Unemployed Need Not Apply

It is in the news that there are some employers who are only hiring those who are currently employed.  Yes that's right, CURRENTLY employed.  So what does that mean for the millions of Americans who are out of work?  It's a sad reality.  Today CNN's Jack Cafferty had a segment on this very subject blowing the cover off of this practice.  According to a New Jersey human resources consultant, "employers sometimes think the unemployed have been laid off due to 'performance issues'."

That simply cannot be the case when our country is at 10 percent unemployment.  Another excuse given is that employers are weeding these applicants out due to the huge number of applicants.  Whatever the case, it is an unfair practice but yet there is no law against it.  It is indeed an employers' market where they have a huge pool of talent to choose from.  That is why it is so important to network.  It is up to each individual to do what it takes to stand out in the crowd and showcase your abilities and talents.

Keep networking and branding you!

Discovering the Future of News

Knight Foundation just recently announced the winners of the 2010 News Challenge.  This challenge funds innovative ideas that use digital technology to deliver news and information to specific geographic communities.  These ideas are essential for propelling the industry forward.  The winners will receive $2.74 million as part of the fourth round of the five-year international contest.


Knight News Challenge Winners, In Brief from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.

My Review of Flip Video Ultra

This video camera is easy right out of the box!

Oprah's Generosity Continues

At a time when many businesses are laying off, cutting pay, and not rewarding their employees, Oprah is celebrating 10 successful years of her publication O Magazine. She dropped in at Hearst Publishing today and surprised each of her employees regardless of their tenure with a check for $10,000, an iPad, and a leather iPad case personalized with each staffer's initials!   A Hearst spokeswoman confirmed the visit and gifts saying, "These were personal gifts to the staff from Oprah to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the magazine."

Oprah really knows how to reward her staff. Way to go Oprah and congrats to the employees!

Teacher Fired for Fornication

A Florida teacher was fired for having admitted to her employer, a private christian school, that she had premarital sex with her husband.  There's probably little that she can do about it but I can bet no one else at that school will ever admit to having premarital sex. 

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So what do you think?  Should she have lied?

"Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone." - Jesus Christ

Is the Economy Improving?

More Employees QUIT Their Jobs As Economy Improves

One sign of better economic times is when more people start finding jobs. Another is when they feel confident enough to quit them.

More people quit their jobs in the past three months than were laid off – a sharp reversal after 15 straight months in which layoffs exceeded voluntary departures. The trend suggests the job market is finally thawing.

Some of the quitters are leaving for new jobs. Others have no firm offers. But their newfound confidence about landing work is itself evidence of more hiring and a strengthening economy.

Read the full article at HuffingtonPost.com.

Article originates from HuffingtonPost.com
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Backing Up Your Wix Website

I had to learn this the hard way when my first site suddenly disappeared.  I swear I didn't delete my site but in the middle of editing, (and I kept pressing "save" throughout the process) all min-ipages except the homepage poofed when the Wix site crashed.

I contacted the Wix team in hopes that they had a back up feature for this but here was the friendly response I received: 

Hi Sarmora ,

Thank you for contacting Wix support.

I apologize for the inconvenience, however Wix is unable to restore deleted documents of any kind.

It is not possible to retrieve a previous version of your document after you have clicked on "save". Unfortunately after an editor crash, incomplete saving transaction or simply by closing your editor without saving, it is not possible to rollback your document to a previous version.

Tip: We recommend duplicating your document so you have 2 versions of the same site. Simply click on "Save as" and name the second document however you want.

If you require any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact us.

Thanks,
Wix Team

So that "Tip" is exactly what I planned to do after rebuilding my site.  The only thing is, the way that the tip was worded wasn't completely clear to me.  Would I save from my account menu area?  Or would I open up the editor and do it from within?  And of course I was a little scared I'd mess something up with my newly rebuilt site.  I first thought of grouping all of the site's elements to copy and paste over into a new project.  But that wasn't working and to say the least it was a pain in the butt to even think of doing.

Luckily after digging deeper into the Wix forums, I found my answer with a detailed illustration! (click on the image below to see in full size)

 

So if you have a Wix website (or any website) whether it's premium or not, save yourself the headache and back it up to have peace of mind.