A friend who was Director of Marketing at a small firm once told me that if he won a million dollars, he'd keep coming to work until someone figured out he wasn't working!
Great post, Linsey, as usual, and nice pic. Finding jobs is the biggest dilemma most of us face, and online resources are a huge help. Thanks for the tips.
The reason they are labeled evil is because so many rich in corporations are so greedy and want more and more money that they sacrifice jobs in the name of greed. For instance, they will get rid of hard workers in favor of workers they found overseas that can do the same work at a very very low wage. They will also get up and state that we are in a global market economy and must compete against the counterparts that are in these other low paid counties. The plain and simple truth is that one can't compete against others when it costs more to buy housing, food, etc. then it remotely does in these other countries. These items, all of which have been driven higher in price by the rich as well, make it impossible for us to take lower wages.
Enjoyed your article very much. You pop a few balloons that need popping. There is too much of the Emperor's New Clothes about social media marketing. Well done!
I hadn't thought about "illegal interview" questions before, but this is a great piece and something to keep in mind for future interviews. Even though I haven't been subject to this during an interview, I think that for some position potential candidate can be weeded out based on certain qualities. For example, for an academic position that requires a lot of involvement and time commentment, the university will probably choice to interview younger, unattached individuals without children over older (relatively) ones with a young family, when looking at all qualifications similar and basically equal. I've seen that scenario moreso as a pre-interview selection process.
lol, the nice thing on social marketing blah blah blah is that most anyone can make an impact on their own if they are truly interested. i agree that there are many people selling their services as gurus, ninjas, and other kewl sounding names. but the fact iof the matter is that diff bizzes need diff approaches. dell did an extra one million via twitter in 18 months, that's kewl
zappo's is really good with twitter and even use it for customer service. that's a great example of a home grown approach with the zappo CEO being keen on tweets
a little searching and reading can yield to some easy to implement strategies. i am HUGE on using analytics, like Google analytics as well as those that come with a lot of tools (like flickr has)
and leveraging your efforts is key, like taking a pic with your crackberry and uploading to flickr right away, blogging directly out of flickr to you wordpress which is then updated to your linkedIn and facebook. one pic gets leveraged until the edges are a little raggy
or like blip.tv and automatically pushing to your iTunes store
but it always boils down to providing meaningful or entertaining information to your users. all the cr@p in the world still smells no matter if you utterli it or whatever
doshdosh.com is a great read and Maki puts out great info for social marketing. and it does not have to all be serious, look at dooce.com, she makes like $40K a month on her blog, but she is also VERY entertaining
nice post Torley and thanks for leading by example on this! (you are the big reason i have 2,200 pics on flickr!)
Everyone has thought about this, here is my list:
1. I would pay off all my bills, all my parents bills, all my husbands parents bills.
2. Take my best friend to the best doctors in the world and see if they could help her be in less pain.
3. Find the right specialist and see if my husband could walk again.
4. Buy property so I could set up my own farmers market and garden year round.
5. My frivoulous purchase would be, charter a plane and rent enough housing in Belize for all of my family and friends to spend two weeks without having to pay for a thing.
Of course you actually have to play the lottery to win....
Illegal questions are almost always asked-- especially by smaller employers . . .
If it seems harmless let it go, if it seems abusive-- you probably want to get up and walk out. Think about it, if they are abusive in an interview, imagine working for them . . .
I have started using http://www.binfire.com. This is a free service and still in beta, but they have some great features. It gives unlimited storage for free, plus easy file sharing, group collaboration and more. You can upload files as large as 100MB.
They have a nice java applet (they call it File manager under file tab) which creates a virtual desktop.It let you to see and use (drag & drop) your web folder plus shared web folders from your friends and groups. Try it!
Terrific article on wise credit card use. I have been charging and paying in full every month for many years. My husband and I haven't really paid for airfare for years also. One thing I don't like about the credit score system is that if you charge alot on your cards (and we do - run business expenses through them), the balance can look high on your credit score. There is no provision in the credit score system to note that the balance is paid off every month.
I saw the same doc on lotto winners. Hopefully, I'd remember all that stuff. I'd also:
* pay off student loan (only debt)
* buy a house
* spiff up my husband's field truck (we love that thing)
* get regular facials and massages (very rarely am I the center of the world for an hour)
* put a boatload of cash into the public schools
* travel
* enroll my children in whatever lessons they wanted and they could take them year round
* sponsor my high school reunion so that every person could attend without worrying about the $170 per couple cost
I would quit my job, but I know I'd continue to do similar tasks as what I do at work. It feels like work when you get paid for it.
Loved your beau's tactics for helping you get in the right mindset on money. Poor little kitten. I recently posted about a similar experience as you had when I realized that my high interest savings account wasnt as high interest as i thought it was. Thanks for the post.
I just sat in on a day of interviews for a secretary position in our office. It was a first for me and I was appalled at how many of the applicants subscribed to the TMI school of talk. The last one went on and on about her church. After she left and we compared notes both myself and other staff member were convinced that while she had the creds for the job, her born again attitude scared some of us. We were all very careful about what we asked and you won't believe what the applicants blurted out.
Bamboo in itself is not the green saviour of the wood or textile industries. I personally try to avoid fabrics made from bamboo because the process to turn bamboo into fabric is environmentally hazardous. And when looking for other products made of bamboo, I try to find out: 1. Where the bamboo came from and 2. Whether toxic adhesives were used to put said product together.
Although it is, in many ways, still better than traditional wood products and textiles, it is still up to the consumer to do due diligence to make sure that the product is green from sourcing through manufacturing. That's, of course, not as easy as I make it sound, but it is a lofty goal worth striving toward.
A friend who was Director of Marketing at a small firm once told me that if he won a million dollars, he'd keep coming to work until someone figured out he wasn't working!
LOL! I always liked that line.
@Diasdiem: and a K-Car!
Great post brother, which I've forwarded on to my wife :)
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Great post, Linsey, as usual, and nice pic. Finding jobs is the biggest dilemma most of us face, and online resources are a huge help. Thanks for the tips.
It's very Interesting article. I am always on a look for such a good & useful resource on web.
The reason they are labeled evil is because so many rich in corporations are so greedy and want more and more money that they sacrifice jobs in the name of greed. For instance, they will get rid of hard workers in favor of workers they found overseas that can do the same work at a very very low wage. They will also get up and state that we are in a global market economy and must compete against the counterparts that are in these other low paid counties. The plain and simple truth is that one can't compete against others when it costs more to buy housing, food, etc. then it remotely does in these other countries. These items, all of which have been driven higher in price by the rich as well, make it impossible for us to take lower wages.
Enjoyed your article very much. You pop a few balloons that need popping. There is too much of the Emperor's New Clothes about social media marketing. Well done!
Gonna try the #3 method tomorrow. Hopefully it would work.
I hadn't thought about "illegal interview" questions before, but this is a great piece and something to keep in mind for future interviews. Even though I haven't been subject to this during an interview, I think that for some position potential candidate can be weeded out based on certain qualities. For example, for an academic position that requires a lot of involvement and time commentment, the university will probably choice to interview younger, unattached individuals without children over older (relatively) ones with a young family, when looking at all qualifications similar and basically equal. I've seen that scenario moreso as a pre-interview selection process.
lol, the nice thing on social marketing blah blah blah is that most anyone can make an impact on their own if they are truly interested. i agree that there are many people selling their services as gurus, ninjas, and other kewl sounding names. but the fact iof the matter is that diff bizzes need diff approaches. dell did an extra one million via twitter in 18 months, that's kewl
zappo's is really good with twitter and even use it for customer service. that's a great example of a home grown approach with the zappo CEO being keen on tweets
a little searching and reading can yield to some easy to implement strategies. i am HUGE on using analytics, like Google analytics as well as those that come with a lot of tools (like flickr has)
and leveraging your efforts is key, like taking a pic with your crackberry and uploading to flickr right away, blogging directly out of flickr to you wordpress which is then updated to your linkedIn and facebook. one pic gets leveraged until the edges are a little raggy
or like blip.tv and automatically pushing to your iTunes store
but it always boils down to providing meaningful or entertaining information to your users. all the cr@p in the world still smells no matter if you utterli it or whatever
doshdosh.com is a great read and Maki puts out great info for social marketing. and it does not have to all be serious, look at dooce.com, she makes like $40K a month on her blog, but she is also VERY entertaining
nice post Torley and thanks for leading by example on this! (you are the big reason i have 2,200 pics on flickr!)
namaste
Everyone has thought about this, here is my list:
1. I would pay off all my bills, all my parents bills, all my husbands parents bills.
2. Take my best friend to the best doctors in the world and see if they could help her be in less pain.
3. Find the right specialist and see if my husband could walk again.
4. Buy property so I could set up my own farmers market and garden year round.
5. My frivoulous purchase would be, charter a plane and rent enough housing in Belize for all of my family and friends to spend two weeks without having to pay for a thing.
Of course you actually have to play the lottery to win....
http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds :
I AM jobhunting in this market, and it's horrible. I enjoy this website for advice.
www.linkup.com :
I use THIS website in my job-hunting to look for listings scraped directly from company websites.
These lists are always so great. I've gotten a lot out of the declutter your finances post.
Thanks for picking out the gems for us.
Just goes to show you that nothing is as "green" as we would be lead to believe . . .
Excellent advice!
Many of these tips have additional benefits beyond sleep . . .
Illegal questions are almost always asked-- especially by smaller employers . . .
If it seems harmless let it go, if it seems abusive-- you probably want to get up and walk out. Think about it, if they are abusive in an interview, imagine working for them . . .
Great site recommendations-- I wouldn't want to be searching for a job right now!
I put this post up on twitter (ctreit). Good list.
I have started using http://www.binfire.com. This is a free service and still in beta, but they have some great features. It gives unlimited storage for free, plus easy file sharing, group collaboration and more. You can upload files as large as 100MB.
They have a nice java applet (they call it File manager under file tab) which creates a virtual desktop.It let you to see and use (drag & drop) your web folder plus shared web folders from your friends and groups. Try it!
Terrific article on wise credit card use. I have been charging and paying in full every month for many years. My husband and I haven't really paid for airfare for years also. One thing I don't like about the credit score system is that if you charge alot on your cards (and we do - run business expenses through them), the balance can look high on your credit score. There is no provision in the credit score system to note that the balance is paid off every month.
I saw the same doc on lotto winners. Hopefully, I'd remember all that stuff. I'd also:
* pay off student loan (only debt)
* buy a house
* spiff up my husband's field truck (we love that thing)
* get regular facials and massages (very rarely am I the center of the world for an hour)
* put a boatload of cash into the public schools
* travel
* enroll my children in whatever lessons they wanted and they could take them year round
* sponsor my high school reunion so that every person could attend without worrying about the $170 per couple cost
I would quit my job, but I know I'd continue to do similar tasks as what I do at work. It feels like work when you get paid for it.
Loved your beau's tactics for helping you get in the right mindset on money. Poor little kitten. I recently posted about a similar experience as you had when I realized that my high interest savings account wasnt as high interest as i thought it was. Thanks for the post.
http://www.mccollam.com/jakeblog/2009/04/shop-your-high-interest-savings...
Statistics prove card users spend more when paying with plastic over cash.
I just sat in on a day of interviews for a secretary position in our office. It was a first for me and I was appalled at how many of the applicants subscribed to the TMI school of talk. The last one went on and on about her church. After she left and we compared notes both myself and other staff member were convinced that while she had the creds for the job, her born again attitude scared some of us. We were all very careful about what we asked and you won't believe what the applicants blurted out.
Bamboo in itself is not the green saviour of the wood or textile industries. I personally try to avoid fabrics made from bamboo because the process to turn bamboo into fabric is environmentally hazardous. And when looking for other products made of bamboo, I try to find out: 1. Where the bamboo came from and 2. Whether toxic adhesives were used to put said product together.
Although it is, in many ways, still better than traditional wood products and textiles, it is still up to the consumer to do due diligence to make sure that the product is green from sourcing through manufacturing. That's, of course, not as easy as I make it sound, but it is a lofty goal worth striving toward.
Thanks for the great article Linsey!