Is Homeshoring for you

Is Homeshoring for you Ok, so new word for me today: Homeshoring. Homeshoring is a twist on Offshoring, which is basically outsourcing to someone that is outside of the US. Offshoring is a funny thing, and an interesting topic considering most folks that read my blog are doing so because their job got offshored! But more on that later, in a different post. Homeshoring then is the idea of outsourcing to someone that is not outside the U.S. so someone inside the U.S. I think that it also includes Americans that are overseas, for example, military spouses. So why talk about this? Well, this ties into my previous post about your multiple streams of income. I came across a company over a month ago that specializes in finding legitimate work at home opportunities. They actually have a team of people that look for them (through various methods, including special google searches) and have some way to verify that they are real. These guys have a blog, heres a short blog post you should read about homeshoring. And heres their website. It is NOT a free service, but you can check it out and if you want try it for three months (this page is hard to find but has their pricing). Ive been getting their weekly e-mails for a while and LOVE what they have. It sure beats wondering about those crazy signs at the corner of busy intersections seeking apprentice earn 15k per month stuff like that. If you are thinking about creating another stream of income, and are looking for an at-home opportunity, I recommend signing up for 3 months just to see the current things they are finding and see if it makes sense for you. There are sample downloads to see what they posted previously. Like I said, I have been on this service for over a month. I have only one beef which is their presentation. I wish I could have access to a database. Instead of getting a Word document with pages and pages of opportunities I would like to have a login to a website where I could search through current opportunities, sort them, filter, group, etc. Perhaps they might read this and work towards that it would make their service way more useful! Is Homeshoring for you Ok, so new word for me today: Homeshoring. Homeshoring is a twist on Offshoring, which is basically outsourcing to someone that is outside of the US. Offshoring is a funny thing, and an interesting topic considering most folks that read my blog are doing so because their job got offshored! But more on that later, in a different post. Homeshoring then is the idea of outsourcing to someone that is not outside the U.S. so someone inside the U.S. I think that it also includes Americans that are overseas, for example, military spouses. So why talk about this? Well, this ties into my previous post about your multiple streams of income. I came across a company over a month ago that specializes in finding legitimate work at home opportunities. They actually have a team of people that look for them (through various methods, including special google searches) and have some way to verify that they are real. These guys have a blog, heres a short blog post you should read about homeshoring. And heres their website. It is NOT a free service, but you can check it out and if you want try it for three months (this page is hard to find but has their pricing). Ive been getting their weekly e-mails for a while and LOVE what they have. It sure beats wondering about those crazy signs at the corner of busy intersections seeking apprentice earn 15k per month stuff like that. If you are thinking about creating another stream of income, and are looking for an at-home opportunity, I recommend signing up for 3 months just to see the current things they are finding and see if it makes sense for you. There are sample downloads to see what they posted previously. Like I said, I have been on this service for over a month. I have only one beef which is their presentation. I wish I could have access to a database. Instead of getting a Word document with pages and pages of opportunities I would like to have a login to a website where I could search through current opportunities, sort them, filter, group, etc. Perhaps they might read this and work towards that it would make their service way more useful!

Career Advancement The Management Trap

Career Advancement The Management Trap You should put in an application for team manager, Sam. When the suggestion to apply for the position was mentioned, my reaction was instantaneous. God no!! Over the last year and a half, I had observed the current managers, and I discovered that I never wanted to advance into that position. Before we delve into why I may not have management potential, let’s touch on what makes a manager successful? After all, managers are a central part of a business team, so the wrong manager might lead their team to disaster. What are the characteristics of a good manager? Managers are skilled at: Leading a large team through distress and to success. Inspiring team members to seek out new tactics and run with them. Connecting and mediating contrasting personalities who might butt heads a bit. Tapping into their vast collection of knowledge about their field. Up-training seasoned and new team members. Recognizing and reacting to emotions in a way that demonstrates a high emotional IQ. Why would I make a barely passable manager? I can lead a small group in a confident manner, but I tend to clam up when surrounded by larger groups. If you, dear reader, identify similar problems in your current skill set, don’t panic. If you have dreams of an exalted management position, you can obtain your goals. The skills required to become a successful manager can be learned. Stop for a second. Let’s take a moment to consider what has set you on the management journey. Do you have a deep desire to lead teams? To help your co-workers reach their full potential? Have you always thrived when guiding groups through difficulties? Then management might be the right path. Do you think management is the only way to have a successful and satisfying career? Do you need a higher wage than your current wage cap allows? Then management might not be the correct career path. You discovered what makes a good manager, and you decided that management is not for you. What next? And that is the dreaded management trap. The Management Trap: when you must choose to enter a management position you are unsuited for, or remain at a lower wage position. It’s an unfortunate reality that many American businesses have developed policies that place management on a pedestal while undervaluing regular employees.  And it’s not doing businesses any favors. The management trap: Encourages employees to seek management positions for the wrong reasons. Increases the likelihood that “bad” managers will be hired. Moves skilled employees to seek positions elsewhere when they cannot move into a management position. Increases the number of new employees must be hired. The solution? Rand Fishkin, from internet marketing company Moz, suggests an alternate company structure. Rather than pushing everyone into management. Moz created two career advancement tracks within the company, Individual Contributors and People Wranglers. Individual contributors are responsible for their own work. As they progress in their career path the employees see an increase in salary and responsibilities. They even adopt some of the People Wrangler responsibilities on a smaller scale. Very few companies have adopted this type of system. As individuals who do not foresee a management position in your future, you can keep an eye out for companies that have similar systems. As a career girl, I want to be a part of a company that values the skills and professional drive that I bring to the table. Not one that decides my skill set and professional goals are inferior.    

How Learning About Data Can Increase Your Understanding of the Business World - Classy Career Girl

How Learning About Data Can Increase Your Understanding of the Business World To put it simply, a business cannot succeed without the power of knowledge. That knowledge can come in the form of sales history, customer feedback industry research, and years of accumulated experience. With that comes a lot of data. This valuable information can tell you everything you need to know about your business environment and what you need to do to improve and dominate in your industry. Here are four keys to understanding your business data. How Learning About Data Can Increase Your Understanding of the Business World 1. Know Where Your Knowledge Comes From Your data shouldn’t just come from one source. Instead, search through multiple channels to gather up your information. This will help it to be more versatile and without bias. As part of the gathering process, you’ll definitely want to analyze your customers and take a look at their social media and other online activity. Due to the fact that 43 percent of the worlds population is now on the internet, this is a very important thing to do. Feedback, responses, and performance evaluations should also be analyzed for both employees and supply chains to assess efficiency and risks. Even your top competitors can provide insights through the success or failure of their own marketing strategies. When you’re writing up an official report for your business, however, make sure that you are quoting whatever sources that you’re using. Not only that, but you should make sure that that the sources you quote are valid and have a good Domain Authority (DAâ€"this is Google’s way of telling people that they are using a reputable source.) DA is out of 100, and so quoting from something that has at least a 60 DA count is pretty good and tells people that it is mostly reliable information. However, you should try for 80 plus DA. Just to name a few of the sites that are good for you to get your data and information from, you should take a look at Forbes, Business Insider, and the Wall Street Journal (all of which have high DA counts). 2. Make Data a Part of Operations Rebuild your company culture to implement data flow in your daily routine. Here are a couple examples: Establish the value of data-driven decisions. Demonstrating the role data plays in your business will help your employees understand why you use it and how they can implement it in their daily routines. Maintain a cycle of regular reports or a visual dashboard tool to keep your staff informed of key performance metrics, trends, and projections. By showing them that data is important to you, you encourage them to leverage it in their own roles. You could offer incentives for ideas that solve problems or positively change the data and benefit your business. [RELATED: How Safe is Your Data? Protecting Against Data Theft] 3. Use Data to Address Specific Challenges Merely gathering huge amounts of data in hopes to expose actionable solutions is not a very effective way of gaining understanding. Instead, isolate datasets that will provide greater insights and value when theyre applied to real-world problems. For example, review your data to determine what customers are looking for to improve sales, how shorter turn-around times can improve warehousing, or what new products or technologies are taking hold. 4. Implement a Knowledge Strategy How your data is organized and applied depends very much on your industry and business model. Online retailers may be primarily concerned with digital marketing, where tractor manufacturers will be more focused on sales and supply chains. Look for employees skilled in areas like public administration to develop branding and outreach. Employees with this type of background should be able to take whatever data that you give them, hit the ground running, and create real positive change within your company. They’ll also be able to prioritize your current needs and discover what sources, techniques, and reporting will give your business the best advantage. When you understand your data, it becomes your greatest business asset. Don’t let the knowledge go to waste. Once you’re aware of any stat that personally involves your business or the industry that you are in yourself, then it’s time to act fast. Start forming new strategies and implementing new goals that will lead your business to success.

Top tips for your success in 2016

Top tips for your success in 2016 Happy New Year! I hope that 2016 will see you “live your dreams” and move forward smoothly to the next stage of your life, whether that might be embarking on further study, getting a job or just  progressing onto the next year of your course. But what if, at the moment, all of that feels a bit difficult. Here are my top tips to build a more confident and successful you. Think about what you’re good at. Make a list of all your achievements and of the things you feel confident about. Have you got lots of friends? You’re probably academically successful. Do you make things happen? Do people ask you for advice or support? Are you good at running, acting, singing? It’s all relevant and it all needs to be on your list. Now what about the things you’re not quite so good at. This is the moment for realism and not false modesty or over-confidence. Be completely honest with yourself. This isn’t the interview question, where you’re trying to walk a line between declaring a possible weakness and demonstrating that you really have it covered! What do you genuinely find difficult? Do your friends or tutors tell you about areas for development? What are they? Just note down two or three things, perhaps key areas which you think might hold you back. You don’t need a three page list! So are these “weaknesses” a disaster or an opportunity? It can be depressing to think about your weaknesses, but should it be? Could it also be empowering and exciting? It’s the beginning of a New Year and every newspaper and magazine is full of helpful information about diets and exercise. People are seeing this time as a new opportunity to get fit and thin. Could you use the impetus of all those fireworks which welcomed 2016 to power yourself towards addressing your “weaknesses”? Dealing with things which psychologically hold you back from success could be considerably more life changing and enduring than losing a few kilos. Identify any barriers to taking action to deal with the “not so good areas”? This might need some really serious thought. Your family probably gives you lots of support, but are there some less than helpful messages they give too? Are you perhaps modest people, who don’t like to blow your own trumpets? Could this feed into an inability to promote yourself? What about playground games way back when you were at school? Were you the hero or the sidekick? Could this feed into your concerns about how to lead other people? Try to work out what might be holding you back. Once you understand your “baggage” you’ll be a lot closer to being able to move forward to overcome it. Is inertia or fear holding you back? Are you holding back from acting because you don’t think you can be successful? “I can’t get a job like that, so I won’t waste my time applying” is a common sentiment. It’s good to be realistic. If you’re just graduating as an Economist you’re not going to be offered the post of Governor of the Bank of England, but you could apply for the graduate scheme at the Bank. If you meet the key person requirements for a job, then why count yourself out of the running without even applying? Sometimes you have to be prepared to face the possibility of failure in order to progress. If you do apply for something, what’s the very worst that can happen? You don’t get it â€" just as you won’t get if you don’t apply! On the plus side you might be offered the post, or at the very least you may get some very helpful feedback on your performance which will help you to move forwards. Do you have a warped perception of everyone else? It’s easy to think that everyone else is much more successful / cleverer / more confident / more articulate than you are. But are they really? Where did you get that impression? Chances are that social media contributed to your views of others. Could it be that while everyone vaunts their successes for all to read, we are all a bit more reluctant to tell the world about things that didn’t go so well. Be kind to yourself. It’s time to finish your introspection on a positive note. Write down at least four things from last year that make you pleased and proud. Look back at the list of things you’re good at, spend some time feeling proud about all of that. Why not write yourself a note and put it somewhere prominent to remind you. Put together your action list. You’ve identified some areas for development and should have a better understanding of what might have been holding you back. Now decide to take action to change some of these. It might be time for another list! Pencil in some time frames for when you are going to have achieved change. Work out how that change might achieved. Some of this will be easy. Too lacking in confidence to apply for jobs? Have a target to apply for two before the end of January. Scared of leadership? Take charge of something, perhaps you could volunteer to do something with a club or society or take a chairing role for coordinating some joint coursework. The opportunities will be there. It’s down to you to find them. Make 2016 a year of success!

Writing a Resume For College Graduation - Important Tips

Writing a Resume For College Graduation - Important TipsWriting a resume for college graduation should be your top priority. Having your resume read by the hiring managers of your prospective employer, will make the difference between getting an interview and going back to your old job. Although there are a few mistakes you can avoid, it is important to ensure that the information contained in your resume is accurate.Be sure the college graduation date is spelled correctly on your resume. It should read 'Graduation Date' followed by the year the graduate attended school. Also, the university and the city in which the school is located should be included.In the previous sentence, the school is included in the college graduation date. As a result, this information must be updated to the actual date of graduation. The reason you want to update this information is so that it is included on your resume. The dates are mentioned for each school for easy reference.The next thing you want to do when updating the date on your resume is to check the year your school was founded. If the school was founded before 1950, the graduation date can be amended to the current year. Of course, you have to look at the actual year of the school to make sure the date is correct.Your resume should not only have your college graduation date but also include other important details of your academic career. After all, you are applying for jobs that may not use this information. As a result, you want to include information that relates to the job that you are applying for. You want to write information that relates to what the hiring manager needs to know about you.The last piece of information you want to include is a recent major of yours. The reason this information is important is because many times a new employer will ask for this information. The reason they do this is because the information that was provided in your college program is not up to date. The reason you want to include t his information is so that it is readily available when the hiring manager looks at your resume.As you can see, it is important to follow the steps when writing a resume for college graduation date. The information in your resume should be accurate and up to date. Additionally, include as much detail as possible that relates to the job you are applying for. This is important because you want to make sure that the information you are providing matches what the company is looking for.If you are searching for a job and do not have time to go back and read through the entire resume and cover letter, many employers prefer that you look at their full length college programs online. As a result, you can spend your time focusing on what you do best, which is the things that make you tick.

How Pret promotes random acts of kindness - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

How Pret promotes random acts of kindness - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog I just learned that the Pret caf?s have a really cool thing going: They let their employees do random acts of kindness by giving away free coffees. Prets CEO Clive Schlee explains it like this: A couple of years ago, Pret decided to channel the cash we could have spent running loyalty card programmes into a fund for each shop to spend on rewarding its customers. It was as simple as that. We didnt tell our team members whom they should favour. We let them decide. They could welcome a new customer, cheer up somebody having a bad day or recognise a regular. They could use it to solve a problem. Like everything in Pret, its just about lots of individual human relationships, day after day after day. I love that. Not only is it likely to make customers happy, it will also make employees happier at work because (as research clearly shows) when you do do nice things for others, makes you happier yourself. As Schlee puts it: Pret employees tell me that the freedom to give a free coffee is immensely empowering. It injects a random act of kindness into the day. It gives delight and hurts not. What an incredibly simple but brilliant policy. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

21 Warnings Its Time to (Switch) Your Web Hosting [Infographic]

21 Warnings Its Time to (Switch) Your Web Hosting [Infographic] One of the major mistakes that new businesses often make when building an online website is choosing the wrong web host. Depending on what you need a website for to set up an eCommerce store or build a company/professional website the initial cost of creating a website can differ. As such, in order to cut down on the cost, more often than not, businesses opt for a cheap web host which could prove to be a costly mistake later on. Selecting the right web host is as important as choosing a good domain name and a web building platform. A good web host will ensure that your website is up and running at all times, which will help reduce bounce rate. It will help make your site faster, which is important in order to rank high in search results. More importantly, it will assist in keeping your site safe and secure from malware, spam and other viruses. Thus, if you have a website then here are a few common signs that will help you discern whether or not you have chosen a low-quality web host. The below infographic can also be used as a checklist when buying a new hosting in order to steer clear from a bad web host. The infographic comprises of 21 common signs that highlight the potential pitfalls of choosing a wrong web host. It will help you rectify your mistake and make a well-informed decision based on various web hosting issues. Therefore, check out this infographic now and for further reference, read this web hosting guide that explains in detail the common signs of a sub-standard web host. Additionally, for reference purpose, you can also download or print this infographic for free. So go ahead and check out the infographic now! 21 Warnings That Indicate Its Time to (Switch) Your Web Hosting Right Away[Infographic] by the team at hostgatorcouponcode.in Sudhir Bhushan is a Tech Social enthusiast. He is also a Web Entrepreneur by Profession and loves to write about latest trends in Social Media SEO. Twitter Profile:  https://twitter.com/HGCCouponcode Facebook Profile:  https://www.facebook.com/hostgatorindiacoupon/ Google+ Profile:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/107579279640606926437