Want to grow? Start utilizing feedback The most important thing to look for in an employee when evaluating potential is their ability to handle criticism, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said at a recent visit to Airbnb. "People who can take feedback well are people who can learn and grow quickly," she said. Inc. online (free registration) (10/31)How a side job can help progress your career Having a side job can help you be more patient about progressing in your career while providing you with additional work on your soft and technical skills. It also gives you the opportunity to test your work ethic, writes Tori Utley. Forbes (10/30)
Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow. Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Making the Connection
Make your LinkedIn profile less vulnerable to breaches You can make yourself less likely to be hacked on LinkedIn simply by controlling your privacy. Change your settings so that only you can see your connections and only your connections can see your public updates, writes John Dunn. Naked Security blog (10/28)
The Landscape
Feds' hiring of workers with disabilities hits milestone The federal government has hired 100,000 employees with disabilities, fulfilling a goal set by President Barack Obama in 2010 and first articulated by President Bill Clinton in 2000. More than 14% of federal employees have disabilities, which is the highest percentage since record keeping began 35 years ago. FedSmith Blogs (10/27)
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Don't hide your mistakes during interviews It's important to own up to your career failures during job interviews, especially if you're specifically asked to provide a story about a time when you came up short. Interviewers will be unimpressed if you use the opportunity to transfer blame to others, writes Allen Gannett. Fast Company online (10/30)
The Water Cooler
NASA's pumpkins are out of this world NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking pumpkin carving to a new level, with intricate creations including a pumpkin carousel, a pumpkin featuring a saw blade, and a pumpkin with a light switch. Wired.com (10/30)
