Boomers re-entering the job market or changing jobs will have to deal with a resume. Here are twenty-five things you should never put on your resume.
"Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you've been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow. Read below for the 25 things that you should never include on a professional résumé." Link
Wendy over at Gen Plus re-inventing 50 is a good source for info on the trials and tribulations of the Boomer Job market. Link
If you'd like to know twenty timeless rules about money, it may help you acquire your first million or at least start you in the right direction to having a better relationship with money on the plus side.
"Money Magazine collected the best advice from some of the smartest investors (and other people) who have ever lived." Link
"The green anole is a common lizard, slender in build, with a narrow head and a long, slender tail... Color can vary from gray-brown, to brown, to bright green. Each animal can change its color to blend with surroundings... Anoles require greenery, occasional shade, and a moist environment."
Tree Hugger was just puchased for ten million green dollars by the Discovery Channel. Link
“The deal brings TreeHugger.com’s rich mix of news, blogs and advice to Planet Green and furthers Discovery’s previously announced goal of developing original programming related to the environment, sustainable development, conservation and organic living. In acquiring TreeHugger.com, Discovery is pursuing its multiplatform strategy of being the leading content provider across nonfiction genres around the world. The transaction will not have a material impact on earnings in year one."
I am not going to fooled for one minute by Green Entertainment. I want the real thing - products and services that will help reverse Global Warming and save our environment.
When will I be able to buy Green Energy?
When will I be able to stop relying on foreign oil?
When will SUV's be outlawed?
I don't want concerts, tv and movies anymore. Consciousness is raised. I don't want to think I'm part of a Green Revolution by sitting back in my air conditioned house watching TV.
Give me alternatives in the marketplace, And if the poor and lower middle class can't purchase THE GREEN, Because the cars, lightbulbs etc, will cost more. Give them tax breaks to be able to afford the purchase or aren't the black, the brown and the red of neck going to be able to afford to turn green?
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott heron
Bloggers and aspiring homebased business entrepreneurs here's an interview with home-based business coach Jane Pollak to find out what it takes to work from home and be successful.
"I'm such an advocate for home-based businesses," said the 58-year-old businesswoman, whose Norwalk, Connecticut, house is literally home base of her enterprises. "If you can do it, and thrive, it's the best." Link
