Hi all you dedicated fatekeepers out there…i was reading some articles from one of my favorite sites killerstartups.com
and came across a new really cool site that aggregates and/or collects job listings from most of the major job sites in one page…its really cool…you guys should really check it out. A lot of the jobs are tech related…but like my geeky heart always says “tech is as tech does”.
here is the site Hotstartupjobs.com …check it out!
Self-assessment is a great way to get to know yourself and can be essential preparation for a job search, for interviews and for negotiations. To get where you want to go, you have to know where you want to go. Self-assessment can be the first step along the way. Self-assessment is a process through which you become aware of your strengths and weaknesses, skills and abilities, interests, values, goals, and aspirations. For our purposes, self-assessment is aimed at preparing you to feel comfortable in interview situations where the topic is you, in negotiations where you have to be prepared to articulate your skills, and finally in planning your career where knowing where you want to go depends entirely upon knowing where you are.
What was your favorite work environment? And why?
What was your least favorite work environment? And why?
What are your greatest strengths?
If you were to call your manager what who he/she say are your greatest strengths and your greatest challenges are?
What are your weaknesses (and what are you doing about them)?
Where do you want to be in five years? In ten?
When was the last time you demonstrated leadership skills?
How do you feel about teamwork?
What activities do you get involved in?
“Know thyself” is a famous quote from the ancient philosopher Socrates. More than 2,000 years later it’s still sound advice. Self-assessment is a great way to prepare for beginning a job search, for interviews, and for negotiations. Not only does self-assessment help others get to know you; self-assessment helps you get to know you!
For more on self evaluation please click on this link 
to perform an online exam.
This is the first of many articles on how to find a great job. Searching for a job or making a career change can be a stressful task. My hope is that this series of articles will be able to make it easier for you the applicant. I hope it will increase your chances of landing the job/career of your dreams. Our intent is to cover job search basics, how to develop an outstanding cover letter/resume and how to handle an interview successfully.
In this article we will only go over the task list for finding a job.
perform an honest self assessment so you are clear
write a list of contacts you have that you could possibly network with to find a job
write a list of the type of job you are looking for
write a list of the companies you would love to look for
create customized resumes for the different job types
create customized cover letters for the different job types
search for a job on the internet, government job bank and employment centers in your area
In the coming series of articles we will be going in depth on each of the above points.
Our hope is that you will share and use this site as your source for career searching and advice.
Stay tuned for more articles to help you reach your desired goal of finding a great job. It’s your fate!
You want to find success in your life. A great way to find success is to find your passion. Successful people are dedicated, hard working people. They push themselves beyond their limits.They believe rather than not. They think positively and find a silver lining in almost all situations. They believe in being good. A trainer in workplace management by the name of Neil Dempster once said “Behaviors are the only truth”. You’re probably wondering what that means…well analyze how you behave and that is who you are. You can promise yourself and the world anything but the way you behave and how you deal with things is your truth. The only way to change the outcome around you is to change the way you behave. To be successful you must behave like a successful person. You must live, breath and be success at all times. Become one with positive thinking. Become your hero. In doing so you will become the successful person you want to be sometimes overnight. Check out this really cool video from TED.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.
“Journeys” are special University Lectures in which Carnegie Mellon faculty members share their reflections on their journeys — the everyday actions, decisions, challenges and joys that make a life.
I’m experiencing one of those annoying technical problems with a brand new product: Microsoft Office 2007. Everything was working fine until, one day, I launched it and greeted me with a message telling me there’s something wrong with my MAPI. “Who the hell is MAPI anyway” I thought to myself. I suddenly felt my blood pressure rising at the thought that I’d have to add another item on my already insufferable “To Do” list. As if I didn’t have enough “to do” already. I wished that I’d taken more IT courses in University to know how to deal with these glitches myself instead of having to call a customer support line. I then thought to myself “why don’t I? How hard can it be anyway?” There are certainly thousands of reliable sources to teach myself the basics, and even find a solution. So instead of jotting down another item on my “to do” list, I decided to turn this incident into an opportunity for learning.
There was a time where scholars merited that title only when they were accomplished, walking encyclopaedias. Connecting the dots is one of our most advanced abilities as humans. You’d be surprised what image you get when you step back after connecting the dots. The more the dots, the greater the image.
