Tough (Question) Tuesday What can you ask for today

Tough (Question) Tuesday What can you ask for today Lend Me Your Wing by Kelli Murray Art, found via kind over matter My vlog yesterday was all about what-you-cant-control-itis, part of dealing with what you cant control is to ask for help. Take something off your plate. Learn something from an expert. Now think about that challenge that has you stuck. Whether its plain ol overwhelm, or thinking youd be great in a job that you dont really know anything about, or that you need to find space to paint.. What can you ask for today? Join me in the comments section with your request!

Writing a Resume For Banking Professionals

Writing a Resume For Banking ProfessionalsWriting a resume for banking professionals will not be an easy task, but it is also not impossible. In fact, it is an opportunity that will allow you to be seen as the top of your profession and someone worth hiring.Resume writing for banking professionals can be made easier by having the right resume writing software. These programs are great for anybody who wants to give a head start to their career path. These programs will help you write a resume faster and thus, show that you are on the fast track to a stellar future in banking.One of the most important aspects of your resume is the contact information. This would be the first place that people would check and if they see nothing on your profile, they would not bother to learn more about you. To get this information, try to include your email address, physical address, phone number, and fax number in your resume.Some professional bankers like to have professional resumes to present at an y interview. This is because the level of personal references will be quite helpful when applying for jobs in the banking industry. Having your own professional resume also shows that you are a serious candidate with great qualities that can be used to improve your chances of being hired.The best way to write a resume is to look at it several times before submitting it. It is better to rewrite your resume than use a resume template as this will only result in your losing valuable time and effort.With the help of a professional resume writer, you will be able to see how you could do things differently and you will be able to come up with a resume that would make your employers wonder what made you leave your old job. If your resume gets through the bar or any other organization, it will go a long way in giving you an edge in the competition. If you are not able to get a job with your previous resume, you might have a lot to loose.No matter how short or long your resume is a quality r esume writing for banking professionals will help you stand out in a competitive field. Whether it is an updated version or an original resume, you will not find it difficult to write one that would impress your prospective employer.

Burner Email Accounts Three Great Advantages

Burner Email Accounts Three Great Advantages When the news hit that Hillary Clinton had a private email account that she used in her duties as Secretary of State, I thought, “Doesn’t everyone?” Maybe that’s my default reaction as a millennial who has picked up and dropped about 10 email addresses over the past decade or so. But it’s also because the value of navigating the online world without exposing all of your personally identifying information is so clear to me. We’re living in a post-Target, post-Anthem, post-[insert next company here] world. The reality for the average Internet user is that guarding your personal information online is getting tougher. First, a few caveats. I’m not a security expert. I’m not an organizational guru. I’m not doing anything illegal a la “The Wire” that would require a complex system of burners to evade law enforcement (though I do love that show). I’m not catfishing anyone. I’m not creating entirely new identities in order to dupe, scam or hurt anyone. I’m just explaining a system that has worked for me personally and that could work for you. I introduce to you the “burner email” â€" an email address that you use with the intention that you’ll delete it at some point down the road. Here’s how it works: I have an email address with a reputable, secure free service, with no personal information about me included in the handle â€" it’s entirely random and has no personal information included. I use that email address for usernames, login credentials, etc., whenever I don’t want to use my main email address. This could be for everything from writing my email address down to enter a raffle at a local lunch spot to signing up for an online service that I may not use frequently. My main email address stays separate from my “burner” account and it helps me compartmentalize my life a bit. Here are the perks. 1. To Keep My Identity Secure When it comes down to it, your email address holds a lot of personal information about you. For some people, their name is their email address. Others include some seemingly meaningless information like their alma mater or their pet’s name in their handle. While that information may be easy to remember and seems innocuous, an identity thief can piece together answers to security questions and other details about you to get access to other online accounts you may have. It also can help protect my main email account from hackers. For example, when a minor data breach of an online retailer where I shop exposes only usernames (and the usernames are email addresses, as they commonly are), I can rest easy if I know I’ve used my burner account. The information those hackers have unearthed may be used in a phishing attack on me, but I can “burn” that email and create a new one just as easily. 2. To Confuse Microtargeters With many email providers skimming your ingoing and outgoing messages for clues about what you’re buying, eating, drinking, watching and talking about, a burner email account can give you a little peace of mind when it comes to ads that are targeted at you. I don’t know about you, but it gives me the creeps when I check out a dress online, then am followed by that dress for the next few days in the form of in-email ads and customized units on other websites. A burner email can help me hide from the cookies, even if it’s just for a little bit. 3. To Keep My Main Inbox Clean I’ve found there are two types of email users: People who are OK not reading every email they get, and those who have to read everything as soon as it comes in. I’m the latter. So keeping my main email inbox free of coupons, newsletters, daily deal offers, promotional and marketing materials saves me a lot of time. I can get to the emails from my parents, friends, etc. without having to delete 20 emails from companies that I may want to browse from time to time, but clutter my inbox and drive me crazy. It’s also helpful to use a burner email address for projects. For example, if you’re applying for a job. With all of the job hunting sites and alerts you can sign up for nowadays, you could be getting hundreds of messages a day from potential employers and hiring websites with job recommendations and interview requests. Creating a burner email account for this ensures important emails don’t get lost in the process and it helps compartmentalize your life a bit. Having a baby? A burner email could help you sign up for all of your baby-related stores, websites, community boards, etc. without exposing any personal information online. Selling stuff online? Posting to Craigslist anonymizes your email address to a point, but if you’re setting up a meeting to exchange goods, a burner email could give you a little extra protection. Let’s be clear â€" this is by no means a silver bullet. Identity theft really is the third certainty in life, and a burner email won’t stop you from getting got â€" but it might make you a tougher target for thieves and hackers. Monitoring your financial accounts regularly can help you reduce the impact of fraud. Experts recommend you check your bank accounts daily, and monitoring your credit can be useful as well. You can get free annual credit reports under federal law at AnnualCreditReport.com, and you can get two of your credit scores for free every month on Credit.com. More from Credit.com: Identity Theft: What You Need to Know How Do I Dispute an Error on My Credit Report? 3 Dumb Things You Can Do With Email

How To Conduct An Effective Informational Interview - Work It Daily

How To Conduct An Effective Informational Interview - Work It Daily One thing that will gain you interviews with your target companies is by talking with more people who are “in-the-know.” Do this by conducting more interviews of your own. The informational interview is an effective way to build your network and gather information to move your career forward. Informational interviews can actually be quite fun. Meeting for coffee, or briefly in someone’s office, takes the pressure off both parties. The job seeker is simply asking for information, guidance, and advice. The person being interviewed is just providing that information and expertise. No one is saying, “Please give me a job!” And, no one is making an offer. It’s just a chat. That’s right â€" this is not about asking for a job! Not right away, at least. As a job seeker, you should hope to get some questions answered relevant to the industry you are in, the company where your interviewee works, and the company’s competitors. You should ask about good ways to network in the field. Getting names of other professionals to contact for further informational interviews is a great result. Here’s how to do it: 1. Make A List Of People You'd Like To Meet Make a detailed list of people you’d like to talk to about the next move in your career. People who have mentored you in the past, people you admire in your field, and people at your target company are great people to meet with. Anyone who may be able to help you, or knows someone who can help, should go on your list. 2. Find Them On LinkedIn Use the Companies tab to see who is on LI at your target companies. You can find their contact information easily on their profile. If they don’t have a profile, Google them, or use sites like jigsaw.com to get their phone number or e-mail address. 3. Call Them Or Send Them A Message Phone messages often go unreturned and inboxes are often full for many professionals. Be persistent, try multiple avenues of communication, or go through a contact’s assistant. Be clear that you just want a brief meeting to discuss a specific set of questions and that you are not inquiring about a job. 4. Meet With Several Contacts Each Week Be committed to holding 2-3 informational interviews consistently. Stick to the amount of time that you mentioned when setting up the meeting and don’t go beyond it, no matter how tempted you might be! You can always set up another meeting or use additional questions as a reason to stay in touch and build the relationship. 5. Bring Your Resume - Just In Case Don’t offer it. But, if they ask for it, you’ll be prepared. Also, if the topic comes up in conversation, you can ask for advice on how to beef it up. Are there classes you should take? Organizations you might join? Get their feedback on what might make you a stronger candidate. 6. Ask Relevant Questions About The Industry, Company, Or Position How did you become interested in this field? What brought you to this company? What is a typical day like in your position/department? How much time do you spend doing ______ each day? What types of problems do you solve in your position? What can you tell me about the corporate culture? What are the biggest challenges the company faces right now and in the future? What skills and qualities make someone successful in this field? 7. Give Your Branded Elevator Pitch, And Then Ask: With the little you know about me, what suggestions do you have that might help me to break into the field or a company like yours? If a position were to become available here, would you keep me in mind? What other companies would you recommend for me to explore? 8. Get More Connections Before The Meeting Is Concluded Ask who they know who might be a good person for you to speak with. Get their contact information. Ask if it’s OK to tell the new contact who sent you. 9. Send A Thank You Message Do this within 24 hours in the format of your choice. E-mail is convenient and green. You might be perceived as tech-savvy. Or, you might be looked upon as impersonal. A handwritten note is perceived as more personal by some. Or, on the flipside, archaic. It’s up for debate and depends on your industry. Just pick one and thank your interviewee quickly. 10. Stay In touch Connect on LinkedIn and send occasional messages updating the contact on your progress. If you come across any articles that might help her, pass them along. Monitor the company and your contact using Google Alerts. When you discover she has gotten a promotion or has spoken at a conference, be sure to send a congratulatory e-mail. Keeping in touch will help the relationship to grow. Eventually, the informational interviews you conduct will pay off. Word will spread that you are looking for a new position. People will remember your personality and respectfulness. The relationships you are cultivating will result in a network that is keeping you in mind for when their company is ready to hire. Before long, you will be interviewing for real! Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!

Average Salary In The U.S.

Average Salary In The U.S. Lets talk salary. With all the political talk of the one percent versus the rest of the U.S. nowadays, understanding what the average salary for Americans actually is can be difficult. Thats because the answer to this question involves a variety of nuances like education, industry, geographical drehort, and lamentably, race and gender. Plus, numbers alone do little to expose the contextual scope of ones earnings. For instance, the U.S. Census Bureau found that the average salary in America welches $56,516 in 2015, up 3.95 percent from the previous year. However, that sum would look a lot different to a young, single person than it would to the breadwinner in a family of five.What Is the Average Salary in America?There are a variety of factors that determine a persons salary, which is why the average American salary isnt necessarily a good benchmark. But according to the United States Census Bureau in 2017, the average salary was $56,516.Lets take a mora in -depth look at a number of the nuances impacting the zentralwert income in the U.S. todayEducationAccording to the latest statistics compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those with a doctoral degree in 2016 had an average weekly income of $1,664. Interestingly, those with a professional degree (which usually calls for someone to work a certain amount of time in their relevant field before receiving accreditation) slightly out-earned their doctoral peers, with average weekly earnings of $1,745. A significant dip follows, as we look at those who have obtained a master degree and earn a weekly average of $1,380. Next, bachelor degree-holders earn on average $1,156 per week, and associate degree holders earn $819. Employees who spent some time in college but received no degree earn a weekly average of $756, while high school diploma holders earn $692 per week. Finally, for those who did bedrngnis receive their GED, zentralwert earnings clock in at $504 per week.Important side not e The above Bureau of Labor Statistics data only applies to persons whore age 25 or older, full-time workers and salary earners.Part-timeand hourly workers were not included in ansicht findings, and their answers would likely alter the Bureau of Labors household income findings pretty dramatically.IndustryData USAdiscovered that the highest paid industry in the U.S. nowadays is Securities, Commodities, Funds, Trusts, and other Financial Investments, with average annual salaries of $121,876. Next is Software Publishing with yearly earnings of $113,947, followed by web Publishing, Broadcasting, and Web Search Portals at $104,823 Oil and Gas Extraction at $102,710 and a rather convoluted category called Other Information Services, Except Libraries and Archives, and Internet Publishing, and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, with yearly earnings of $99,391.Conversely, the industries with the lowest annual salaries include Nail Salons and Other Personal Care Services ($20,419)Child Day Care Services($19,793) Restaurants and Food Services ($18,930) and, of all things, Bowling Centers ($18,865). Again, these findings are susceptible to substantial variation, especially where geographical location comes into play. Bartenders in The Big Apple, for example, can make upwards of 100K a year a pretty exceptional financial picture compared to those working in Food Services in, say, Des Moines, Iowa.Significantly, the most common industries (or those with the largest full-time workforces) have nearly no overlap with the industries found to be the highest paying. Ranking as the No. 1 most common industry sector, according to Data USAs facts, is Restaurant and Food Services, with a workforce of 8.8 1000000. Elementary and secondary schools come next, employing 8.57 million people. Construction is the third most common industry at 7.7 million, followed by hospitals at 6.87 million and higher education at 4.1 million.Geographical LocationAs touched on above, where you life ca n have a pretty substantial effect on your household profits, as salaries are often adjusted according to cost of living. For most non-executive roles, companies factor in for your location when benchmarking pay rates and salary ranges, and that extends to companies that hire employees in multiple locations, too. In fact, more often than not, your geographical location is thesalary benchmark (outside of experience level, of course).The way these calculations are normally made is through a cost-of-living adjustment (i.e. the cost of goods and services) or, slightly more commonly, by looking at a locations cost of labor (i.e. compensation). Some companies will make these salary range adjustments on an individual basis, while others have in place separate base annual salary structures for specific places.To get a better sense for how location impacts profits, lets take a look at the geographical pay variations for one position, software engineer, as recorded byPayScale. The median annu al salary for this position according to location is listed in descending order belowSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $85,800Cost of living index (national voreingestellt = 100) 143.5New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York / New Jersey Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $75,300Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 177.7Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $73,800Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 120.2Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $63,500Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 100.6Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, Texas Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $60,300Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 91.9Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level sof tware engineer $58,500Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 99.6Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $54,900Cost of living index (national standard = 100)98.2Louisville, Kentucky / Indiana Metropolitan AreaMedian salary for an entry-level software engineer $51,900Cost of living index (national standard = 100) 87.6Additionally, due to more political than corporate considerations, the nadir wage can differ according to state, as well, which can impact that areas overall median earnings. The 10 states with the very best minimum wages are Washington D.C., Washington, New York, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Vermont, Arizona, Alaska, and Oregon. Though none of these states currently have a minimum wage that exceeds $11/hour (with the federal minimum wage being $7.25/hour), numerous havepledgedto up their ante and increase the wage to as much as $15/hour the rate commonly referred to as the living wage b y 2020. Race and GenderIts appalling that, in 2017, race and gender still have a major bearing on workers compensation rates, but to imply otherwise would be blatantly ignoring the obvious. Racial and gender identity frequently serve to compound one another when it comes to median salary rates meaning, while the median earnings of all women is less than that of all men, the gender pay eu-agrarpolitik becomes more pronounced as race and ethnicity are factored in, as well.In fact, according to a 2016 wage gap analysis conducted by thePew Research Center, the racial wage gap has not changed significantly in over 35 years. That analysis found that among both full-time and part-time workers in the U.S. and across genders, Black people in 2015 earned only 75 percent as much as white people did in median hourly wages. But while Black men earned an average of $15/hour compared to white mens $21/hour, Black women earned less than this, at an average of $13/hour. The median earnings of Hispa nic people show an even deeper disparity while Hispanic men earn median hourly wage of $14/hour, Hispanic women earn only $12. The only group to out-earn white men was Asian men, with median hourly earnings of $24/hour. Asian women on the other hand, while enjoying a higher median hourly rate than Blacks, Hispanics, and white women, did not out-earn white men, and their $18/hour median rate showed a greater gender pay gap within their race than exhibited by any other group.Another unexpected group the gender pay gap is worsening for?Recent college grads.Thepay gapamong women and men who are just out of university is widening, according to a 2017reportreleased by the Economic Policy Institute. The study found that women earn $17.88 on average during their first four years post-college, while their male counterparts make $20.87 representing a divide thats larger than it was more than 10 years ago.The EPIs report did display a moderate improvement since 2015, when young women earned 8 3 percent of what men made (women now earn 86 percent of what men do). Moreover, Equal Pay Day which marks the point in the year until which the average woman has to work in order to catch up in pay to what the average man made in the prior year fell on April 4 this year, which was an eight-day improvement from last year.We additionally recognize that some companies are making concerted efforts to close their pay gaps. For instance,Salesforce has conducted a compensation auditin order to close the wage gap among its employees, and individual women are making strides every day byasking for a raise.Yet when we look at the bigger picture, things look bleaker. In 2000, for instance, women just out of college made 91 percent of what their male counterparts made, according to the EPI.So why might the gap be widening now?Huffington Postreporter Emily Peck suggested that it could be the result of a growth in income inequality The highest-paying jobs in the U.S. are paying even better, and men are landing that work. Think Facebook engineer, Goldman Sachs analyst, etc. Moreover, as Peck noted, the study didnt take into account the types of jobs graduates are taking. Women do have a tendency to hold more of the jobs in lower-paying industries (although when analysts have accounted for these kinds of factors, theyvestillfound a gender pay gap).While we know weve made some progress in shrinking pay inequities in recent years, the EPIs report is an important reminder that the pay gap is persisting and perhaps with more force than we may have thought.What Is Considered Middle Class in the U.S.?According to Pew, middle-class households make between 67% to 200% of the U.S. median income. In 2016, those numbers were between $39,560 and $118,080.If youre feeling disheartened, or at least curious about whether youre being compensated fairly, check out Fairygodbosssalary database, where you can look up crowdsourced compensation and bonus information by employer, department and title. On this page youll also findPayscales salary calculator, which also takes into account where you live and work, thus helping you to get a better understanding of the geographical location discrepancies discussed above.Now that you apprehend the reality of average income in the U.S. a little better, in case youre beginning to realize youre overdue for an income raise or you suspect youre a victim of the gender pay gap get informed so you can take actionFairygodboss is committed to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer

A Startling Fact about Ceo] Resume Writing Service Uncovered

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