Happy Mother's Day!

Thank you to Career Connection for sharing this cartoon!
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Sample Skills Statements

With the power of action verbs, your skills statements will improve at least one degree--I promise!

Check out these sample skills statements:

• Understand and apply organizing principles
• Teach a skill, concept, or principle to others
• Write factual material clearly and concisely
• Identify information sources appropriate to special needs or problems

Find more sample skills statements on the Academic Affairs UExplore website .

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Verbs for your Resume!

• Assist with financial budget
• Knowledge of human resources principles
• Prepare events for staff

Observation: These are samples of skills statements that might appear on a resume.

Opinion: Stay away from these skills statements. Stay away from "assist with", "knowledge of", and "prepare". You can do better. Tell me exactly how you assisted: what tools did you use; who was your audience; what was the result of the work you performed, etc.

To quickly improve your resume, use verbs that accurately and precisely describe your skills and abilities and how you have applied your knowledge.

To help you out, I've included a one-page cheat sheet on our Academic Affairs UExplore website that lists at least 100 great verbs. Check them out!

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Walk for Hope is Saturday, May 9th

I'll be keeping a look at the news this weekend, and looking for our Kimberly!

10th Annual San Diego Walk for Hope

Saturday, May 9th

Start Location:

University of San Diego5998 Alcala' Park San Diego, CA 92110

Walk for Hope is a national breast cancer walk series that raises millions of dollars in support of breast cancer research, treatment and education programs at City of Hope.

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Kimberly supports the WALK FOR HOPE!

Rah Rah Rah to Kimberly Bondad!

This weekend, she is participating in the “Walk for Hope” for breast cancer this SATURDAY, MAY 9th!

Check out her team: TEAM BOOGIE! Under Kimberly’s leadership as team captain, Team Boogie has raised $65 and is working their way towards their team goal of $150.

If you have an interest to JOIN TEAM BOOGIE, Kimberly welcomes any or all help and contributions!

"Etiquette for LinkedIn and the Professional Networking World"

Remember how Claire talked about LinkedIn as the online networking resource with the strongest credibility (vs. Facebook or MySpace, for example).

Well, I found this nifty article the etiquette involved in using LinkedIn, and you can read it too.

Key highlights:
1) Create a user-friendly profile
2) Invite true friends - or at least, true acquaintances - to connect
3) When you make a request, be clear about your intentions
4) Reciprocity is a wonderful thing, and gratitude is key
5) Pass along requests promptly, or say why you won't
6) Avoid the boilerplate (see definition 4) text, if you can
7) Don't abuse your network
8) Don't invent history to acquire colleagues
9) Play by the rules
10) Value relationships over transactions

Enjoy!

I used goat toes as a musical instrument

Scott Paulson handed me goat toes, and I used them to play music.

I never thought that'd ever happen but as we've all noted this year, hangin' out with Scott is always filled with adventure.

My favorite instrument of all was this non-electrical musical knocker. Get this: instead of producing a "knock, knock" sound, you'll here this baby chime.

While playing with all the instruments in Scott's eclectic selection, I used my new networking tips so say "hi, how are you" and participate in good old fashioned "F - U - N".

I learned a few more good tips from Scott about networking too, such as making use of an object as a conversation starter. I saw Scott mingle with over 20 strangers, asking them to participate in the show. Within half of hour, Scott made an impression with a large audience as a creative, fun, and talented musician.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

While Scott and his trio played music, a silent film about a grasshopper and a beetle played just outside The Loft.

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