Reader&#39;s Exchange : Occupational Outlook Handbookhttp://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/tags/Occupational+Outlook+Handbook/default.aspxTags: Occupational Outlook HandbookenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 21119.1142)In all likelihoodhttp://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/2014/01/03/in-all-likelihood.aspxFri, 03 Jan 2014 19:34:00 GMT9be1e196-b4dd-4219-b883-7e290dbe3f82:1487Linda Sappenfield0http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1487http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/blogs/exchange/archive/2014/01/03/in-all-likelihood.aspx#comments<p>As of this writing, IRS&#39; Facebook page has been &quot;Liked&quot; 17,878 times.</p> <p>Surely it&#39;s OK to express surprise. &nbsp;&nbsp;Noting that Round Rock Public Library has 1,687 Likes and we&#39;re SO<i> </i>much nicer wouldn&#39;t be quite as appropriate.&nbsp; And of course further speculation (e.g., how improbable it would be that anyone would un-Like the IRS) would verge on snarkiness.&nbsp;<br /><br />Whenever I meet with an invitation to &quot;Like us on Facebook&quot;--particularly from a multinational corporation or dignified institution of long standing--I sense a&nbsp;neediness&nbsp;equated more with seventh grade&nbsp;than with the business world.&nbsp;</p> <p>But perhaps I shouldn&#39;t be so quick to differentiate.&nbsp; Seventh grade is tough--notable increases in workload; changing relationship paradigms; heightened competitiveness; expectation for personal career/vocational forecasting.&nbsp;&nbsp; And of course the need to be liked <i>is</i> paramount.&nbsp; <img border="0" hspace="5" alt="Passing notes in class" align="right" src="http://ita.ucsd.edu/images/media/2/19/1388493109_image.jpg" width="250" height="143" /><br /><br />Seventh grade success strategies could&nbsp;serve one admirably throughout life.&nbsp; And the internet affords so many useful tools. <br /><br />Remember this 7<sup>th</sup>-grade artifact: the diary that one used to record impressions, hopes, concerns, lessons learned?&nbsp;&nbsp; Those documentary journals exist in vibrant profusion online these days (though with less verbiage devoted to the cute boy in homeroom).&nbsp; We call them blogs.<br /><br />Consider this sampling of online resources for addressing 7<sup>th </sup>grade/life realities: <br /><br /><u>People like savvy communicators: </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a title="TweetQuereet" href="http://www.qureet.com/" target="_blank">TweetQuereet</a> </b>analyzes key interests and allows you to receive your most relevant tweets in a daily digest.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><a title="SecretInk" href="https://secretink.co/" target="_blank">SecretInk</a> </b>enables you to send a message that can be read just once (before it self-destructs).&nbsp; <b><a title="Nextdoor" href="https://nextdoor.com/" target="_blank">Nextdoor</a></b>, a great solution for neighborhood associations, facilitates a private network to share timely information (&quot;for sale&quot; alerts, etc.).<br /><br /><u>Yes, you are judged on appearance:</u>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Free photo editor<a title="Fotor" href="http://www.fotor.com/" target="_blank"> </a><b><a title="Fotor" href="http://www.fotor.com/" target="_blank">Fotor</a> </b>offers clip art, special effects, a mosaic tool, collage and card capability.&nbsp; For your project or home or small business, try <b><a title="LogoGarden" href="http://logogarden.com/" target="_blank">LogoGarden</a></b>&#39;s free, simple-to-use tool to create a new logo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a title="Weebly" href="http://www.weebly.com/" target="_blank"> </a><b><a title="Weebly" href="http://www.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Weebly</a> </b>provides what you need to set up&nbsp;a free website or blog with a handy drag-and-drop editor.<br /><br /><u>The opposite sex is really interesting:</u>&nbsp; Yes, but given the plethora of amazingly specific dating sites--for farmers, tall people, folks with red hair, Trekkies, Ivy League graduates, etc. etc--we&#39;ll set this topic aside in favor of...<br /><br /><u>Good habits pay off:</u>&nbsp;&nbsp; Spend a few minutes every day to stimulate&nbsp;your mind (and satisfy your curiosity) with sites like <b><a title="Digital Public Library of America" href="http://www.dp.la/" target="_blank">Digital Public Library of America</a> </b>(virtual exhibits and over 2.4 million artifacts from museums and archives all over the country) and <b><a title="Today in History" href="http://www.stevenlberg.info/today/" target="_blank">Today in History</a> </b>(which focuses on &quot;one event each day which is put in a socio-cultural context&quot;.)<br /><br /><u>You don&#39;t have to know what you want to be when you grow up yet</u>:&nbsp; But <b><a title="Occupational Outlook Handbook" href="http://www.bls.gov/ooh" target="_blank">Occupational Outlook Handbook</a> </b>can advise you what training/certification is required for any career, also whether opportunities in that field will increase or diminish in the next few years.<br /><br /><u>People like those who can talk about what they like:</u>&nbsp; NPR&#39;s&nbsp;<strong><a title="NPR&#39;s First Listen" href="http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen" target="_blank">First Listen</a></strong>&nbsp;offers the chance to hear movie soundtracks, indie bands, etc.before the street date.&nbsp; <b><a title="Forvo" href="http://www.forvo.com/" target="_blank">Forvo</a> </b>tells you how to pronounce words--not just in English and not just the ones in the dictionary;&nbsp;names and locations in the news are included.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><a title="Reddit" href="http://www.reddit.com/" target="_blank">Reddit</a> </b>tracks trends and news on many, many topics.</p> <p>As Jon Stewart observed, &quot;The Internet is just a world passing notes around the classroom.&quot;</p><img src="http://roundrocktexas.gov/cc/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1487" width="1" height="1">Readers ExchangeRound Rock Public LibraryOccupational Outlook HandbookForvoLogoGarden
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