The Top 5 Jobs in the Northeast

The Top 5 Jobs in the NortheastIf youre looking for a career change (or a change of scenery), here are some of the fastest-growing jobs for 2016 in the northeastern part of the U.S. This includes Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) Sadly, professional sports fan isnt on this list, despite the spirited fan bases for major league baseball, football, basketball, and hockey teams in this region.1. Tech Job Outlook Software DeveloperSoftware developers are the unseen force behind every digital program you use. From apps on yur phone to the fitness tracker on your wrist, software developers are the ones who devise, test, refine, and update the computer coding that makes our lives easier.Metro areas like New York, New Jersey, and Boston are becoming major tech hubs, and these skilled jobs are springing up accordingly. The median salary for a software developer is $93,350 per year, and the field is expected to grow a faster-than-average 22% per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.2. Administrative Job Outlook Office ManagerIf software developers are the shadowy force behind our digital lives, office managers are often the unsung heroes of our workday. Office managers are typically responsible for ensuring that office logistics run smoothly. This can include keeping inventories of office supplies, managing facilities, keeping records, and taking on administrative tasks like human resources or payroll.The median salary for office managers is $81,080 per year, with growth of 12% expected.3. Logistics Job Outlook Truck DriverTruck drivers keep the northeast moving. Companies like UPS and FedEx have large facilities in the northeast, and with companies like Amazon expanding into warehouses all over the country to shorten customer delivery times, this is a field that is growing fast.The median salary for truck drivers is $38,200, and t he field is expected to grow by at least 11% by 2022. Projections for 2016 suggest that there may also be a shortage of drivers on the horizon, so now might be the best time to get on the road.4. Healthcare Job Outlook Physician AssistantPhysician assistants (PAs) have become a major part of the healthcare industry of late, as the demand for healthcare grows with a growing and aging population and doctor and nurse populations struggle to keep up. PAs can practice medicine under doctors and surgeons and provide direct patient care (examinations, diagnosis, treatment, and education).The median salary for PAs is $90,930 per year, with astonishing projected growth of 38% by 2022.5. Service Job Outlook Gaming and Sports Book Writers and RunnersIn recent elections, voters have authorized new casinos in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. This means that in the next year and beyond, there will be a boom of casino openingsand with it, a large call for employees to work on the gaming f loors.The median salary for this job is $20,850, with a massive 28% increase in job openings expected.Whether youre already in the northeast and looking for a change of pace or youre looking to trade your current town for the invigorating chill of a New England winter, opportunities are waitingeven if youre not willing to swear undying loyalty to the Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees.

5 Tricks I Use to Manage My Career As a Chronically Ill Person

5 Tricks I Use to Manage My Career As a Chronically Ill Person Managing an autoimmune disorder can feel like asecond job albeit a job that has zero pay and terrible benefits.Just after my 15th birthday, a doctor diagnosed me with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) an autoimmune disorder that causes muscle tissue and skin to inflame. Fortunately, symptoms become virtually nonexistent when treated properly, but the body can sporadically turn unruly even with appropriate attention.Since entering the workforce, Ive learned a few lessons that keep the job of being a sick person from overtaking my actual job. Here are some tips to keep in mind when working while chronically ill1) Disclose to the Appropriate ChannelsIm relatively young and healthy looking, so without documentation, no one would ever guess anything is wrong with me. Documenting your illness with menschengerecht Resources or whoever the appropriate channels are at your workplace is an important first step that will make the mov es below much easier.2) Ask for Necessary AccommodationsI pride myself on my low-maintenanceness, so inconveniencing anyone makes me cringe. But if you need an arrangement made to make you more comfortable, ask for it. For me, this meant having a fluorescent desk lamp that triggered skin inflamation replaced during my first week. Its better to ask for what you need than to spend months or years suffering in silence.3) Make Your Doctor AppointmentsAnd Keep ThemIf reading that makes you think, wow, keeping appointments you make...groundbreaking, then honestly, good for you. For me, the thought of missing class or work for any reason made me so anxious, I felt like it was easier to just roll the dice and hope my body kept itself together than to let anyone down with my absence.Breaking doctor appointments because I didnt want to miss class was a nasty habit that I carried with me into the workplace. When something feels off, call your doctor, and when you appointment date arrives, actu ally go. One of the most helpful things Ive learned regarding this goal is to...4) Inform Your Boss the Day You Make An AppointmentRip the Band-Aid off. Email or call your babo as soon as your appointment is scheduled so you arent tempted to back out later. This has beencrucialin treating my own illness. Its considerate to give as much notice as possible so any necessary adjustments can be made for your absence, and you wont have to worry about forgetting to ask later or run the scenarios of being told no around in your mind.5) Have Your Meds Delivered to Your DoorThe last thing I want to do after a long day at work is wait in the long line at the pharmacy. Luckily, my insurance company has an option to have prescriptions delivered straight to my mailbox, and it has been a godsend. Saving time and stress is a major game changer for how I manage my JDM.Though living and working with a chronic illness can feel overwhelming, remember to put your health first.--Kayla Heisler is an essay ist and Pushcart Prizenominatedpoet. She is a contributing writer for Color MyBubble.Her work appears inNew Yorks Best Emerging Poetsanthology.

Ants, Grasshoppers, GrAnts, AntHoppers and GrantHoppers Five Approaches to Work and Fun

Ants, Grasshoppers, GrAnts, AntHoppers and GrantHoppers Five Approaches to Work and Fun Come and sing with me instead of working so hard, said the Grasshopper. Lets have fun together.from one version of Aesops Ant and the Grasshopper fable GRANTHOPPERS/Image Michael MoffaEvery child is familiar with Aesops fable of the Ant and the Grasshopperwhich tells a tale of the plan-for-the-winter Ants and live-for-today Grasshoppers. When a child grows up, the colorful imagery, contrasts and story of Ants and Grasshoppers are replaced by the drier concepts of deferred gratification and immediate gratification. If you are a recruiter, pure Ants and Grasshoppers become icons of recruiting success and failurebut elend always in that order.If you are a more sensible person with a rich, balanced and complex life, in some ways you behave like an Ant, in others, like a Grasshopper. Sure, extreme purely triple-S sa vings, status and shopping-motivated workaholics are likely to be pure Ants with no time for Facebook friends or real face-to-face ones, while skid-row alcoholics are likely to be pure live-in-the-moment Grasshoppers who avoid or escape hard work by panhandling (which often turns out to be harder work)something few recruiters would ever be (psychologically or financially) able to do. This observation suggests that the original typology of Ant vs. Grasshopper is too black-and-white (or red-and-green, to be true to the fable).There are at least two additional characters that could and should have been developed in that story of the work-for-tomorrow, farsighted Ant vs. the live-for-today, short-sighted Grasshopper. These two types are the GrAnt and the AntHopperthe former being mostly Grasshopper, with a dash of Ant the latter being mostly Ant, with Grasshopper for spice. Examples A seasonal cruise ship lounge singer, who is clearly not an Ant, although possibly a Closet Ant or Closet Grasshopper (someone who would rather be pure Ant or pure Grasshopper but, because of circumstances, cant) is more likely to be a GrAnt than an AntHopper or pure Grasshopper, whereas a hard-working full-time time-share salesman who loves the beaches of Puerta Vallarta, but is clearly not a pure Grasshopper, is more likely to be an AntHopper or Closet Grasshopper than a pure Ant or GrAnt.Then, of course, there are those who are a perfectly balanced blend of Ant and Grasshopper, namely, the GrantHoppers, e.g., people who work very hard to get grants so they can stop working hard and get paid to have fun without working.Ants and AntHoppersDespite the cute names, the GrAnt and AntHopper labels encapsulate some deep psychology and insights into personality and lifestyle differences. If you are a pure Ant or AntHopper recruiter or job applicant, you are very likely to feel that having fun is not only a just reward, but also just a reward for work, to be enjoyed only after your work is do ne (with pure Ants struggling to grasp the concept after work). However, AntHoppers are far more likely than pure Ants to allow for fun that is completely unrelated to work.This means that there are two kinds of fun for AntHoppers (and Ants that have any time or energy for any fun at all) fun-as-reward vs. fun-as-alternative. In the terminology of behavioral psychology, the first kind is fun as reward for your operant work-related performanceslike cheese earned and deserved for running a maze, whereas the second kind is fun in the form of an alternative, completely independent experience, although one also allowed only after work is completedlike yesterdays left-over snacks still in the cage, after the still-hungry mouse is returned there from the maze and its job-related cheese.From this fun-as-alternative AntHopper perspective, eating a cheese pizza is a work-independent activity engaged in after running the office maze. For example, although some recruiters may order a pizza as a reward for a job well done, when it is a purely work-independent activity, the rewards are not contingent upon work completion, even if they are subsequent to it. Likewise, the shower that you enjoy after playing tennis is not a reward for playing the game. Scoring points, increased fitness, etc., are the rewards. The shower is an independent pleasure, with independent rewards. The post-job placement pizza can be eitherreward, or alternative.Reward, or Alternative?Notice the subtle difference In the first case, in which something is an explicit reward for work, your fun is conceptualized and experienced as strictly a quid pro quo payoff for completing your jobthe fun is reward, a.k.a., reinforcement. You place a candidate and get a commission or you celebrate with the boys, the girls and a beerthe difference between the reinforcement commission and the reinforcement beer being that you are rewarded with someone elses commission cash in the case of the commission and self-rewarded w ith your own, if you buy that beer (however, perhaps also paid for by someone else, which then obliterates the difference).But, in the second fun-as-alternative case, after work you switch to something else but rather than being rewarded for work (which may have to wait until pay day at the end of the month), you place a candidate and switch to doing something else that is an alternative to the placement or your work shift, not a reward for it. For example, you go home and watch TV with your kids. It is important to note that it would be a mistake to assume that going home to watch TV is a reward for success at work. It could be, but then it might not beit could simply be something you are permitted to switch to doing when work tasks are completed, irrespective of whether those job tasks have or have not been rewarded.What makes the difference relevant to your daily recruiters work-life balance is this If you are primarily, although not exclusively, a work-oriented fun-as-job reward or fun-as-end-of-job AntHopper, rather than fun-as-alternative AntHopper, fun in the form of relaxation or excitement will be experienced as a job reward, so you may have difficulty emotionally and cognitively dissociating that fun activity from work. Family Dinner GapsFor example, you return home for a family dinner at the end of the work day. You smile, you are relaxed and excited at the same time, as your wife plumps the piping hot apple pie on the table and the kids giggle in gleeful anticipation. She thinks you are happy to be home. In fact, you feel happy to not be at work or happy to get your reward for having finished your work.Despite the virtually indistinguishable and warm smiles all around the table in the two scenarios, your wife thinks you are happy because of what she thinks the situation is, namely, affirmed family-values, while you feel happy because of what the situation isntits not work. Or its the end-of-works reward, rather than family reward. Hence, your enjoy ment is an end-of-mission negation , while her enjoyment is a (falsely imagined to be shared) affirmationof the independently positive pleasures of family life. For the lucky and many of the normal, it can be both.What can happen here is that, if you are not so lucky as those who can smoothly integrate and segue from work-related to work-independent activities, you will experience being home as a reward for work, while your wife is experiencing it as a very satisfying and independent fun-as-alternative to your work and affirmation of family life, atmospherics and relationships. Unbeknownst to her, you have become a strictly fun-as-reward Ant or AntHopper who is enjoying pleasures that are very different from those experienced by your family. (If she could nudge you into morphing into a GrantHopper, that would, from her perspective, be a good start.)In virtue of having become a fun-as-reward Ant, unwittingly and paradoxically, you have created Ant or AntHopper distance between you an d your family by bringing your anthill home.Grasshoppers and GrAntsBecause a pure Grasshopper recruiter is either retired or rare, the following observations will be primarily applicable to GrAntsthose who are mostly Grasshoppers, but with a dash of Ant. Those recruited to work seasonally on cruise ships prima facie fall into the GrAnt category. Recruiters who frequently travel on those cruise ships dive into the same category.There are many people, who irrespective of how they allocate their time and energy are, in terms of their attitudes, Grasshopper/GrAnts, because they really would prefer to live for as well as in the moment (which are not the same thing) or because they wish to engage in work negation, i.e., pursue not work (or anything but work), but cannot, because of the constraints of circumstances, including finances. Call these Closet Grasshoppers/GrAnts.No, not everyone is a closet Grasshopper/GrAnt. We all know people who do not want to be Grasshoppers or GrAntsdo not want to just have fun or at least a lot of fun without working, either because they dont know how because they believe they have a duty to work, or at least a duty not to have fun or because they have collapsed the distinction between work and fun. For short, I call them Mules, Calvinists and The Rolling Stones, respectively.Implications and Applications of the Expanded FableWhat is important to note from a recruiting standpoint is that knowing how much time and energy an applicant, job candidate, employee or a recruiter allocates to work by choice or necessity is not sufficient for identifying him or her as any of the five typesAnt, Grasshopper, GrAnt, AntHopper, GrantHopper. Clues, yes. Confirmation, no. Just as one employee with Ant work hours might prefer to be a Grasshopper/GrAnt, another with a light Grasshopper work schedule may dream of filling it like an Ant.Another useful application of the Grasshopper/GrAnt/Ant/AntHopper/GrantHopper distinctions is in categorizing jobs yo u are offering. If you are able to describe a job as probably appealing more to a GrAnt than to an AntHopper, you will accomplish two things First, you will give the applicant a better feel for the job at a specific company, since work conditions and demands of any given job category can vary from one company to another. Second, you may be better able to gauge the leanings or priorities of the applicant from the response to the job description, e.g., when a GrAnt displays little enthusiasm for an AntHopper job.This expanded reclassification of the Ant-Grasshopper fable is a valuable conceptualization that fills in the gaps between the all-or-none, diametrically opposed Ant and Grasshopper categories. With the additional distinctions that include GrAnt, AntHopper, GrantHopper, Closet Ant and Closet Grasshopper, the revised typology can benefit the client, the applicant and yourself, as a means of making more accurate assessments of jobs as well as of current and prospective personnel .even during dinner with the family, if you cant help being an Ant.

5 Tips for Keeping Your Job Search Secret from Your Boss

5 Tips for Keeping Your Job Search Secret from Your Boss5 Tips for Keeping Your Job Search Secret from Your Boss5 Tips for Keeping Your Job Search Secret from Your BossSure, you may have an existing career, job or temporary position. That doesnt necessarily mean that youre happy in your current workplace or arent looking for the next big gig to come along. Flexibility and the ability to make career moves between companies or positions is often one of the easiest ways to get that title change, pay bump or other leap along your long term career path.While searching for a new job while youre currently employed makes sense from a candidates perspective, chances are your existing boss isnt going to be exactly happy knowing their employee is considering a switch. While you always want to give your current position plenty of elendice (more on that later) its entirely possible to search, apply and interview a new position without your current employer finding out, keeping you in the captains chair when it comes to your career moves. Here we break down how five tips that will help keep your job search a secret from your current boss.Dont be a Blabbermouth on Social MediaNo matter how locked down you may have your profile, page, timeline or feed, sharing the fact that youre searching for a new job with the general public always has the potential to make its way back to your current employer. Once shared online, information sticks around forever, just ask whichever politician or celebrity has gotten in deep water for their most recent historical flubs or faux pas. If you must use social media to network in your job search efforts, be sure to switch your settings to private across professional and personal websites. Be sure to note that prospective employers should not contact your current place of employment until after youve accepted any position and, for goodness sake, dont tell your co-workers, secretary or mail delivery person that youre actively looking for another g ig.Dont Search on Company TimeWhile you may think that quick LinkedIn check in or shooting off a resume to a recruiter while sitting in the schreibstube is harmless, searching for a new job while on the clock at your old is unethical and has the potential to see you out in the cold. Employers frequently monitor email and web use in todays day and age and your job board perusal may not be as private as you think. Using company resources (yes, your time counts as one) to look for a new job could be considered theft. While your current employer is unlikely to prosecute, it looks unprofessional and should generally be avoided.Keep the Sick Days to a MinimumYou may be tempted to use up those sick days to hunt for jobs, take interviews or simply veg out on the couch in expectation of bigger and better things while youre searching for that new position. Not only will your current employer frown on your inability to make it into the office if you but aber ja could potentially get around to your new job as well making you seem unreliable before youve even set foot in the door. Keep your time out of the office to a minimum to avoid both these unattractive scenarios. As a bonus, many employers pay out remaining vacation or sick days once you leave meaning the less time you use up the bigger your bonus check will be for celebrating the new career.Dress for the Job You (Still) HaveFew things can tip an existing employer off that youre searching for greener pastures than the sudden addition of a sports jacket and slacks to your daily wardrobe of business casual. Keep the wardrobe changes to a minimum at the office to avoid spilling the beans prematurely. If youre interviewing during lunch or after work, consider keeping your interview clothes in the closet or stashed in a garment bag in your car. This will allow you flexibility with the added benefit of you not having to sit in a monkey suit all day long at your current job.No FibbingWhen you inevitably do have to take that day or half day off from the current position to attend an interview or meet with a recruiter, avoid making up complicated backstories or lying in general. For starters, keeping track of every imaginary dead uncle, sick grandma or friend with a broken flat can get a bit taxing after an interview or two. The best way to keep your story straight is to avoid making one up in the first place. If you do need to take time off, let your employer or HR representative know you need to attend to a personal issue. Play it nonchalant and no one will even think twice as you run out the door on your way to your next big career move.The Bottom Line Leave on Good TermsWeve all heard those anecdotes about burning bridges and this sage wisdom is certainly applicable when it comes to hunting for your new gig while on the way out of your old. Keeping on top of your current responsibilities is the ethical thing to do and ensures you a good future reference as well as a potential soft landing spot in ca se your new job isnt quite as rosy as you imagined. Give your employer the two weeks, or as needed notice and keep working up until your very last day to maintain a portfolio of opportunities today and in the future.

Accounting for Corporate Culture

Accounting for Corporate CultureAccounting for Corporate Culture*/Read the infographic text.ACCOUNTING FOR CORPORATE CULTURECFOs reported how involved they are in shaping their companys corporate culture17% Very involved34% Somewhat involved26% Not too involved22% Not at all involvedWays CFOs are involved in shaping corporate culture1. Use company principles and values to guide actions2. Contribute to the development of the companys mission3. Collaborate with other executives to define the desired culture4. Speak regularly with employees about the culture5. Contribute to training and onboarding programsSource Robert Half Management Resources survey of mora than 2,200 CFOsResponses do not total 100 percent due to rounding 2017 Robert Half Management Resources. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Must-Know Wireless Network Engineer Interview Questions

Must-Know Wireless Network Engineer Interview QuestionsMust-Know Wireless Network Engineer Interview QuestionsWireless network engineers are in demand, a trend that continues to escalate.To get one of these lucrative and specialized network engineer gigs, though, you first need to ace the job einstellungsgesprch. You may possess all of the core credentials - from expertise in wireless equipment and WLAN design, to the ability to perform network technology wizardry with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. But if you arent prepared for the kinds of questions employers are likely to ask, you could miss a grand opportunity.Ready to land the wireless network engineer job you want? Review and practice answering the seven essential wireless network engineer einstellungsgesprch questions below. The QA is divided up into basic entry-level, mid-range and advanced questions.Warming upDepending on the level of the wireless network engineer standort youre applying for, you may get luck y and start out with a few easier questions. These might include1. Explain the difference between IBSS, BSS and ESS. BSS stands for Basic Service Set - these are the stations that can communicate with each other at the physical layer (PHY) of the OSI model. Every BSS is identified with a BSSID, which is the MAC address of the WiFi chipset that runs on a Wireless Access Point (WAP) servicing the BSS.IBSS, which stands for Independent BSS (IBSS), is a type of ad-hoc BSS that cant connect to any other basic service set since it contains no access points. This means it cannot connect to any other basic service set.ESS stands for Extended Service Set. An ESS contains several connected Basic Service Sets whose access points (APs) are connected by a distribution system.2. Explain the difference between WLAN and WiMAX.WLAN stands for wireless local area network, and it provides connectivity between devices that are WLAN compliant. WLAN follows 802.11 standards set by the Institute of Elect rical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) including 11a, 11b, 11g, 11n, 11ac and 11ad.WiMAX, on the other hand, is used as a wide area network for providing access between various wireless devices. WiMAX follows IEEE standards 16d and 16e.Getting tougherHiring managers for a wireless network engineer position arent likely to let candidates for these coveted jobs off the hook that easily, though. Now that youve built confidence by practicing some simple wireless network engineer interview questions, see how you do on these more difficult ones3. Explain the DSSS and CCK modulation schemes. DSSS stands for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and CCK stands for Complementary Code Keying. Both of these are modulation schemes for WLAN devices, and they are compliant to IEEE 802.11b.In DSSS systems, PN codes modulate information bits, and the whole system bandwidth is always available for all users.CCK replaced the Barker code in wireless digital networks in 1999 because CCK uses bit sequences mo re efficiently and thus makes more efficient use of them. CCK has the ability to transfer more data per unit for a given signal bandwidth.4. Explain how TCP/IP and OSI stack differ.The network models TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) have different layers. TCP/IP is a four-layered standard designed for Internet applications while OSI for network protocol architecture is a seven-layered standard.OSI is a generic stack developed to allow different devices to communicate without any interfacing issues, allowing for open access to protocols. In the TCP/IP model, the network access layer corresponds to the physical and data link layers in the OSI model.Looking for a wireless network engineer job? Check out our listingsSEARCH TECHNOLOGY JOBSAdvanced interview questionsIf youre applying for a senior-level position as a wireless network engineer, youll need to really bone up on some particularly challenging interview questions an d answers. Try your hand at these5. Describe the basic guidelines for implementing CAPWAP.CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points) is a standard networking protocol that allows central WLAN access control (AC) to manage a collection of wireless access points. To implement CAPWAP, you must first check your firewall configurations.Verify whether the firewall configurations only allow traffic from access points that use Lightweight Access Point Protocol, or LWAPP. If so, then your first step is to adjust the firewall to allow traffic from access points that use CAPWAP.Next, enable the CAPWAP UDP ports 5246 and 5247. Your goal is to prevent access points from being stranded by opening new protocol ports if access control lists (ACLs) are blocking the control path between access points and controller.6. Explain how WLC works when considering packet transfer.A LWAPP packet encapsulates all 802.11 packets and sends them to the wireless LAN controller (WLC). WLC acts base d on the destination IP address. So for exampleIf the destination is a wireless client, the packet gets encapsulated with the LWAPP before being decapsulated and then sent to the wireless client.If the destination is on the networks wired side, the LWAPP changes the 802.11 header to an Ethernet header and then sends the packet to the connected switch, and then to the wired client.WLC removes the Ethernet header when a packet comes from the wired side, replacing it with a 802.11 header and encapsulating it with LWAPP. Ultimately it is decapsulated and sent to the wireless client.7. In WLAN, what messages are exchanged between AP and STA and what are the functions of both?There are various messages exchanged between AP and Station in a WLAN network for different purposes such as establishing connection, data transfer terminating the connection and more. APs are devices that help give a wired network wireless functionality. These are a few WLAN MAC messages along with their primary fun ctionAssociation response. The AP sends this message in response to receiving an association request.Association request. STA sends this message to AP after authentication in order to obtain association.Authentication. STA requests authentication with this message.De-authentication. An authenticated STA uses this message to announce that the receiver no longer needs authentication.Probe request. In WLAN network, this message is sent to find out AP.To ace wireless network engineer interview questions, youll need to invest time preparing for them. While you may be familiar with some or all of the topics discussed here from your experience as a wireless network engineer, you still need to be able to articulate your answers succinctly, through clear communication. So bookmark this page and use it to guide your interview questions prep.If youre looking for a tech job, we can help.This post has been updated to reflect more current information.

Do, Delegate, or Delete It

Do, Delegate, or Delete ItDo, Delegate, or Delete ItPrioritizing is key to a successful job search.Do it, delegate it or delete it, is a Marine Corps maxim that is applied to any request that comes in verbally or electronically. Its the idea behind touching each task only once.How can this maxim help with yur job search?Many of us begin our search methodically, and with purpose. Yet over time, as multiple leads come in, multiple resumes get written, and multiple phone calls are made, both our desk and our email inbox become filled with requests and exhortations. Neglecting these items paralyzes our thinking and keeps us from moving forward. Instituting this Marine Corps mindset enables you to follow up, and follow through, with greater efficiency.Thats all very well, you might be thinking, but isnt it a little simplistic? Its pretty clear which actions fall into which category.In fact, no. Because career changes are often stressful the stakes are high, and theyre personal its ofte n hard to apply the same logic we use to strategize in other areas of our lives. Here are a few tips for each bucketDo ItWhen a recruiter or hiring manager requests your resume, dont delay. They are often managing tight deadlines and multiple job seekers and taking your time might lose you the opportunity. Be careful, however, not to do something so quickly that it isnt professional. For example, when you receive a request to send someone a resume immediately, you might, in that moment, follow Nikes advice and, Just Do It, because youre so pleased to have gotten the request. But this is when I recommend taking a moment and just doing it right. In other words, take the time to research the companys mission, its bestselling product and top competition. Tailor your resume and cover letter to guarantee they get noticed. Be sure to position yourself as someone who can contribute to furthering their goals, enhancing their capabilities, or plugging the hole in their operations via skill se ts and ideas that are unique to you.Most importantly, never delegate or delete a networking opportunity. That is always in the Do it pile. Dont consider deleting the task of following up on a connection you got from the guy at the gym. You might not realize that following through would reveal his friend is VP of the firm youve been angling for the last six months.Delegate ItYou might think doing research is something you can delegate, but Ive found this isnt the best use of delegation. Its far better to delegate tasks that many of us use as a form of creative procrastination masquerading as necessary work reformatting your resume, updating your website and even getting your interview wardrobe ready.All of these tasks give you a seemingly unimpeachable response to the question, What are you doing to further your search? In fact, they are avoidance behaviors, unless of course you are a designer or web developer. behauptung tasks are generally best handed off to those trained in these skill sets. Not only will you give yourself the time you need to focus on what you alone can do, youll likely end up with a far better looking document or site.Delete ItDelete tasks like multiple resume postings or searching job postings on unsubstantiated websites. Focused follow-through on personal recommendations and with accredited sites are far more likely to yield the results you seek.So start sorting Prioritizing is key to a successful search. Get your items in order and start marching forward.