Money Lessons from Billionaires

Oprah Winfrey, net worth of $2.7 billion
"You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed." -- First and foremost, you have to believe that greatness is possible. Many of the world's billionaires have shifted the way our world works, because they believed that they were capable of doing something that was previously impossible. Change is possible. Greatness is possible. But you can't do anything unless you first believe in yourself.

Pierre Omidyar, net worth of $6.7 billion
"What we say here every day is that our success is really based on our members' success, our community's success." -- Your success is directly tied to how much you do for others. It's not what you know. It's not who you know. It's what you do for who you know. Success follows generosity.

Karl Albrecht, net worth of $25.4 billion
"The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully." -- Everything you do (or choose not to do) is a choice. Most of us think that life happens to us, but in reality life is something that we choose either by actively pursuing options and creating our own circumstances, or by blocking opportunities and limiting our beliefs of what is possible. You can choose the type of life you want to live.

Mukesh Ambani, net worth of $22.3 billion
"I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times." -- Success is not an event--it's a process. Billionaires embody that process better than most of us. They are on a constant quest to improve, enhance, and outperform themselves. It's a constant, internal drive to become a better person.

Michael Bloomberg, net worth of $22 billion
"Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved." -- Billionaires have grit and perseverance. Top performers work hard at hard things. And that means that successful people do the things that most people don't want to do, and that's why they get the job done.

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, net worth of $18 billion
"If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all." -- Developing a world-class skill means that you have the capability to ignore everything else. You have to be able to focus on doing an incredible job or on ignoring it completely. Greatness doesn't come from simply "putting the time in" ... you have to put the time in with effort, energy, and resolve.

Michael Dell, net worth of $15.9 billion
"It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference." -- Take a look at any market-leading company. Are they compromising on their product in one way or another? That's an opportunity for disruption, growth, and change. Any unmet need, any annoying problem, any half-baked solution offers a chance to change things.

Charles Koch, net worth of $25 billion
"The role of business is to produce goods and services that make people's lives better." -- If your only goal is to become rich, then you're going to have trouble meeting your goal. However, if your focus is on making people's lives better, then you'll find that success comes much more quickly.

Andrew Carnegie, net worth of $298.3 billion
"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit." -- Success unshared is failure. Our connections with other people are what give our work meaning. The things we do will only matter if they are shared with others.

Tony Hsieh, net worth of $840 million
"The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn't based on external factors." -- So often, we push happiness out on the horizon of life. "Once I get this job, I'll be happy." Or, "If only I landed that promotion, then everything would be good." Of course, life doesn't work that way, and there is always another goal once we reach our previous idea of happiness. Money is important, but your life should never be built around it. Happiness comes before success, not after it.

Ref. Yahoo Billionaire 

What Do You Like to Do In Your Spare Time?

MSN article shows a sample question that might be one of the weird question you can receive during job interviews. It is important during interviews to be honest and mentioning personal things you do on spare time is considerable whatever your answer importantly you may present enjoying what you are doing on days off. The interviewer might just collect some points from your skills and may be beneficial to the workforce or to the growth of the company. Do not be afraid mentioning things that you feel it is not productive.

A natural way to blend in the conversation is to react seriously and interviewer shows his/her reaction smiling is not a big issue answering the questions that must be weird. Chances that human resources based their questions on CV but weird questions focuses them on how you react.

In the job pooling, company collects applicants and to be interviewed is common to on scheduled, the best suites for the position may be hired, but pooling is not an urgent hiring. The procedures may involve so many steps and may end up not hiring anybody, skills is the most considerable for all applicants and may give others an opportunity to be hired in some other positions that is near to your skills and maybe what you are doing to your spare time.

 

Preparation for Job Interviews

8 hours sleep is a great practice preparing on a Job Interview. It leads to positive reaction on moods, awareness, facial appearance and stress free. What is written on your CV will save you answering confusing questions and active mind will keep you attentive, you may react faster to find the answers to the questions straight to the point. Completing the required hours of sleep wakes you up in good mood and helps your body to prepare for the day.

Drinking liquor before sleep in preparation for an interview is a bad idea, controlling your consciousness cannot be stabilize until morning and your emotions could lead your body and may affect the way you react from the interview. You can use coffee drinking before the interview as a replacement and make sure that complete breakfast is taken to avoid stomach constipation while on interview and will give you a terrible situation.

It is not your mask or wash closet will make your face fresh but sleeping on time makes it perfect. Eye bugs and wrinkles is really bad, judging your face during interview make them think that you are having a stressful journey asking simpler questions that you can answer right away but may not get the correct one and will not get deeper questions. The interviewer cannot discover more on your specialization and other skills, finding them ways to hire you in other field of specialization related to the position needed could not be considered.

Waking up in the morning is the start of your journey, you may start taking the important meal of the day which is breakfast and never skip. Adding to your energy it will comfort your mind emotions and positive gestures. Time is very important, personal things should be complete before interviews.

I guess it would help showing this personal steps for preparation on job interview:

1)      8 hours sleep

2)      Eat breakfast
3)      Drink water
4)      Brushing Teeth and use mouthwash
5)      Check your nails
6)      Quality time on toilet and bath
7)      Do not smoking
8)      Do not forget to bring handkerchief
9)      Use transport with AC or close window (to avoid public vehicle smoke sticking on your clothes)
10)   May use perfume upon arrival on venue
11)   Use WC to wash hands
12)   Check face and attire on toilet
13)   Relax while waiting for your interview.
14)   Do not use your mobile to kill time
15)   Look around for company postings and maybe policy and rules posted.
16)   Be resourceful  and polite

Feel that you are part of the company, and you may enjoy upon entering on the interviewers office.

Interview Success

Formal to Casual wear is the most convenient type of clothes to wear adding the most presentable to the interviewers impression. Your response may not only give credit to your profile but your behavior from start till end.

Entering to the Human Resources office is the most conscious part of your life and you should. Be relax upon entering and not when you entered. Stepping in front of the door confidently and you may wait until the interviewer invites you to enter and sit until he or she request you. Most of the time HR’s do not shake hands and may do only at the end, shaking hand must be soft and gentle and you may break until he or she does.

Greetings before entering is the impression that last, he or she might allow you to come or wait will recognize you as professional one. Starting the questions usually differs from your resume and any doubt from the interviewer may ask some supporting questions that may lead you to answer yes or no. There is no any other answer except yes or no and my need some explanation if required. Including your mouth and breath should be clean and should not smell bad, your hand nails should be clean as well as your eyes also your face should look not worried but curious.

The interviewer always agrees to your answer and will not give you any response reaction that makes you uncomfortable, being confident enough will leave you no worries as you construct your resume honest and presentable. If the company is in pooling you may ask and may request for any status of your application in any way.

Job interviews are most commonly second phase or last phase (after written examination) of employment application, it must be filter or screened when reviewing resume and the most qualified are subject on second phase or last phase of application procedure. Big companies or corporation may have 3^rd phase of interviews which is the Panel Interview. Panel Interview may varies from a group of human resources and my include single executive representative or either any executive that may be related to the type of position needed. Panel interviews is more commonly the last questions about experiences and skills, this are add-on skills that they expect from you to answer, and may not be mentioned in your resume. Candidates are usually questioned and expects the answers may be convincing, this may include how you communicate, politeness, respect, think, accurate response and honesty.

Difference Between CV's and Resume's

CV is a long brief description of a person’s profile, while Resume is a summary of a CV showing detail on previous job experiences.

CV is Curriculum Vitae. It is a paper that shows brief profile of a person’s qualification for a job application mentioning experiences with previous occupation in a detail. CV can be used in an application that deals in the job field of armed forces, government jobs, services jobs, commercial services jobs, etc. CV commonly shows complete detail of personal information including school background, age, locations, status, physical natures not to mentioned all detailed work experience but also the accomplishments previous work.

Resume is a short summary of CV. Company human resources seeks resume to find persons profile emphasizing its previous work experience and duration of his services. In viewing work experiences may seek qualification for the position applied for. Big companies has databases and usually creates templates for a resume’s online to be filled by applicants so it will be easy to find using qualified applicant that s suites their requirements.

For the pool of applicants CVs and Resumes on its systems, it is commonly as an archiving method and to search for a workers when the company needs manpower, however for urgent hiring on priority positions may not require pooling and will be on actual basis of hiring.

Resume Success

Resume Success

Your Resume’ represents you and your capabilities in performing duties and work. Besides what is written in your resume, a good representation of your resume describes your work habit and behavior. There is no perfect resume’s or perfect format for any resume’s, readers or employers reads and finds things in your resume that interest them most or what they need to know about your previous work or you as a person. Your paper needs to be specifically complete as possible as you can, giving your objective as an applicant showing what you can do for them or for the company or establishment either what kind of benefit they can get from you and not mentioning you can get from the company or from them. As an applicant it is important to emphasize how you can contribute for the growth and to uplift the company.

Experience of Work

The human resources seeks any information in your work experience how you end up with other company or other work field. It must be not so good impression seeing a resume ending employment of previous work experience in a very short time and may conclude that you have some issues of loyalty or impatience in work. An employee staying more years in his company has dedication and patience for his growth and career promotion, most cases people leaving the company or establishment is in need of career growth, however employers who read your resume think that you will not stay in long term to their company as what you did to the others too.

 

In a short term basis of work, mentioning that you are contractual employee understands the reviewer or reader that ending the services is beyond your control and it will lead him to seek information about your best skills written so they can find ways to hire you for a full time employment.

 

Describing your work experience should start from latest up to the last company accordingly. Honesty is the best way to present your work experience, most employers these days ask for certificate of employment for every company that you have work for as a proof of employment as per your resume.

Work Description

Mentioning your work description for work experiences is an optional, however employers may find it more interesting about you and what you are qualified for in the other related work positions in their company or establishments, mentioning some assignment for your work experiences may consider your flexibility and competitiveness to the others and may conclude that you are a very productive person.

Certificates and Accomplishment

The most common certificates required is a proof of participation or attendance in a course that is relevant to your field of work and could contribute the proof of your specialization. The credits for this is to describe to the readers that you are a unique employee that may find the company think to regret if they could not hire the applicant. It is impressive to read mentioning certificates that is relevant to the position that you are applying for, the level of field position is considered all the time as per the certificates and accomplishments. As an employer, I need to see if you have government certificates, licenses, standard trainings, and other international certifications.

Character References

Putting Professionals in your character references shows that you are confident and true to all information that is mentioned in your resume. Please avoid to put your Father, Mother or Brothers or Uncle’s in you references.

Pages

A short and less pages resume is more interesting to read than a bunch of pages including other attachments. Please try to avoid some attachments and keep it until the second phase of your application or during interviews, employers may ask to see some proof.