Orange Is The New Black Friday? Orange Friday #NYC Parking Reminder

Enjoy your Thanksgiving, but don't sleep in on Friday.  Your offices may be closed but parking enforcement is in effect! Feed the meter, move the car--or you may have an "Orange Friday." Orange Friday refers to those bright orange envelopes used by the City of New York Parking Enforcement that accompany parking violations.  Check alternate side parking, meter rules, and enjoy Orange Friday! The day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November...

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Amazon warehouse deals

Heard of Amazon Warehouse? At the Amazon Warehouse, you can get deep discounts on used and open box merchandise http://amzn.to/2y9K6wW. And in true Amazon style, they have a zillion products. Everything from Wireless Karaoke Microphone to Xenon HID Headlight bulbs to a Fossil Q Wander Gen 2 Smartwatch. Yes, Amazon sells these open-box and refurbished items with the same return policy as their normal products. This site is a participant...

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Voice Mail Systems: Our Options Have Changed

Ever notice that every voice mail system tells you to listen to all options because their menu has changed? No matter if it was your first call to the business or you've been calling for 5 years. The same message. The same options. Press one for xyz, press two for billing, press zero to reach an operator. And so on. If you really want people to listen to options, change up the menu every few hours. Keep us engaged. Annoyed, sure. But fully engaged. Disclaimer:...

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Jellyfish stings and what to do if stung

If you get stung by a jellyfish... The key is to deactivate the jellyfish stingers, called nematocysts, as well as the jellyfish venom. This video explains how, the right way. var playerParam = {'pcode':'BhdmY6l9g002rBhQ6aEBZiheacDu','playerBrandingId':'6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e','skin': {'config': '//player.ooyala.com/static/v4/stable/latest/skin-plugin/skin.json'} };OO.ready(function() {window.pp = OO.Player.create('container',...

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Amazon's digital music. Download tons for free!

Did you know Amazon has a bunch of free downloads for the taking? A few genres with free tunes: Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, and Reggae. Look around, sort by price and the free songs pop up first. This site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. amzn_assoc_placement...

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Why aren't they hiring (or rejecting) you yet?

So you've crafted your cover letter, tweaked your resume, aced the interviews, sent great follow-up letters. Weeks have passed. Not a word. As frustrating as the wait is, don't give up on those long forgotten interviews and applications. As an example, today I received an email regarding a job I applied to in mid-November 2016! I read that I've been in the running for the position for the last 4 and a half months. I didn't get the job, but my application...

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Online Applications and the Required Salary Field

Don't sell yourself short, but don't price yourself out of a great job either.  Have you heard you are "over qualified" for jobs? This is a euphemism for they can't afford the salary requirements entered on your application. More and more, software screening tools are kicking out applications before it reaches a human being. Between computerized resume scanners and online applications requiring a valid salary to be processed, many qualified...

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Yoga and the brain #BrainAwarenessWeek

It is Brain Awareness Week and I'm posting about the brain-yoga connection related to neurological disorders.  And I'm sharing info on a yoga group a friend is starting up just for people with movement disorders. Please check out Nimbah Yoga's Facebook page for the details. Movement disorders can be defined as neurologic syndromes in which either an excess of movement or a paucity of voluntary and automatic movements, unrelated to weakness...

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Facebook Like Overload

I just noticed a jobs section on Facebook. Not sure how long it's been there but it seems to be something new. I'm not too excited about the thought of a social media site where the norm is rant, whine, repost silly photos and say happy birthday to strangers suddenly being mashed up with career data. Just as I say not to turn LinkedIn into Facebook, on the flip-side don't turn Facebook into LinkedIn.  I'm not sure my future employer is interested...

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Product Management headlines blog

You may have heard me talk about the group of professionals I meet with once or twice a month to discuss business opportunity and strategy. We exchange trending industry ideas from start-ups to corporate moves, how to improve web presence and resume tips. Our diverse group of leadership spans industries from media, design, marketing, human resources and tech. With this cross-section of corporate America we come up with some good ideas A recent...

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Automated Application Rejections? Give Your Resume A Binary Personality

More than likely your job applications have never been seen by human eyes. Welcome to the 2017 job search where the task of pre-screening resumes has been outsourced to the company's latest digital resource, an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). An ATS reads in a resume, scans for keywords and key phrases, then applies an algorithm to rate the applicant against all others and the top few applications are seen by a human being. Many qualified candidates...

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