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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Our Angel Baby Turns 5 -

My sweetest son, Deacon Blue,
He is sweet in every way.
Now we celebrate with joy
His big 5th birthday.


We’ll always remember the day he was born into our hearts,
2 years, 3 weeks and 4 hours, we waited to see his loving face.
In our arms he was so calm and content, the angel baby

Our son, Deacon chose his place.

Such a wonderful little guy,
With a caring and gentle loving face

Older than his years in ways,
Very smart and so wise.
When strength was made of character,
Strength made Deacon up to size.

Deep talks we have together,

Our heart-to-hearts, so bright.
He's just the greatest young man,
He always sheds a light.

When his little brother Chase was born,
Deacon was right there
He was first to hold Chase,
First to show such loving care.

He loves pizza and brown soda

With Chase, Mama and me
Deacon, wonderful brother, extraordinary son.
Keep on touching our hearts,
Keep on having fun.

Deacon, you truly are so special,
A miracle from stars above.
Happy birthday, dearest one,
With all our hearts and love.

Mommy, Mama and Chase

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

***ATTENTION, ATTENTION....

Well now that I have your attention, I have tips to get the recruiters ‘attention

Grab the Recruiter’s Attention

Given today’s high unemployment rate, recruiters are being inundated with a higher than normal volume of resumes by interested candidates.  The question is, as a highly qualified and interested candidate for an opening, how do you stand out in crowd?  How does your name rise to the top?  Darn it… how do you get that recruiter or hiring manager to call you and find out just how perfect you are for this role in question?  An attention grabbing resume is one of those ways!!!

Don’t open with a run of the mill objectives about how you want to expand your career and knowledge

(BORING!)

Open with a more descriptive headline describing who you are.

Toss out the common objective that says: “A full-time position to apply my knowledge and skills as a Software Engineer or C++ Developer.” Try this statement instead: “Talented C++ Developer  with extensive experience in developing E-commerce, internet/intranet and client/server applications using C++, C, VC++, ATL, MFC, OOPS, COM/DCOM, COM+”

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Use a headline to grab the attention of the recruiter; you’ll stand out from the rest.  Be clear and concise so the recruiter doesn’t have to read through your resume to figure it out.

Minus the Fluff

Candidates tend to list “soft skill”  that recruiters would expect, such as: “good communications,” “detail oriented,” “flexible,” and my favorite “ability to pick up new skills fast”. http://tinyurl.com/y8umkju

STAND OUT! from the rest by adding a summary of your skills and accomplishments followed by the attention-grabbing headliner.

You should target your skills, history, and what industries your strength lies in, letting the recruiter know your specific accomplishments

 example:

• Ten years of programming experience in SAS (Base, SQL, and Data Steps) in Windows environments

• Expertise in data analysis, data mining, and modeling, including customer segmentation, predictive behavior analysis.

• Five years expertise in analytics, and time series forecasting in the online marketing industries

NOTE, this is the place to showcase your resume based on the needs of the job you’re applying and focusing on the specific needs of the company and the job description. 

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Words are Powerful!

I think people hung up on creating the ULTIMATE one-page resume. To ensure your significant experience is delineated, but also make sure you aren’t being repetitive or going on and on to make it look as though you been busy.

Be A Marketing Machine

Build your network and market that touts your skills and experience. Talk about your passion, educate and get people to interact with you within your social networks. A simple, blog that showcases your eye-catching headline, a summary of accomplishments, education, technical skills, industries you have worked on.  Provide a quick 360-degree view for anyone who comes across your blog or other social networks. Today, social networking and ways we are finding talent is important to consider using this format the way to market what you want others to know about!

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

New Paintings, For A Gallery Show in the Spring

Some of my new pieces of artwork. I am working on more to host a show of my work which

I am targeting for the month of March or sooner. Now, if I can just find some space.

Enjoy!

Happy Holidays

Kay Kelison aka KEO

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A Recruiters' Guide for Searching On BING Lesson Number Three

Search Effectively

Having trouble finding what you want in your searches? Keep in mind that the quality of your results depends a lot on the words that you use to search. Here are some tips to make every search more effective:

Make sure that you spell search words correctly. Remember to leave a space between each word in your query.

Use words that you would expect to find in the websites that you're looking for during your search.

Use the OR (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain either of the search terms that you specify.) and NOT (A search keyword that you can use to find results that don't contain a search term you specify.) keywords to combine or exclude words. For example, if you use tree NOT evergreen, you will get results for trees but not for evergreen trees. This feature is currently available only in select countries and regions.

Vary your search terms for different results. A different word or phrase will return different search results. Try useing fewer descriptive words, or try words that have a different but similar meaning. For example, try alloy instead of metal or steel.

Search for exact phrases by placing the search words within quotation marks. For example "short evergreen tree".

Click a category to see only the results associated with that category. A list of categories may appear at the top of the search results.

Use Instant Answers (Instant Answers can recognize popular search terms to offer immediate, useful answers to everyday questions or topics of interest. You can find answers to many types of questions by typing your question in the search box.) keywords to focus your search. For example, to learn the definition of a word, type define, followed by the word you want to define. For more information, see Find instant answers. This feature is currently available only in select countries and regions.

Notes

Basic searches aren't case sensitive.

Common words, such as a, and, and the are ignored unless you use quotation marks around them. For example, "a" car "and" car, or "the" car.

If your search includes a date, type the name of the month instead of the calendar number.

You don't have to type the word AND between your search words. By default, all searches are AND (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain all the search terms you specify.) searches.

You can type up to 150 characters, including spaces, in the search box.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

A Recruiters' Guide for Searching On BING Lesson Number Two

Using Advanced Search on BING

If you've done a search and want to narrow the results, you can use Bing's advanced search option to help. At the top of your search results page, click advanced to open the advanced search box. Choose the parameters of your search. You can look for results by:  search terms

All of these terms: Uses an AND (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain the entire search terms you specify.) operation. Ignores punctuation and stop words (Words that are frequently used, but that do not offer descriptive value to search engines. For example, a, of, and they are considered stop words.) . Any of these terms: Uses an OR (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain either of the search terms that you specify.) operation.

 Ignores punctuation and stop words

This exact phrase: Searches for the exact phrase, including punctuation and stop words.

None of these terms: Uses a NOT (A search keyword that you can use to find results that don't contain a search term you specify.) operation.

The NOT operation groups the terms within parentheses, including punctuation and stop words.

 Site/Domain

Limit your search to a specific site, such as Microsoft.com, or to a root domain, such as edu, gov, com, net, org. You can also limit your search to country- or region-specific domains, such as uk and de. 

 Country/Region

Limit your results to websites from specific countries or regions.

 Language Limit your results to specific languages.

When you've finished adding options, click the search button.

Note

You can select any of these options multiple times to create a more powerful search. For example, to search for websites in French and Spanish, click Language, select French, and then click Add to Search. Repeat these steps for Spanish.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A Recruiters' Guide for Searching On BING Lesson Number One

 (a BING cheat sheet spread –out in segments)

BING is the world’s first Decision Engine – a faster way to make more informed decisions, delivering:

·         Great results

·         A richer, more organized experience

·         Powerful decision making tools to help you accomplish key tasks more easily

BING will help you make faster, more informed decisions when searching online. Bing saves you time, improves your search success, and reduces the numbers of pages and clicks to complete complex tasks. 

This isn’t a complicated process and the logic is all in how you apply it. BING gives you the tool to find what you are searching for with ease. As a recruiter/sourcer/researcher, you will want to think effective, simplistic, and less complicated when structuring your search strings and the results will come with this Decision Engine. BING brings a fresh approach and incorporating some specialties, like domain, sites, region specific domains and much more.  This fresh approach will help you structure strings with ease.

Advanced Searches

If you've done a search and want to narrow the results, you can use Bing's advanced search option to help with that task.

Choose the parameters of your search. You can look for results by:

Search Terms

·         All of these terms: Uses an AND (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain all the search terms you specify.) operator. Bing ignores punctuation and stop words  for this type of search term. (STOP WORDS  In database searching, "stop words" are small and frequently occurring words like and, or, in, of that are often ignored when keyed as search terms. Sometimes putting them in quotes " " will allow you to search them.)

·         Any of these terms: Uses an OR (A search keyword that you can use to find results that contain either of the search terms that you specify.) operator. Bing ignores punctuation and stop words for this type of search term.

·         This exact phrase: Searches for the exact phrase, including punctuation and stop words.

·         None of these terms: Uses a NOT (A search keyword that you can use to find results that don't contain a search term you specify.) operation.  The NOT operation will group the terms within parentheses, including punctuation and stop words.

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Over Used Words That Make Your Resume Suck

I’ve used a few choice words in my life. You probably have too?  However, when the wrong words appear on your resume, it sucks and could be damaging to your next career move. These suckie words are not of the four-letter variety. These words are very common. They are accepted. They cover the average resume with buzz worthy words badness. Hiring managers can identify sucky words in seconds, leaving your resume work worthless. So how do you write a wicked resume without the suck? How do you turn the wrong words into right? To help you land the job interview, here’s how to spin the 6 sucky resume words into skills that sizzle.

1. Responsible For

I frown when I read “Responsible For” on a resume. Of course you’re responsible for something. But, how many? How long? Who? What? When? Rather than waste the hiring manager’s time reading a vague list of responsibilities, be specific and back up your cited skills and accomplishments. Employers want the best that explains your accomplishments. Be specific to get the point across quickly. Prove you have the skills to get hired. The resume that avoids vague “responsibilities” and sticks to facts detailing skills, growth, reduced costs, and number of people managed, budget size, etc gets the job interview.

2. Experienced

Are you experienced?  Rather than cite Jimi Hendrix on your resume, pleeease just say what your experience entails. Saying you’re experienced at something and giving the facts on that experience are two very different approaches.

3. Excellent written communication skills

Yes, I realize this isn’t a single word it’s rather a phrase. This phrase must die. It’s on most resumes. Is it on yours? If you’ve got writing skills, do say what you write and how you communicate. Are you writing email campaigns, marketing materials, or user documentation? Are you word smiting legal contracts, business plans, or proposing proposals? However you wrap your words, be sure to give the details.

4. Team Player

Are we playing football here? Unless you want to be benched with the other unemployed “team players” then get some hard facts behind your job pitch. If you want to make a touchdown then do explicitly say what teams you play on and qualify the teams’ achievements.

5. Detail Oriented

What does detail oriented mean? Give the specifics to the details with which you are oriented. Please, orient your reader to the details. If you have the details, do share them with the hiring manager. Give the facts, the numbers, the time lines, the dollar figure, and the quantitative data that sells your skills and disorients the competition.

6. Successful

Hopefully you only list the successes on your resume. So if everything is a success, then why write the s-word? Stick to showing your success by giving concrete examples of what you’ve done to be successful! Let your skills, qualifications, and achievements speak for you. When it comes to your successes, please don’t be shy. Boast your best, sing your praises, and sell your skills.

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