You Should be a Project Manager Can Neuroscience Help You Find the Right Career

You Should be a Project Manager Can Neuroscience Help You Find the Right Career Not too long ago, I jokingly tweeted that every startup describes itself the same way x company for y niche. Take a stroll through AngelList and youll binnenlandsee what I mean Crossfader is Instagram for music Dealflicks is Priceline for movie tickets and my personal favorite though it only adheres to the spirit of my joke while discarding the strict form is uBiomes big data from bacteria, because it sounds like a tagline for a biopunk novel.I suppose this formula caught on because, used correctly, it can be intriguing put a familiar product in a strange place, and people will want to see what happens.Im elend immune to it when Matthew Malter Cohen, head of product at the career-assessment and hiring platform Pymetrics, told me I could think of the platforms service as similar to the way Netflix matches movies to yo ur preferences, except were matching applicants to the companies preferences, I welches hooked. Thats mostly because Netflixs strangely specific genre suggestions have always amused me (though, they seem slightly tamer in recent days, dont they?), and I wanted to see if Pymetrics would suggest careers with a similarly fine-toothed approach Feel-good nonprofit organizations with a strong female boss, perhaps?Unsurprisingly, it turns out that Pymetrics takes its career suggestions more seriously than Netflix takes its movie recommendations, but that doesnt mean that the platform isnt a whole lot of strange, bemusing, enlightening fun.Online Job Hunt 3.0Currently in beta, Pymetrics uses a series of neuroscience-based games borrowed from research labs to assess your cognitive and emotional profile. It then uses that information to determine which industries and companies are good fits for you. The way that we do that matching is that we actually have profiles in our database of successf ul employees in those industries and at those companies, and we match your profile to them, Cohen explained.The idea is that it is available online to any student or jobseeker to use, Cohen added. it functions essentially like a marketplace.I played the role of intrepid jobseeker, and I can confirm that Pymetrics is every bit as easy to use as Cohen says. You simply pop over to the Pymetrics website, fill out a brief profile or connect your LinkedIn page, and start playing games. The more games you play, the more information Pymetrics has to build a complex cognitive/emotional profile for you. The more complex your profile, the more accurate your career suggestions.Companies can use Pymetrics as a talent-sourcing avenue. In the same way that the platform gives jobseekers career recommendations, it gives organizations access to a database of candidates who are good fits for them. And they only see good fits, Cohen said. Obviously, you wouldnt want to be putting information out there that is negative about yourself.Lets say your results suggest that youd make a great teacher, but a terrible financier. Pymetrics isnt going to tell the banks you suck its only going to tell the schools they should take a look at you ASAP.We just feel like this is a natural progression in terms of online job hunting, said Cohen. If you think of the original listings hosted by Monster as job hunting 1.0, and LinkedIn is sort of like 2.0, then Pymetrics is 3.0.You Prefer to Process Things Before Reacting to Them(And I suggest you do the same what follows here is an outline of my own personal experience with Pymetrics. Clearly, one user cant claim to represent everyone.)The Pymetrics games are, overall, actually pretty fun, which you may not expect when you hear theyre based in neuroscience. Id compare most of them to Flappy Bird, but without the frustration they generally rely on repeated and strategic keystrokes, which make them potently simple and entrancing. But unlike the mindless hypnotism of Flappy Bird, the Pymetrics games are always built around some sort of thought puzzle, so theres a good deal of cognition required on your part.Its also not always immediately obvious how the games are going to provide insight into your person e.g., Pymetrics was clearly inspecting my emotional intelligence when it asked me to determine the emotions people were feeling based on pictures of their eyes, but the game in which I pressed certain arrow keys depending on the colors and directions of little arrows that popped up onscreen? Still not sure about that one, but I dont necessarily think thats a problem trusting your results is a matter of trusting Pymetricss scientific process in total, not a matter of knowing what each step along the way means. Throwing out your Pymetrics profile because you dont understand a couple of the games you played is like discrediting the results of the Stanford marshmallow experiment because the children who participated didnt understand why they were being asked to not eat marshmallows.But Ill admit whether or not you can readily place your trust in Pymetrics might be a matter of personal conditioning. For those who understand and/or enjoy scientific objectivity, it will be pretty easy to accept Pymetricss revelations precisely because they are relatively untainted by human interpretation. For others, the idea that games will tell you things about yourself and possibly things you didnt know, things you may not agree with is worrisome. I know what I like to do and what Im good at, the thinking goes, why should I listen to a website? I feel like a lot of people will fall somewhere between the two poles.Its a little silly that I can even anticipate this sort of conflicted thinking about Pymetrics, but weve seen how easily the general population can misunderstand science. At some time or another, most of us have been one of those baffled, terrified people. I for one still have no idea who Im supposed to listen to abou t GMOs. But my point is this anytime science tells us something we dont want to hear, there will be people who react negatively. That doesnt mean Pymetrics should give up no, thats all the more reason for Pymetrics to keep fighting the good fight. To quote Neil deGrasse Tyson, Thats the good thing about science Its true whether or not you believe in it.Now, about that section title upon completing any game, Pymetrics offers you what they call an insight a direct, one-sentence summary of what the platform learned about you from that particular game.While the insights themselves arent always illuminating (besides, the real meat is in the reports), they are fun to collect. In fact, they were the number one reason I spent close to two hours researching I took screenshots of all of my insights, and I now proudly have a whole stash in a folder on my desktop.Some of the insights I received were things I already knew about myself, like the one I used to title this section. But Id say an eq ual number of the insights were surprising sometimes, greatly so.What Pymetrics KnowsIf we take the technology metaphor (online job hunt 3.0) and run with it, we can say that, by utilizing neuroscience, Pymetrics hopes to fix a few bugs that currently exist in sourcing, hiring, and job-seeking processes. In fact, the company came about precisely because cofounders Frida Polli (CEO) and Julie Yu (CSO) were unhappy with the methods they saw people using to determine their career paths.According to Cohen, Polli and Yu, both accomplished scientists, met during their postdoctoral days. Polli decided to leave academia, because she wanted to start a business. She went to Harvard Business School (HBS) for her MBA. While at HBS, she took a few of the traditional, questionnaire-style career assessments the MBTI, the Strong Interest Inventory, the Holland Code Career Test, etc.What struck Polli was that the tests are all question and answer, Cohen said. Theyre all asking you essentially about your interests and motivations to tell you what youre good at. From a decade in the lab, being trained as a neuropsychologist, it was very clear to her that this isnt necessarily the best way to understand what someones traits are or what someone is good at.Consider this bug No. 1 questionnaires can help you aggregate and solidify the things you already know about yourself, but they cant reveal anything new about you, because the only input into the questionnaire is what you tell it, to quote Cohen.The problem with relying on our self-knowledge is that its usually inaccurate, so how can we trust that we know ourselves well enough to figure out which career really, truly suits us best? Its not like no ones ever landed a job that was totally wrong for them before.So while Pymetrics did tell me some things I already knew about myself, it also uncovered some character traits I had never picked up on. After I played a game in which I had to repeat sequences of random numbers, Pymetrics told me, If you dont write them down, the details elude you Ominous ellipsis aside, I loved this insight because it was something that I never realized about myself, but I could still immediately see that it was true. My need to record all my interviews so that I cant possibly misquote anyone the notebooks I filled in every course I took at college the endless to-do lists I type up on my PC it all adds up I dont like keeping details in my head.And then there was the time that Pymetrics got mad at me (or, at least, seemed to) I played a game in which I had to divide money between myself and a stranger. I used the same strategy every time make it so that everyone ends up with an even amount of money. Even when given the option to take money from people, I kept everything even. At the end of it all, Pymetrics subtly scolded me the way a sitcom-stereotype spouse might chide her husband for never asking his boss about the raise he deserves Using a situation to pursue your interests can be a real strength.What you Definitely Dont KnowBug No. 2, according to Cohen, is that questionnaires can be faked. Just like with resums, you can sort of understand, if youre an intelligent person, what the person or assessment is asking you to get at. So you can tell it something that gets you the result you desire, Cohen said.As an example, Cohen offered a hypothetical jobseeker looking for a role in finance. In the financial world, its desirable to have employees who respond to and enjoy monetary rewards. By strategically answering certain questions, the jobseeker can game the questionnaire into returning a result that says he likes monetary rewards, even if that isnt true. Now the company is getting an employee who isnt actually a great fit, and the jobseeker is getting a job that theyll probably end up loathing.Earlier, I mentioned playing a game that asked me to guess the emotions people were feeling based on pictures of their eyes. After completing the game, Pymetrics gave me some unsettling news You dont let other peoples emotions affect you. Ouch. Am I a psychopath? Probably not, but I always thought I was super empathetic.But thats part of Pymetricss mission, isnt it? To uncover what we dont know, and to correct what we think we know. Had this been a questionnaire, I would have played up empathy in my answers I would have subconsciously gamed the system, based on a faulty perception of myself. But I didnt have that chance, and it turns out I may need to adjust my self-image accordingly, or maybe focus on building up the empathy I lack but want. Either way, you dont expect a career assessment platform to knock you out of your orbit, but Pymetrics set me on the path of some serious soul-searching with this result.Its results like this that will, I think, lead to some of that conflicted thinking that I mentioned above my gut reaction was to dismiss this result as a mistake. It didnt square with my beliefs, so I wasnt going to listen to it. Sure, even neuroscience-based games can make mistakes, but maybe this wasnt one? I can either approach it as a learning opportunity (regardless of how empathetic one is, its almost always a good idea to try to be even more empathetic), or I can throw out the whole platform because it said something I didnt like. Personally, I think users who take the first approach tap into more of Pymetricss value.Note I dont think this sort of conflict is Pymetricss fault. As I said earlier, I think its simply something that happens when scientific principles enter our personal lives were not used to having them there, and its up to us to figure out how to adjust.Bug No. 3 unconscious biases are a real problem in the world of hiring, and theyre especially hard to overcome because theyre so hard to see. By allowing neuroscience to evaluate candidates fits, Cohen hopes Pymetrics can prevent unconscious biases from ever entering the equation We fit applicants to an industry or company based on their behaviors in the game set. We do not look at things like what your name is, what your gender is, how old you are, Cohen said. All of these characteristics can often unfairly bias a recruiters or hiring managers opinion of a resum outside of even their awareness.I cant personally speak to this, as Im a white male, and therefore not the target of such bias. But I can see how Pymetrics could circumvent these biases, and thats something Im really excited about.Where to Now?The first thing I noticed about Pymetricss results reports is that theyre gorgeously designed. The cognitive/emotional information is organized along colorful, manipulable nodes. The industry fit section offers a circular chart that breaks down how well you fit into a multitude of possible careers. Aside from these visual presentations, both reports also offer detailed verbal analyses of your results.The results are easily the most impressive thing about Pymetrics. I was especially fascinated with my cognitive/emotional profile , which gave me percentile scores for things like trust and attention things that we often think of as thoroughly unquantifiable. For example, I learned that Im exceedingly trusting, with a 100 percent score in that category. Some might say that makes me naive, but I wear it as a badge of honor.These wider categories are broken down to offer more specific insights. For example, I wasnt merely told I was altruistic I was told that Im altruistic after stressful situations. Similarly, my risk/reward results were enlightening in their thoroughness I now know my risk preferences for high-, medium-, and low-risk situations, as well as how I learn from different types of risks and how well I deal with ambiguity. And though the cognitive/emotional profile Pymetrics built for me contained a lot of new information, people close to me confirmed the accuracy of my results.Of course, this is a careers-oriented website, so what we really want to know is how are the career suggestions?Like my per sonal results, I found my industry fit section full of surprises. My top three matches, in order, were project management, technology, and education. About that third result I tried my hand at education for a couple of years, and it was not my thing at all. Does that invalidate the rest of Pymetricss suggestions?Id say no. I checked out the profile of successful educators on Pymetrics, I have all of the described traits. I can also say that every great teacher I worked with had these traits, too. So the educator profile is accurate, and my personal results are accurate but life is weird. Things dont always work out the way they should. Pymetricss neuroscientific approach isnt supposed to be infallible when it comes to people, we can never totally avoid error.And what about my other career recommendations? Ive never considered project management or technology before, but now Im interested. Ultimately, this is the most significant advantage Pymetrics offers over other career assessme nts it uncovers things you wouldnt otherwise learn about yourself. Its not the god of career placement (nor does it claim to be), but its a particularly keen observer.

How to Find a Part-Time Job

How to Find a Part-Time JobHow to Find a Part-Time JobThe 28 million Americans currently working part-time include teens, college students, moms, retirees, and many others. While part-time jobs dont often come with the benefits of a full-time job, they do offer flexible schedules. A part-time job can be a great way to work while still having the time to raise a family, go to school, enjoy retirement, or even work a second job. Interested in finding a part-time job? Follow these tips for landing a part-time job that is right for you. Industries That Offer Part-Time Work Pretty much every industry hires part-time workers in some capacity. You can also find part-time jobs ranging from entry-level to managerial positions. However, some industries that are well known for offering part-time work include retail, delivery, healthcare, education, customer service, and hospitality. Keep in mind that wages for part-time work vary by industry and by job. Check out these well paying part-time jobs to get a sense of some of the most profitable positions. Best Sites to Find Part-Time Work Overall best part-time job websiteForbes.com recommendsFlexJobs.comas the best and most useful job board for part-time work, noting that the $14.95 charge per month is worthwhile. The site checks to make aya all listings are legitimate, plus they list a large number of professional jobs. FlexJobs boasts over 50 categories with a range of schedule options, from part-time to telecommuting to full-time but flexible. The site also has a number of work-from-home job listings. Best job website for work-from-home opportunities Ratracerebellion.com screens its listings and organizes them into a free daily newsletter. Finding quality work-from-home opportunities online can be difficult, but this site takes the guesswork out of whether or not a post is legitimate. Jobs cover a range of industries and types, including customer service, technical, administrative and writing. While much of the wo rk pays under $20 an hour, some higher paid options do exist. Best job website for adventurous job seekers Coolworks.comappeals to both youth and seniors with their seasonal and part-time jobs in cool places, and the site features a jobs page calledOlder and Bolderfor retirees. From a chef job in Bryce Canyon to marine tours in Alaska, these part-time and short-term jobs can take you around the country.Categories include administrative, conservation, environmental, farming, food and beverage, tour guiding, and more. Tips for Finding a Part-Time Job In addition to checking out the top online job search sites, arm yourself with knowledge. Here are some tips to help you ace your job search and land the part-time job you want Think about your schedule. Before even beginning your job search, think about your schedule. What kind of work schedule do you want? Some part-time jobs are shift work, which means you have to be able to work a variety of hours. This might be ideal for you if y ou have a flexible schedule. However, if you can only work certain hours of the day (or certain days of the week), keep this in mind when job searching. Most job listings will give you a sense of the kind of schedule you would have, so only apply to things that fit your lifestyle. Express availability. When you apply for a job, be sure to express your flexibility in your job materials and during your interview. You want to show that you are willing to work whatever hours are required, especially if you are working a shift job. While you do not want to lie (dont say you can work nights if you cant, for example), try to highlight your ability to work whenever you are needed. Show commitment. Many part-time jobs see a lot of turnover. Employees tend to leave quickly, either because they are students returning to class, or because they find a full-time job. Try to emphasize in your job materials and interview that you are committed to the position. Employers will appreciate a candidate who is excited about the job and isnt planning to leave right away. Show, dont tell. In your resume and cover letter, avoid clich phrases like self-starter and works well with others. Rather than telling the employer who you are, show them. For example, if you want to show that you work well with others, provide an example in your cover letter of a successful team project you worked on. Also, when possible, use numbers to demonstrate your success. If you want to show your previous experience handling money, you might say in your resume that you Managed senior class budget of over $10,000. This kind of information will impress the hiring manager, and show who you are as an employee. Treat the process like a full-time job search. Keep in mind that applying for a part-time job is very much the same as applying for a full-time job. You will still generally need to submit a resume and cover letter (although some places will only ask for a job application and maybe a resume, especially if you apply in person). You also want to take the interview seriously. Be sure to research the company and prepare answers to common interview questions in advance (as well as answers to these common part-time job interview questions). Dress in appropriate interview attire as well business professional is typical, although you can wear business casual for a more informal work environment. By dressing appropriately, the employer will appreciate that you are taking the process seriously. It will show him or her how much you want the job. Consider temporary work. If you are having trouble finding a part-time job, consider temporary work. You can search on job sites or work with a temp agency to find short-term positions. Some of these jobs can last days, weeks, or even months, and you can sometimes turn a temp position into a permanent one. Some of these are full-time, but others are part-time.

What Its Really Like to Work at Blizzard Entertainment

What Its Really Like to Work at Blizzard EntertainmentWhat Its Really Like to Work at Blizzard Entertainment If you dont recognize Blizzard Entertainment by name, you surely have heard of what they have created the massively popular online games Warcraft, StarCraft, the Diablo series, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Overwatch. But as popular as their game are around the work, Blizzard Entertainment seems just as popular with their employees the company has earned an overall rating of 4.3 on Glassdoor and been named one of the Best Places to Work in 2018 .So what exactly makes Blizzard Entertainment a Best Place to Work? Read on to find out.As you might expect, Blizzard Entertainment attracts a lot of gamers - gamers who are delighted that their perks package includes an employee discount on games and even a few freebies, according to one former employee. Blizzard offers a lot of discount/freebies on their own product, which is nice because it makes you feel l ike part of the family, he said.As for that employee discount, it ranges 25 percent to 50 percent, according to a current employee. There are times where very large discounts occur depending on time of year.But the benefits dont stop with games. According to a current employee, the companys benefits package is really fantastic. Great medical/dental/vision, built-in life insurance, 401(k), and very reasonable vacation time. There are all kinds of add-ons available.Blizzard Entertainments CEO Mike Morhaime has a near-perfect rating on Glassdoor, at 99 percent. As one current employee put it, overall, the C-suite and senior leadership is doing a fantastic job. Our feedback is consistently sought, and theyre always looking for ways to level up the company.But beyond that, a former employee says, the environment is wonderful. Geek or not, you will find others around you that are wonderful to talk to. There are so many days where it almost doesnt even feel like workBlizzard Entertainment operates out of a campus in Irvine, California, which one current employee describes as a village that includes a cafe, Starbucks, gym, basketball court, volleyball court, workout area outside, library, professional development workshops, yoga senderaum with a variety of classes, company events and celebrations, and much more Wow.At Blizzard Entertainment, a Software Engineer pulls home about $88,152, according to salaries reported on Glassdoor . A Senior Software Engineer I makes about $106,567, while a Senior Software Engineer II makes about $134,109. On the hourly side, a game master makes about $13.14 an hour, while a customer service representative makes $12.48 an hour.With entertainment right there in the companys name, you know Blizzard Entertainment has to be a cool place to work. Based on employee reviews and ratings, employees agree. Perks, such as deep discounts on games and a massive campus, draw people in - and a great company culture may keep them there.

The Worlds Most Successful Serial Entrepreneurs [infographic]

The Worlds Most Successful Serial Entrepreneurs infographicThe Worlds Most Successful Serial Entrepreneurs Founders and Founders have collected data on worlds top-earning entrepreneurs. Really interesting fact about billionaires is, that almost 70% of them are self-made aka. Started From The Bottom Now Theyre Here. This sample of billionaires is interesting to study. More than 85% of them have earned their money thanks to multiple businesses. Remaining roughly 15% have focused only on one business for example like Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates.Lets take a look at the path of the most successful serial entrepreneursSheldon AdelsonThis American gentleman who welches called Sheldon before it welches cool started with selling newspapers at the age of 12. When he was 16 he moved to a vending machine business. Later on, he attended City College of New York. Just like many other successful people, he decided to drop out.After the college, he started to sell toiletry kits and chemical sprays used to clear froze windshields. In the 1960s, he started a business with charter touring and became a millionaire. By his 30s, his career was like a rollercoaster. He had earned and lost all of his money twice.The real breakthru for his career was Comdex a computer trade show. After that, his business ideas spread even more. He started operating casinos, building hotel resorts and even starting his own newspaper.Eric LefkofskyMr. Lefkofsky from Detroit, Michigan started his first business on a university. He was selling carpets. After graduating law school, he moved to a fashion by buying apparel company Brandon Apparel.In 1999, Lefkofsky created an early Internet company which ended up which was sold to Halo Industries in January 2000. Continuing working on this project wasnt very lucky because a year after this company bankrupted.In 2001, he co-founded InnerWorkings. This company provided print procurement services for mid-sized companies. All of the companies are followed by Echo Global Logistics which provided logistic services and an advertising software firm called Mediaocean. In 2008, he started Groupon which is global e-commerce marketplace. It is considered fastest growing company in the world.Mark CubanDespite his last name, he is American businessman, who started his career by selling garbage bags. His first serious business was MicroSolutions system integrator and software reseller. After selling MicroSolutions, his attention was brought to a new project Broadcast.com. This sports broadcasting web was a huge success.After selling Broadcast.com, he started a distribution company for movies, purchased 58 movie theaters, bought several sports teams, launched satellite TV network and starred in an ABCs reality television series.Elon MuskElon Musk was born and raised in South Africa. When Elon was 10, he taught himself computer programming. At the age of 12 created a video game called Blastar, which he sold for $500.Zip2 was Musks first serious co mpany which was funded with the help of Musks father in 1995. His father landed him $28,000. This company was sold in 1999 for $307 million.1999 was for Musk game changer because he started X.com which later became Paypal. In 2005, Paypal was bought by eBay for $1.5 billion in stock.In 2002, Elon moved from software and IT business to space launch vehicles company called SpaceX. In 2008, he became interested in electric cars and takes a leadership of Tesla Motors. He also remains the largest shareholder of the SolarCity. This company provides solar power systems in the United States.Richard BransonThis English person is one of the craziest in terms of serial entrepreneurship. He is a founder of more than 400 companies. He has been doing almost every segment consisting of records store, recording studio, film distribution, video games publishing, air balloons renting and of course airlines or launching space tourism.This attractive infographic from fundersandfounders clearly shows ho w important it is to go after many ideas and opportunitiessource fundersandfounders.com, idownloadblog.comDo you like this story? Share it with your friends.Share Your Feedback or Ideas in the Comments

Pros and Cons of working in a startup

Pros and Cons of working in a startupPros and Cons of working in a startupIn todays world of new technologies and ways of working, the criteria for the perfect job has changed. We want more from a potential employer, a home office option, gruppe-building events, good company culture and others. While many companies have already adopted the new ways of working, the ones ahead of everyone are definitely startups.We hear and read the word startupevery day on the news, in online magazines, on social media, etc. And there are a lot of definitions that suggest what a startup actually is.Lets agree that a startup is a company which can result in both massive success or a major fail. Startup members are all motivated to achieve exceptional growth and are excited to make animmediate impact on the targeted market. All this sounds great, but while working in a startup one could face some challenges as well. To make it more clear, we created a list of Pros and Cons which will help you understand what working in astartup means in reality and whether it would be the right place for you to work at.1.Flexible working hoursPros+ Avoiding the traffic rush hour. Most of the companies have set working hours (9-5) which means the early morning traffic when everyone rushes to be at work on time is a nightmare.** Therefore, if you are able to come to work later, you avoid the stress and arrivein a much better mood.+ The ability to make other important activities before work. You need to pop in a bank, binnensee a doctor or a dentist, drive your mom to the center, you name it. If you work in a startup where working hours are flexible, you will always have the freedom to do these things whenever you decide. This enables you to manage your work-life balance in the most effective way.+ Schedule your work in quiet times or different places. Often you have an important due date or you just need some quiet time to focus on the project properly. In a startup, you can schedule your working ti me and place. You are able to come to the office early in the morning or stay in till later evening when its the least likely for others to be there. Or if you feel distracted, choose other places to work from. Home, your favorite cafeteria or even the beachCons Trust and fairness. It can be challenging to keep track of everyones working hours or the effectiveness of their performance. If you cant monitor that, such situations could tear the trust between kollektiv members.Related articles7 Mistakes That Are Common In College Students Resumes and How to Fix ThemWhat stops us from changing careers?How we screwed up an awesome feature (and learned our lesson)2. The office spacePros+ Interaction. Startups usually work in shared spaces which allownetworking with other people from other businesses who can encourage the flow of creative ideas. Most startups tend to work closely together, build their community and share ideas and ways of improvements with each other.+ Closeness. To work in a smaller office space stimulates more conversations. This leads to getting to know the real person in each one of your co-workers. And that leads to deeper friendships. There is elendhing better than working with friends, people who understand and support you.Cons Lack of concentration. As much as it could be positive that there is always someone around, it could also be a negative. Small space office could create tension between team members and also decrease their productivity.3. Smaller teamPros+ Communication. In a smaller team, it is easier to interact with one aleidher and it also allows each team member to get to the right person and get answers they need much faster. Also, team meetings tend to be shorter because there is a smaller number of team members who need to report/discuss the issue. Like that everyone has more time to focus on their own tasks. Furthermore, it is easier to keep everyone up to date with changes, decisions, and due dates.+ Focus. Smaller groups of pe ople tend to focus more on the tasks they are given and put more effort into their assignments. They realize that their output depends on their efforts and it allows them to take ownership to the results. It is also easier for the founders to focus on each person individually and provide help where needed.+ Motivation. Startups usually consist of people who come from different backgrounds, however, share the same goal and usually are passionate about similar things. They strive for knowledge and have a lot of will to make the company successful. This kind of people create an environment which drives the team forward.+ Decision making. In a startup, when any changes are about to be made, you will always be able to share your opinion and contribute to decision making. Like that the startup team members feel like they are a valued part of the company and it increases their morale and motivation.+ Organizing events together. If the team is smaller, it is much easier to organize differen t activities together and ensure a 100% attendance. It could sound like a cliche, but a startup follows the rule Work hard, play hardCons The amount of work. Workload many times outweighs the number of people in a team and there are times when everyone is too busy to help others with their tasks and problems. Employees could get confused, tired and overwhelmed.4. Self-developmentPros+ Productivity. In a startup, it is a must to self-teach yourself on many topics. A lot of times there are situations when one person wears many hats and needs to do something theyve never done before. Getting out of a comfort zone is a part of everyday life in startups.+ Embracing mistakes. Everyone in a startup ends up making a mistake at some point. It is exactly because they do things they only read about and never tried doing in real life. One mistake can affect the business hugely, but it can also provide an invaluable lesson which contributes to the future development of the whole company.+ Meeti ng new, inspiring people.In a process of looking for potential investors, you are very likely to find your mentors. Startup founders are usually individuals with less experience but with amazing ideas. Their support comes from much more experienced people. They teach them a lot, provide them with valuable adviceand link them to other influencers.Cons Lack of enthusiasm. It could be very challenging for people who are not self-driven and need someone to motivate them to give their best at all times. Being a part of a startup means overlooking fear of failure, believing in your abilities and stimulating your pro-activity. If you dont possess these qualities, astartup is probably not the right workplace for you. Overtimes. Because one has to do several jobs at the same time, there is a high chance that your working hours are going to double up at some point.5. The moneyPros+ Experience.Startups usually allow you to really focus on developing your talents or help you improve in areas wh ere your weaknesses lay. Except for money, you get paid in experience. And lets be honest, there is no value you can put on that+ Shares. Also, a great thing about startups is that all workers are able to own shares of the company.So whenit will become a success, except for a salary higher than many in large organizations, you also own a chunk of the businessCons The salary.At the beginning, you might not get paid as much as you would in a large company. Every startup invests most of the money into new opportunities and products and investing in people is not always the priority. So, you need to be ready to work hard and prepare for situations when you might not get the money you deserve immediately due to a bad month. Investors search. In a startup, unless you have a lot of your own capital, you have to look for potential investors and persuade them that your idea is worth investing their money into. This very long and difficult process requires a lot of patience,time effort.Many big companies, including Apple and Google, started literally in a garage. Their founders transformed a simple idea into a hugely successful business. And thereforewe think it is worth considering to start your career in a startup, which could have the same future. This list should give you a general idea of what it means to work in one and if you decide to give it a go, dont give up when the first trouble arrives. Accept the challenges that are ahead of you and do your best.Network, learn, focus. Believe in the potential of the company you are working for.What other Pros Cons do you think weve missed?PS Dont forget to tag your startup ?

This is how you can use anxiety to help you succeed

This is how you can use anxiety to help you succeedThis is how you can use anxiety to help you succeedGood news for worrywarts everywhere. Your ability to remember events in excruciating, embarrassing detail can actually be a benefit that sets you apart from the rest. A new study found that people with manageable levels of anxiety were able to improve their ability to recall memories.How to use anxiety to your advantageIn a study for Brain Sciences, researchers from the University of Waterloo decided to test the power of anxiety. Eighty undergraduate students were recruited to report their levels of anxiety and take a memory test. The students were asked to remember words overlaid with images. When the images were associated with negative events like car accidents, the anxious students scored higher on the memory test - better able to make connections than their less anxious brethren.Emotional events from the past can taint our perception of the present, making current circumstances more memorable, the researchers conclude in the study. When we constrain our memory search to information or events encountered within a negative context, or learnt using a negative mode of processing, some memory benefit heldby those thoughts may be conferred unto incidental stimuli within our current environment.In other words, anxiety could be honing your ability to focus and recall detailed information. This study is part of ongoing research that is complicating the downsides of anxiety and worrying. One 2017 Stanford study found that elderly participants who worried were able to offset some of the negative effects on memory caused by flaute and anxiety.There is still a mental cost to anxietyThe butterflies in your stomach can be helpful when you need to remember a clients name, but researchers caution that anxietys memory superpower can become an unhelpful crutch. When youre anxious, youre more susceptible to using negative emotional cues to make connections about the world ar ound you.The researchers call this negative retrieval mode, which can create negative biases around neutral events. When youre anxious, that difficult meeting with clients carries outsized importance, and your feelings about that one clients tone may cloud your objective judgment about what you remember.Its a reminder to be mindful of separating fact from fiction in our memories. When anxiety veers into obsessive rumination, the bad feelings can outweigh the potential memory benefits. If anxiety and worrying are running your life, there are research-backed tips to let it go. They begin with acknowledging that we are all on this embarrassing and sometimes-anxious journey called life together.For many of us, working anxious-free is an impossibility. There will always be deadlines that make us sweat, presentations that make our hearts race. What this study shows is that anxiety does not always have to be an emotion that holds your mind back. In some situations, it can even be an advant age.

Understanding What Is a Cv Resume

Understanding What Is a Cv Resume It is very important to keep in mind there are still rules for CV formatting, and that resumes still offer you significant flexibility. Whether or not you take advantage of a CV or resume, you should thoroughly edit your document. If you arent sure which type of document to submit, its a good idea to request clarification. Alessia Curcio via Behance There isnt a particular format that may fit everybodys needs. If youre just starting out, your CV should be somewhat straightforward, but for mid-career or late-career professionals it can find a little more complex. CareerAddict As a professional in any market, your CV is going to have to illustrate your experience and techniques in detail. So, as a newcomer to the expert world, youll have to produce a balanced first CV that may highlight your educational background and appropriate experience. On the web site you will locate samples along with CV templates and models which can be downloaded a t no charge. The entire assortment of resume templates is composed of a selection of creative resume designs. The template is the perfect fit for people to create a CV, resume or portfolio site, together with for smaller agencies. Therefore, if you prefer to make your resume stand out, utilizing an impressive template is a fantastic idea. Among the significant differences you could come across is that some EU employers wish to find photographs on your CV. If it comes to CVs, some employers are extremely specific about what they would like you to include and the way the info needs to be laid out. Essentially, it is a whole lot longer and more detailed. So, when submitting an application for work in Greece, the united kingdom, or Denmark, your possible employer will ask you for a CV. Resumes may be used for a number of reasons, but most often theyre utilised to secure new employment. Recruiters favor CVs which are more relevant and targeted for the sort of job thats being appl ied for. They are some of the busiest people you will ever meet, so they need to be able to quickly scan the entire page and make a judgment. Ever since your CV does the initial talking, make sure the language is merely right and impactful. Depending on the kind of job, youll need to create a Curriculum Vitae (CV) or a resume. Use the exact same language when you create a CV, therefore its simpler for the individual reading it to observe how you match up.The CV Store are a superb CV writing company theyre just pricier than the CV writing services above and dont provide the money-back guarantees. Be as professional as possible even in regards to crafting a web site for your CV. If youre a recent graduate with minimal or no expert history, you would begin with your education and after that list any relevant internships or apprenticeships. Academic jobs like researcher, professor, teacher usually want a CV. Students often find it useful to review resumes from graduate student s who got their very first job beyond academe. The absolute most important consideration in the CV vs. resume debate is the kind of job youre applying for. While resumes are frequently recommended in case you have relatively limited career experience, CVs are preferable if you intend to submit an application for work in academia or possess a variety of relevant abilities and experiences that would not typically be included in a resume. You might also need a CV specifically based on the job which you are applying for. CVs are often tailored to modify the emphasis of the information according to the specific position for which the work seeker is applying. Enhanced and well-coordinated communication skills are the only foundation of any company. Resumes could be organized in various ways. CVs are also necessary for common job application also in many nations, mainly needed to go into the area of medicines. In different parts of the Earth, the expression CV keeps its American me aning. What Is a Cv Resume Ideas Dont forget, your CV is meant to let prospective employers find out about you in the hope that theyll give you a job, therefore its in your interest to allow it to be straightforward to comprehend If youre looking for work in the USA or Canada, odds are theyll request a resume. 1 advantage for employers to internet resumes is the substantial cost saving in contrast to traditional hiring methods. As an example, even in North America, there are particular circumstances where a CV is necessary. In america, the primary difference between a CV and a resume is the function of the documents. Instead, take some time to examine the particular job description keywords youre applying for. The sections of a CV may incorporate the following, although a lot of sections can be moved up or down based on what information is relevant for the particular job. You usually wont delete information on a CV to produce room for new info, but instead just continue to add new content.