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Alexander Kjerulf always has some interesting perspectives to share over on his blog, The Chief Happiness Officer. Recently he made a case for why he thinks happiness is the ultimate productivity booster. Read his post for the expanded version, but in a nutshell…
- Happy people work better with others
- Happy people are more creative
- Happy people fix problems instead of complaining about them
- Happy people have more energy
- Happy people are more optimistic
- Happy people are way more motivated
- Happy people get sick less often
- Happy people learn faster
- Happy people worry less about making mistakes - and consequently make fewer mistakes
- Happy people make better decisions
On the whole, I have to agree with him. In my work helping people find passion in their careers, I get to see the difference in people’s lives before and after finding a path that lights them up. I get to see what a difference it makes when people are happy with the way they spend their days. I’ve also experienced it in my own journey. And the difference is amazing.
Alexander talks about happiness being more of a productivity booster than the traditional approaches of time management, etc. Another way to look at it is that happiness is the source of energy and fuel, and the traditional productivity approaches focus that energy, making sure that more of it is translated into forward motion.
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Curt Rosengren, Passion Catalyst (sm)
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Millions of dollars are spent annually on marketing research by savvy companies aiming to maximize their marketing dollars when showcasing their products and services to their prospective clients. They recognize that to capture the attention of a potential customer and successfully elicit a subsequent purchase, their wares must be targeted specifically to their clients’ needs. Unprepared companies that lack thought and consideration in their marketing research and going in blindly with their promotions are often left feeling disappointed at the lack of response their advertising campaigns receive. (more…)
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By Janelle Godfrey
I’ve been asked recently by some candidates what recruiters ACTUALLY look for when screening a resume. I have worked on both sides of the fence: I spent several years working at the Career Center for MBAs at the University of Washington, assisting students in how to make their resumes POP, and now I find myself on the other side, looking for something that POPS out of a stack of hundreds of resumes.
Let me first say that every recruiter is different; I can only tell you what I look for. Hopefully some of these tips will help you better understand how your experience and skills can translate into getting that highly desired contact from a recruiter. (more…)
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By Elizabeth Hoogs
In the last three weeks, I have been to as many schools and as many career fairs. I just finished the Fall Career Fair at University of Wisconsin Madison, and after shaking hands and collecting resumes, I have a stack of candidates who stood out to me and my colleagues as passionate, smart, and will be invited for first round interviews. So what did they do right?
Career Fairs are brutal. You poor students wonder among the booths, weave your way through the crowds, resumes in hand, trying to catch the eye of a recruiter. Your job is to communicate your interests and impress me in a very short period of time. Here are a few tips on being noticed (in a good way;-)). (more…)
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A new social networking site that has been drawing plenty of attention and activity in the last month is Twitter.
What is Twitter, exactly? It’s a mix of social networking/microblogging, instant messaging and mobile phone text messaging in which you send and receive short messages (maximum of 140 characters) meant to answer the question, “What are you doing?”
From the career-development and networking points of view, Twitter has tremendous potential. Here are some suggestions on how to use the site:
- Develop a consistent theme to your Twitter postings that reflects both your personal and professional interests and observations.
- Include links to Web sites and blog posts — including your own — that demonstrate your area(s) of professional expertise.
- Seek out, befriend and engage in online discussions with other Twitterers in your current or potentially future industry
- Ask questions that harness the collective wisdom of your Twitter friends and build interest in and community around your Twitter page.
- Start following our MonsterCareers Twitter page.
One warning, though: Twittering is very addictive and can quickly become a huge time suck if you’re a worker who’s easily distracted. So, before you register, make sure you take a spin through some of these articles:
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from The Monster Blog
by Bryan
on Mar 23, 2007, 12:54AM
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