What students and new grads can do to get a head start

What students and new grads can do to get a head abflug What students and new grads can do to get a head startPosted March 20, 2012, by Josie Chun Uni students and new grads all face the same dilemma youve got the education, but without significant work experience under your belt, how do you distinguish yourself from the rest of the mob and convince employers that youre the one they should hire for their next entry-level opening? Weve written before about the value of work placements and internships, as well as volunteer work and extracurricular activities, to demonstrate your practical skills and add some heft to your resume. But what else can you do to get a jump on your career? If youre like most students, you probably spend a lot of time chatting to your friends on facebook inc or reading your favourite blogs. But have you thought about how you can leverage your erreichbar activity into a career-boosting advantage? Network As a student, you should start developing your professio nal networks now. Because you never know when one of your fellow classmates could become a valuable professional contact down the track. That means that after youve all graduated and gone your separate ways, you should keep in touch with your fellow grads, attend alumni events and subscribe to your alumni magazine or email network, as well as add your uni friends to your LinkedIn network. Social networking is becoming increasingly recognised and encouraged by schools, and is even incorporated into certain courses. Students are encouraged to build professional profiles and connect with key industry players both in person and through networking sites so they can get professional advice, arrange internships and apply for entry-level positions. But while online networking has blossomed into a powerful professional tool, theres still no replacement for face-to-face contact so you still need to brush up on your verbal communication skills, make appointments to meet with people in y our industry, and attend professional events and workshops to make direct contact. Jeff Laurie, head of APM College of Business and Communications, says, Networking is a vital skill for any professional. At APM networking face-to-face and online is an integral part of each course offered by the college. The networking component of every degree at APM is just like a referral process where students are given the opportunity to establish a rapport with industry professionals. It is important to immerse students in the professional sphere to support their career prospects. Brittany Thomson is a student success story who used both online and face-to-face networking to land a job while she completes her Bachelor of Business and Communication at APM. Having impressed during her industry placement with the Barrington Group, and backed up by a comprehensive online profile, Brittany was offered an assistant marketing role while she continues to study. Brittany says her online networking s kills, combined with traditional networking, helped her get the gig. Build an online presence These days, everyone has an online presence, which can be anything from your Facebook or LinkedIn profile to Twitter tweets, comments youve made on blogs, articles youve posted online or photos in which youve been tagged so make sure you make the most of your online profile, and keep it professional. That means using LinkedIn to display your professional profile and network with others in your field using Twitter to follow and interact with industry professionals and leaders leveraging your Facebook contacts, keeping posts professional and tightening your Facebook privacy settings to ensure that your profile displays only what you want it to display to the world joining and contributing to professional online forums submitting your work to be published on relevant websites and Googling yourself to see what results you get when you search your name. If theres some dubious content out ther e that you can remove (like tweets or Facebook posts you probably shouldnt have written), delete them Optimising your online presence is definitely worth your while. By creating my own profile I have been able to approach and be seen by professionals in my industry, says Brittany Thomson. APM encouraged us to create our own online profiles with relevant groups. It has been a great way to establish a professional profile and is a simple and easy way to stay in touch with industry, says Brittany. Start a blog or build your own website In this digital age, having digital and social media savvy is hugely attractive to potential employers. Imagine how impressed they would be if youve had the initiative and technical skill to build your own website or start your own blog? You can create your own website to present yourself to the world, showcase your design and writing talents, and develop your brand in the process. Be sure to include an about me section where people will be able to r ead about your hintergrund and experience. You could also create a gallery featuring your portfolio of visual or written works. You could also start writing a blog about something youre passionate about, be it food, fashion, travel or IT theres an audience for every topic If you choose something you love and you can write about it in an interesting and informative way, its sure to attract an audience and youll soon be seen as an expert in that field. A blog is also a great way of opening you up to a whole new community of like-minded people, as it is by its nature highly interactive. For the most successful, blogging itself can become a career. Just take a look at Mashable (social media) or The Sartorialist (fashion) for two of the worlds most successful and influential blogs. If you start building your professional network in these ways while youre a student, youll be one step ahead when its time to go looking for a job. 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Google employees exposed to pornography sue the company

Google employees exposed to pornography sue the companyGoogle employees exposed to pornography sue the companyUpdate On March 21, only a few days after the waivers existence came to light, Google has now decided to drop the requirement for employees to sign it, according to The Information.A Google manager quietly filed a lawsuit against the company in December, complaining about two major things the companys internal spying program on employees as well as formal agreements that prohibit employees from suing for sexual harassment if they see porn at work.According to a lawsuit, Google employees must waive their right to sue for sexual harassment at work,according to The Information.It all comes down to pornography.Years of case law that supports the rights of workers to sue companies if they are exposed to pornography, under sexual harassment laws. Many Google employees are exposed to porn, as a fact of life at a search engine company.Googles solution to force all employeesto sign a waiver forgoingtheir right to sue the company for sexual harassment - despite the fact that the vast majority of those 72,000 employees may have no reason to look at pornography at work.As a result, three current and former employees are suing the company in California state court because they believe several of Googles rules have infringed upon labor law,according to The Information.The waiver reportedlycovers all workers who workfor Google, its parent company, Alphabet, and its other subsidiaries.The waiver came to light because of the lawsuit filed by an anonymous Google manager, who was later joined by two other workers.This weeks court filing in the lawsuit says that the company requires new workers to sign an Adult Content Liability Release, according to The Information. The employeesreportedlysay that the adult images waiver is illegal because companies cannot make employees give up their rights as a condition of employment.Google gaveLadders a statement.We have employees who may be exposed to offensive material as part of their jobs, such as those who protect our users by fighting web spam or reviewing flagged videos. Like other companies, we have policies and practices - updated regularly - surrounding such roles. Of course, these policies have never had anything to do with inappropriate content that employees may be exposed to outside their job responsibilities, and have never altered or detracted in any way from Googles policies prohibiting harassment. We believe any claim challenging Googles policies on this point will fail, the statement said.Ive never heard of this before in my lifeIts overly broad, its overly controlling, its interfering with peoples constitutional rights, attorney KellyArmstrong told The Information.Exposure to porn and violent images has been a controversial employment issue among big Silicon Valley companies.In January, Microsoft also came under fire when two former employees and their families sued because they said theywe re suffering post-traumatic stress disorder afterbeing exposed to and reporting things like child pornography and abuse, bestiality and murder while at work. Thetwo employees said they didnt know they would be exposed to that content and that Microsoft failed to provide psychological support.This work is difficult, but critically important to a safer and more trusted internet, GeekWire said Microsoft responded in a statement.In another instance, a Google contractor told BuzzFeed news in 2012 that he spent nine months scanning the web for sensitive content, including looking at 15,000 images of child porn a day.Content moderation at Facebook, Twitter, Google and other major websites could employ a shadow workforce of as many as 100,000 people whose job is purely to scan the internet for inappropriate content, according to Wired.

Harnessing the Vortex

Harnessing the Vortex Harnessing the Vortex Harnessing the VortexBird killer. Eye sore. Noisy. Uneconomical. These are the big objections leveled at wind turbines and what keep the technology from peppering the countryside with greater density. But if each of these problems could be sufficiently defanged, wind would likely blossom into the cheap, sustainable, plentiful source of power it has often been touted to be.The trick may be as simple as removing the blades.Thats what the brains behind the Vortex Bladeless wind generator are banking on. Their single stalk turbine looks like a giant baseball bat balanced on a tee. Where the horizontal movement wind across the earth is what powers a conventional wind turbine, the Vortex Bladeless pulls its energy from vortices in that wind.The idea first came to David J. Yez Villarreal, the inventor, and the founder and co-CEO of the company, while watching a video of the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge. While some might see in the clip di saster and destruction, Yez saw something else. The bridge was able to harvest the energy, he says. Why bedrngnis try to develop a new tool to harvest energy based on this?Installing a prototype of the turbine. Image Vortex BladelessThats just what he did. After officially starting the company in 2010, they now have a product ready to exploit the breeze. The simplicity of the technology is what makes it effective and affordable. The bat-like part of the turbinewhat they call the mastis light, hollow, rigid, and made of the same materials as a conventional turbine carbon fiber and glass fiber. When eddies hit it, the mast rocks back and forth, perpendicular to the direction of the wind, whatever that direction might be.Changing wind directions, though, was a tiny problem compared to changing wind speeds. This was probably the most difficult technical endeavor, says Yez. Part of the solution comes from two concentric magnetic rings at the base of the turbine. We are able to harvest en ergy at different velocities, but we have to transfer it efficiently. This is a technical point we are working on today, he says.They also operate as a frictionless bearing, requiring no oil and no maintenance. Obviating the need for BASE-jumper repairmen helps to keep costs low even after the initial outlay.The systems efficiency also depends on the shape of the mast. Yez and his gruppe tried dozens of models both real and virtual. They have a wind tunnel in their lab made of 80 fans blowing in the same direction. If wind in the real world were similarly unidirectional, the mast would have been more cylindrical at the top, that, is, more like a baseball bat. But with the potential for a change in direction thrown into the mix, a more conical top proved most efficient. As it stands, the Vortex Bladeless can harvest some 30 percent of the energy available in any gust, and Yez hopes to bump that number up by five points or so soon.The company hasnt been around long enough to put a rea l number on the lifespan of their turbine. But after some formulations, computations, and simulations, they estimate that a Bladeless will oscillate effectively for 19 to 35 years. That puts it in the general ballpark of conventional wind turbines.But even if the new turbine proves a little less efficient and a little less durable than its pinwheeled counterparts, it certainly wins when it comes to the main complaints. It operates in near silence, mars a smaller portion of any pastoral vista, and its pretty hard to imagine how it could take out a bird. And, most important, it will cost about half as much as todays wind turbines.Thanks to a successful crowd-funding campaign, Yez and his crew will erect a 10-foot high pilot study in India. It will produce 100 watts and cost a mere $250. Whats likely to be the standard generator modelavailable in a year or sowill stand 41 feet high and produce four kilowatts. Two of them could power a home. Should Bladeless research continue apace, the team hopes to produce a 490-foot, megawatt version in 2018.Everything is going very well, says Yez, but we have a lot of work to do.Michael Abrams is an independent writer.Learn more about the latest energy technologies at ASMEs Power and Energy Conference. For Further DiscussionWe are able to harvest energy at different velocities, but we have to transfer it efficiently- this is a technical point we are working on today.David J. Yez Villarreal, founder and co-CEO, Vortex Bladeless

Dogs developed puppy dog eyes through evolution

Dogs developed puppy dog eyes through evolutionDogs developed puppy dog eyes through evolutionMost dog owners fall for it every time. When their dog seemingly wants something, the furry canine will give puppy dog eyes in order to get attention.How dogs developed puppy dog eyes can be linked to evolution, according to research.A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America journal examined the evolution of facial expressions expressed by canines. Researchers compared the furry pets to wolves and ran an analysis comparing both species facial expressions. Compared with wolves, dogs faces have changed which enable dogs to be better communicators with humans.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe researchers found that dogs have a small muscle above the eye, which allows them to raise their inner eye-brow, and in essence, cre ate the beloved look puppy dog eyes. The look enables the dogs eyes to look larger similar to how humans eyes react when they are sad, the study says.The findings suggest that expressive eyebrows in dogs may be a result of humans unconscious preferences that influenced selection during domestication, Dr. Juliane Kaminski said in a statement. When dogs make the movement, it seems to elicit a strong desire in humans to look after them. This would give dogs, that move their eyebrows more, a selection advantage over others and reinforce the puppy dog eyes trait for future generations.How facial adaptation started can likely be pegged to dogs interactions with humans. Canines have been domesticated for 33,000 years and researchers said that while the facial muscular changes evolved rapidly, its directly linked with their social interactions with humans.Hopefully, your dog doesnt have to give you puppy dog eyes in order for you to participate in National Take Your Dog to Work Day, which i s Friday, June 21.

E-Learning Evolves to the Next Level (Part 2)

E-Learning Evolves to the Next Level (Part 2)E-Learning Evolves to the Next Level (Part 2)E-Learning Evolves to the Next Level (Part 2) Training CornerIn Part 1 of our serieson e-learning tools, we explored the myth that new technologies and strategies in the e-learning space are too costly to integrate in ansicht difficult economic times.In fact, new e-learning tools are much easier to implement than in the past and can be equally successful if executed properly.In this article we will shed light on both the emergence of online authoring tools, as well as the move towards We-learning.Emergence of Online Authoring ToolsWeb authoring tools have experienced an explosion in the last few years. Many organizations are looking for cost-effective and efficient tools to educate their employees.Are there systems out there that can be accessed via the Web that allow you to develop robust learning solutions, deliver them, and in some instances, even track progress? The answer is yes.More and mo re vendors have made the move to online authoring tools due to the demand for flexibility and simplicity in their systems.The fact is that leid every organization has a full-fledged training department with unlimited resources.Online authoring tools can facilitate the development and time required to launch online learning modules, allowing you to do more with less.They require no software installation while multiple people within the organization can access them by logging in through the Web.SaaS SolutionsThe cloud has opened up a whole new world for this type of e-learning development.Also referred to as SaaS (Software as a service), this type of solution allows an organization to be free of the usual constraints of hosting and application maintenance.There is usually an on demand component to these models, which allows organizations to purchase only what they need, as opposed to all of the bells and whistles available to them.Many of these vendors are also offering boxed courses , which can be extremely useful if instructional designers or content developers are scarce within an organization.Depending on the vendors capabilities, these courses may be offered in various languages, an increasingly important factor as many companies now have offices all over the world.Online authoring tools can also include limited evaluation functionality, collaboration features in real-time, administrative functions and a content review process.Some of the more popular vendors in this space include dominKnow, which has a product named Claro, Rapid Intakes eLearning Studio and Articulate.Moving Towards We-learningWe-learning, also known as social learning, informal learning and even collaborative learning, is moving from an intangible concept to something that organizations are actively trying to implement.In theory, We-learning is simple. Its based on the idea that every organization possesses a collective pool of knowledge and experiences that can be collectively harnessed if captured and disseminated in an everyday solution.This trend has been fueled by budget constraints, the increasing ability for all employees to be connected in some form or another and the many tools emerging in this space.Because We-learning relies on knowledge sharing, it removes the need for instructional designers and curriculum developers, thus making the content creation component much more cost-effective.Translating this concept into a meaningful experience for employees is easier said than done.One of the first tasks before undertaking We-learning is to truly understand the audience. Where do they work? How savvy and wiling are they to interact with social platforms? How would they prefer to access and use the information they will gain?In essence, the system(s) you decide to implement must flow organically through your employees everyday routine. This process should never take them away from their everyday tasks. Instead, it should support and enhance the work they are p erforming on a regular basis.Many organizations are skittish when it comes to allowing employees to publish their own content. The fear is that they will post inaccurate and/or inappropriate material.But the fact is that very few employees would risk doing so, damaging their reputation. The vast majority will make a concerted effort to add meaningful content to the threads and topics.We-learning ToolsThe integration of We-learning taps tools that are familiar to most people. In fact, with this type of learning, its less about the sophistication and complexity of the tools and more about their innovative application.Formatssuch as Twitter, Facebook, blogs, videos, articles, training materials such as manuals or task aids, etc. are all valid platforms to drive employee engagementand learning.The key is to encourage the use of these tools, while outlining clear expectations in how they are to be used and what the end goal is as an organization.While integrating these types of e-learnin g solutions might at first seem daunting, it is a valid and economical means to advance employee development.To wait for the economy to turn before engaging employeesin learning is a dangerous strategy to follow.Instead, a little ingenuity will go a long way towards providing employees with fresh opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge, which can only help your organization in the long run.

How Recruiters Are Leveraging Facebook And How You Can, Too

How Recruiters Are Leveraging facebook inc And How You Can, TooHow Recruiters Are Leveraging Facebook - And How You Can, Too Many people think of Facebook as a purely social network where people go to post pictures of their cat, share recipes or vent about their political frustrations. However, many recruiters, hiring decision makers and influencers actively use Facebook elend only to keep in touch with their friends, but also to enhance their recruiting productivity and performance. Put another way, they use Facebook to recruit people for jobs.And job seekers should take heed. Not only might you present yourself as a kompetenzprofil candidate to recruiters , but you also can add value to your network by referring qualified friends to fulfill recruiter needs.Shelly Goldman , National Sales & IT Executive Recruiter, Goldman Group Advantage, uses Facebook as a companion tool to Linkedin. She explains that recruiters post information in our Timeline and evangelize o ur positions on Facebook. This can be very helpful, not just when the candidate who matches the talent we seek sees the post, but also when others see our posting, and then refer potential candidates. Facebook also helps a recruiter project their brand and the types of people we recruit for.Rob Dromgoole , Senior Technical Recruiter at T-Mobile, says he would like to use Facebook for recruiting field techs and switch techs (and other blue-collar roles), because they are active on Facebook, more so than other social networks.Facebook networks multifaceted layers include both public and private groups that recruiters leverage to their advantage. Both active and passive job seekers can position themselves strategically through these groups.Explains Goldman, Specific Facebook communities can be a useful place to find specific types of candidates who are experienced in the type of position I recruit for. They also can be useful to locate people who may be willing to act as a referral sou rce to other candidates, who may be the right fit for specific types of search engagements.To find particular groups to join, Miriam Salpeter , Social Media Strategist & Owner, Keppie Consulting / Keppie Careers, offers the following guidance, Use the search tool bar and type in group, your industry or field and your location if you wish. In addition to being available to recruiter searches through these venues, job seekers can use groups to share and get information about jobs and details related to your field, adds Salpeter.Facebook also is a venue through which active and passive job seekers can become a magnet for opportunity by continuously marketing your own value.Dont underestimate the potential to connect with a job opportunity via Facebook, encourages Salpeter. Since most people are closely connected with their Facebook network, its a great place to share information and updates demonstrating expertise. These updates can subtly convince members of your network that youre a n industry expert.In addition to professional expertise, the personal information you post, if high quality, can encourage a positive feeling about your candidacy.Goldman echoes this advice, while also providing a cautionary tip, Its important to project a positive professional and personal overall brand and image. We all need to remember, once something (photo, video, article or comment, etc.) is posted online, even when taken down/deleted, nothing ever completely goes away. Everything is somewhere online in perpetuity.To help see what recruiters outside your network are seeing, Salpeter suggests clicking on the three dots on the far right side of your profile and select View As to see what your profile looks like to the public.Keep in mind, recruiters have access to your Facebook activities. Goldman shared the following example, Based on the type and level of Applicant Tracking System (ATS) a recruiter is using, we can see a level of candidate activity on various digital/social pl atforms. Facebook is one of the places we can find potential candidates and get a greater sense of the candidate.Moreover, to increase your chances of being found by recruiters on Facebook, especially for passive job seekers, Salpeter offers the following tipsFinally, bear in mind that job seekers also have an advantage in being able to draw toward or winnow out recruiters based on what a recruiters Facebook page looks like.Active and passive job seekers can get a sense if a recruiter may be the type of recruiter or person they can envision making contact and working with, says Goldman.

If You Read Nothing Else Today, Read This Report on Walmart Resume Paper

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