Social Media Spins Too Fast - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

Social Media Spins Too Fast Last week I attended the first Career Thought Leaders conference in Baltimore, a symposium for those of us in the careers industry  â€" career coaches, resume writers, and other career management and job search professionals. Along with workshops on resume writing and coaching,  topics covered included online identity and reputation management. It seemed that most of my colleagues attending had embraced , but some hesitated diving much deeper into social media and building their own online brands. Some either didnt know about or had been ignoring tools like blogging, Google Profiles, ZoomInfo Profiles, Twitter,

A challenge to all managers Do you know your people - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

A challenge to all managers Do you know your people - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Im going to risk provoking business leaders everywhere and state that any leader worth her salt knows how happy her people are at work. This is a leaders most basic responsibility. You shouldnt need to see a pie chart you should know already. The question of ?How happy are people in our organization??? is typically handed over to HR who can then distribute a job satisfaction survey that results in a lot of statistics which can then be sliced and diced in any number of way to produce any number of results. You know ?lies, damned lies and statistics???. Im not saying these surveys are worthless. Wait a minute: I am saying theyre worthless. Theyre a waste of time and money because they very rarely give a company the information or the drive necessary to make positive changes. As I said, you as a leader/manager shouldnt need a survey to know how your people are doing so I challenge you to a simple exercise. It goes like this: Make a list of all the people who report to you. If you cant remember all their names, thats a great place to start :o) Next to each person, put a number from 0-10, based on that persons happiness at work. 0=desperately unhappy, 10=ecstatic. Next to each number write what made you choose that score. What have you observed that person doing/saying/not saying that led you to that particular score. Heres an example of such a chart: Alice Smith 8 Always sounds positive at meetings, continually praises co-workers, greets everyone with a loud, cheerful good morning every day John Wallace 4 Very quiet in meetings, has looked tired for weeks, has called in sick often last three months Mia Jensen ? Good question. Never complains but never looks particularly happy either. Mike Wagner 9 Always cheerful, arranged that great picnic a month ago. Seems friendly with everyone etc.. Can you do it? Can you do it for all of your people or only for some of them? If youre not reasonably confident of all your scores or if youre unable to rate some of your peoples work-happiness add step 3b: Step 3b: Observe your people for a few days to gather more data. Dont tell them what youre doing, just observe them. Dont be weird about it or anything, but take a closer look at your people to find out how happy each of them is. Once you have more data, update your chart. A while back a survey showed that 60% of all managers felt that dealing with their employees took too much time away from their work. Well guess what: Your employees are your work! Your most important responsibility as a manager is to keep them productive. And that all begins with knowing how theyre doing and how happy they are at work. Once youve observed your people and know how theyre doing, you can go to the last step: Step 4: Verify your scores. Have a fifteen-minute chat with each of your people to find out how happy they are. Ask them to rate themselves from 0-10. Also ask them what makes them happy at work and what could make them happier. And dont forget to ask them what they think of how youre doing your job! Do this exercise now and then repeat it periodically. Every three months is great. As I wrote that last paragraph, I could almost hear the collective cry going up from the leaders reading this: I dont have time for your shenanigans I have too much on my plate already. Lets turn that objection upside down: You dont have time not to do it. This will cost you fifteen minutes per employee every three months but it will save you enormous amounts of time because you install an early warning system that tells you when things are starting to go badly for your people instead of when they finally blow up and/or quit. You make them happier at work and your organization/department will reap the benefits. There are two things you need to be prepared for: You may be told things about your leadership that you didnt know and which may not sit well with you. Be open to whatever criticism and/or praise you recieve. You cant possibly act on all the feedback you get, some of which may even conflict, but you need to receive it openly and constructively. Do not get defensive. When criticized ask follow-up questions to make sure youve understood the criticism fully and then thank the person for their honest feedback. You also need to act on the feedback you get, to show people that youre committed to improving as a leader and that youre actually receiving their feedback. Try it and let me know how it goes. 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

How To Use A Resume Japanese Writing Service

How To Use A Resume Japanese Writing ServiceIf you are still in the learning stage of learning Japanese, consider using a resume Japanese writing service to give you some additional assistance. Resume Japanese writing services are quite common nowadays since it is easy to search for them online and the various websites that offer such service make the job much easier for you.Resume Japanese writing services provide information about how to write your CV in Japanese. It also helps you get through the entire process of preparing your resume without any problems. You can now be able to send your resume in time for the Japanese selection or interview and get the results that you wanted. You do not have to worry about anything because they are fully prepared and equipped with the knowledge and tools that can help you succeed.It does not matter whether you are a college graduate or a person who has little experience of writing resumes. They will work with you regardless of your previous ex perience and as long as you can communicate the right way to write your resume in Japanese. This can only help you do the job faster and you will be able to prepare your CV faster since you do not have to do any editing.Being a foreign exchange student does not necessarily mean that you should make an effort to be able to learn about Japanese language. You may be only just recently arrived in Japan. But if you find out that you are among those who are really good at reading and writing in Japanese, then why do not you try to utilize a resume Japanese writing service for assistance?In order to submit a CV in Japanese, you have to be able to send an English or a Japanese letter. The letter is going to contain your most important information about yourself and your experience in Japan. However, this letter must contain enough information about your resume. If you want to be able to prepare your resume in time, you should be able to write the letter well and ensure that the information contained in the letter is correct.There are many kinds of resume writing services that are available online so you can choose the one that you think is going to be helpful to you the most. Before you decide on the one that you like, make sure that you have read all the requirements and what you are going to pay for it. It is better to know the terms and conditions of the service that you are going to use.Look around and compare the different service providers and the prices that they are offering. There are usually charges that vary depending on the number of pages that you have to send. Make sure that you are going to pay a reasonable amount so that you can afford to send several CV letters.In the end, a resume Japanese writing service is going to help you prepare your CV in Japanese in the fastest possible time. You can avoid any errors in the preparation of your resume by utilizing the services of a professional.