My Mom, The Work Style Icon

My Mom, The Work Style Icon I have been wanting to write this post since I first started reading the magazine Lucky.  There is a feature article each month of a vintage mom photo with clothing options that you can wear today inspired by this blog, My mom, the Style Icon. Whenever I get the magazine, I immediately flip to the  page and think about how I need to get some photos up of my mom.  I finally found the perfect photo over Christmas and since today is her birthday (Happy birthday mom!), I thought it would be a perfect day to show you the photo of my style icon at work..but dont worry I have plenty more photos still in my back pocket:) This is my mom, Sue, in the early 80s at her job at Dispatch Industries.  She was in Human Resources and I think it is fairly obvious that she rocked her job by the fact that she is the only young lady here in the group of men.  My mom is also a blogger at  My Vintage Journeys  where she writes about her travels, photographs, vintage style and shopping.  Her motto is Life is a journey and it keeps getting better. Head on over to My Vintage Journeys and tell my mom happy birthday! ?? Rag bone plaid blazer Stella McCartney pleated skirt Tory Burch straw tote MeRo gold post earrings Alice by Temperley genuine leather belt

Resume Writing For Military Personnel

Resume Writing For Military PersonnelMilitary resume writing may be an added benefit when you already have a resume that is quite attractive. Having a military resume could help to increase your chances of being hired. The extra benefit is that your application will make the hiring officer take you seriously because he or she may be aware of the fact that you are looking for employment and in need of a new position.Resume writing military could include looking for jobs that you are interested in doing. A military person may be encouraged to do what he or she loves most. When a military person has a resume that states that you do not like to do something but want to do it, this is often taken as a sign that you do not love it and that you have only a short attention span. But the bottom line is that if you are getting bored with something you should not do it and should look for another occupation.You should apply for a job you really enjoy giving yourself the best chance of success. You must write your resume so that it is clear and easy to read. If you do not have the ability to write, you may need to hire someone to help you with the resume writing military.Military personnel also may need to have several reference letters before they start looking for jobs. They can provide more references to the prospective employer so that when they take you on as an employee the employer can know that you were someone who cared about the company and would be willing to do the job in order to get hired.A reference letter helps the prospective employer know more about you. It is also necessary that you give your personal details in your letter. Your personal details help the employer understand the kind of character you have and how you can fit into their company.Military personnel should always keep in mind that they need to impress the prospective employer and show them they have great work habits. If they have too many distractions at work, they are not going to be able to work as efficiently as they should be.Military personnel should also be careful about how they use technology. They should try to use internet technologies such as e-mails and electronic mail in order to make their job easy and to communicate with their supervisors. They can also use computers to get work done in order to minimize distractions.Resume writing military should focus on the main points of your application and should be organized. They should follow the rules that are set forth by the hiring officer in order to help the hiring officer to find out if you are the right candidate for the job. When you have included all the required information, they will definitely check your application and will be impressed by your resume and you might even get the job you applied for.

I just got a new job! Now what

I just got a new job! Now what It’s probably been a while since your last “First day on the job” or maybe you don’t have fond memories of your first months in earlier jobs. The first 30, 60, and 90 days are key to establish a positive perception, to build trusting relationships, and to learn the maximum amount. Since I have started many new roles in my 30 years AND helped onboard my new employees when I was a manager, here are my recommendations: Partner with your manager. Be sure you meet with your hiring manager right away and ask them to answer any questions you have so you can outline your first week on the job with great clarity. Let them know you would like to engage in a great on-board program so you need to know the following: key people you need to meet to learn what they do, meetings you can attend as an observer, and the names of people you should be going to lunch with to begin internal networking. If you are shadowing, bring a pen and paper (so you can keep eye contact rather than typing on a tablet or laptop), listen attentively, take notes and write down questions you can ask later when it may be more convenient. YOU schedule the follow up with the person you shadowed. If you are in training, take notes and write a brief summary to take back to your hiring manager. Although it’s really your manager’s responsibility to provide new hires with a strong on-board program, it is seldom done. So, drive your own on-board process and draw out the elements from your manager. Exhibit excellent communication and work ethic skills immediately. Be on time or early. As a hiring manager, it was frustrating to have my new hire late “due to traffic” during the first week. Dress more formally and let people say, “You can dress more casually.” Then smile. Be prepared… always have pad and pen in hand, take notes, and keep the notes organized so you can refer to them later. Be proactive in your communications. You can do short bullet-point e-mails to your manager, sharing what your day looked like and what you learned. Send e-mail thank you notes to every person you meet with and close by asking them if you can set up another meeting when you learn more. Maintain flexibility and adaptability. A brand new boss, brand new tasks, and a brand new workplace call for some adjusting. What can you do to make sure you transition smoothly and show that you’re flexible enough to succeed in this new environment? Get your technology working early. Some new hires fumble around getting up to speed on the e-mails they should be seeing and meeting invites they should be getting. Ask for help. Keep a list of all of requests you get â€" big or small â€" and don’t let anything drop. Offer to help a co-worker, your boss, or a virtual team member. Interacting with your new coworkers. How do you join the new social structure? Is it best to hang back and observe office relationships or jump in on the first day? Should you wait to be approached or do the approaching? How do you handle your new job on social media? Structure your own “Listening Tour” and call it that when you ask for meetings. In the meeting invitations you send say something like, “Joe, I’m new to the team and am conducting a ‘listening tour’ to learn in a quick and efficient way. I am eager to learn about your background, your role here, and how we can work together.” Prepare questions in advance; ask for an hour but if all they can give you is 30 minutes, adjust your questions and expectations. Bring a pen and paper (computers prevent human interaction) and take lots of notes. LISTEN only. It’s not your time to debate something or share your knowledge on any topic. Ask what materials you should be reading or websites you should visit. Send a thank you note, summarizing what you learned from your meeting. Summarize all of your notes and send a report to your boss, inviting him/her to share it, as appropriate. DO smile when you walk down the halls. DO stop people, introduce yourself, and ask them what they do. Write it down… trust me, you won’t remember! Whether they are a vice president or an administrative assistant, they are of equal importance to your success. What not to do during your first day, week, month. At your old job, you may have been allowed to make personal phone calls, listen to music through your headphones, and relax on punctuality. That was then, this is now… Don’t be late. Don’t use your computer for personal business. Don’t wear a headset â€" unless you have a job as a telephone representative! It sends the message you don’t want to engage with people. Don’t close your door if you have one, unless you are in a meeting. Try not to be the first to leave or make a big deal about having to leave early to pick up a child at day care, for example. Don’t eat lunch alone; invite people to lunch to get to know them. Don’t do too many “drive-bys” of people’s offices to ask them questions. They are busy too! You all know the phrase “perceptions are reality” and a great manager of mine taught me that a negative perception has a long “tail.” In other words, it takes longer to unwind a negative perception than it does to build a positive one. So start off your new job with your best foot forward. And celebrate your new job, too! Congratulations!

Goal Setting Strategy for 2011 Dont Forget the Adjectives - Hire Imaging

Goal Setting Strategy for 2011 Don’t Forget the Adjectives - Hire Imaging Career Goal Setting Strategy, we are bombarded with messaging about setting and reaching goals. An interesting subjectâ€"this goal stuff. My client, Peg, was a hopeful entrepreneur. We coached through strategies and action plans. Her dream turned into reality. From day one, her business enjoyed jet-speed growth. Success? Yikes! Peg was one stressed-out lady, because she was working like a dog, with hours and “jobs” she had not foreseen. In working with Peg and clients in similar situationsâ€"getting the goal they thought they wanted and finding it didn’t bring the happiness hoped forâ€" I’ve learned a Career Goal Setting Strategy secret: Insert adjectives! Career Goal Setting Strategy: How three words could make your dreams come true Goals usually contain nouns and verbs. “I want success.”   “I want that promotion.” On a non-career note: “I want to get married.” Noun-verb goals are tricky because they bring about imagined situations versus experiences. There’s a difference. Experiences are what we really want. Peg expected the business success alone to make her feel good.  She never thought about what would happen after the goal. Career Goal Setting Strategy: Brainstorming Using adjectives in goal setting requires some brainstorming. Here’s the gist: Pick a goal. The typical noun-verb goal, something you’ve often yearned for. Be honest. If your goal is to lose 20 pounds rather than solve world hunger, that’s okay. Stare into the future. Imagine what your life would be like if you achieved the goal you just pinpointed. Create an in-depth daydream about it. What does it look, feel, sound and even feel like? Then, it’s time for the defining words. Pick at least 3 adjectives. List adjectives that describe how you feel in your dream-come-true. You translate right-brain holistic sensations (“I want success”) into left-brain words that accurately portray the experience (thrilled, focused, confident, energetic, etc.). Don’t stop until you have at least three. More is fine. Think of something that can be expressed with your adjectives. Forget the fantasy situation you imagined in #2 and focus on the adjectives. Okay. You said you want to drop those 20 pounds. Your adjectives are healthy, strong and confident. This could reveal that your actual goal is to get fit. So how you lose those pounds might be with a nutritionist and personal trainer versus a diet of pills or quick fixes. Career Goal Setting Strategy: Apply the Adjectives Peg and I had another session around her business and the fact that while invigorating and profitable, it was draining. I asked Peg to share the adjectives she had imagined entrepreneurship would bring her. She replied, “Calm, happy and safe.” It was ironic that her business had brought her opposite feelings of unrest, anxiety and insecurity (feeling like she’d lose it all if she didn’t work herself into a frenzy). But when she examined her life for relationships and activities that were aligned with her three top adjectives, a loving husband and family, dancing, sewing, her dogsâ€"they all rose to the surface. “I had successes before success. Can you beat that!?” I just smiled, really happy for her. Peg was then able to more realistically deal with her business demands. She allotted more time with those people, animals and activities that brought the feelings she wanted. It’s worked for me and clients since. Finding adjectives. Using them to highlight areas of life we’re already drawn to. Focusing on these people and activities. Allowing the experiencesâ€"not just the situationsâ€"to find shape and place in our lives.  Abracadabra!

How to Make Your Dreams Come True (or, How I Became a Mom) - When I Grow Up

How to Make Your Dreams Come True (or, How I Became a Mom) - When I Grow Up Its with over-the-moon happiness, joy, pride, excitement, love and All The Emotions that Luke I get to announce that were the parents of this 9 wk old, 11+ pound bundle of deliciousness. Weve been parenting her since 6/16, while the adoption wont be finalized til the end of the year-ish, were now secure in the fact that this is our daughter and were so beyond-beyond we have to shout it from the rooftops. This is our first official family-of-3 photo, taken Saturday  morning. She even gave us The Ward Eyebrow to show how much she belongs. Luke I  decided we wanted to adopt in Dec 12, and it took 9 months to pick an agency, get the paperwork done, etc. Weve been on the books since September (when our profile started to be shown to birth Moms), but only had 4 days notice last month when we were told that we were chosen. Its been a hard, crazed, emotional process but one with such a rewarding end!   Knowing me, the full story is coming at some point, but for now Im just not sure how much I wanna disclose and where/when. So Ill save that story for another time. All I wanna say here and now is this: Change. Is. Amazing. I was oh so ready for this new relationship, this new love, this new challenge. I wanted it with every cell in my body. And I thought these last few months especially: How strange. Usually change is scary. Fearful. Unsafe. Usually we do what we can to stop it. To stay safe and protected. And all I want now is for my life to Change. I felt paralyzed even, knowing my ability to be a Mom lied in someone elses hands. We were waiting for someone to recognize something in Luke and I (in our looks, our location, our hobbies, our personality, our family members, etc.) that they related to. I would have flashbacks to my time as an actor, willing myself to forget auditions as soon as they happened so as not to disappoint myself if the phone never rang. Willing myself to not take it personally if I got passed up for a role, never knowing if it was my looks or my talent or something else that didnt resonate with the director. I hated becoming that optimistic pessimist again expecting the worst but wishing for the best. I had to remind myself, though, that we  were being proactive. We  chose to adopt. That was the right decision for  us  as a family (yes, Luke and I were a family before Baby Girl came along). It was a strong, powerful, ask-of-the-Universe decision and we were going for it. Also, itd be worth the wait to find a birth Mom who  did choose us because she liked all the things we are. We knew that would be the right match, the right baby. Sometimes, the yearning for Something New outweighs the fear. Thats the time for you to do something about it. Yes, you. Stop taking No, Not now, or Never for an answer. Stop taking Youre not worthy, Its not the right time, You dont deserve it as excuses. Instead, take that first step. Do that Google search. Ask that scary question to the person who has an answer. Listen to that tiny voice. Because nobody will stop you from being what you dream of becoming more than you. And you? You can be everything you want to be.

Top Tips For Filling Out Your Resume And Cover Letter Writing Services

Top Tips For Filling Out Your Resume And Cover Letter Writing ServicesTaking advantage of resume and cover letter writing services can be time consuming, but in the end, it will be well worth it. Proper resume and cover letter writing services can help you earn an interview, promotion, and other benefits to yourself. Having a perfect resume and cover letter can help you be hired or land a better position. There are a few things you can do to get the most out of resume and cover letter writing services.The first thing you need to do is make sure that you have a clear idea of what you want your cover letter to be about. Do you want it to be something that can catch the attention of the hiring manager? How can you offer yourself a unique perspective and a potential benefit to the company?You can make a cover letter stand out by keeping in mind certain tips. You can address a certain job opening by simply writing your cover letter as if you were applying for the job yourself. This can gi ve you an insight into the company you are applying for.It is very important to focus on the job you are applying for and your skills, potential, and goal. Make sure to stay clear of addressing potential employers like 'We have X waiting to be filled'. Address each job opening as a separate position and focus on your skills, your desired benefits, and the benefits you can bring to the company.Most of the companies are very impressed with copy that is short and straight to the point. So you can consider writing an outline. It is also important to stay factual. Do not get into making statements that you are not sure of.When writing an outline, make sure to include a good catch phrase. You may want to say something like 'I can bring this to your attention and further your knowledge'.When you consider resume and cover letter writing services, it is important to offer your opinions on jobs that may be waiting for someone with a similar background. You will be making it easier for the com pany to draw conclusions.

Intern Pay 10 Companies That Pay Interns Well

Intern Pay 10 Companies That Pay Interns Well Tell people you’re an intern, and most will assume you’re either working for free, or barely scraping by. After all, interning is about gaining experience, and that in itself is valuable to the future employee. But tech giants and financial powerhouses are willing to pay big bucks to get the most talented interns. Here are 10 companies that offer some of the highest intern salaries in the U.S. today. 1. Facebook Currently worth over $350 billion dollars (and expected to one day be worth $1 trillion), Facebook has the money to pay interns well. Glassdoor reports that a Ph.D. software engineer intern can expect to earn around $9,000/month, with a regular software engineer averaging $8,467/month. If you’re curious, that equates to over $100,000 per year… for an internship! Even on the lower end of the spectrum, an analyst intern can make $3,000â€"$4,000/month, which is still way more than minimum wage. When you consider most interns are still living at home with their parents, it’s not a bad gig at all. Potential Earnings: Up to $9,000 per month 2. Amazon If you have worked hard enough to earn your MBA, Amazon is a good place for you to get your internship. Glassdoor data shows that an Amazon Summer MBA intern earns $9,053 per month, which equates to over $108,000 per year. Just behind, at $8,934/month, is the product manager intern. And if you look at the list of internship positions and salaries at Glassdoor, you can see that overall, being an intern at Amazon is very lucrative â€" with dozens of positions reporting between $8,000â€"$9,000 per month. Considering how massive Amazon is, and how it continues to dominate the way we spend money and consume entertainment, it’s clear that the company is investing heavily in talent now to continue this success. Potential Earnings: $9,053 per month Read More: 5 Social Media Stars Who Earn Way More Than You 3. Google If you’re seeing a trend in the high paying tech internships, you’re not mistaken. Tech companies are looking for good software engineers, and they’re ready to pay big bucks for them. A software engineer intern at Google can expect to earn over $7,000 per month, with some internship positions coming in at $113,000 per year! Of course, you need to be very savvy in the tech industry’s most wanted positions; this is not something you can land straight out of college with a sociology degree. But for those with the right skills, the money is there at Google. And it is also famous for treating its employees very, very well. Potential Earnings: $7,152 per month 4. Citigroup According to Glassdoor, the top paid interns at Citigroup are earning up to $116,000 per year, which is equates to $9,667/month. If you’re wondering what kind of work that entails, these two words should sum it up nicely â€" Wall Street. At Citigroup, money is everything, and everything is about making money. Interns who are seeking roles in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and asset management, are richly rewarded for their efforts. At the lower end of the spectrum, summer analyst interns can make anything from $17 an hour, all the way up to $25 an hour, which is still nothing to be sniffed at. Potential Earnings: $9,667 per month 5. Snapchat It’s an app that is dominating the social media world, and the company behind it is making news for its internship programs. As hard to believe as it is, Snapchat not only pays interns up to $10K a month, but it adds an additional $1,500 per month for housing expenses! As that is usually the biggest expense any of us have to pay, the interns at Snapchat have the bulk of that $120,000 annual salary to spend on pretty much whatever they want. If this is making you think about re-evaluating your career choices, you’re not alone. Potential Earnings: $10,000 per month (Plus $1,500/month for housing) Read More: 10 Stocks Every Recent Grad Should Own 6. Two Sigma If you haven’t heard of Two Sigma, you will soon. And the reason they top the list of intern salaries, by quite a margin if you include the monthly housing reimbursement (and additional $5,000 relocation expenses), is that they are at the intersection of technology and finance. Two Sigma is an investment management firm that uses science and technology to make people some serious money. What’s more, they’re currently hiring for over 80 positions at the their offices in New York, Houston, London, and Tokyo. If you’re in the business of software engineering or trading, you may want to hit them up. Potential Earnings: $10,400 per month (Plus $5,000 per month for housing) 7. Pinterest Coming in at more than Facebook and Google, Pinterest is offering a combined $11,040 per month ($132,480 a year) to interns who have a talent for, you’ve guessed it, software engineering. Described as a “catalog of ideas” by CEO Ben Silbermann, Pinterest was started in 2010 and is relatively new to be a giant in the app scene. Certainly, it’s not as ubiquitous as Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and yet it is forking over more than all of them to acquire top intern candidates. And as it is located in both New York and California, that $3,000 a month to help with housing is definitely a huge plus. Potential Earnings: $8,040 per month (Plus $3,000 per month for housing) 8. Palantir The intern position of forward deployed engineer pays a hefty $8,172 per month at Palantir; and if you know what that position actually does, you’re already way ahead of most of us. Another tech firm that values software engineers, Palantir has been rewarding its interns with big salaries for many years now. Founded in 2004, this software firm specializes in big data analysis, and originally had a client list comprising of federal agencies of the U.S. Government. In 2014, Forbes maintained that Palantir was “among Silicon Valley’s most valuable private technology companies.” It is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Potential Earnings: $8,172 per month Read More: 5 Tips for My Career-Clueless College Self 9. Quora Not unlike Google, Quora is a search engine that delivers results based on the questions you ask. And as it’s a tech firm, you know by now what the highest paid interns there are doing: software engineering. A typical intern in this position at Quora can expect upward of $8,000 per month, but there are also positions in product design, data science, and product management. The company appears to have an excellent culture, too, with great employee feedback and solid growth. Potential Earnings: $8,086 per month 10. Groupon Famous for giving people great deals on everything from window tinting to adventure holidays, Groupon is an app most of us have on our phones. After all, who doesn’t like saving money? But when it comes to interns, Groupon is ready to splash it around, paying $8,000 per month to software engineers, and upward of $7,000 per month to product managers. On the lower end of the scale, business analyst interns can get around $3,000 per month. Full-time employees of Groupon reportedly get unlimited vacation time, although taking months off at a time would probably not serve you well. Potential Earnings: $8,000 per month Salary data found on Glassdoor.