Resume Wars Anakin Skywalker vs Darth Vader

Resume Wars Anakin Skywalker vs Darth VaderResume Wars Anakin Skywalker vs Darth VaderIn a galaxy far, far away, resumes were drastically changing over time.From a simple, blank piece of paper filled with your experiences, to a beautifully designed, fancy hologram, describing you not only as an employee but as an individual, as well.In the light of the upcoming Star Wars movies, our team decided to create Anakin Skywalkers resume before turning to the dark side, and after becoming Darth Vader. See how our format works, and how it shows more than just your work experience, disregarding whether youre a Jedi or a SithBefore turning to the dark side, Anakin Skywalker welches an exemplary Jedi. He studied at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and after graduation, crafted his own light from three crystals on the planet Ilum. After becoming a full-fledged Jedi, his career seemed bright having won numerous battles, stopping the invasion of Naboo, and becoming the Counsellors personal representa tive. Everything changed, however, once he started having visions his wifes failed childbirth, leading him to rebel against the Jedi and eventually turning into Darth Vader. Download Anakin Skywalker ResumeVader was the opposite of everything Anakin Skywalker represented. Hed committed countless atrocities, from murdering most of the Jedi, to blowing up an entire planet.At the end of the series, however, Darth Vader did end up finding redemption saving his sons life, and bringing down the emperor thus finally fulfilling his destiny. Download Darth Vader ResumeFor more action-packed resumes, check our Facebook page here, or if you want to create one for yourself, have a go at our Enhancer and get 50% off using the STARWARS promocode (valid till 31.12.2015)Icons by Stephen Plaster/Luis Prado/Alex Auda Samora/Christelle Mozzati/Yorlmar Campos/Anthony Rees/Wayne Tyler Sall/Becca/Hayashi Fumihiro/Chris Kerr/Juan Pablo Bravo Nick Zviadadze Certified Storyteller, Job Hunting Enhancer, D igital Marketer and a Coffee EnthusiastLeave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *CommentName * Email * Website Subscribe now for moreSee more great content and inspiring examples of resumes done right each month. Subscribe Youre subscribed Latest posts See all posts by Eric D. Halsey The Resumes of Chernobyl by Eric D. Halsey 4 Ways Creativity Can Improve Your Resume by Katherine (Tori) LutzHow to Create a First Year Elementary School Teacher Resume

Email is the most effective tool you are not using

Email is the most effective tool you are elend usingEmail is the most effective tool you are bedrngnis usingWith so many other forms of communication available, schmelzglas may seem like the archaic tool from the Internets dark ages. But when it comes to formal introductions, grouping together larger components of a project, sharing valuable resources, or just having an accountable record of communication, email still provides an excellent foundation for modern professionals.Email is far from perfect though. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that more than 205 billion emails are sent per day and found that an average employee spends 13 hours (roughly 28% of a week), reading and responding to email. Thats about 650 hours a year, in addition to the time it takes to actually do your job.With all that communication chaff, its important to refine your email etiquette to keep this powerful, but often overlooked, communication tool effective.Know when email is appropriateIt may seem s elf-evident but spamming is the most common way for communication to get lost or for you to get ignored. The Radicati Group found that the average corporate email user sends and receives about 105 emails a day. Knowing that youre email is likely to lay somewhere in that stack, decide if its easier to call or speak in person, before you hit send.What are your action items?If email it the method of communication then ask yourself, whats the goal here? Make sure thats clear so the recipient has the right context. Usually you can address that in the subject line or the first few sentences of your message. This also avoids having to send multiple emails in a chain, instead a singular message.Keep it short and sweetEmailLabs VP of Marketing Loren McDonald says that on average, readers are spending 15-20 seconds on each email they open. Additionally, almost 70% of emails are read on mobile devices.With a narrow window to state your case, every second counts. Give your reader the important details first and make it clear what your intentions are.Be directThe advantage of email is its ability to organize all the scattered resources of a project. Always include any pertinent screenshots, quotes, and documents as needed. That allows the reader to respond quickly without leaving the email. Nothing stalls communication more than someone having to dig through files in order to address a specific point.Who is your audience?A 2014 Hubspot marketing survey, asked 1,000 people in 21 office jobs if they use filters to sort emails. Fifty-four percent reported they did. Mostly because they were ccd or included on an email redundantly. Keep your communication focused to only the key team members whenever possible - and avoid Replying-All if its not needed.Watch your languageCheck your spelling and grammar, especially when writing to new people or your superiors. However, some cases may require speed over accuracy, where you can get away with grammatically incorrect shorthand.In a March 2016 article published in PLOS ONE, University of Michigan researchers found that the personality type of the email recipient affected the perception of the email.More extroverted email readers tended to overlook grammar and spelling mistakes while less agreeable people are more sensitive to grammatical errors. Keep that in mind when youre drafting your next email. Some people may not mind, or even notice, spelling errors while some many notice only that.Email betterThere were 531 million wireless email users in 2011. Thats projected to grow to over 1.2 billion wireless email users by 2018. Which means more emails in inboxes around the world.Dont let that deter you from the efficacy of email for your teams. Keep these tips in mind to reduce spam, be terse, and streamline your teams workflow.

Five Ways to Supercharge Employee Morale

Five Ways to Supercharge Employee MoraleFive Ways to Supercharge Employee MoraleFive Ways to Supercharge Employee Morale Bennington, ContributorDuring the Great Recession, as companies were simply bailing water trying to survive, employee morale and job satisfaction wasnt exactly high on the priority scale.But now that were all seeing a few green shoots in the economy, its time to turn your attention back to giving staff a little overdue tender loving care.Employee Morale and the Bottom LineOh.still thinking morale issues are just soft HR stuff?If so, consider this The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that it costs at least 25% of a persons salary to replace them.So if youre experiencing high employee turnover OR your staff is in place but just phoning it in, what do you think this is costing you in terms of client service, worker productivity and profit potential?The answer is Quite a bit. Besides, youve already spent a lot of money recruiting the best talent, right? Ok, then. L ets talk about how to keep them.Make people your bottom line. If theres one thing fruchtwein companies dont seem to get, its that employees today want mora than just a paycheck. They want to be happy at work, realize a great future, and feel connected to something bigger.Moreover, they want to work from a place of being inspired, not just compliant. If youre not sure where your company falls on this scale or how to get there, your first step is to conduct an employee survey.Hire a third-party administrator so employees feel safe to tell the truth simply ask themHow they feel about working for your organization.Do they know whats expected from them?Do they understand your company mission, vision and their place in it?Do they feel supported and regularly receive constructive feedback on their work?Do they have up-to-date technology? (This is a HUGE source of frustration for employees and yet so easy to fix)Would they describe your company culture as driven yet still collegial?Based o n the survey results, identify your companys top three priorities for increased employee engagement and heres the kicker actually take action to address and resolve them.Give em a clear path. The January 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review presented a study that found the 1 driver of employee motivation is an experience of progress. And yet, this is another area where companies dont get it.In fact, a recent study by talent management firm Cornerstone revealed that eighty-two percent of surveyed employees hadnt established ANY career goals with their manager and 53 percent said they didnt have an understanding of how their role contributed to the companys broader business objectives.Um, wow.So this is clearly where career development plans come in however, even businesses that offer plans usually get the process backward.In other words, most companies simply tell employees whats on their plan, thereby missing a big opportunity to increase engagement and, as a result, employee m orale.But the process works best when supervisors outline the specific benchmarks that employees are expected to meet and then let the employee take over and offer solutions on how to get there.You may not agree with all of their tactics but the fact that you asked sets the stage for a discussion and not a morale-busting monologue.Understand that time really is money. Lets say you have a fabulous employee and you really want to give them a raise. No, wait. A bonus. Yes, a one-time bonus because that would be easier on the pocketbook. But oops either way you cant afford it.You still have some leverage, my friend, in the way of flexible-work arrangements, extra vacation days, mini-sabbaticals, working from home part-time and/or guilt-free exercise breaks.All of these little gems have been proven to boost morale without upping your payroll.Hire great managers. Its been said that people join companies and leave managers. If youve ever had a dud boss yourself, you know what Im talking ab out. Excellent managers can make you want to skip to work. Lousy managers can make you hate your whole life.So in a very real sense the collective morale of your people rests on the competence of your leaders.One of my favorite tools for measuring managers is the Gallup Q12. Gallup spent 7 years and conducted literally thousands of interviews to distill the notion of engagement into a quantifiable questionnaire.If every company held leaders accountable for how their staff answered those 12 questions, wed have a very engaged workforce indeed.Make the connection between morale and recruiting. Heres the deal When your staff becomes disillusioned, your company brand becomes tarnished not just in their eyes, but in the eyes of prospective employees too.After all, everyone is on social media these days and if burnt out employees have taken to the web to talk about you, it will become even more difficult to attract the best talent.So in that sense, what can a negative impression from a c urrent employee do to prevent you from finding future employees? Trust me, if ordinary people using social media can knock down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya you know this stuff is powerful.No, thats not just hyperbole because nothing less than your current and future competitiveness depend on the morale of your employees. So keep your staff happy. Because their engagement doesnt just contribute to the bottom line it drives it.Author BioEmily Bennington specializes in two distinct forms of career transition college students entering the workforce and women leaders entering executive management. Her work deep dives into what Stephen Covey famously referred to as the space between stimulus and response where she challenges executives to choose mindful, values-centered action. Emily is the author of Who Says Its a Mans World The Girls Guide to Corporate Dominationand the co-author of Effective Immediately How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job. She can be reached online at emilybennington.com, on Facebook and on Twitter.

There is a special retreat for 30-something workers in tech

There is a special retreat for 30-something workers in techThere is a special retreat for 30-something workers in techEveryone knows that twenty-something workers dominate (and often run) the tech world. But technology has accelerated so fast that even workers in their 30s can be considered older, not to mention those in their 40s and 50s.A recent survey showed that age discrimination for tech founders starts at age 36. And with Generation Z coming into the workplace, even Millennials are feeling alienated and left behind. As Mark Zuckerberg once infamously said, Young people are just smarter.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreEnter the Modern Elder Academy, located in El Pescadero, Mexico, welches founded by Chip Conley, a former hotelier and Airbnb veteran. He started the week-long academy, by charging $5,000 tuition and requiring an application to be considered. The academy mor e of a luxury retreat with workshops and heavy doses of wellness options is dedicated to navigating midlife transitions, according to its web site, and help you grow whole, not old.Daily schedules, found on the website, include everything from themed workshops to a wisdom circle followed by bread baking to yoga and meditation.Recently, The New York Times reported on the action at the inaugural Modern Elder class. This enabled the reported to witness the ritual purge with fire, a cleansing ceremony bordering on satire.For this ceremony, participants covered themselves with stickers that had ageist anxieties scrawled on them. There were people in their 50s on this particular retreat session, but one as young as 38. One man put on stickers that said Millennials rule the world and I wish I welches a digital native. A 47-year-old wrote on his own sticker, I am not practical or handy. Other participants covered themselves with stickers saying things like Im out of time to try something n ew, and I feel increasingly invisible.After they regarded each others stickers and walked around silently, they peeled them off and threw them into the fire. Hopefully, that was $5,000 worth of cleansing.Also available to the participants was private sessions with a shaman, which Conley said involved sitting on a cliff and screaming. Sounds good at any age.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

Students Tour Two of Elon Musks Facilities in California

Students Tour Two of Elon Musks Facilities in California Students Tour Two of Elon Musks Facilities in California Students Tour Two of Elon Musks Facilities in CaliforniaBy Benedict Bahner, ASME Public InformationThis past summer, Edison Universe and ASME gave 45 undergraduate students the rare chance to get an in-person look at the headquarters for Tesla Motors and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), two of inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musks state-of-the-art production facilities in California. The students also had the opportunity to interact with human resources recruiters and engineering interns currently working at the companies.The tours of Tesla and SpaceX, which were both held July 13, were organized by Edison Universe, the not-for-profit parent company of the annual Edison Awards program, and ASMEs Students and Career Development staff. The tours were offered to students who had participated in recent ASME competitions.Rare OpportunityMusk, a champion of c ommercial space travel and sustainable automotive technology, welches the recipient of the 2014 Edison Achievement Award for the innovative contributions he has made throughout his career. Musk offered students the chance to visit the world-famous headquarters of his two companies a rare opportunity, as tours of this kind are seldom granted to the public. Edison Universe reached out to ASME to find top engineering students to take part in the tours.ASME student member Jennifer Wei, now a junior at Olin College in Needham, Mass., was one of the 20 students who boarded a tram to take a tour of the factory floor of the 132,000 square-foot Tesla engineering and design center in Fremont, Calif. Therbeie, she and the other students saw a number of Tesla electric vehicle prototypes, including the Tesla featured in Iron Man, and were shown the process for building a Tesla from start to finish.We really got to see the different steps, said Wei, who is co-leading her schools ASME Human Power ed Vehicle Challenge team. And it was interesting to compare their process, for instance, with how we built our vehicle, even though ours is designed at a much smaller scale because we just build one vehicle for competition. But there are still some similarities between the two processes.As the tour continued, Wei said she was also surprised by the facilitys open working environment. I thought it was unusual that they have a very open workplace, said Wei, who is pursuing a degree in electrical and computer engineering at Olin College. The office space was an open floor with a lot of tables. Even in the factory, there were sections where there were many tables and people working. A lot of startups have that kind of work environment, but you dont hear of many larger companies being set up that way.Eric Buck, an ASME student member from California Polytechnic Institute and a member of his schools ASME Human Powered Vehicle team, was also among the lucky students on the tour. It was rea lly exciting, he said. I could have spent weeks in there. There was a lot to see, and it was really interesting how they move the cars around. Theyre up above everyone on a kind of ceiling that moves them around to different sections of the facility.ASME student member Daniel Smith was among the 25 students who were invited to take a walking tour of part of the main SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. a more than 500,000 square-foot facility where the Dragon cargo space capsules and the Falcon 9 rockets that launch them are built and tested. The site also houses a mission control center from which those launches are guided.We saw actual hardware that was being prepared to go into space, Smith said. You could see people working on it, which was very cool. In addition to getting a glimpse of the clean rooms where SpaceX employees worked on Cargo Dragon, the students had the experience of seeing engineers 3D printing metal parts for the engines. That was a technology I had heard of, but this was my first time seeing it applied. They also had friction stir welding, which they use to weld their fuel tanks together, another technology that Id heard of, thought was cool, but was getting to see for the first time in person.After each facility tour, the students met with representatives from each companys human resources department. During these sessions, the HR representatives discussed the qualities they were looking for in prospective employees and interns and offered to review each students resume. The HR representatives also encouraged the students to apply for the companies student internship programs.Richard Livingston, a mechanical engineering major in his senior year at Brigham Young University who took part in the SpaceX tour, was so impressed with the tour that he submitted an application.It seems to me that they really value each of their employees, he said. And their interns could work 40 to 50-plus hours a week not as gofers but as engineers doing real work for the company. The people there really liked it. So that left a positive impression on me.Edison Universe was proud to honor Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, with the 2014 Edison Achievement Award, and were privileged to offer tours of the Tesla and SpaceX factories to outstanding engineering students from ASMEs prestigious engineering contests, said Mindy Manes, chief operating officer of the Edison Awards. ansicht organizations and students embody the legacy of Thomas Edison.If youre an engineering student interested in working on real world projects? Learn more about the internships and co-ops available at Tesla Motors and SpaceX.

The Resume s Chronicles

The Resume s Chronicles Our resume builder is the quickest approach to create a resume that can help you get your fantasy job. If you discover that your resume isnt getting the results that you want, change it Your resume is among the main parts of your job application. Sometimes your resume requires a couple of minor tweaks and at times it needs an entire overhaul. It shows youre conscious of how resumes are processed and that youre committed to making your credentials stick out from the crowd. In some instances, folks ask for expert help when assembling a resume. You also ought to chat about past experience. Capitalize on their experience and youre guaranteed to benefit. Ideally, its advised that you give all of the contact data at the exact top of the document. As soon as you have written and organized your information according to the kind of resume youve chosen, make sure to format it according to typical professional standards. Crucial information becomes buried. To find some formatting suggestions for your resume, take a look at our samples. Key Pieces of Resumes That is, presenting your caliber alongside factual information is essential to create the undertaking of decision making for employer simpler. The archive has an inclination to be sorted out chronologically and should allow it to be simple to find a diagram of someones full working profession. When youve reviewed resumes in your field, peruse resumes across fields to know how to vary using action verbs and receive a feel for what makes a highly effective accomplishment stellungnahme. The Resumes Game Keep in mind, the resumes job is to secure you an interview-period. Writing a resume for employment in the art industry can be difficult. A resumes job isnt to list every detail of your prior jobs. Transportation jobs involve plenty of responsibility and your resume will want to reflect you can take care of that. For example, if youve got an important employment gap since yo ur final position, you can want to use a functional resume rather than a chronological one. In truth hiring managers attempt to prevent letting job openings become public understanding, for fear they will be overwhelmed with countless resumes from those who have zero idea what they would like to do. On account of the high volume of resumes some businesses receive, an automated system is often utilised to pre-select the most suitable candidate. The most important body should incorporate the work position youre seeking and who referred you if youve got a name to drop. The area of information technology gets more important daily. Though you may not have hands-on expertise in a classroom, you get a good foundation of the fundamentals and know how to teach. Distinct kinds of work in the food service industry require resumes with a number of the very same skills. To start with, you are expected to rate your qualifications, experience and professional skills. The Resumes Game The first five seconds Resume writers spend the majority of their time thinking about wording. If you make up your mind that youll have work within 30 days you almost certainly will. Just thinking you know what works isnt good enough when it concerns the competitive job marketplace. Those individuals that are conscious of it never tried to locate another means to compose their resumes. It is not likely to win you a position before you become in the door. If youre thinking about how to create a resume, youre in the proper place There are a few things that dont belong on a resume for work. Your work is to look at where the readers eye is the most inclined to be drawn, and use these places to your benefit. 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The Dirty Facts on Resumes As a rule of thumb, this document is just one page long, although special conditions may call for an extra page. Important information should not be shown in long, dense paragraphs. Streamlining your resume writing emphasizes the information that is quite relevant to the particular opportunity whilst making certain significant f acts arent buried in the text. At the peak of the second page, be certain to include just your name again, in plus-rechnen to the page number.

5 Ways to Motivate Your Team During Holidays - Spark Hire

5 Ways to Motivate Your Team During Holidays - Spark HireThe holiday season is filled with parties, family, and fun. However it can pose a challenge for business owners, as employees request time off and may spend their days at work distracted by holiday plans. Youll need to take a proactive approach in buchen to prevent the holiday season from derailing your productivity. Here are some tips on how to motivate your kollektiv during holidaysmost effectively Set measurable goals in both the long and short-term.When your employees have goals that they have to achieve, its easier to keep the whole team on track. Instead of faking it through the holiday season, everyone in the office is held accountable. This makes individual employees more likely to stay focused.Stagger your time-off.If all of your most senior employees are taking the same week off, your company will feel their absence. Grant your team members the time-off they need and deserve, but do so in such a way that you dont end up feeling major absences within the office. Planning employees time off strategically helps to cut down on how these vacation days will impact your business.Dont be a Scrooge.While you shouldnt let everyone skate by from Thanksgiving to New Years, you also want your office to be an enjoyable place to work. Throw an ugly sweater party for your employees or order a special lunch into the office one day. Rewarding hard work with celebration allows your team to enjoy the holiday season without going overboard.Give your team the tools to win.Many people in business lose focus during the holiday season, so it can be hard for your employees to find success during this time, even if they truly are trying. Particularly for salespeople, the holidays are a challenging time of year to try to get real work done. Be understanding of this and give your employees all of the tools possible to help them continue to be successful at work.Value employees opinions.When your team members feel as if they re just obeying orders from management and have no real say in how your business operates on a day-to-day basis, its easier for them to disengage and just go through the motions. Instead, you should welcome feedback from your employees. If they see room for improvement, take their suggestions into consideration. When every individual feels as if their thoughts matter, theyre more likely to want to focus and put forth their best effort at the office each day, regardless of what kinds of holidays or special events are coming up.How do you keep your team engaged during the holiday season? Share with us in the comments