Issue #8
About Alternating Currents
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10/10/06
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 Starting a new business may also mean hiring staff. If you are considering new hires that are under the age of 25, they may bring changes to your work environment because the world they live in is different from yours - perhaps. Young workers live in a world characterized by staying connected, instantaneity, multi-tasking, assembling random information into patterns, and using technology in new ways. Their challenge to the established way of doing things in the business world has already started. You can read more about the digital natives in this article from Pew Research.
Are you an Accidental Manager? When you began your chosen career, you probably imaged your day to day job tasks being those you were trained to do. If you imagined yourself as a civil engineer, you likely pictured yourself using CAD software to design bridges and tunnels. If you imagined being a lawyer, you thought of yourself arguing in a courtroom. Most likely, never at any point did you think your time would just as often be spent planning projects, gathering resources, engaging teams, monitoring and assuring progress and reporting on results. You never set out to be a project manager but you may have become one by accident. How did this happen and what should you do? Dennis Bilowus tells you more about this topic in his piece on Accidental Managers for DM magazine.
Working After Retirement: The Gap
Between Expectations and Reality. Among the 77% of the currently employed (and not retired) public who say they expect to do some kind of
work for pay after they retire, there are no significant differences by age, income, gender, race, ethnicity,
education or region. In short, this has now become a widely-held expectation among virtually all kinds of
people. This social trend analysis from Pew Research tells you more about those who plan on working after retirement and why.
Three Things Every Recruiter Looks For In A Resume - Focus, Core competencies or transferable skills, and Accomplishments. If your resume lacks any of these crucial elements, then you are probably not capturing the attention you deserve, and you are missing out on important interview opportunities. Find out how to improve your job search resume.
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