Why Your Job Search Is Like Playing Sports

Why Your Job Search Is Like Playing SportsWhy Your Job Search Is Like Playing Sports1If getting excited for a job search were as easy as getting excited for the big game, wed all be winners Wondering how or why your job search is like playing sports? Well, according to the job search infographic below, preparation methods used to win the game can also be applied to a job search.Job Seekers Play Offense and DefenseJust like a great sport team, job seekers need to learn to play offense and defense. By usingyour network in a strategic manner, you are able to call the shots and get your plays in motion. On the defense, job seekers should have great references and letters of recommendation to meet their competition head-on.Your Stats Are ImportantSports idols are also very mindful of their stats, and job seekers should be too. By managing and perfecting your resume, portfolio, and social media accounts, you keep your best stats out there for your fans. Make sure to tweak each of these ite ms and keep them up to date with the best and most mind-blowing information.A Job Seeker Playbook Is EssentialFinally, job seekers should keep a playbook after all, you are the coach and the team. Keep yourself and your job search organized by writing out your goals and establishing strategies to reach them. This includes managing your calendar and obtaining the necessary tools and resources to win. Try using a job search journal to create your own playbook.Heres the full infographic, which further describes how and why your job search is like playing sportsReaders,which game-like tactic do you think would increase your job search success? How is your job search like playing sports? Share with us in the comment section below

How full-time parents can reclaim a full-time job

How full-time parents can reclaim a full-time jobHow full-time parents can reclaim a full-time jobYou dont have to be paid for your efforts to list them as work experience on your resume.Sonja Fryes kids were getting older, and she decided she wanted to return to the workforce. The problem was, she didnt have a resume. She hadnt worked in years, she told zu sichbei resume writer, Mandy Minor. What experience could she even put on a resume?Frye had plenty of work experience, said Minor, co-founder and president of J Allan Writing and Design Studios, who helped Frye write a new resume. She just called it by a different name.Minor interviewed Frye for several hours and mined a treasure trove of work experience related to zu sich field that would impress any employer. Most of it was related to her position as a council representative to the advisory council of an 800-student elementary school in Florida. There she managed a $419,000 budget overseen by two leadership groups it represented 100 stakeholders and drafted a 25-page report on the organizations future direction.She also served three years as co-president of an elementary school parent-teacher organization, where she managed 25 committees, appointed committee leaders and interim seats for five executive-level positions and raised more than $310,000.Nothing to put on a resume? Hardly. Those are quantifiable results and verifiable work experiences. More to the point, treating that volunteer work as legitimate work experience did the trick Fryes resume, posted on a job board, caught the eye of a recruiter at an educational bookseller that services schools and school libraries. Fry was hired as a literacy resource consultant in November.Frye is not alone in assuming that years as a full-time parent left her without work experience to impress a would-be employer. Many see their time away from an office as little more than household chores and grocery lists, said Minor and several other professional resume writer s who spoke to Ladders. These job seekers disregard relevant work experience done as volunteers or on a part-time basis that can serve as the foundation for an updated, relevant resume.Consider going back to your previous professionLike many full-time moms, Elizabeth Moorehead had a part-time job She worked a few hours per week as a schlussverkauf clerk at J.C.Penneys department store to earn some extra money. When her husbands business hit a rough patch in 2008, she decided she needed to do more than earn a little extra money and began to plot a return to the workforce. Like Frye, she looked back at the past 16 years and didnt see any current experience relevant to her previous career as a civil engineer. It seemed she would need to start over in a new career or take a less senior job in her profession.Catherine Jewell, a career coach who recently published New Resume, New Career Get the Job You Want with the Skills and Experience You Already Have, helped her discover recent, rele vant experience as an engineer.Again, volunteer experience saved the day. Jewell discovered, when interviewing Moorehead, that she had kept her toe in the engineering pool. Thanks to volunteer work as a member of the Education Playground Committee of her local school board, she could list on her resume recent achievements including writing grant applications totaling $30,000 safety-testing equipment vendor and supplier management on a limited budget managing 100 volunteers monitoring construction activities for environmental issues, such as water runoff, erosion and pollution conducting a limestone inventory for her township to ensure safe groundwater resources and redesigning a 20-acre park to protect the lake and native plant species.Those accomplishments, plus her civil-engineering accomplishments from 16 years ago, went to the top of her resume, Jewell said. She used a functional-resume format rather than a chronological resume to highlight those skills. While it was more recent , Mooreheads work at J.C.Penneys was pushed to her work history on page two.The process not only produced a more impressive resume. After several hours of interviews on the topic, Moorehead walked out with new confidence. She realized how current her skills actually were. She no longer felt out of practice.Present relevant volunteer work as if it were paidAs Fryes and Mooreheads stories exhibit, the volunteer work is often directly related to an individuals professional experience. Professional resume writers say it should be listed without apology on a resume, including all relevant responsibilities and achievements.I always ask clients what kind of volunteer work they do, Minor said. They teach courses on motorcycle safety, they lead a Boy Scout troop. I always encourage people to do stuff on the side. It really helps your resume.Beyond enhancing your resume, volunteering is a great way to meet people who might be in a position to hire or work for someone who is. Its also a great way to stay curent and sane, Minor said. Im a parent, she said. If all I did was kid stuff, well, its just not healthy. You have to try to get out of that bubble.Start volunteering nowWhat if youre a full-time parent who hasnt been volunteering or working full-time? Start doing so as soon as possible, Minor suggests. Volunteer in an industry or profession that directly relates to your dream job. And while youre embarking on your new volunteer career, make sure to keep track of the numbers so that youll have quantifiable achievements to list on your resume.Take notes, Minor said. Keep track of the size of teams, the amount of money you raise, and, even if you have to write a proposal, how many pages was the proposal or report. Anything to quantify what youre doing.Consider carefully whether to include part-time or survival jobsIn a nutshell Sometimes Homemaker 1999-2009 can be more impressive than a fast-food or retail job, Jewell said. If youre going to list part-time or survival jo bs, try to stick to those that have some kind of relevance to your target job.Consider a boomerang career changeThe important thing when re-entering the work force after an extended absence is not to get your dream job right out of the gate. Instead, concentrate on getting your foot in the door, Jewell said. From inside a company, you have greater options for career advancement.Moorehead applied for a job in the Water Resources agency in her home state. She was passed over for the job but was urged by the human-resources manager to apply for another job as an air-quality engineer in another department. Air-quality engineer is not her dream job, but she works within the same department, sitting across the aisle from the water-resources engineers. Shes hanging with them. Theyre all buddies. When theres an opening, shell be there, right across the hall. And shes back to work.

Business Video Conferencing For An Effective Meeting

Business Video Conferencing For An Effective MeetingBusiness Video Conferencing For An Effective MeetingBusiness Video Conferencing For An Effective Meeting Rossheim, Senior Contributing WriterAs profit margins have shrunk and web-based video meetings have become inexpensive, even as their quality and reliability have improved, more and more small business owners have turned on those laptop cameras to save on travel and conduct effective meetings.Even if a company travels only once or twice a month, videoconferencing can save them tens of thousands of dollars a year, says Bernard Moon, CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Vidquik, a web-based videoconferencing service for small business.Still, for entrepreneurs, theres a dilemma For a customer whos got an agenda of middling importance, should I fly in an account manager or sales exec, or will a well-prepared videoconference do the trick?Lets look at some of the key inputs, including when to videoconference and when to travel.Effective Meet ings Is videoconferencing Cheap Enough?In recent years, the costs of videoconferencing of reasonable quality have plummeted from thousands of dollars to perhaps hundreds or less per year for a small business.Even just a few years ago, videoconferencing was a free, low-resolution experience where the medium was more of a distraction than a help, says Bernardo de Albergaria, vice president at Citrix erreichbar of Santa Clara, Calif, which makes GoToMeeting with HD Faces. It was small thumbnails of the participants, all pixelated. Now its much better.Indeed, web-based videoconferencing has become cheap enough and good enough to make it worthy of consideration for several kinds of long-distance meetings.Videoconferencing vs. TeleconferencingVideo has a particular value in those teleconferences where a substantial body of new information is communicated.Withteleconferencing, when we present new ideas or prototypes, theres no feedback from the audience, says Mike Huska, chief technology o fficer at Incential Software in Phoenix.Its hard to tell whether they like it or theyre lost. In a videoconference, you can see a smile, or confusion. Incential uses Citrix GoToMeeting.Video lets you read nonverbal signals, says Moon. For example, what might remain an uncomfortable silence on the phone can more easily be addressed and resolved when theres visual contact among all parties.Even among a group of far-flung colleagues with frequent contact and common goals, video helps to support the human side of working relationships. We have staff meetings, and video gives us the feeling of face time, says Huska.Internal meetings are also a good testing ground for added-value features that are popping up in more web-based videoconferencing services screen sharing, presentation sharing, whiteboarding, private chat, and so on.Video and the Hiring ProcessWith so many talented professionals available on the job market across the country, many entrepreneurs are itching to take their search es national.With initial rounds of video interviews, small employers can access the entire US labor market and narrow the candidate pool to a few finalists via virtual recruitment tools.Of course, videoconferencing can save lots of time in a regional recruitment effort as well.Recruiters are saying that they can be much more efficient via video meeting versus getting in a car to see a candidate, says Sean OBrien, an executive vice president at PGi, maker of videoconferencing service iMeet in Atlanta.The key is knowing how to interview virtually and follow the proper legal guidelines.When Can Videoconferencing Replace Travel?The toughest decisions about when to videoconference center on how you makes sales. For pitches with considerable potential, theres a consensus that the meeting must be face-to-face, literally not virtually.Theres no replacement for in-person, especially on the initial sales call, says Huska. Once that meeting has happened, the sales force may be able to reinforc e the relationship with video meetings.We find videoconferencing is replacing many follow-up visits for our own salesforce, says de Albergaria.Of course, you cant decide in a vacuum when to meet by video and when to make the trip.The decision of whether to use videoconferencing instead of in-person should be based on the social norms of your industry and business community, says Moon.It makes sense to test the video waters with clients who seem comfortable with technology and flexible with meeting arrangements, and who trust you to make them happy in the long run.Every business owner needs to find what works for them, says OBrien.

A Precast Masonry Arch Bridge that Lasts Centuries

A Precast Masonry Arch Bridge that Lasts Centuries A Precast Masonry Arch Bridge that Lasts Centuries A Precast Masonry Arch Bridge that Lasts Centuries Masonry arch bridges are some of the most beautiful bridges in the world. This type of construction goes back to Roman days, and in fact, some of the surviving bridges are over 2,000 years old. Although they are strong, long-belastunging, and aesthetically pleasing to the eye, traditional arch bridges are expensive and time-consuming to build. As a result, most arch bridges built since the 1970s have been constructed from steel-reinforced concrete arches and slabs, which are faster and cheaper to install.The downside, however, is that steel-reinforced concrete corrodesso much so that a masonry arch bridge that should last several hundred years starts to crumble after 40 or 50 if it is built with steel-reinforced concrete. Because of this rapid deterioration, engineers are looking more toward steel-free structures.To improve on this s ituation, Adrian Long, a civil engineer at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, challenged himself to develop a modern arch bridge system with all the attributes of an unreinforced masonry arch bridge, but that also canBe installed as quickly as other types of bridgesEliminate the need for centeringUse existing methods of design and analysisBe constructed off site using precast concrete methodsBe cost-competitive with other types of bridgesAfter 10 years of research, Long perfected the FlexiArch bridge system in 2007. Because the main forces are compressive, no reinforcing steel is required. No centering is needed, and the bridge can be assembled in a day. Because there is no corrosion, the bridge is expected to last at least 300 years with minimal long-term maintenance, adding to its cost-competitiveness with other types of bridges.Full scale arch test. Image Queens University, Belfast, UK.How It WorksPrecast voussoirs are laid side by side with a layer of polymeric reinforcement placed on top. This surface is then overlain with a 40-mm layer of fine aggregate concrete (screed) that hardens, assuring the voussoirs are interconnected.The FlexiArch units can be cast in convenient widths to suit the design requirements, site restrictions, and available lifting capacity, says Long. When lifted at the designated anchorage points, gravity forces cause the wedge-shaped gaps to close. Concrete hinges gestalt in the screed and the integrity of the unit is provided by tension in the polymeric reinforcement and the shear resistance of the screed.Long notes that the degree of taper of the voussoirs controls the geometry of the arch flatter arches require less taper, for example. The arch-shaped units are then lifted and placed on precast footings at the bridge site, with all the self-weight then transferred from tension in the polymeric reinforcement to compression in the voussoirs, acting the same way a conventional masonry arch does, Long adds.The polymeric reinforce ment provides the tensile strength needed to lift the FlexiArch units safely. Lab tests that simulated the bridge-site conditions were undertaken to test the strength of the polymeric reinforcement. Using these results and taking into account creep effects, an appropriate load factor was applied to ensure there was no risk of failure during lifting, adds Long. A typical unit can be accurately located on-site every 15 minutes, therefore, most bridges can be installed in well under a day.A wide range of static loading tests were also carried out to validate the performance of the system. behauptung have included model tests in the laboratory (at fifth, quarter and third scale) with granular or concrete backfill where it was possible to achieve the ultimate capacity. Full-scale tests under maximum loads (equivalent wheel load of 320 kN, or lane loading of over 1,000 kN) also showed the bridge system more than satisfied the stringent requirements for highway bridges.Moving ForwardTo dat e, more than 50 of these bridges have been built in the UK and Ireland, and discussions are in progress with several U.S. companies. Span lengths can reach 30 meters.By interconnecting the accurately precast voussoirs via a screed and polymeric reinforcement, arches can be produced to the precision required by designers without the need for centering, says Long. The speed of installation is comparable with precast concrete/steel beams. As such, it can be used for road bridges over railway lines where construction windows are restrictive. As there is no corrodible reinforcement, total life cycle costs are therefore minimal.Mark Crawford is an independent writer.The arch-shaped units are then lifted and placed on precast footings at the bridge site, with all the self-weight then transferred from tension in the polymeric reinforcement to compression in the voussoirs- acting the same way a conventional masonry arch does.Adrian Long, civil engineer, Queens University

The Debate Over Rules for

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The Truth About Writing a Bio vs. Resume

The Truth About Writing a Bio vs. Resume The Secret to Writing a Bio vs. Resume A profile is very helpful if youve got a work history thats unrelated to your existing career goals it lets you highlight only your most relevant experience. In the majority of instances, you dont need to share personal details in your bio. A bio should start out with an overview statement, which offers a big-picture overview of your special blend of skills and experience. If youre unemployed and developing a bio as part of an on-line profile, you can list your prior role or your present expertise. For companies located in the USA or Canada, a resume is normally the acceptable selection. So, when you put in an application for work in Greece, the united kingdom, or Denmark, your prospective employer will ask you for a CV. In the USA and Canada, theres a difference between a CV and a resume. In the usa, the primary difference between a CV and a resume is the intention behind the documents. The Argument About Writing a Bio vs. Resume To stick out above other lab assistant applicants, its important to compose an expert document that illuminates your education, experience, and abilities. Writing publications on a resume is not among the most frequent sections as its quite specific and is largely employed by academics or PR and advertising professionals. 1 advantage for employers to internet resumes is the considerable cost saving in contrast to traditional hiring methods. You are also able to get a feeling of the internal language used within a specific industry or company. Choosing Writing a Bio vs. Resume Get Real Realize that an expert bio is intended to make you resemble a confident and skilled individual. Also, you should remember that the total layout of a resume plays a tremendous role if an individual will go through your resume or not. It is possible to either place your experiences in a chronological fashion or you are able to categorize them according to un ique types. You must jot every form of skills and talents that youve gathered by means of your life, but bear in mind that it ought to be relevant to the corporate world. You might want to translate your CV. A CV is normally written when youve got to describe your entire life. Thus, the CV is the ideal choice to help titelblatt your whole career to present to possible employers. Your CV may include everything which youve done so far.

How to keep work from ruining your life

How to keep work from ruining yur lifeHow to keep work from ruining your lifeIn our ever-connected world, the good thing is you can work from anywherbeie. The bad thing is you can work from anywhere.That constant accessibility can make it feel like there are no boundaries between personal and work life. And in some professions, such as working in investment banking, at a start-up or a job that requires a lot of travel, work hours easily extend beyond 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.The good nachrichten is you can take back your life. Be proactive on priorities, communicate with anfhreres and clients, platzset schedules these can all help, as does recognizing signs of bad-fitting jobs.Figure out prioritiesBecause we are so connected to work, that its possible to work 24 hours a day 365 days a year, were losing a key connection in our life and that is the connection to ourselves. Well never be able to set boundaries if we dont have that foundational awareness of what we want, said Alison Mil ler, partner at career-coaching firm Tiara International.Start by making time to consciously unwind, she said, which might be difficult at first. When people are relaxed, its easier to remember what matters outside of work. That may give them the backbone to start forming these boundaries.Marti? Konstant?, a career growth analyst and founder of The Agile Careerist Project, said many people dont even try to set boundaries.Testing the waters is very important We dont have the saatkorn flexibility (as other coworkers) because we dont negotiate the same, she said.Feeling too insecure at work to set boundaries? Miller said that may be a sign of disconnection.Our minds are creating a mental prison in which we live. We have a story that we have to do all these things or well get fired, she said. Weve never examined, is that true?Sometimes when jobs change, it comes with a heavier or different workload, and its up to individuals to talk with supervisors on how to avoid burnout, Konstant sai d.Karl Setzer, a commodity trading adviser and risk management team leader at MaxYield Grain, a grain cooperative, said when electronic trading started, markets became open almost 24 hours. He found himself working day and night trying to keep customer orders straight. He, and his firm, realized that couldnt continue.To start, the firm established specific hours for client contact, including a night answering system, and flexibility to come into the office or not. Setzer said he and his wife, who also works in the same industry at another firm, also set boundaries at home such as not checking email at night.We might get on our mobile devices and check social media, and we might look quickly to see how the markets opened (at 7 p.m. local time), but if its not an emergency, I tend to not check too much after hours, Setzer said.Know when and where to set boundariesJody Michael, chief executive officer of Jody Michael Associates, a career-coaching company, said some professions require employees to be present at certain times.The marketplace is a good example. Its open certain hours and you be responsible and reactive in the moment and youre not going to change that, she said.Even with those schedules, employees can find boundaries, she said. Corporate culture will dictate how companies treat workers no matter the profession.Michael said the relationship many bosses have with employees can be divided into two camps distrust until and distrust still.The distrust until boss wants the employee to prove he or she can be trusted. To earn that trust, employees should seek out conversations with their direct supervisor to understand how the supervisor will measure performance.Employees with the distrust still boss will never let you earn their trust.It doesnt matter what you do, theyre not going to trust you because they have strong beliefs that this doesnt work, she said.In that case, its time to look for a new job, Michael said.Steve Vasilion, founder of Vasilion Arch itects, said he promotes his flexibility with his clients, but he also has rules with overdemanding clients.In some respects, clients can be more demanding (than supervisors). They expect you to be at their beck and call. Part of what I promote is I am accessible and available and work will be done on time. Theres a balance that has to be struck there. With any long-term client, weve developed a rhythm that works for us. Any client that is not flexible in that way or is overly demanding is maybe someone who shouldnt be a repeat client down the road, he said.For employees who need extra flexibility because of special situations outside work, get a plan in writing, if only to protect yourself.Sue Carpenter (her name has been changed to protect her identity), thought she had a flexible job since the small marketing firm she worked at allowed her to occasionally leave early for acting auditions. But when she was diagnosed with cancer, the laid-back atmosphere changed.I pretty much kept the office informed whenever I had new information, because I recognized the impact it was going to have. Once Id had the what to expect conversation with my oncology team, I asked for a meeting with my boss to relay that info and ask what kind of contingency plan he wanted to create. He declined to plan anything, and told me he wasnt going to penalize me for being sick and wouldnt even keep track of my sick leave, Carpenter said.Nothing was put in writing regarding new work schedules or expectations for her job. However, three months after starting chemotherapy, she said her boss fired her over a weekend for missing too much work.I never saw it coming, and since it was over a weekend, I was unable to get back in the office to print out emails or gather other documents for lawsuits, Carpenter said.Put the phone down. Now.Konstant said because smartphones are such a big part of our lives, people are always on, even at a personal level. But theres a difference between being always on and always available.Its your choice to take the call when out, she said.Drew Marshall, founder of Primed Consulting, concurred. He has global clients, so theres a lure to be constantly available. Many people are their own worst enemies when it comes to technology, he said.The phone habit has crept in like an information Trojan horse. People often find themselves working after hours or on email because its there. They have the device in their hands and they can do it, he said.When it comes to phone usage, its important to set rules, said Marshall and AndrewHaller, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of AirDev, a software design firm start-up.Establish explicit rules, routines, and rituals (There are) no exceptions Breaking your rule once sets an example for yourself - and others - that it isnt that important, Haller said.Telling others that you have a goal to set these boundaries can help to break the phone habit, too, they said. Enlist friends and family to remind you to st op doing work on the phone can help.Marshall communicates clearly to clients his schedule, and hes created rules for himself to keep technology from running his life. He doesnt check it when exercising or eating, and when hes out, depending on whats going on, hell put the phone on airplane mode.No one I know who is a CEO of a business needs to be available 24/7. If something requires a response, someone will find a way to get in touch. But being available just in case needs to get in touch is a fools errand you will just make yourself insane, he said.

Be Thankful You Dont Have These 5 Jobs

Be Thankful You Dont Have These 5 JobsBe Thankful You Dont Have These 5 JobsBe Thankful You Dont Have These 5 JobsThese wacky jobs may not be for everyone, but someones got to do themDistasteful, nauseating, pungent, dangerous, and deadly are only a few of the adjectives used to describe these five strangest jobs. These positions represent some of the wackiest careers on the fruchtmarket, and you probably didnt even know they existed. So next time the cheap coffee in the break room gets you down, remember these five jobs and think Hey, it could definitely be worse.Pet Food TasterWhile its true that dogs may eat anything, its important that they get food that is both delicious and nutritious. After all, even pets have refined taste buds. Thats where pet food tasters come into play. Tasters come up with ideas for the smell, feel, consistency, ingredients, nutrients, and all the other elements that go into making a pet food product fit for a king. Theres one catch, though. Naturally no pet lover will trust their four-legged friends stomach to theoretical recipes. Tasters must, well obviously, taste the food.Job StatsIncome $34,000 - $117,000Education Bachelor to DoctorateJob Notes Pet food tasters must be able to think outside the box to take pets taste buds into consideration.Maggot FarmerAs disgusting as it may sound, maggot farming is a lucrative career and the competition is fierce. Businesses verpflegung to fly-fishermen and greenhouse workers pay big bucks for those little critters, and maggot farmers are all too happy to play nursemaid for a few hours each day. Farmers harvest the tiny larvae from fly eggs. Its really not as dirty as you would think, though. Those farms are actually multimillion dollar laboratories with incubation rooms and special ventilation systems to keep workers from breathing dangerous chemicals and byproducts.Job StatsIncome $35,000+Education NoneJob Notes Maggot farmers work in high-tech laboratories, harvesting larvae from fly eggs .Snake MilkerThis career gives new meaning to Got milk? Snake milking is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and for good reason. Milkers dont gather actual milk from these slithering animals they extract deadly venom from the mouths of some of the most poisonous snakes in the world. No, these professionals arent just daredevils looking for adventure. Snake venom is a crucial ingredient for its counterpart, antivenom, which doctors use as a kind of antidote to rescue the lives of snakebite victims. Patients would die without the help of snake milkers. Using tools and techniques not too pleasant for the snake in question, they hold the snakes mouth open, shock it with electrodes, retract the fangs, and place vials to collect the venom.Job StatsIncome $40,000+Education None to DoctorateJob Notes Most snake milkers are zoologists who work for national zoos and animal conservation agencies.RelatedWhat to Do When Your New Job Isnt Your Dream JobChicken SexerSome may wonder if th is profession is fact or fiction. Surprise, chicken sexers do exist. However, the job isnt as simple as lifting a chickens leg and declaring Its a boy A chickens sex is rather mysterious at first there are no external glands or identifiers to mark and chicks, of course, are too young to lay eggs. To solve this problem, farmers hire trained experts to determine whether chickens are female or male. Those experts have two simple methods to make their decision, but those techniques come with a price. One requires plucking feathers to determine gender, an unpleasant ordeal for the chick. The other, less preferable method requires the chicken sexer to check the birds feces for identifiers. Pet food tasting is starting to sound a lot better, right?Job StatsIncome $20,000+Education None to Certification ClassJob Notes Chicken sexers look at feathers and poop to determine the chicks gender.Armpit SnifferAnother I cant believe thats a real job profession is the infamous armpit sniffer. Thoug h, if you really think about it, the thought of this one is pretty logical deodorant companies must determine if their products work. After all, if Degree claims its famous stick lasts all day, they must be able to back it up. We declare this one of the strangest jobs because armpit sniffers are required to stick their noses in other peoples business. Those who shun computers and think technology is taking away real people jobs will rest easier because no computer will ever outperform a human in this job.Job StatsIncome $35,000+Education Chemistry DegreeJob Notes Armpit sniffers use science and a nosey sense of tools to determine the effectiveness of deodorant and other cosmetic products.If any of these unconventional professions pique your interest, its best to prepare for your career by researching the industry. Start by visiting the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics website. Information about stress level, dangers, and other factors that may have you running the other way are included with the list of benefits. Librarians and career centers also have specialized resources designed to help you train for your new career.Applying for a strange job? 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10 Reasons Volunteering Is Great for Job Seekers

10 Reasons Volunteering Is Great for Job Seekers10 Reasons Volunteering Is Great for Job Seekers10 Reasons Volunteering Is Great for Job SeekersOne of the best parts of Martin Luther King Day is that, after the frenzy of the holiday season, it helps put our focus back on serving others. Volunteering your time and talents has obvious benefits to the people you servebut if youre unemployed, it provides some pretty major benefits for you, too. And theres no resume required. Because, as Dr. King saidEverybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You dont have to have a college degree to serve. You dont have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You dont have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.Heck, you dont even need that Even if your motives are purely selfish, volunteering is a great way to pump new life back into a stagnant job search.Here are 10 reasons every job seeker sho uld volunteerIt gives you a place to go.It keeps your skills fresh and teaches you new ones.It takes your mind off your own troubles.It shows you there are worse things than being unemployed.It gets you out of your own head and reminds you of the things youre good at.It makes you feel valued and appreciated.It introduces you to new people, who can become friends and part of your network.It gives you recent experience to put on your resume.It gives you something impressive to talk about at job interviews.It kills time a lot better than playing solitaire.Isnt it ironic that, when were employed, theres never enough time for friends, family, and social life? But when were unemployed and have the time, we often avoid those things because of embarrassment or lethargy. We endup with no work and no life.Volunteering is the perfect way to rebuild your confidence, do something good for the world, and help yourself feel like you once again have something of value to offer friends, family, and employers. BesidesYou may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man. Seth ParkerReady to volunteer, but not sure where to begin? Contact local schools, nursing homes, hospitals, or veterans services, or do an zugnglich search for volunteer opportunities. Web sites like Volunteer Match and United We Serve can match you up with volunteer needs in your community.