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Today, we’re happy to publish a blogswap article on EXCELER8ion and introduce our guest author, Liz Handlin, of Ultimate Resumes. Here’s a little more about Liz and her blog:

“Ultimate Resumes’ mission is to help great people find great jobs. In addition to my work at Ultimate Resumes, I am the Vice President of Marketing for Broadpeak Collaborative. Broadpeak is a professional services firm that provides financial consulting services and executive search for financial professionals. www.broadpeak.us”

This morning I saw Terri Irwin, widow of “The Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, and her daughter Bindi on TV. Seeing them and hearing them talk about Steve Irwin made me wish that all of us could live our lives as he did. I don’t mean wrestling crocodiles, although corporate America can feel like a jungle at times. What I mean is that we should all strive to do what we love and do it with passion.

I don’t know if you watch The Crocodile Hunter on Animal Planet but if you ever have a chance to check it out you should do so. Steve was a larger than life person who clearly loved what he was doing. I saw a retrospective that described how Steve started out. You could see that he had no idea back in the days when he was wrestling crocs in the Australian outback that he would become rich, famous, and reach iconic status. He just did what he loved and he did it with such passion that it was infectious. I don’t even think money was that important to him except as a means to further his goal of wildlife conservation. Who would think that anyone could make crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and spiders seem vulnerable and in need of conservation? Steve Irwin did. And he was so convincing because HE was so passionate about those animals.

If Steve had cared about the kind of career path that crocodile wrestling would take him on back when Australia Zoo was little more than a small exotic animal park he might have decided to do something else for a living. But Steve didn’t worry about that. He was passionate about animal conservation and he had a way of showing us the beauty in animals that are not cute and cuddly. He was so passionate about what he was doing that the world couldn’t help but watch. The success, the money, and the fame all came as a result of Steve Irwin following his passion.

I am not suggesting that you should quit your job and run off to do whatever it is that you are passionate about without a plan. I don’t think Steve Irwin was capricious in any way. But I would submit that if you do what you love the money will follow.

Who knew that Martha Stewart would create an empire out of “gracious living”? She has sold us household hints, cooking tips, books, and magazines and now she is worth billions. But when she started out she was just a caterer who was doing something that she loved and was good at.

What about Joel Osteen? He has grown the Lakewood Church ministry in Houston to the point that they fill the Staples Center every Sunday morning. Unbelievable. Whatever your spiritual beliefs you should check out one of his sermons on TV sometime. He is so engaging and articulate. I think its because he is full of such passion for what he does.

Jodi Smith, owner of Mannersmith is passionate about her job. She has created a successful business and has authored several books on manners. She is doing what she loves and she has become a huge success. I would never have thought that lecturing on manners could lead to such personal and professional success but it sure has for Jodi. She is doing what she loves and the money and success have followed.

So, what are you passionate about? Can you turn your passion into your career? If so, you will never work another day in your life.

Liz Handlin

http://ultimate-resumes.blogspot.com/

This CollegeRecruiter.com Blogswap article is courtesy of Recruiting.com at http://www.Recruiting.com and CollegeRecruiter.com at http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com , a leading site for college students and recent graduates who are searching for internships and entry level jobs.

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Blog Swap

Today we’re happy to publish the following article as part of the blog swap sponsored by CollegeRecruiter, a leading site for college students and recent graduates who are searching for internships and entry level jobs and Recruiting.com. This post comes from the blog of Mick Wist of Insourced.com. Insourced is an online gathering place for job seekers, employers and recruiters, as well as a repository of information accumulated by both Insourced writers and the site’s visitors, with the latter free to contribute to the site via comments, blog posts and forum posts.

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An article in today’s NY Times (subscription required), Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself, makes it abundantly clear that we are losing the War on Spam. According to the article, 9 out of every 10 e-mails that are sent over the Internet are spam. That’s a staggering statistic and paints a rather hopeless picture of our future struggle with this societal scourge.

But while spam is generally nothing more than an incessant annoyance for most of us, spam can also bring unwanted viruses, spyware, and other intrusions that can be extremely disruptive and harmful. Many people in offices around the world are simply not savvy enough to recognize all spam and/or they let their guards down for a moment - and that’s all it takes. One errant click on an e-mail link or attachment and untold havoc can be unleashed on the network(s) of unsuspecting companies, shutting down e-mail servers and potentially corrupting sensitive data.

Even the most advanced and expensive spam filtering systems are regularly being beaten by today’s advanced spamming techniques, so perhaps the best prevention is education at the user level. All employees that have Internet access, especially new hires, should be given at least an informal introduction to spam - how to recognize it and how to avoid it, with an emphasis on exaggerated caution. It is far from the ideal solution, but since spam seems to be unavoidable for the foreseeable future, it is best to prepare your people to properly deal with it.

Mick Wist

http://www.insourced.com

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This CollegeRecruiter.com Blogswap article is courtesy of Recruiting.com and CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students and recent graduates who are searching for internships and entry level jobs.

We recently surveyed more than 4,400 business professional members across our network of 11,000 niche career sites. We asked them �How long is/was your commute to work for your most recent job?� The purpose of this survey was to gather and share valuable information about the habits and interests of job seekers. The results were:

• 73 percent said they work less than 25 miles from home;
• 45 percent said that they commute less than 15 miles;
• 27 percent commute 15 to 25 miles;
• 17 percent commute 25 to 40 miles; and
• 10 percent commute more than 40 miles to work.

It appears that more and more candidates are choosing to work close to home in order to help maintain a healthier work-life balance.

Steven Rothberg is the President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for students searching for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level job opportunities.

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This blog entry is another in the series from guest bloggers through the Recruiting.com blogswap. Today�s guest is Steven Rothberg, President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, a high traffic career site used by candidates who are searching for entry level jobs and internships.

Many employers with formalized campus recruiting programs pay their former interns to act as ambassadors on their college campuses during the school year. Those interns will help drive qualified candidates to future on-campus interview dates and act as liaisons between their employers, the school administrators, faculty, students, and other stakeholders. But there are other types of ambassadors on-campus as well, and not all of them are acting in the best interests of some employers. Unofficial campus ambassadors range from students who would never work for that particular company (think environmentalists and Big Oil companies) to students who wanted to work for a particular company but weren�t selected (think MBA students with average grades and highly competitive management consulting firms) to students who worked for a particular company but weren�t retained (think interns who weren�t offered a permanent position upon graduation) to students who worked for a particular company and were retained to staff and faculty. Any of these groups can have a huge impact on the success or failure of an employer�s on-campus recruiting efforts, but many employers are completely blind to this.

One of the best movies of all time was Bambi. I know, this is a recruiting blog, but bear with me on this one. (pun intended) In that movie, kids are taught that you are to treat others as you would have them treat you. When an employer treats students, staff, or faculty with a lack of respect, those students, staff, and faculty often return the favor. But unlike a typical employer who may only visit a campus once a year, those students, staff, and faculty often live on-campus, either literally or figuratively. If you visit once a year and tick off even one stakeholder who is on-campus for 365 days a year, who do you think will be more likely to have the greatest influence on that campus?

So what is an employer to do? Well, be sure to be as inclusive as possible during your on-campus recruiting trips. If you�ve only got two dozen interview slots and want to interview only those students who meet your minimum qualifications, fine, but also host an informational meeting in the morning, during your lunch break, or after the day�s interviews have concluded. Don�t just use it as a chance to chat up students who fit your desired profile. Also spend time talking with those who don�t because chances are great that they know students who fit your profile and probably have more influence over them than you do. If you blow off a student whose GPA is 3.0 because you�re only looking for students with GPA�s of at least 3.5, then what do you think that 3.0 student is going to tell their 3.5 roommate who is considering interning for your firm? But if you treat that 3.0 student with respect and cultivate relationships with the staff and faculty on-campus, then your firm is going to enjoy a favorable image on-campus, which will make it far more likely that you will succeed in your efforts to recruit that 3.5 student and many more like her.

EXCELER8ion is participating in a �BlogSwap� with some of the best recruiting community Bloggers. Here is a terrific guest post from Dennis Smith of the�Career Builders Blog:

I took the kids fishing this past weekend in my ol� stomping grounds - Oklahoma.� After we had our fill of fishing and four-wheeling, they talked me in to visiting the �Ol� Cemetery.�� I lived across from this same cemetery for years and never had a desire to visit, but hey, I guess the times have changed.�

If I hadn�t seen this sign with my own eyes, and had my daughter not taken the pic with my camera, I would�ve assumed somebody had worked a lil� PhotoShop magic.� But, alas, it�s true.� There is a street on the south side of the cemetery called, appropriately, Cemetery Lane.� Making a right-hand turn onto Cemetery Lane I quickly noticed that I was turning on to a dead-end road.� There was a moment of silence (for the dead, of course), before we all broke in to crazy laughter.

Immediately I thought of Godin�s Broken video.� Then, I sent a copy of the pic to my brother who appropriately forwarded it to Leno.� Who knows, maybe our picture will get 15 seconds of fame.�

Now, since we�re talking about Dead End roads, let�s talk about your job.� CareerBuilder recently posted an article called �Dead End Job?� Seven Signs.�

Read through this list to see if you recognize yourself in these situations:

1. Overload
2. Unsung Hero
3. Out of the Loop
4. Looming Dread
5. Is this All There Is?
6. Temper, Temper
7. Alienation

Anything sound familiar?� If you can relate, maybe you are stuck in Career Depression Syndrome.� Or, maybe it�s just time for you to make a change.� If so, I�ve got a recommendation�start a job-search blog.�

Use your blog to chronicle your research about the industry and job you are targeting; about corporate and TPR recruiting blogs; your day-to-day job interviews; sites that offer up excellent info on blogging as it pertains to social networks, word-of-mouth marketing, and personal brand.� Seek out other job-search blogs; see what the job-search experts are saying in places like Recruiting.com, and then get advice on how to better equip yourself for job-search success at sites like CareerHub.

You can take a stab at doing this job-search thing alone, or, you can join the community of folks who are living it 24 x 7.� It�s just my opinion, but the Lone Ranger style of job search too often leads job-seekers to a dead-end road called�..�Cemetery Lane.��

Dennis Smith
T-Mobile Recruiting
CareerBuilderBlog