Jobs with children

Jobs with children by Amber Rolfe Want to work with children? If you’re passionate about taking care of children, helping them learn, and offering support in times of need, a role in childcare could be for you. But with such a wide range of jobs out there to choose from, how can you ensure you find your perfect fit?To help you get-to-grips with your options, here are five jobs with children and our advice on how to get your career started:Childminder What they do: Take care of babies and children in their own homes, ensuring they feel happy and secure whilst away from their parents. Typical tasks could include anything from providing food and drink and changing nappies, to collecting children from school and organising learning-related play.What you need: You won’t need a degree to become a Childminder, but you will need to be 18 or over, with a DBS check to ensure you’re eligible. A sense of humour, endless patience, and a love of children are also essential requirements.What you can ea rn: Your salary will depend on the rate you set yourself â€" which is usually based on location and experience level. Generally, this will be around £8-10 per hour.Perfect for: People who are never out of ideas (and/or energy).Our advice: Because childminding is a self-employed role, you’ll need to register with OFSTED before you can get started. Registration requires you to gain a qualification (e.g. the CACHE Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home-based Childcare), take a first-aid course, and carry out training in safeguarding children and food hygiene. A medical check, home inspection, and an interview are also prerequisites you should prepare for. Once you’ve covered these legal requirements, you’ll be able to get started as a Childminder.How to become a ChildminderView all Childminder jobs  Social WorkerWhat they do: Work with children and their families, in order to support and protect them through difficult times. This may involve carrying out interviews that help to assess peoples’ situations, as well as writing up reports and suggesting the best course of action for an individual or family.What you need: You’ll need a degree or postgraduate degree in social work to become a Social Worker. Key skills for the profession include patience and resilience, as well as the ability to remain calm in tough (not to mention emotional) situations.What you can earn: Although there are no fixed salary scales,newly qualified Social Workers will usually earn around £22,000 â€" which could rise up to £40,000 with experience.Perfect for: People who thrive under pressure.Our advice: Qualifications are key if you want to stand out to employers, and although you should be able to get started with an undergraduate degree â€" many recruiters will look for candidates with postgraduate degrees. It’s also vital to ensure your degree is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).How to become a Social WorkerView all Social Worker jobs  Teachin g Assistant What they do: Provide support and assistance to a teacher â€" making sure students have everything they need to get the most out of their education. Aside from offering learning support to an individual, class, or group, they’re also responsible for motivating pupils, managing behaviour, and preparing the classroom for lessons.What you need: You won’t necessarily need a degree, but you will need experience of working with children or young people. A positive attitude, patience and a motivational personality are all must-haves for a Teaching Assistant.What you can earn: Around £12,000 as an entry-level salary, rising up to £20,000 with experience.Perfect for: People who aren’t afraid to put their foot down.   Our advice: Aside from finding work experience in related fields (e.g. childcare, education, tutoring etc.), gaining a Teaching Assistant qualification is also great way to stand out to employers. And, with many courses also involving training in a work-based setting, you’ll be able to hit the ground running and have the opportunity to apply your skills to the job.How to become a Teaching AssistantView all Teaching Assistant jobs  Sports Coach   What they do: Work with young people, schools, community groups, and sports organisations to promote, teach, and coach their selected sport. Whether they’re planning fun activities, giving feedback, or designing basic training programmes, it’s a Sports Coach’s job to give children the guidance they need to learn, improve, and engage with the sport.What you need: You’ll need a nationally recognised coaching qualification (for your chosen sport) to become a Coach, with some employers looking for candidates with additional higher education qualifications (e.g. an HND in sports). Excellent motivational skills, determination, fitness and physical stamina are also important.What you can earn: Salary expectations will vary depending on where you work, with Sports Coaches employed by local aut horities able to earn around £20,000. Senior Coaches working for National Governing Bodies could earn anywhere up to £35,000 â€" whilst those that reach the top tier of their profession could stand to earn considerably more.Perfect for: People who have stamina.Our advice: Becoming a Sports Coach is all about combining relevant work experience with the right qualifications. If you’re struggling to break into full-time work straight away, start by volunteering or working part-time. Getting involved with your chosen sport wherever you can is also advisable, whether it’s through networking with local authorities or honing your abilities outside of work.View all Sports Coach jobs  Play Therapist What they do: Use creative play (e.g. drawing, clay, music, and storytelling) to communicate with, understand, and help children who are struggling with a range of emotional issues â€" from abuse, neglect, and bereavement, through to learning difficulties, psychological problems, and dealin g with their parents’ divorce. This type of therapy helps children express themselves in a safe environment, enabling Play Therapists to suggest and implement positive changes.What you need: You’ll need a degree in a relevant subject (e.g. teaching, social services, psychotherapy), as well as a working background in these fields. A DBS check is also essential, and many employers may look for candidates with postgraduate degrees. Empathy, resilience, and an ability to work well with children are also key traits to have.What you can earn: Entry-level Play Therapists earn around £25,000, which could rise up to £42,000 with experience.Perfect for: People who are all work and all play.  Our advice: Start by gaining some practical experience working with children â€" whether it’s paid or voluntary. That way, you’ll be able to develop your skills, prove them to employers, and work your way up to becoming a Play Therapist. If you’re studying for a degree, any work placements yo u take during your course offer a great opportunity to gain the experience you need to start work.View all Play Therapist jobs  Still searching for your perfect position?  View all available jobs nowFind a job What Where Search JobsSign up for more Career AdviceSign up for moreCareer Advice Please enter a valid email addressmessage hereBy clicking Submit you agree to the terms and conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our privacy policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics. What job suits me?

How to Evolve Your Personal Brand When Youre Changing Careers - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

How to Evolve Your Personal Brand When Youre Changing Careers - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career On the Smart Networking Teleseminar series this week, I interviewed career coach Annemarie Segaric on how to launch a new career in this economy. We discussed a number of changes that listeners were going through, among them: moving from the for-profit world to a non-profit, diving into a completely new industry, relaunching a career at age 55, starting up a new business, and even starting up in a whole new country. A far cry from what I was doing Ive been a career changer myself several times over, working in investment banking, management consulting, magazine publishing, and internet advertising. Eight years ago when I left the corporate world to start my own independent consulting business, my niche was helping media companies with pricing and profitability issues. On the surface, that seems like a far cry from what Im doing now as a speaker, trainer, and author on the subject of networking. And that seems even further from what I studied in college, which was engineering. Each time I made a career switch, I had no experience in the new industry. While I never doubted I could make the transition, I had to convince recruiters, hiring managers and clients that taking a leap of faith in me would be worthwhile. So after finishing up my interview with Annemarie, I began to think about what makes it easier for some people to move successfully between seemingly disparate career opportunities? Whenever you face a career transition, you need to define and solidify the core of your personal brand and understand how to make it relevant to the new opportunity. Get started with this four step process: Reinforce your biggest strengths. Marcus Buckingham, co-author of Now, Discover Your Strengths, argues that people will be more successful if they focus on playing up their strengths rather than fixing their weaknesses. Identify the 2 or 3 things you are really known for and make sure that comes through on your resume, online profiles, in other communications and during interviews. Are you a great manager? Dont relegate that to a one-line bullet point that says, Managed staff of 10. Instead come up with examples, stories and accomplishment that illustrate your strengths in action. Reconstitute your hidden talents. Bring back to life the things you love to do, but may not have used much in recent years. Ive always loved to write, but never had a job in corporate America where that was ever a requirement. That skill stayed pretty much dormant until I was out on my own and had to start writing marketing copy and articles to promote my consulting business. With my new found freedom to write anything I wanted to, six years ago, I began to write about a skill I had recently learned and gotten pretty good atâ€"networkingâ€"and that was the catalyst to the career I have today. Reinvigorate your passion. When you first graduate from college, jumping into a new career is thrilling and you cant wait to talk about how youre going to change the world. When making a major career transition later in life, fear and uncertainty of whats ahead can sometimes overwhelm any enthusiasm for the destination itself. Its important to be able to tell a great story about your career journey that ties into the key strengths of your brand. You cant get others excited about your goals unless you are. Reactivate the lines of communication. Your network can play a significant role in connecting you more quickly to your new career. The ones who know you best can even help in the preliminary stages if you get stuck in identifying your strengths and hidden talents. Sometimes it’s easier for someone else to see clearly what were good at. Once youve repositioned your brand for the next stage of your career, make sure your key contacts know about it so they can be on the look out for appropriate opportunities. Very few of us stay in the same career forever, even if we think we want to. While the companies and the people change, what remains constant in our career evolution is the core of our personal brand. If you take the time to identify the primary ingredients of your brand that not only make you unique but also are valued by new audiences, and understand how to play up key elements and connect them to any new requirements, youll more quickly close the gap between what youve done and where you want to go. Author: Liz Lynch is founder of the  Center for Networking Excellence and  author of Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online (McGraw-Hill, 2008).   She writes, speaks and consults to experienced professionals on  how to seamlessly integrate social media and traditional networking to save time and accelerate results.

Learn How to Build Your Brand From Rock B(r)ands - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Learn How to Build Your Brand From Rock B(r)ands - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Today, I spoke with Dayna Steele, who used to be a famous radio show host, and now shes a writer, author and speaker.   Shes learned a lot about building powerful brands through her interactions with some of the loudest and greatest rock bands in the world, such as Van Halen.   In this interview, she reviews some tips for you, as you develop your brand moving forward. Dayna, can you go over some famous rock bands and how theyve successfully branded themselves? The Rolling Stones have the tongue, KISS has the makeup, Van Halen has the logo/guitar sound. Bands have always been smart about branding â€" that’s what the t-shirt booth is for! Why is a great product or service not enough? Why is branding needed? Many products and services are good but not memorable. You want to stand out in a crowd. There are many brands of tissue but don’t we always say Kleenex? There are many soft drinks but don’t we always say I need a coke? Gelatin is a big favorite at cafeterias but we look for Jell-O. Why is it a great strategy to give away promotional products (ones that reflect your brand)? Or to at least have a business card. The more you can do to mark the brand in someone’s mind, the better. We gave away Space Pens (like on Seinfeld) at The Space Store. Expensive but had our logo and summed up what we did â€" we sold space items. In your book, you talk about finding your fans. What methods do you have in finding your audience, both online and offline? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glLN-OqeRs8] Read, ask, research. Read your trade papers, research all you can online. Who’s writing a blog? Who’s commenting? Google your product and other like products or services. What press is writing about your product or service? Introduce yourself, get a quote I the next article â€" then new fans can find you. Free publicity is always good! Ask how people found you. Go to events, trade shows, conventions, performances â€" anything that has something to do with your product or service and ask what people like and how they found out about it. This is not the time to be shy. What are some ways to protect your brand? Google yourself, your product, your name, your company at least once a week. That’s a great, fast way to find out what’s being said, what’s being used. Depending on what you do, file the proper legal papers. A trademark, a copyright, incorporate â€" again, you have to do the leg work. Find a decently priced lawyer and ask for one hour of their time, no more. Tell them what you do and what you need to protect. Or try Legalzoom.com. Great pricing and advice there. Youve been on the radio for much of your career. How does radio help build brands? Repetition that reaches the masses. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I played Stairway to Heaven and Freebird. Dayna Steele is a popular speaker and the author of Rock To The Top: What I Learned about Success from the World’s Greatest Rock Stars. Dayna is best known as Houstons First Lady of Radio ruled the rock airwaves for almost two decades. Honored by Billboard Magazine as Local Radio Personality of the Year in 1996, Steele was also included in Talkers Magazines 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts. Steele spent years traveling the globe and interviewing countless bands and rock stars like Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, Bono and Sammy Hagar.

Personal Branding Interview Jim Kouzes - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Interview Jim Kouzes - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Today, I spoke to Jim Kouzes, who is the one million copy bestselling author of The Leadership Challenge, and author of his latest book The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know. In this interview, Jim talks about the myths of leadership, proven leadership practices, and more. What are some myths about leadership that you hear all the time? As technologically advanced as our world is, there still persists an insidious myth that leadership is reserved for only a lucky few who genetically inherit the trait. We are confronted with it nearly every time we give a speech or conduct a workshop when someone asks, “Are leaders born or made?” Let’s get something straight. Leadership is not preordained. It is not a gene, and it is not a trait. There’s no hard evidence to support the assertion that leadership is imprinted in the DNA of only some individuals and that the rest of us missed out and are doomed to be clueless. Too often images of who’s a leader and who’s not are all mixed up in preconceived notions about what leadership is and is not. Conventional wisdom portrays leadership as something found mostly at the top. Myth and legend treat leadership as if it were the private reserve of a very few charismatic men and women. Nothing is further from the truth. Leadership is much more broadly distributed in the population, and it’s accessible to anyone who has passion and purpose to change the way things are. Over the last couple of years, we analyzed data from over a million people around the globe to assess the practices of leaders. The numbers reveal that the behavior of leaders explains more about why they feel engaged and positive about their workplaces than any particular individual or organizational characteristic. Factors like age, gender, ethnicity, function, position, nationality, organizational size, and the like together account for less than 1 percent of the reason that people feel productive, motivated, energized, and the like in their workplaces. The leaders’ behaviors, on the other hand, explain nearly 25 percent of the reason. Leadership is not about who you are or where you come from. It’s about what you do. What are three real and proven leadership tactics that work in the world today? In our research examining Personal Best Leadership Experiences, we’ve identified Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership that are shared across the vast majority of those cases. When performing at their best leaders: Model the Wayâ€"they clarify values and set an example based on a set of shared values. Inspire a Shared Visionâ€"they envision an uplifting future and they enlist others in a common vision. Challenge the Processâ€"they search for opportunities and experiment and take risks, learning from the accompanying mistakes. Enable Others to Actâ€"they foster collaboration and strengthen others. Encourage the Heartâ€"they recognize contributions and celebrate the values and the victories. For each of these practices there are many specific behaviors and methods that leaders can use to genuinely enact each of them. Here are three that you might try. In our research we find that personal values drive commitment. You just won’t devote the time and energy to giving it your best if it’s inconsistent with your values and beliefs. Therefore, it’s critical that you take time to clarify what you stand for. Try writing you Credo Memoâ€"a short one-page statement that clearly and succinctly communicates the principles that you firmly believe should guide decisions and actions. And, as important as your values are to you, your team members’ values are to them. Equally significant is that shared values also make a difference in team performance. So, ask each of your team members to write their own Credo Memos. Use these statements as the agenda for a team meeting. Have a dialogue, and continually ask, “Why is that important to you?” until everyone has a clear understanding of what is important to each person. Then, look for those common values that people seem to share. I assure you that this kind of dialogue will go a long way to increasing trust among team members and will also give them guidance on the short list of values that should guide everyone’s behavior. Being forward-looking is the quality that differentiates leaders from other credible people. It’s the characteristic that distinguishes leaders from individual contributors. The capacity to imagine and articulate exciting future possibilities is a defining competence of leaders. You have to take the long-term perspective. As a leader, you have to bring this perspective to your team. Once each month, devote a team meeting to a discussion of the future. Ask each person to bring a magazine article, blog, Twitter post, video clip, or notes from a conversation they had about a social, political, economic, or technological development that will have an impact on their part of the business in the future. Just having this conversation will extend people’s time horizon, and it will also produce innovative ideas about new services and products that can be developed to address future needs. The truth is that you can’t do it alone. No leader ever got anything extraordinary done without the talent and support of others. What strengthens and sustains the relationship between leader and constituent is that leaders are obsessed with what is best for others, not what is best for themselves. Your job as a leader is to increase other people’s capacity to perform their jobs and not to diminish their capacity. Your reason for being, as my friend and former president of Levis Strauss Company USA, has said, “Really believe in your heart of hearts that your fundamental purpose, the reason for being, is to enlarge the lives of others. Your life will be enlarged also.” So, here’s a question you should ask yourself prior to every interaction you have with one of your constituents, no matter how brief it might be: “What can I do right now so that by the end of our interaction this person will feel more capable and powerful than he or she did when we started?” Can you name some leadership advice that was given years ago that doesnt work today? Leadership may have once been a right conferred by rank and privilege. It may have once been something that was characterized by a command-and-control, top-down, and do-as-I-say style. But no more. Those days are long gone. Today, leadership is only an aspiration. It is something you have to earn every day, because daily people choose whether or not they’re going to follow you willingly. (Willingly is the key word in this sentence!) Like product and service quality, it’s something you keep striving to achieve and never assume you’ve fully attained it. The old organizational hierarchy is hollow. It just can’t generate the kind of commitment that’s required in our global society. (It can’t generate commitment in any kind of organization, really, but that’s another story.) Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. Any discussion of leadership must attend to the dynamics of this kind of relationship. Strategies, tactics, skills, and practices are empty unless the fundamental human aspirations that connect leaders and their constituents are understood and appreciated. Perhaps the most significant shift in leadership has been away from the notion of leadership as command-and-control to one of serve-and-support. Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group and one of the world’s foremost experts on social media, in referring to the late Robert Greenleaf, a former ATT executive turned management scholar, commented that he “…turned leadership on its head, positioning executives as humble stewards of the corporation, not the almighty heads of them.” Then she offered this: “What’s changed today is that the new technologies allow us to let go of control and still be in commandThe result of these new relationships is open leadership, which I define as: having the confidence and humility to give up the need to be in control while inspiring commitment from people to accomplish goals.” In the last quarter-century the world has seen the creation of tools that make servant leadership more than a theory; they make it a necessity. Only when leaders turn leadership on its head and truly understand that they do not have the same top-down authority that they once didâ€"and that a more open approach to leadership is the new normalâ€"will they fully realize the potential of a more open society and the powerful social media technologies that enable it. People need to feel that they are in control of their own lives. They have a powerful innate need for personal autonomy and self-determination. Everyone wants to believe that they can influence other people and influence lifes events. It gives them a sense of order and stability in their own lives. And even in what might be thought of as traditional command-and-control organizations, such as the military, top-down authority doesn’t work like many think it does. Studies involving soldiers in combat in Iraq found that the more the soldiers trusted their platoon leaders, the more willing they were to accept their leader’s influence concerning their motivation to become better group members, strive for excellence, and improve as a person. Even in a traditionally command-and-control environment, trust comes first, following comes second; not the other way around. Trust motivates people to go beyond mere compliance with authority. It motivates them to reach for the best in themselves, their team, and their organization. There’s a very powerful message here, and all leaders need to pay attention. How did you get into the leadership arena and who inspires you? I grew up in Washington D.C., and I had the good fortune of being exposed to some very influential leaders early in my life. I was also an Eagle Scout, and, as a result, was selected to serve in John Kennedy’s Honor Guard. The words he spoke in his inaugural address â€" “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” â€" have stayed with me throughout my life. His words influenced me to join the Peace Corps after I graduated and later to be part of the war on poverty. The Peace Corps was a major turning point in my life. Not only was I able to serve and to experience another country and culture, I was also introduced to teaching and training as a career option. Through a couple of serendipitous encounters, I ended up at Santa Clara University in 1981 as the director of the Executive Development Center in the business school. There I met Barry Posner. Barry stopped by my office on my first day of work and said, “Jim, if there’s anything I can do to help you, just let me know.” Little did he realize I would take his offer very seriously. We soon discovered that we had a common interest in corporate culture and managerial values. That shared interest led to writing a paper together. A year later, we were writing our first book, The Leadership Challenge. I’m inspired daily by the everyday leaders who step up to the leadership challenge. These aren’t the folks who are well known or who make the headlines or the covers of magazines. They’re the line managers, principals, coaches, community leaders, local officials, youth leaders, and others, who are taking the initiative to turn around a losing operation, or renew a decaying neighborhood, or create a winning team, or start a new business, or organize young people to plant trees. These are the leaders we mostly write about in our books, and they are the ones who give us hope and uplift our spirits. It’s these leaders who will restore our confidence and our economy. Who are some leaders that have used the advice in your book to their advantage? Just the other day I got an email from a woman telling me about her own leadership journey. She wrote â€" and she prefers to be anonymous, so I’ve left out her name â€" that she’s studying for her master’s degree and has been working for many years in government. She said, “I have had a lot of textbooks to read and review. But, I enjoy yours the most. Because, I am no big CEO, never will be, nobody rich or famous….I do have two B.S. degrees, but I do not use large words or try to appear to be anything other than I am: a mother, grandmother and coal miner’s daughter. Your book seems to have been written for people like myself. Not for Donald Trump…. But, your book has opened my eyes that maybe someone like myself does have possibility of being a leader.” Of all the emails I have received, this one has moved me the most. I couldn’t have hoped for more affirming feedback. We hope that our books can move people to believe that they, too, can learn to lead and that they are capable of making a difference. Leadership begins with a belief in yourself, and when you have that belief then you can begin to say yes to lots of opportunities. - Jim Kouzes is the co-author with Barry Posner of the award-winning and best selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over one million copies sold. Hes also the Deans Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. The Leadership Challenge, available in fifteen languages including Chinese, was the winner of the James A. Hamilton Hospital Administrators Book, the Critics Choice Award, and was a BusinessWeek bestseller for three years. Not only is James Kouzes a highly regarded leadership scholar and experienced executive, The Wall Street Journal has cited him as one of the twelve best executive educators in the U.S. In 2006 Jim Kouzes was presented with the Golden Gavel, the highest honor awarded by Toastmasters International. A popular leadership speaker, Jim Kouzes clients include: Accenture, Applied Materials, ATT, Boeing, Charles Schwab, and Cisco Systems. His latest book is called The Truth about Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matt er Facts You Need to Know.

How to Write a Teaching Resume in NSW

How to Write a Teaching Resume in NSWYou might be wondering how to write a teaching resume in NSW, whether you are in Sydney or another area. The best place to start is with the state of education in the particular state that you are applying for. Most of the states have their own curriculum requirements for teachers. This is one of the most important parts of your resume.You must also make sure that your teaching experience is a part of your teaching experience in NSW. If you do not meet their standards, it could jeopardize your chances of being hired. Some states allow teaching in high schools and some allow it only in elementary school, junior high school, or middle school. What will determine your ability to teach will depend on the particular state where you are applying.It is also important to consider what kind of job you would like to have in the teaching profession. You may want to specialize in private instruction, public instruction, specialized programs, or home instructi on. These are the major components of most teaching jobs. For example, if you are looking for a job as a teacher in high school, then you should put your skills as a teacher in private instruction or special education.There are other considerations to keep in mind when writing a teaching resume that involve current education curriculum requirements in each state. The major focus should be on what experience you have in the state, as well as what skills you possess. If you want to be hired for a position where you will teach students in either middle school or high school, you should get your specific experiences in these two stages in your teaching resume.You may also want to include any college courses that you have taken, or a list of credits that you have obtained. The best part about the experience list is that it can easily be edited. Some states allow you to add other qualifications and skills that you have such as leadership, sports or volunteer experience, and other things t hat are closely associated with teaching. Take the time to consider these points to make sure that you do not miss any qualifications or skills that you may have and make sure that you include them when you write your teaching resume.You can find out more about the education requirements in each state by visiting the website of the state's department of education. This will give you an idea about the basic requirements for teaching a class in that state. In addition, it will also give you an idea of what the minimum requirements are for teaching a class in that state.As you continue to write your teaching resume, you will learn which job titles you may be interested in. Some of the job titles that you may be considering are: English Teacher, Language Teacher, Tutor, and Spanish Teacher. If you are interested in teaching kindergarten or primary education, you may want to use the English Teacher title. This title is typically offered to elementary teachers. Once you have decided what position you want to teach, make sure that you also think about the experience and skills that you need to be able to teach this type of course.When you are writing a teaching resume in NSW, there are certain things that you must remember to avoid any mistakes that may hinder your chance of getting hired. First, you should make sure that you have your teaching experience listed. If you do not have any experience, you can purchase a teaching resume template online that will allow you to fill in the necessary information. The education requirements in each state are different, so you need to make sure that you know exactly what information you need to supply for each state and what you are allowed to include.

The Woohoo Partner Program is ALMOST here - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

The Woohoo Partner Program is ALMOST here - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog We are days away from launching our partnership program we call it Woohoo Partners. I need feedback :) Does the idea make sense to you? Is it described fairly clearly? Any thoughts/suggestions/comments? Please write a comment! 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 Maintain Your Cool When Job Seeking - CareerEnlightenment.com

showing yourself to be a disappointing hire as well as someone who stretches the truth.” Honesty is always key. Want to Read More Articles Like This One?Sign up here to receive weekly updates from Career Enlightenment, and never miss another powerful job searching tip! SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed!We hate spam too. Unsubscribe any time. Uphold Your MannersFollowing-up job leads can be an exhausting and sometimes defeating activity. Get into the habit of sending thank you messages straight after an interview â€" in Forbes’ article ‘4 Non-Annoying Ways To Follow Up After An Interview’, they advise that you send out a thank you “with lightning speed” straight after an interview.Not only is it courteous, but it acts as a sure-fire way to reassure the employer about your dedication to the role. It proves that you’re not just hitting any interview you can get your hands on, but shows your commitment to success in their position.Outline a few points to prov e why you would be a great fit for their company â€" and as Forbes says, “make it easy for them to decide on you.”Remember: You Don’t Have to Jump Through Extensive Hoops to Land a JobIf an application is asking too much from you, remember that you can opt-out at any time. For creative roles, this point is especially prevalent. It’s all too easy for an employer to request some mock material to show your ability â€" which is absolutely fine â€" but you need to learn when to draw the line, and suss out when an employer is taking liberties with their requests.Your time is your currency â€" so don’t waste too much of it working for free. Although the employer has what you want, you need to uphold your values and ensure that you are being fair to yourself and that their expectations are equally fair. If someone is asking for too much, it may be time to back down.The key to job seeking success lies in being true to yourself â€" keep your values in the forefront, and ensure that your authenticity shines through any application form you complete.