10 low-cost ways to spend a mental health day

10 low-cost ways to spend a mental health day10 low-cost ways to spend a mental health dayWhen summer rolls around, its tempting to think the sun showers and beach days will wash away any mental health maintenance struggles. But for many, the warm weather brings new challenges like baring self-harm scars, dealing with body image issues, managing high expectations to have the perfect summer, coping with a lack of structure, and carrying the financial burdens of the heavy travel season.Luckily, when stressors start accumulating, a mental health day is one of the best tools in your personalwohlbefindenkit.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreLow-cost ways to boost your mental healthPrior to your time off, check in with your mind and body. Are you feeling depleted? Exhausted? Lonely? Anxious? Based on your assessment, try a few of these low-cost ideas to reset, recharge, and make the mos t out of summer.1. Get sweatyIntimidated by new gyms? Theres no better time of day to try one than early afternoon. Studios commonly offer intro and foundational classes midday when attendance is lower. Its a great opportunity to try out that trendy new workout at a slower pace, and with only a handful of other people.If you like to enjoy the outdoors, discovering a new running, biking, or hiking trail close to you is a great gym alternative Bonus Find a studio that offers a new student deal and benefit from free or significantly reduced drop-in prices.PriceFree2. Try the Trash Bag TangoIt may seem counterintuitive to clean on your day off, but if you are a person who has a hard time relaxing while staring down a big mess, then you already know the benefits of a clean space for stress levels.Physical environments directly impact our psychological health. Research shows that physical clutter contributes to mental clutter, impeding the ability to rest and focus.Begin with tackling a s mall space like your computer desktop or a single cabinet and move on to theTrash Bag Tango- 10 minutes spent collecting clutter in a trash bag. Once youve started and completed one project, build on that momentum to tackle the next.Price Free3. Test out horticulture therapyDid you know that research shows a correlation between 30 minutes of gardening and reduced cortisol levels? Dirt digging and weed pulling are actually good for your health No yard? No problem - a window box or a kitchen herb garden count, too.And if you really want to get in the action, but dont have the means, seek out acommunity garden. These green havens are designed such that neighbors either rent an individual plot or collectively care for the garden. Hey, you might even make some new friendsPrice$2.50 for a starter 6-pack of annuals4. Track down an ice cream truckFeed a craving for nostalgia and treat yourself to a sweet memory. While nostalgia can evoke all kinds of emotions, there are many ways it also makes us happy. With jobs and responsibilities that take us to faraway places,the psychology of nostalgia can counter feelings of lonelinessand help us feel closer to long-distance loved ones. So whatll it be, kid? Bomb pop, Drumstick, or ice cream sandwich?Price$1.25 $4.505. Seek out silenceWhether or not you regularly practice spirituality,taking time for meditationor prayer is a key to general wellness. Unfortunately, in the busyness of an ordinary week, there are not many places we can find complete silence. Finding a spot for solitude and mindfulness is almost guaranteed to start your day off on a good note and reset a day thats gone poorly.Use your day off to explore a church or park that youd ordinarily rush by. Sit with your thoughts, say some prayers, or simply clear your mind and just be present.Price Free6. Go on an (audio) adventureCant afford a vacation? How about a staycation? For the price of a movie, get lost in a good book or podcast series for an entire day. Take it with you on the train, in the car, to the beach, window shopping, on a walk, or even out to coffee.Youd be surprised how easily activities that seem made for two feel a lot less lonely in the company of a best-seller or episodes you cant put down.PriceFree (with a library card)7. Help a neighborTheres good reason to use a day off this summer to help a fellow human. Beyond relief or support the recipient experiences,helpers also reap the rewards of their generositywith increased life satisfaction, reduced risk of depression, and improved general wellness.Download an app like DEED, that matches people with one-time and recurring volunteer opportunities to find an organization in need of your help. Or simply offer a ride, visit with a homebound relative, or drop off a coffee for the new mom next door.Price Free8. Go on a garden walkExplore your own neighborhood - or a new-to-you neighborhood. Plan a route or enjoy the rare occasion of not having anywhere to be and wander aimlessly while scoping out the best blooms on the block. While weve long known the physical benefits of exercise,a 2018 studyconfirmed that physical exercise is also significantly and meaningfully associated with self-reported mental health burden.Price Free9. Brew your own iced coffeeYou may or may not be even surprised to learn thatcoffee is proven to positively affect mood and brain function. But youll probably be surprised to learn how easy it is tomake your own cold brew. For the price of a couple lattes, invest in your own starter kit and wake up to better-than-store-bought coffee for the rest of the week.Sureyou can buy a fancy cold brew maker, or you can simply use any large jar thats already in your kitchen. Your Monday morning self with thank youPrice Free (if you have coffee grounds at home)10. Go blueClose your eyes and imagine yourself safely drifting on a boat. The breeze smells like water and feels cool, but not cold on your face. The lapping of the water is rhythmic against t he craft and its nothing but blue between you and the horizon. Its hard to imagine being stressed about deadlines, schedules, and bills in that scene.Turns out, theres actuallyscience backing the cognitive and emotional benefits of being near water.So find a river, a lake, a pool, a beach, or even a leisurely shower, andlet the water work its magic.Cost FreeThe warm weather doesnt mean your mental health maintenance is on pause. The summer heat can provide different and exciting ways to spend a mental health day - and they dont have to break the bankThis article originally appeared on Talkspace.

Study says people who work from home have more insomnia and back pain

Study says people who work from home have more insomnia and back painStudy says people who work from home have more insomnia and back painWhen you work from home, you dont have to worry about your boss lurking over your shoulder, and you dont have to deal with noisy coworkers distracting you. The big downside? When you can work from anywhere, you could always be working. This is the stress that a new report from the International Labour Organization documents.When you work anywhere, you can work anytimeCompanies that talk about their remote work culture are quick to talk about the work-life balance. No more commutes, no more bro rulesWhen you dont have the stress of a hellish commute, your work day certainly improves. Overall, the ILO found that remote workers had a reduction in commuting time, greater working time autonomy leading to more flexibility in terms of working time organization, better overall worklife balance, and higher productivity.But that flexibility came at a cost to their personal life. When your office is mobile, so is your boss. No place is safe from their demands when they can reach you from your pocket where your phone resides. Highly mobile workers who traveled frequently for their job reported high levels of stress, compared to office workers. They had no oasis away from their employer. They worked longer hours and were more likely to work on the weekends.Even remote workers who got to work from home experienced some downsides. They reported more insomnia. Forty-two percent of people who worked from home said they woke up repeatedly during the night, compared to only 29% of office-bound employees who reported the same.A pain in the neck (and back)They also had more ergonomic-related back pain. Turns out, working from your bed can be bad for your posture. In one of the studies that ILO reviewed, they found that nearly half of remote workers did bedrngnis have an office chair or a work desk at home, and that one-third had experienced back pain.If you find yourself in a job that requires you to work remotely, dont despair. It is possible to create a healthy work-life balance from the comfort of your home if you delineate clear boundaries between your work life and your personal life.

Teasing Out Your 30-Second Elevator Speech

Teasing Out Your 30-Second Elevator SpeechTeasing Out Your 30-Second Elevator SpeechFormulating your personal brand.Refining a 30-second elevator speech - a statement of your professional value you can deliver in the time it takes to complete a hypothetical elevator ride - requires focus. Heres how to make this first impression last.In a 30-second pitch, the biggest mistake I see is that clients try to communicate too many points without driving home memorably a few key attributes.Most listeners will remember no more than three characteristics about a person in a first meeting determine up front the three most important traits you want to communicate, then develop statements that effectively illustrate those qualities. For example, lets say you want to communicate that youreA seasoned marketing executiveExperienced in consumer goods A strong leader and team player.You would illustrate these qualities by saying something like, I offer more than 15 years of progressive advancement le ading marketing teams for highly respected consumer-goods companies.Then you would go on to substantiate this introductory statement with specifics. Ive managed agency teams and internal marketing departments of up to 30 handled budgets ranging between $4 million and $7 million and overseen brand-management, interactive-media and traditional advertising/PR channels.Finally, you provide the listener information that engages him to make a connection with you. My current research has been focused around Fortune 100 companies headquartered in the Northeast that produce premium/luxury products, since thats really my sweet spot. These three statements portray the core of your value to a company, then substantiate the strengths with actual numbers, figures and specifics, closing with your current actions to identify opportunities that meet your qualifications.Play it right by knowing what critical assets you want to communicate about yourself upfront and then develop three concise statemen ts to describe how these traits match the needs of target companies.

6 Strategies for Owning Your Millennial Reputation and Coming Out on Top

6 Strategies for Owning Your Millennial Reputation and Coming Out on Top 6 Strategies for Owning Your Millennial Reputation and Coming Out on Top The court of public opinion hasnt often ruled in millennials favor.Millennialsare gossipy and entitled - or so the story goes. They lack ambition in their careers- despite being more educated than their older counterparts- and they are irresponsible with their money. These rumors have bruised young professionals confidence and heightened disillusionment among employers regardingmillennials workplace skills and financial standings.But when we subscribe to this line of thinking, the conversation remains incomplete.Millennials had front-row seats to the Great Recession. They saw their parents careers run off the rails and their financial savings decimated. They witnessed their parents trying to hold on and rebuild. They were brought up on the idea that an education leads to success, only to be crushed under the weight of massive student loa n debt. Compared with when their predecessors entered the workforce, millennials have lower levels of personal income and overall wealth.Its no wonder they distrust the establishment and hold their cards a little closer to their chests. These highly traumatic, educational events had an inevitable emotional impact - and theyve become part of millennials personal narratives in the process.Millennials are eager to contribute to the greater good, but they arent blind to risk. Theyre the cautious overachievers. Its a strange combination, but its one you, as a millennial, need to embraceif you hope to debunk the myth that youre neither influential nor integral to a companys success.Here are six strategies that should help you find validity and strength in the face of a bad rap as you venture out into the working world1. Ignite Your Competitive Pilot LightYou grew up racing from soccer practice to dance lessons to band tryouts. And while you likely earned a shelf of participation ribbons along the way, you also learned how to compete.Millennials can use their competitive experience to get the work world fired up. Play to be the best contributor, the hardest worker, and the most eager associate. Its the simplest way to earn respect - leid to mention a raise.2. Let Your Social Side ShineMillennials are undeniably social. Having grown up during the first age of social media, theyre often criticized for being tethered to their Twitter accounts while at work. Though it may seem like young professionals keep one eye on work and another on their news feeds, sociability doesnt have to be bad for business.Millennials today tend to have a free-agency mindset Have career, will travel. Free agents can be highly successful people - building their careers determinedly and forging steady paths ahead through growth and performance. You can own your social side by showing how relationships can spark innovation, how communication can effect change, and how the pulse of the market ca n be found and understood via social networks.Related More Millennials Are Living at Home3. Read IncessantlyRead articles, books, and industry publications. It will add fuel to your opinions and inspiration to your ideas. It will make you relevant and interesting. Read novels, too. From mysteries to romances, reading fiction will help you appreciate storytelling, which is at the crux of American enterprise and an often forgotten art.Reading is exercise for the brain. It activates your neural pathways and is more neurologically stimulating than listening to speech or perceiving images.Put to practice, off-hours reading will often spark creative discussions that can have remarkable impacts on a companys strategy. As we were evolving our brand at Transamerica, it was the perspective revealed from volumes of articles and books outside our industry that ultimately helped us understand customers desires to connect the elements of health and wealth in their lives.4. Try Self-DeprecationIf you get the feeling that people are judging you by your millennial status - assuming youre not informed or knowledgeable enough to be a meaningful contributor - try making some fun of yourself. After all, youre just a Snapchat and Netflix junkie, right?Humility, coupled with a dose of genuine eagerness to learn, can soften even the hardest hearts while illuminating your intelligence and maturity.5. Raise Your HandBe the person who always asks, Can I help you with anything? Be the one who raises their hand - and keeps it up. If you make this part of your persona at work, it will begin to define you professionally and people will want to have you around. Youll soon discover that people will solicit your help. Youll become known as the associate who gets stuff done.David (my boss and CMO) is the busiest person on the planet, and when I talk to him, I make a point of asking how I can help him. Asserting yourself through service is a great way to add value in the workplace.6. Give the Gift We Dont HaveBring some uncovered insight to your organization. Chances are, your managers are in their mid-to-late career stages. They may be tired. They may be cynical. By bringing your fresh knowledge (from your incessant reading), your new ideas, your collegial and collaborative spirit, and all the other gifts that only you possess, youll bless your workplace with a wealth of interesting conversations and perspectives.Last year, the 80 million-strong millennial population eclipsed Gen. X to become the largest generation in the workforce. Follow unterstellung strategies, and you can build a more financially and creatively fulfillingcareer.Youll become more essential to your current and future employers, and youll grow that much closer to being the leader you envision yourself to be in the future.Mike Mathies currently serves as the senior vice president of marketing at Transamerica.

James Watt

James wattenmeer James wattenmeer James WattThe boy James Watt (1736 1819), future inventor of the steam engine, sits in the kitchen, his eyes and mind transfixed by the boiling kettle on the hearth. Not easy for history to ditch such images, but it probably has as much relation to truth as the one of George Washington hacking at the cherry tree. The tale comes from his cousin Marion Muirhead, recalling the young inventor many years later. Watt would turn his attention to steam, of curse, and even use a kettle in his experiments, but notlage before he had paid a few dues as hilfsmittel maker and repairman. He seemed somewhat slated for the role, as his father sold mathematical and navigational instruments and his grandfather was a mathematician. Young Watt spent a year as an apprentice in Glasgow, mucking about with fishing tackle. Then he found another apprenticeship in London, where, in the services of John Morgan, he got his hands dirty with scientific equipment. James Watt works hop. Image Science Museum/Science Society Picture Library The training primed him for a job back in Glasgow. When the university needed someone to fix a mass of astronomical instruments that had salted up on their way from Jamaica, they brought Watt on as Mathematical Instrument Maker to the University. Practically, it meant he was a handyman for the Universitys elite. For Professor Joseph black, obsessed with the transference of heat, he made a condensing syringe and a steam digester. For natural philosopher John Anderson he made pulleys, pumps, and air guns. Meanwhile, Watt began creating his own businesses serving Glasgows industry. Soon he had a staff helping him repair and build all kinds of equipment, including scales, Hadleys quadrants, compasses and musical instruments. The later were to be produced by his staff, but were not to be played. In fact, he hired one John Southern on the condition that he would give up music. Surrounded as he was by men of science, some of their penchant for investigation and forward dreaming would rub off on the instrument maker. At the urging of chemistry professor John Robinson, who had a head full of steam-powered carriages, he began his own exploration of steam. At the time the only steam engines put to any industrial use were the Newcomen engines used to pump water out of mines. The mechanics of these primitive machines were simple steam filled up a cylinder, and then cold water was injected into it to make the steam condense. This created a vacuum and pulled the piston back down. It was the draw of the vacuum that really powered the enginethey werent so much steam engines as condenser engines. Watt was a man who couldnt stand waste. Even more irritating to him than the hours an employee might throw away sawing on a fiddle was the heat extinguishedand the coal wastedwhen the steam of a Newcomen engine was doused with water. So Watt used, finally, that kettle, with a glass tube to pipe steam into other vessels to begin his study of the qualities and behavior of steam. Eventually he developed an engine with a cylinder surrounded by wood, with steam in-betweenthe steam jacket. The condensing of the steam would happen elsewhere, in his separate condenser. Now it was the entering steam that powered the pistonand it could be argued, the steam engine was born. Watt received his patent for the engine in 1769, but afraid that it was not ready to be put to work he turned to other pursuits for his livelihood. He spent some years building canals, and 15 years trying to extract alkali from seawater. It was a forward-thinking buckle maker, Matthew Boulton, who would supply the funds and the intellectual fuel to get Watt back at steam. The only problem was that the patent for his engine was about to zustrom out. Boulton and other well-connected friends used every ounce of political power to extend the patent. Illustration of the Watt engine. In 1776 a Watt engine made its first appearance and soon they were po pulating the mines of Cornwall. More interested in RD than constructing engines, Boulton and Watt charged their clients royalties based on the amount of coal they saved by not using a Newcomen engine. In the ensuing years Watt would improve his engine with several key developments. Making one that could push and pull was one big step. Putting two together with a crank to make rotary power was another. The idea for the crank however, was, stolen, in all likelihood, by an employee, and patented before Watt could get to it. Rather than pay to use an idea he felt he should have rightly owned, Watt came up with a variety of alternative methods for converting up-and-down power to rotary. His sun and planet gears proved the most effective. Now Boulton and Watt were prepared to open up their market to industries beyond mining. Having been stung by crank theft and other patent infringements, the pair spent a great deal of their time in the next decades litigating and sending spies to investi gate the engines of mines everywhere. Afraid of using high-pressure steamsoon to be the new wave of steam powerWatt declared, in 1785, that he would leave the advancement of technology to younger men, who have neither money nor character to lose. Having money to lose himself, though, he did not quite leave his youngers alone. He used all his political pull to sink the patents of those with superior engines. And he scoffed at those who wanted to put a steam engine on ships as well as those who thought to put it on a locomotive. While these advancements were being pursued he spent his time studying the medical benefits of various gases, extolling the powerful anti spasmodic powers of carbon monoxide. With Boulton he even developed a bellows with a mouthpiece to deliver such tonics. Though undoubtedly Watts engine hurried along the industrial revolution, it was eventually replaced with more advanced engines. And though the kettle still has its place in every home, steam power is somewh at on the wane. Watts chief contribution to our world may be his name, which replaced his own term for energy, good old horsepower. Michael Abrams is an independent writer.Even more irritating to him than the hours an employee might throw away sawing on a fiddle was the heat extinguished- and the coal wasted- when the steam of a Newcomen Engine was doused with water.

The Definitive Solution for Server Resume Template That You Can Find Out About Today

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Self-Improvement Tips to Avoid an Impending Career Derailment

Self-Improvement Tips to Avoid an Impending Career Derailment Career derailment is an all-too-common ailment befalling even the most competent careerists among us. Especially in economic times such as these, it is even mora of a detriment to be fired or demoted or even just hit a career stall point. There are a number of behaviors (both internal and external) that can benefit individuals on the brink of career collapse. Developing and utilizing these behaviors can help reduce the risk of derailment and allow you to become more aware of your own value while improving your adaptability, leadership skills, and interpersonal behaviors. One of the most important means of attaining immediate performance improvement is to seek instant feedback. Receiving constructive criticism is more than about simply accepting your faults but about taking incremental steps over the long-term to identify problem areas a nd consciously work to improve your performance. But useful feedback doesnt always come from outside observers. Becoming an internal observer of your own behavior can help you take stock of your reactions to your work and understand what matters most to you. The higher your level of self-awareness, the more you know about yourself and what you can offer your company at a given juncture.To stay relevant to your company, you have to remain aligned with it as its culture changes over time. To that end, you must first understand the organizational culture by analyzing the decision-making processes and axioms on which the organization relies when addressing challenges and capitalizing on opportunities. To do this you must learn to be an active listener, meaning always asking questions to make sure you understand what is happening around you and concentrating on single conversations and moments so that you can remember the key information being shared.Part of being a vital component of yo ur organization is participating in the regular goings-on of the workplace. That means you cant allow yourself to become too much of a loner and need to remain open with your thoughts and contributions to the decision-making process. The more influential and effective you become, the more facts and feelings you regularly share, the more vital you become to maintaining a successful position quo.Keeping an eye on your organizations future needs and working to align your own development to meet those needs is great, but you cant sacrifice your current work for what may be expected of you in the future. Employees are valued for the work they get done now, so stay focused on what needs to get done each day and close out tasks as they arise. Having a main job that is always current lets you better assess the shape of things to come.Finally, stay out of a mental rut by learning from your mistakes and refusing to dwell on the past. If the environment has changed, it needs to be addressed on a new footing and with new ideas and solutions, provide them. Expose yourself to new routines so that you become more adaptable to a changing environment. Not only will you create opportunities to develop new relationships, your flexibility and adaptability will be appreciated by your co-workers and, in turn, create a more effective team.

Providing a Lactation Room for Nursing Moms

Providing a Lactation Room for Nursing MomsProviding a Lactation Room for Nursing MomsA lactation room in its simplest form is a private space where a nursing mother can express breast milk for her baby. In some companies, working moms use their private offices as lactating rooms, and either lock their doors or put up privacy signs so nobody walks into the room while the womans breasts are exposed. In others, the employer creates a separate space where new moms can pump breast milk in private. This may be due to the predominance of cubicle farms among that employers workforce, or simply for the convenience of employees. Under U.S. law, employers must provide a lactation room for a new mother to use for pumping breast milk. A bathroom isnt suitable for this purpose it simply isnt sanitary to express milk alongside toilets and all the germs they contain. Moreover, the lactation station must be private and shielded from view of other employees or the general public. Additionally, employ ers must give breastfeeding mothers appropriate breaks from their work day in order to travel to the lactation room and take the time needed to pump milk. Typically, a new mom returning to work with an infant at home needs to express breast milk two or three times in every eight-hour period of the day. As your baby grows older and begins to eat solid food, you fruchtwein likely will pump less milk and be able to go longer between pumping sessions. In order to further assist nursing mothers, support can be provided through literature in this room or even better, direct access to anInternational Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who is a credentialed health professional specialized in breastfeeding.They could answer any breastfeeding questions the new nursing mom may have or even speak with someone who is pregnant. A lactation room should contain a comfortable chair for the nursing mother to sit in and a flat surface to place a breast pump upon. While not required by law, e mployers might also consider providing an electrical outlet, a breast pump, a sink, a small refrigerator for storing breast milk, and interior decorations that create the relaxed environment that nursing moms need to let down their milk and experience a productive, full pumping session. If there is a large number of nursing mothers, a schedule can be made so that no one tries to access the room while its already in use.A whiteboard could be posted in the room, a private angeschlossen calendar could be created, or an email alias could be used in case someone needs to inform others of their changing pumping needs. If you work for an employer with more than 50 employees, by law you are entitled to access to a lactation room if you are breastfeeding a baby. Perhaps you are the first woman to give birth since the law changed requiring lactation rooms. You can be a necessary agent of change by raising the issue in a positive way and helping your employer set up a lactation room that serve s the needs of the employer, employee, and infants, both yours and those yet to be born.

Employment Verification and Sample Policy

Employment Verification and Sample PolicyEmployment Verification and Sample PolicyAn employment verification is a response to an inquiry by a prospective employer, a government agency, or an outside entity, such as a lending institution, that the current or former employee is or was employed by your organization. In most cases, the requesting organization wants to verify dates of employment,salary information, andwhether the individual is still employed by your organization. In the case of employment verification requests by prospective employers, information about the employees performance and potential rehire are often requested. It is also not unusual for the employment verification to request the employees specific history of job responsibilities, title, and salary history, in plus-rechnen to the current / most recent employment information. It is up to the employer how much information to release, but an employment verification policy, that is consistently enforced, should exist . It is important to practice consistency when dealing with employment verification requests. Your managers and staff members need training in how to respond to an employment verification request as well as how to respond to more lengthy and detailed requests at the point when employers do background checking. Government agencies and other entities such as lending institutions will not seek the detailed reference or background checking information that prospective employers want to obtain. Employment Verification Sample Policy All employment verification inquiries from current or former employees, prospective employers of current or former employees, governmental agencies, or other organizations such as a financial or lending institution, should be directed to Human Resources for an official company response. Under no circumstances is any other employee authorized to provide a written or official employment verification response for the company. Your Human Resources staff are tr ained in responding to employment verification requests. They will also know whether a signed permission to release information, from former employees, is on file. All requests for employment verification must contain the employees or former employees signature authorizing the release of information. In the case of current employees, as a courtesy, the HR office will notify the employee whenemployment verification informationis requested. When the permission signature is present, generally, your company releases this information about current and former employees whether the individual is currently employed at Your Company,the employees current or belastung job title,the dates of employment at Your Company, andthe current or final salary paid to the employee. Depending on the circumstances of the request, and input from the past or current employee, the company might releasesalary history, job title history, and whether the company would rehire the employee. Exceptions to this polic y must be approved by the President of (Your Company).

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The best resume template based on my 15 years experience sharing resume advice The best resume template based on my 15 years experience sharing resume advice Over 1 mm people have used our free, powerful  Resume Reviewer, and 91% say they found it useful. Our reviewer is based on our 15 years experience of reviewing, writing, and perfecting professionals’ resumes, and we’ve collected even more good feedback and insights in the past year.I’ve also recently published “Ladders 2018 Resume Guide”, the #1 selling job-hunting book on Amazon.What makes a good resume? I’ve written this simple 8-minute guide to walk you through the steps. It’ll take you 8 minutes to read, probably an hour or two to do, and provide years of benefit in reducing your resume anxiety.My recommendations below are for a professional with 10 to 25 years experience. For those with fewer than 10 years, you’re likely better off with a 1-page resume, for those with more than 25 years and at very senior levels, three may sometimes be appropriate. (But seriously, if that’s you, you shouldn’t be relying on your own typing skills to market yourself.)As with an y “do-it-yourself” project, the key to success is to not get in over your head. So the instructions below are a simplified version of my best advice, tailored to be achievable by you on your own. If you’ve got the commitment, moxie, and willpower for “do it yourself”, here goes! ….Resume GoalFirst, the goal of your resume is  to get you an interview for the job. You may believe your resume has other purposes: -To showcase your every achievement -To justify why you’re changing jobs -To explain why you’ve left so many, or so few, jobs in your career -To mention when you received promotions, awards, or recognition -To describe the size of organization or team or budget you had responsibility for -To land you a job offer without an interviewTrust me, none of those are the goals of your resume. Actually, don’t trust me.  Read our research on how long recruiters spend on your resume. The answer is 6 seconds for the first pass.The goal of your resume is to get you the int erview.You get the interview by persuading 3 layers of HR people that time spent with you will be worth more than time spent with another candidate. I’ll describe below who these 3 layers are - screeners, recruiters, and hiring managers.You’ll persuade those reviewers by providing  quantifiably proven results  that you can do the job very well.Resume length and structureYour resume will be 2 pages total. (Again, if you have less than 10 years experience: 1 page only.)Your resume will be composed of a professional summary and a chronological detail of your professional success. You should have your contact information at the head of the resume, and your educational background at the bottom of the resume. Professional SummaryYour professional summary is a separated list of two or three lines that summarizes your professional ambitions, background, and talents. You’ll include 12 -15 phrases of two or three words each in this section. On your resume, you should begin this section with the three or four job titles you want most, and then intersperse the skills and successes…Job titles:  list 3 to 5 job titles of jobs you would actually accept as your next job. By clearly identifying the title you want next, recruiters and HR people begin seeing you in that role, and that helps give context to a diverse work history.It does not matter that you have never actually had this job title in the past, but it is important that it is a plausible next step in your professional career. A job search that includes both small and large companies will have a broader range of job titles than one specifically focusing on, say, the Fortune 500.Examples: VP, Marketing Director, Marketing Brand Marketi ng Leader CMOProfessional competencies:  list 4 to 6 core competencies that you possess that are important to your success in the jobs outlined above. They should be skills you currently possess and should be “level appropriate”. I.e., don’t list competencies that are obvious or would be assumed for your level. If you’re applying for C-suite jobs, listing “time management” or “presentation skills” would be far too junior to mention in your summary.Examples: Agile Development Software Architecture Engineer Recruiting Technology InnovationDescriptions of your past success:  list 3 to 6 phrases that describe your demonstrated past success. Any type of achievements or attributes for which you have received recognition are appropriate.Examples: President’s Club Top-producing Saleswoman Exceeds Quota Consultative Selling ExpertChronological detail of your professional successIn this section you will provide a chronological detail of your professional success, star ting with your most recent job first. Notice the word choices here, please. We are  detailing  your  success. We are not listing your past job titles or duties. We are not describing your staff composition or budget size or administrative systems used.Again, your resume is a marketing document and needs to  persuade  your reviewers that time spent with you will be worthwhile, so we are going to  detail  your  success.You’ll have about 30 ~ 40 bullet points across all your current and past positions, and each of these will be a marketing bullet point that will make one persuasive argument on your behalf.After you list company name, employment dates, and your title for each role, the bullet points will be distributed as follows: -Your most recent, most important, job gets 8 bullet points. -Your next job also gets 8 bullet points. -Your next two jobs get 4 bullet points each. -Everything else - all of your past jobs together, even if they were your favorite, most nostalgic, most enj oyable times in your life - get just ten bullet points  total. Nobody is hiring you today for the job you had a decade ago.It’s important to note that this distribution is across each job or title, not company. So if you’ve been at the same shop for 20 years, you should be splitting up your 30 bullet points across the different job levels and titles you’ve had.The basic structure of a marketing bullet point is a  success verb  and a  number.Every bullet point in your success resume must include a  number  expressed in dollars, percentages, or a simple, “plain old”, straight-up number.Importantly, every bullet point in your resume must include a  success verb. These are verbs that show success - something got better. So verbs such as increased, decreased, improved, reduced, etc., are what we are looking for. Explicitly forbidden are static verbs - “managed”, “my responsibilities included”, “I was hired to…”, etc. Verbs that merely describe a fact of the mat ter rather than show you in a heroic light.Rather than leave you wondering what success verbs might be, I’ll give you a precise list of 24 verbs you can use on your resume. The simplest way to do your resume right is to use these,  and only these, verbs.This seems boring, but it really doesn’t matter. Unless you are applying to be a thesaurus writer,  nobody cares how clever your success verbs are. The millions of hours lost each year to professionals like you looking up synonyms for “improved” is a complete waste of time - none of the three layers of reviewers are grading you for verbal facility.List of Success Verbs  Achieved Added Awarded Changed Contributed Decreased Delivered Eliminated Exceeded Expanded Gained Generated Grew Improved Increased Introduced Maximized Minimized Optimized Produced Reduced Saved SoldSo your typical 8-bullet point job achievements on your 8-minute resume will read like this: -Increased x by % -Decreased x by % -Improved x by $ -Reduced x by $ -Introduced new x that led to # more…. -Eliminated old x that led to # less… -Successfully added # new x…. -Achieved the removal of # new x…“x” can be profits, costs, clients, vendors, products, practice areas, strategies, risk, volatility, etc.And, of course, it’s important to have a number, dollar, or percentage increase / decrease mentioned in each bullet point. You’ll be surprised at how many you can write using this template, and how this process jogs your memory for all the great stuff you’ve done… -Increased new customer visits by 17% without increasing ad budget. -Decreased AWS bill by 42% through improved architecture (vs. 19% industry average). -Improved revenue per SaaS client by $4,250 through consultative sales training. -Reduced cost-per-hire by $7,010 through employee referral program -Introduced 2 new products that led to 2,500,000 increase in MAUs. -Eliminated old systems that led to a 75 FTE reduction in offshore headcount. -Successfully added 3 productive warehouses to our nationwide network. -Achieved the removal of 5,000 external firm billable hours per year by reorganizing internal staffing.But, you might say, I brought amazing non-quantified value to the organization! I introduced Agile Development, led a huge bond offering, brought innovative logistics strategies to bear, or reorganized our selling methodology.Yes. I agree those are impressive and important achievements.But they are only impressive and important to the extent they are quantifiable. New methodologies, exhibiting leadership, or bringing innovation to a company are interesting to your bosses’ bosses only to the extent they improve,  quantifiably, the outcome of the company - more users, more revenue, faster turnaround, higher client satisfaction.Ideally, every bullet point has a number. I’d strongly prefer if you had 100% of your bullets “quantified”. During the past year, I’ve seen a lot of Members struggle with this advice, so let’s say this about numbers in bullet points: -100% is  ideal  -66% is pretty good -50% of your bullets quantified is  minimumMost everybody is able to achieve at least half of their bullet points mentioning a number or a percentage or a dollar sign, so I’m pretty confident you can get there.Overall, the above outline is remarkably simple because the job search process, despite all the anxiety and confusion, is remarkably simple. You want to do work similar to the work you’ve done before but at a new place and a new level. To do so, you need to explain to new people what can give them confidence that you will be able to contribute to the new team. The easiest way to do that is to share numerical data that show you have contributed in the past and can, therefore, contribute in the future.Your audienceYour resume is a marketing document that needs to get past three people to get you your interview:A  junior resume  screener who is comparing your resume to a list of skills, titles, or comp anies that he or she is given by the recruiter. Overly clever resumes or cutesy positioning can really kill you with this person, because they don’t understand the nod and the wink that comes with writing “Chief Bottle Washer” when you really mean “Co-Founder”. For these reviewers, the choice of phrases in the professional summary is especially important.A  recruiter, whether internal or external, who, on average, will give your resume 6 seconds first screening. And then, later, another 2â€"3 minutes to make sure you’re worth presenting to the client or hiring manager. By giving them easy-to-digest numbers they can share with the client or hiring manager, you make it much easier to present you, rather than a different candidate, for the interview.The  hiring manager  who will be interested in finding out “what can this person do for me and my team in the next year or two.” This person will review your resume in more detail. She will be looking for indications that yo u have previously solved the types of problems this job will have to deal with.Your goal is to  quantifiably prove  that you can. Numbers are the most persuasive friends you have in this situation. Every bullet point spent on describing historical circumstances, promotions, or scope of responsibilities is wasted and lost on a hiring manager. They already know what the role  does… they need to know if you’ll be any good at it!Eight minutes to a better resumeBy following the above, you’ll be in a much, much better place than with other methods of do-it-yourself resumes. Of course, there’s a lot of nuance that 8 minutes can’t get you, but the above is ? of the way there.If you want the full story, you can buy the “Ladders 2018 Resume Guide” and visit our detailed  Resume Template  page at Ladders.

10 Steps to a Better Career Our Top Articles of 2014

10 Steps to a Better Career Our Top Articles of 2014 10 Steps to a Better Career Our Top Articles of 2014 Jump-start your career in 2015 by checking out our most popular articles of the year.Whether your New Year’s resolution is to improve your career or change jobs altogether, these tips are sure to help.  Below, in no particular order, are our top ten most-read articles of 2014. And they’re chock-full of job-search and career advice. 5 things successful people do each morning According to Inc. Magazine, morning people are more proactive and more productive. But what exactly do they do to set themselves up for success? Adopt these five highly effective habits to start your day on the right note. How to answer, “What’s your greatest weakness?” during a job interview Most job seekers are familiar with the “What’s your biggest weakness?” interview question, but few feel equipped to answer it with confidence. The next time you’re asked this stress-inducing question in an interview, use these tips to provide a powerful response. Quitting time: 5 signs it’s time to leave y our job Quitting is never easy. And while the unemployment rate is improving, the thought of resigning can be frightening with many still facing a tough job market. There will always be high and low points in your job, but how do you know when the bad aspects outweigh the good? Here are some signs that will help you decide when it’s time to look elsewhere for work. 7 mistakes that make your professional resume â€" and you â€" look old Resumes, like many other marketing materials, have an expiration date. As technology changes and the job-search process becomes more mobile, it’s important to reevaluate and edit this important document periodically. Make sure your resume is sending the right message to employers by avoiding these common mistakes. Your profile picture is bringing down your job search In today’s marketplace, it’s essential for every job seeker to develop and actively monitor their online professional brand. While a photo on your resume is still considered taboo, recruiters have come to expect a picture accompanying your online professional profiles. Learn how to avoid nine common profile picture pitfalls to enhance, rather than damage, your professional brand. The most important two minutes of your job interview While an interview will certainly last longer than two minutes, the first few minutes can set the tone for the entire meeting. As Will Rogers once said, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” Learn what you can do to make each moment of your job interview count. 9 signs you didn’t land the job You spent hours crafting your job application. You pass the phone screen with flying colors and are invited to an in-person interview. You practice your elevator pitch, don your best outfit, and head out to the meeting. Then you leave the interview feeling … confused. Did it go well? If you’re unsure where you stand after the interview is over, consider these telltale signs that you won’t be getting a cal l-back. Are you answering these interview questions incorrectly? Interviews can be multi-part affairs and take place in a variety of settings, but the intent is the same: To gauge how you measure up in real time and assess if you can put your mouth where your personal brand is. That means preparation is key. Be prepared to answer these difficult â€" and essential â€" interview questions so you’ll respond with confidence when it matters most. Here’s what a mid-level professional’s resume should look like Great experience doesn’t automatically equate to an impressive resume. As your career evolves, so, too, should the format of your professional resume. If you’re a few years beyond the entry-level position, it’s time to revamp your personal marketing materials to reflect this status.  Learn how to craft a resume that stands out from the crowd. 5 reasons why you didn’t land an interview You find the perfect job online and submit your application, already fantasizing about your new position. Then the waiting game begins. After what feels like forever, you check back on the job posting, only to realize the position’s been filled.   If you’ve found yourself in the job-seeker “black hole,” wondering what went wrong, consider the following reasons why you didn’t hear back.

4 Secrets of Navy SEAL mental toughness and Olympian mental strength

4 Secrets of Navy SEAL mental toughness and Olympian mental strength 4 Secrets of Navy SEAL mental toughness and Olympian mental strength Know what’s really  interesting? Learning  how Navy SEALs build mental toughness  to handle deadly situations.Know what else is really interesting? Learning  how Olympic athletes deal with the pressure of competition when the entire world is watching.Know what’s the most interesting of all? When you find out they do  a lot of the same things.“Mental Links To Excellence” is a research study of what Olympians do to prepare for their big day. And so much of it lines up with  what I learned researching SEAL training and talking to former Navy SEAL Platoon Commander James Waters.The best part is  you and I can use these methods to perform better at work and in our personal lives.Let’s find out how . . .1. Talk positively to yourselfYour brain is always going. It’s estimated you say 300 to 1,000 words to yourself per minute. Olympic athletes and SEALs agree: those words need to be positive.One of the Olympians said:Immediately before the race I was thinking about trying to stay on that edge, just letting myself relax, and doing a lot of positive self-talk about what I was going to do. I just felt like we couldn’t do anything wrong. It was just up to us. I said, “There’s nothing that’s affecting us in a negative way, the only thing now is to do it, and we can do it . . . I just have to do my best.”SEALs use the same method - and they do it in a far more terrifying scenario. How  terrifying?You’re underwater with SCUBA gear. An instructor suddenly swims up behind you. He yanks the regulator out of your mouth. You can’t breathe.  Then he ties your oxygen lines in a knot.Your brain starts screaming, “YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.” But you have to keep cool, stay underwater and follow procedure to get your gear back in working order so you can breathe again.And this happens over  and over  - for 20 minutes. Welcome to the dreaded “pool comp” section of SEAL qualification.You get 4 attempts. Why? Because you need them. Only one in five guys can do it the first time out.The danger here is panic. And SEALs are not allowed to  panic . . . even when they cannot breathe. They must think positive to keep calm and pass “pool comp.”So how can you use this?Got a big presentation at work coming up? Encountering obstacles? You need to remember the 3 P’s:  Permanence, pervasiveness, and whether it’s personal.Pessimists tell themselves that bad events: Will last a long time, or forever. (“I’ll never get this done.”) Are universal. (“You can’t trust any of those people.”) Are their own fault. (“I’m terrible at this.”) Optimists look at setbacks in  the exact opposite way: Bad things are temporary. (“That happens occasionally but it’s no big deal.”) Bad things have a specific cause and aren’t universal. (“When the weather is  better that won’t be a problem.”) It’s not their fault. (“I’m good at this but today wasn’t my lucky day.”) When talking to yourself, be an optimist, not a pessimist.(For more on how to think positively, click here.)Okay, so you’re talking to yourself positively. What else do Olympians and SEALs agree on when you need to be at your best?2. Setting goalsYou hear this a lot. But you probably don’t do it. Specifically, ask yourself what you need to achieve right now.From the Olympian study:The best athletes had clear daily goals. They knew what they wanted to accomplish each day, each workout, each sequence or interval. They were determined to accomplish these goals and focused fully on doing so.SEALs are taught to set goals too. Sometimes really small ones, but it’s enough to keep them going when every muscle in their body is screaming for them to quit.“With goal setting the recruits were taught to set goals in extremely short chunks. For instance, one former Navy Seal discussed how he set goals such as making it to lunch, then dinner.”And what happened when they achieved those goa ls? SEALs set new ones. The focus is on always improving. Here’s former SEAL Platoon Commander, James Waters:Eric, this gets at my point of the SEAL experience, this constant learning, constantly not being satisfied. That’s one of the interesting things about the community: you never feel like you’ve got it all figured out. If you do feel like you figured it out, you probably aren’t doing it right.  If you’re not willing to learn from other people then frankly you’re not doing all you need to do to be the best operator you can possibly be.  It’s a culture of constant self-improvement and constant measurement of how you’re doing. That’s a theme I think that all SEALs would agree is critical.So how can you use this?Ask yourself, “What do I  need to do to make this  presentation better?”Write your goals down  and track your progress. As Dan Pink notes in his bestselling book on motivation, Drive, nothing motivates you better than seeing progress.(For more secrets on how to build  grit - from my interview with Navy SEAL platoon commander James Waters - click here.)You’re thinking positive and setting goals. But how do you get ready for the unexpected problems that always pop up at the last minute?3. Practice visualizationClose your eyes. See the big challenge. Walk through every step of it. Sound silly? Maybe, but the best of the best do this a lot.From the study of Olympians:These athletes had very well developed imagery skills and used them daily. They used imagery to prepare themselves to get what they wanted out of training, to perfect skills within the training sessions, to make technical corrections, to imagine themselves being successful in competition, and to see themselves achieving their ultimate goal.Again, SEALs are taught to do the same thing:With mental rehearsal they were taught to visualize themselves succeeding in their activities and going through the motions.So how can you use this?Visualize that presentation. But don†™t merely fantasize about being perfect and just make yourself feel good. That kills  motivation:Results indicate that one reason positive fantasies predict poor achievement is because they do not generate energy to pursue the desired future.You want to see the problems you might encounter and visualize how you will overcome them.Dan Coyle, the expert on expertise, says it’s an essential part of how U.S. Special Forces prepare  for every dangerous mission:…they spend the entire morning going over every possible mistake or disaster that could happen during the mission. Every possible screwup is mercilessly examined, and linked to an appropriate response:  if the helicopter crash-lands, we’ll do X. If we are dropped off at the wrong spot, we’ll do Y. If we are outnumbered, we’ll do Z.(For more lessons from top athletes on how to be the best, click here.)You’re visualizing the big day and walking through how you’ll deal with adversity. Cool. But how do you take that to th e next level like the pros do?4. Use simulationsVisualization is great because you can do it anywhere as often as you like. But in the end you must make practice as close to the real thing as possible.From the study of Olympians:The best athletes made extensive use of simulation training. They approached training runs, routines, plays, or scrimmages in practice as if they were at the competition, often wearing what they would wear and preparing like they would prepare.And SEALs didn’t just visualize either. Before the raid on Bin Laden’s compound they built full-size replicas of the location so their training would be tailored to what they would face.Via Daniel Coyle’s excellent book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills:When U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 mounted its May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, it prepared by constructing full-scale replicas of the compound in North Carolina and Nevada, and rehearsing for three weeks. Dozens of tim es the SEALs simulated the operation. Dozens of times, they created various conditions they might encounter.Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel  Mike Kenny  agreed:In Army parlance they say, “train like you fight.” Don’t screw around and say, “Okay, when it’s for real then we’ll really ramp up.” No, you need to do that now. You need to train as hard and as realistic as possible, because this notion that when it’s for real and the stakes are high, that’s when we’ll really turn it on and rise to the occasion… that’s not what happens. You will not rise to the occasion. You will sink to the lowest level of your training. It’s the truth.So how can you use this?How will you deal with the fear of standing in front of a big crowd when you give that presentation?Susan Cain, author of  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and an introvert herself, is now a professional public speaker.  How did she overcome  public speaking fear?She pract iced in front of small, supportive groups to desensitize herself - she used a simulation.From my interview with Susan:I really had to desensitize myself to my fears of public speaking. I did that by practicing in very small, very supportive and very low-speed environments where it didn’t matter if I screwed up.  And eventually you get used to the strange feeling of being looked at, which used to make me feel horrified. You become accustomed to it over time and your fear dissipates.(To learn how to overcome your problems the way Special Forces operatives do, click here.)So Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs agree on a lot. Let’s round up what we’ve learned and see how it can work for you.Sum upHere’s what Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs both do to be the best and achieve mental toughness: Talk Positively To Yourself: Remember the 3 P’s: tell yourself bad things aren’t permanent, pervasive or personal - but good things are. Setting Goals: Know what you want to achieve. Write it  down. Focus on progress. Practice Visualization: Don’t fantasize about getting what you want but see yourself overcoming specific obstacles. Use Simulations: Always make your practice as close to the real thing as possible. Olympians and Navy SEALs, by definition, are the best at what they do. But the methods  they use to get there are things we can all use.And those techniques aren’t based on muscles or natural talent. They’re all about  good preparation and hard work. Apply those and you can get there too.As  Ralph Waldo Emerson  once said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”Join over 205,000 readers.  Get a free weekly update via email  here.Related posts:How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done â€" 5 Expert TipsHow To Get People To Like You: 7 Ways From An FBI Behavior ExpertNew Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More SuccessfulThis article originally appeared at Barking Up the Wrong Tree. 4 Secrets of Navy SEAL mental toughness and Olympian mental strength Know what’s really  interesting? Learning  how Navy SEALs build mental toughness  to handle deadly situations.Know what else is really interesting? Learning  how Olympic athletes deal with the pressure of competition when the entire world is watching.Know what’s the most interesting of all? When you find out they do  a lot of the same things.“Mental Links To Excellence” is a research study of what Olympians do to prepare for their big day. And so much of it lines up with  what I learned researching SEAL training and talking to former Navy SEAL Platoon Commander James Waters.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!The best part is  you and I can use these methods to perform better at work and in our personal lives.Let’s find out how . . .1. Talk positively to yourselfYour brain is always going. It’s estimated you say 300 to 1,000 words to yourself per minute. Olympic ath letes and SEALs agree: those words need to be positive.One of the Olympians said:Immediately before the race I was thinking about trying to stay on that edge, just letting myself relax, and doing a lot of positive self-talk about what I was going to do. I just felt like we couldn’t do anything wrong. It was just up to us. I said, “There’s nothing that’s affecting us in a negative way, the only thing now is to do it, and we can do it . . . I just have to do my best.”SEALs use the same method - and they do it in a far more terrifying scenario. How  terrifying?You’re underwater with SCUBA gear. An instructor suddenly swims up behind you. He yanks the regulator out of your mouth. You can’t breathe.  Then he ties your oxygen lines in a knot.Your brain starts screaming, “YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.” But you have to keep cool, stay underwater and follow procedure to get your gear back in working order so you can breathe again.And this happens over  and over  - for 20 minutes. Welcome to the dreaded “pool comp” section of SEAL qualification.You get 4 attempts. Why? Because you need them. Only one in five guys can do it the first time out.The danger here is panic. And SEALs are not allowed to  panic . . . even when they cannot breathe. They must think positive to keep calm and pass “pool comp.”So how can you use this?Got a big presentation at work coming up? Encountering obstacles? You need to remember the 3 P’s:  Permanence, pervasiveness, and whether it’s personal.Pessimists tell themselves that bad events: Will last a long time, or forever. (“I’ll never get this done.”) Are universal. (“You can’t trust any of those people.”) Are their own fault. (“I’m terrible at this.”) Optimists look at setbacks in  the exact opposite way: Bad things are temporary. (“That happens occasionally but it’s no big deal.”) Bad things have a specific cause and aren’t universal. (“When the weather is  better that won’t be a problem.”) It’s not their fault. (“I’m good at this but today wasn’t my lucky day.”) When talking to yourself, be an optimist, not a pessimist.(For more on how to think positively, click here.)Okay, so you’re talking to yourself positively. What else do Olympians and SEALs agree on when you need to be at your best?2. Setting goalsYou hear this a lot. But you probably don’t do it. Specifically, ask yourself what you need to achieve right now.From the Olympian study:The best athletes had clear daily goals. They knew what they wanted to accomplish each day, each workout, each sequence or interval. They were determined to accomplish these goals and focused fully on doing so.SEALs are taught to set goals too. Sometimes really small ones, but it’s enough to keep them going when every muscle in their body is screaming for them to quit.“With goal setting the recruits were taught to set goals in extremely short chunks. For instance, one former Navy Seal discussed how he set goals such as making it to lunch, then dinner.”And what happened when they achieved those goa ls? SEALs set new ones. The focus is on always improving. Here’s former SEAL Platoon Commander, James Waters:Eric, this gets at my point of the SEAL experience, this constant learning, constantly not being satisfied. That’s one of the interesting things about the community: you never feel like you’ve got it all figured out. If you do feel like you figured it out, you probably aren’t doing it right.  If you’re not willing to learn from other people then frankly you’re not doing all you need to do to be the best operator you can possibly be.  It’s a culture of constant self-improvement and constant measurement of how you’re doing. That’s a theme I think that all SEALs would agree is critical.So how can you use this?Ask yourself, “What do I  need to do to make this  presentation better?”Write your goals down  and track your progress. As Dan Pink notes in his bestselling book on motivation, Drive, nothing motivates you better than seeing progress.(For more secrets on how to build  grit - from my interview with Navy SEAL platoon commander James Waters - click here.)You’re thinking positive and setting goals. But how do you get ready for the unexpected problems that always pop up at the last minute?3. Practice visualizationClose your eyes. See the big challenge. Walk through every step of it. Sound silly? Maybe, but the best of the best do this a lot.From the study of Olympians:These athletes had very well developed imagery skills and used them daily. They used imagery to prepare themselves to get what they wanted out of training, to perfect skills within the training sessions, to make technical corrections, to imagine themselves being successful in competition, and to see themselves achieving their ultimate goal.Again, SEALs are taught to do the same thing:With mental rehearsal they were taught to visualize themselves succeeding in their activities and going through the motions.So how can you use this?Visualize that presentation. But don†™t merely fantasize about being perfect and just make yourself feel good. That kills  motivation:Results indicate that one reason positive fantasies predict poor achievement is because they do not generate energy to pursue the desired future.You want to see the problems you might encounter and visualize how you will overcome them.Dan Coyle, the expert on expertise, says it’s an essential part of how U.S. Special Forces prepare  for every dangerous mission:…they spend the entire morning going over every possible mistake or disaster that could happen during the mission. Every possible screwup is mercilessly examined, and linked to an appropriate response:  if the helicopter crash-lands, we’ll do X. If we are dropped off at the wrong spot, we’ll do Y. If we are outnumbered, we’ll do Z.(For more lessons from top athletes on how to be the best, click here.)You’re visualizing the big day and walking through how you’ll deal with adversity. Cool. But how do you take that to th e next level like the pros do?4. Use simulationsVisualization is great because you can do it anywhere as often as you like. But in the end you must make practice as close to the real thing as possible.From the study of Olympians:The best athletes made extensive use of simulation training. They approached training runs, routines, plays, or scrimmages in practice as if they were at the competition, often wearing what they would wear and preparing like they would prepare.And SEALs didn’t just visualize either. Before the raid on Bin Laden’s compound they built full-size replicas of the location so their training would be tailored to what they would face.Via Daniel Coyle’s excellent book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills:When U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 mounted its May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, it prepared by constructing full-scale replicas of the compound in North Carolina and Nevada, and rehearsing for three weeks. Dozens of tim es the SEALs simulated the operation. Dozens of times, they created various conditions they might encounter.Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel  Mike Kenny  agreed:In Army parlance they say, “train like you fight.” Don’t screw around and say, “Okay, when it’s for real then we’ll really ramp up.” No, you need to do that now. You need to train as hard and as realistic as possible, because this notion that when it’s for real and the stakes are high, that’s when we’ll really turn it on and rise to the occasion… that’s not what happens. You will not rise to the occasion. You will sink to the lowest level of your training. It’s the truth.So how can you use this?How will you deal with the fear of standing in front of a big crowd when you give that presentation?Susan Cain, author of  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, and an introvert herself, is now a professional public speaker.  How did she overcome  public speaking fear?She pract iced in front of small, supportive groups to desensitize herself - she used a simulation.From my interview with Susan:I really had to desensitize myself to my fears of public speaking. I did that by practicing in very small, very supportive and very low-speed environments where it didn’t matter if I screwed up.  And eventually you get used to the strange feeling of being looked at, which used to make me feel horrified. You become accustomed to it over time and your fear dissipates.(To learn how to overcome your problems the way Special Forces operatives do, click here.)So Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs agree on a lot. Let’s round up what we’ve learned and see how it can work for you.Sum upHere’s what Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs both do to be the best and achieve mental toughness: Talk Positively To Yourself: Remember the 3 P’s: tell yourself bad things aren’t permanent, pervasive or personal - but good things are. Setting Goals: Know what you want to achieve. Write it  down. Focus on progress. Practice Visualization: Don’t fantasize about getting what you want but see yourself overcoming specific obstacles. Use Simulations: Always make your practice as close to the real thing as possible. Olympians and Navy SEALs, by definition, are the best at what they do. But the methods  they use to get there are things we can all use.And those techniques aren’t based on muscles or natural talent. They’re all about  good preparation and hard work. Apply those and you can get there too.As  Ralph Waldo Emerson  once said, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”Join over 205,000 readers.  Get a free weekly update via email  here.This article originally appeared at Barking Up the Wrong Tree.You might also enjoy… New neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happy Strangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds 10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity The worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs 10 habits of mentally strong people

How to Handle an Exit Interview

How to Handle an Exit Interview How to Handle an Exit Interview 3You’ve given your two weeks’ notice at your current job and have worked hard and diligently right up until the end. When you’re called down to Human Resources for your exit interview, you’re…hesitant. Should you say what you really thought of your boss, or should you stay silent instead? Here’s how to handle your exit interview- gracefully, honestly, and above all, professionally. Be prepared. When you sit down with the HR manager, she is going to ask you direct questions about your experiences with the company and your colleagues. If your time spent with the organization was less than stellar, you’ll need to be mentally and emotionally prepared so that she doesn’t catch you off guard. So before the interview, try practicing your answers and have in mind what you’d like to say. Heres a guide to your professional exit strategy. Be honest. An exit interview is your last opportunity to express your feelings about your workplace, your boss- even the company’s policies. It’s in your best interest to be honest, but to a certain extent. Even if you despised your boss, you should never, ever say so. If there were workplace issues (or perhaps a better way of improving workflow), you should definitely bring those issues up. Be professional. Now is not the time to break out into tears or show your anger over being passed up for that promotion you desperately wanted. Keep calm by focusing on the facts- and not your emotions. And as much as you might be tempted to, don’t bad-mouth your boss or any of your nosy colleagues. After all, what you say during your exit interview will be noted by the HR manager. More than likely she will share details from your conversation with your boss and the company, too. Focus on the positive. Most people remember what they hear only at the beginning and end of a conversation. So make your meeting with the HR manager memorable by starting off- and ending- your conversation on a positive note. Let her know that you’ve enjoyed working at the company and highlight some of the key moments during your career there: Perhaps you picked up some new skills or helped the company win an award. You should mention the people who were instrumental to your success as well. Your exit interview is the final chapter in your current job. By being professional, you’ll ensure that your exit interview- just like your initial job interview- is successful and will help you as you begin the next chapter in your career. Readers, how have you handled exit interviews in the past? Did you paint a positive picture regarding your work experience? Let us know your experiences in the comments section below!

10 Old-School Resume Rules That Dont Apply Today

10 Old-School Resume Rules That Don't Apply Today 10 Old School Resume Rules 10 Old-School Resume Rules That Don't Apply Today Last week I wrote a guest blog post talking about how older job seekers might need to think like 13-year-olds to succeed in job interviews today. But over the past couple days, I started thinking about all the ways we should NOT repeat behaviors from times gone by. Specifically, we need to ditch at least 10 of the old-school resume and cover letter rules that were popular back in the '80s, '90s and even early 2000s. Here's a fun little retrospective of 10 outdated resume and/or cover letter guidelines from past decades, and the new rules that have replaced them: 1. Old School:Never abbreviate anything on a resume or cover letter New Rule:Abbreviating is fine, as long as it's understandable This is the age of texting and Twitter, where everything is abbreviated, condensed, and minimized. It's fine to write St. instead of Street. However, acronyms should still be spelled out the first time they're mentioned. Example: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) 2. Old School:Keep your resume and cover letters very formal New Rule:Keep them professional, but not stuffy Everything is more casual these days, from our work clothing to our career documents. Don't cross the line into unprofessional, but keep in mind that readability, clarity, brevity, and authenticity are much more important than outdated propriety and formality. 3. Old School:Create one perfect resume and one cover letter that covers all bases New Rule:Create a master resume and cover letter, but customize them for each job You don't need a major rewrite for every employer; just make sure your keywords match the employer's job description, and maybe adjust the order of your skills listing for emphasis. Make it easy for the reader to see the parallels between your qualifications and their needs. 4. Old School:Start the cover letter with Dear Sir or Madam, Enclosed please find New Rule:Use the hiring manager's name, and skip the blah-blah language If the hiring person's name's not listed in the job description, do some research on the Web. Find the name and use it, if at all possible. Then, give your first sentence some meaning and impact. Also avoid these other cover letter screw-ups. 5. Old School:On the resume, list every single thing you've ever done for work New Rule:Leave out any details that aren't relevant to your desired position Write your resume and cover letter as a marketing pitch to sell the value you'll bring to your next employer. Don't make it a memorial to what you did every day at your old jobs. 6. Old School:List your job responsibilities for each job under a heading such as Duties Included: New Rule:Skip space-eaters like that they're already understood You'll waste a lot of resume real estate if you write Duties Included: on a separate line after every job. Just summarize your main accomplishments and qualifications in bullet points, and start each with an action verb in past tense (e.g., Led, Managed, Streamlined, etc.) 7. Old School:On your resume, indicate your reason for leaving each job New Rule:Prepare an answer in your mind, but don't volunteer it The resume and cover letter are not the place for this, especially if the reason for leaving was involuntary. However, do plan and practice a response for your interviews, and make it a brief, factual statement. (No whining.) 8. Old School:Include your age and your hobbies in your resume or cover letter New Rule:Stay focused on your qualifications for the job Ix-nay on the age, and unless your hobbies are directly related to your desired position, leave them out, too. For example, let's say you play in a co-ed basketball league. It's relevant if you want to be a high school athletic director, but not if you're seeking a violinist position in the symphony. 9. Old School:If you're married, say so on the resume (also, children how many? how old?) New Rule:I repeat stay focused on your qualifications for the job The more irrelevant personal detail you provide, the more the hiring manager's personal biases can come into play. For instance, in their minds, they might think Newly married? = Might need time off for family leave soon; Children?= Probably has daycare concerns. 10. Old School:At the end of the resume, say: References Available Upon Request New Rule:Leave it off, they know you'll provide them if asked This is another archaic waste of space. When you're a job seeker, it literally goes without saying that you'll provide the prospective employer with whatever reasonable materials they request.

Thinking burns calories so grab that extra donut at work

Thinking burns calories so grab that extra donut at work Thinking burns calories so grab that extra donut at work Good news if you felt a little guilty about that mid-morning donut at work. Turns out thinking burns calories so if you have a long cognitive-filled workday ahead of you, you will at least work off some of that tasty carb.Ewan McNay, an assistant professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Albany, has studied the subject exclusively and has found that yes we do indeed burn some calories when we are thinking. For some context, the brain  makes up 2% of a person’s body weight and takes up 20% of their energy. “You will in fact burn more energy during an intense cognitive task than you would vegging out watching Oprah or whatever,” he told TIME. For example, performing a more demanding, such as one that requires memorization, will burn more calories than just putting items in an Excel spreadsheet.The harder the task, the more calories you burnAs for a number on thinking calories  a person uses about 320 calories to think and this can go up by 5% depend ing on the task or activity. McNay says a person who spends most of the day trying to learn a new instrument could burn up to 200 calories which is on par with cycling or walking up stairs for 30 minutes.Now don’t immediately give up going to the gym for trying to explain the plot of Inception to someone, but do remember that thinking does take up some energy.

Autumn is Job Search Season!

Autumn is Job Search Season! Autumn is Job Search Season! 12If you spent much of the summer looking for jobs and coming up empty, you’re not alone. Not only is the economic uncertainty keeping hiring numbers stagnant, but summer is one of the worst times to job search because much of the nation’s recruiters, managers, and professionals are in some phase of vacation: either starting one, in the middle of one, or coming back from one. All in all, summer is a slow season for job searching. The good news is that autumn is a MUCH better season for job searching, for a number of reasons. Dust off your resume, air out your interview clothes, and get in gear. If you need convincing, here are three reasons why autumn is prime-time for job searching, from Career Rocketeer: 1) It’s all about the budget: “In many companies money left in an organization’s budget for personnel expenditures must be spent before December 31st so in the first 4-6 weeks of the 4th quarter there will be an upward spike in the number of available positions.” 2) Fall contractors become spring employees: “There is also an increase in contractor hiring at the beginning of the 4th quarter and when budgets expand in the beginning of the New Year a lot of contractors are converted over to permanent employees.” 3) The Holiday Season is a lot like summer slow. “Come Thanksgiving, which arrives for the unprepared a lot sooner than you think, the hiring process generally comes to a screeching halt and does not pick up until the second week into the New Year.” If you need to get your job search mojo flowing again, here are some inspiring blog posts with specific steps you should take to be the best job seeker you can be: Job Search: 4 Tips to Spring Clean Your Job Search 5 Uncommon, Excellent Career Tips 4 Simple Reasons You’re Not Getting Hired Job Seeking Tips From Top Career Advisor Cheryl Palmer Resumes and Cover Letters: Customized Resumes and Cover Letters are Better for Your Job Search 3 Common Resume Mistakes that are Easy To Fix Job Interviews: 6 Tips for Acing a Phone Interview How To Answer Salary Interview Questions Glassdoor Top 10 Interview Questions for Telecommuting Jobs

Good and Bad Days to Attack Online Job Positions

Good and Bad Days to Attack Online Job Positions Good and Bad Days to Attack Online Job Positions There are good days to attack online job positions. And there are bad days. It is one of the biggest reasons why it is wise to never quit your job before you have a new one. The bad days of waiting to hear back or see job postings listed can feel like an eternity. So, make the most of your week while job searching. Make sure you are focused and applying for jobs, or have people doing it for you, on these good days below to successfully apply for a job. Attack the online job positions on the days listed below and take a break on the other days. What should you do when you cannot attack online job positions? Make sure you energize yourself, prepare for interviews, or work on other aspects of your career (resumes and cover letters). Good days to apply 1. Monday (Best day) This may come as a surprise to most. Monday is actually the best day of the week to attack online job positions or have a company like Find My Profession do it for you. Statistically, applicants who apply on a Monday have a 1 in 3 chance of moving forward in the interview process. What makes Monday so special? As the week progresses, and a job posting continues to receive applications, those applying on Monday stand the greater chance of being viewed. Those who apply later in the week end up on the bottom of the pile. Apparently, first-come-first-serve still has meaning when applying for jobs online. Your application is viewed in the order in which it was received. Of course, timing is not everything. It helps when applications are targeted to your specific skills when you successfully apply for a job. 2. Tuesday Wednesday These two days are added together because, statistically, these are the two days when companies post the most job listings. Monday sees a fair amount of companies posting jobs, too. But the majority of hiring decisions take place on Tuesday. On these specific days, it helps to be quick on the trigger for submitting applications. The majority of job postings happen at 11 am. And the rush of applications begins normally around 2 pm. It may be useful for those looking to beat the crowd to keep their eyes open before 2 pm. This way, the submission of an application will not be received along with dozens of others. With the majority of job postings and hirings taking place between Monday to Wednesday, ideally, these are the best days for job seekers to keep their eyes open. 3. Friday morning Hiring managers stay hard at work while others start to wind down for the week. This is a great time to apply for online job positions and get your resume in front of a hiring manager looking to meet deadlines. Given they will most likely be scheduling interviews by the afternoon, it is best to get your application in early. As the saying goes, “The early bird catches the worm.” 4. The same day it was posted The convenience of applying for jobs online means you will have competition. A job posting that sits on a website longer than a day has usually fulfilled its purpose. If one job listing receives 50 applications, in one day, there will be enough applicants to contact from that bunch. When searching for jobs online, try searching for jobs posted the same day you wish to apply for a job. Bad days to apply 1. Saturday Sunday It is tough to take a weekend when you have not worked all week. The reality is, the hiring managers are taking weekends off. So, you should do the same. Simply put: You are submitting an application into a pile from the week. And no one will see it. No one is working. 2. Thursday Thursday is a popular day for conducting interviews. Hiring managers cannot look at applications and schedule interviews if they are busy talking to job candidates. At the end of the day, in spite of technology, the hiring process is still very human. People end up talking to people. Candidates have to communicate whether they can do a job or not. Employers have to communicate what they want from candidates in a job description. Those who are aware of the best ways to communicate with the other party stands a greater chance of success.

5 quick tips for dressing like you give a damn

5 quick tips for dressing like you give a damn 5 quick tips for dressing like you give a damn My shirt size was XL all through college, which was curious, because I was 5’11” and 170 lbs. sopping wet after indulging in Burrito Tuesdays and wearing a winter coat. In short, I was not remotely a size XL in  college. I wasn’t within miles of a size XL. I was barely an L. I was a 100 percent stone-cold M, an inarguable fact that did not remotely stop me from purchasing XL shirts, mostly because I was  desperately insecure  about my muscle-free frame, but also because, at the time, I had scant concept of what sizes meant.Now, as a  married father  of two with the sporadic ability to purchase something more than Aerosmith  Get a Grip  â€™93 Tour t-shirts and slightly more clothes shopping experience under my belt (also significant belt-shopping experience), I can safely say that I still have scant concept of what sizes mean. If you are like me, you are L but sometimes XL and occasionally M if you don’t mind spending 12 hours striving to inhale your own stomach. My pant sizes span the breadth of many numbers in the 30s. I don’t remotely know where to start with sport coats, which are jerks.Here are two things I know: It has become clear that the articles about  How to Be a Militantly Well-Appointed Set of Italian Cheek bones  hall never serve as consulting material. But I also know that leaving the house while being off by two sizes not only make me look like the original bassist from Alice in Chains, but makes it look like my wife is going out with the original bassist from Alice in Chains, and that’s a negative outcome for both of us. Dressing like you’re 23 and also homeless is unacceptable, but chances are fairly high that you’re not Benedict Cumberbatch. (If you are, hey man, thanks for reading, super excited for  Infinity War.) But there are a few things you can do to find the line between - and to show your significant other that you’re making the effort.1. First, throw out everything in your closet.Well, not everything. But mostly eve rything. People who make stupid amounts of money on self-help Twitter accounts call this “decluttering your holistic chakra living space and emotional joy reservoir.” We just call it Throwing Out (Or Donating) a Bunch of Old S**t You Don’t Need. Through several thousands of years of genetic programming, we’re built to develop patterns: ordering the same coffee, playing the same playlists, wearing the same shirts. Mentally, it’s easier; practically, it’s boring. Since we’re straightening things up anyway, take an afternoon to scrape out your closet, identify anything that you haven’t worn within the past year and deposit it into a Hefty lawn bag for Goodwill or charity bin outside Lowe’s. By Kondo-ing the bejesus out of your stuff, you’re making room, sure. But more than that, you’re mentally preparing to change things.2. Have someone smarter than you determine your sizes.If you do not know how to do this, find a tailor, which you will be able to do by asking yo ur grandfather what a tailor is and then googling one in your town. (If you’d care to do this while sipping an Orange Julius, you can also hit up an anchor store at a mall.) Get your numbers and stash them in your phone somewhere for easy retrieval. This way you start with a baseline of Actual Math Figures, instead of just “slim fit” or “husky.” And then!3. Understand those actual math figures do not mean a damn thing.The apparel industry is screwing with you for its own enjoyment, because size numbers mean nothing. Size L means nothing. Slim Fit means less than nothing. Skinny Fit means something, but it’s usually Put This Down, You Have a Family, For God’s Sake. Sizes vary pathetically randomly, from town-to-town, from store-to-store, and sometimes, conveniently, within the same store, moreso if you’re ordering online. If this sounds like it means you have to shop at various places over a span of time to figure out where you’re a Slim Fit and where you’re a 34 and where you’re a 42 L or 40 R, yes. Assume zero consistency between sizes and cuts across stores. Women have been dealing with this for 400 years, so don’t complain about it too much. Before you can do anything, you have to determine what fits. This might take a while.4. Get six outfits, and then wear them for no reason at all.With your closet freshened and Actual Size obtained  - and in flagrant defiance of Jason Isbell -  establish a handful of outfits from your appropriately fitting arsenal. And then, for no reason at all, wear one on a random Tuesday. And then on a Friday. And then some time that isn’t a date night, or a special occasion, or when your wife isn’t expecting you to. Just to do it, to show you’re paying attention. The first few times may elicit raised eyebrows - as in, is everything okay? Have you been fired? Is there something we need to talk about regarding health or subpoenas? But after a while the upgrade will become a part of that daily programmi ng, and be appreciated as such. You’re doing this for her, but also…5. You’re doing it for you.Look, no one’s going to approximate Donald Glover’s wardrobe with four more years of Honda payments to make. But cleaning yourself up and throwing on clothes that actually fit when it’s not required or expected -  this is a small gesture, but one that reminds the person who’s chosen to live with you that you care about yourself, you care about her, and you’re good for making effort when not asked. Sometimes, that effort is all that matters. As long as it doesn’t involve skinny jeans.This article was originally published on Fatherly.

Rumors, Lies and Clerical Resume

Rumors, Lies and Clerical Resume Focus on what you've got to offer instead. Accounting computer software skills are important if you're applying for positions in the finance or company sectors. If you've got formal training in record-keeping, office machinery, or company software, be certain you include that! If you're applying to work for a little organization, accounting computer software skills could possibly be helpful if you're expected to assume numerous roles in the organization. What to Expect From Clerical Resume? There are a number of trustworthy companies providing academic support to students lacking time to finish their assignments. People who are employed in the clerical field handle plenty of paperwork and incoming work requests. If it comes to the care and wellness of people, it is going to take more than just skill to acquire the job. If time is of essence it is better to select the former option working with a writing company that will manage everything a nd won't force you to waste valuable moment. Think of the simple fact that the employers might have to read even hundreds of resumes and pick only 1 person and make yours an exceptional paper. Jobs in the hospitality profession require individuals who are good working with different men and women. An employer would like to know that you will be able to collaboratetaking unified lockstep to realize 1 person's plan or goal. Recruiters don't devote a great deal of time reviewing an application. Finding a job is a procedure that involves numerous steps and it all starts with your resume. The Appeal of Clerical Resume So, you have to brew up your professional achievements in a couple of crispy lines and compose the resume. A different way to show off interpersonal skills is to scan the work listing for absolutely any soft skills it might have mentioned. You might have to receive a small creative, but below are some additional accomplishments you'll be able to cite. There are many online tutorials to help you better your typing abilities. There are several online and in-person classes you can think about taking. Then make a list of your matching skills that you are able to incorporate in your resume. Alongside basic understanding of spreadsheets, having data visualization skills might also be useful in a data-heavy function. Becoming in a position to spot your interpersonal abilities and give examples of them is an important portion of any work interview. The objective section does the vital function of convincing the recruiters that you need to be provided an opportunity to the next level. A good resume objective may be the deciding factor on whether you receive an interview or not. There are a number of reasons why you ought to find a very good illustration of resume and copy its structure and possibly some of its formulations too. The War Against Clerical Resume The spreadsheets you make will require data entry abilities and knowledge of Microsoft Excel both of which require accuracy, and sometimes, speed, based on how quickly you've got to make your work. Any extra computer skills, like the ability to design or edit web pages, would be thought of as a huge plus. There are many programs you may utilize to create presentations, including PowerPoint, that's the most frequently used software acros s industries. If you've got a working knowledge of widely used software, you might be able to more easily learn to use new programs. Professional writers can deal at any form of paper you are assigned, whether it's a common five paragraph essay or a case study. Now you understand how online writing agencies work and have a great idea if they'd be in a position to assist with your homework. There's no greater place to view how you should write a nice and competitive resume, then by searching on the internet. No matter of the kind of paper you pick, you can be confident you will discover many examples of resume which will be able to help you construct your own, attractive and professional resume. Clerical Resume Options Volunteer work which you've finished in your free time is vital, particularly should you held an officer position, but should be listed as such. As soon as it's tempting to select expert, once you receive the interview or job, you can want to prove it. Today, virtually every job requires a fundamental comprehension of computers, and lots of jobs involve intermediate to advanced computer abilities. Writing a good resume can be an intimidating challenge. Lies You've Been Told About Clerical Resume Job applicants with computer skills are highly sought-after due to the rise of technology at work. There are a number of other computer skills, however, that are usually used across all industries which are important for most job applicants to know. Communication Clerical workers should have strong written and oral communication abilities. Standard understanding of productivity software suites may add value to your resume.