Top 10 Weirdest, Most Ridiculous Jobs

Think your job is dull? Check out some of the bizarre things people do for a living in this list of jobs you probably didn’t know existed. You’ll either wish you were doing one of these, or you’ll be thankful for the job you do have. And now, the top 10 weirdest, most ridiculous jobs out there:

Pet Food Taster Not only do these people eat dog food all the time, some actually enjoy it! It’s kind of like wine connoisseurs enjoying a new wine, except its stuff your dog or cat eats. To each their own…

Gross stunt producer If you’ve ever seen a show where people have to do disgusting things for money (like wade through rat-infested sewers or eat living bugs), rest assured it’s because someone’s job is to come up with such twisted concepts. A surprising amount of research is necessary to make sure that your ideas are not only gross, but also safe.

Bad Breath Smeller How else would you figure out if your company’s chewing gum is getting the job done? This also implies there are people whose job it is to chew gum and breathe in people’s faces.

Whiskey Ambassador Getting paid to drink whiskey- a job college kids everywhere can only dream of. These lucky people’s responsibilities include selecting the best whiskeys and teaching clients how to fully appreciate each whiskey’s nuances.

Ufologist As the name implies, ufologists are all about the study of UFO’s. History, recent reports, government conspiracies, it’s all included, so if the unknown is your passion this might not be a bad start.

Cryptozoologist These are the people you see on television explaining so convincingly why Big Foot or the Loch Ness monster are real. It’s all about using your science skills in less conventional ways.

Chicken Sexer The actual job responsibilities for these guys are relatively mundane- chicken sexers just have to figure out what gender baby chicks are and sort them accordingly. Still, nothing quite spices up your resume like a job with that title.

Pathoecologist You’d be surprised how much you can learn from…poop. Pathoecologists study feces from thousands of years ago, learning much about the lifestyles and diets of our ancestors.

Foley artist You probably hear their work all the time and don’t even realize it- foley artists are responsible for making those everyday environmental sounds in movies and shows on television. They often utilize whatever objects they please (from watermelons to flare guns) to accentuate sounds.

Queen Bee Producer If bees aren’t your thing this is probably the least desirable job out there, as these people work with bees everyday. But not just any bees- they specifically raise the most impressive of them all: the queens.

Andrew is a recent college graduate working on MyCareerRx http://www.MyCareerRx.com, a site devoted to making the job hunting process easier for college students everywhere, from free career personality tests to resume and interview help

Top 10 Training Metrics

Is it time for you to measure the effectiveness of your training programs? If you’re not sure where to start, these Top Ten Training Metrics can help.

Measuring the effectiveness of training is a very difficult task, for stakeholders, training departments and end users. If you are a training manager or company stakeholder looking for ways to measure the effectiveness of your programs, these ten metrics are a great place to start.

One: Increased retention. Most Human Resources departments measure the rate of retention in all or various jobs. Many times, the front line, high turnover jobs are the ones that receive the most attention. If newly trained employees feel ill-equipped for the job, they are more likely to leave within their first 90 days. When you measure training success this way, higher retention points to a successful training program.

Two: Increased sales. Many organizations can track efficiency based on sales. If training is heavily geared toward a sales or customer service force, an effective program will eventually increase sales numbers. You can also measure product knowledge training as part of a sales number – poorly educated sales people usually do not make the sale. Dollar figures and unit sales make good metrics, but be sure to balance any metric with other factors that can influence sales numbers.

Three: Increased operational efficiency. In highly regulated or production-oriented businesses, managers look for more efficiency, which raises the bottom line. If your training programs teach skills, look to management’s efficiency metrics, as a baseline, before and after the training intervention. If you are building a new program or product, look at the efficiency numbers to obtain direction on training course content.

Four: Customer service results. Any organization can link training to customer service, which can be both internal and external. Customer service is also one of the easier place to start: one well-written survey can identify a host of customer related issues that can be addressed by training programs. Remember that training may not be the only solution to those issues. If your organization already has a customer survey in place, use those metrics to cross check your programs. When your programs impact the survey items, you can correlate an increase in customer satisfaction back to training.

Five: Company-defined scorecards. Training outsourcers tend to use client-defined criteria to determine training effectiveness. If your organization has a wide variety of possible measurements, sit down with management, and stakeholders, to create a custom scorecard based on expectations and the training programs that need to be in place.

Six: Cost of training. This is an internal training department measurement. In high turnover organizations, lowering cost per student can be used as an effectiveness measurement. Cost of training could also relate directly back to retention – if you’re spending less on new hire training, your retention may be higher. Work with your stakeholders and the HR department to determine training costs and where you want those numbers to be.

Seven: Return on Investment. ROI has long been a “catch all” metric. In some cases, it’s easy to define ROI, but in more cases it’s increasingly difficult. If you deliver soft skills training, it’s hard to put a dollar figure on the return. There are numerous ROI calculations available, so if you’re thinking about using an ROI metric, look for the formulas and plug in what you can. If you are part of a numbers-driven organization, you’ll be able to make friends with the stakeholders by defining and measuring concrete ROI.

Eight: Revenue generation. This metric appears most likely as a combination of sales numbers, operational efficiency, and customer service. If an organization shows increased revenue, a solid training program can be part of that increase. If your organization is rolling out a new revenue generator, such as a product or service, that is generally the best time to use revenue generation as training metric.

Nine: Instructor performance. Instructor evaluation is an important internal measurement. The results can come from student and manager evaluations, and must take into account the instructor’s presentation skills, knowledge of the subject, projection of organizational values, and adherence to instructional guidelines. The good part about instructor performance as a metric is that it can also be used as an external measure. When training is under discussion, training managers should be the first to praise their instructors for delivering quality instruction in every course – and instructor evaluations provide the supporting evidence.

Ten: End-user satisfaction. Your audience can measure effectiveness quicker than anyone else, both immediately following training and after a given time period, such as 30 or 60 days. The immediate results, sometimes referred to as “smile sheets”, can give you a picture of what happened in the classroom. The delayed results can tell you if the material is useful or not. Plus, end-user surveys are great tools for proving effectiveness with management.

Remember that training metrics may take time to put into place and show results. It’s also important to obtain buy-in from your stakeholders while you’re determining how to measure results. Use these metrics to start with – and use them whenever you’re developing or revamping training programs. Once you can prove bottom-line effectiveness, your credibility will go a long way.

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How to Make Massive Movement Towards Your Dreams – Learn From Obama’s “Leap” to President

One of the remarkable things about our new President is that his past did not predict his future. Barack Obama is a classic example of a “Leap Frogger”: someone who bypasses the predictable climb up the ladder (rung by predictable rung) and instead hurdles forward to unprecedented heights.

In other words they chart their own course through what appears to the rest of us as “magical leaps.”

Some examples of Leap Froggers:

• A Minneapolis stripper writes her first screenplay and wins an Oscar (Diablo Cody, “Juno”)
• A young man drops out of Harvard to develop a computer software program, launching Microsoft and becoming one of wealthiest men on the planet. (Bill Gates)
• An American, with a Kenyan father, is raised in Hawaii by his single mother and rises to President after only 4 years on the National Political field. (Barack Obama)

Obama’s rise to President was fast! From 2004 – 2009, he went from State Senator, to U.S. Senator, to U.S. President.

So why don’t more of us make a leap forward in our own lives? For starters you were trained at a young age to climb not leap.

In school you start with grade 1, do all of the assignments, graduate, go to grade 2, get passing grades and head to straight to… grade 3. And yes, there is the occasional student who skips a grade, but a “skip” is worlds away from a LEAP.

After school, you typically end up in the work force with a new ladder to climb. Now there is NOTHING wrong with this system. It’s very efficient. You can set goals for yourself and map out long-term goals to get you from point A to point B and on to point C. I am not poo-pooing that at all. However, when an Obama comes along, it’s as if a superman has entered the scene. Or you may see leapers as “lucky,” as if they just won the lottery ticket of life.

But maybe leaping is something we are all capable of! The following is a list of Leap Frogger traits I put together. Try them on and see how they fit in your own life.

#1 – Allow Yourself to Dream Big. Before Barack married Michelle, he mentioned to his future brother-in-law, that he might run for President. (His brother told him to be quiet about that idea and just meet the family.) Obama had a dream, and it was BIG.

#2 – Allow Your Heart and Your Passions to Guide You. In 1985, Obama left a job with a NY business consultant to become a $13,000 per year community organizer in the South Side of Chicago. Obama says, “It’s a consequence of working with this community that I found my calling. There was something more than making money and getting a fancy degree. The measure of my life would be public service.”

#3 – Surround Yourself with Supportive People and AVOID the Nay-sayers. Some of Obama’s early supporters at the local political level were disgruntled when he chose to run for higher offices. Can you imagine the loss to not only this country but the world if Obama had for one moment let any of their concerns stop him? Don’t let other peoples “stuff” or smallness hold YOU back. The world needs your light, so if you know there is a spot light for you to step into, then no one can tell you otherwise.

#4 – Learn from Your Climb, but Forge Your Own Path. Leap Froggers don’t come out of nowhere. Obama’s career includes tough years as a community organizer, slogging it out at Harvard Law School, and a failed bid for Congress in 2000. In other words, Obama did a lot of climbing, but he also did not let the ladder hold him back from taking a big leap.

#5 – Connect to source. Leapers are full of human spirit. Which is why their trajectories are unparalleled. Spirit is not confined to the 3-dimensional chess board of life. Spirit is connected to source (or God, or Allah, or the Universe, or whatever you’d like to call it) where the old rules don’t apply.

Thank goodness for Leap Froggers like Obama, who don’t hold back but shine their bright spirits, forging whole new paths and worlds for the rest of us to live into.

Where do you want to “leap” in 2009? I invite you to model these Leap Frog traits and start LEAPING towards your own dreams!

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Prince Karim Aga Khan – A True Leader of Islam

11th July 2007 marks a landmark in the history of the Ismaili Muslim community, as this day marks the completion of the 50th year of Imamate of the leader of the Ismaili Muslim community, Prince Karim Aga Khan 1V. He is the current (49th) Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. His contribution in the field of education, medicine, architecture, social work, institution building, relief work, etc., is spectacular. He always tried to bring the positive image of Islam in front of others. His attractive personality has influenced many Muslim brothers to work for the welfare of the people. He is the direct descendant of Sir Aga Khan 111, whose contribution for the establishment of Pakistan can never be forgotten.

Prince Karim Aga Khan, the Aga Khan IV is the eldest son of Prince Aly Salman Khan and his wife, Princess Tajudowlah. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland on December 13, 1936. His brother name is Prince Amyn, and sister name is Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. The Aga Khan spent his childhood in Nairobi, Kenya, where his early education was done by private tutoring. The Aga Khan later attended the Institute le Rosey in Switzerland. He graduated from Harvard University in 1959 with a BA Honors Degree in Islamic history. As a modern leader of Islam, he always tried to emphasize to improve the lives of the Muslims.

Following the death of his grandfather, Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan, Prince Karim, at the age of 20, became the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims on 11 July 1957.

Upon becoming the Imam, the Aga Khan stated that he intended to continue the work his grandfather had pursued in building modern institutions to improve the quality of life of the Ismaili community. The main themes that the Aga Khan emphasized are development, education, interracial harmony, and faith in religion. He elaborated on this concept in a 2006 speech in Germany stating,

“The role and responsibility of an Imam, therefore, is both to interpret the faith to the community, and also to do all within his means to improve the quality, and security of their daily lives.” Throughout the early years of his Imamate, the Aga Khan continued his grandfather’s work through the establishment of institutions such as the Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi in 1958, and primary and secondary schools in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the 1960s, The Aga Khan Hospital in Pakistan, and numerous educational institutions throughout the world. We can say that he is the leader of a common man. He is the King of the Muslim community. He always work for the betterment of the lives of the people of the third world country.

The Aga Khan has been particularly interested in the elimination of global poverty; eradication of illiteracy; the advancement of the status of women; the promotion of Islamic culture, music, art, and architecture, upgrading the economical status of the third world country, etc.

Prince Aga Khan always believes in building bridges between religions. He always tried to restore peace in the world and brought the positive image of Islam in the modern world.

In 1977, the Aga Khan established the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, a premier award recognizing excellence in architecture that encompasses contemporary design and social, historical, and environmental considerations. It is the largest architectural award in the world.

He is the founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development networks in the world, which works towards social, economic, and cultural development in Asia and Africa. The establishment of the AKDN brought under the same umbrella a number of development agencies and institutions that The Aga Khan’s humanitarian endeavors draw inspiration from ethics of compassion, generosity, sincerity, etc.

Few of the agencies of AKDN are as under:

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AAKAM) Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS) Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) Aga Khan University (AKU) The University of Central Asia (UCA) Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an affiliate of the AKDN, is responsible handling disasters. Recent example includes the massive earthquake in Pakistan, Oct 8, 2005. Prince Aga Khan team handled the prevailing problematic situation effectively.

He is also the Chairman of The Institute of Ismaili Studies, which he founded in 1977. This institute is one of the best Institutes, where different Islamic degrees programmes for our younger generations are being offered. The objective of IIS is to promote scholarship and learning of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths.

The Aga Khan has been recognized by several national and international organizations for his service to humanity. Few of them are as follows:

The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has awarded him the title of His Highness on July 26, 1957. On August 12, 1957, the Sultan of Zanzibar invested the title of Brilliant Star of Zanzibar. It was his first visit to Pakistan with his wife when the President of Pakistan granted the title of Nishan-e-Imtiaz on January 15, 1970.

The World Monuments Fund honored the Aga Khan IV with its prestigious Hadrian Award for his vigorous and fruitful efforts to preserve and revitalize historic cities in Islamic world on October 28, 1996 at New York.

In 2003, he was named Knight Commander in the Order of the British Empire (KBE) “for services to international development, especially in Asia and Africa, and to UK-French relations.” In 2005, he was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy, the 2005 Die Quadriga and the 2005 Vincent Scully Prize. He was also named Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada. His Highness has been awarded honorary degrees by universities in Pakistan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He has also received numerous awards and prizes from various professional organisations in recognition of his work in architecture and the conservation of historic buildings. There are around more than 18 million followers of Prince Aga Khan throughout the world. Whatever he has done for boosting the economy of Pakistan by investing in to various sectors like hotel industry, banking, etc., are laudable. His Highness the Aga Khan donated $50-million to support rehabilitation, socio-economic development, and earthquake-preparedness in areas of the North West Frontier Province and Azad Jammu and Kashmir affected by the 8 October 2005 shock. Prince Aga Khan provided a combination of financial and technical support to the urban and rural communities in high-mountain, seismically sensitive areas in Pakistan, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia. There are many schools, colleges and universities in Pakistan as well, which were created by him for the development of intellects in Pakistan.

Scholars have called his community, the Shia Ismaili Muslims, the most progressive, organized, schooled and financially well-off sect within Islam.

Today, he is working all over the world to eradicate the social problems. His basic concern is of Muslim brothers and sisters, for whom he works day and night for their upliftment. He is creating a positive image of Islam globally for which we salute him.

He is truly the leader of Islam in this modern world. Wish him a very happy Golden Jubilee.

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Take Career Planning Tests – Learn About The Right Career For You

A career planning test can be very purposeful. It can help a person realize his planning abilities, maturity in decision-making and basic career management. The career planning tests can aid you to find your aptitude level and your abilities. It can clarify all the queries in you. An employment counselor can chip in to help you choose the right occupation. A career planning tool is not a magic weapon but an eye-opening tool which can point out to you the best possible options for consideration.

These are done either on paper or in a computer. Standardized assessment instrument or inventory, as it’s also called, is usually provided by professionals. These professional people usually are career counselors. Students, in general, write a lot of such tests to locate themselves in the career-radar. Elementary school students are generally not advised to take these tests because of their mental maturity.

Career planning tests which deal with work values, ethics and lifestyle values are also taken up by students to explore the different types of jobs. Answers to these career planning tests never have right or wrong answers. It is a tool which measures your responses in variety of areas such as creativity, altruism, security, economic rewards, physical activity and social relationships.

They can also involve questions based on what you like or dislike. Such tests explore interest inventories. Questions could be like; would you rather fix a flat tyre or play a game on the computer? These tests can fail sometimes, especially when students who really don’t have a clue about few of the activities listed.

Another way of career planning tests involves aptitude and achievement test. It can help you in a large way as it not only helps you realize your inherent skills but also to develop new skills. Schools and other educational institutions normally use this tool for its students. However, even military, employers and licensing agencies have started to use these tests to recruit people. These kinds of tests often require some coaching and hence students resort to taking courses. It might be required to take an English Proficiency Test for entering into a post-secondary institution.

Class counselors use personality assessment tests to observe a person’s choices and help them relate to their occupations. The answers, often, are True or False types and questions could be like; ‘would you rather sleep in your bedroom or go to play in the beach?’

Career planning tests are conducted for both youth and adults. Career maturity testing might give a clue to the person about his ability to take up career management.

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No Degree? No Problem – Four Careers Without a Four-Year Degree

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, workers with four-years of college traditionally make about $1 million more during their working life than their counterparts with high school diplomas–but don’t let that figure fool you. True, many top-paying professional jobs require four years of college (or more)–but you needn’t endure four years of study halls and pub-crawls to land a good job. Here are four excellent careers that can combine paid on-the-job training with classroom work, without requiring a four-year degree.

Radiological Technician
Sure, without a four-year degree, med school isn’t an option–but what if you still want to work in healthcare? Healthcare is one of America’s fastest-growing career sectors, expected to add millions of new jobs in the years ahead. If you want a healthcare career without a four-year degree, radiological technician might be an ideal career for you.

Radiologists and radiologic technicians work with sophisticated imaging machines to help diagnose patient illness. The job requires you to understand the in and outs of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET). While the technology is complex, you needn’t spend four years at university to land a job. In fact, two-year associate’s degree programs are typically the most common credential. If you already have healthcare experience, enrolling in a one-year certificate program may be all the education you need to land an entry-level position. You can find training through hospitals or colleges. You may learn human anatomy and physiology, radiation physics, medical terminology, and patient care and positioning.

The job offers the opportunity to work with patients, and, like many other healthcare careers, is highly portable. You can also earn a competitive salary. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), median annual earnings for radiologists and radiologic technicians stood at $50,260 in May 2007. The highest-paid workers made as much as $71,600.

Electrician
Looking for a truly high-powered career? Consider working as an electrician. Electricians keep the juice flowing in private homes as well as commercial buildings and large industrial complexes. Although learning the requisite skills–everything from electrical theory, blueprint reading, and mathematics to electrical code requirements, safety, and first aid–takes time and effort, a four-year degree is usually not necessary. Most electricians learn their trade through apprenticeship programs which combine paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction.

As a skilled trade, electrician jobs offer the opportunity to make a comfortable living. According to the BLS, in May 2007, median annual earnings for electricians stood at $44,780, while those in the top 90th percentile earned up to $76,000. Excellent job prospects for workers trained in a wide range of skills (including voice, video, and data wiring), make electrician an attractive choice. The BLS predicts the number of electrician jobs should jump by seven percent, or 52,000 between 2006 and 2016.

Plumber
Although you might think of unclogging drains as unglamorous work, there’s far more to a plumber’s job than you might think. Plumbers install, maintain, and repair entire pipe systems–including the piping that allows nuclear power stations to churn out megawatts of electricity, and the valves that oil refineries use to process crude oil into gasoline.

If you’re attracted to skilled trades, plumbers are expected to see job growth over the next several years. Because the number of open positions should exceed the number of qualified applicants, your job prospects should be excellent. Finally, let’s not forget your wages. Median annual earnings for pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters stood at $44,090 in May 2007. The highest-paid percentile of workers made as $75,070.

Although typically you may not need a bachelor’s degree for a career as a plumber, the training can take up to five years. However, the extended apprenticeship program offered by unions or non-union contractor agencies allows you to earn money while training on the job. At the same time, you may take as much as 144 hours of classroom study per year, learning drafting, blueprint reading, physics, chemistry, safety, and building codes.

Auto Mechanic
It’s every motorhead’s dream job. If you’ve ever dreamed of restoring classic muscle or working on economy imports, a career as a mechanic can help you marry your passion to a livable wage. Median annual earnings for automotive mechanics stood at $34,170, according to the BLS, while the highest-paid mechanics earn as much as $57,650.

Although advancing automotive technology has complicated training required for a job as a skilled automotive mechanic, a four-year degree is usually not necessary. You can earn an associate’s degree in two years through a combination of hands-on practice and classroom study. If you decide to take an accelerated course, you can earn a certificate in six months to a year. If you decide to go for an associate’s degree, most likely you’ll spend between six and eight weeks alternating between full-time work for the automotive service department of a participating business (generally under the supervision of experienced mechanics), and attending classes.

Of course, these are just four of a thousand other rewarding careers that dispense with the four-year degree. Whether it’s checking out your local community college, browsing certificate programs online, or speaking with your local union representative, there’s no limit to the places you can go. No degree? No problem.

Kelli Smith is the senior editor for http://www.Edu411.org Edu411 is a career education directory for finding colleges and universities, training schools, and technical institutes.

Seize the Opportunity to Advance Your Career

Read on for things you can do to advance your career.

-Look for opportunities. It is very important to be alert to your office surroundings – you should look for opportunities to showcase your skills.

By doing things others might not have thought of doing, you can take advantage of the opportunity to get noticed by your superiors. This will help you advance, since your name could pop up whenever there is any mention of people to be promoted in your department.

-Keep your skills ready to exploit opportunities. In order to advance, it is essential to have the
necessary skills so that you can do specific tasks better than your colleagues.

In order to do this, first determine which skills will be required to do the job accurately and speedily and then go about obtaining those skills.

You may need to go to workshops or attend courses to obtain the skills – but do it if you want to get noticed.

-Enhance your reputation. You should project yourself a little bit in order to get noticed by management.

This does not mean, however, that you brag about your achievements or take credit where it is not due. But if you have become a problem solver, then be sure that management is aware of it.

-Subscribe to your industry publication. You should subscribe to a publication about your industry and also attend various trade fairs or conferences in order to get a wider picture of your industry.

You could also mingle with others in your industry if you are looking for a better job. This is a good way to find opportunities in other companies.

-Update your skills and your resume regularly. You should update your technical skills and your resume on a regular basis to keep up with developments in your industry.

This will be particularly useful if you are planning to change jobs and want to find a new position at a higher level then your current one.

-Improve your presentation and communication skills. This is an important factor in career advancement. You should not be a recluse, but should mingle with your colleagues and management.

When you are making a presentation, you should speak well and impress them with your communication skills and your technical knowledge. This will help you develop into an effective leader and will provide you with an excellent opportunity to move up.

-Network and expand your circle. You should network on a regular basis with like-minded people and should constantly strive to expand that circle.

You will not only make new friends but will also gain additional knowledge. Also, you might find some people who could help you get the job you want.

You can improve your opportunities, but you need to be proactive. Be alert and act on any opportunity that presents itself – and you could reach your goal faster than you had imagined.

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Affiliate Marketing Ideas

Do you want to discover your potential as an affiliate marketer? Do you think you have what it takes to succeed in this field? If so, you need to learn how to get your ideas work together for you!

The first step is to ask yourself what it is you want to accomplish. Like any new endeavors in life, you need to start with a goal. Then you have to come up with a good plan to achieve this goal. Success comes only to those who work hard and who learn from mistakes that come their way. Consider the things you want to do and why you want to do them. Do you want to earn extra money? Do you want a part-time or full-time job? Do you want to spend more time with your family? Do you want to earn at home and quit your present job? Write these on a piece of paper so you could review these regularly for guidance and motivation.

Many people get the wrong impression that starting an online business only entails setting up a website which other people can view. The truth is, as an affiliate marketer you have to put quite a lot of effort and time to make your ideas work before you can optimize your resources and generate more income.

The biggest mistake you have to avoid is procrastination. It is our nature as human beings to delay for tomorrow what we can do and accomplish today. We put off writing articles to be published in the Internet because we think we are in a better shape tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes. Soon we will find ourselves trapped in a net of regrets. Start each day with a list of things to do. Make your list very specific and achievable. At the end of each month, review your list and reward yourself for your achievements. Always strive to make to make your business better.

Setting up a good website which will open doors to opportunities entails you to creatively incorporate your affiliate links to up to date and useful information. Your primary goal is to provide quality information to your target population on topics they are interested to learn about. Set aside the job of selling because your job is to pre-sell. Make your visitors realize what your product and service can do for their personal lives and businesses. Make your visitors your priority.

The career of affiliate marketing is very fulfilling and lucrative. However, succeeding in this field does not happen overnight. An affiliate marketer should be dynamic, passionate, patient and very knowledgeable. Keep going even when you fail sometimes. Once you’ve mastered the art and skill of affiliate marketing, you’ll reap the fruits of all your efforts and taste the sweetness of victory.

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Creating Compelling Interview Stories

During a job search, several tools and strategies can be used to weave together a compelling story of your value to an employer. Resumes, interviews, and networking meetings should be rich with memorable information about you and the problems you have solved for organizations. Your story should be so good that the interviewer can’t wait to repeat it to the next person in the hiring chain. Here are some tips for making that happen.

1. Create an exciting resume that the reader just can’t put down.

Don’t just write about job tasks and don’t just list statistics. Build a story around your accomplishments that succinctly communicates the impact you had on an initiative or an organization as a whole.

2. Tell your story with pictures.

Try adding some charts or graphs to your resume to create a visual representation of your impact. For example, if you increased sales 500% over a 5 year period, create a bar graph to show the year over year growth.

3. Add your online stories as well.

LinkedIn, Plaxo, and Facebook profiles are a great way to let other people see who you are both professionally and personally. If used properly, they can help build your credibility, authenticate your passion, and show your human side. Blogging software (try WordPress or Typepad) and microblogging (I like Twitter) can be leveraged quite effectively to create an online presence and voice and establish yourself as an expert in a given area and an engaging storyteller.

4. Showcase samples of your work.

Bring examples of the types of reports, business communications, or design work you do to the interview. Consider including links to websites, photographs, videos, or project prototypes to your resume or portfolio when appropriate.

5. Answer interview questions using the Challenge-Action-Result story format.

Employers are interested in learning about your past successes because they feel that past successes are a good indicator of future success. By describing the challenges you faced, the actions you took to address those challenges, and the corresponding results for the organization, you are more likely to create interest and excitement about your candidacy.

6. Ask questions that invite the interviewer to tell their story.

In order to build a strong rapport with the hiring authority, you need to share information. Asking the interviewer to also share information helps deepen this relationship. Ask what issues the department is struggling with and what types of strategies they have tried in the past to address these issues. Asking questions shows your interest and concern for the company’s problems and also positions you as the right person to address them.

Barbara Safani, owner of Career Solvers, http://www.careersolvers.com , has over 12 years of experience in career management, recruiting, and executive coaching. Ms. Safani partners with both Fortune 100 companies and individuals to deliver targeted programs focusing on resume development, job search strategies, networking, interviewing, salary negotiation skills, and online identity management

Would Believe That Eggplant Can Treat Skin Cancer Successfully?

What I am about to tell you is about a product that will not improve a persons survival of cancer for a year or two, but for a lifetime when death happens because of natural causes and not because of cancer.

And success can usually be seen in 3 months! 80,000 cases later and not one case of cancer is on record of coming back. Now that is real success! And it does not harm healthy cells.

Now this research is not from some obscure private company conducting their research on the kitchen table, but from the prestigious Royal London Hospital. Look up Royal London Hospital in the Wikipedia and you will see that the hospital was founded in 1740.

No one in the medical community is paying attention to this discovery. Only one MD had the courage to publicize the facts and has spent the rest of his career making sure that anyone that will listen will be convinced that nobody does it better than Mother Nature. He may even be changing the way things are done in modern medicine.

Now let’s get down to it. Would you ever believe that a simple extract from the eggplant could ever have anything to do with treating cancer? What we are talking about are non-melanoma skin cancer also known as squamous and basal cell cancers. What is really surprising is that some researchers have know about this for over 20 years. It wasn’t until Jonathan Wright, MD published the research and dared to expose the truth.

The Royal London Hospital conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial using a form of eggplant extract which was designated BEC5. During the trial doctors attacked both invasive and non-invasive non-melanoma skin cancers. The results were overwhelming and were equal to or better than the results from invasive surgery. The only difference is that there were no scars.

The real plus here is that the cancer never returned. This is fantastic because cancer treated with chemo and/or other traditional cancer treatment usually returns in 95% of the cases.

This is a major breakthrough.

Why? Because there are more than a million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosed every year.

Are you wondering why this major breakthrough was never announced. Answer: Modern medicine has a “golden rule” – those with the gold make the rules!

Now let’s investigate why eggplant works. Eggplant is an alkalizing food, BEC5 BEC5 works because it contains a plant sugar called rhamnose. Specific endogenous lectins, are present in the plasma membranes of susceptible cancer cells, but they not present in normal cells. Therefore BEC5 recognizes and binds the sugar rhamnose of the glycoalkaloid to the cancer cell.

These endogenous lectins are receptors for the sugar part of the glycoalkaloids. They enter the cancer cell and cause cell death by destroying the lysosome.

The side effect are minimal. There may be some reddening. The patient will also experience, during treatment, an ulceration and shedding of unwanted skin cells. The affected area should be cleansed with a mild antiseptic. Avoid any contact with the eyes.

The length of time for continuous treatment is 7 to 60 days and is dependent on the success of the application. Do not apply BEC5 to moles and melanomas and should not be used by people who are allergic to eggplant or aspirin.

BEC5 helps remove and protect again skin sun spots and really is a major step forward for the control of skin cancer. It’s proven efficacy and safety is a significant breakthrough for the majority of skin carcinomas which appears to be a common form of skin cancer.

Joni Bell has many years of extensive study in the area of natural cancer prevention and treatment. He has numerous success stories of people being diagnosed living cancer free with use of alternative methods. Ask Joni Bell!