Wow - this is one of the best speeches on happiness at work Ive ever seen - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Wow - this is one of the best speeches on happiness at work Ive ever seen - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog You must, must, MUST watch this amazing TEDx speech by Bob Chapman, the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller where he talks about a better, happier and more humane way to run a workplace. What do you think? Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Whaddya wanna learn and Career Camp closes today til the fall! - When I Grow Up

Whaddya wanna learn and Career Camp closes today til the fall! - When I Grow Up Dr. Seuss Chalkboard Printable by Finley Jae Designs This should be just your friendly reminder that  ?Career Camp  closes today at 6pm Eastern. ? ?It should be where I tell ya that you work 90,000+ hours in your lifetime (thats over 10 years!), and dont you wanna love what you do? ? ?It should be where I tell you how much fun we have ?how my former Career Campers are already quitting their jobs + launching businesses + enrolling in programs ?how I take a holistic and creative approach to discovering your passionate career ?how you can save $3,091 from working with me one-on-one for the same amount of time ?how Ive personally coached over 250 creative types since I started coaching in 08, and have helped thousands more through my courses, books, and talks ?how I dont have plans to run it again til September at the earliest ? ?and OK, I just did tell you all that. This is a program I took over a year to craft and I am loving hearing about the results, the breakthroughs, and the career dreams realized from my inaugural Campers.   ? ?If its right for you ?If you wanna make a grown-up living doing what you love, but arent clear on what it is ?If you think I can help you ? ?then duh, I want you to  ?click here  and check it out and become a Career Camper. ? ?But also? ?If it doesnt speak to you right now? ?If theres another goal or challenge that seems more important? ? ?Well, my friends and business associates (as my Dad likes to call them) are offering some amazeballs programs of their own right now, and I wanted to share em with you. Tanya is helping people  beat back the Impostor Complex, bring dreams to life and step into the waiting spotlight. Jen  has helped over 1,000 people unleash their teaching brilliance. Becca and Ellen are helping coaches jumpstart their businesses. Molly is taking peepsfrom wanting to begin to diving right in and helping them  take action on their goal(s). Cairene is teaching right-brainers sane time management techniques. Jennifer is running her Right Brainers in Business video summit for the 4th time. {Wanna know what else I love and recommend? I created this board for ya} ? ?So, whether theres a whisper that you wanna discover your grown-up, passionate career by the summeror if youd rather work on building your coaching business, teaching practice, or claiming the spotlight ? ?learn, clarify, and/or discover what it is you need for you right now. ? ?{Your heart/gut will let ya know what it is. Just be quiet and listen without prejudice} Before ya go! Some of the links above are affiliate ones. But I swear, Im only an affiliate for the programs, products and courses I love from the people I admire. Id never recommend anything I wouldnt stand behind 110%. I adore and admire every single person Ive mentioned above and know that they do their work with smarts, integrity, and results.

Resume Writing for SEO

Resume Writing for SEOResume writing for SEO must be something that will come in handy when you start searching for a job or when you decide to market your company online. There are some crucial words that you will want to learn about, so let's take a look at them.Key words: You need to use them when you are creating your resume, but do not include them all the time. Using words that are competitive will help you get noticed by companies that are looking for professionals. There are some keywords that you want to avoid, so be sure to read up on this when you are writing your resume.Keywords are especially important when you are creating a new resume. They will help you get noticed by the companies that are out there looking for fresh talent. For example, if you are looking for a job as a secretary, but you write in your resume that you are great at Excel, you may not get the job or may get passed over because you wrote in a keyword that does not belong to your skillset.Using keywords properly is very important to making sure that you do not miss out on work. It is essential that you have keywords that are important for the field you are going into, so make sure that you know what to use and why they are necessary.Content: The content of your resume should be something that is relevant to the field you are trying to enter. You want to make sure that it is not just text and headings. To make sure that it is relevant, make sure that you use words that will match what you are looking for.Keywords can also be combined with keywords that will be used when people search for a company online. For example, if you write in your resume that you are the best consultant ever, it might sound good, but people might be more likely to type 'consultant'best consultant' into the search engines than the word 'best.' To make sure that you get your keywords in the right spots, think about which phrases you can use in combination with keywords that are vital for your company.To make sure that you get noticed, you will want to include keywords and content in your resume writing for search engine optimization. The keywords together will help you get noticed by hiring managers, but you will also want to know how to use them correctly to ensure that you have your keywords in the right places.

I Made My First Million at 13. Heres My Rules for Investing

I Made My First Million at 13. Here's My Rules for Investing Becoming a millionaire by 30 is a rare enough achievement, but Michael Cammarata did it when he was in his early teens. The cofounder and CEO of Schmidt’s Naturals, which makes natural deodorant and other household products, brought in over a million dollars when he was 13 by running a web hosting company. Cammarata, now 32, was an avid player of the video game StarCraft, around the turn of the millennium. “I got into computers. I was dyslexic and was struggling through school when I was around 11,” Cammarata says. But he discovered an inviting new world in the internet. He learned how to build websites and program software through fellow StarCraft gamers. Soon he borrowed $2,000 from his college-age brother to get a dedicated server, which allowed him to start a hosting business. When his dad found out about the purchase, he gave Cammarata several months to start making money from the venture. “I got tens of thousands of people to sign up when I was around 13. I got into a very large amount of money,” Cammarata says. He expanded by launching his own online advertising network next. “I transitioned into that at around 15 years old. I didn’t have anyone to sell my inventory, so I asked my father if he could help me, and he introduced me to a sales group. My dad was really crucial. He got them to sell my ad inventory,” he says. Cammarata has since used his fortune to invest in a wide array of companies from tech to naturals. Schmidt’s has become one of the biggest players in its field, recently adding toothpaste and soap to its products. Unilever acquired Schmidt’s at the end of 2017, and Cammarata is working to make his brand even more mainstream. We talked to Cammarata about his unusual career background, the hard lessons of becoming rich early, and his business mantra. Cammarata’s first millionaire snafu Cammarata scored over a million nearly overnight with the web hosting company he operated on his server. After figuring out how to automate the process, as he had no employees or budget, money from customers started piling up. “A little lesson I learned is that I signed up with a credit card processing company [to handle transactions]. I went from zero money to millions of dollars in revenue,” he says. But he had one big problem: the processing firm held the cash, which he needed immediately. “The bandwidth bill was in the millions of dollars. So I was able to very early on, with the help of my dad, structure my cash flow because I wasn’t really thinking like that being 13.” Cammarata’s father came from a corporate background, having worked at McCann Erickson. “He brought me back to the numbers,” Cammarata says. And his dad’s help connecting him to a sales team allowed him to push his ad network reaching 150 million people a month to clients, which became a lucrative business of its own. His biggest mistake, and how he learned to trust his ‘vision’ As Cammarata’s businesses grew, “attorneys and advisers magically appeared,” he says. “I had to learn how to deal with all these opinions. I wasn’t used to it back then and gave them more weight than I should’ve.” One poor judgment call in particular sticks out. “I wanted to take a big stake in Blizzard [the company behind Starcraft and Warcraft], put two million in it. People said, ‘You’re crazy.’ They made my favorite game. I thought it was cool,” he says. Though he was willing to lose it all, friends and advisers talked him out of it over many sessions. He lost out in the end. “Oh my God,” he says of what could’ve been. “Blizzard merged with Activision shortly after. I still do have stock in Activision Blizzard, but the amount of stake in the company I would’ve had… It would’ve been cute. It could probably have pushed me into the billions faster and could’ve changed the direction of my life.” But that non-move gave him a bit of wisdom that has proved invaluable since. “If I could go back, I would definitely take even more risks and trust my gut even more. Hesitating or not trusting your instinct is probably the downfall of most people. I had such a clear vision and still have a clear vision, but you can’t let the noise come in,” Cammarata says. “I was dyslexic, I could barely read and write, and I tried to be normal and fit in. It didn’t work, and I learned it’s okay to be different. Dyslexia is an advantage because I see things differently than most people.” Doing things the hard way Cammarata graduated high school early and never went to college. In his late teens, he was busy trying to build his mini-empire. “I was learning by trial and error, and there are definitely moments where you learn more about people and their capacities,” he says. “On the investment side, probably the hardest is doing due diligence on companies.” One headache resulted from hiring an outside firm to look into a company he was investing in that sold consumer electronics. “I assumed they did it correctly. They didn’t cross-check licenses for all products,” he says. “The company started losing money because they didn’t have the right licenses.” He suddenly had to come up with a plan to restructure the company and make it a profitable investment. “When you have advisers, you can’t accept their word as gold even if you hire the biggest firm,” he says. “I had to be active and hands-on in my investment portfolio, really do the work myself, and not rely on other people to do work for me. When you have money, it doesn’t change that you have to act like you don’t. If you just rely on experts, you’re going to fail and have a rude awakening.” Listening to the customer “I always wanted to manage a rock band,” Cammarata says. He got his wish, and another unlikely professional detour, when he started managing the boy band Big Time Rush, formed in 2009. The band launched its own show on Nickelodeon, which became one of the highest-rated live-action programs for the network. “It taught me two things: how to really scale a promo, utilize different PR firms’ specialties, and time it with content and a social-media strategy. It’s really complicated,” he says. “I learned how to launch a product.” And in doing so, Cammarata developed another idea. “I interacted with the fans in real time on certain platforms,” he says of working on the band. “By being on the ground listening to those consumers, those females,” he discovered their passion for natural products, in particular deodorant. “I knew they were going to be the next generation of household purchasers.” He eventually bought Schmidt’s, at the time a tiny company in Portland, Oregon, which sold its deodorants in jar form. He had to learn how to get its powdered product into a stick and in doing so, was able to scale Schmidt’s into a market leader. It’s gone from four employees in an office attached to a pet store to over 150 employees. His No. 1 rule for investing One thing has remained consistent in Cammarata’s ventures since he launched his web hosting phenomenon at 13: He spends money only on what he believes in. That remains true across his work as an investor. “My philosophy from when I was a kid was I always wanted to have a positive impact on the world and push humanity forward,” Cammarata says. “When I started to invest, I looked for companies with purpose.” He would get to know companies for two to three years before jumping into business with them. He’d advise that other aspiring entrepreneurs do the same. “Deploying money into things that don’t give you personal purpose doesn’t work,” he says.

3 Benefits Of In-Country Customer Service - Work It Daily

3 Benefits Of In-Country Customer Service - Work It Daily One of the most common complaints for customers (who are evaluating the customer service they receive from a company) is a lack of understanding caused when calls are redirected to an offshore call center. Customers have admitted to choosing the services of a company based largely on where their customer call centers are based. This applies to industries from telecommunications, to banking, mail order shopping, and home energy; customers across the board agree that a call center based in their home country counts in favor when they’re choosing a company. 3 Benefits Of In-Country Customer Service Here are some benefits to not outsourcing customer service: 1. Language It goes without saying that brilliant customer service relies on a mutual understanding between the customer and the company representative. Customers only make a call to a call center when they need help with something, often with little time to spare. They want to know that their problem will be dealt with efficiently; here a language barrier can cause communication problems, which can lead to extended call times or a lack of understanding resulting in a repeat call. 2. Cultural Understanding Someone in the same country understands the day to day to operations in a country; things like the last cut off for post, normal work hours, school hours, and anything else that could potentially pose a problem when waiting for deliveries or maintenance men. Customers appreciate it when their customer service advisor understands their problems without explanation no matter how trivial the matter may seem. 3. Access To The Workforce Employees report that meeting the person in charge of their company motivates them to deliver excellent service. By keeping call center jobs in your home country, dropping by on the center is a much more viable option that if half of your workforce is based halfway across the world. Many large corporations that moved operations out to cheaper countries in the past decade have been leaders in the wave of companies coming back to the UK. Faced with rising costs in previously affordable countries, corporations are finding that bringing services back to the UK is as cost effective as basing centers overseas. Hiring A UK Workforce Recruitment agencies already have a high number of applicants who are qualifies to work in call centers. When moving services back to the UK, a recruitment company can deal with the whole process of advertising positions, interviewing and processing contractual paperwork. Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!

How to write a personal statement

How to write a personal statement Share Share via TwitterShare via FacebookShare via Google PlusShare via LinkedInShare via E-mail Writing about yourself can be a challengeThe process might be easier if you start by structuring the personal statement as an argument paper. And what is your argument? That you should be accepted to a healthcare-related professional program. In your personal statement, you need to somehow communicate a solid understanding of the career in which you wish to enter and demonstrate that you are a highly motivated, well-qualified individual who will be a good fit for the profession. How can you do this? Think aboutIntroducing yourself to the admissions committee.Convey a sense of your personality. Identify the life experiences you have had that have led you to this career. What are some of the personal lessons you have learned from these experiences? How have those lessons helped you become a well-qualified candidate for the profession you seek to en ter?Explaining how you originally became interested in a career in healthcare and, maybe even more importantly, what you have done since then to confirm your interest in this particular career.What originally sparked your interest? How did you follow up on that interest to learn more about the profession? Here, it is a good idea to share at least one anecdote that demonstrates that you have learned what your intended career isreallylike and that you are thoughtful about the challenges of working with patients.Being interesting.Be empathetic toward your reader remember that they have to read thousands of these essays. One way to be interesting is to communicate your passion for a career in health care. What does this career offer that is such a good fit for you that you willing to sacrifice so much time and money to pursue it? Here again, you can address these issues through carefully chosen anecdotes.Explaining any less-than-ideal aspects of your application profile.This is your cha nce to explain what happened (using a factual tone, elend an apologetic or blaming tone) and to share what you have learned from those experiences.Identifying what you hope to contribute to the profession.What do you see yourself doing in ten years? By this, we dont mean that you necessarily need to identify a specialty that you want to go into, but that you should identify how you hope to serve the profession, as a whole. Here are some examplesBecoming a well-educated and compassionate caregiverDoing research that will advance the state of knowledge in your fieldBecoming an educator for a professional program in your fieldParticipating in local or global outreach efforts to care for people who would not otherwise have ready access to quality healthcareGenerally speaking, these goals should follow logically from the experiences you have engaged in up until now. For instance, it wouldnt make much sense for a person to say that he/she is absolutely committed to a career that would ble nd direct patient care with research if the person hasnt yet done any research.CategoriesHealth Professions

What You Dont Know About Flagstaff Resume Writing

What You Dont Know About Flagstaff Resume Writing Flagstaff Resume Writing at a Glance Many specialized advertising courses are today readily available to acquire into advertising business, to develop a superior career. Though again, you likely need to do some investigating to locate them. So resume objectives will differ depending on the sector in which you are searching for employment. Youre a personal services business. Discussing irrelevant abilities and achievements wouldnt benefit to you. A PR job isnt bound by any business or sector. Allowances A Government Sector Job will manage all your overhead expenses. As soon as you have obtained your professional level, then you must earn sufficient experience too. Your resume education section is the way for employers to swiftly binnensee you have the suitable schooling required to excel as a manager at their company. A great internship resume is tailored particularly for the job that you desire. There are a lot of basic ki nds of resumes used to make an application for job openings. Meanwhile, you necessitate a job as an LPN. Chancing upon a life coaching job, isnt effortless, however, when you receive a life coaching job, you may rest assured, you dont likely have to discover clients. Often youll find the most suitable life coach jobs. Attempting to locate jobs in life coaching isnt always simple. Its also wise to avoid writing long letters. There are plenty of statements one can utilize to make an effective resume. As soon as you have written and organized your information according to the sort of resume youve chosen, make certain to format it according to typical professional standards. A great format ought to be simple to follow.