4 words to ban from your life and transform your career

4 words to ban from your life and transform your career4 words to ban from your life and transform your careerThere are four simple words that are eroding your life, and stunting your career.Four simple words, seemingly meaningless when uttered, as if they didnt have the power to stop time and kill dreams. They are comfort coma-inducing as they insidiously invade your psyche and innocently usher you down the path of procrastination justification, all the while portraying you to your peers, direct managers, and corporate leaders as disappointed, unfulfilled, and malcontent.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreFour simple words Ill be happy when All of us get but just one fleeting whisper of time on this big, juicy, beautiful planet. Why not demand a big, juicy, beautiful life too? The average person lives 27,375 days. Thats 657,000 hours. Why not love every one of those hours, whet her you are at work or at play?Ill be happy when I clock out.Ill be happy when Im on vacation.Ill be happy when I get that promotion.What on earth are you waiting for?In even considering these words, you hand over your power and your happiness to forces outside of your control. You show those around you that youd rather be anywhere but where you are, working with anyone but your current teammates, and working on any project than the one right in front of you, the one which might mean nothing to you, but certainly does to others. You might as well hang a sign around your neck that says, Thank you, next.If your work isnt helping you live the life you want to live, then you need to find yourself different work work that contributes to what matters to you. It should reflect the values you wish to live or the lifestyle youd like to afford. It should help you build your career. It should help you manifest your values. It should have a purpose for you.In praise of ambitionNow, dont get me wrong. Im not saying that you shouldnt be ambitious and dream big dreams. Its just the opposite. Im a firm believer in ambition, a word that has gotten a bad rap of late. Part of the reason weve lost ownership of our unspoken dreams is that weve been persuaded to allow our ambition to be subsumed into something that is more socially acceptable faux humility. We dont speak aloud our ambition of tomorrow, so we silently stew in the unhappiness of today.Think for a moment about why youll be happy when Why do you want to get ahead? What do you want to do with that power? Do you want to change your family, your community, your country, your world? Do you want to make a mark, large or small, on this earth? What kind of life do you want to live? How do you want to raise your family? Do you want to give back? Will an elevated position, an increased salary, and a voice of leadership help you do this? Of course it will. And that makes it no longer just your ambition, but your responsibility. Figuring out what mattersFor your work to matter for you to be happy now and not when it needs to be attached to something that actually matters to you. There is no day in the week called someday so stop waiting for it to roll around on the calendar. Instead, decide what matters to you now.In reservierung to figure out what matters to you, youll need to stop listening to everyone elses version of what matters to them. All that does is put you on a treadmill that speeds up, faster and faster, but gets you nowhere. And, thats because the problem isnt how we achieve success, its how we define success. We can work endlessly, filing all the right check boxes of generally accepted, externally defined success, but still feel empty. We still feel limited.And heres why You cant be insatiably hungry, or deeply inspired, or happily fulfilled by someone elses goals. In order for your working life to feel right for you, it has to actually be right for you. So, heres what that means for you Bei ng limitless comes not from achieving externally defined success, but achieving consonance, where what you do matches who you are (or want to be).That requires doing something different. The first step in throwing off the shackles of everyone elses expectations and becoming limitless is to ignore everyone elses definitions of success and create your own, owning how much importance you place on, and from where you derive, the four elements of calling, connection, contribution, and control.Calling is a gravitational pull towards a goal larger than yourself- a business you want to build, a leader who inspires you, a societal ill you wish to remedy, a family you want to grow, a cause you wish to serve.Connection gives you sightlines into how your everyday work (whether paid or unpaid) serves that calling by solving the problem at hand, growing the companys bottom line, or reaching that goal.Contribution is an understanding of how this job, this brand, this paycheck contributes to the co mmunity you want to belong, the person you want to be, or the lifestyle youd like to live.Control reflects how you are able to influence your connection to that calling in order to have some say in the assignment of projects, deadlines, colleagues, clients, or other use of your time offer eingabe into shared goals and do work that contributes to your family or career trajectory and earnings.To figure that out, Ive created a short quiz that will build a framework for you to follow to find and conquer your own version of consonance, determining how much calling, connection, contribution, and control you have and you want so that the what you do matches the who you are.Heres the good news there are no wrong answers. The only right answer is the right answer for you. And the only one who gets a vote in figuring that out is - you guessed it - also you.Laura Gassner Otting is the author of Limitless How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life. Want to live a li mitless life? Take her quick quiz at LimitlessAssessment.comto see whats holding you back, and what you can do about it.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

Career lessons from legendary game show hosts

Career lessons from legendary game show hostsCareer lessons from legendary game show hostsLast year Game Changers, a documentary on game shows (hosted by none other than Jeopardy host Alex Trebek), highlighted our love and fascination with the TV mainstay and its sometimes-colorful past.In the spirit of those of us who love game shows, here are some career lessons to be learned from game show hostsMake your side hustle matterBack in the 1960s, Bob Eubanks who is best known for hosting The Newlywed Game welches active in the music business. He mortgaged his home to raise funds to bring The Beatles to California for their initial appearance at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965. Eubanks produced concerts for The Rolling Stones during their early tours and was also a producer for The Supremes, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Barry Manilow. Oh, and he was Dolly Partons agent for a couple of years.Game show host career lesson learnedJust because youre good at one thing, doesnt mean you cant b e great at something else as well. Abedrngnisher game show host, Vanna White, is known for crocheting beautiful afghan blankets. White has a long-standing partnership with Lion Brand Yarn, specifically Vannas Choice Yarn.Be happy for the success of othersSpeaking of Vanna White, her co-host on Wheel of Fortune Pat Sajak is known on and off-camera as being the quintessential nice guy. Sajak seems genuinely thrilled when contestants on the show win big and crushed when they dont.Game show host career lesson learnedIt can be tempting to be so focused on crushing the competition that you forget to celebrate the success of deserving colleagues and friends. It wont diminish your own best moments if you remember to be happy for others.Your work could inspire people in unexpected waysAs the host of Lets Make a Deal, the late Monty nachhall would tease contestants faced with the dilemma of choosing an object behind an unmarked door. Hall would tantalize contestants with the allure of winning a car or valuable trip and tease them that they might just win a booby prize instead. Straightforward classic TV, right? Totally. But according to the Encyclopedia of Math, it also inspired a statistical puzzle known as the Monty Hall problem or Monty Hall paradox introduced by biostatistician Steve Selvin in 1975 in a letter to the journal The American Statistician.Game show host career lesson learnedJust because youre really good at one thing doesnt mean youll be stuck in that niche forever. Hall was a brilliant man who happened to be best at hosting TV game shows. But his particular brand of logic both inspired and entertained others.Take your time or notIn the documentary, its revealed that prolific game show creator Merv Griffin - who is credited with inventing both Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy - created the iconic Jeopardy theme heard in the Final Jeopardy round in just 90 seconds while sitting at Marlon Brandos old piano.Game show host career lesson learnedWhen youre rea lly good at something or have enough experience to know your strengths, it shows. While Griffin created some of televisions most iconic and enduring shows and spent years doing just that, he was confident that in under two minutes hed created something worth sharing. Dont spend extra time on a project or speech if you already know that its great. Go on to the next thing confident in your talent.Give credit where credit is dueYou may have noticed that in the above point I wrote that Griffin is credited with inventing Jeopardy Thats true. But it wasnt entirely his idea. According to a Wikipedia article on Griffin, it was actually his wife Julann who came up with the shows iconic answer then question format. In an AP profile released before the show launched in 1964, Griffin said I was mulling over game show ideas when she noted that there had not been a successful question and answer game on the air since the quiz show scandals. Why not do a switch and give the answers to the contesta nt and let them come up with the question.Game show host career lesson learnedYou may be the best at what you do, but chances are very good that you didnt do everything on your own. Sharing the credit doesnt just encourage good feelings within your team, it also encourages people to share their best work and ideas knowing theyll be properly acknowledged for it.

Great Team Building Activities for the Workplace

Great kollektiv Building Activities for the WorkplaceGreat Team Building Activities for the WorkplaceYou dont have to spend a lot of money to hold team buildingevents in your workplace, and they dont have to be ostentatious or complicated. You just want to create structured opportunities for employees to mingle. You can offer a team building lunch, a team building meeting, or a team building trip. You can schedule activities in the workplace or in your local community for your employees. It can be as simple as getting everyone together in a room. Lunch Discussion and Team Building Groups Provide lunch for the whole company or for a department or work team. Assign employees to various workgroups of up to 10 people to discuss and respond to work-related questions. If you dont care who is in which group, one fun way to divide employees is to put numbers on the bottom of plates. All employees who have a 1 on their plates can take their lunch and meet in the library. Those with a 2 on their plates can move toconference room B. The team building lunch is a terrific opportunity to help employees get to know each other better, and whos not up for a lunch? Take-an-Employee-to-Work Day Schedule employees to visit other departments for atake-an-employee-to-work day. Employees are always curious about what the others do. Satisfy their interest and introduce them to a whole new workgroup in the process. Job shadowing is a similar concept. It provides the opportunity for an employee to explore alternate career paths, too. Its easy to put together and it costs only the employees time. The opportunity to observe in another department allows employees to participate in team building that enhances cross-department cooperation and understanding. It also offers employees a chance to explore other career paths. Provide Comfortable Collaboration Spaces Provide couches, snacks, and beverages and ask employees to schedule the space as they might reserve a conference room. Require that they consume all food and beverages from a catered lunch or all the break room snacks in a group experience. Hold Read-at-Work Book Clubs Employees across the company or in a single department can volunteer to read and discuss a particular book in a work book club. The company purchases the books for the employees and theyll meet weekly to discuss a chapter or two. Employees take turns leading the discussion about the chapter in thebest book clubs. Then a second employee can lead the discussion about the implications for the company of what theyre reading. 117 7 Tips for Team Builders That Are Actually Fun Use Icebreakers at Meetings Teams that meet frequently mightnot needicebreakers, but they can come in handy when youre forming a new team. They also work well when youre re-purposing a team. Help employees get to know each other and to improve their ability to work well together. Icebreakers are especially good for meetings. Make sure that every team has est ablished team norms and relationship guidelines if theyll be working together for a period of time. Provide Group Mentoring One-on-one mentoring is important for employees and its always recommended when you bring a new employee into your organization.Group mentoring by a senior manager or manager is another opportunity for team building as well. Employees learn new skills and approaches while furthering their relationships with coworkers. A second type of group mentoring involves having an employee who has a particular skill set teach other employees who want to learn. The employee can mentor groups of others to gain the skill or knowledge. Hold Company-Sponsored Off-Site Departmental Lunches Whether youre dining at a restaurant or grilling hamburgers at a local park, departmental lunches are excellent team building activities. Theres something about sharing a meal together outside the office that encourages employees to talk and get to know each other. Provide Company S ponsorship for Sports Teams and Get Fit A mid-sized company can sponsor sports teams for employees that include baseball, golf, basketball, bowling, soccer, and more. The company can pay employee registration fees for zulaufning and walking events, especially those where the proceeds are shared with local charities. At one 5k run/walk, 36 employees entered together in company T-shirts. This is terrific for the companys positive notoriety and community exposure, as well as for supporting employee causes. Activities such as weekly Weight Watchers meetings, yoga classes at noon, or group exercises in your fitness center can also offer team building opportunities for employees. Schedule Team Building Lunch-and-Learns Get an outside speaker or an employee with a hobby, interest, or particular knowledge or skill to meet with a group of employees to share information and experience.The employees bring their own lunches and the speakers are encouraged to make their sessions interactive to encourage team building. The shared interest in the topic encourages team building, as does the interaction. Fun Classes and Events On-site You can provide fun classes that employees and their families can attend after work or on weekends. They promote both family and employee engagement. Examples that have been successfully implemented by companies include cheese-making, beer-making, cooking classes of all kinds, lockpicking, and product-centered tips and sessions. The employees involved must do some serious team building to plan, organize, and attend. Promote Employee Hobby Clubs Employees might share interests in various outside-of-work activities. Provide the space, email lists, and occasional financial support to promote hobby group meetings at work. Companies have sponsored photography clubs, internet game playing groups, knitting clubs, and shooting interest groups. Team building activities in this area are unlimited. Encourage Your Employees to Volunteer for C harity as a Group Whether your employees are running for charity, golfing for the homeless, building homes for poor families, or collecting food for people without food, volunteering as a team is an activity that produces lasting results. The camaraderie that employees build when they volunteer together is sustainable and powerful, and it flows over into the workplace. Host Activities for Employees Families at Work Almost all unterstellung activities can include the significant others of your employees and their children. Hosting children at work helps employee families develop friendships outside work which can cement team building in the workplace. Ideas for celebrations at work for families includetrick or treating from office to office and carving pumpkins for children at Halloween, or holding tailgate parties in the parking lot before football games. You might consider putting up a big screen in the parking lot to show family movies in the summer months. Invite employees a nd their guests to enjoy annual sporting events such as the final game of the World Series and the final four games of the NCAA on big screen TVs. Hold a Christmas Eve holiday luncheon at work or in a local restaurant as employees scatter to celebrate the holidays. Team building activities in the workplace can stretch your imagination- and youre really only limited by your imagination. Offer some or all of these opportunities to become a great workplace. Low cost but highly effective team building activities can make you an employer of choice.

Breaking News! Fat Workers are NOT Lazy or Crazy

Breaking News Fat Workers are leid Lazy or CrazyFat Workers NOT Lazy & CrazyBreaking News Fat Workers are NOT Lazy or CrazyWhat a shocker... This recent study from Michigan State University proves that fat employees are NOT lazier, more emotionally unstable, and harder to get along with than their normal-weight peers. Really Im sure those of us who fall into the 65-ish percent of the U.S. population characterized as overweight or obese are relieved to learn that were elend all lousy employees, despite these widely held stereotypes. I just cant help wondering why they needed a flippin study to figure out that you cant attribute a single set of characteristics to an entire group of people, just because they share a physical attribute. Whats next, a study to tell us not all blondes are dumb?Mark Roehling, a lawyer and associate professor of human resource management at MSU, and two colleagues conducted the study with 3,500 adult subjects. They found (hold onto your hats) no empirical ev idence to support the stereotypes about, ahem, people of size.Heres how they put itoverweight and obese adults were not found to be significantly less conscientious, less agreeable, less extraverted or less emotionally stable emphasis mineAs much as I question the need for the study, I should applaud the researchers conclusion that employers should be proactive in preventing negative stereotypes from influencing their hiring, promoting, and firing decisions. Its just that its taking all of my strength to not finish that statement with, Ya think?In fairness, the researchers do present some excellent, practical steps employers can take to prevent weight bias from affecting employment decisions, includingEnacting a policy that specifically disallows weight as a hiring consideration unless it relates directly to the jobUsing validated measures of personality traits (as opposed to assumptions) if those traits are related to the job andAdding discussions of weight-related stereotypes to d iversity training programs.With the exception of the state of Michigan (and pending legislation in Massachusetts), U.S. workers are not protected from discrimination based on weight or size. But what difference does it make? You cant legislate common sense or fairness. Does anyone really believe theres no more discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age all of which are protected by law? The truth is, good employers far outnumber the bad. And good employers know that great employees (being a subset of the human race) come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, backgrounds, belief systems, lifestyles, personalities, ages, and abilities.So do your best with what youve got, and stick with the basics of job hunting. Show employers how your skills, talents, and qualifications will add value to their team, and youll soon be in fat city.Have you faced discrimination as a job seeker (weight-based or otherwise)? Do you believe recruiters and hirin g managers profile job candidates based on stereotypes? Please share your thoughts or experiences on this important topic.

The email hack this influential Instagram exec uses to save time

The email hack this influential Instagram exec uses to save timeThe email hack this influential Instagram exec uses to save timeFor office workers around the world, responding to emails has become a major part of the job. A report by technology market research firm The Radicati Group found that in 2018, the total number of business and consumer emails sent and received per day will exceed 281 billion.As correspondence goes digital, trying to reply to everyone can feel like an impossible task. Good thing Instagrams head of fashion partnershipsEva Chen has come up with a life hack to keep the continuous influx of messages at bay.You know how emails allow you to create customized signatures? Well, after Chen realized she sent similar messages all the time, she maximized that signatures tool to work to her advantage.Basically, I have ten signatures saved on my email like, Sorry Im out of town I cant make it, Ill be there, CCing my admin to set up a meeting, etc. It makes a big difference , Chen told the Cut.For someone like Chen, who spends an hour or two on email even after returning home from work, the hack probably does save a lot of time. But even for those of us whose inboxes arent completely inundated, its a strategy thats worth noting if we keep retyping the same thing.Chen also shared insights on work-life balance, and how she tries to encourage her team at Instagram to lead a healthy life.I tell them to leave at like 500 p.m. to go to Barrys or Soul Cycle, whatever, Chen told the Cut. If you want to take two hours, go to the gym and shower, and then go home and email for an hour and a half, do it if itll make you a better worker and make you happy.

Outrageous Functional Resume Example Tips

Outrageous Functional Resume Example Tips In the Summary of Qualifications section, you concentrate on your qualifications and skills pertinent to the job youre applying for. Find approaches to demonstrate how previous jobs turn you into a desirable krpermassage therapy employee. It is possible to also see Teacher Resumes. Resume isnt a help or legal advisor and doesnt guarantee job interviews or offers. The very first key is to realize how resumes are organized. Your resume can allow you to get your foot in the door, even if dont have any prior massage therapy job experience. Your resume will be placed into areas. The skills summary has become the most important portion of writing a functional resume. A Functional Resume or Skills Resume is intended to highlight your abilities and accomplishments on top of your resume instead of grouping them below the jobs or positions youve held as in a chronological resume. On the contrary, it highlights your abilities and abilities. N ext, you will start to list your principal abilities and abilities. Mention you want to be certain you have the perfect qualifications for the position. Because the recruiters arent your pals. Candidates who wish to prevent coming across as overqualified. Examples of good acting resumes are available online. Functional resumes make up one of the 3 primary varieties of resumes. They are very tricky and may or may not go well with the recruiters. They make it look like the applicant is trying to hide something from the recruiter. Functional and conventional resumes arent the only resume types to select from. There are a number of simple tweaks that may make a functional resume advantageous The key to maximizing the advantages of a resume builder is to get an idea beforehand of what you would like. If you dont have sufficient work experience, you should earn a functional resume instead of a chronological one. Resume Coach provides a number of functional resume schablones w hich candidates can utilize to make an effective resume emphasizing the most valuable skills for the role to enhance their odds of obtaining a callback.After you have modified the standard resume template that you found on the net, make it simple on your upcoming self and save several versions of your resume. There are a number of other alternatives. Theres a whole lot of room for a cover letter on the rear of the original resume, adding that additional flavor which may just produce a new job for you. Because in some instances, it may be tricky to demonstrate your resume in the most positive light. This example of a health assistant resume will give you a fundamental idea of the way to create a good resume. Youll observe that even the most effective functional resume will damage your odds of getting hired. A functional resume ought to be utilized in a variety of kinds of situations. Find out all you will need to learn about drafting a flexible functional resume. A template like functional resume can be downloaded easily, because of appearance of on-line source that has the capacity to provide it free of charge.

6 Reasons to Quit Your Job Today

6 Reasons to Quit Your Job Today If you dread going to work, youre not alone. In fact, only 15 percent of workers around the world are engaged at work, according to Gallup.What gives? Why do so many people suffer through jobs they dont like all that much instead of jumping ship?It doesnt have to be that way. Theres always something better out there. If any of these five things is happening to you, its time to quit today. 1. You Are Having Constant Negative, Stressful ThoughtsIf youve started to have self-destructive thoughts because of your job, its time to quit. It will only get worse if you stay in your organization. Be brave.Make a plan of action. Start by setting out a realistic timeline for example, I will have a new job two months from now. Next, determine the steps you will use to get there. I love usingsticky notes, because I can scatter my thoughts all over the arbeitszimmer wall and then organized them based on importance and sense of urgen cy. 2. You Hate Your BossAs many as one in five workers hates their boss, according to one study. If youre one of them, you should knowyour supervisor is not likely to go away anytime soon. That means its up to you to change the situation by finding another job. Hand in your resignation letter today, and youll feel a huge sense of relief. 3. You Hate Your CoworkersYou may becool with your boss, but if you hate your coworkers, youre still in for trouble. Maybe youve tried your best to fit in and even talked to your boss about it, who stepped in but couldnt fix the problem.If thissounds like your case,youre working in a toxic environment. Toxic environments dont change without serious interventions from company leadership. Instead of waiting around for that to happen, your best bet is to get out today.Find a better job with a better company culture and work environment. Connect with people who work at your target employers and start meaningful conversations about the environments the y work in. Askif they could landsee you fitting in and thriving in those environments. 4. Your Manager Ignores YouYoure shouting, but nobodys listening. Sound familiar?You should work in an organization where your bosses and coworkers respect you and take your opinions to heart. Youshould feel valued and respected by your managers and leaders, not neglected.Before you jump ship, find a company where you will get the kind of validation you seek. Glassdoor is a great resource for learning aboutcompany cultures, as the reviews all come from real-life employees. 5. Your Job Is BoringThirty-three percent of people are bored at work.Few people enjoy their jobs all the time, but if youfind your work to be seriously and consistently boring, its time tofind a new challenge.Perhaps youre just too good at what you do and youve outgrown your role. Maybe youre sick of the everyday grind. Whatever the reason,you need a job that will excite you again.Explore emerging technologies and new products. Find new applications for existing products. Look for anything that seems like it will allow you to be more creative and engaged at work.6. Your Personal Relationships Are SufferingIf your job is starting to interfere with your personal relationships,know that its not worth it.Dont sacrificeyour loved ones for a job. Instead, find another job that allows you more time with your family, whether that means a shorter commute orfewer required business trips. Dowhatever it takes.I know its always tough to leave a job, even one you hate, and you cant always just quit on a whim. You have bills to pay and food to put on the table.Still, have the power to turn things around, and you should use it when you can. Never feel like you have to stay in a job thats hurting you.Nader Mowlaeeis an engineering career coach and recruiter who is motivated by building confidence in engineers.

Teacher Interview Questions About Technology

Teacher Interview Questions About TechnologyTeacher Interview Questions About TechnologyWhen you areapplying for a teaching position, a typical job interview question is, How have you used, or how will you use, technology in the classroom? With all of the new forms of technology available, schools are eager to incorporate it into their classrooms whenever possible. Its important to assure your interviewer that you are familiar with and enthusiastic about using available technology. In addition, note that you are always looking to research new technologies to implement in your classroom, as they become available. Make a List of Technology You Have Used in the Classroom or at School Review your past five years at work. Which technologies did you use and how did you use them? Platforms Tablets, desktop computers, laptop computers, mobile devices.Software Software packages (such as Microsoft Office), programs, apps.Display Devices Smart boards, video displays.Video Cameras, video rec orders, video editing devices, and applications.Audio Microphones, speakers, mixers, amplifiers, recording devices, audio editing devices, and applications. What Technology Do You Use at Home? Discuss how you use technology at home and in your personal life. What social media do you use? Do you use a fitness tracker? Are there apps or games you enjoy? How might familiarity with these translate into future technology in the classroom? If your previous schools had little technology in the classroom, showing that you use it at home can be a positive response. Did you teach your children, spouse, parents, or grandparents how to use technology? What Technology Did You Use at Non-Classroom Jobs? Be able to discuss how you used computers and other technology in jobs that were not in education. You may have used tablets and mobile devices in paid or volunteer work. Have examples of how you found them useful for performing the jobs or how you coached co-workers in using them. Prov ide Examples of Technology You Have Used Provide the interviewer with specific examples of what technologies you have used in the past I was lucky to have one of the first Smart Boards in my classroom. The children were immediately engaged and eager to explore the possibilities being offered. We learned together just what an amazing teaching tool it could be.We used tablets in my last class and the students used apps to enhance their lessons.I taught a class that created a blog and a wiki, with all of the students contributing. Students that were reluctant to speak in class blossomed when they were able to write their entries. One of my classes developed a podcast to share with other students and their families.We connected to guests via Skype for interviews. The students asked questions and received answers from experts who were far away or too busy to come to class in person.I use a personal computer or tablet to develop and organize my lesson plans and to calculate final grades. Be Prepared to Talk about Social Media and Internet Safety Policies The use of social media both by students and by teachers is a charged issue with many educators. While you should be prepared, as a teacher, to demonstrate your command of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, you also need to make sure that your use of these tools is transparent and that theway you present yourself there is above reproach. You should also know and be prepared to discuss your local school boards policies governing Internet use and the safety protocols they have implemented in their public schools. According to theNational Conference of State Legislatures(NCSL), twenty-five states have implemented Internet filtering laws that require publicly funded schools and libraries to instigate policies that prevent minors from accessing obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise harmful content on the Internet. unterstellung laws arose in response to the 2000 Federal Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA), mandating that schools receiving funds from the federal E-rate program provide Internet filtering of classroom technologies accessed by students. The other significant piece of legislation to be aware of is the 1998 Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), that protected students under 13 from having their personal information collected without the consent of a parent or guardian (which is why social platforms like Facebook require users to be 13 or older). Some school districts have responded to these laws not only by filtering websites, but also by prohibiting social media contact between teachers and students. Thus, you should be aware of your school districts policies before going into the interview. If your district is one of the many that does allow teachers to use social media technologies for teacher-student and student-student discussion, be prepared to discuss what safeguards you would implement to ensure student user safety and privacy in a ccessing whatever class blogs or social media pages you set up and administer.

Do What You Love, But Not All the Time

Do What You Love, But Not All the TimeDo What You Love, But Not All the Time0Why is it not always necessary, or possible, to only do a job you love? Sometimes you need to do jobs that the market demands or perform tasks you dont like. We need to reverse the do what you love fallacy that makes people think that if they arent doing a job they love all the time, they need to find a new line of work. Wheres the dividing line between a job you like well enough and a job you really dont like?There was once a guy who worked for a lawn care company. When asked how he was doing he would say, Work sucks, but I need the bucks.Work doesnt have to suck, and hopefully it doesnt for many of us, but the reality is that sometimes people have jobs, careers, or certain aspects of those jobs or career that they dont especially care to do, or that doesnt provide the satisfaction they seek in their profession. Sometimes we all have to take a job, stay in a job, or pursue a job that fits whats right at the time. And there is nothing wrong with that, says Curt Rosengren, a passion catalyst who helps people love their work and change their world in a way that feels personally meaningful to them.I think the idea that everyone should be doing work they love or theyre making the wrong career decisions is ludicrous, says Rosengren, author of 101 Ways to Get Wild About Work and The Occupational Adventure Guide A Travel Guide to the Career of Your Dreams. Sometimes reality means you need to do the less-than-ideal option. Maybe your unemployment is running out and you just need income. Maybe your dream job wouldnt let you spend the quality time with your young kids youre committed to. Maybe your spouse is ill and youre relying on your jobs insurance for health care.Rosengren continues I think one of the biggest fallacies is that having work you love means all passion, all the time. The reality is there is no perfect job. I cant think of any career that feels like a more perfect fit for me tha n what I do now, but even so there are aspects of my work I really dont like.We all want a job we love, to make an impact, and to feel a sense of personal and professional accomplishment. Most of all, we want to go to a job and a place of work that motivates us each day. But that isnt reality for everyone. Theres a difference between I have to compromise right now because of my current situation, and I just have to suck it up. Work is a four-letter word says Rosengren.The former is a tactical decision based on what is needed in the present moment. The latter is giving up in defeat and letting a combination of present moment challenges and negative thinking define the rest of your career.Difference Between Like Well Enough And Dont Really LikeThere is a fine line, though, between a job you like well enough to keep going to each day and a job you really dont like. What are the warning signs its time to move on? Its affecting your professional life. The days drag on. And on. And on. Yo u dont want to make that additional phone call, send that email, or call in to that conference call. Or, you dont ever put in that extra effort to make sure the job is done right. You know its going to eventually cost the company, and maybe even your job, but you just dont care. Its affecting your personal life. Lets face it, we all gripe about work at some point. But if its leading to schwimmbad habits outside of work (excessive drinking/drug abuse), affecting your family life, or affecting your health, then it is seriously time to consider finding a new job. If you go to bed at night simply dreading the next day, or cant fall asleep because you dread the fact you have to show up to work again, then its time to move on. Youre making excuses. If youre calling in sick when you are not sick, constantly showing up late, taking extended lunch breaks, and/or making excuses to leave early, then its time to consider moving on. Youre displaying bad behavior. If youve been reprimanded at wor k, your colleagues start calling you out or have reported you to your boss or HR for unprofessional behavior, or youre hastily responding to emails- its time to really consider moving on.Job Happiness Factors NOT in Your ControlThere are also other elements of a job outside your control that can affect your ability to truly love the job and be happy, such asA lack of opportunity for promotion.A toxic work environment or bullying boss.A company not investing in new technology or using dated methods to complete work.Layoffs, or constant threat of layoffs, leaving you to question if it makes a difference or not if you perform at a high level.Those are all realistic reasons to dread the current job and seek new opportunities.Time to look for a new job? Check out these eight high-demand flexible jobs that employers need to fill.What If You Cant Leave Your Job?If you cant move on, Rosengren recommends asking yourself this question How can I bring more of what I love into my work?Make it a regular inquiry- and act on it, he says. Keep taking steps in that direction, whether that is within your current job or through a wholesale change, says Rosengren. Over the course of your career, the cumulative impact of asking that question and acting on the answer can be huge.We all have aspects of our jobs that we dread, but dont cause us to seek new opportunities. Once a quarter, a creative director has to drive three hours to sit awake overnight doing press checks during the printing of a magazine a website editor has to attend out-of-state training for a week once a year when he wishes he was home providing the help needed for his disabled daughter a part-time healthcare worker who works evenings dreads the mandatory once-a-month team meeting at 1000 a.m. because it messes with her child-care schedule. These are aspects of a job these people dread, but overall, they still are happy and enjoy the work they do. Nothing is absolutely perfect.Rosengren admits he tells people the re is no perfect job. It doesnt exist, he says. But, If you can find something where you love what youre doing 80% of the time, youre golden. That takes away the feeling that if theres something they dont like, they must be off track.If you are happy most of the time, but not all of the time, you are not alone. And theres absolutely nothing wrong with that.Readers, how do you feel about passion in a job? Do you do what you love some of the time or all of the time? Share your experience with us

10 Tech Careers That Dont Involve Coding

10 Tech Careers That Dont Involve Coding10 Tech Careers That Dont Involve CodingAre you seeking involvement in the booming tech scene but dont know how to code? Scores of career opportunitiesin techinvolve no code skills at all.Ten lucrative careers in technology, along with mini-profiles and the national average salary for each are explored.Note that all salary information derived from PayScale.. 01User Interface DesignerJuhan Sonin//Flickr.comSimilar to UX, but user interface konzeption (UI) gives greater emphasis to the design of the interface.UI designersestablish the look and feel of a softwares interface. UI designers are often responsible forVisual design through each stage from brainstorming to engineeringClear communication of ideas and instructions to users through well-designed wireframes, storyboards, user flows, and sitemapsMaking the interface a cohesive whole by intentionally designing each element of the site or web app to ensure they all work togetherNational Average Salary for UI Designers $61,30802User Experience DesignerUser experience designers (UX) create products with the end user in mind. Basically, their primary goal is increasing user satisfaction.The field of UX varies greatly. Some UXers focus on user research exclusively, while others may be more involved with prototyping products.Nonetheless, a few key responsibilities includeUser research understanding users through interviews or other methods like card sortingInformation architecture knowing the most effective ways to structure content on a site or appData-driven design making design choices based on data analysisWireframing and prototyping building test versions of websites/web appsNational Average Salary for UX Designers $72,78003Software Quality TesterSoftware quality testers (SQTs)test the quality of software products prior to public launch to ensure they are working properly.The field is related to, but separate from,quality assurance (QA).SQTs ansturm various functional, st ress and scalability tests across numerous customer scenariosin efforts to break the software with a goal of eliminating bugs and improve the quality improvement of the final product.National Average Salary for Software Quality Testers$53,64604Search Engine Optimization SpecialistSearch engine optimization (SEO), while often classified under the marketing umbrella,? is characterized bytechnical aspects of its ownspecifically,dealing with increasing rankings in search engines whose algorithms are forever being optimized for up-to-the-minute relevance.SEO specialists collaborate with developers and web designers to ensure SEO best practices are being implemented across a website/web app.Other common responsibilities for SEO specialists includeResearching keywordsWorking with content teams to drive SEO in content creationOptimizing copy on pages to improve search engine rankingTracking, reporting, and analyzing website analytics and PPC campaignsNational Average Salary for SEO Speciali sts $40,75005Data AnalystData analytics jobs are perfect for those possessingan affinity fordata set analysis, trend spotting, and strength inconveying the findings in laymans terms.Strong mathematical and analytical skills are keyto the role data analysts play, notably knowledge of statisticscollection and organization of large sets of data are central to the job description.Additionally, some companies may requiremeasurable programming acumen.National Average Salary for Data Analysts $52,98106Web Analytics SpecialistWeb analytics relates to SEO and digital marketing. A specialists focus lay in site traffic measurement, goal-setting for site elements, user experience visualization through Google Analytics, and site change monitoring with A/B testing.Web analysis specialists generally work throughagencies representing multiple clients, so expect to handle more than one website, depending on the agencys size and workflow.National Average Salary for Web Analytics Specialist $62,464 07 Enterprise Software SalesEnterprise software schlussverkauf can be a highly lucrative field for the right person. As with any sales job, exceptional performance is generally quite healthily rewarded with commissions and bonuses, putting top performers at some of the largest global companies in the $400,000 per year range.Software-as-a-service sales, more typically known as SaaS sales functions primarily as geschftsleben-to-business (B2B) service.However, as is the case in so many sales roles, high reward comes with high risk. Quotas, high-pressure-high-stakes negotiations, and extensive travel can often do take a toll on family life, so knowing what youre getting into at the outset is important.National Average Salary for Enterprise Software Sales $72,32508Growth HackerAlso known as a user acquisition specialist, growth hackers fall under the larger umbrella of marketing, as well.Commonly employed by startups, growth hackers combine marketing, technology, and business development wi th a laser focus onuser acquisition. They develop and implement onboarding strategies, experiment extensively, measure results, and tweak or even discard plans as necessary, based on consumer response and engagement. Such a role requires flexibility and agility of process to successfully execute.National Average Salary for Growth Hackers $74,36909Tech Support SpecialistSome types of tech support jobs require a degree if the type of support you are giving is highly technical for others, a degree is no issue.Perhaps the greatest benefit to many in this field is theflexibility. Many tech support companiesallow for flex scheduling, working from home or some hybrid therein. As long as youre able to engage with the customer and help them with their technology problems, it doesnt always matter whether youre in a cubicle or on your sofa.A solid familiarity with a wide variety of tech products and issues coupled withstrong communication skills are essential to this position.National Averag e Salary for Tech Support Specialists $40,33510Technical RecruiterTechnical recruiters often stand as gatekeepers between major organizations and technical employees such as programmers and developers. While they dont perform hands-on tasks with technology or coding, a fundamental understanding of the larger technical landscape is nonetheless extremely important to successful procurement of adequate professional experience for the often highly-specialized roles theyre contracted to fill.Excellent communication skills are key for a technical recruiter. Experience working in technology fields is a bonus, as is a mature and confident personality.National Average Salary for Technical Recruiters $45,064