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Leadership:12 Things Truly Confident People Do Differently…Whether you Think you Can, or you Think you Can’t—you’re Right. Henry Ford

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Confidence takes many forms, from the arrogance of Floyd Mayweather to the quiet self-assurance of Jane Goodall. True confidence—as opposed to the false confidence people project to mask their insecurities—has a look all its own.

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When it comes to confidence, one thing is certain: truly confident people always have the upper hand over the doubtful and the skittish, because they inspire others and they make things happen.

I think Henry Ford said it best:

 Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.

Ford’s notion that your mentality has a powerful effect upon your ability to succeed is manifest in the results of a recent study at the University of Melbourne where confident people went on to earn higher wages and get promoted more quickly than anyone else.

Learning to be confident is clearly important, but what is it that truly confident people do that sets them apart from everyone else?

I did some digging to uncover the 12 cardinal habits of truly confident people, so that you can incorporate these behaviors into your repertoire.

1. They Get Their Happiness From Within

Happiness is a critical element of confidence, because in order to be confident in what you do, you have to be happy with who you are.

People who brim with confidence derive their sense of pleasure and satisfaction from their own accomplishments, as opposed to what other people think of their accomplishments. They know that no matter what anyone says, you’re never as good or bad as people say you are.

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2. They Don’t Pass Judgment

Confident people don’t pass judgment on others because they know that everyone has something to offer, and they don’t need to take other people down a notch in order to feel good about themselves. Comparing yourself to other people is limiting. Confident people don’t waste time sizing people up and worrying about whether or not they measure up to everyone they meet.

3. They Don’t Say Yes Unless They Really Want To

Research conducted at the University of California in San Francisco shows that the more difficulty that you have saying no, the more likely you are to experience stress, burnout, and even depression. Confident people know that saying no is healthy and they have the self-esteem to make their no’s clear. When it’s time to say no, confident people avoid phrases like “I don’t think I can” or “I’m not certain.” They say no with confidence because they know that saying no to a new commitment honors their existing commitments and gives them the opportunity to successfully fulfill them.

4. They Listen More Than They Speak

People with confidence listen more than they speak because they don’t feel like they have anything to prove. Confident people know that by actively listening and paying attention to others, they are much more likely to learn and grow. Instead of seeing interactions as opportunities to prove themselves to others, they focus on the interaction itself, because they know this is a far more enjoyable and productive approach to people.

5. They Speak With Certainty

It’s rare to hear the truly confident utter phrases like, “Um,” “I’m not sure,” and “I think.” Confident people speak assertively because they know that it’s difficult to get people to listen to you if you can’t deliver your ideas with conviction.

6. They Seek Out Small Victories

Confident people like to challenge themselves and compete, even when their efforts yield small victories. Small victories build new androgen receptors in the areas of the brain responsible for reward and motivation. The increase in androgen receptors increases the influence of testosterone, which further increases their confidence and eagerness to tackle future challenges. When you have a series of small victories, the boost in your confidence can last for months.

7. They Exercise

A study conducted at Eastern Ontario Research Institute found that people who exercised twice a week for 10 weeks felt more competent socially, academically, and athletically. They also rated their body image and self-esteem as being higher. Best of all, physical changes in their bodies were not responsible for the uptick in confidence. It was the immediate, endorphin-fueled positivity from exercise that made all the difference.

8. They Don’t Seek Attention

People are turned off by those who are desperate for attention. Confident people know that being yourself is much more effective than trying to prove that you’re important. People catch on to your attitude quickly and are more attracted to the right attitude than what—or how many people—you know. And confident people always seem to bring the right attitude.

Confident people are masters of attention diffusion. When they’re being given attention for an accomplishment, they quickly shift the focus to all the people who worked hard to help get them there. They don’t crave the approval or praise because they draw their self-worth from within.

9. They Aren’t Afraid to be Wrong

Confident people aren’t afraid to be proven wrong. They like putting their opinion out there to see if it holds up, because they learn a lot from the times they are wrong and other people learn from them when they’re right. Self-assured people know what they are capable of and don’t treat being wrong as a personal slight.

10. They Stick Their Neck Out

When confident people see an opportunity they take it. Instead of worrying about what could go wrong they ask themselves, “What’s stopping me? Why can’t I do that?” And they go for it. Fear doesn’t hold them back because they know that if they never try they will never succeed and failure is just a great way to learn.

11. They Celebrate Other People

Insecure people constantly doubt their relevance and because of this they try to steal the spotlight and criticize others in order to prove their worth. Confident people, on the other hand, aren’t worried about their relevance because they draw their self-worth from within. Instead of insecurely focusing inward, confident people focus outward, which allows them to see all of the wonderful things that other people bring to the table. Praising people for their contributions is a natural result of this.

12. They Aren’t Afraid To Ask For Help

Confident people know that asking other people for help won’t make them seem weak or unintelligent. They know their strengths and weaknesses and they look to others to fill the gaps. They also know that learning from someone with more expertise is a great way to improve.

Bringing It All Together

Building confidence is a journey, not a destination. Please share your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below as I learn just as much from you as you do from me.

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Forbes.com | April 1, 2015 | Travis Bradberry

Your Career: Here’s What the Modern Résumé Should Look Like…How Can you Get Yourself Noticed? Beyond the Content, Presentation is also Critical

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Along with glowing references, a solid resumé is a must-have for any job applicant. But even those with great credentials need to package those achievements the right way to catch a hiring manager’s eyes.

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How can you get yourself noticed? Having the right keywords on the page — words like “problem solving,” “leadership” and “team building” — can be helpful. Beyond the content, presentation is also critical. Be sure to use proper formatting and avoid any information that’s not pertinent to the position you’re applying to.

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In the infographic below, created for resume-template site Template.net, you’ll find even more tips and tricks that’ll land your resume on someone’s desk rather than someone’s “circular file.” Happy hunting, job seekers!

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Your Career: Digital Branding for the Job Seeker. 5 Reasons Why Resumes & Cover Letters No Longer Do the Trick

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For Many Careers, Resumes are Becoming Less of a Job Search Focal Point.  It’s a fact that the majority of intelligent, thorough recruiters as well as hiring managers Google GOOGL -1.51% the names of job seekers they interview. Not only are they searching, but they are giving heightened hiring priority to those who have a positive, robust online presence.

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The necessity of an online presence is now a reality for marketing, sales, graphic arts and PR jobs. Because a positive or negative public image can greatly effect one’s ability to perform in these careers, online resources aligned with a job seeker are given more and more weight, while resumes are proving less and less influential.

In this two part series, I am going to analyze why resumes, cover letters and, to an extent, LinkedIn LNKD +0.2% profiles mean less to today’s employers and the steps that can be taken to compete with more modernized job seekers.

5 Reasons Why Resumes and Cover Letters No Longer Do the Trick

More and more often, job seekers who simply rely on a resume and / or cover letter (even a LinkedIn profile isn’t as helpful as it once was) are frequently outflanked by those who carry a robust online presence.

While they used to be sufficient, there are now inherent problems with relying on written word as your main or only method of advertising. Our recruiters see the following as the 5 most prevalent reasons:

1. They’re outdated. Unfortunately, resumes and cover letters are the equivalent of print advertising. We’re a digitally dominated society. Words without enticing, high-def images fail to play to today’s visually oriented individuals and provide no real experience for the end user.

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2. There is virtually no way to track their efficiency. Resumes and cover letters leave job seekers in the dark. Without appearing invasive or desperate, it is virtually impossible to know if an employer opened their resume, how much time they spent looking at it and what parts of the document they focused most on.

3. Resumes focus too heavily on an individual’s past and don’t put enough emphasis on current employment desires or future potential. Younger job seekers have trouble standing out because many lack tangible, relevant experience. For the same reason, those attempting to switch careers or even industries suffer. This is mainly due to the fact that when employers perform an initial resume scan, they find little to no relevant information and discard the application.

4. They fail to humanize the candidate. There’s nothing relatable about a resume or cover letter. It talks about what you’ve done, not who you are as a person. Considering people are more likely to interview, hire and be persuaded by individuals similar to them, as similarities often insinuate cultural fit (a significant hiring factor).

5. Resumes and cover letters provide little to no brand differentiation. Companies receive them by the hundreds (if not more) and most resumes say the same thing. For instance, all job seekers claim they are hard working, competent, detail oriented, knowledgeable and efficient. Though, few prove these attributes are present.

 

Thinking of Yourself as a Business Not a Piece of Paper

 As a job seeker and as a professional, you are a business. Instead of offering a service or product to a client, you offer your expertise to hiring managers and headhunters.

Just like a company, much of one’s success hinges on building an effective image through creative marketing and frequent advertising of your service. These are the basics of building a brand.

In this case, you’re not branding a tangible product such as a smart phone or energy drink. You as a person are the brand and you are more than a piece of paper.

By studying what other job seekers have done, you’ll quickly realize that the overarching strategies that work for Apple AAPL +0.85% and Gatorade, in essence, will work for the job seeker.

For instance, diversified advertising tactics speak to the consumer (a.k.a. the employer), vastly build exposure which fosters trust and insinuates expertise. However, unlike Gatorade or Apple, job seekers can’t afford advertising luxuries such as primetime TV commercials, PPC advertising and full page NY Times ads.

Even with a fractional budget, you can effectively advertise yourself to potential employers and build a personalized brand that creates an image of hard work, success, knowledge, expertise and potential.

Prior to doing so, it’s important for our recruiters to discuss the problems we see with job seekers who rely solely on resumes and cover letters.
Going Forward

Since a significant number of marketing, sales, graphic arts and PR jobs require knowledge of search engines, copy-writing skills, social media expertise and are image oriented, resumes are providing less relevant information to the employer than ever before.

Ken Sundheim is the CEO of KAS Placement an executive search firm specializing in sales and marketing recruitment throughout the U.S.

Forbes.com | April 5, 2015 | Ken Sundheim 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensundheim/2015/04/05/digital-branding-for-the-job-seeker/



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Strategy: How to Work 80 Hours a Week & Still Have a Life…Logging 80 Hours a Week is Not Uncommon, & that Number can Hit the Triple Digits During Especially Busy Weeks

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Wall Street executives, entrepreneurs, and consultants are known for working crazy long hours.  Logging 80 hours a week is not uncommon for them, and that number can hit the triple digits during especially busy weeks.

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Turns out you CAN work crazy hours and still have a life.

But some have figured out how to have a life outside of work, despite their insane schedules.  We talked to several people who routinely put in 80 hours and successfully balance work and life.

Here’s how they do it:

Tomasz Kucemba, CEO of  KARORA Cosmetics.

This CEO logs 100 hours a week at peak performance, and lives by the mantra, “work hard, play harder.”

He achieves a work-life balance with help from his smartphone. “I do make time for a life outside of work. For example, right now I am coordinating a launch event, preparing for two international conference calls, and planning to take my girlfriend to the Dallas Food Festival. In this day in age we can do a lot of multitasking with our smartphones.”

His best survival hack is paying attention to his body. “I eat clean, take good supplements, and exercise regularly. I have noticed that since I switched to a vegetarian diet last year my energy levels have doubled.”

His career advice is to keep calm. “Don’t panic and get good at managing your time, and you will make it.

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Louise Fritjofsson, Cofounder and CEO of Vint.

This young entrepreneur is familiar with the startup grind, having experimented with several business ventures. She now oversees Vint, an on-demand fitness service, and works 75-80 hours per week.

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She achieves a work-life balance by putting “me” time in her calendar. “I make sure to get in a workout every day, a long morning walk with my dog one day a week, and a couple of dinner or drink dates with my husband and friends each week. I also make sure to have private phone calls scheduled in my calendar. It sounds boring and some might argue ‘fake,’ but it works! Consider ‘me time’ appointments in your calendar as important as your board meetings, and suddenly you’re forced into a work-life balance that makes you more creative, happy and clear-thinking.”

Her best survival hack is a Swedish tradition. “In Sweden, all workplaces have a 3 pm fika. Fika means stopping what you’re doing, getting together with your coworkers, and taking a 15 minute break. A proper fika is enjoyed with coffee, tea, and a pastry of your choice (think cinnamon buns, soft ginger cookies, cupcakes). Add a bit of Swedish culture to your life.”

Her career advice is to get creative and have fun. “Do things because you love them, or because you really believe in the vision. Work should be an outlet for creativity, problem solving and having fun. If you truly love what you do, working long hours won’t drain you, and should in fact energize you.”

Deuce Thevenow, Cofounder of RECESS.

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The cofounder of this touring music festival that inspires college students to become the next generation of world-changing entrepreneurs, consistently logs 80 hours, and puts in several more when RECESS hits the road for a tour.

He achieves a work-life balance by blending his career and personal life. “My work life and personal life are very mixed. Even when I go out at night with friends, it’s with people in the music or startup space. Those friends introduce me to other people and I’m constantly pitching our business and looking for business development opportunities. We like to say that real business gets done outside of the office.”

His best survival hack is to make a zero-work day. “The weekends are my sanctuary. I usually try to make one day where I do zero work, and I really cherish this one day. I also enjoy camping, and the opportunity to get away from a computer and have no phone signal is a blessing.”

His career advice is to find, and help create, a positive company culture. “Each job is different, but the key to having a career in a business with demanding hours is to keep a positive office environment. We order food, listen to music, do yoga, drink beers, etc. Being able to actually enjoy being in your office rather than counting down the minutes until your ‘day ends’ is an indication that you may be in the wrong career.”

David Bonaventura, CEO of TSOVET Watches.

This CEO — who works 80-plus hours per week — found a passion for watches 15 years ago and has been designing and building them since. He starts each long day with coffee and email, and tries to squeeze in time for a quick surf when he can.

He achieves a work-life balance by prioritizing his family. “Finding a balance is always difficult for me, but I do my best to find time to spend with my family regardless of my schedule. I never miss my daughters events.”

His best survival hack is to deal with minor details outside of the office. “I prefer to tackle emails at night prior to bed and follow up again first thing in the morning in order to clear off as many incidental items as possible before arriving to the office. I try to stay as focused as possible on the tasks at hand, and eliminate any potential distractions or new opportunities until the bulk of projects and work is completed.”

His career advice is to pursue your passion. “Do what you love and love what you do.  There will always be stress, but if you love it, then it becomes part of the process and not a job.”

 

Businessinder.c0m | April 1, 2015 | KATHLEEN ELKINS

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-work-long-hours-and-still-have-a-life-2015-3#ixzz3WRFW61vT

Strategy:How To Stop Counter-Productive Habits In 4 Seconds…We can Learn to Use the Space Between What we Feel & Do to Make Smarter Decisions

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Can you improve your relationships, increase your ability to focus and shut down counter-productive habits in just four seconds?

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In his new book, Four Seconds: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results You Want, Peter Bregman argues that the key to success in our fast-moving world is to pause for as few as four seconds—the length of a deep breath—to replace bad habits and reactions with more productive behaviors.

Bregman teaches that we can learn to use the space between what we feel and do to make smarter decisions—to take better actions. While the concept of mindfulness in business has recently reached new levels of popularity, Bregman is no newcomer to the idea or to the practice. He’s a coach to numerous CEOs and facilitates leadership workshops at The Esalen Institute and the Kripalu Retreat Center.

Using entertaining examples from his own life and career, Bregman shows how a four-second pause can be used to strengthen our relationships and to optimize our work habits.

                 How To Increase Follow Through

How often do you set New Year’s resolutions or other goals, only to fail in the execution? Bregman counter-intuitively suggests that it isn’t from a lack of motivation. If you weren’t motivated, you wouldn’t have set the goal in the first place. The problem is that your mind gets in the way of the follow through. Bregman writes:

If you want to follow through on something, stop thinking. Shut down the sabotaging conversation that goes on in your head before it starts…You’re smarter than your mind.

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 Stop Performing and Start Experiencing

Too often, we feel like we’re on a public stage being judged by the audience. And indeed, we are often judged and guilty of judging others too. But focusing on life as a performance, focusing on the judgment just increases our stress and reduces our ability to perform. It is far better to accept that we’ll never achieve perfection, we’ll always be learning, and we should enjoy the experience we are in. Bregman suggests that several times a day we just say to ourselves, “This is what if feels like to…” and focus on whatever we’re doing. When we’re focused on our feelings while in the middle of a task, we become mindful of the experience instead of the outcomes.

                      Say No To Establish Boundaries With Others

Saying yes to things that don’t support our strategic focus areas is a rampant disease. Whether out of habit, the desire to be helpful, or out of guilt too often our default is, “yes”. In order to create space and energy for things most important to us, Bregman suggests several ways to give a professional “no”.

He recommends always thanking the person for their request, as it’s a sign of trust and respect that they came to you to begin with. Realize that you aren’t rejecting the person, just their request. And be as resolute as they are persistent. Bregman models potential dialog, “I know you don’t give up easily—but neither do I. I’m getting better at saying no.”

For many of us, we immediately say things and take actions based on our prior habits or in response to our emotions. In Four Seconds, Bregman teaches us that to stay both sane and highly productive we must pause to take a breath, and be mindful in how we respond.

Forbes.com | March 27, 2015 | Kevin Kruse 

Your Career: 20 meaningful jobs that pay really well… A New Report from Payscale, There are Plenty of Jobs that Offer Both a Fat Paycheck & Satisfying Work

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It seems like there are only two options when it comes to choosing a career: We can either pursue a meaningful job and make next to nothing, or we can pull in a pretty penny working insanely long hours in an uninspiring, high-pressure role.  Turns out there’s a third option.

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Veterinarians typically find their work to be meaningful — and high-paying.

According to a new report from Payscale, there are plenty of jobs that offer both a fat paycheck and satisfying work.

We sifted through Payscale’s data to find the 20 most meaningful jobs that pay $70,000 or more a year, on average.

Click here for more on the methodology. 

 

20. Nuclear Engineers

20. Nuclear Engineers

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Median pay: $85,000

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

71% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

47% of employees say this job is stressful.

 

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19. Internists

19. Internists

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Median pay: $192,900

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

71% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

82% of employees say this job is stressful.

18. Detectives and Criminal Investigators

18. Detectives and Criminal Investigators

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Median pay: $70,400

79% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

75% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

69% of employees say this job is stressful.

17. Physicists

17. Physicists

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Median pay: $101,500

81% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

77% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

54% of employees say this job is stressful.

16. Obstetricians and Gynecologists

16. Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Median pay: $203,100

81% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

56% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

88% of employees say this job is stressful.

15. Nuclear Medicine Technologists

15. Nuclear Medicine Technologists

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Median pay: $70,400

81% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

78% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

60% of employees say this job is stressful.

14. Physician Assistants

14. Physician Assistants

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Median pay: $88,200

83% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

80% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

73% of employees say this job is stressful.

13. Managers of Police and Detectives

13. Managers of Police and Detectives

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Median pay: $70,600

84% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

81% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

86% of employees say this job is stressful.

12. Medical and Health Services Managers

12. Medical and Health Services Managers

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Median pay: $70,500

85% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

82% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

82% of employees say this job is stressful.

11. Pediatricians

11. Pediatricians

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Median pay: $147,700

85% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

80% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

63% of employees say this job is stressful.

 

10. Family and General Practitioners

10. Family and General Practitioners

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Median pay: $164,300

86% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

76% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

70% of employees say this job is stressful.

9. Dentists

9. Dentists

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Median pay: $130,000

86% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

84% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

64% of employees say this job is stressful.

8. Optometrists

8. Optometrists

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Median pay: $101,400

86% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

77% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

52% of employees say this job is stressful.

7. Veterinarians

7. Veterinarians

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Median pay: $70,800

88% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

74% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

73% of employees say this job is stressful.

6. Podiatrists

6. Podiatrists

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Median pay: $111,400

89% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

78% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

74% of employees say this job is stressful.

5. Psychiatrists

5. Psychiatrists

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Median pay: $192,800

89% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

74% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

71% of employees say this job is stressful.

4. Physical Therapists

4. Physical Therapists

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Median pay: $72,800

90% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

82% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

56% of employees say this job is stressful.

3. Anesthesiologists

3. Anesthesiologists

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Median pay: $291,300

91% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

78% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

79% of employees say this job is stressful.

2. Elementary/Secondary Education Administrators

2. Elementary/Secondary Education Administrators

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Median pay: $75,900

93% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

87% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

85% of employees say this job is stressful.

1. Surgeons

1. Surgeons

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Median pay: $299,600

94% of employees say this job is meaningful. 

82% of employees say this job is highly satisfying.

79% of employees say this job is stressful.

 

Businessinsider.com | March 27, 2015 | 

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Leadership: What Every New Manager Should being Doing for their First 3 Months on the Job…Even if you Think you Know What you’re Going to Do, you’ll Learn so Much & There’s isn’t Any Other Point in the Job Where You can Do That

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If you’ve taken over a new team at work, or started a new management job, you may feel the temptation to hit the ground running and dive right in to make changes.

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Sallie Krawcheck, the former president of the Global Wealth & Investment Management division of Bank of America, speaks during the Reuters Wealth Management Summit in New York June 3, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

However, that would be a mistake, according to Sallie Krawcheck, chair of global professional women’s network Ellevate and former CFO of Citigroup.

What you should really be doing is listening for about three months.

“Even if you think you know what you’re going to do, you’ll learn so much and there’s isn’t any other point in the job where you can do that,” said Krawcheck.

Krawcheck came to this realization back in 2002 when former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill asked her to head up Smith Barney, Citi’s then-new wealth management division. Suddenly she had tens of thousands of new employees, and while she understood the research side of Smith Barney’s business after running Sanford Bernstein’s research department, she wasn’t familiar with the wealth management side.

So Krawcheck went on tour, and sometimes Weill would join her. They flew around the country and talked to direct reports 3 to 5 levels below her, held town halls, and even made surprise visits to Smith Barney offices.

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One time, when Krawcheck tried to turn on a slide projector at a town hall. She found it wasn’t working — Weill had disconnected it.

“I went to push the clicker and there was nothing,” Krawcheck said. Weill was delighted.

“Here was the titan of industry at the top of his game… probably 2002… and he giggled.”

Weill knew that disabling the projector would force Krawcheck to listen, rather than talk, and Krawcheck got his message. After a productive three months of learning, listening gave her a solid idea of how Smith Barney worked and what she wanted to do with it.

Krawcheck started every new job with a three month listening tour from then on.

Businessinsider.com | March 27, 2015 | LINETTE LOPEZ

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Your Career: The Top 50 Dream Employers of Students Studying Math, Science, or Health…There’s a Common Thread among Undergraduates Studying Natural Science, Math, & Health: They all Tend To Have the Long-Term Career Goal of being Dedicated to a Cause

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There’s a common thread among undergraduates studying natural science, math, and health: They all tend to have the long-term career goal of being dedicated to a cause, says Melissa Bailey, an executive at Universum, a global research and advisory firm.

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A new report from Universum supports her observation.

The research firm recently asked 22,976 of these undergraduates to choose the companies and organizations they’d consider working for from a list of 230 options. Next they asked respondents to choose the five employers they most want to work for.

Universum then put together a ranking of the most desirable employers, based on the percentage of students who chose a company as one of their top five “ideal” employers.

“It’s likely that many of these students strongly associate their top-choice employers with a cause they believe in — in this instance, advancing human health,” says Bailey. “This could be an explanation for why health care services organizations, as well as so many government and public sector organizations, performed so well this year.”

 

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The Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit medical practice and research group based in Rochester, Minnesota, came out on top, as a whopping 20.45% of science, math, and health undergrads named it their dream employer.

Here are the top 50:

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Strategy: Save Yourself Time With A Time Audit…These can be Things that are Broken or Need Fixing, People who Drain your Time, or Time that you Habitually Waste

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Do you need more time? For most people, the answer is a resounding yes.Yet many of us waste time every day, or spend it on things that don’t make us satisfied. Time is a precious resource, so it is worth checking up on our spending now and again.

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Do you know exactly where your time goes?

By doing a time audit we can boost our productivity. It’s a way we can improve our time management skills, and make sure that we are using our time for the things we want to spend it on.

Often, time management is a case of redistributing our time. After all, we know that we’ll get 24 hours a day, every day; no more, no less. Some people tend to somehow be able to do a lot more with that same amount of time. How do they manage it?

Have a look at where your time is going:

Time drains

Identify any time drains during your day, and during your week. These can be things that are broken or need fixing, people who drain your time, or time that you habitually waste (for example getting your social media fix for longer than you’ve really got spare to spend). Make a list of these time drains. Identify the easiest one to deal with or cut down on, and tackle that first this week.

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People power

We spend a lot of our time working with, socialising with, and dealing with other people. Some people will waste your time, that’s a fact of life. Whether you choose to let them do this, however, is something that you have some control over. For example, the colleague at work who comes over to you every day with their problems (which are nothing to do with your direct work) and in doing so takes 15 of your minutes out of every single day. Make a list of the people who waste your time. Make a list of the people you want to spend time with. Make a list of the people who save you time.

Thinking time

Yes, we all need thinking time. But what do we actually spend this thinking time thinking of?  Start to become aware of what you are thinking about. How much time do you spend on repeated, negative thoughts? How much time do you spend worrying? How much time do you spend replaying negative events? And positive events? How much time do you spend replaying positive thoughts? How much time do you spend thinking about or planning positive things? As we spend a lot of our time thinking, it can be useful to guide your thoughts away from the negative and towards the positive … resulting in time better spent.

Improve your estimates

How long do you think a certain task will take? Start to ask yourself this with each task you do – however small – and see whether you overestimate or underestimate how long each thing takes. Often, we underestimate, then get stressed when things take longer than we anticipated. It’s stressful because we’ve booked other things in to that time, so if we overrun, the other things have to be pushed back. As you begin to notice exactly how long each task takes, your estimates should become more accurate, and you can allocate your time so there’s enough time for everything.

A less obvious trap we can also fall in to is taking a certain amount of time over something because we expect it to take that long. We linger and fill the time we’ve expected it to take. But particularly with the things we’re really good at, we might be able to do them far quicker than we expect. If it doesn’t take us very long, that shouldn’t be a problem. After all, it leaves us with plenty of time to spare …

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Strategy: 10 Tips For Powerful PowerPoint Presentations…Don’t be in Competition with your PowerPoint for Attention

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I’ve given many presentations and some have been more successful than others. Even when it’s the same material. And very similar audiences. Something that I’ve learned: it’s easy to overlook one of the most crucial elements of giving presentations– make sure that your audience can easily focus on you and your slides.

 

 

Don’t be in competition with your powerpoint for attention. When giving a presentation, audience engagement is critical. When you are talking, you want the attention on your message and not on the mechanics of the presentation.

10 things to keep in mind to give a good (PowerPoint) presentation:

1. Arrive early
Don’t even think about arriving late or cutting it close. Audiences will lose patience quickly if you waste valuable time at the beginning of the presentation fiddling around. If you are delivering the presentation in a new environment for your audience, arrive even earlier. Get comfortable and familiar with the space. It will help minimize distractions if you can easily answer commonly asked questions, like where the bathrooms and power outlets are.

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2. Check the set up
Make sure the room is set up so everyone in your audience can easily see you and the screen. If some chairs or tables need to be moved to make it easier for everyone to participate, do it. If anything is blocking access for people to see you, move it. When people are uncomfortable trying to see, it will negatively impact your presentation. I’ve seen key decision makers come late to meetings, and sit in the last seats open. It is awkward and disruptive if they ask other people in the front to switch with them, and negative for your message if they get frustrated and leave because they can’t hear or see whats going on.

3. Test all technology before going live
Make sure your computer is plugged in or fully charged. If you don’t need wifi during the presentation, shut it off. If wifi is necessary, connect to the network beforehand. Turn off all notifications, shutdown Skype and all IM services, and close any extraneous webpages. If you will be sharing your screen or desktop, make it clutter free. If using fancy technology, make sure you are comfortable with it, and it doesn’t take over. Don’t overuse the laser pointer. Simply put: eliminate any distractions that could interrupt or distract from your presentation.

4. Mix it up
If your presentation is long and goes all day, or for a few days, consider breaking up the powerpoint to include video, a product demo, or a breakout session where people can talk. Play music before the presentation and during breaks to keep the energy level high. People generally have short attention spans, so jazz it up. I’ve noticed that most people’s attention begins to tap out around an hour of straight powerpoint.

5. If another person is going to “drive” the slide-show, or if you will be using a remote, make sure to practice
It is distracting and hard to focus when the presenter and the slideshow are out of synch. It also breaks the flow of the presentation if the attention shifts from the audience to the driver / computer / remote to move the slideshow forward. I generally prefer using a remote. Just make sure you are comfortable with the controls and don’t accidentally go to the beginning or end of the presentation when you just want to move one slide forward.

6. Maintain eye contact as much as possible
Try not to spend too much time looking at your computer, or the presentation screen. Look at your audience. As Mark Suster writes in a great blog post on Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations: “Your goal is to work the room, look people in the eyes, judge people’s responses to your presentation and engage.” It’s difficult to effectively communicate your message if you aren’t engaging with your audience.

7. When standing: If you’re in a culture that reads left to right, stand to the left of the projection screen
The audience’s attention and eyes will instinctually go to the left and follow you. If you stand to the right, many people will be following the left side of the screen, and it will be harder for them to follow you. If you’re presenting in a culture that reads right to left, stand on the right side of the screen. When traveling, bring a remote so you can easily move around if the podium or docking station is in the wrong place.

8. When sitting: Don’t sit at the opposite end of the table from the presentation! Sit close to the screen
If you sit across the room from your screen, your audience will need to choose between looking at you and looking at the screen. They will spend a lot of unnecessary time whipping their head back and forth, and you won’t be able to naturally engage with them.
9. When presenting with just your computer or deck: sit where it will be most natural for them to look
If your audience is right handed, it will be easier for them to follow your presentation if you sit to their right. Similarly, when giving the presentation to a left handed person, sit on their left. Left handed people will naturally gravitate towards looking towards looking to their left.

10. Plan to end 5 minutes early
People are busy. Respect your audience’s time. Start the presentation promptly, and plan to end a bit early. Watch your pacing throughout the presentation and make sure you aren’t spending too much time on any one point. By giving yourself a buffer, you’ll avoid rushing towards the end. If you have a few minutes left, let the audience know you will stick around if they have any follow up questions or comments. Don’t run late. Even finishing 5 minutes late can inconvenience your audience and leave people feeling rushed and anxious — not the feelings you want the audience to feel leaving your presentation. Always end on a high note.

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