In the current economic gloom, with companies going belly up, finding new jobs calls for that little extra that can give an edge over competition. This often means jazzing up one’s resume and making it interesting. Most of you will agree that a plain text CV can be quite boring. Imagine an HR department receiving hundreds of such CVs; they may end up not making the right choice eventually.
The social media resume format is a media format of a resume and contains media elements such as MP 3s or videos created by you do the talking, instead of you. This was first created by Christopher Penn, who gave it the name of SMR and provided an online sample.
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Earlier, we posted an article about how to conduct a training needs analysis (TNA). Many readers of that article expressed interest in sample questionnaires for an analysis of the sort described.
There is no single “one size fits all” questionnaire that can serve this purpose. Company requirements vary too widely, and any analysis of an employee base must be tailored to that specific group and the unique attributes of their work. That said, it is possible to share with our readers examples of the kinds of things that assessment instruments ask, with the understanding that these must of course be customized for the particular workplace being analyzed.
Sample Surveys
The previous article mentioned several components that may [...]
Adults providing eldercare face emotional, time and financial demands that can be quite draining. Old notions of putting a frail parent in a nursing home may no longer apply: as Baby Boomers age, over 77 million Americans will retire in the next 30 years, and there is simply no way to build enough nursing homes or assisted living facilities to accommodate so many people.
Happily, there is free help and information available to persons dealing with this challenge. Caregiver support includes such things as counseling, service referrals, home care, even financial aid in certain circumstances. The good news is that this support network is growing in the face of increasing demand. The bad news is that it is still [...]
An organization is all about customer satisfaction. Companies understand this and focus all their energy on their service or customer experience. However, many companies do this at the cost of employee experience. What does this mean? Is customer satisfaction not the priority?
It is! But it is important not to lose sight of people who deliver the end product or service to the customers – the employees. These are the people that need a proper support system. Employee satisfaction is paramount as this is what will determine the success or failure of a company. When employees are satisfied and happy about working in an organization, the customer is the first person to notice that.
With employees getting thin-skinned every [...]
Until last week, Susan believed that she had a dream job with a major airline that others would kill for. Today, Susan is just a part of the statistics that marks one of the worst hit crises in the American economy.
The news that their airlines had a layoff plan came as a rude shock – none of the employees “saw it coming.” This kind of an experience can be traumatic to say the least.
As economic slowdown looms large over America and it is better to believe in the premise: bad news rarely announces its arrival. Though, there is no way to avoid the rough patches, there are options that can be kept ready as an insulation mechanism for [...]
The economy in the United States is causing great concern for everyday citizens around the world. While top level executives are walking away with millions from failed companies, investors and employees are facing hard facts about their investments, their careers and their future. When you find yourself under the axe, your career aspects are bleaker across the board and if you’re not prepared for the possibility of lay-offs, you can be a tight spot both in the short-term and long-term.
Jobs and Recessions
There is little doubt there is a huge correlation between jobs and the economy. When the economy dips, companies trim the fat on their budgets. Often, this means non profitable departments are cut along with nonessential [...]
Kinesthesia is our movement sense. It simply refers to an awareness of changes in momentum, balance, pressure and body position in general. It tells us all about how we are moving our bodies. Kinesthetic intelligence includes control of the bodily motions, the ability to handle objects skillfully and the gift for using whole body motions.
You would have seen or you could be one of those people, who are always on the move; who study while walking, whose body is forever active irrespective of what they are doing, even while watching TV. For the kinesthetic types, moving is fundamental and they often fidget if nothing else. It helps them concentrate better.
This “body smart” group as they are called [...]
Years of spending much more than their earnings have left a large percentage of Americans standing at the financial precipice. Studies show that 75% of Americans failed to pay their utility bills on time; about 39% of people who have mounting debts or bills say that they had to deplete their savings in order to pay off bills; around 30 percent of them accumulated credit card debt.
This is the worst possible situation anyone can get into – self-created, albeit unintentional. Debt is certainly not something that just happens as you go about your daily routine. Lack of knowledge on financial management in most cases leads to out-of-control debt. The partners in this financial demise are the financial [...]
A business is all about marketing. Even the best products and services fail if they are not promoted in a proper manner by reaching the customers. Social media helps build businesses gain responsive and highly targeted customers, while building rock solid relationships with potential customers and other entrepreneurs. A company’s brand through social media reputation is beginning to have more weight in the current day.
For many businesses, social media still remains a big question mark. Many are not sure if social media constitutes a medium that is largely untested. They wonder how a good brand can survive in the unpredictable environment of the online communities.
This is the reason why many companies are still not capitalizing on the huge [...]
Employee evaluation or appraisal is a primitive administrative art that is considered by many to be a dirty job, as it involves one person judging another, which always leaves a sense of dissatisfaction and a doubt whether it is a foolproof method. However, it is done by each and every company, big and small, as it is essential for the growth of the company. In some companies, it is documented as a proper appraisal system; whereas, in others it is done informally.
The evaluation systems should be designed in such a way that they lessen any bias on employees. There is no one method that is better than another and it all depends on individual organizational setting. A method most [...]
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