Whats your secret list of companies youd love to work for

Whats your secret list of companies youd love to work forWhats your secret list of companies youd love to work forThere was a time when you could count on your employer to take care of you for the long haul. Youd graduate college, join a large corporation, stay there for forty years and retire clutching a gold watch. The company laid out your career path, your pension, and your progression through assignments.Yep, there was a paternalistic moment in American corporate history.That moment is gone.Given upheavals this past decade, you never know when your present employer is going to retrench, reboot, release you. Theres leidhing less welcome than an unexpected and involuntary staffelung from a decent paycheck and a warm cubicle.So it is far, far better to keep yourself in the drivers seat and do heads up career planning keeping one eye on the future of where youre going is the best way to make sure you stay safe and comfortable in where you are.Youd prefer a running start should some thing ever go wrong with your current company, which is why its smart to have an updated list of 10 companies that youd like to work for in the future should the occasion require.Can you name 10 companies youd like to work for, or that youd enjoy working for? Can you do it right now?The important thing is to have a list - a secret list of companies youre seeing on the side - and for you to keep tabs, develop relationships, and ingratiate yourself further with the people and operations of those ten businesses. Keeping the number somewhat small is the only way to keep it manageable. You cant possibly track 20 or 50 companies, so by keeping your efforts focused on just 10, youll get far more deeply entrenched in your select list.By taking interviews, collecting information insights, and steadily growing your contacts at each of those ten companies, youll create a safety web for yourself in case of emergency. The bonus is that this strategy also pays benefits today by keeping you appri sed of whats happening in your industry.InterviewsYou should interview at one of your side companies each season taking the opportunity every three months to keep your interview skills sharp, and dig deeper into the business and people of that company.Its fine to interview on the basis of informed curiosity. You cant do it at the same company every year, because youll lose credibility, but interviewing at a rotating cast of interesting backup employers over a four or five year period makes sense.When pressed, you can share Im not looking, but Im always interested in what opportunities are developing, networking with people in the industry, and frankly, seeing how effective the competitions recruiting process is.Its a great way to keep up on whats going on in the market and understand what your competitors or peer companies are up to. Youll better understand the motivations and viewpoints of other people in your industry and may come away with inspiration for your own day-to-day work .One important wrinkle make sure to send gracious thank you notes thanking the contacts youve made for their generous time and attention. Mentioning a particular insight that you gleaned from your conversation is very helpful for establishing rapport for the future. Especially as youll be doing this regularly, you want each person in the industry to feel as great as possible when you turn them down.Information insightsGetting closer to your ten companies isnt just about interviewing with them but also networking with people who currently work there. And networking is something that you can do far more frequently than interviewing its easier to get started, its far less awkward, and its good to be a little bit social with your peers.Set a goal of meeting with somebody from just one of your target companies each month. Could be a friend, a fellow college alum or a former co-worker who has landed there. Or you could be trying to meet wholly new people you could go to a Meetup, a speak ing event, or a product launch.Share your interest, and feel free to indicate that its not deadline-driven, and that theres no particular outcome youre looking for other than learning more about one of your company crushes Im not looking, but Im just so intrigued by what youre doing in my area of expertise that Id love to learn more.Increasing your contact baseUse your networks - your online social networks, your offline social networks, your college alumni and former work colleagues - to steadily increase the number of people you know at each of your ten companies.Who else should I get to know here? is a particularly effective way to leverage your existing contacts.Over a five-year horizon, youll have interviewed 20 times at these companies. Youll have met 60 people working there. And youll know far more about their internal workings, market outlook, and employment possibilities than any other candidate or person looking for work there.So should a downturn come, or the Grim Reaper snatch your company from this mortal coil, youll have your ten lifelines at the ready.And thats how you stay ahead and stay afloat in this modern, maddening economy.

ASME Selects Adam Leemans as its 2013 New Faces of EngineeringCollege Edtion Rep

ASME Selects Adam Leemans as its 2013 New Faces of EngineeringCollege Edtion Rep ASME Selects Adam Leemans as its 2013 New Faces of EngineeringCollege Edtion Rep ASME Selects Adam Leemans as Its 2013 New Faces of Engineering-College Edition RepresentativeAdam Leemans ASME has selected U.S. Army Cadet Adam Leemans to represent the Society this year in the New Faces of Engineering-College Edition program. Leemans, an ASME student member and fourth-year mechanical engineering student at the United States Military Academy at West Point, has conducted research on renewable energy integration at Army installations and is currently redesigning deployable barracks to improve energy efficiency.Now in its second year, New Faces College Edition recognizes the best and brightest third-, fourth- and fifth-year engineering students, whose academic successes and experiences in the engineering field have positioned them to make an impact. The program is a spin-off of the New Faces Professional pr ogram, which welches launched in 2003 and recognizes engineers up to the age of 30 who have shown outstanding abilities in projects that significantly impact public welfare or further professional development and growth. Both programs are sponsored by the National Engineers Week Foundation.The 15 New Faces of Engineering College Edition candidates were announced April 2 on the programs Facebook page (https//www.facebook.com/CollegeEdition), an online forum where students can meet with their engineering peers in every field and learn about events, licensure exams, internships, jobs, competitions, the benefits of membership to engineering associations and more.As Brigade Energy and Environmental Officer at West Point, Leemans creates, leads, and manages energy, water, and waste conservation policy and programs for all 4,600 members of the U.S. Corps of Cadets. He previously served as assistant to the Energy Manager at the Directorate of Public Works, Rock Island Arsenal, and as a n intern to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy, and Environment).In addition, Leemans is an Engineers Without Borders board representative for the Military Academys Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, a College Reading Learning Association-certified tutor in math, engineering, Russian and economics, and team captain and member of the West Point Triathlon Team. Leemans was also a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship winner (2012), a Marshall Scholarship alternate (2012), a Rhodes Scholarship finalist (2012), and a USA Triathlon All American in 2011. He has been an ASME student member since 2010. Anita RebarchakEarlier this year, ASME member Anita Rebarchak, E.I.T., was one of 13 early career engineering professionals who were selected as the 2013 class of the New Faces of Engineering Professional program. The names of the 13 engineers were released Feb. 18 in a full-page announcement in USA Today. Engineers Week 2013 took place Feb. 17-23.Rebarchak, who was nominated by ASME, is a senior systems engineer at Pratt Whitney, supporting the companys fifth-generation engine programs. In addition to her role as an engineer, Rebarchak is involved in a number of corporate initiatives, such as intern and peer mentoring, employee engagement, environmental health and safety assessments, and internal AS9100 certification auditing.To learn more about the New Faces of Engineers programs, visit www.eweek.org

Extreme Team Building

Extreme kollektiv Building Extreme Team Building Extreme Team BuildingTeam skydiving, rock climbing, white water rafting, and bungee jumping are all suitable activities for adrenaline-loving thrill seekers, but what role do they play in corporate America? All are extreme kollektiv recreational exercises that some executives believe help to boost employee morale and foster a spirit cooperation and creativity amongst team members.Most team-building activities focus on developing critical skills, like problem-solving, real -time decision-making, task delegation, and communication. Some are mental exercises and some just arent for the faint of heart. Take Vallarta Adventures, which offers an Adventure Team Building Program designed to facilitate the development of more creative and productive employees, effective managers, and efficient teams. Their outdoor skills program sends participants through mountains, mesas and canyons with few basic supplies - no tents, sleeping bags, stoves, ba ckpacks, watches, radios, or cell phones. The outdoor adventure program is just as challenging, as participants are engaged in a high-speed boat ride, hiking, rappelling, zip lining, mule riding, and traversing jungle bridges.Many corporate executives believe that extreme team building exercises help to boost employee morale and foster cooperation.Management consulting firm, Teambuilding Inc., organizes a high-tech treasure hunt, called Geoquest, where team members must work together to find hidden targets. Teams of four to five people receive handheld GPS units pre-programmed with the locations of hidden treasures. The GPS units guide teams to within 20 feet of their goal. After that, they use their wits and determination to decipher written clues to find the hidden answers. In their sailing team building exercise, participants battle the wind, currents, and their colleagues while guiding their sail boats through an obstacle course. Success requires extensive collaboration between boats using hand-held radios as communications skills.For the more adventurous, extreme team building exercises are designed to build team spirit or put decision-making skills into practice by placing participants into physically demanding situations. While treasure hunts, hiking, and sailing are relatively safe, team skydiving seems to move closer to the danger zone. jupe climbing, another demanding extreme sport, presents its own challenges and risks, yet some incorporate the activity into their team building program.Sound like fun teambuilding exercises? Not to everyone.Anne Thornley-Brown, president of Executive Oasis International, a Toronto-based management consulting firm specializing in team building retreats and facilitated business simulations, cautions that dangerous activities are being passed off as team building. Adrenaline junkies in some executive suites combined with an anything a group does together is team building mentality is a slippery, dangerous, and, at times very expensive slope, writes Thornley-Brown in her corporate team building blog.Team building can include recreational activities but a recreational activity is not the same thing as team building. Just because a group gets together and engages in an activity that is fun, does not make the activity team building, she says. Business team building is about bringing the team together and using their collective genius to achieve results. Expertly facilitated team building can help business organizations generate specific and measurable business results.Thornley-Brown adds Is there a place for strictly recreational activities in the corporate world? Absolutely. Companies would be dreary places to work if no one ever laughed or smiled. There is a place for company picnics, Christmas parties, and recreational outings... even paintball if it floats your boat. The key is that, unless your business is a country club or a recreation center, the budget for recreation should never exceed or be close to what is spent on real team building to help the organization achieve its mission and purpose.Tom Ricci is the owner of Ricci Communications.Team building can include recreational activities but a recreational activity is not the same thing as team building.Anne Thornley-Brown, president, Executive Oasis International

Getting rich can boil down to 6 wealth factors no matter your age or salary

Getting rich can boil down to 6 wealth factors no matter your age or salaryGetting rich can boil down to 6 wealth factors no matter your age or salaryAnyone can become rich if they know the right steps to take.But if you possess a certain tischset of characteristics, you may be more likely to become wealthy, according to Sarah Stanley Fallaw, director of research for the Affluent Market Institute. She co-authored The Next Millionaire Next Door Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, in which she surveyed more than 600 millionaires in America.To identify characteristics most predictive of net worth, Stanley Fallaw conducted two studies that included a group of individuals with a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million and a group of high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreShe found that six behaviors, which she called wealth factors, are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or incomeFrugality, or a commitment to saving, spending less, and sticking to a budgetConfidence in financial management, investing, and household leadershipResponsibility, which involves accepting your role in financial outcomes and believing that luck plays little rolePlanning, or umgebung goals for your financial futureFocus on seeing tasks through to their completion without being distractedSocial indifference, or not succumbing to social pressure to buy the latest thingFrugality came up several times during Stanley Fallaws research - many of the millionaires she interviewed stressed the freedom that comes with spending below their means. Being frugal was one of three key ways they achieved financial independence.Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a slave to the paycheck, even with a stellar level of income, she wrote. To properly build wea lth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.Having confidence, another key characteristic, will help you be frugal. In a Gen Y Planning blog post, financial planner Sophia Bera wrote, It takes confidence to live within your means.It also takes confidence to invest properly - instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan, certified financial planner Shelly-Ann Eweka previously wrote for Business Insider.But you cant invest - or manage your own money - without accepting responsibility for the outcomes.Like Stanley Fallaw, Chris Hogan, author of Everyday Millionaires How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too, also found that many millionaires take on personal responsibility- and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didnt acquire their wealth through luck.Millionaires dont count on anyone else to make them rich, and they dont blame anyone else if they fall short, Hogan wrote. They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals theyve set for themselves.He also found that theyre goal-oriented and hard workers, which enable them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. Ninety-two percent of the millionaires he surveyed develop a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieve the goals they set for themselves.These behaviors make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist the lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. Essentially, they dont feel pressured to keep up with the Joneses.As Hogan puts it, they avoid distractions and the shiny object syndrome the general bevlkerung suffers from because millionaires arent focused on what might make them happy today theyre focused on their long-term wealth-building plan.This article first appeared on Business Insider.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 peopleGetting rich can boil down to 6 wealth factors no matter your age or salaryAnyone can become rich if they know the right steps to take.But if you possess a certain set of characteristics, you may be more likely to become wealthy, according to Sarah Stanley Fallaw, director of research for the Affluent Market Institute. She co-authored The Next Millionaire Next Door Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, in which she surveyed more than 600 millionaires in America.To identify characteristics most predictive of net worth, Stanley Fallaw conducted two studies that included a group of individuals with a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million and a group of high- and ultra-high -net-worth individuals.She found that six behaviors, which she called wealth factors, are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or incomeFrugality, or a commitment to saving, spending less, and sticking to a budgetConfidence in financial management, investing, and household leadershipResponsibility, which involves accepting your role in financial outcomes and believing that luck plays little rolePlanning, or setting goals for your financial futureFocus on seeing tasks through to their completion without being distractedSocial indifference, or not succumbing to social pressure to buy the latest thingFrugality came up several times during Stanley Fallaws research - many of the millionaires she interviewed stressed the freedom that comes with spending below their means. Being frugal was one of three key ways they achieved financial independence.Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a sla ve to the paycheck, even with a stellar level of income, she wrote. To properly build wealth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.Having confidence, another key characteristic, will help you be frugal. In a Gen Y Planning blog post, financial planner Sophia Bera wrote, It takes confidence to live within your means.It also takes confidence to invest properly - instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan, certified financial planner Shelly-Ann Eweka previously wrote for Business Insider.But you cant invest - or manage your own money - without accepting responsibility for the outcomes.Like Stanley Fallaw, Chris Hogan, author of Everyday Millionaires How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too, also found that many millionaires take on personal responsibility- and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didnt acquire their wealth through luck.Millionaires dont count on anyone else to make them rich, and they dont blame anyone else if they fall short, Hogan wrote. They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals theyve set for themselves.He also found that theyre goal-oriented and hard workers, which enable them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. Ninety-two percent of the millionaires he surveyed develop a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieve the goals they set for themselves.These behaviors make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist the lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. Essentially, they dont feel pressured to keep up with the Joneses.As Hogan puts it, they avoid distractions and the shiny object syndrome the general population suffers from because millionaires arent focused on what might make them happy today theyre focused on their long-term wealth-building p lan.This article first appeared on Business Insider.

The Undisputed Truth About Objectives on a Resume That the Experts Dont Want You to Hear

The Undisputed Truth About Objectives on a Resume That the Experts Dont Want You to Hear Maybe youre interested in a particular industry. Instead, companies will be searching for more specific expertise and advertising and marketing specialists. Looking to help a developing company expand across the area, country, and even the planet. Twenty-year veteran in restaurant sales prepared to help an expanding company make it in the big leagues. Understanding how much you fit in the position requirements, youre feeling confident that you are going to be receiving a call from the Human Resource Manager. Conduct Your Research developing a problem-solving resume requires conducting a decent amount of research on the organization youre applying with. Strong planning abilities and organization are traits which are highly desired in an employee, particularly in the plan world. A Project Coordinator is vital to larger companies since they manage the work the Project Manager is not able to do while running huge projects. New Step by Step Roadmap for Objectives on a Resume There is nobody right means to structure a resume. As a result, while your resume objective should consist of information on the career that you would like, you also need to spell out why you are the perfect candidate for the job. Adding the incorrect things or too many things to your resume will save you from getting the market job which you want. A good resume is fantastic, but nothing beats an applicant who can offer the particulars without needing to glance at the paper each and every second. An objective is a brief anschauung that clarifies your goals about the sort of employment desired and the way in which your skills make you a nice fit. A crystal clear statement about how youll utilize your strongest relevant abilities and professional experiences to satisfy the specific role youre applying for 3. Just like its possible to sort publications on PubMed by relevance to a particular subje ct, you can sort your work experience by relevance to a particular position. Of course communicating on behalf of another person is far simpler than doing it for yourself. A strong summary statement at the peak of your resume can increase the possibility of them noticing what youve got to offer from the beginning. An executive summary is a brief statement at the summit of your resume that quickly summarizes what makes you the ideal candidate for the job. Think of your strategy and the story you would like to tell, then determine the ideal structure to tell that story. The absolute most efficient objective is one which is tailored to the job youre applying for. A great objective statement can highly boost your probability of finding the job. A resume objective can explain why youre qualified for the job, even if its the case that you do not own a lot of related experience. The above mentioned objective statement examples provide you various ideas that you are able to use in bui lding a fantastic objective statement for your cashier resume. The Little-Known Secrets to Objectives on a Resume You may also Simple Resume Template. The Resume has to be written in English. Your Resume has to be typed and printed. An excellent Resume shouldnt be longer than two or three pages. If you write in various fields, think about dividing your portfolio into sections. Objectives ought to be checked for spelling and proofread by an expert. Writing a resume is not hard, but it does take some time and planning. The process might be defined in two types Sequence is used when the tasks should be completed in sequential way. After you know your value proposition, you may use it as the foundation for a fabulous resume summary so you start your resume with a true bang. There are a number of good formats. You must have five objective statements. For that reason, its important to compose a compelling objective statement that hits the target and produces a great impression i nstantly.

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