10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon
http://www.marcandangel.com/2014/01/29/10-painfully-obvious-truths-everyone-forgets-too-soon/
“1. The average human life is relatively short.
2. You will only ever live the life you create for yourself.
3. Being busy does NOT mean being productive.
4. Some kind of failure always occurs before success.
5. Thinking and doing are two very different things.
6. You don’t have to wait for an apology to forgive.
7. Some people are simply the wrong match for you.
8. It’s not other people’s job to love you; it’s yours.
9. What you own is not who YOU are.
10. Everything changes, every second.
However good or bad a situation is now, it will change. That’s the one thing you can count on. So when life is good, enjoy it. Don’t go looking for something better every second. Happiness never comes to those who don’t appreciate what they have while they have it.”
Stephen
Some interesting charts from The Atlantic. More in the article:
America’s Weird, Enduring Love Affair With Cars and Houses
What would this picture look like if we spent less on houses and cars—like just about every other developed country?
Stephen
Infographic: The Role Of Social Media In Pre-Employment Candidate Screening– Statistics And Trends
http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/social-media-pre-employment-screening/
Infographic by- GO-Gulf.ae
Check out our infographic, “The Role Of Social Media In Pre-Employment Candidate Screening– Statistics And Trends” where we present a number of interesting facts, as follows:
• Why employers use social media to screen candidates
• How many employers have found negative information on candidates via social media
• How many employers have found reasons to hire candidates based on their social media profiles
• Which social media sites are most frequently used by employers to screen candidates before hiring them
Why Employers Use Social Networks To Screen Candidates
|
Reason
|
%age |
|
|
| To evaluate candidate’s professionalism in terms of social conduct |
65% |
| To evaluate candidate’s fit into the company culture |
51% |
| To learn more about the candidate’squalifications |
45% |
43% of employers said they found information online that helped them decide not to hire a particular candidate.
|
Top Reasons
|
%age |
|
|
| Inappropriate content posted online |
50% |
| Info about candidate drinking or using drugs |
48% |
| Bad mouthing previous employer |
33% |
| Poor communication skills |
30% |
| Discriminatory comments |
28% |
| Lied about qualifications |
24% |
One in five hiring managers (19 percent) said they found reasons to hire a candidate from their social media profiles.
|
Top Reasons
|
%age |
|
|
| Professional image |
57% |
| Good personality |
50% |
| A wide range of interests |
50% |
| Background information was accurate |
49% |
| High creativity |
46% |
| Great communication skills |
43% |
| Positive references from others |
38% |
Most Used Social Networking Sites To Screen Candidates
|
Social Networking
|
%age
|
|
|
| Facebook |
76% |
| Twitter |
53% |
| LinkedIn |
48% |
Stephen
5 Bad Habits You Can Blame Your Brain For
http://mashable.com/2014/02/19/bad-habits-science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly
2. You’re always late, or you have a lead foot in the driver’s seat.
3. You put off unpleasant tasks. A lot.
4. You like to gamble. The house can’t always win, right?
5. You know you have a bad habit, but you can’t kick it.
Stephen
Aging demographics and technology
“Interesting age based differences in this Consumer Reports survey focused on auto infotainment.
Respondents 65 and older who owned a car with an installed infotainment system were significantly more likely to have trouble operating them (68 percent), compared to similar respondents aged 45 to 64 years (52 percent) and those 18 to 44 years old (37 percent). However, the younger users were apt to report more problems.
Some technologies like tablets and their apps of course have even more diversity in skew of users – as kids as young as 2 watch shows on them and folks as old as 90 read books on them. It will also be interesting how these trends play out as the more tech savvy younger consumers come to expect tech in everything – toasters, thermostats, tennis gear etc.”
http://florence20.typepad.com/renaissance/2014/02/aging-demographics-and-technology.html
Stephen
Hence why library folk are so motivated…
What motivates us at work? 7 fascinating studies that give insights
- Seeing the fruits of our labor may make us more productive
- The less appreciated we feel our work is, the more money we want to do it.
- The harder a project is, the prouder we feel of it
- Knowing that our work helps others may increase our unconscious motivation
- The promise of helping others makes us more likely to follow rules
- Positive reinforcement about our abilities may increase performance
- Images that trigger positive emotions may actually help us focus
Read more: http://blog.ted.com/2013/04/10/what-motivates-us-at-work-7-fascinating-studies-that-give-insights/
Stephen
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