Career Jump-Start met on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at First United Methodist Church of Richardson, Texas. Robert Sage agreed to present a program with very short notice. The scheduled speaker notified the meeting organizer that they were not able to keep the appointment. The meeting organizer invited Robert to be a substitute presenter. Robert accepted the challenge and provided an excellent program.
Robert focused our attention on two magazine articles: “The Joblet Recovery” by John Gerzema in INC. magazine October 2011 on page 38 and “How to Get a Job: Show, Don’t Tell” by Jennifer Alsever in FORTUNE magazine March 19, 2012 on page 29.
“The Joblet Recovery” explains how piecework is being matched to qualified workers through websites such as: Mechanical Turk, SkillSlate, TaskRabbit, and Tutorspree. Each website operates differently and provides jobs that require skills and knowledge specified on each website.
“How to Get a Job: Show, Don’t Tell” tells us that employers are asking candidates to show or demonstrate what they have to offer.
Payment for jobs acquired through a website and performed can be collected with a device called Square that plugs into a smart phone and reads credit cards. The account number can be keyed into the smart phone when the credit card is not physically available. Intuit provides a similar device and service.
Lockout Mobile Security provides security for a lost smart phone. If the smart phone is lost, the owner can call it from another telephone, enter a command with password, and cause information in the smart phone to be deleted.
NEXT WEEK: Dave Peters is scheduled to present a program
Career Jump-Start usually meets on Tuesday evenings at First United Methodist Church, 503 North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080. Official information about this group is available at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CJS-HPUMC/ or http://www.fumcr.com/pages/caring_career_support.
Robert focused our attention on two magazine articles: “The Joblet Recovery” by John Gerzema in INC. magazine October 2011 on page 38 and “How to Get a Job: Show, Don’t Tell” by Jennifer Alsever in FORTUNE magazine March 19, 2012 on page 29.
“The Joblet Recovery” explains how piecework is being matched to qualified workers through websites such as: Mechanical Turk, SkillSlate, TaskRabbit, and Tutorspree. Each website operates differently and provides jobs that require skills and knowledge specified on each website.
“How to Get a Job: Show, Don’t Tell” tells us that employers are asking candidates to show or demonstrate what they have to offer.
Payment for jobs acquired through a website and performed can be collected with a device called Square that plugs into a smart phone and reads credit cards. The account number can be keyed into the smart phone when the credit card is not physically available. Intuit provides a similar device and service.
Lockout Mobile Security provides security for a lost smart phone. If the smart phone is lost, the owner can call it from another telephone, enter a command with password, and cause information in the smart phone to be deleted.
NEXT WEEK: Dave Peters is scheduled to present a program
Career Jump-Start usually meets on Tuesday evenings at First United Methodist Church, 503 North Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080. Official information about this group is available at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CJS-HPUMC/ or http://www.fumcr.com/pages/caring_career_support.
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