For a Punchier Resume, Use the Active Voice

For a Punchier Resume, Use the Active Voice For a Punchier Resume, Use the Active Voice If your resume is full of phrases like was responsible for , then youre using the passive voice. A lot of people make this mistake. If you want a stronger resume, you need to replace the passive voice with theactive voice.The Difference Between Active and PassiveVoiceIn a nutshell, the passive voice describes things that happened to you the active voice describes things that you did.The difference between active and passive voice can be seen more clearly in these two examplesPassive Voice Responsible for answering phones and directing calls.Active Voice Answered calls and directed lines to the appropriate individual.See how the first example makes it sound like you were passively given responsibility, but the second shows you actually doing something i.e., you answered phone calls and directed lines.The second option is stronger and packs a bigger punch. Instead of using the passive voice, choo se an active verb and use it as the first word in your sentence when you can.Here is another example to help you get the hang of itPassive Voice Work was recognized for efficiency.Active Voice Earned recognition for efficiency and work ethic.The first example shows people gave recognition to your work, but the second example shows youactively earned recognition for yourself. The second example is a much stronger statement thatlocates the value of your work in your actions.Why You Should Use ActiveVoicein Your ResumeYour resumes purpose is to show potential employers what you have done in the past and can do in the future. You want to prove you are beneficial to a company. Companies want to hire proactive, motivated individuals, and the active voice makes you look like someone who takes charge and gets things done.As Rosemary Haefner, chief human resources officer of CareerBuilder, said in a press release about a study of the best and worst words to use in resumes, Hiring managers pr efer strong action words that define specific experience, skills, and accomplishments.How to Use the Active Voice in Your ResumeWhenever you can, start your sentence with a verb. You want to useverbs that articulate how you were actively pursuingopportunities or delivering results. If you need a little help finding good verbs, check outthis article.Dont use the saatkorn verbs over and over again. Try to vary your vocabulary to make your document interesting. Continually repeating the same information will bore people, even if youre using active voice.You want yourresume tostand out and highlight your accomplishments. The best way to do this is to ditch the passive voice and use the active voice instead. Dont just say you are results-driven show employers what actions you took to achieve resultsA version of this article originally appeared onWrite Styles.Michele Lando is a certified professional resume writer and the founder ofWrite Styles.Master the art of closing deals and making p lacements. Take our Recruiter Certification Program today. Were SHRM certified. Learn at your own pace during this 12-week program. Access over 20 courses. Great for those who want to break into recruiting, or recruiters who want to further their career.

President Kotb Discusses ASMEs New Direction During the 2013 Congress

President Kotb Discusses ASMEs New Direction During the 2013 Congress President Kotb Discusses ASMEs New Direction During the 2013 Congress President Kotb Discusses ASMEs New Direction During the 2013 Congress(Left to right) ASME President Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, Congress Steering Committee Chair Pradeep Lall, and ASME Executive Director Thomas Loughlin at the ribbon-cutting ceremony during the Opening Reception at the 2013 Congress. During her speech last month at the Presidents Luncheon, ASME President Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb, who conducted research on Maglev (magnetic levitation) trains early in her distinguished engineering career, likened ASME embarking on its new direction to a Maglev train gaining momentum. The luncheon on Nov. 17 welches one of many special events taking place during the 2013 ASME International Congress and Exposition.The Congress, held Nov. 15-21 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, drew mora than 3,300 attendees this year. In plus-rechnen to the many luncheons, receptions, lectures and other exciting special events, the Congress featured more than 600 technical sessions, 1,600 technical papers and 1,500 additional presentations.Five forces push and pull our train along its track and are key to helping us fulfill our strategic priorities in workforce development, energy, and auf der ganzen welt impact, President Kotb said. These forces, she continued, include developing content that is related directly to the active participation of ASME volunteers improving engineers risk management and response skills and staying sensitive to emerging markets through such activities as international Standards and Certification efforts and the recent launch of DEMAND magazine, which was developed by ASME Engineering for Global Development in conjunction with Mechanical Engineering magazine and the ASME Foundation.The two remaining forces propelling ASME along its new path, Kotb said, involve improving the ways ASME leadership and staff shares kn owledge, thereby ensuring that the Society can continue to pursue its mission and vision for many years to come, and improving integration among the Society Sectors. Kotb cited growing interest in and activity within ASMEs affinity groups, and the Societys involvement in early career technical conferences and pursuit of new global partnerships with organizations around the world as examples of ASME addressing that integration challenge. As president, I am so delighted to be representing ASME in all these activities, she said. As I conclude these remarks, here are some closing thoughts on why its never been a more exciting time to be an engineer and to help advance our profession through engagement with ASME. Noting that the Society is striving to become a more relevant, dynamic, outward-looking organization, she added, ASME is creating new mechanisms to engage members, volunteers and Sectors. Together, we see how engineers re-shape the world. We are very confident that the future wi ll hold many exciting opportunities for ASME.President Kotbs luncheon address was preceded by the presentation of a number of Society awards, including the Nancy Deloye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal, which was given to Andrew J. Viterbi of the Viterbi Group the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award, which was presented to Moshe Shoham of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology the Frank Kreith Energy Award, which was given to James E. Smith of West Virginia University and the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME, which went to Bryan G. Dods of General Electric Power Water. ASME President ASME President Madiha Kotb presents the Technical Communities Globalization Medal to Yogi Goswami, P.E., Ph.D. distinguished university professor, University of South Florida. The medal is awarded to an ASME member who has demonstrated a sustained level of outstanding achievement in the promotion of international activity related to mechanical engineering. Also receiving awards during the event were Yogi Goswami of the University of South Florida, winner of the Technical Communities Globalization Medal S.A. Klein of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recipient of the James Harry Potter Gold Medal David A. Peters of Washington University-St. Louis, winner of the Spirit of St. Louis Medal Steven M. Tipton of the University of Tulsa, winner of the Henry R. Worthington Medal Singiresu S. Rao of the University of Miami, recipient of the Worcester Reed Warner Medal and John C. Wall of Cummins Inc., winner of the Soichiro Honda Medal. Ashwani K. Gupta and Ahmed E.E. Khalil of the University of Maryland, Kenneth M. Bryden of Iowa State University, and Sang C. Lee of Kyungnam University were also named winners of the Melville Medal at the luncheon.That evening, President Kotb and ASME Executive Director Thomas Loughlin took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that marked the official grand opening of the Exhibit Hall and beginning of the Congress Opening Re ception. The show floor featured nearly 30 exhibitors, ranging from providers of engineering products and services such as Altair, Cradle North America, PTC, Safe Technology Ltd., and Stratasys, to technical publishers including Wiley, CRC Press/Taylor Francis, Begell House, and McGraw Hill-Professional. Missouri University of Science and Technology, North Carolina State University, Temple University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi were among the universities with booths at the exposition as well.President Kotb provided remarks at many different events during the Congress, including the Fifth Women in Engineering Reception, which offers female attendees a special opportunity to meet and network with other women in mechanical engineering. Speaking on the topic of engineering diversity, Kotb observed, Were moving in a very good direction, but we have a long way to go to see substantial improvement in ASM E - and to help achiever a broader, more diverse engineering workforce. To that end, she appealed to the women in the audience to become more involved in the various Groups on ASME.org, particularly Affinity Groups such as the Women in Engineering Affinity Group. If you are not participating in our ASME.org groups, please find time to do so, Kotb said. This is the heart of our engineering conversation. We want to be a part of your professional life all year long.Other special events at the 2013 Congress included the Keynote Presentation and inaugural ASME Advanced Manufacturing Impact Forum, the Honors Assembly, the Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition, and the final round of the ASME Student Design Competition. Click on the hyperlinks above to read more about each of these activities.

Employee Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements

Employee Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure AgreementsEmployee Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure AgreementsWhat is a confidentiality agreement and why do employers use them? A confidentiality agreement is a contract between an employee and an employer, in which the employee agrees not to disclose or profit from any proprietary information related to company operations. What is a Confidentiality Agreement? Confidentiality agreements are legally binding contracts in which one party promises to keep trade secrets and not to disclose secrets without authorization from a superior. These agreements are usually binding until the private information is commonplace or the receiving party is released from the contract, whichever occurs first. While these contracts were once more common among executives and celebrities, theyve now trickled down to ordinary workers the kinds without golden parachutes, fat bank accounts or massive stock options. If youre applying for a job in an industry wh ere ideas are employers bread and butter, youre likely to be asked to sign one. Before you commit, its essential to understand what these agreements are and how they can affect your current and future employment. While its obviously reasonable for your future employer to protect their intellectual property, you also have rights and requirements namely, the need to make a living, should you change jobs, get laid off, or otherwise move on from the company. Non-Disclosure Agreement Provisions A confidentiality agreement is also known as a non-disclosure agreement or an NDA. Confidentiality agreements protect private company information like financial details, business strategies, customer lists, or products and services underway or in development, and prevent employees from communicating or profiting from sensitive information. In addition to protecting sensitive information, these agreements protect patent rights and avoid issues. If a confidentiality agreement is broken, the inj ured party can seek monetary damages or compensation for breach of contract. Most confidentiality agreements also contain a provision that states that all technology or access to this sensitive information should be returned before the end of the agreement or employment, whichever comes first. Confidentiality agreements must determine two times periods The period of time in which the disclosed information is determined and agreed upon and the period in which the information must be kept secret. If a time period is not specified, there is a greater gunst der stunde of litigation and judicial review to determine fair and equitable ruling. When to Sign In most cases, confidentiality agreements are signed when an individual is first hired and are valid through the termination of their employment or, in some cases, a period of time after employment ends. However, in some cases, you may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to an interview. Companies do this for a few reasons. First, they might not want you to share their interview questions or their recruiting practices. Or, they might be planning to discuss company issues or problems that they want your opinion on, but dont want to become public. In other cases, the interview might include the disclosure of trade secrets. What to Look For Some confidentiality agreements are harmless and are completed as a formality, though you should carefully evaluate before you sign a non-disclosure agreement specifying That you cant work for a competitor for one to two yearsThat anything you conceived of while employed is the property of the company, even if you did it on your own timeThat you give up your right for a trial if there is an issue with the contract Its important to make sure that you arent agreeing to anything that would hinder your ability to find another position should your job not work out with one company. In all cases, be sure to read the confidentiality agreement thoroughly before si gning and dont be afraid to ask for specifics about what the agreement would mean for you. As uncomfortable as it may be to question the interviewer, its important to get the facts about the contract before you sign it. Dont assume that the company will give you a pass if they lay you off, for example. Consider Getting Legal Advice A confidential agreement is legally binding, so consider getting legal advice before signing a document that can impact your future employment. An employment attorney can tell you how the agreement might affect your ability to get a job at a competing firm, as well as how it might constrain any contract work or freelancing you might plan to do on the side. The information contained in this article is not legal advice and is not a substitute for such advice. State and federal laws change frequently, and the information in this article may not reflect your own states laws or the most recent changes to the law.

Understanding Critical Success Factors in Business

Understanding Critical Success Factors in BusinessUnderstanding Critical Success Factors in BusinessThe world of business is filled with words, terms, phrases, and acronyms that can be confusing. In particular, the terms Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Critical or Key Success Indicators (KSI) and Critical Success Factors (CSF) are often used interchangeably and erroneously. The purpose of this article is to clarify the meaning of the phrases Critical Success Factors and Critical/Key Success Indicators and to describe their importance and use in business. Definition and Examples of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) Critical Success Factors are those variables or circumstances necessary to enable a positive outcome for a business program or strategy. The CSFs are the expected causal variables of a particular desired outcome.Examples include A project team identified the need to gain training on Agile methodologies to replace their reliance on traditional the critical path project a pproach as a critical success factor with the complicated new software development initiative.The general manager supported the teams recommendation for investment in a new customer relationship management software system as part of the plan to strengthen overall customer satisfaction. The new software was identified as one critical success factor for gaining the ability to better track and respond to inquiries from their customers. The senior management team identified three critical success factors in enabling their new strategy in the marketplace identifying and hiring the right skill tischsets defining and implementing a strategy execution approach that captured lessons learned in the market and the ability of marketing to gain the attention of a critical group of early adopters in the targeted markets.The sales manager understands that training, follow-up and the use of a defined sales process all contribute to increasing sales. She measures and monitors a set of indicators tha t tell zu sich whether her representatives are engaging in the behaviors that enable growth in sales. Identifying Critical Success Factors Management and project teams work hard to discern between variables that simply correlate with outcomes and those that have a causal effect. In many circumstances, the identification of CSFs is an outcome of research and exploration, financial or statistical modeling and informed discussion and debate. When a situation does bedrngnis lend itself to rigorous statistical analysis, the identification of the CSFs becomes an exercise in identifying and making assumptions. Issues to consider when striving to identify CSFs includes What variables or factors are likely to impact our desired outcome?Are we able to perform statistical analysis based on past data?What changes in behavior must occur to create the desired outcomes?What conditions must exist or change to create the desired outcomes?What skills do we need to add or acquire to achieve succe ss?What tools must we add or master to allow us to achieve our goals? Critical or Key Success Indicators (CSIs) While Critical Success Factors are the cause in a cause and effect relationship, CSIs are the measures that link the actions or causes to the outcomes. A Critical Success Indicator is analogous to the stopwatch readings of a marathon runner or the readings of fuel economy in an automobile. Consider The marathon runner understands that she must maintain a particular pace to finish with a time that will place her in the top ten runners in her category. The readings do not impact her success directly. However, they offer guidance on whether she might increase her pace to keep up with the competition or slow her pace to conserve energy for the final leg of the race. The critical success factors for her running success included her training regimen, diet, and mental preparation. The readings are simply indicators of her progress toward her goals. Critical success indicator s can be developed for each of these CSFs. A driver focused on maximizing fuel economy is dependent upon readings from the cars computer to understand how he is doing. The critical success factors for maximizing fuel efficiency include such factors as average speed and the pace of starting as well as the frequency of stopping. The economy readings are simply indicators suggesting whether his actions are yielding the desired result. The timing or reading itself does not impact the outcome or success. However, the CSI offers guidance on whether the actions are yielding the outcomes that enable increased sales. Developing Key Success Indicators (CSIs) After careful identification of CSFs, the manager or professional works to identify measures that translate actions into meaningful measures or proxies of the CSFs. If you reference the CSI examples above, you can envision the indicators the marathon runner must monitor, including training time and effectiveness, dietary management an d sleep. Effective managers measure and monitor and strive to correlate their measures with their CSFs over time. The process of developing Key Success Indicators or CSIs is an ongoing, iterative process where frequent adjustments and refinements are required based on actual experience. The Bottom Line The identification of Critical Success Factors and their supporting Critical Success Indicators is an important part of improving the probability of success for an initiative or program. However, beware the adage of what gets measured gets done. Astute managers watch very carefully to correlate indicators to CSFs and to identify and substantiate that the CSFs have causal relationships with desired outcomes. It is a process that requires both art and science. Update by Art Petty.

Connecting Two Continents Ultimate Challenge

Connecting Two Continents Ultimate Challenge Connecting Two Continents Ultimate Challenge Artists rendering of concept for the Bering Strait bridge.The Bering Strait was last crossed by humans 20,000 years ago during the ice age, when ice formed a bridge between North America and Asia. Today, 47 miles and some of the harshest ocean and arctic conditions separate the two continents.However, there are many who believe there would be great economical, sociological, and political value in connecting the two land masses by bridge or tunnel. Imagine being able to travel from London to Moscow to Washington, DC, all over land.However, despite the potential benefits, there have yet to be any serious attempts to put these concepts into reality. The engineering challenges are unprecedented and costs are in the multiple billions of dollars.Climatic, Geologic, and Geographic ChallengesThe Bering Strait lies just south of the Arctic Circle and is subject to long, dark winters and extreme weather a verage winter lows of 20 C (4 F) with extreme lows approaching 50 C (58 F) and high winds. The strait is also choked with ice flows up to 6 feet thick for nearly eight months out of the year.Many concepts have been proposed for the Bering Strait Bridge, including dedicating a top level to vehicle traffic, opening it to cars and trucks in summer months, and dedicating a middle level to high-speed rail travel.The region is marked by frequent and sometimes large-magnitude earthquakes. Just south of the strait is the northern edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, or Circum-Pacific belt, which generates 90% of the worlds earthquakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Adding to these challenges is the barren desolation on either side of the strait. The nearest town of any size is 100 miles away, requiring thousands of miles of new highways and railways to support the infrastructure and workers for the project.Extraordinary Engineering ChallengesConnecting the continents with a bridge or tunnel would represent an extraordinary engineering feat. A bridge would trump the worlds longest, Chinas 102.4-mile Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, a viaduct on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. A tunnel would be nearly twice as long as the Chunnel, the 31-mile-long tunnel that connects England and France.The Discovery Channels Extreme Engineering Teams concept estimated the cost of the tunnel to be $70 billion. In addition to the exceptional length, the greatest challenge to bridge design is speeding ice flows, fruchtwein deadly in the spring when big sheets melt into fast-moving blocks. The supporting bridge piers would need to withstand up to 5,000 tons of pressure or more. Concrete, steel, and other building materials would need to resist radical temperature changes and the wear and tear of seawater and ice. Under these extreme temperature variations, even the smallest crack in the materials could cause corrosion and jeopardize the integrity of the structure.The late T.Y. Lin, considered one of the worlds greatest structural engineers, pioneered the use of prestressed concrete, combining the tensile strength of steel with concretes resistance to compression. Whereas steel can become brittle and lead to increased fatigue and cracking in a bridge, prestressed concrete would allow the structure to be stronger, more durable, and able to better withstand the forces of nature. In Lins design, prestressed concrete would encase everything, even the cables. It is believed that the improved structural performance would also help the bridge withstand earthquakes.In Lins and other engineering proposals, the bridge would be supported by more than 200 enormous piers. To address the dangers presented by ice flows, each pier would have an aerodynamic shape that would divert ice flows around the pier instead of piling up at its base and putting a potentially destructive amount of lateral stress on the bridge.Below the surface, several proposals envisioned a submerge d tube that would rest on the ocean floor. Entrepreneur and master electrician William Simpson has been proposing such ideas since 1995. One such proposal to the U.S. and Russian governments called for a prefabricated tunnel ordnungsprinzip and a unique quadrail superwide train. Prefabricated tunnel segments would be built above ground during the harsh winter and submerged during the summer thaw. However, a submerged tunnel requires a soft, level ocean floor as a base and the Bering Seas arctic floor topography is hard and uneven, making it difficult to support this design.Alternatively, the Interhemispheric Bering Strait Tunnel and Railway Group (IBTRG), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, has proposed building a tunnel beneath the ocean floor. Engineers would need to bore through 60 miles of rock and design a fire-safe tunnel, capable of withstanding frequent tremors and an earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter scale. Massive tunnel-boring machines, similar to the ones use d in the 35-mile long Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Swiss Alps, would be used to carve out the rock beneath the frigid ocean floor, working from each side of the strait.Unfathomable CostsIn 1994, Lin estimated the cost to build a bridge to be more than $4 billion. More recently, the Discovery Channels Extreme Engineering team, which submitted its own proposal, estimates the cost of a bridge at $15 billion-$25 billion and the highway, rail, and pipelines at $105 billion, five times the cost of the Channel Tunnel. This excludes the cost of new roads and railways to reach the bridge. The Discovery Channel team also estimated the cost of a tunnel to be $70 billion. Either way, the bridge or tunnel would most likely be the most expensive infrastructure project ever constructed.Pipedream or Reality?To some, the thought of building an overland connection between the two continents via the Bering Strait is a mere romantic pipedream. To others, it is an achievable feat not unlike the acco mplishment of landing an astronaut on the moon.Tom Ricci is the owner of Ricci Communications.Engineers would need to bore through 60 miles of rock and design a fire-safe tunnel, capable of withstanding frequent tremors and an earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter scale.

The Fundamentals of Assisted Synonym Resume Revealed

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Is a Career in Corporate Finance for You

Is a Career in Corporate Finance for You If you love working with numbers, are mathematically gifted and possess strong quantitative and analytical skills, corporate finance may be the right career for you. A career in corporate finance is also ideal for you if you enjoy and are exceptionally good at problem-solving, and you also possess possess strong attention to detail. Working in corporate finance requires that you crunch the numbers right every time. A rare oversight or error may be forgiven once, but recurrent mistakes may necessitate considering a new career path. Corporate finance professionals are primarily tasked with managing an organizations money. They give advice regarding project costs, analyze company revenues and expenses, make investments and structure deals that will promote a companys growth. They also identify ways to increase a companys profitability, reduce expenditures and free up capital. Anytime a company wishes to make a major expenditure, it usually has to be approved by its corporate finance department, and approval is granted only after a thorough review of the companies finances to make sure it can afford the expenditure.The size, industry, complexity and stage of the company (i.e., established or new company) determines the specific responsibilities of a financial or accounting professional. While all companies need to maintain balanced books, some companies need financial professionals experienced with valuating potential acquisitions, while other companies want investment experts.A corporate finance career is also ideal for the financial enthusiasts who voraciously read financial publications and periodicals and for whom watching the stock market is a favorite hobby. You must possess a strong interest and understanding of the industry. You have to stay on top of ever-changing marking conditions, financial trends and economic forecasts. You h ave to be able to identify external factors that could positively or negatively impact a companys profitability.You will probably have to become certified as a MBA, CPA or CFA depending on the type of job youre interested in. If there are opportunities within your company, and your company offers tuition reimbursement, you could look into going back to school to get certified. If there are not opportunities within your company, start looking outside the company for a stelle that will expose you to the type of finance or accounting experience you wish to gain.A few of the perks of working in corporate finance are that you get the chance to develop good teamwork skills, since finance professionals generally work in teams. You also get to travel and meet people, and the pay is pretty good. A financial analyst can make $44,000 to $72,000 a year. A controller can earn $110,000 to $237,000 a year. A treasurer can earn $133,000 to $208,000.