Scott,
Thank you for all of your suggestions. Yes. It does help. I'll take a look
at things, and see what I can do.
Chris.
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From: Scott Granados
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.
Hi Chris, first good luck on your search. Running a business is not an easy
thing. I’ve sort of felt that you have to fail a few times before you get one
that works and before you learn the hard and soft skills you need. I have
known some very good people in the business world and that’s one bit of advice
I’ve gotten frequently is don’t be to afraid to fail. I’ve also been told you
need to fail a good three times before you succeed.:) Not sure about that but
that’s sort of been my experience so do what you really like and stick to it.
That being said to your specifics.
I would definitely suggest pages. I use pages / numbers professionally every
day and it works very well. Exports and imports from Microsoft products very
smoothly as well so you should not need to bother with word or XL.
As far as resumes and resume classes go, I would not worry about the specific
program so much. What you want from a class like that is formatting and what
should be included. Some people say you should have a single page with
bulleted points and others say you should have more detail. Frankly, my resume
is about 9 pages when you include all the technical equipment and
qualifications etc. Depends on the industry. You may have a very different
resume to get an investment job than you would for an engineering job and a
music job might want a tape and not a resume nd so forth, you get that. Try to
be as target as possible.
I can’t stress linked in enough. I get a huge amount of milage from Linkedin
and you’re right it really is becoming necessary in the business world. It’s
not hard, it’s very much like the other social media sites. You have to build
a profile with your skills and experience and then try to connect to people you
know. The more connections the better because it translates to more
visibility. You can also recommend people that you know and link with and they
can recommend you, endorsements and so forth. It’s very valuable if done well.
As for the printer, not sure on the portable side. I went in the other
direction, I went for a large laser color printer that’s network attached.
Businesses are used to the high quality print of these devices because they are
shared in so many offices now. So I went for the high end presentation look.
The printer I bought regaled for $1500 or so but I grabbed for for $550 at a
liquidator in Jersey. Craigslist / eBay are your friends here. You can buy
used or from a liquidator and save big money. Others can suggest portable
models just be concerned that the output is high quality enough.
Hope that helps some what and seriously, good luck on your search.
On Mar 3, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I understand that this list is for discussing Apple products and their
accessibility. Trust me, I have every single intention to tie my question back
into that aspect, so don't let the subject line scare you away.
To keep things short, sweet, and fairly simple, let me sum things up this
way. I am very interested in trying to seek other employment. Yes, I do try
running my own business, CLG Productions, but honestly, things have not been
the most successful. I'm just not sure I have the skills to run my own
business to the extent I was hoping to do so.
The reason that I am coming to you all on this list is that I need a couple
of recommendations from the Apple accessibility and usability side of things.
First of all, right now, I have three mac computers: a mid 2012 13 inch
Macbook Pro, a late 2012 Mac Mini, and a mid 2010 13 inch polycarbon Macbook.
All of these are currently running El Capitan 10.11.3. I would presume that
for job hunting, any of those three systems would work just fine.
In addition, I have an IPad Air first generation 32 gig wifi only with a
rechargeable bluetooth keyboard/case combo.
Finally, I have an AT&T 128GB IPhone 6S.
My question is first of all, either for the mac, or for any of my I O S
devices, what are some good apps that I might want to start with for job
hunting? I know about LinkedIn, but I haven't honestly been able to get my
head around that web site, let alone the app. I really would need some
coaching regarding that. I'm really having to step back here and honestly
evaluate my skills. I can say, though I'm not exactly proud of it, I am not
the best at LinkedIn, which could be a major downfall, as I know so many
companies these days use it. So, on that note, if any of you can give me some
pointers, or maybe work with me at least over phone, Facetime, or Skype to get
the very very basics set up, I probably could take it from there. I just need
someone to at least help me get started.
Facebook and Twitter are no problems. I am quite familiar with both. Same
goes with Craigslist.
Where my skills really are majorly lacking however is in the field of word
processing. I am fairly decent with Microsoft Word on the Windows side of
things, but again, we're speaking OSX and I O S here, not Windows. Correct me
if I am wrong, but Word does work on the mac, I know it does, but I also know
that there are some issues which not only can be a bit limiting, but also can
be down right irritating. Right now, I don't have time to spend much learning
an application that is only going to half way work, at best.
I know that Pages is quite doable. Actually, go figure, after all the
kabosh that just took place on list, I have indeed bought Ann's book, and I
have every intention to start on it today; that's one of my goals on the day's
agenda. Basically, with Pages, I need to learn how to write the receiving
address on a standard sized envelope. I'm talking about the rectangular kind
with the triangular flap that you'd fold an 8X11 sheet of paper in half, then
put down in the thing, put a stamp or two, lick the seal, and be done. Also, I
need to learn how to print addresses onto an 8X11 sheet of labels that I then
could peal off and put on an envelope. I am hoping that both of these things
can be done in Pages. If not, then what do you all recommend I do which would
work with any of the macs I currently have?
Finally, I am not very good at all at writing resumes. I know there are
people I could pay to write one for me, and I may wind up doing that. This
however being said, I'm never going to learn by having people spoonfeed me.
So, tying things back into Pages, is it fairly easy to make a resume, provided
that you understand the elements which make a good resume, and how to properly
format things? Also, are there any good books on Bard or on Audible which
might address good resume writing? I'm thinking about going to a workshop
hosted by LDS Jobs, (No, I'm not Morman, nor intend to be.) What worries me
though is the fact that they will probably be presenting the resume workshop
from an MS Word standpoint, and I'll almost betcha it would be from a Windows
perspective, not from an Apple standpoint, which really is the route I'm
wanting to take, if at all possible. Ben, you've gone to one of these
workshops in your area there in Scottsdale, so let's talk later today privately
about that. I'd like to get your thoughts on things, seeing you're an avid mac
user.
Finally, I need a good recommendation for a printer. I don't need it to be
bluetooth or wireless. I want it actually to be as barebone basic as it can
be. It doesn't even need to do color, although that definitely would be a
bonus. Obviously, I do not want something with tractorfeed paper. I said
basic, I didn't say ancient. LOL! I don't want an old Imagewriter. LOL! God
those things were a beast! I do ask that it use USB for its interface. I do
not want serial, parallel, nor firewire. I would like something that is
portable. Meaning, I could put it in my laptop bag when I'm not using it. A
huge factor would be the easability to load paper into it quickly. If you all
know of any good printers like this, as I said, I do not need wifi nor
bluetooth ability. USB hardwired would be just fine for my current need.
I would be most interested in hearing you all's thoughts on where to start
with all of this. I'm great at using the mac, don't get me wrong, but when it
comes to using the mac for more business based things, I confess, I'm quite
lacking in skills. I want to change that though.
Chris.
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