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Your Unique Person

24 May

You may have heard what a Unique Selling Point of a Product is but did you think of yourself ever as a product ?
Here is the thought for you today – Examine yourself as not a product but the idea of yourself having unique points and interests.
Why do this ? – Examining your Unique Interests is a good way to determine what can make you happy.

Happiness is a lot to do with just enjoying the existence of the moment and the current experience if it is not a very unpleasant one you can find a silver lining.
But insight into what is interesting to you will open up new avenues to asses what your best employment should be for example.

Me I like computers technology and Travel – So for me a big goal has developed to build a Travel Tours website. But this is about YOU.

Ask yourself the following questions

  1. What do I find myself looking for when faced with a rack of magazines ?
  2. Why do I dislike this particular part of my job ?
  3. Why do I like that favourite destination or what was good about that best holiday you ever had ?

Answering these questions will give you insight into who you REALLY are, you can go much further and really start to detail yourself. You are unique and recognising your own BRAND of YOU is a good self analysis tool.

If you liked this article please share it or make a comment below. You might like to list the answers to the questions given above as a way to formalise the answers and make them more real and serious.


 

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How to use Twitter Lists effectively

17 May

How to use Twitter Lists effectively : Case Study http://twitter.com/#!/landed

What are lists e.g. http://twitter.com/#!/iandalon/travel

This is iandalon’s creation he has decided who to have in that list and I might follow the list but my tweets won’t appear here. He decides who can be in his list. So being on that list is good because anyone who follows the list will see the people on his list which is very viral.
You should consider the niche of your market and just create lists at the right level of detail for your ROI needs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Get ahead in finding that Job.

17 May

YOU ARE STANDING IN THE WAY OF MY DREAM JOB !
..as I try and show you who I am and demonstrate my capabilites.

Process and innovation in the recruitment chain. Has there been much ?

In my day (MY real day is yet to come !) there were very few routes into a particular role even finding the companies themselves posed a problem, remember libraries and periodicals that held some clues. This was back in the day when you could reach someone on the telephone IF you had the number. I am surprised at the increase in recruitment companies given that companies can find candidates online and find out a hell of a lot ! Engage with Linked In who have taken the social networking idea in the professional domain. And it works well. Though be sure your exposing enough and not too much, keep it professional. I feel the increase in recruitment is due to the ‘easy money effect’ though the recession sorted out some of the fly by nights and yes some of you offer a great screening service. Other problems were that we didn’t have printers so you had to type out your cv ! TIPEX !!!
How Recruitment Currently Works
Company needs a role filling, contacts HR internal to their company. HR tries to understand the skills required and other needs. (Problem a). Calls and sets up requests to Agencies (Problem b) who find potential candidates using the tools available to all stakeholders (clue 1) this is your interface traditionally. I would like to challenge this scenario with this article.

Problems
a) The line manager for that role will know what they need to a degree and provides a brief to HR., not to mention I.T. where the skills change every 6 months. Line managers are too busy to keep up to date and are too entrenched to look outside their current methodologies for example.
b) IF there is no lost in translation there may be by the time the spec gets to the telephone conversation between the candidate and the Agency.

c) The main issue being the most influential people are those that leave the equation after the deal is sealed! The person that didn’t like your cv style is long gone the line manager who needs to be impressed by your work and less by your CV is there everyday but was absent in the process of finding you. Read the rest of this entry »

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Get some Travel in Your Lifestyle

16 May

The leading travel and tour portals online will use their years of experience to make booking your trip or tour as easy as it can be. Regardless of where they are headquartered, they should offer helpful services for you when you are planning a trip.

Travel portals may offer you services like airline flights, hotel accommodations, tours and car rentals. You can also buy a combination of services in a bundle, which will save you more money. The packages can be tailored to your individual needs.

The travel site that first grabs and holds your attention may have a striking layout on their home page, and promises of excellent deals and interesting information on other pages. You’ll probably enjoy seeing a few photos of beach side resorts when you’re freezing in the Wintertime and looking for an escape. Reputable travel portals like Landed.at will have a convenient list of services and products available, so that it’s easy for you to make your choices.

You’ll probably select a travel portal based also on information on your desired destinations that is interesting, but not too lengthy. You don’t need to read the entire history of the country you want to travel to, but some basic information is quite helpful. This information may include the best time of year to visit, the location and the climate. The site should also point out popular and out-of-the way attractions alike, so that you can select the places you want to visit.

You should receive discounts and deals if you frequent the same travel and tour portal whenever you travel. You will also receive options on the ways to get to your target destination, and which are cheapest and fastest. You will be able to custom-plan your trip so that you aren’t hurried and still get to see everything you would like to.

A proper tour and travel portal should also provide you with pertinent information about areas where safety is a concern, and what precautions you should take in certain countries. If the travel company provides security on its own, that is a plus. It’s easier to relax if someone is handling details like this for you, even though you will still want to remain aware, if you’re travelling to a dangerous area.

You should be able to post feedback on travels and tours on your favourite portal site, and perhaps write reviews about tours you have already been on. This will help others to make good decisions about where to travel.

If you are looking for resort information, reviews, photos or videos – then head down to landed.at. Landed.at is a rapidly expanding community, containing a wealth of tours and travel information.

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The First Time Buyers Guide to House Buying in the UK

16 May

Question : If I don’t have to pay stamp duty (because of the figures below)
Residential land or property SDLT rates and thresholds

Purchase price/lease premium or transfer value : SDLT rate : SDLT rate for first-time buyers
Up to £125,000 Zero Zero
Over £125,000 to £250,000 1% Zero
Over £250,000 to £500,000 3% 3%
Over £500,000 to £1 million 4% 4%
Over £1 million 5% 5%

then why am I asked by my conveyancer to pay the 70 quid for the SDLT Stamp Duty Land Tax form ? The form needs completing regardless and you can make the application yourself online http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/sdlt/

SDLT contact number 08456030135 – as its nigh on impossible to do this via the government website.

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Start to Assess your life style

02 Feb

Have you asked yourself any questions recently regarding your happiness, now that the new year is getting under way ?

This article is the first in a set to help you work out what might be wrong if you suspect that

Where does your work life balance sit ? We are all being asked to do more in our professional lives and though I would love to be able to tell the world of the longer term futility of increasing everyone’s workload (if you value your employees) the reality is we face a large part of our lives working. The upshot is that at least you might as well get the most out of this time in your life and tune it to get as close to your ideal life style. The trick can be discovering what that is however.

Currently unemployment for some is a reality they didn’t choose (hence why I get very annoyed some of do too much and others not enough) you may also get something from this set of articles that may steer you away from your current efforts that are seemingly not working.

WHAT WOULD TRULY MAKE YOU HAPPY if you did it for 10 hours per day ? Read the rest of this entry »

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Take a test and see where your strengths are

25 Oct

I was searching around the net and came across this test and challenge here

http://ukstudentstories.ey.com/testyourself/default.shtml

Ernst and Young – I was looking into some potential retraining courses and meandered here. The test was really good highlighting what I knew but also showing me what I didn’t quite know.

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The Creator, make some Jelly or bake a cake

25 Oct

It can be something as simple as creating a very simple but perhaps routine thing that can change your frame of mind. I just made Jello ! It has taken under 5 minutes and yet it has made me feel more positive. Within yourself there is a thing that responds well to a constructive positive building block. I’m not out of the woods yet and the Jello is simply one block in a line but I selected an easy starting stepping stone into that more positive building block.

I cleaned the worktop and that led into hoovering the floor, my place is looking good and I’m feeling better, and more importantly I’m feeling like doing more.

Its horrible and self defeating to play TOO MUCH on the xbox or just watch tv, getting that NOISE as an input should be viewed as a stressor. More and more I’m going to talk about stressors and recognising them. I’m not going to give up on my xbox nor my escape in tv or movies any time soon but if the need arises I may create something myself and balance it out.

Make a deal with yourself and between 15 minute live action packed games do 15 minutes cleaning or stretching or other seemingly work sounding THING. Or prepare an ingredients list to cook something you never have before, invite some friends to eat it with you. You are on your way to a NEW you.

How did it go ?

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Difficult Project – time to get tough on it.

25 Oct

Today myself I am facing a difficult project which has been in part due to the goal posts being moved nullifying my planning. I can feel you nodding your head.

Its emergency situation and so I dictated the following tip in getting a manageable hold on things and that MIND PARALYSIS doesn’t set in.

When the chips are down make a list.
It's not often I get into a project to this level of mess but if it happens and it has to me ! I'm writing this list now.

I want to share my method with my valued readers and supporters.

Make a list

The problem is now a broken down list of things to do but topping the list items like
take regular breaks
do not allow yourself to drift in concentration (close facebook if you use that put your phone on silent etc)
Breaks will help with keeping the focus and concentration, that if you're working non-stop for hours you will have a problem with.
You need to get those and be disciplined to take those breaks

Prioritise the list
A good tip is to get the smaller tatty jobs out of the way they get in the way of the mind focusing on the main issues and it makes you FEEL BETTER and that
you are heading in the right direction.

Get into the right space/environment
If you're NOT in an environment that allows you to concentrate and focus on the job and then make that your FIRST TASK !
You will fail if you cannot concentrate and have your space try eating some of that brain food like chocolate, I don't know :)
Make sure you get out and get some exercise even if it's a 10 min walk this could be part of your taking a break routine but
better is to get a couple of hours at a work rate that makes you puff a bit.

Don't multitask
Resist the urge to try and do want more than one thing at once yes you can do multitasking but we are talking about
serious need to concentrate and focus on the job at hand and there may be some loss of efficiencies that multitasking can get you,
but in the in this case it's not the time - trust me !
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Motivational Triggers Get some Energy

25 Oct

Feeling in a slump ? me too ! today that’s why I’m reaching out to my motivational triggers. This is a great tip and something you probably are already doing without knowing. Knowing allows you to change them as the ones you are using may not be working for you today. So what are they ?

Well depending on what you need to be doing the common theme or problem is that you are in a slump. Either mentally not there or perhaps you lack the energy and are listless. Use a motivational trigger to get some. The problem has not gone away (and you have been in the slump now 2 hours) probably because you are not making any immediate changes to your environment and hence the current experience that is constantly feeding into your system also does not change. So step 1 is simple STOP !!!

Some examples of motivational tools are (this is step 2 ;) ):

Go outside for a short walk or a long walk
Write down some goals , short term or longer term or mid range monthly goals, pin them on your fridge or in your iphone.
Do something else unrelated but productive (doing something productive gives you motivation)
Go to the toilet and sit, apparently the pressure of sitting on the ring releases something that can help with thought (don’t ask me just try it and report back)View your old Travel Photos
Go out and buy a magazine you would not normally be interested in (I lost count of the times I was waiting in the doctors read something I wouldnt normally and had inspirational spark)
Go for a swim
You might even have some of your own life tips. Register on this site and share a single tip with us, it will make you feel better and this in itself may be the catalyst or MT Motivational Trigger you need !!

Please share with us your comments on this and your own motivational triggers, we all need them now and again. I was in need today and my motivational trigger was writing this very article I hope you all find useful. If you did I would like to get a comment from you to help increase my motivation even further !

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