Let skill acquisition help guide your career You can benefit from more opportunities later in your career if you prioritize them according to the skills you can acquire, says Peter Roper of Google. Always think about the skill set you can develop with two or three years at your current job or next position, Roper advises. CNBC (3/9)Adopt a competitive mindset in your workplace If you work in a competitive environment, adapt your mindset by establishing short-term and long-term goals to strive for, writes Christopher Taylor. Use your strong points to perform your role to the best of your ability as you help your team succeed. TheMuse.com (3/9)
Making the Connection
Why keyword use is vital on LinkedIn You can attract attention from hiring managers, recruiters and future clients through the strategic use of keywords on LinkedIn, writes career coach Robert Hellmann. A simple way to test your use of keywords is to do a search on the site for the terms you think a hiring manager would look for and see if your profile comes up. Forbes (3/9)
YouTube CEO reveals her favorite job interview questions YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki likes to ask job candidates how they would improve the company's products or a neutral product during interviews. Another favorite question of Wojcicki's is how the candidate handles emails, which she says can reveal a lot about the candidate's organizational skills and workflow. Business Insider (3/7)
Balancing Yourself
2 factors that contribute to your happiness at work While your commute length, benefits and the quality of your relationships can help improve your satisfaction at work, having a life outside work and making enough money to afford the activities you enjoy come at the top, writes Ran Zilca, the chief data science officer at Happify, Inc. "If you have a job that grants you both of these, you might be happier than you realize," Zilca writes. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (3/9)
The Water Cooler
Russia's climate change plan Scientists in Russia are lab-engineering woolly mammoths to come back and inhabit a plan called Pleistocene Park to slow the pace of climate change, writes Ross Andersen. Research suggests having wide swaths of grasslands and large animals will help the Earth's surface reflect more sunlight than forests do, which would allow the ground to stay colder. The Atlantic (4/2017)
Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in the magic will never find it.
