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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Have a Purple 2010
Last year, as many newspapers, magazines and tabloids have pointed out, was filled with a lot of insignificant negative things. As I write this post, I’m trying to remember the remarkable things that occured in 2009. I can think of a … Continue reading
How-to: Get Google to recognize your published Google Document
Earlier this month, I posted “How to: Publish your resumé using Google Docs,” I went through the exercise of posting my resume on Google Docs and then publishing it. The link to my published resume is http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd5zbk2d_3cxzd24d8. But Google hadn’t found it … Continue reading
What did you accomplish in 2009?
Name three things you accomplished in 2009 I had several accomplishments in 2009 but three notable ones are. 1) Started this blog, MrWes.Net 2) Grew my network of supportive friends and colleagues. 3) Developed Personal Marketing Workshops – workshops that help people discover their Personal Vision & Mission Did you … Continue reading
6 things to do in 2010
Everybody makes resolutions that they plan to do in the coming year. I have created a list of Get your Personal Bearings Become aware of how you are spending/wasting your life Create a stop doing list I read came across an article … Continue reading
New year’s resolution – don’t charge Christmas
This is a public service announcement. Christmas is coming next year on December 25th. If you start saving now, you won’t have to put anything on credit cards. It’s quite simple really. If you know how much you spent this … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
I hope everybody has a Merry Christmas. My wife and I had a fabulous dinner Christmas Eve with our kids. We open presents a little early, since all the kids are grown up & spend time with other families as … Continue reading
Social Network sources
Your social networks are made up of people you’ve known in your past and present. The question is where do you find these people? Some of them are not as obvious as you would think.
Informational Interviewing
Informational interviewing is an informal way of building your networks and expanding your understanding of an organization or gaining new information in the industry. The cool thing about this kind of interviewing method is that you’re not asking to be hired.
Personal SWOT Analysis improves job market position
When a business wants to understand where they are in the market compared to their competitors they would perform a SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. When an individual wants to figure out where they are in the … Continue reading
The internet is not always there when you need it, don’t rely on it
We live busy lives. Some of us have busier lives than others. We often make appointments days, weeks, or even months in advance. When recording an appointment, we write down the person’s name, reason for meeting, location of the meeting, in addition to … Continue reading