21 Feb 10 A Job-Search Guide to Help People Over 45 – XIII

In the last couple of posts, we talked about résumé and the role it plays in building your case for your employment. We will continue this discussion in two more posts. In this part, we will see what all you can do to fine-tune your résumé.

Wear your Employer’s Shoes

Well, not literally. What I meant was you need to have a fresh look at your résumé to see how a person on the other side of the table will look at it. Put yourself in your employer’s shoes and see if you would have called a person carrying this résumé for the interview? There is no point for being right, so do not lie to yourself. This exercise is done solely to find problem in your CV.

See what is the flavor of the market

Tight fitting, camel toe revealing outfit might be a huge fashion in yesteryears, but today if you wear it you will look funny—I am not a fashion person so I might be wrong here. But, I know I am not wrong when I say you need to use the format that looks modern. See what format is used these days, and follow that trend. You may be 45, but your résumé should not look that old. Dress it up like youth does!

What’s the new lingo

In your youth, hyperlink and HTML would have meant nothing, but today it does. There are many similar changes in terminology of almost every field. Find out what words got omitted and what got added to your field in last couple of years, or from the time you last checked. Embrace the change, at least in your résumé. It will tell your employer how much you are unlike your age, I meant up-to-date with current trend.

We all new to adapt and evolve with time, this is the only way we can sustain ourselves. Keep on working, and keep on evolving.

Tags: Camel Toe, Current, Cv, Exercise, Fashion, Fine Tune, Fresh Look, Hyperlink, Job Guide, Job Help, Job Search, Lingo, Search People, Shoes, Yesteryears

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05 Nov 09 Finding Ideas To Write About

One of the huge problems being a writer, is finding your ideas. You have to be able to create an influx of ideas, even when you feel stuck. Part of having the longevity to have a writing career is knowing how to work past the tough days. As a writer, not having an idea of what to write about just isn’t an option, so here are a few tips to make sure you always have fresh ones aplenty.

Something that people are usually able to write about at any time, is an issue that bothers them. Whether a story in the news, or in your personal life, write about something you dislike. This can be a useful exercise, as it’s easy to let yourself rant. Once the words start flowing about something, they’ll start flowing about everything.

If you have a personal blog, which all writers should have, try writing about something different. If you mostly focus on your current daily life, try writing about your past. Think about the way things were before you are now. Confront some hardships, or an aspect of your life that you miss. Anything that moves you, to get those creative parts of your brain moving and working.

Try to challenge yourself. Write outside of your comfort zone. Anything that forces you to think outside of your normal box. That’s a useful activity to help you constantly see scenarios in different ways, so that you’ll always have new ideas.

The more you can force yourself to write about different things, the more you’ll be able to write. Part of writing is letting yourself write content that you aren’t confident about. You don’t always have to submit that work for someone else’s approval, but progress is progress. At least getting something out will make you feel better, and less stressed for the next time.

Tags: Brain, Comfort Zone, Creative, Different Things, Different Ways, Exercise, Hardships, Influx, Longevity, Personal Blog, Personal Life, Scenarios, Tough Days

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01 Nov 09 What Do You Do When You Are Bored of Writing

It is not uncommon for a writer to get bored of writing. Everyone gets bored at one time or another. And once you are bored, writing becomes a drag.

What do you do when writing becomes drag for you?

Do you continue to write as usual or do you do something else?

Believe it or not, despite how torturous writing become, many writers continue to write and what happens? They end up producing mediocre work. This is wrong. This pulls the motivation down. A writer should not continue when he or she is not feeling like writing.

Stop Writing! When writing seems like a drag. There are quite a few things that you can do when writing becomes drag for you, which I am listing below. These steps will not only relax your mind, but it will also infuse enthusiasm in you that will make writing once again a pleasant exercise.

Things to do when writing becomes drag

Take a walk in the woods.
Sit near a pond, lake or river and listen to the sound of bird chirping and watch the water forming shapes.
Listen to soulful music.
Watch a movie.
Read a book or a short story.
Recite a poem.
Dance
Go out and take a walk
See teenagers falling in love for the first time
Surf the internet, but do not go to the usual sites that you visit
Talk to an elderly person in your community and ask him about his life’s experience.
Visit an orphanage, talk to kids there and play with them.
Watch a game of sports.
Paint, if you like painting.
Observe the nature.
Lie on the ground and watch the empty sky. Focus on the bubble that forms in the sky (it is actually an illusion).
Relax
Above all, follow your heart

You should not limit yourself to doing these things. Do whatever you wish is good for you, apart from writing, and see how the experience enriches you.

Tags: Bored, Elderly Person, Empty Sky, Exercise, Experience Visit, Follow Your Heart, Game, Illusion, Motivation, Orphanage, Painting, Poem, Pond Lake, Shapes, Short Story, Soulful Music, Sound Of Bird, Teenagers, Time Surf, Walk In The Woods

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21 Feb 10 A Job-Search Guide to Help People Over 45 – XIII

Wear your Employer’s Shoes

See what is the flavor of the market

What’s the new lingo

05 Nov 09 Finding Ideas To Write About

01 Nov 09 What Do You Do When You Are Bored of Writing

Things to do when writing becomes drag

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