These 10 Workspaces of Great Minds Will Make You Rearrange Your Desk

These 10 Workspaces of Great Minds Will Make You Rearrange Your DeskThese 10 Workspaces of Great Minds Will Make You Rearrange Your DeskWe all need a healthy dose of inspiration from time to time. By looking up to great thinkers and trying to get a glimpse of their personal life, we want to see what they do differently and figure out what could be our own key to success. Research has shown that people in messy rooms are quicker at solving creative problems than those in tidy rooms. But our common sense seems to argue exactly the opposite - if someone fails to clean up the clutter from his desk, can he keep his mind sharp and focused?Many famous inventors and pioneers differed in their view on the orderliness. So why dont wetake a closer look attheir workspaces to discover the peculiarities of some of the greatest thought leaders in history?Lets see what their offices and desks can tell us1. Steve Jobs started from the scratchansehen courtesy of Thing BigThis visionary mind has turne d the world of computers upside down. But only few people know that Jobs welches living a single and simple life when he was starting to work on the first Macintosh computer. This period of his life was instrumental for determining the characteristic simplicity of all Apple products.From the following photograph taken at his apartment, you can only guess where the minimalist functionality of all Apple products came from. As Jobs himself remarked, all you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and thats what I had.Bringing it mora up-to-date, Steve Jobs workplace was, ironically, one big mess. Succeeding in decluttering our desks more than any other product designer, Jobs seemed to be quite happy to wallow in a bit of chaos. His desk was one with plenty of documents and the shelves in his home office were just heaving with booksImage courtesy of Pinterest2. Elon Musk likes camping in his officeTeslas making history and its mastermind leaves nothing to chance (se ethisto learn how to get a job there). When the new Model X went into production, Elon Musk made a decision to move his desk to the end of the production line. Spending hundreds of hours a week at work, no wonder he brought a sleeping bag to his office and put it right next to his desk.Image courtesy of Business InsiderOn the other flosse, Musks desk at SpaceX looks fairly ordinary (check this to see how to get a job there). It reflects his highly disciplined work schedule which is broken up into 5-minutes-long blocks of intense work. So instead of procrastinating and cluttering his workspace with memorabilia of the past, his mind is focused on the future.3. MarkZuckerbergsworld of equalityThe way you think about work environment communicates your values to the outside world. The setup of the new facebook incs headquarters reflects Mark Zuckerbergs belief that an open floor plan where people work close to each other enables better communication and collaboration among employees. If you just fell in love with the idea, heres a detailed guidehow to get a job at Facebook.Image courtesy of IndependentConsistent with his normcore fashion style, Facebooks CEO also keeps his workspace simple. In his live video tour of Facebooks new headquarters, Zuckerberg explains that he doesnt have an office for himself. Instead, he works from the same kind of desk as every other Facebook employee.There are just few things on Zucks desk. A laptop, a pile of books from his Year of Books challenge, and amodel of the companys visionary project- a satellite that Facebooks working on at the moment to spread the Internet to all corners of the world. Good luckImage courtesy of Pinterest4. Albert Einstein, the staunch advocate of a messy deskThe genius physicist is one of the greatest minds of the 20th century and greatest advocates of a messy desk at the same time. He stood up for us, the eternal chaos makers, and comforted our restless souls by this well-known prozentzahl If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we think of an empty desk?According to Einstein, a messy desk is a productive desk. Creative minds tend to be a bit light on the housework and he considered that completely normal. Thanks to a photograph by LIFE magazines Ralph Morse, we can observe what a messy desk meant for the genius himselfImage courtesy of Big thinkEinsteins iconic desk is untouched and left exactly as it was on the day he died in 1955. Books and sheets of paper everywhere and a blackboard full of notes behind his back. Fairly impressive.5. Keep calm and Nikola TeslaImage courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThis surreal photograph of a supercharged magnifying transmitter was shot in 1899 and immediately entered history. It was taken inside Teslas lab in Colorado Springs but its sensational appearance is a result of smart editing that we now call post-production. Tesla knew too well that to sit there would be to lose his life. The photo was taken by Dickenson V. Alley as part of a promotional stunt. The inclusion of Tesla hanging out in his chair was possible only through double exposure.To create the photo, Alley took two photos and merged them together. He first photographed the machines massive sparks in a darkened room. Only after the machine was off could he invite Tesla to pose in the chair for the second photo. No worries, Tesla was no liar and admitted that the photo was photoshopped soon afterwards. But its fame spread in the speed of light. Great piece of marketing, Nikola6. They say that NASA scientists like to partyImage courtesy of BoredpandaJust look at this incomprehensible (at least to us) board of calculations being occupied by elite NASA scientists in 1961. This is how they did it the old school way. The age before computers. Nope, not even calculators existed back then.The photo, taken by J. R. Eyerman for LIFE magazine, does indeed look very scientific and impressive. But as a mathematician would point out, there are just a c ouple of general equations of motion and no calculations on the board. The scene was certainly staged, but why didnt they use some real badass math? Back in the Space Race era, NASA would be a fool to publish anything other than generic equations in LIFE magazine. But the situation in the photo might actually resemble what the scientists work used to look like - just with more constructive things written on the board.One of the things NASA was known for were so-called math parties where prominent scientists would gather and each of them would master one part of the equation. So geeky7. Stephen Hawkings chase of the invisibleImage courtesy of LivescienceThis shot captures the desk of the late theoretical physicist at the University of Cambridge back in 2012. The photo was commissioned as a photographic portrait to celebrate Stephen Hawkings 70th birthday. However, this isnt exactly how Hawking would normally arrange his things. Various items and oddities that he had in his office we re moved into view. This was done in order to give you a glimpse inside one the greatest minds of modern science.Take the plastic action figure with the helicopter top, for example. Its Hawking as he appeared in an episode of The Simpsons. Other curiosities include a statue of the pope, a little toy computer with sticky notes, a space shuttle model. But one of the thingson the desk characterises the life and work of the quadriplegic genius more than anything else. Its the little crystal globe with a quote by Saint-Exupery that sums up the struggle and strife of any theoretical physicist What is essential is invisible to the eye.8. Mr Edison, its time to wake upImage courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsThe photo shows the prolific inventor and businessman dictating instructions to an employee on his dictating machine in 1929. Though best known for his invention of the phonograph and incandescent electric light, Edison had 1,093 US patents in his names in a variety of fields.But not many peo ple know Edison was also a renowned catnapper. While looking pretty busy at his desk, he was likely to doze off on various pieces of furniture in his lab. Thomas Edisons desk was full of cubbyholes - small holding places for the stream of ideas in his mind for future inventions and current business. The piles of papers and projects around him were only a reflection of the ever-expanding questions in his mind.9. Giant black desk of Angela MerkelRarely giving any interviews and sleeping only 4 hours a day, Merkel may seem like a recluse. But serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005, she is thede factoleader of European Union and, and as many would claim, the most powerful woman in the worldBut still theres still something peculiar Merkel needs to deal with every single time she comes to work. Its her desk.Chancellor revealed she doesnt like the giant black desk she inherited from her predecessor Gerhard Schrder, preferring to work at the small writing-table in front of it. HeresMe rkel sitting at the four-metre-long desk in the Federal ChancelleryCourtesy of Manager MagazinBy the way, guess whos the man looking constantly over Merkels shoulder.Nope, thats not her husband. Its a rather cool portrait of Konrad Adenauer, West Germanys first post-war leader.And what about that desktop world globe? Undoubtedly, theres just one way to read it- as a symbol ofChancellors motherly concern for each and every country on the planet.Natrlich10. Wheres the button?We have gone to great lengths looking for someone whod challenge Albert Einsteins rhetorical question about an empty desk. The following picture shows if not one of the greatest, then one of the most influential minds of the 21st century.Image courtesy of CNBCDonald Trumps shiny Oval Office desktop tries hard to convince us his mind is far from cluttered. In fact, theres nothing on the famous Resolute desk but a telephone, a coaster, a black marker and a wooden box. But where is the red nuclear button, so much big ger than Kim Jong-uns? No one knows, and we all hope the president doesnt either.These workspaces of great minds can be an inspirationDifferent strokes for different folks, right? Some people feel better sitting behind a clean and tidy desk. Others like to be surrounded by huge piles of books and documents. Whatever the preferred setup, it always seems to reflect the mindset and current pursuits of a given person.Workspace design is a matter of choice that should suit your ways of working. Through all the activities we have during the day, our desk is where we store our most important documents and tools and where we get most of our work done. Leave nothing to chance and arrange your desk the way you like it. Keep useful items at hand and get rid of all unnecessary stuff occupying your workplace. Get ready for the flow of new ideas and watch your personal success story unfold.Searching for a new workplace? 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Keeping Your Job in a Tough Economy

Keeping Your Job in a Tough Economy Keeping Your Job in a Tough Economy If you work at a company thats going through tough times, the likelihood is that youve witnessed at least one layoff and maybe you worry that more might be coming, but if you want to keep your current job, you should know that there are positive steps you can take to improve your chances of staying.Ive been on both ends of layoffs. When I worked for HMV, I welches let go when the company closed its US operation. Then when I worked for Acclaim Entertainment, I was in the unfortunate lage of being the senior HR executive as the company slid slowly into bankruptcy. I cant remember how many lay-offs we went through in my 3 years there but it must have been at least 5 and every one of them was soul-destroying.Not only was it horrible to look at lists of names and decide who stayed and who went, but it was also difficult to get managers to choose who to let go. They were attached to all their employees, liked most of t hem as people, knew their families and hated to hurt them financially. But they had to make choices and when they did, here was their criteria Who adds the most value?Some people were obvious layoff targets. We had a telecommunications manager for example and in a company our size, that really didnt need to be a full-time job. Others were in crucial positions but maybe we had to cut back from four people to two.No matter what the situation, it always came down to that key question Who adds the most value?3 Tips for Keeping Your Job in a Tough EconomySo given that key question and based on my own experience, here are my tips for making yourself as indispensable as possible.1) Consider your position. If you were suddenly put in charge of the company and told to turn it around within a year, would you consider your position indispensable? If youre like our telecommunications manager and the answer is no then you need to take some action. You need to start helping out in other areas. Fo r example, our telecommunications manager reported to IT if he had expanded his skill set and learned to troubleshoot computers as well as phones, maybe he wouldnt have been the one laid off. After all, the other IT guys just knew computers but he would have known both.2) Consider your contribution. If your position is not dispensable but there are others who hold the same role, evaluate your contribution against theirs. Be brutal with yourself. Ask yourself if you are doing everything you could. Working as hard as you could. Contributing as much as you could. If the answer is no, change that now.3) Bottom line? Add more value. No matter what type of position you have, talk to your manager about how you can help him or her. You may feel resentful or angry at management and thats understandable, but these are tough times for them too. I cant tell you how many times managers have cried in my bro over having to make lay-off decisions and/or over the stress of the resulting additional workload. They are being asked to do more with fewer people and they are probably losing sleep over it. So talk to your manager about how you can take on extra work to help ease the burden. Doing this is guaranteed to raise your chances of avoiding a pink slip.I dont mean to sound Pollyanna and pretend this is all in your hands. These are tough times and even after all your best efforts, your company may still have to let you go. But they may not and wouldnt you feel better if you took matters into your own hands instead of just waiting for the axe to fall?Plus, if the worst does happen, adding more value and taking on more responsibility is always going to help you on the way to your next job. Your resume will be stronger and your background more impressive because you found new ways to add value.So those are my key tips for holding on to a job in tough times. What do you think? Did I miss any? If so, please let me know in the comments.

Ursula Burns to be Honored at 2014 Congress

Ursula Burns to be Honored at 2014 Congress Ursula Burns to be Honored at 2014 Congress Ursula Burns to be Honored at the 2014 CongressUrsula M. BurnsUrsula M. Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corp., is one of the eight engineering innovators who will be recognized at the 2014 Honors Assembly, which will take place during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Montreal, Canada, from Nov. 14-20. Burns will receive the Kate Gleason Award during the ceremony on Nov. 17.Established in 2011, the award recognizes a female engineer who is a highly successful entrepreneur in a field of engineering or who has had a lifetime of achievement in the engineering profession. The award honors the legacy of Kate Gleason, the first woman to be welcomed into ASME as a full member. Burns is being acknowledged for zu sich outstanding engineering and geschftsleben leadership, and her distinguished career culminating in achieving the distinction of bein g the first black woman to lead a Fortune 100 company. Burns started at Xerox as an intern in 1980, when the company welches a leader in the global photocopying market. She later assumed roles in product development and planning, just as the company had begun positioning itself as a digital document technologies company. After leading several business teams including the companys color business and office network printing business teams including the companys color business and office network printing business from 1992 to 2000, Burns was named senior vice president of corporate strategic services, a position that put her in charge of the companys manufacturing and supply chain operations. After being named as president and member of the board of directors in 2007, Burns became CEO of Xerox in July 2009. Shortly afterward, she made the largest acquisition in the companys history - the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services, catapulting the companys presence in the $5 00 billion business services market and extending the companys reach into diverse areas of business process and IT outsourcing. On May 20, 2010, Burns became chairman of Xerox.Burns is also an active in a number of community, educational and nonprofit organizations, including FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), the National Academy Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the U.S. Olympic Committee. She is a founding board director of Change the Equation, which focuses on improving the U.S. education system in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In March 2010, President Barack Obama appointed Burns as vice chair of the Presidents Export Council.Burns, who was elected to the National Academy of Engineering last year, has earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of NYU in 1980, and a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 1982. She received honorary degrees from several universities including a degree of Doctor of Commercial Science, honoris causa, from NYU in 2010.The ASME Foundation is the proud supporter of the ASME Honors and Awards program through the management of award endowment funds set up by individuals, corporations or groups. For more information on the 2014 Honors Assembly and all of this years award recipients, visit www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2014/Honors.cfm.

Social Media Housekeeping Tips for 2012

Social Media Housekeeping Tips for 2012 Social Media Housekeeping Tips for 2012 For a few short days, you will wear what you should wear, and bedrngnis what you should not wear. Youll swear off cable TV and hit the treadmill instead. Youll pick up heavy books and ruminate on weighty thoughts. Youll catch yurself before speaking ill of yur spouses sweater selection. And then, in a pattern too predictable for a Medium episode, we will all fail.We will become TV watching, non gym going, non reading, judgmental and over-eating people again. We will become ourselves once more. However, we have a saving grace that we did not have before. We have our alternate digital lives that can continue January Firsts bold plans for the future and grasp what we too often drop. Our social media selves may be our only hope to make our resolutions live on and forever suspend our temporarily thin faces in thoughtful and intellectual expression.So this New Year, show your digital identity some respect and it may return the favor. Here are a few housekeeping tips to tidy up your online identity. After all, your digital self may be the only one living up to its promises.Take a new picture. It matters. Are you using one from 2006? Do you have one of your kids half framed in the picture? Are you wearing a tuxedo? Tidy it up and make sure your image is current and engaging.Pare back. Run through your LinkedIn connections and take the time to de-connect with everyone that you dont know. Its a waste of time that you dont need in the new year. Prune back think about Swedish design principles while youre clicking away.Go old school. Did you use a set it and forget it approach to your Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook accounts? Are you auto DMing your new followers or pushing out RSS feeds through your social accounts? It might be time to just bag all of that stuff. Manually update the networks you care about. If you find yourself not updating certain networks, dont feel guilty about it. There s a reason you dont care about them they dont matter to you. Trust your gut.Drop out. Thats right. In the US, there are 3 social networks that matter LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter (maybe 4 with Google Plus). If youre getting emails from other ones, its time to quit. Ask yourself if there is true value and if you have the time to use it for some business purpose. If not, dont sign up. Youre probably not missing much.Clean it up. Run through your profiles and make sure that you look like you want to look to the world. Use this time to take out personal info that youre not comfortable sharing. Delete irrelevant positions, use concrete language that sells, and make your profile useful. What does that mean? If you sell widgets, give people a reason to buy widgets from you.Divide conquer. Use networks for clear and specific purposes. Separate business and recreation and your family and friends from your casual business acquaintances. Take some time to set up Google Plus circles, Faceb ook lists, LinkedIn tags but whatever you do, do something. Dont attempt to portray your whole self to everyone, because all of this social media stuff will never add up to all that you are.Were all trying to make 2012 the best year ever the year that we live up to our best selves. So while we try to keep our promises, lets be sure our social media selves arent weighing us down and even, perhaps, pulling us along.Master the art of closing deals and making placements. 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.

Details of Example of a Resume

Details of Example of a Resume A resume is often looked at as only a page of facts, but should you dont rush and, look at a Resume Example, you will observe it has some basic components that seem to be essential for everybody. By comparison, your reference list should not include things like close relatives like parent, sibling, and spouses. When youve reviewed resumes in your field, peruse resumes across fields to know how to vary the usage of action verbs and receive a feel for what makes an effective accomplishment statement. Decide how you would like to highlight the headings of the various sections. If youre looking for resume writing examples to find inspiration from, then using tired old formats which everyone else is using is probably not the best way to go. You will have the ability to make an impressive resume by following an illustration of a resume cover letter. It is possible to bestattungs an illustration of resume cover letter off the internet. The ideal instan ce of the cover letter is one which titillates your readers imagination. Even in the event you cant locate a precise match, it should be quite simple to find one you are able to customize quickly to suit your requirements. Also incorporate the appreciation that youve got from the former employer. As a way to type up a good resume you first need to understand the fundamental components a resume is composed of. In fact, there are lots of instance of a resume. Make sure you got the perfect name of the recipient. An individual may begin to wonder of an ideal and specific example that ought to be followed, whats going to be the important information which should be on its content and the best style to be adapted that is sure to land the position you have earned. Your font choice ought to be first attractive, then powerful. A deliberate selection of font determines the whole tone of your resume. Your ability to create positive stories about your business is a huge asset. Even i f its an honest mistake, if a possible employer discovers inaccurate details on your resume, it will most likely be impossible to overcome the damage your credibility. You might as well bestattungs the initiative additionally, its an effortless influence device. You must struggle for a lengthy time before moving up within the business. A distinctive life situation takes a unique resume. Work ought to be a joyous, an enjoyable experience in a positive working atmosphere. Your experience may still be quantified effectively through using strong, confident writing. For that reason, its far better to be prepared than lose out on an outstanding opportunity. The Hidden Treasure of Example of a Resume A resume cover letter is a significant portion of somebodys job application. Resumes are being made for diverse reasons but its popular by many in seeking for employment. Especially whenever the degree isnt tailored to their business enterprise. You might even choose to bring a list o f keywords that fit the possible position. The work description for any specific position gives you a clue as to whats important to the employer. Youll also put in a succinct description of your accomplishments in your prior job or jobs where its about the position youre applying for. Regardless of the kind of job that you need to apply for, theres a very excellent chance you will be able to discover a good example of a resume for that position online. If youre looking for an internship cover letter sample, the perfect distributions-mix to look is most likely the web. Treat every job like you were planning on building a career out of it. So the best plan of action is to just be sure you customize the example resume to your own info and double check it before you submit it to a possible employer.

How to Hire for a Technology-Focused Role - Spark Hire

How to Hire for a Technology-Focused Role - Spark HireIf youre looking to bring in top tier talent for a technology-focused job, youll need to come up with a careful hiring strategy in order to make the position highly appealing. Follow these tips and youll have the best in the business ready to interview for the jobGive them creative freedomJust because someone has a tech-focused mind, doesnt mean they dont care about creativity. Giving someone creative freedom makes a job appealing. Dont pigeon hole your new team member. If there are projects that they find particularly appealing that arent technically within their job description, let them contribute anyway.Foster a pleasant work environmentWhile you may not be as big as tech giants like Google or Apple, youll still want to create an environment that fosters productivity and neuheit like these brands do. This means ditching the stiff-backed chairs and cubicles in favor of something a little more pleasant. When people actually enjo y coming to work each day, youll be surprised how much more gets done.Give them the tools they need to do the job wellWhether thats a new piece of software or a specific design tool, in order to recruittop tier talent, you need to show that youre invested in them. One way to do this is by ponying up for the necessary equipment that theyll use each day on the job.Focus on mental healthIn a high-stress job, a focus on mental health is a must. Take steps to prevent your employees from burning out, and be aware of morale levels within your offices.How do you hire for technology-focused jobs? Let us know in the commentsImages Wavebreak Media Ltd/BigStock.com