New Log Entry Entry Form

New Log Entry Entry Form No, thats not a typo on the Log Entry page, we have a new entry form field.  The goals where, in this order: Faster. The older form was. older. It was bigger (in file size) than it needed to be, and technology has advanced to a point where we were able to find an entry form that was, I think, about 75% smaller than the old one. 75% means it loads a lot faster.  Faster was easily 80% of the main reason for updating this. Less confusing. The old form had two rows of icons, many of which went largely unused, and enough of them were what??? I have no idea what that does.  The new widget has only one row, and the icons are the most-used, and you shouldnt have the what does that do? question as much. Cleaner look. Its just a lot cleaner the colors, the icons, the quantity its beautiful. Not hard to improve on the old one, but its a nice look. #2 and #3 are great but the main, pressing objective was speed. And this new solution hits on all three.  Faster, less confusing, and cleaner! The opposite of those are slower, confusing, and messy.  You know what that means? A user experience with friction. like I mentioned yesterday, when talking about the calendar update, the goal is to reduce friction. We are on a hunt for friction in your experience. Are you on a hunt for friction in your job search?  More on that tomorrow! Well put this new form in multiple places in JibberJobber, and will roll those out over the next few weeks. Expect more cleanup from us cleanup that will make a difference for you, and your experience with JibberJobber! New Log Entry Entry Form No, thats not a typo on the Log Entry page, we have a new entry form field.  The goals where, in this order: Faster. The older form was. older. It was bigger (in file size) than it needed to be, and technology has advanced to a point where we were able to find an entry form that was, I think, about 75% smaller than the old one. 75% means it loads a lot faster.  Faster was easily 80% of the main reason for updating this. Less confusing. The old form had two rows of icons, many of which went largely unused, and enough of them were what??? I have no idea what that does.  The new widget has only one row, and the icons are the most-used, and you shouldnt have the what does that do? question as much. Cleaner look. Its just a lot cleaner the colors, the icons, the quantity its beautiful. Not hard to improve on the old one, but its a nice look. #2 and #3 are great but the main, pressing objective was speed. And this new solution hits on all three.  Faster, less confusing, and cleaner! The opposite of those are slower, confusing, and messy.  You know what that means? A user experience with friction. like I mentioned yesterday, when talking about the calendar update, the goal is to reduce friction. We are on a hunt for friction in your experience. Are you on a hunt for friction in your job search?  More on that tomorrow! Well put this new form in multiple places in JibberJobber, and will roll those out over the next few weeks. Expect more cleanup from us cleanup that will make a difference for you, and your experience with JibberJobber!

Vitality Drives Healthy Business - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Vitality Drives Healthy Business - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career A common topic among experienced entrepreneurs is that of “burnout”. The question becomes, have you truly burned out or do you simply need to rest and regroup? Frequently, when big projects are completed and the frenzy dies down, this is when the idea of burnout hits. It’s the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship hitting the highs and lows. In order to get back to the high climb, self-reflection is a recommended practice. This will get you back on track for the next big project while attaining that long held vision of what you would ultimately like to achieve. Enjoyment in what you are doing increases the willingness to keep learning, expanding, and attaining new milestones. The question to ponder is, what do you truly enjoy doing? Whether you are contemplating to create a business or are in the midst of building one, examine the areas that interest you most. A great example is that of Mrs. Fields; she loved baking cookies and turned her passion into a thriving corporation. Do you have an idea in mind, but don’t know how to get started or need help with funding? There are many free resources in most communities and coaches are in no short supply. You will also find many options for funding in terms of angel investors, crowd funding, or seeking a loan from a bank. The more challenging part of business is to keep abreast of new trends as well as how various generations conduct business. By understanding traditional and new age thinking, you become better positioned to work with multiple generations thereby increasing your clientele potential. An alternate method of getting up the learning curve quickly is to observe the worst and the best strategies of business owners, who have preceded you, to learn the lessons they already experienced. A hard lesson for most entrepreneurs is conserving money when times are good. Many spend their earnings on hopeful projects or accessories rather than wise investments such as additional training. Then when the economy adjusts, they have nowhere to go but out of business. To keep your vitality in check, keep a check on your ultimate vision while continually setting goals and creating projects pointing in that direction. One tip to heed is to recognize when one idea proves not to be fruitful. Discard it as quickly as possible to free your time and energy up for another more worthy endeavor. Returning to the question of burnout and should it be real, in that you are tired and have accomplished much that you set out to do, then it’s time to think about all that you have to offer to other communities. Consider writing about your experiences, mentoring students or becoming associated with non-profits to share your best business insights. At any stage in business, teaching what you learn is an outstanding strategy in that you are viewed as a leader. It builds your personal brand, and others benefit from your expertise. Teaching and collaborating becomes a win for many that leads to the Smooth Sale!

Personal Branding Interview Dave Lakhani - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Interview Dave Lakhani - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Today, I spoke with Dave Lakhani, who is the author of How To Sell When Nobody’s Buying.   In this interview, he talks about how selling has changed in the past few years, what social media means for selling, what personal branding has to do with selling and more. How has selling changed in the past two years? Selling changed dramatically and no one told the salespeople. Most salespeople are still slogging along using the same old ideologies and techniques from the 80’s and 90’s that are based on ideas from the 60’s and 70’s. The result is a bunch of very frustrated salespeople and managers who are not making their numbers. Then, along comes an economic downturn and wholesale destruction of many industries and salespeople don’t know what to do or where to turn. What really changed was buyer mentality and buyer psychology. Consumers and prospects are overwhelmed with choices, markets commoditize faster than ever now and virtually all of them are over-communicated. The result is that they’ve become ambivalent, lack trust and are slower to buy. Buyers don’t trust their old relationships that were based on concealment of information, they demand transparency and relevancy of messages. Buyers have instant access in the palm of their hands to shop around for better pricing, to see what your reputation is and to see if what you are saying is true. What they are really looking for is a real reason to believe. If you can give them a real reason to believe and earn their trust, you have the opportunity to create a relationship and ultimately a customer. How did social media change the playing field or did it? Social media and online social networking absolutely impacted sales greatly because buyers were able to band together in networks and share information instantly. They also learned how to discover the truth online (at least most of the time) and they learned the power of shared experiences. They began reporting their experiences on blogs, on their Facebook pages, and instantly on Twitter. Salespeople and many companies were stunned by what came out and very slow to react. Now, they are rapidly trying to navigate the new landscape and figure out what to do. Sadly, most of them don’t hire a strategist with experience in new selling to help them, they simply muddle about hoping to get it right. What do you tell salespeople about personal branding? I’m glad you asked. Let’s face it, if you stay at the same job for five years now, you have a long career with a company. The salespeople who are going to earn the most in the future are those who embrace the idea that they are their ultimate product. Building a personal brand is what will allow you to take your clients with you wherever you go because they will seek you out if you’ve built a strong brand. A powerful personal brand will also set you apart from your competition and give people a reason to believe. In my book How To Sell When Nobody’s Buying I tell salespeople that they must have a blog, a personal facebook, Twitter and Linkedin account and their name as a website. They need a coordinated place to showcase themselves, their information and their knowledge. And, I also reveal the most important information that they must gather from each client in order to best position themselves for future business. I also strongly recommend your book to everyone who needs to build a personal brand, it is the most actionable information on the market right now. Salespeople must embrace this or they should just get out of sales. The only problem with that is, not matter what your job now, you must take control of your personal brand. So, the smartest thing any salesperson can do is decide what they want to be known for, what do they want people to say about them, what are they willing to do every day to be sure it happens? Once they decide that, they can build the rest quickly. You’ve created something called “The Leads Machine” for people who buy your book, what is that? The Bold Approach Leads Machine is a web 2.0 powered contact manager that allows you to share and exchange leads with other salespeople so you never have to cold call again. It is a collaboration between my company Bold Approach, Inc. and Mywayinteractive.com. One of the principles I talk about in the book is leveraging established relationships. The best leads you’ll ever get come from other salespeople who have a good relationship with the account you want to get into. The challenge of course is knowing who is non-competitive and who may be willing to share leads with you. The Bold Approach Leads Machine takes all the work out it, you just search and find someone who has the contact you need and exchange leads. It is completely free and also full incorporates social media, down to the point that you can see a contact’s live twitter stream right on their lead profile page. It is a powerful tool. Using the same old tools doesn’t work anymore, you need new tools for new times and new psychologies, this is it. The leads machine has thousands of leads and thousands of members already so you’ll walk into a virtual goldmine of potential new business with background information so that you never cold call again. What is the Chapter 0 in your book, I’ve never heard of a chapter 0 before . . . Chapter 0 is like ground zero. If you have to make sales right now and only have a week to turn things around, what do you do? Chapter 0 is a complete implementation plan for how to kickstart your sales immediately.   One of the things that I teach salespeople is that implementation is everything and money follows action. So rather than give them room to try and figure out what that means on their own, I decided to make it simple and gave them a very specific action plan for the next five days of their career to create massive momentum. Chapter 0 breaks down what you do from the moment you walk in the office until the minute you walk out. And guess what? I don’t tell them to start cold calling, that is a very low value activity. We start by going to inactive accounts and non-buyers, people with whom we at least had familiarity. By the time we get around to calling new prospects, they are using The Bold Approach Leads Machine to find them so they aren’t cold. They have a great deal of information that will allow them to succeed in closing an appointment right away. I also talk to them about message to market match. People don’t want to be force fit into a solution, they want something elegant that fits perfectly. Chapter 0 shows them exactly what they need to do to become relevant and how to do it. And here is what is interesting about that information. If you substituted job hunt and interview for all the sales reference, and applied everything in Chapter 0 to getting the job you want, you’d have the job of your dreams in no time. Especially if they’ve followed your advice and built a powerful personal brand. Dave Lakhani is the author of How To Sell When Nobody’s Buying and many other books on persuasion and mass influence.     There you’ll also find free access to The Bold Approach Leads Machine.   Dave has been described as a Marketing Genius,Business Acceleration Strategist and Multipreneur by his peers and the media. Dave is an in demand speaker, author and trainer, whose ideas have been applied by some of the biggest companies in the United States including IBM, US Army, Rogers Media, Micron, GE, Wizard Academy and many more. Dave is frequently seen in magazines including Selling Power, Sales and Marketing Management, Entrepreneur, The Today Show and dozens more. Dave has owned more than successful businesses in the past 20 years.

Be Authentic - To a Point - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Be Authentic - To a Point - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career The other day, I was at an event where the speaker was advising attendees about the power of authenticity.  During the QA, one of the audience members raised her hand and asked about how much authenticity the speaker advised.  As the audience member explained, she was just beginning a career as a freelance copywriter, but had been blogging about her struggles with anxiety for some time.   She wanted to know if she should continue  writing about her  anxiety in her work-related blog. To my great surprise, the speaker did advise that, urging the audience member to put her entire self out there and to be as authentic as possible.   If anxiety was a major part of her life, the speaker advised, she should proudly display it. Im going to be very, very blunt here: I completely disagree with this advice.  I do not think it is ever appropriate to combine personal struggles with a professional online presence.   Personal struggles might come up once in a while if they are relevant but they should definitely not be a main focus of your online presence no matter how integral they are to your life. When you prominently display your personal issues in your online presence, you risk potential clients  concluding that your personal issues will affect your ability to do  work for them in a professional manner!   And if youre just  starting out and trying to build a client base (or get a job)  it will be 10x harder  to build your business if clients  disqualify you before theyve even seen your work. Afterwards, I spoke with the audience member who had raised this question and challenged her:   Is your anxiety part of what your potential clients get when they hire you? She replied, No, but its a big part of who I am and other people are really helped by what I write about my struggles. Oh, I countered. So youre intending to make your living writing about anxiety? No, she confirmed. Im really interested in working as a marketing copywriter. Then I asked, Then how is your blogging about anxiety helping to get you where you want? She considered a bit, and then told me that she was using the blog as a way to display her writing skills to potential clients. Bingo! That is a perfectly legitimate  connection between non-marketing content and  a professional presence  for someone who is seeking  work as a social media copywriter. So  if she was planning on using the articles she was writing on anxiety to display her social media writing skills, this is what I would advise. First, she needs to separate  her blog on anxiety from her professional brand. Different urls  if possible, but at least make them into separate  blogs on her main website.   And dont prominently display links on her professional presence. Then, she  needs to comb through  her articles  to select the ones that she felt best represented her writing abilities.    As most writers know, not every piece a writer creates is their top-notch work and its important only to use the best articles to promote her personal brand. While she is sorting through her posts, she also needs to spend time considering how each piece represents her personal brand.   If an article is written excellently, but gives the impression that anxiety is controlling her life and making it too hard for her to fulfill her professional obligations it shouldnt be part of her personal brand. Finally, she needs to also write some other blog posts for other blogs in a range of subjects.   Potential clients will want to see her range and ability to write about their subject. They need to know that she can write in different styles and about different things.   And a side benefit will be that if she has many posts about different subjects, her posts about anxiety will be more likely to be viewed as examples of her writing skills.   If the only writing examples she has on her professional presence are about her anxiety, potential clients will probably think that her anxiety is the most important part of her life. Look, I agree that authenticity is important in your personal brand.   But its all about choosing the appropriate channel  to be authentic in.   Just as I dont advise blathering on about your  cats on a first date, I also dont advise spending significant amount of time talking about personal problems in a work-related channel of your personal brand.   Both the cats and the personal problems might be a huge part of who you are but if you bring them up at the wrong time, you risk scaring away someone who might be interested in learning more about you. Author: Katie Konrath  blogs about creativity, innovation and “ideas so fresh… they should be slapped” at  www.getfreshminds.com.   She works for leading innovation company,  Ideas To Go.

Writing a Good Graphic Design Resume

Writing a Good Graphic Design ResumeWhen you want to write a good graphic design resume, you may find that it can be difficult. There are so many graphics to choose from that you may have trouble trying to narrow it down. This article will show you what you need to know when it comes to creating a graphic design resume.Graphic design jobs require a lot of training and experience. If you're going to try to submit a resume, you need to make sure that you have the experience needed. Even though some people think that a graphic designer just needs to have experience, this is not true. Many people make mistakes on their resumes simply because they don't understand how the graphic design works.Many designers do not understand the importance of a resume in order to get hired for design work. It's important to make sure that your resume is well-written, organized, and grammatically correct. In order to make sure that you are not wasting time on your graphic design resume, here are some tips that will help you.The first tip that you should take advantage of is organization. Make sure that you keep all of your contact information up to date on your resume. Keep in mind that when it comes to resumes, everything must be stated in the right order so that they make sense. This doesn't mean that you have to read everything carefully.One of the best tips for writing a graphic design resume is to avoid being too formal. Many people tend to be too formal and may make grammatical errors while trying to write a graphic design resume. Try to be as simple as possible when writing your resume. You'll be surprised at how quickly people become confused by your writing.Be creative when it comes to providing contact information. It's better to use a contact number and email address instead of using a telephone number or address. This is going to give the employer more flexibility when it comes to hiring you.Using fonts that are easy to read is important when it comes to writing a graphic design resume. You want to make sure that you use something that is easy to read on a computer screen. You can always change the font later on if you find that your graphic design resume is too difficult to read.If you want to write a good graphic design resume, you should definitely consider using a template. There are many templates that you can use to help you make sure that your resume is formatted properly. A template will also make it much easier for you to add any customizations that you may want later on.

3 ways Hispanic women can navigate corporate America

3 ways Hispanic women can navigate corporate America 3 ways Hispanic women can navigate corporate America The journey to the C-suite can be a daunting and long road. Few are able to complete it and join the highest level of leadership within America’s top businesses and organizations. This can be especially true for women and minorities. A recent study shows that women account for 15 percent of C-suite executives and 5 percent of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies. Minorities are even more underrepresented in the Fortune 500, with African-American, Asian, and Latino CEOs each in the range of 1 percent to 2 percent. Claudia San Pedro, executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer for Sonic Drive-In, is one of the few Hispanic women to have successfully joined this exclusive club of C-suite executives. And she understands how to navigate the road to success. San Pedro’s cultural background provided her with valuable tools and lessons that served her well over the course of her career. Asked to share some advice on the best strategies for young Hispanic women to navigate the corporate world, San Pedro recommends three ways to set yourself up for success and rapid career growth. 1. First and foremost, focus on doing your job well. Whether you are a man, woman, Anglo, African-American, or Hispanic, the most important way you can distinguish yourself is by doing your job well. Learn the most important technical and emotional intelligence skills you need to succeed, be open to constructive feedback, and constantly say yes to new opportunities and projects. Establishing good relationships with well-respected people in the organization across different functions and levels will help you learn how to effectively collaborate and succeed within the organization. This should include support staff, administrative assistants, peers, or superiors. There are times when being a Hispanic woman may feel like a disadvantage to your career growth. Close friends, family, and faith can provide a tremendous source of support for you when you need to vent or seek counsel. The key is having the resilience and energy to get up and keep going. “Your colleagues are one of the best resources your organization has to offer you as you grow in your career,” says San Pedro. “You should constantly seek out knowledge and constructive feedback. Identify someone in the company with experience and a track record of success, learn from their example, and focus on impressing people with your work product.” 2. Strategically navigate your career. When you start your career, don’t get discouraged if you don’t land your dream job right off the bat. You have to pay the bills, right? The first part of your career is about demonstrating your competency, work ethic, and ability to effectively work with others. As you build your credibility and experience, more career opportunities become available, allowing you to choose your own path. Be intentional about the organizations you want to work for to ensure they align with your work values and ambition. Every person has a different set of values and needs they seek to meet in their professional career. For some it is working in a fast-paced, individually competitive environment. For others it is working in environments that place a high value on collaboration, teamwork, and the success of the organization. You may love to work and need to like the people you work with. It helps to be confident that your competition is another company or organization, not the person sitting in the cube next to you. Understand what is important to you and be true to that. “As I began my career the workforce was more balanced between men and women, but as I advanced in my career, there were fewer and fewer women in top leadership positions,” says San Pedro. “This is true in many career fields. Fortunately, I have sought out and had the opportunity to work for organizations that focused on building highly effective teams comprised of diverse individuals.” 3. Your culture and unique perspective are invaluable. Growing up as a person of color or as a new immigrant can be difficult and lonely at times but it is really a gift. It also instills resiliency, empathy, and perspective. Your ability to succeed and function effectively in your chosen career is dependent upon your ability to understand and respect different perspectives. “My parents constantly reinforced balancing the duality of both Mexican and American cultures in education and at work,” San Pedro says. “We learned English but spoke Spanish in our home and were constantly reminded of the importance of maintaining our heritage and taking pride in it. At the same time, my parents always reinforced the fact that no other country provides opportunities like the United States and it is the best country in the world. Celebrating your heritage and roots while honoring our country’s ideals and values are not contradictory but very complementary. Understanding this teaches you early on to have more empathy, look for agreement on fundamental principles, and consider alternative solutions.” Technical proficiency is important in your career, of course, and emotional intelligence is equally important. Leveraging your multicultural background and experiences to achieve high emotional intelligence helps develop leadership capabilities and can allow increased openness to feedback on how you can improve.

Todays Adaptable Careerists - Hire Imaging

Today’s Adaptable Careerists - Hire Imaging Employees who prepare for one career and stay in one job for their entire careers will find competition from an emerging breed of workers. Adaptability is becoming increasingly cropping up in the workforce. What does that look like? Let’s look at some of Adaptables’ attributes! EDUCATION. Most Adaptables tend to be fairly well educated. Most attend at least two years of college and many attend classes simply to acquire new knowledge or spend time in intellectual pursuits. Many continue to receive bachelor’s degrees with a well-rounded curriculum. Many decide on and complete specialization at the post-graduate level. There is also a current emphasis on completing curriculum in the trades that align with current technologies, robotics, etc. CAPACITY TO LEARN. With the world of work changing so rapidly, Adaptables are confronted continually by new technologies. Their work requirements shift with the introduction of new products, with changes in the marketplace, rearrangements of work teams, and other influences. In response, Adaptables cultivate and hone their ability to learn quickly. They read, study listen to audio tapes or watch videos. These knowledge-hungry Adaptables expect their employers to provide or at least fund part of their learning. Corporate recruiters often use professional development programs to entice top talent to come and to stay. Employers that don’t provide deliberate growth opportunities will find it much more difficult to attract the people they want or to keep those they have acquired. ALERT SENSITIVE. Highly sensitive workers are alert to problems, opportunities, and subtle changes in their lives or work. They are astute at spotting potential problems before they become serious. Quick thinkers, they discern solutions and begin implementing them quickly. They’re alert for new opportunities, always trying to better their situation. They build and maintain a very productive networking system. They know what’s happening, where, why, and when. DOCKING TO EMPLOYER. This refers to the process of plugging in to a personal computer or phone at a stationery work site. You do what you need to, recharge, then unplug and move on. Adaptables look at their relationship with employers as a sort of “docking” situation. They plugin and get their work done. They’ll recharge (learning, growing, gaining credits for their resumes), then unplug and move on. FAMILY FLEXIBILITY. Adaptables expect their families to be flexible and understanding. They often lead unpredictable lives with often “crazy” schedules. They’ll change jobs with short notice and may move â€" even from city to city â€" rather frequently. Because it can be hard on children and families, they’ll often slow down when their children reach school age. INDEPENDENCE. Adaptables will fiercely defend their independence. They won’t want to be controlled by anyone â€" employer, family, friends, or economic conditions. They make their life decisions, including career choices, based on what they feel is best for them. UNIQUENESS PRIDE. A strong sense of pride â€" both for who they are and what they accomplish â€" are characteristic of Adaptables. They deliberately accumulate experiences and expertise to help distinguish them from the competition. CREATIVE MARKETING. Many Adaptables have a keen sense for marketing. They are proficient at marketing their employers’ services, products, and opportunities. They show the same ingenuity in positioning themselves in the talent marketplace. INTELLIGENCE. A strong intellect enables Adaptables to compete at a high level â€" in many aspects of their lives. This does not mean that all Adaptables are in professional roles. Many of them are in production, maintenance, and service positions. They’ll seek the kind of work they prefer and may well switch careers even half a dozen times. They’ll test styles of work to see what they really like. Income often comes second to a job they enjoy. AGGRESSIVE. Adaptables know what they want, at least for the moment. Sometimes Adaptables may push a bit more than their superiors may like. Other traits that Adaptables have include Technology Expertise, Communication Skills, Organizational Skills, Being Unconventional, and Managing Their Own Careers (versus clamoring for security). The emerging Adaptables are ready to shift in response to outside stimuli, to changes in work requirements, job opportunities, and will embrace life goals with a fast-forward mindset. What are your thoughts? I always love to hear from you! Please comment below.