Planning Software any suggestions

Planning Software â€" any suggestions I got an email from one of my users recently. while JibberJobber will help with some of this (hes a Premium user on JibberJobber), hes looking for something that is more intense, specifically for planning.   Heres his question: Can you recommend the best PLANNING resources you’ve come across? I’m finding I’m a little scatter brained at the moment in planning what I need to do and could use the help. I use Todo on my iPhone, which is a great app, and it syncs flawlessly with Toodledo, so some way to take JibberJobber with me would be great. I dont really have a planning system that I use, outside of my Outlook Calendar (soon to be integrated with JibberJobber oh and Im not even going to preannounce JibberJobber on the iPhone or Blackberry (oops, did I just preannounce that??). Do you have any suggestions? Planning Software â€" any suggestions I got an email from one of my users recently. while JibberJobber will help with some of this (hes a Premium user on JibberJobber), hes looking for something that is more intense, specifically for planning.   Heres his question: Can you recommend the best PLANNING resources you’ve come across? I’m finding I’m a little scatter brained at the moment in planning what I need to do and could use the help. I use Todo on my iPhone, which is a great app, and it syncs flawlessly with Toodledo, so some way to take JibberJobber with me would be great. I dont really have a planning system that I use, outside of my Outlook Calendar (soon to be integrated with JibberJobber oh and Im not even going to preannounce JibberJobber on the iPhone or Blackberry (oops, did I just preannounce that??). Do you have any suggestions?

Writing a Retail Manager Resume

Writing a Retail Manager ResumeWriting a retail manager resume is important for getting the job. It has to make sure that the applicant gets the right job. Writing a retail manager resume does not mean that one can be lazy and just focus on his or her job. It needs more than that.The resume should be personalized to make the potential employer know who you are and what you can do. A successful candidate should be able to highlight the most important things in his or her experience. At the same time, he or she should be capable of showing all of the good qualities that the employer may like.Writing a retail manager resume requires a lot of hard work and determination. One has to write about things that he or she has done. Instead of just focusing on the things that he or she has done, the person should also be able to mention those that he or she is not good at. Then, he or she should be able to highlight all of the things that he or she can do. In order to make the retail manager res ume look good, it should be done by a professional.In writing a retail manager resume, it is important to know the difference between the different types of resumes. A lot of people think that a writing a retail manager resume is just writing a cover letter. They are not the same. The cover letter is something that needs to get the attention of the employer. It can be used to show how you can handle the tasks involved in the job.On the other hand, a writing a retail manager resume should not be based on a cover letter. It should have something that will be highlighted in a very short time. Some are actually confused about the difference between these two things. Most of the time, the applicants are writing a cover letter because they do not know that writing a retail manager resume is really a different thing. They just think that the resume should be based on a cover letter.There are several advantages in writing a retail manager resume. First, it can help you get hired even withou t a previous job. It can also help you to get another job after your first one.While writing a retail manager resume, it is important to be unique. Unlike the other resumes, it cannot be copied easily. It has to be written with the proper skill and knowledge so that it can stand out.If you want to make sure that your retail manager resume will get you hired, you have to make sure that you know the job requirements. It must be specifically tailored to meet the needs of the company. This will make sure that you will get the right position in the company.

8 Tips to Giving an Interview Presentation

8 Tips to Giving an Interview Presentation In my time as a senior recruiter I have sat through no small number of presentations. Many of them left me cold. I wondered if the people giving them really understood the purpose of the exercise i.e. to test in this way is the candidate’s ability to represent and sell an organisation, (and in the process themselves). To test their ability to inspire an audience with confidence. To test an ability to persuade and to demonstrate the ability to marshal thoughts and structure something that sounds really impressive. Showcasing. Convincing. Persuading. Getting the message across. So sitting, as some candidates I have listened to do, in front of a flip chart with some very small handwriting, wiggling across a single piece paper does not really do a deal to impress. Mumbling in a down beat fashion or shuffling pages of A4 on the desk really does not cut it. I also wonder if few people attend any training on presentations or public speaking. Speaking to an audience is one of the most common phobias there is. Why would you volunteer to go on a course to do something that literally frightens you? Suffers feel that all eyes are upon them the spotlight effect their acute self-awareness makes it very difficult for them to focus on what is going on around them, to remember their speech, or to read from notes. Their mind goes blank or foggy. Their distress is further fuelled by their efforts to hide or mask their discomfort which may become apparent through blushing, facial immobility, sweating, shaking, twitching, or an inability to speak normally or coherently. And in an interview situation where getting the job depends on success it is all much worse. So what should the candidates have do when faced with the task…. ‘you have ten minutes to give us a presentation on…’? An understanding of the audience, what they already know, what language they speak and what they want to hear about. I guess the man from the World Bank had never met a social housing tenant, I think he was an academic. His presentation, although very important, did not set the room alight. Effective presenters know who their audience are and how the message needs to be delivered. Effective presenters stand and command the room. Presenting is a display activity. Standing indicates confidence and control. It enables a small amount of movement, a little pacing, wider hand gestures; a greater ability to get up close to the audience. Standing enables you to inject more energy into your presentation. If you think of some of the great orators that you have heard, they did not sit behind a desk and mutter. Clear diction and adequate volume. One of the great bonuses of standing is the way that it will enable you to breath deeply and speak on the  out-breath. This will give your voice depth and volume. (But if you have a microphone you need to be careful not to over project.) Measured delivery, presenters need to relax, speak slowly and use all the techniques of pace and rhythm to ensure that there is clarity and emphasis. Presenters need to recognise the ability of the audience to absorb and give them appropriate time to do so. Good visual aids, if you have to make your presentation ‘on the day’, and are given flip chart, tuck a ruler and pencil in your pocket. Make your visual aids, helpful, clean and neat. Use them for the emphasis, they should give not for the narrative. If you are given a topic in advance and are using powerpoint, use it sensibly, again it is not the narrative it is the emphasis. Structure, a presentation needs a clear beginning, middle and end. It needs an overview and a conclusion. And keep to time, nothing annoys a panel more and tells them that you have not planned and rehearsed. Message, if a presentation is testing oral persuasiveness then there needs to be a very clear message or argument with facts and evidence to support it. Ask yourself, what is the the thing that I want my audience to walk away remembering? you also need great content. You need content tailored to the audience and answering the questions they want answering. Speak with conviction, if you don’t believe your message who else will? A smile, a sign that you are pleased to be there. Sometimes a touch of humour can help you build rapport with the audience, but how much you can use this will depend on the situation. But your smile needs to be on the mouth and in your eyes and your eyes need to meet theirs. Yes, I have sat through many hours of very poor presentations and many other hours of very good ones. To be memorable you need, great, relevant content delivered with conviction and style. Related: 8 Essential Interview Tips by a Recruiter. Image: Shutterstock

Social Notworking

Social Notworking I can do this. I can approach a group of complete strangers and talk my CV at them. How hard can it be? It’s procedural. It’s mundane. Editors Note: So excited  about this post! Ms Career Girl debuts its first fiction post from our new columnist, Roseanna Robson. Enjoy!   I can do this. I can approach a group of complete strangers and talk my CV at them. How hard can it be? It’s procedural. It’s mundane. I was now a few steps from the ring of intimately conferring women whose relative seniority was perfectly represented by the varying expense of their haircuts. They seemed like a good crowd to start with but I was planning to work my way through everyone in the room by the end of the evening. ‘We still need to get talent attached. We’ve heard a few exciting rumours but nothing has been confirmed yet,’ Short and Sharp was explaining to Basic Ponytail. ‘It’s hugely important to get the talent right,’ Salon Blowdry observed. ‘Absolutely. A social media campaign can depend upon it.’ ‘And sometimes, no matter how much you plan, you can always end up signing the celebrity who goes and says something racist, or has a punchup, or dies that week,’ Basic Ponytail chipped in. The women tutted in unison as though this were a problem they were only too accustomed to. They must have noticed me by now. Their backs were still knitted together. I cleared my throat. No response. I craned my neck to try to  break through their wall, but no. They were now occupied on their phones undoubtedly checking the latest updates of their social media campaigns. ‘Double Double, Toil and Trouble’ What am I doing? ‘Fire Burn and Caldron Bubble.’ At least theyre looking at me now. ‘Fillet of a fenny snake’  Fewer hand movements. ‘Dah-da-dah-da boil and bake!’ Ok, good. End. ‘Macbeth,’ Salon Style diagnosed. ‘That’s right. Well, you remind me of the three witches.’ ‘How flattering. What does that make you?’ ‘A traitorous King, I suppose.’ ‘I see. Penny Foil, pleased to meet you.’ ‘Florence Forge.’ I stuck out my hand, but no, that didn’t seem right. Penny hadn’t tried to shake my hand.  Are handshakes suddenly gauche? Are we supposed to kiss? Yes, that’s sophisticated and adult. God, I’m really doing this. Both cheeks! Penny pulled away from my far too close face and shook her hair, disgruntled that I may have unsettled it. It dawned on me that I would now have to undergo a similar exchange with the other two ladies present. ‘Florence Forge, nice to meet you’ Kiss kiss. ‘Alice’ ‘Florence Forge, nice to meet you.’ Kiss kiss. ‘Sandra, you too.’ ‘And what do you do, Florence?’ Penny enquired as she took a sip of Sham-pagne. ‘I’m actually a freelance community manager. I launch social campaigns for various brands  and certain high-flying individuals.’ ‘Like what?’ ‘I’ve just done a twitter campaign on the nation’s favourite paint stripper which is a product, not a person.’ ‘Right.’ Don’t look at me like that. It was an incredible campaign. ‘What about you, Penny?’ ‘I work for a company called WonLine.’ ‘Oh, cool.’ ‘Have you heard of us?’ ‘Yeah, I think so. It rings a bell. A really loud bell.’ ‘Well that’s surprising because we’re very small indeed.’ ‘Oh, really?’ ‘Very small. You’re within the inner circle, in fact.’  Alice  smiled smugly at me and Sandra shrugged her shoulders like some sort of admission of guilt. They  were Penny Foil’s dedicated employees. ‘We’re a startup,’ Alice elucidated. ‘And getting more and more well-known every day.’ ‘Fantastic.’ ‘2000 hits on the website a week, five potential investors and a three percent increase in market spending.’ ‘Impressive.’ How else to respond? ‘Excuse me, girls, I’ve just seen a very important man who needs to buy me lunch,’ Penny announced and skipped off. Sandra smiled apologetically at me and handed over a card. ‘She likes you.’ ‘She does? She wouldn’t have introduced herself otherwise. That’s her signal,’ Sandra winked. ‘Sandra, Alice barked,  we have to attend to Penny at all times.’ ‘Give us a call, Florence. This could be the start of something,’ Sandra encouraged before being whisked away by the militant Alice. She had liked me. She had liked me? The three witches remained on my periphery for the rest of the event. They mainly kept to themselves, leaping on people every now and then who they tried to squeeze money out of. Penny may have liked me but I wasnt sure I liked her. I ended up tossing the card in the bin with my name tag. Penny was imperious, arrogant and mean. I had a lot to learn about the industry but my lessons were not going to come from an Anti-Social networker who didnt know the first thing about how to make real connections.   Liked this? Let u know your thoughts below or tweet us @mscareergirl

How to Put Creative Writing on a Resume

How to Put Creative Writing on a ResumeSometimes, creative writing skills can be overlooked in the resume writing process, and it's a shame because creative writing can have a huge impact on your overall resume. Some examples of creative writing that you can use for your resume include anything from writing reviews of some of your favorite tv shows, to writing fiction or memoirs. If you are going to be applying for a job in this field, you should definitely make an effort to write at least one piece of creative writing.There are many reasons why you would want to include creative writing on your resume. One reason is to show that you have a good eye for detail. Not everyone has the same writing style, and creative writing tends to make it a little bit easier to catch the reader's attention. If you can get them to start reading your resume with a good introduction, you can usually make them come back to read more.Creative writing on a resume is also good for telling your story. You mi ght be a great writer who has many interesting works of creative writing under your belt. This is the perfect way to show this side of yourself, and will help people who want to read more about you really know what they are getting.The first thing you need to do when you are trying to learn how to put creative writing on a resume is to make sure that your writing samples are very clear and organized. You can use a simple type of word processing software to keep all of your work organized and easily readable. Also, you should go over the entire document with a fine tooth comb to make sure that you really understand what you are reading. If you have any question, you should ask someone to clarify the resume before you send it in.Then, you should probably have someone critique your work and get one opinion from them. You can findan experienced writing professional online to read your resume and give you his or her opinion. This is another great way to find out if you are going to be su ccessful in this field. Having someone else to come out and look at your resume will show you if you can actually be the writer that you have always wanted to be.When you have someone give you an opinion, you should consider taking that advice and making one more change to your resume. When you send it in, you might not always get a good review on your writing skills. If you change one small detail, you might get a positive or neutral review. Plus, when you send in your final resume, you will be surprised at how much you will like how your resume has changed because you had someone tell you how good your work was.It is a great idea to send in a sample of your resume. You should always send this with your resume, so that the hiring manager can see that you are really prepared for the job that you are applying for. Remember, the last thing you want to do is to sit in front of a computer and send in your resume. You want to do something exciting to make sure that the hiring manager see s that you can do the job that you are applying for.As you can see, writing a resume can be an easy way to add a lot of creative writing into your resume. You should consider including your work experience as well as your resume in this process. When you do this, you will be able to really capture the attention of potential employers and make sure that they see exactly what you can do.

5 ways to survive life deep in your overdraft - Debut

5 ways to survive life deep in your overdraft - Debut This post was written by an external contributor. If youre in your student overdraft, dont panic. Devin Thomas has some tips to help you out.     Many students â€" like myself â€" have probably had a year fraught with financial insecurity. Even when student loans come in, I’m £1000+ into my overdraft, and I know I’m not the only one. Students struggling to make it through several years of expensive city living may feel like they’re drowning in debt before the loan repayments have even kicked in. To help with that, here are five ways you can help yourself to survive life deep in overdraft. Save wherever possible Saving money at university is not easy, and getting really good at it is a long process. If you’re already far into your overdraft, chances are you haven’t been utilising this tip, even though it’s well-treaded territory on Debut, to the greatest extent â€" and that’s okay! Spending money on yourself every once in a while is necessary to stay sane. However, you can still enjoy your student life frugally. You could bulk-buy your pasta at the start of term, or visit Aldi for deals on cheap beer that’s still high percentage and doesn’t taste awful, or start buying local microbreweries’ beers when out at the pub instead of the more expensive pints. Saving a little here and there will start to add up, and your bank account will show it. Work for your degree University is a lot of work all on its own. Therefore it can be difficult to force yourself to do anything work-related that isn’t course essential. If you’re really backed into a corner with your overdraft, you need to start thinking about income before graduation. A flexible-hours contract (or in some cases as zero hours) will generally allow you to choose hours around your studies. I recommend working some weekends and making a little cash to pay for the fun things whenever your workload will allow it. Apply for funding This tip may not apply to all students, as not everyone has a lot of options for extra funding. However, a lot of areas give grants to students going to university just based on where they used to live. Charities and groups through your university may also be able to assist if you email them and explain the situation. It’s especially worth doing if you come from a background that makes it more difficult to afford university. Many grants are designed to help disadvantaged and minority students make it through their degrees. Students have funded Oxford degrees using grants and funding that can’t be found on the student finance website. Look into this, and you may be pleasantly surprised. Stand up for your tenant’s rights Tenancy can be a ridiculous affair, and deposits can be taken and held indefinitely. This is a common problem for many students who are no doubt chasing deposits months after a contract has ended. It may be surprising to students who’ve had run-ins with finicky landlords, but they generally don’t really know what they’re talking about â€" and when they do, they sometimes lie to students anyway to try to squeeze every penny from their already diminished bank accounts. There are some great resources on hand though to help you identify whether you’re being conned. Shelter are a great organisation that helps you easily check your own and your landlord’s legal rights. It’s easy to win arguments over blu-tack on walls when you have a handy legal web-page to link, and Shelter is a great resource for this. ACORN, a tenants’ union that you’ve probably heard about from your most left-wing friends, is a similarly great support network and resource. Its also worth popping down to your union and seeing what resources they have available. Go to these places for help, and you’ll likely get back a bigger proportion of your deposit than you ever anticipated. Don’t lose hope It can feel awful when there are seemingly no places left to turn for financial support and you can’t afford the basic things. Recently, I hit the point at which I had less than £6 left in my overdraft. Knowing I couldn’t afford a single week’s food was terrifying. If you’re in a similar position, it’s important to remember that there is always somewhere else to turn. Hopefully this article has left you with a better idea of what to do when you’re in a difficult position, and the tools you need to scrimp and save your way to graduation. Connect with Debut on  Facebook,  Twitter,  and  LinkedIn  for more careers insights.

Becoming A Trader; 3 Things To Do - CareerAlley

Becoming A Trader; 3 Things To Do - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Starting a new career as a tradesman can be one of the best things you decide to do with your life! It gives you the chance to do manual labor, which is a welcome change in the 21st century as we all work in offices. You can be your own boss and do something that you have a passion for, a real craft! However, its not all fun and games, you have to ensure that you have the right preparation before you start, so here are the 3 things you must do before you completely commit to this new career! source Trade careers dont require four-year degrees (and all the student loans that come with them). The next time someone tells you college is the only answer, reply with this stat: According to Explore the Trades, only 35 percent of future jobs will require a four-year degree or higher. glassdoor.com Go On A Course If youre new to the craft and have very little experience, which will be most people that are reading this, then its very beneficial to go on a course to get you started. By going on one of these courses, you are taught the necessary skills to perform your job by an expert in the field, and you are given time to practice your craft! Companies like AbleSkills offer a wide array of different courses, so you can find one to suit you! They also range in skill levels too, so if youre returning to a craft or if youve got some home experience, you can choose where to start. Giving you more experience means that people are more likely to hire you for a job, no one wants unqualified tradesmen so as to avoid a lack of employment it is recommended that you do this! Photo by Fancycrave on Unsplash Have You Got The Gear? This is integral to anyone who works in a craft. Unless you work for a large firm, you will not have your equipment supplied to you! So, you have to make sure that you have the equipment you need so you are able to carry out any job that may be required of you. If you get into a job and realize that you dont have the right tools you could be in some serious trouble, so always make sure that you have the right selection of equipment before taking on any jobs, the likes you can get from Screwfix. Having the equipment is not just enough though, you have to be able to transport it somewhere! This is why its useful to invest in a tool backpack an easy portable solution for all your tools! Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash Get Some Qualifications Similar to going onto an introductory course, this is the part of the puzzle that completes it! Having experience and a qualification is much better than just having experience. It shows potential employers and customers that you are officially good at what you do, meaning you are more likely to get the job! Services like City and Guilds offer qualifications of varying crafts and skill levels, giving you the ability to find one perfect for you. Vocational schools offer job-specific training to students who are typically bound for a skilled trade which often leads to well-paying jobs. Tweet This Following any of these tips will help you on the way to becoming a tradesman, however, it is heavily advised that you do all of these things! They work very well in tandem with each other, and so by doing all of them they will boost your chances of a successful career! If youre just coming back onto the career ladder from a break from work, read this to help you as well! What's next? Ready to take action? Choose the right tools to help you build your career. Looking for related topics? Find out how to find the opportunities that help you grow your best career. Subscribe and make meaningful progress on your career. It’s about time you focused on your career. Get Educated Contact Us Advertise Copyright 2020 CareerAlley. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy + Disclosure home popular resources subscribe search

20% off at The Declaration of You (e-course AND workbook!) through Monday only!

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