Writing in Third Person on Resume? - Why You Should Not

Writing in Third Person on Resume? - Why You Should NotYou may have heard that you should not write in third person on a resume. Some people have this idea ingrained into their minds, but it really is not as important as you may think.First of all, you should understand that what is important to your potential employer is how you speak, not what you write in third person. This is why you should keep your writing simple and direct - this will show them that you are easy to work with and professional. If you are easy to work with and professional, they are more likely to hire you.The best way to use a third person voice is to actually speak from the point of view of another person. Imagine yourself in the shoes of a target group member. You see things from their perspective and you can relate and validate their experiences. They will read this information on your resume and you will gain valuable points for being a good listener.When you write from the person's perspective, you can get away with writing a little bit of information about the target group. For example, 'Ms. Smith is very friendly and helpful.' This is more information than you would need in a traditional resume, so the reader will not be turned off by the overall length of your write-up. They will still like the fact that you took the time to address them in their own voice, which helps you maintain a relationship with the reader.This is why you should be prepared before you start writing the resume. You can go back and make sure you have answered all of the questions about the target group, so that you will feel confident about the resume.Once you are finished with the resume, take a minute to re-read it. You may have even found a few questions you didnot expect to ask, and these are great reasons to cover those too.These tips will help you get the most out of your writing time, and you will find that you end up getting more done during the day. Instead of wasting time writing that email or manusc ript that is going nowhere, you will spend your time writing something that can be valuable to your prospective employer.If you write in third person, you can change your resume to a second person. It is a good practice to always go back and revising your resume to be a second person.

Five Important Tips For Shopping Online

Five Important Tips For Shopping Online Online shopping is dangerous territory. With all the best of fashion in one place, it is not difficult to lose time and money without moving away from your chair. However, for many women who are busy and dealing with a full plate, it can be quite a lifesaver. After all, even when the time to make shopping trips is hard to come by, a little bit of retail therapy can ease the stress off of  any career girl. While its convenience cant be denied, there are also some disadvantages. The perils  of online shopping stretches beyond overspending and getting lost in clicking from page to page. A girl also needs to be wary of security issues, delayed or lost shipments, or even something as simple as bad quality and ill-fitting clothes. Trust me I have had the same problems too many times. Since the product cant be tried on personally, buyers remorse is a common problem among online shoppers. Here are five tips for a hassle-free online shopping spree! 1)     Have a Measuring Tape Ready Shop with actual measurements. Knowing whether you are a S, M, or L is not enough. Most manufacturers have different size standards for their clothing, but will be able to provide a sizing chart to base your purchase on. Get a tape measure and write down the following: chest/bust, waist, hips, arm length and inseam. There is no universal sizing guide for clothing, and may vary based on designer or country. This guarantees you the most accurate buy. This is what I do when I am shopping online for clothes on DHgate.com.  This also helps with accessories. The site should be able to say how long a necklace chain is or how big the pendant, bracelet, or an earring will be. This way you have a rough idea of how it looks in person. 2)         Manage Your Visual Expectations The biggest problem with shopping online is not being able to hold the item and inspect it yourself. If you’re the type to be meticulous about a certain kind of seam or hemming, or if you’re looking for a particular shade of chartreuse, get off your butt and hunt for it in person! Computer monitors can show a picture of the item which slightly varies from the  actual color of the product, and basic editing can easily take out slight imperfections in an item. For most online shoppers, sending back an item for a slight miss in expectations is not worth the hassle. If you’re buying an item online, don’t expect it to be 100% identical to the pictures, so that if it comes pretty close, you can be happier. 3)     Shipping, Return, and Exchange Policies The last item being said, check for return and exchange policies.  Most reliable online shops  will specify a time frame for returning the item. Understand under which circumstances you can get a refund. Also be clear on the process of shipments. Make sure you get a tracking number and that the seller has a reliable shipping company. It may cost a bit extra in some shops, but if they charge for shipping with a reliable company, it is best to go with that option. If you cant find it, look for the terms and conditions (TC) link at the bottom of the page, or call customer assistance. You can find better security in your purchase if you know what the terms of your items are. Concerning shipping agents one must look for online sellers that consider reliable logistics service providers such as Fedex, TCS, Leopard, Yarui, etc. It allows you to relax knowing that you product is in safe hands. 4)    Safety First! Digital currency exchange is the biggest source of apprehension towards online shopping. If you understand what a secure site is, you are most likely to feel more confident in purchasing items online. Only input your card details in renowned payment portals, and stick to familiar sites.  Make sure that the webpage where you are putting your information in starts with HTTPS instead of just HTTP. Look for an icon of a locked padlock in the address bar or the bottom of the browser. These are indicators of a website with a SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, which is the minimum security requirement for a place asking for your information.   5)    Be a Smart Shopper Join shoppers circles and forums online or look for a buyers protection stamp  so you can get testimonies on the best sellers. Dont just trust comments and reviews in the website itself. If you have your favorite online shops, subscribe to their newsletters  so you are notified of the best deals and discounts.    Also, keep a record of  your purchases! When buying stuff is as easy as clicking a red button that says buy now, trust me, it is hard not to go overboard, so be practical and smart!

4 steps to Writing a Brand-Building Book in 2010 - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

4 steps to Writing a Brand-Building Book in 2010 - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Theres more to writing a brand-building book than just writing! There are 4 steps involved in a successful publishing project, one that builds your personal brand and enhances your expert status within your target market. Many authors concentrate entirely upon   writing and, unfortunately, suffer the consequences. Heres a brief overview of whats involved at each step of a balanced approach that views writing as just one of the requirements for success: Step 1: Planning Just writing a book isnt enough; you have to write the right book! Spending a lot of time writing a book that nobody wants to buy is a colossal waste of time and money for all concerrned! Planning helps you write the right book! The more time you spend planning, the better the chances your book will succeed as a personal branding tool and as the driver of your firms success. Some of the questions youll want to explore during the planning phase include: Who do I want to buy the book? In other words, Who do I want to view me as an expert? What are the problems and goals faced by my books intended readers? What keeps them awake at night worrying? How urgent are these problems and goals? What books and resources are already exist in this area? Its important to learn all you can about the authors and books your book will be competing with. By studying the competition, you can learn from their successes and avoid their mistakes. Why will my book be better than existing books? No one wants to spend money on a book that covers ground already covered. You must be able to describe how your book is going to be better and why readers will choose your book over the competition. What are your goals and resources? The way you want to spend your time after your book appears, and the resources you have available to invest in your book, should play a major role in determining the best way to get your book into print. Trade publishing and self-publishing both have their advantages and disadvantages; you have to choose whats best for you. Step 2: Writing Once you have identified your books topic and approach, you can to prepare your book proposal and begin writing your book. The most important step at this point is to create a content plan for your book that will guide you as you identify the key sections and chapters of your book, as well as the topics youre going to cover in each chapter. Writing a book without a content plan is like driving from Boston to Los Angeles country without a map; you may end up hundreds of miles away from your intended destination, and you may end up wasting time, money, and effort going way out of your way. Without a content plan, you might do the writing equivalent of passing through cities like Buffalo, Atlanta, Minneapolis,   Houston, Seattle on your way from Boston to Los Angeles! Step 3: Promote It does no one any good to write a helpful book that no one buys, because those who could benefit from it didnt know the book existed! Authors often say theyre disappointed by their publishers failure to adequately market and promote their book. Expecting your publisher to aggressively market and promote your book is like expecting your physician to exercise for you, or your dentist to floss for you. Marketing and promoting are the authors responsibilities. As many authors say upon the publication of their book, No, the real work begins! Yet, even that statement is open to debate, since authors should have been laying the groundwork for their books marketing and promotion at every step of the way. While planning their book, for example, an author should be identifying and cultivating the support of experts in their field, in hopes the experts will provide pre-publication endorsements and quotes for their books front and back covers. Indeed, many authors simultaneously write and promote their books with blogs. Blogs make it easy for authors to prepare blog posts that, later, will be expanded into first drafts for the various chapters of their book. By sharing their work with their market, as blog posts, authors can gain valuable feedback as well as build their search engine visibility for their book. Step 4: Profiting As many authors have found, to their dismay, the return on their time and investment preparing their book is often limited to the advance they receive from their publishers. Whose fault is this? Although many blame the publishers, its the authors responsibility to know how they are going to profit from their book before they write it. The appropriate approach is to view publisher advances and royalties as found money, andinsteadview their book strictly as a marketing tool for themselves and their business. View your book as a new business endeavor; know in advance how you are going to profit from the visibility and credibility your book-created personal brand will generate for you. In other words, create a business plan for your book! With the help of a qualified book coach, review the dozens of back-end profit opportunities your book can generate, and narrow them down to those that promise the best return on your time investment. Books, business, and you For too long, books have been viewed from a literary or creative, or strictly writing perspective. As a consequence, for too long, authors have been writing books that often have failed to generate a major change in the authors career success. Dont let this happen to you! Before you begin writing a book, view writing as just one of the steps required for a successful book publishing experience; one that builds and promotes your personal brand. As always, success comes to those who prepare. (Success also comes to those who take advantage of opportunities to ask questions in public forums like theseby submitting questions as comments, below.) Make 2010 the year you publish a book to build your personal brand! Author: Roger C. Parker is a “32 Million Dollar Author,” book coach, and online writing resource. His 38 books have sold 1.9 million copies in 35 languages around the world. Roger has interviewed hundreds of successfully branded nonfiction authors and shares what he’s learned at Published Profitable and his daily writing tips blog.

4 steps to Writing a Brand-Building Book in 2010 - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

4 steps to Writing a Brand-Building Book in 2010 - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Theres more to writing a brand-building book than just writing! There are 4 steps involved in a successful publishing project, one that builds your personal brand and enhances your expert status within your target market. Many authors concentrate entirely upon   writing and, unfortunately, suffer the consequences. Heres a brief overview of whats involved at each step of a balanced approach that views writing as just one of the requirements for success: Step 1: Planning Just writing a book isnt enough; you have to write the right book! Spending a lot of time writing a book that nobody wants to buy is a colossal waste of time and money for all concerrned! Planning helps you write the right book! The more time you spend planning, the better the chances your book will succeed as a personal branding tool and as the driver of your firms success. Some of the questions youll want to explore during the planning phase include: Who do I want to buy the book? In other words, Who do I want to view me as an expert? What are the problems and goals faced by my books intended readers? What keeps them awake at night worrying? How urgent are these problems and goals? What books and resources are already exist in this area? Its important to learn all you can about the authors and books your book will be competing with. By studying the competition, you can learn from their successes and avoid their mistakes. Why will my book be better than existing books? No one wants to spend money on a book that covers ground already covered. You must be able to describe how your book is going to be better and why readers will choose your book over the competition. What are your goals and resources? The way you want to spend your time after your book appears, and the resources you have available to invest in your book, should play a major role in determining the best way to get your book into print. Trade publishing and self-publishing both have their advantages and disadvantages; you have to choose whats best for you. Step 2: Writing Once you have identified your books topic and approach, you can to prepare your book proposal and begin writing your book. The most important step at this point is to create a content plan for your book that will guide you as you identify the key sections and chapters of your book, as well as the topics youre going to cover in each chapter. Writing a book without a content plan is like driving from Boston to Los Angeles country without a map; you may end up hundreds of miles away from your intended destination, and you may end up wasting time, money, and effort going way out of your way. Without a content plan, you might do the writing equivalent of passing through cities like Buffalo, Atlanta, Minneapolis,   Houston, Seattle on your way from Boston to Los Angeles! Step 3: Promote It does no one any good to write a helpful book that no one buys, because those who could benefit from it didnt know the book existed! Authors often say theyre disappointed by their publishers failure to adequately market and promote their book. Expecting your publisher to aggressively market and promote your book is like expecting your physician to exercise for you, or your dentist to floss for you. Marketing and promoting are the authors responsibilities. As many authors say upon the publication of their book, No, the real work begins! Yet, even that statement is open to debate, since authors should have been laying the groundwork for their books marketing and promotion at every step of the way. While planning their book, for example, an author should be identifying and cultivating the support of experts in their field, in hopes the experts will provide pre-publication endorsements and quotes for their books front and back covers. Indeed, many authors simultaneously write and promote their books with blogs. Blogs make it easy for authors to prepare blog posts that, later, will be expanded into first drafts for the various chapters of their book. By sharing their work with their market, as blog posts, authors can gain valuable feedback as well as build their search engine visibility for their book. Step 4: Profiting As many authors have found, to their dismay, the return on their time and investment preparing their book is often limited to the advance they receive from their publishers. Whose fault is this? Although many blame the publishers, its the authors responsibility to know how they are going to profit from their book before they write it. The appropriate approach is to view publisher advances and royalties as found money, andinsteadview their book strictly as a marketing tool for themselves and their business. View your book as a new business endeavor; know in advance how you are going to profit from the visibility and credibility your book-created personal brand will generate for you. In other words, create a business plan for your book! With the help of a qualified book coach, review the dozens of back-end profit opportunities your book can generate, and narrow them down to those that promise the best return on your time investment. Books, business, and you For too long, books have been viewed from a literary or creative, or strictly writing perspective. As a consequence, for too long, authors have been writing books that often have failed to generate a major change in the authors career success. Dont let this happen to you! Before you begin writing a book, view writing as just one of the steps required for a successful book publishing experience; one that builds and promotes your personal brand. As always, success comes to those who prepare. (Success also comes to those who take advantage of opportunities to ask questions in public forums like theseby submitting questions as comments, below.) Make 2010 the year you publish a book to build your personal brand! Author: Roger C. Parker is a “32 Million Dollar Author,” book coach, and online writing resource. His 38 books have sold 1.9 million copies in 35 languages around the world. Roger has interviewed hundreds of successfully branded nonfiction authors and shares what he’s learned at Published Profitable and his daily writing tips blog.

Tips For Writing a Resume Chart

Tips For Writing a Resume ChartMany people think that writing a resume chart is hard, when in fact it's not as hard as many people make it out to be. Here are some tips for you.First, when you are writing a resume chart do not try to follow the formulas that other writers use. Instead, write your own and be unique. You can start out by writing down all of your previous job experiences and cover letters.Also, keep your thoughts positive and the focus on your skills, not the weaknesses that you may have had in the past. Do not list your flaws because this will simply not help you get a job. Instead, list all of your strengths and accomplishments in the appropriate sections of your resume.Next, you should think about what really worked for you in the past and where you could improve on certain areas. For example, if you had bad grammar skills in the past and you think you may need to work on this in the future, list this in the appropriate sections of your resume. You could also use you r bad grammar as an advantage by listing this as one of your achievements that makes you more employable.Your resume is a must and you should look at it each time you apply for a job. If you are applying for a management position, for example, your resume will focus on your skills and experience that will help you succeed and earn the salary you are after.When you first write your resume, make sure that you put the emphasis on those skills and experience that you want and need in your current position. Then, work to list these specific areas of expertise. Make sure that your accomplishments are related to the job you are applying for and are in line with what is being asked for.Another thing to consider is the section that you need to include in your resume. Once you find the section that you need to put in your resume, make sure that it is clearly defined. You should make sure that you fill in all of the right information on your resume and make sure that you focus on what really m atters.Writing a resume chart is not that difficult, and with the help of a template you can easily learn how to do it. You should also know that when you make a mistake or are unsure of something, don't be afraid to contact someone to get the help you need. You do not want to waste time trying to figure out a problem yourself.

These are the worlds most common passwords - Debut

These are the worlds most common passwords - Debut Pals. Brethren. Comrades. The Internet is a wonderful place, but it is often also filled with danger and dastardly villains. You get people climbin in your Windows and snatchin your data up all the time. All the more reason why people should have strong, hard-to-crack passwords, right? Unfortunately, a lot of people havent received the memo. 2016 was the year of the data breach seeing hacks of websites such as Yahoo, LinkedIn and, uh, AdultFriendFinder leak a whopping 10 million passwords to the world. Yikes. Keeper, a password manager and digital vault service, trawled through the passwords and did a ton of data-crunching on the leaks. What they found? Most Internet users are pretty much as clueless as ever when it comes to securing their information. The most common passwords in the world Heres the kicker, guys. The number one most common password,  123456, was used by a whopping 17 per cent of people. 17 per cent! In the words of Keepers researchers: Looking at the list of 2016s most common passwords, we couldnt stop shaking our heads. Rightly so considering that four of the top ten on the list were only six characters or shorter. Keepers research also revealed some notable findings about peoples password behaviour: The list of most common passwords havent really changed. People have been using qwerty  for years, with no sign of stopping. This means that its up to website operators and brave, very patient IT administrators to integrate prompts for users to create strong passwords into their website or apps user experience. Four out of the top ten most common passwords on the list were six characters or shorter. This is  not good brute-force cracking software (imagining a battering ram against your very weak password door) can suss out these passwords lickety-split. People  think theyre being clever by using mixed numbered and lettered passwords like  1q2w3e4r  or  123qwe.  However, seeing as they are sequential in pattern, these passwords are also easily crackable. If you take a close look at numbers 15, 17 and 20, these stand out because they seem fairly random. Therefore less easy to crack, hypothetically. Right? Well, apparently their appearance on the top 20 list indicates that these might be bot-created. This is important, as bots use the same ones over and over again to create fake accounts. Information like this is useful, so IT administrators can flag these bot accounts an delete them. Our top suggestions for keeping your data secure Enable two-factor authentication wherever possible. This puts another wall in front of potential hackers or phishers. Use a mix of capital letters, numbers, symbols and upper/lowercase letters. Ensure your password is at least eight characters long. We know this is a pain but try not to use the same password for all of your accounts. If you cant remember all of your passwords, use an online (and secure) password manager to keep track. These top 5 password manager apps for Android are a good shout. In time, most accounts can be compromised. However, using those tips, you can limit the damage caused by malicious attacks on your accounts. Be safe, guys! Download the Debut app and  get Talent-Spotted by amazing graduate employers! Connect with Debut on Facebook and Twitter

The Risks and Rewards of Independent Contractor vs. Employee - CareerAlley

The Risks and Rewards of Independent Contractor vs. Employee - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search.Joey Trebif