest in you. That’s your value today and into the future: how you can sell yourself in today’s job market and even more so in the job market of tomorrow.

Finding a career seeker buddy for your career transition - Hallie Crawford

Finding a career seeker buddy for your career transition Sometimes it isnt easy being that horse of a different color in your group of friends. If everyone you know is consumed with their corporate job but you have a strong urge to strike out on your own, you may get some resistance from those who cant relate or are concerned you are making a mistake. The solution is not to try and persuade the naysayers, but instead seek like-minded people or a supportive friend to commiserate with, share experiences with, and bounce ideas off of. Its so important to feel like you have someone who understands what youre going through during the sometimes unpredictable yet exhilarating career transition time. Here are some ways you can find a career seeking buddy: visiting online and in-person networks where career seekers converge taking a career education course or career teleclass and reaching out to classmates asking your career coach to introduce you to others in her circle of contacts Heres to having a career you love, Certified Career Coach P.S. Check out my Identify Your Ideal Career Path Coaching Group if you like the idea of working with a buddy during career transition. Read more here.

How to Use Free Resume Templates For Google Docs

How to Use Free Resume Templates For Google DocsThere are numerous free resume templates for Google Docs that you can download from the Internet. These resumes can help you make your own resume for a particular job.So, if you want to create a free resume on Google Docs, then what you need to do is search for free resume templates for Google Docs. Once you find the template that you like, print it out. The resume templates for Google Docs have already been formatted, so all you need to do is copy and paste your information from the document.Most of these resume templates are in plain English, but some are made up of pictures, graphics, and language. These pictures and graphics often include words, but mostly just information. There are also some professional resumes made up of actual images. Then there are online job sites that offer a lot of resumes.Resumes are one of the most important documents that you can send out in order to apply for a job. In order to prepare a good resume, it is important to first learn how to write a resume and the different steps to put the information you have. You can search the Internet for samples of great resumes.For one, you need to start from a good idea of what job you would like to apply for, or what skills you have that could help you in the job you are applying for. When creating a resume, think about what information is important to include, especially in the job title and the job description.There is also a need to identify and list the specific skills you have that might be useful to the position you are applying for. For example, if you have experience with computers, consider what special skills that you can use to help your potential employer. There are other questions to include such as when you were hired, who handled the job, how long did you work there, what did you do in the job, etc.When you learn how to use the free resume templates for Google Docs, it will be easier for you to get the right information for you r resume. By using Google Docs, you can also go back and change your resume as needed. This will make it easier for you to get the best information for your resume.

ESPNs Adam Schefter on How You Should Deal With Rejection

ESPN's Adam Schefter on How You Should Deal With Rejection Adam Schefter is a sports analyst and the highest-paid NFL insider for ESPN. Schefter leads the nation in breaking the news of high profile trades and deals, which he quickly tweets out to his 6.9 million Twitter followers. He spoke to Morning Brew on dealing with rejection, who his mentors are, and life as a journalist. Any classes in college that helped you be successful in your career? I spent a lot of time writing for (the University of Michigan student newspaper) The Michigan Daily. That was memorable and something that helped me. I also worked with a writing coach, a great man who still lives in Ann Arbor and we’ve stayed in touch over the years. He was gracious enough to offer critiques of things I was writing in his class and he’d give me sports writing assignments and books to read. It’s not that he was the best teacher or the most important teacher, but he was my most important teacher. And somebody that I developed a lifelong relationship with. View this post on Instagram Loved being included with the team, the team, the team. A post shared by Adam Schefter (@adamschefter) on Sep 8, 2017 at 6:48pm PDT What advice did you give the University of Michigan football team as the honorary captain this fall? The very first thing I said to the team was: “Listen, when I did not get the opportunity to be a football manager, I went down to the student newspaper and had to be a fan. When I was a fan, I was in the stands as a freshman when Jim Harbaugh, on 2nd down, threw a 77-yard touchdown pass to the then freshman wide receiver John Kolesar. John Kolesar ran right at the student section and we all went crazy. People were singing and screaming and singing ‘Hail to the Victors!,’ waving flags, and it was just something that I could still remember to this day.” I told the team, because it was right before the home opener, that there’s going to be a whole group of freshmen in those stands tomorrow, who are watching you play, going to the Big House for the first time and never been, and every time that you step onto that football field you will have the chance to make a mark on these people. To give them something to remember for the rest of their lives. #brew-email-field{width: 260px;height: 40px;border: 1px solid lightgrey;border-radius: 3px;font-size: 14px;padding-left: 10px;}#brew-subscribe-btn{width: 100%;border-radius: 1px;background-color: #0268e2;margin-top: 10px !important;border: 0;height: 45px;color: white;font-size: 14px;width: 260px;border-radius: 3px;}.is-focused{background-color: white!important;color:white!important;}.form-group{padding-bottom: none;margin-bottom: 0;}.form-group.is-focused .form-control{background-image:none!important;} https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js Receive Morning Brew in your inbox! /* attach a submit handler to the form */ $(“#brew-form”).submit(function(event) { event.preventDefault(); var $form = $( this ), url = $form.attr( ‘action’ ); var posting = $.post( url, { email: $(‘#brew-email-field’).val(), sid: $(‘#brew-sid-field’).val() } ); posting.done(function( data ) { $(‘#brew-email-field’).val(”); $(‘#brew-subscribe-btn’).css(“background-color”,”green”).attr(“value”,”Success”); }); }); What is it like being a public figure as an ESPN journalist? I do love my job, and I feel incredibly blessed and fortunate. But I also will say that it’s not easy as it looks. It’s not as much of a joyride as you might think. I don’t think that there is any job that is just sheer pleasure. Otherwise, they’d have another name for it other than “work.” There is still pressure, stress, and headaches. But I wouldn’t trade it for anything. If you would’ve said to me, “Okay, 28 years from now, here’s what you’ll be doing: you’ll have this job. You’ll work for ESPN. You’ll cover the NFL. You’ll be in charge of information, news, breaking stories.” I would say: “Where do I sign up? And how much can I pay you for that job?” Trust The Process…#Growthspurtplease pic.twitter.com/qAZ79Azz36 â€" Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 16, 2017 What is one characteristic that has made you really good at what you do? I don’t feel like I have any really discernible talents. But I care an awful lot. I’m driven. I’ve always been scared of falling short, not succeeding. I always wanted more. And I’ve always been rejected at so many turns in my life whether it was wanting to go to Penn or Tufts and not getting in, or wanting to get into the fraternity at school and not getting in, or wanting to be the football student manager and not getting the job, or applying to newspaper jobs out of college and getting rejected, or wanting to be a columnist once I got to the newspaper and getting rejected. My entire life I was told “no.” And I think every time I was, I was driven to make sure that I can climb back into a spot that would make me happier than I was at that moment. Who is your #1 mentor and why? Hard to say just one. My grandfather, Dave Cohen, was a great man with a positive attitude. Thomas George, former Detroit Free Press and New York Times reporter, helped bring me into the business. Former Broncos VP Jim Saccomano helped raise me in the NFL. And Chris Mortensen has become a great friend and mentor. What’s your most memorable sports moment of all-time? Michigan winning the National Championship in basketball in Seattle in 1989, with my college roommates and me in attendance.

Overall Best Online Fax Service for Small Businesses

Overall Best Online Fax Service for Small Businesses When running a small business in today's fast-paced environment, it's important to know what services you need and how they fit with your daily productivity. While faxing may not seem like the most technologically advanced method of sending and receiving information, there are businesses that still use it. Rather than owning, operating and maintaining a dedicated fax machine, there are services available online that move faxing from the analog world into the digital realm. When picking out an online fax service, it's important to consider some key items. You want to know how many pages you can send in a given month, what kind of online storage options exist, how fast and securely faxes are transmitted, and how much it will cost. After conducting extensive research and analysis, RingCentral is our 2019 pick for the overall best online fax solution for small businesses. To learn about our process and to see a comprehensive list of online faxing providers, see our best picks page. Why RingCentral? Of the vendors we examined, RingCentral stood out as the best option for small businesses looking to adopt online faxing. The company's strong feature set, focus on security and flexible user count make it easy for business owners to tailor the service to fit their faxing needs. Features In the world of online faxing, the method of sending and receiving faxes is largely the same from vendor to vendor. What sets each company and their offerings apart are the features they offer users. Of the companies we tested, RingCentral had the most robust range of features. Here's a sampling of what RingCentral has to offer: Accepted file types. When sending faxes, RingCentral supports most common file types, including PDFs, DOCs, and various image files and gives you the option of attaching a cover page. Faxes you send and receive are converted into PDFs for easy access. Accessibility. Both incoming and outgoing faxes can be accessed through a desktop computer, an email client or the company's iOS and Android apps. Additionally, RingCentral's fax service can integrate with many popular business programs, including the Windows Office suite, Dropbox and Google Drive. Notifications. You can set up the system to send email and SMS alerts to multiple individuals when faxes arrive. With proper access to the account, those users can then view any incoming faxes. Recipient groups. You can send a fax to multiple recipients at once by creating groups with up to 50 email addresses. Toll-free, local and vanity numbers. When setting up your account, you can choose from a list of free toll-free, local and vanity numbers. You can decide which numbers you use for incoming and outgoing messages, and customize how your identification information shows up on recipients' caller ID. International faxing. RingCentral offers international faxing, but costs vary, depending on the number of pages you send and the country your recipient is in. Fax storage. Up to 200 faxes can be stored indefinitely in an online account. Pricing Before you sign up for a plan with RingCentral, you need to know how much faxing your business does each month, as each service tier supports a different volume of incoming and outgoing faxes. While most companies offer a free option for businesses that don't use the fax service too often, RingCentral does not currently offer such a choice. That being said, the lowest tier costs $12.99 a month with an annual plan, so it's not the priciest product on the market. RingCentral's monthly plans are as follows: Fax 750: $12.99 per month with an annual subscription or $14.99 for a monthly subscription. This plan supports up to 750 pages, with a 5.9 cent charge per additional page. Fax 1,500: $17.99 per month with an annual subscription or $22.99 for a monthly subscription. This option supports up to 1,500 pages, with a 4.9 cent charge per additional page. Fax 2,500: $49.99 per month with an annual subscription or $59.99 for a monthly subscription. The plan supports up to 2,500 pages and has a 3.9 cent charge per additional page. Fax Unlimited: $39.99 per month with an annual subscription or $49.99 for a monthly subscription. The plan supports an unlimited number of pages per month. The first three tiers come with one shared fax number, while the highest tier comes with two shared numbers. RingCentral also offers add-ons to their fax service, including additional fax numbers for $4.99 per month, and toll-free and vanity numbers for a one-time fee of $30. Customer Service In our conversations with RingCentral, we found the company's customer service representatives to be calm, courteous and friendly. Each question about the features, pricing structure, and other aspects of the service that we asked about, posing as a potential client, was met with a quick and clear answer. Additional support is available through the company's community support forum, which has more than 4,000 discussion topics. RingCentral also offers a live chat support function and online support tickets. For those who prefer speaking to an actual person, telephone support is available as well. It's important to note, however, that 24/7 phone support is only available with the Fax 1,500 plan and up. Users of the Fax 750 plan still receive phone support, but not 24/7 access. They can call for support between 5 a.m. and 6 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Non-English support is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central European Time. Limitations The biggest drawback of RingCentral is the lack of a low-volume option for small businesses that have minimal faxing needs. Many business owners send under 100 pages of faxes each month, so a base plan starting at 750 pages might be overkill. Still, given that the price is relatively affordable and the plan includes features that aren't always provided without an additional fee, it may still be the best option for businesses that won't get anywhere near the monthly page limit. While RingCentral refers to its plans in terms of pages, it should also be noted that it really calculates its plans based on minutes. The company assumes that one page equals one minute, but this depends on your internet speed. In some cases, users might send five pages in one minute, while others send one page in five minutes. This results in an uneven pricing system. However, the company's representatives made no efforts to hide this fact from us in fact, they were the ones who illuminated it for us. Previous Best Picks At Business News Daily, we are dedicated to finding the best products and services for small businesses. We know that your time is limited, and we invest hours into research and testing so you feel confident about our recommendations. Each year we update our best picks. When we do, we investigate new changes and companies in the industry, and we thoroughly scrutinize products and services, both new and existing. Our process also involves revisiting companies previously selected as best picks to evaluate whether they truly are the best in their category. In addition to our recommendations this year, to help you find the best overall online fax solution, below is a list of companies we previously selected as winners: Nextiva: Best Overall Online Fax Service Ready to choose an online fax service? Here's a breakdown of our complete coverage: Best Online Fax Services 2019 Choosing an Online Fax Service: A Buyer's Guide Best HIPAA-Compliant Online Fax Service Best Pay-Per-Use Online Fax Service Best Free Outgoing Online Fax Service Best Free Incoming Online Fax Service Best Online Fax Service for Multiple Users Andrew Martins Andrew Martins is an award-winning journalist with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Ramapo College of New Jersey. Before joining business.com and Business News Daily, he wrote for a regional publication and served as the managing editor for six weekly papers that spanned four counties. Currently, he is responsible for reviewing tax software and online fax services. He is a New Jersey native and a first-generation Portuguese American, and he has a penchant for the nerdy. 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3 Ways to Grow Your Career When You Hate Managing People

3 Ways to Grow Your Career When You Hate Managing People It seems like everyone wants to be a manager some day. Managers tend to command higher salaries, and they think a lot about sexy topics like leadership and motivating their reports.But a new report by the Addison Group shows that only one third of US workers actuallywant to be managers. There are many reasons for this. A CareerBuilder survey revealed that millennials prioritize job satisfaction and personal fulfillment over advancement. If this is true, its not a surprise that younger employees arent seeking out leadership positions, as a Roffey Park survey uncovered higher degree of stress in managers.If management positions come with increased stress and lower personal fulfillment, how does one grow their career without managing others? It turns out that more companies are widening their career opportunities to include high level individuals who contribute on their own rather than heading a team. Here are a few tips to help y ou grow your career while sidestepping the traditional management roles.1. Take on more projects where you have specialized skills.One way to demonstrate your high value to your employer without leading a team is to take on more projects where you can use a specialized skill platzset that youve built up to solve specific problems. To achieve influence and move up, its important to keep an eye on what the most important current objectives are at your company. When you can, take on a project where you can showcase your unique ability to solve problems with your personalized skills.2. Research companies that have career growth opportunities for individual contributors.Companies are learning that cultivating career paths for individual contributors is vital to keeping talent and filling roles that require deep expertise. Salesforce invests significantly in thought leadership around next generation sales and marketing trends. And Buffer has written extensively about their framework for c ultivating individual contributors.When choosing a company, make sure to connect with employees who work there in your line of work. Ask them about their own career trajectories, and whether staying an individual contributor while advancing in your field would be a viable option. Look for examples of high-level individual contributors at the company, and consider whether you would be happy with their position, their day to day activities, and the impact and influence they command within the organization. If you can meet with them one-on-one, ask them about their biggest challenges in the individual contributor role.3. Learn to lead by influence.Being an individual contributor means that you wont have to deal with the minutiae of day-to-day management. However, a key skill to hone in preparation for high impact individual contributing is leading by influence. Knowing how to guide high-level initiatives for which you are not directly responsible will be important to your ability to po sition yourself as a highly-valued contributor.Ive found many great resources for leadership by influence in materials developed for product managers. This is because product managers are responsible for developing products, but they are typically individual contributors who rely on their abilities to persuade engineering, marketing, and executive teams to see their point of view. Heres a fundamental framework to get started on picking up this important skill.--Anica John is a serial entrepreneur and founder ofwww.levelup90.com, a professional development platform for women in technology.

Magical Answers to Resume Writing Listing Long Employment One Company Uncovered

Magical Answers to Resume Writing Listing Long Employment One Company Uncovered If You Read Nothing Else Today, Read This Report on Resume Writing Listing Long Employment One Company Nevertheless, the function of the freelance jobs is ambivalent because of an uncertain attitude of unique employers. It isnt fatal to have just one employer listed on your resume in a very long career. Whatever format you opt to utilize for the temp jobs on your resume, ensure you are consistent. Resumes are thought to be one of the most significant documents utilized for a large variety of applications like for jobs, internships, and university admission. Characteristics of Resume Writing Listing Long Employment One Company You might rename it Employment History if youre attempting to demonstrate a steady stream of previous jobs, Experience if youre attempting to emphasize the skills you used previously, or Skills if youd like to concentrate on your skills that transfer to the job which you desi re. Employers verify work history, and should you put incorrect info on your resume, it is going to be discovered. They want to feel confident that they are your first choice, so let them know youre ready to leave freelancing behind and join the corporate world once again. If youve worked in 1 company but in various roles then you ought to list various positions separately. Recruiting a new employee is a costly endeavor businesses are ever looking for methods to promote long-term tenure so demonstrate youre a worthwhile investment. To offer the most complete picture, former freelancers should list all their most important achievements, like improving a customers SEO position, increasing web conversions or growing social networking campaigns. If youre doing the identical job the very same way for the exact same employer for a long time, they may reason that you just know one means to do the job. Everyone can say which he or she excelled at her or his final job. Repeat the v ery first step for each extra job youve held. Every job on your resume will seem more impressive when you could be ready to add numbers. The thing is that almost all employers want to get those who have motivation and ambition to grow. Many businesses are in need of people with ansicht kinds of qualities. You also ought to pre-discuss questions an employer will probably ask and be sure you both remember your work experience in precisely the same way. Try to remember that recruiters may see the name of the file that you send them and also keep in mind they get a great deal of resumes daily.