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1. Use You Skills 2. Kill Jargon 3. Tell a Story 4. Don't be afraid to put yourself into your writing. 5. Don't say too much. Read more here ... [core77.com]

Ditch the Crutch to Improve productivity 1. If you have something to do, do it. 2. Every once in a while, take a Paper Day.  3. Setup an IT refresh schedule. Read more Here  [Webworkerdaily.com]

7 ways to track your progress toward your goals. 1. 43 things 2. Get Goaling 3. Stickk 4. Track-n-Graph 5. Google Calendar 6. To-Do Lists 7. Pen and Paper   From here [ dumblittleman.com ]

In todays job market, there are a few skills that you need to get the next job.     1) The skills to do the job,     2) the skills to find the job.  One of those skills in the second set is creating a resume.  Here is a brief list of ideas. 1. Get your resume online. 2. Buy a URL that describes the job you are after. 3. Title Tag and Page Title 4. Make sure that all your Resume Copy can be found by search bots. 5. Use relevant jey words. 6. Job Titles 7. Image optimisation 8. Alt Tags 9. Links 10. Not too wordy 11. Leverage Social rating and bookmarking sites 12. Cross link your personal social sites 13. Get links from industry sites of publications How to search engine optimize (SEO) your resume.  Read more here [ wegerbauer.com ]

Here are a few new job search websites. http://jobangels.org/ http://jobshouts.com/ http://search.twitter.com (search for #jobs #jobsearch) -- Andy  follow me on twitter - http://www.twitter.com/andywergedal  

Here is a list of places to look for jobs. Aside from the usual techy places, Monster.com , Dice.com , Indeed.com ... LinkedIn LinkedIn isn't an old-fashioned job board, even though it provides a way to search job listings posted by members. Instead, LinkedIn's value lies in how easy it is to connect with other people working in your industry as well as professionals in general. Many job openings aren't listed: recruiters would much rather build a network where they can search for the right hire. LinkedIn serves that purpose — but recruiters won't find you if you aren't on the site. USAJobs The entire U.S. federal government directs all of its job postings to USAJobs, many of which never make it to other job listing sites. While some of us may not have thought of working for 'the man' as an option, the U.S. government is usually hiring for tens of thousands of jobs at a time — in just about every career field. Writers, engineers, accountants: if it's a ...

Use linked it for more than just networking.  1. Get the word out 2. Get Linkedin recommendations from your collegues 3. Find where people with your background are working 4. Find where people in your company came from 5. Find out where people from a company go next. 6. Check if company is still hiring. 7. Get to the hiring manager. 8. Get to the right HR person 9. Find the secret job requirements. 10. Find startups to join 11. build your network before you need it. Read more here Follow me on twitter twitter.com/andywergedal

http://tinyurl.com/c4p8nc 1. Add Keywords to your resume. 2. network, network, network,  3. Think outside the box. follow me on twitter twitter.com/andywergedal

Re-Post via [ 10 Personal Branding Predictions For 2010 ] Each year, I give my personal branding predictions in the December time frame, but this year, people are starting to ask me about the future earlier. In 2008 , the focus was on behavior changes and in 2009 , I concentrated on the economy and the struggle to protect your brand at all costs. This year, I’ve been analyzing a lot of trends that will have a major impact on our careers and how companies will manage, retain and recruit employees moving forward. A lot of my predictions involve technology because people have already started changing their behavior, but technology is going to open up even more opportunities. 1) Transparency across the web from social networks to search engines and back. Social search, a term that represents the shift in search capability to include social network participation and engagement, is going to really heat up next year. Google has already announced that they will be partnering with ...

Another place to check for jobs. jobs.alltop.com

Seeking More Feedback Might Help Keep Your Job [Jobs] from  Lifehacker  by  Kevin Purdy If the ax is about to fall at your office, the chief career officer at temp/HR franchise Adecco says now is the time to get all  Ed Koch  and ask everyone how you're doing. Wired's How-To Wiki has a collaborative post up on how to lower the odds of your name being selected in the next round of layoffs. While a little sparse at the moment, the wiki-post does point out the two sides of keeping a high/low profile. You want to be seeking feedback and direction from as many people as you can, and be seen involved in projects, especially new ones, whenever you can. But you don't your theoretically on-the-sly job-hunting to be seen by anybody, anywhere, inside your firm, or your likelihood of being considered for a layoff shoots up exponentially. Other than that, it's the same kind of advice—upgrade your skills, network, look outside your field—that we've previously explored in ti...