5 Ways To Bring Your Job Skills Up-To-Date
Aug 28, 2011 Career Tips Leave a comment | Tags: Job, Job Skills
By Maryalene LaPonsie
With pink slips seeming to still lurk around every corner, many workers are anxious about their future job prospects. In fact, only 38 percent of workers expressed confidence in their ability to find a new job, according to the July Employee Confidence Index calculated by the SFN Group, a workforce solutions company. Additionally, only 59 percent of those surveyed were confident about their employer’s future, which means the rest could be apprehensive about their job security.
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For these and other workers in a seemingly unstable labor market, having updated work skills is essential.
“The workplace is transforming…
10 Writing and Assessment Prompts For Students – From Acronym to Allegory
Aug 28, 2011 Career Tips Leave a comment | Tags: Prompts Students, Students
As a teacher you want what is best for your students and you know that a big part of what is best for them is to learn the most possible during the time that they are with you in your classroom. From your experience, you know that having creative, new, interesting writing prompts for learners is more likely to be met with interest
1. acronym
- FOIL = First, outside, inside, last multiplication binomial. Write about how this helps you remember this process.
- Form an acronym that would help you memorize a function of the circulatory system (or any science topic).
- Create an acronym for the metric conversion chart.
Marketing Yourself
Aug 28, 2011 Career Tips Leave a comment | Tags: Marketing
Last week, we told you why it’s important to have a personal brand, and how you can define your own. This week, we’re going to talk about marketing your brand.
There are a lot of ways to promote your personal brand, all of which fall into two categories: online and off.
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Online
Building a professional online presence is crucial. It’s a great way to connect with, share ideas with and build rapport with important people and companies in your industry.
Job Success Tips: How to Get a Job Promotion at Work
Aug 27, 2011 Career Tips Leave a comment | Tags: Work
Tip #1 Become Deadline-Oriented
In the workplace, deadlines are everything. If you want to become successful, you must make it a point to follow deadlines very closely, so that your projects are always delivered on time.
Tip #2 Share Your Knowledge
The successful don’t fear scarcity, but instead embrace abundance. When they have knowledge and skills, they freely give it away to others with the understanding that those they help will become important allies in the future.
Tip #3 Build a Portfolio of Your Work
In some cases, you will not be promoted directly, but will have to apply for a job within the company.