Can I Merge Dups In One Click #JibberJobber

Can I Merge Dups In One Click #JibberJobber A user asks: Is it possible to merge duplicates in one click? I have imported some of the contacts two times and (near 1000 records) and it seems impossible to click each of them for merge. Do you have any suggestion to solve? Let me address this question in three parts: How Or Why Are Duplicates Created? When you import new contact records we look for duplicates by comparing email addresses. I have two email addresses I use one is my personal @gmail.com address and the other is my work @JibberJobber.com address. Lets say you import from LinkedIn, where it has my JibberJobber email, and then from Google Contacts, where it has my Gmail email.   JibberJobber will see these as two different contacts. Why? How many people do you know that have the same first name? Or last name? Or first AND last name?   We see lots of these so we use the email as a unique identifier. There are other ways to get dups in for example you have me in from an import and then manually create a new record for me (not realizing you already have me in). Or, you have me in with my personal address but then use Email2Log with my business address the reality is, the more ways there are to get data in, there more chances youll have to create dups. And sometimes that gets past our dup checker. SO, we have tried to make it easy to find and merge dups. How Can You Find Duplicates? There are a few ways My favorite way to handle dups, once I know there is a dup, is on the Contacts List Panel. Ill do a filtered search, for example: lastname:alba. Then, I find the dups and click the checkboxes on the left. T then I click the merge dups icon on the bottom (below the List Panel).   This takes me to the merge tool. I can also find duplicates from a Contact Detail Page. I click the More button and then Find Duplicates. The next page will be the Find Dups tool. note the checkboxes you might want to adjust the checkboxes to make it more specific. For example, if its looking for dups based on just last name, check the first name checkbox to check by that, too. This doesnt always work the way you want because sometimes you havent put a first name in your contact record yet! The third place is to just go to the Find Duplicates tool. I like the tool, but I dont hardly come here. Honestly, I have too much to do (and so do you) than to hunt down all duplicates. Should you spend an hour cleaning your contacts, many of which you might not communicate with, or should you network?   Spend your time in the right place. ProTip: I find I merge duplicates when Im working actively with someone. If I have two or more records for someone Im in communication with right now Ill merge them but if Im not working or communicating with them, I dont invest my time there. How Can You Merge Duplicates? Once you get into the Merge page that is, youve picked the records you want to merge, just follow the instructions on that page. Choose what to keep, and then click the merge button at the bottom. This allows you to have control over what you keep. Note that the Notes fields will be merged into one (so you dont have to pick one over the other), and all of the Log Entries will show up on the merged record (hopefully not duplicated :p). So   Can you do all this in one click? No but you can do it quickly, in a few clicks, and get to what you want. My advice is to use the Contact List Panel, find and select your dups, then use the merge dups tool. When I do this it literally takes less than a minute to do. Heres a 4.5 minute tutorial on merging: Can I Merge Dups In One Click #JibberJobber A user asks: Is it possible to merge duplicates in one click? I have imported some of the contacts two times and (near 1000 records) and it seems impossible to click each of them for merge. Do you have any suggestion to solve? Let me address this question in three parts: How Or Why Are Duplicates Created? When you import new contact records we look for duplicates by comparing email addresses. I have two email addresses I use one is my personal @gmail.com address and the other is my work @JibberJobber.com address. Lets say you import from LinkedIn, where it has my JibberJobber email, and then from Google Contacts, where it has my Gmail email.   JibberJobber will see these as two different contacts. Why? How many people do you know that have the same first name? Or last name? Or first AND last name?   We see lots of these so we use the email as a unique identifier. There are other ways to get dups in for example you have me in from an import and then manually create a new record for me (not realizing you already have me in). Or, you have me in with my personal address but then use Email2Log with my business address the reality is, the more ways there are to get data in, there more chances youll have to create dups. And sometimes that gets past our dup checker. SO, we have tried to make it easy to find and merge dups. How Can You Find Duplicates? There are a few ways My favorite way to handle dups, once I know there is a dup, is on the Contacts List Panel. Ill do a filtered search, for example: lastname:alba. Then, I find the dups and click the checkboxes on the left. T then I click the merge dups icon on the bottom (below the List Panel).   This takes me to the merge tool. I can also find duplicates from a Contact Detail Page. I click the More button and then Find Duplicates. The next page will be the Find Dups tool. note the checkboxes you might want to adjust the checkboxes to make it more specific. For example, if its looking for dups based on just last name, check the first name checkbox to check by that, too. This doesnt always work the way you want because sometimes you havent put a first name in your contact record yet! The third place is to just go to the Find Duplicates tool. I like the tool, but I dont hardly come here. Honestly, I have too much to do (and so do you) than to hunt down all duplicates. Should you spend an hour cleaning your contacts, many of which you might not communicate with, or should you network?   Spend your time in the right place. ProTip: I find I merge duplicates when Im working actively with someone. If I have two or more records for someone Im in communication with right now Ill merge them but if Im not working or communicating with them, I dont invest my time there. How Can You Merge Duplicates? Once you get into the Merge page that is, youve picked the records you want to merge, just follow the instructions on that page. Choose what to keep, and then click the merge button at the bottom. This allows you to have control over what you keep. Note that the Notes fields will be merged into one (so you dont have to pick one over the other), and all of the Log Entries will show up on the merged record (hopefully not duplicated :p). So   Can you do all this in one click? No but you can do it quickly, in a few clicks, and get to what you want. My advice is to use the Contact List Panel, find and select your dups, then use the merge dups tool. When I do this it literally takes less than a minute to do. Heres a 4.5 minute tutorial on merging:

How to List Writing a Book on Your Resume

How to List Writing a Book on Your ResumeHow to list writing a book on your resume is an effective tactic when you are trying to get noticed by companies. In today's world where people can find any information on the internet, you need to be different from all the other job seekers out there. You need to make a difference and the best way to do this is to list writing a book on your resume.I remember back in my college days when I read all the books that I could get my hands on. One of my friends told me that if I wanted to be noticed as someone who knows what they are talking about, I should list writing a book on my resume. This was a long time ago and I am very glad that I listened to her. Now, that I am at a new job and I don't have the same books, I still list writing a book on my resume as it still helps me in the long run.The main reason why people do this is because it gives them credibility and this is very important especially if you are writing a book. Do you know what tha t is called? It is called credibility. So I tell you right now, that you can list writing a book on your resume if you have credibility. Now that you know that you can list writing a book on your resume, you must know how to write a book.There are many different ways that you can go about writing a book. You can decide to start out with an outline of the book and then you can break it down into chapters. This is one of the most popular methods that many writers use to write their books. When you break the book down into chapters, you can usually get your information from different places.If you want to sell something in your book, you can do this by listing that information on your resume. If you are selling something online, you can list that information on your resume as well. Just remember that whatever you put on your resume can be found on your book.You can also start off your book by listing what you will be covering in the book. This is the most important part of your book an d you should write it on your resume. Your resume is probably going to be very long and you need to start at the beginning and work your way to the end. This is the way to make sure that no one gets lost and they are able to find exactly what they are looking for when they read your resume.When you list writing a book on your resume, you need to make sure that you have a lot of passion for what you are writing. Write about what you love and who you love it for. This will give you an even greater advantage than you would if you were not writing a book. Because you love it, people will think that you really like it.There are many benefits that come from listing how to list writing a book on your resume. If you do not know how to write a book, you can find plenty of books to help you out. If you find one that you really enjoy, you can write your book and list it on your resume.

Where are all the first year internships University of Manchester Careers Blog

Where are all the first year internships University of Manchester Careers Blog “Where are all the internships?” said the first year. Finding an internship in your first year can be quite a challenge. If you were in the very small percentage of First Year students who thought about an internship in the first term, you may have been lucky enough to land yourself either a Spring Insight or a Summer Internship- if so, well done! As for the rest of you, if you have only just started to think about internships you may be finding the search rather difficult. If so, listen up… Internships tend to be targeted towards people in their penultimate year of study. The reason for this is because a lot of big companies hire interns in the hope that they may want to get onto their grad scheme and work for them permanently after they finish their degree. Of course there is no guarantee that the company will be hiring graduates, nor any guarantee that the intern would stand any higher chance of securing the Grad Scheme than anyone else. Nevertheless, you can see why a lot of employers target those who are going into final year as it does kind of make sense. Internships are just one of the many options you have for getting some experience this summer. Work shadowing/ experience can be a really good way to get an insight into a company and is often far less structured than an internship.  The benefit of work experience/shadowing is that you can often negotiate your own terms rather than the solidity of a structured internship. You could also use your summer to get some part time work/volunteering under your belt. There is value in every single job you do, so don’t be put off by working for a slightly less well known company. You don’t have the luxury of a big long summer when you finish University so use your time to try new things! How do I find an opportunity if I can’t see any advertised online? Ever heard of the phrase ‘Good things come to those who wait’? If so, ignore it. It’s a terrible piece of advice! The reality is that good things come to those who work hard, network well and are incredibly resilient. Contacting companies directly can be a really good way of landing yourself an opportunity. This is what is formally referred to as ‘The Hidden Jobs Market’. It’s the idea that there are hidden, unadvertised opportunities which can be snapped up by people who are prepared to do a bit of the leg work.   However, it’s not easy, you should be prepared to have 20 emails ignored for every 1 that gets read so you will need a bit of resilience if you go down this path. How to a find a contact to email? Admittedly this can be a bit difficult, but there are numerous ways you can get yourself a contact email address. Use LinkedIn. Don’t have a profile? Make one. It’s like the business version of Facebook/an online copy of your CV. You can connect with people and ask them questions and it can also be used for employer’s to head hunt you for jobs. Win, win! The Manchester Network. We have our very own Networking platform which is specifically designed so that students can connect with alumni to ask questions about your Career options. Manchester Gold Mentoring programme Taking part in our mentoring programme is your way of getting information, advice and guidance about your future from a mentor. They could be doing the job youre aiming for, working in an area that interests you or have graduated from the same course as you. Call on anyone you have ever met, ever. Using your own personal contacts is another good way of getting your foot in the door. With all this being said, there are still a few internships available. Below is a list of some of the ones which are out there, and here is an excellent site which has currently 36 other options available BDO, Finance Insight Day, April 1st, London http://careers.peopleclick.eu.com/careerscp/client_bdo/graduate/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetailjobPostId=27744localeCode=en-us BDO, Finance, Insight Day, April 7th, London, http://careers.peopleclick.eu.com/careerscp/client_bdo/graduate/jobDetails.do?functionName=getJobDetailjobPostId=27745localeCode=en ## Deloitte Women, Finance, Spring Insight Day, 10-11th April, London, https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/careers/articles/spring-into-deloitte.html Deloitte is Tax for you?, Finance, Spring Insight Day, 12-13th April, Reading, https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/careers/articles/spring-into-deloitte.html Deloitte, Local career: global impact, Finance, Spring Insight Day, 6th-7th April, Edinburgh https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/careers/articles/spring-into-deloitte.html KPMG, Women in Technology, Finance, Insight Day, London, https://jobs.kpmgcareers.co.uk/go/First-Year-Insight-programme/314409/?utm_source=e4sutm_medium=utm_campaign=students17_gr_nm_e4s_profilepage Arqiva, Contract Management Implementation Intern, Engineering/communication, Internship, CLOSING DATE 29th MARCH, Winchester, https://www.arqiva.com/work-with-us/future-talent/intern-programme.html Arqiva, Comms Marketing Intern, Engineering/communication/marketing, Internship, CLOSING DATE 29th MARCH, Winchester, https://www.arqiva.com/work-with-us/future-talent/intern-programme.html Bloomsberg, Information Systems Summer Internship, Finance/tech, Internship, London, https://careers.bloomberg.com/job/detail/57509?el=Internships_ga=1.183970342.1228586856.1489745329 Dialog Semi Conductor, HR Intern, Engineering/HR, Internship, 29th May, Swindon, http://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/vacancies/details.php?nPostingID=9176nPostingTargetID=23567option=52sort=DESCrespnr=1ID=PABFK026203F3VBQB8M7V79I2ContractType=10515Resultsperpage=10lg=UKmask=dialogext EMEA (restaurant branding) Leadership Programme, Business/marketing, 10 week Internship, CLOSING DATE-2nd May, Zurich, https://www.prospects.ac.uk/employer-profiles/restaurant-brands-international-26955/jobs/internship-emea-leadership-programme-2270316?sortBy=dpadvert_top=17184size=20page=0 Siemens Summer Internship Strategic Procurement ( 64054 ID), Manufacturing, 3 month internship, CLOSING DATE 19th April, Oxford https://jobsearch.siemens.biz/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=259973company=Siemensusername= Chinese Speaking Research Internship, K7 Media (64248 ID), Media, 4 week Internship, CLOSING DATE- 20th April, Manchester CareersLink,  ID 64248 If you would like an application checked over before you send it off then book yourself in for Application Advice Appointment by either calling us on 0161 275 2829, popping into The Atrium, University Place, or booking yourself one via your CareersLink Account. Good luck! Cecily Rooney Careers Information Guidance Assistant   All Internships Undergraduate Undergraduate-highlighted careers Internships jobs summer internships work experience

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Getting People to Listen to You

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Getting People to Listen to You Sometimes it can be difficult to really make yourself heard at work. You give suggestions, but they seem to be ignored. You offer opinions in a meeting, but no one really pays attention. You can never get more than a minute of the bosss time.Perhaps the problem is not what youre saying, but how and when youre saying it.Lets say that youre on the agenda of the next office meeting to give a brief rundown of a project youve been working on for several months. Youve been scheduled as the next to the last item, right after a speech on parking lot safety tips and just before a note about employee benefit enrollment deadlines.Chances are good that people will not be alert and listening by this point. In fact, theyve probably started using their Blackberries to respond to e-mails, or text messaging their friends to say that theyre bored spitless in a meeting and cant wait to escape. In this case, you should work hard to have your position on the agenda changed before the meeting. Be cause no matter how interesting your project is, people are probably not going to be in the mood to be receptive and excited about it, simply because theyre tired and fed up and bored. Instead, by getting an earlier time slot, you have a better chance of getting others to listen to you.Another way to get others to pay more attention to what youre saying is by joining forces with an already popular person or group. For example, if someone in your office has just gotten major funding for a project, is there a way you can tie your work into that? By piggybacking your efforts onto something that is already well-positioned, you increase your chances of being heard.Some other ways to get yourself on the radar with others: Schedule face time. The boss may be busy, but tell his or her executive assistant you need some one-on-one time with the boss and ask to be put on the bosss schedule. It helps enormously if youre polite, friendly and professional with the assistant so that you ca n get a time slot when the boss wont be rushed or stressed. Always try to avoid Monday mornings or Friday afternoons, when the boss may be the most distracted. Being at the right place at the right time. If an important client or potential customer attends a certain gym, arrange to run into them. Oh, Im glad I ran into you. Ive been meaning to give you an update of my project. Im starting to wind it up, so can I call you this week? This make it sounds like youre doing a nice thing, and doesnt sound needy or pushy. Avoiding interruptions. While some people like to schedule breakfast, lunch or dinner meetings, the atmosphere makes it difficult for someone to concentrate on what youre saying. The serving of the meal, the chatter of nearby customers and other interruptions make it tough to keep the focus on your message. Its better to try and have a meeting set for a private location where you wont have distractions. Being prepared. Whether youre speaking to two peo ple or 200, if you want people to listen to you, you must do your homework. Be armed with interesting facts and work on using inflection in your voice as well as some hand gestures. Maintain eye contact. Watch how key players seem to gain the attention of others, and learn from it. Listen. The key to communicating well with others is learning to listen so that you can respond appropriately to questions and react to changes in the conversation. People will listen to you when they know you are listening to them. del.icio.us

Getting Results With Top Rated Professional Resume Writing Services

Getting Results With Top Rated Professional Resume Writing ServicesYou may have spent a large sum of money on your business or you may have received top rated professional resume writing services to make sure your resume would get accepted. One thing that you have to take into consideration is the choice of writing skills for your resume. Your resume will be forwarded to many people and it will require a lot of understanding and attention.Many of these professionals have years of experience in writing resumes. They are able to provide professional quality resume that could impress a prospective employer. Their team can provide you with several resumes so that you can compare the results.Remember that when you search for the best service to write your resume, do not just look at their website and you do not even need to buy a product as you can choose from the top-rated professional resume writing services and save money. You can check out some of the services available online to see if they are reputable or not. Try to read reviews about the services before choosing the best one.After you have decided on which service to use to write your professional resume, you can start planning your writing style. You should try to avoid using the same style. Instead you should decide on a style that you would like to use to write your resume for your job application. This is the only way you can create a professional look for your resume.You should know that a formal format should be followed while writing your resume. However you can use less formal format if you want to. Do not write your resume using a formal structure but include all important information and try to include your qualifications in this manner.Another essential thing you should remember is to include every reference you have in your professional resume. Include all dates, names and contact numbers so that the prospective employer will not have trouble to find what they need to know. Be sure to put in all references that you have a priority of the call or visit.As you are composing your professional resume, make sure you make use of bullet points. This means that you can describe the details of a job effectively without using too many words. It is easier to read and the information will be easier to understand.Using a professional resume writing service could give you the results you want. You can see how well you can write a resume as a result of this practice. If you are not very good at writing resumes, you can always hire a professional to do it for you. The end result will be impressive and you will be able to find a job fast as long as you have a professional resume that is well written.

Resume Writing Tips for Susan Lucci and Others Who Havent Looked for a Job in 40 Years

Resume Writing Tips for Susan Lucci and Others Who Havent Looked for a Job in 40 Years The soap opera All My Children has been cancelled and the shows run will end this September. Susan Lucci  has  played the role of Erica Kane since the shows inception 41 years ago. Four decades with one employer. Certainly not the norm anymore, but there are still many people with exceptionally long tenure in one company. How do you report a 40-year career and avoid age bias? You certainly cant just cut off the first 20 years as if it never happened. Dates of employment are generally confirmed during a routine reference check and claiming your career began in 1990 when in fact it began in 1970 isnt going to fly.  Here are ten tips for crafting a resume if you havent written one in decades.Nix the fax number and always include your e-mail address. No employer will need to know your fax number; including the information on your resume suggests you are stuck in the 80s. If there is no e-mail address listed on your resume, it will be more difficult for an employer to contact you quickl y, so they may just pass you up in favor of the next candidate who listed an e-mail address. Even though mainstream e-mail is less than 20 years old, you will look ancient if you dont include an e-mail address.Include links to social media profiles. Social media has gained enormous traction over the past few years, and many believe that its use will eventually surpass or even replace e-mail. Be current by creating a LinkedIn profile and displaying the URL within your contact information. Or go one step further and include your Twitter handle, or Skype and instant message names.Dont make your years of experience the focal point of your top summary. Eliminate phrases such as over 25 years of experience or seasoned professional. If you have had a 25-year career but the last 10 years have been in a specific industry or function, focus on that rather than the total number of years.Dedicate more space to explaining your recent experience. If you have held six jobs over the past 25 years, dont dedicate the same amount of space on the resume to each job. Weight the resume toward your most recent experience (the past 10 years). For a one-page resume, your more recent experience should take up at least half of the page. For a two-page resume (often necessary for someone with more than a 10-year work history), the more recent experience should generally take up the entire first page.Consolidate early experience. Account for early work experience to keep the chronology consistent and transparent, but abbreviate this experience when possible. You can include a section called early career or additional experience and provide an overview of your earlier jobs. For example, a district  sales manager might include a statement that says something like, held sales assistant and regional sales positions at between 1985 and 1992.Dont hide graduation dates. If you are thinking about eliminating the year you graduated from high school or college from the resume in an attempt to hide your age, my advice is proceed with caution. When you eliminate the date you are actually calling more attention to the very thing you are trying to hide. Without the graduation date, an employer may wonder why the date is missing or think you are older than you really are since they have no point of reference for knowing what occured between the last position listed on the resume and your graduation date. And even if you make it past the initial resume screening and are called in for an interview, once the interviewer realizes that you are older than your resume suggests, you have potentially damaged the trust which could impede the interview process moving forward. Include a subtle and brief  education section; be transparent and move on.Include hobbies that support an active lifestyle. Generally I recommend only including hobbies on a resume if they are relevant. But for the older worker, hobbies that suggest a vibrant and healthy lifestyle may help counter any potential age bia s. So if you are an avid runner, skier, triathlete, etc. go ahead and include this information on your resume.List current technical skills if relevant. If you are proficient in Excel or some other program that is important to your job, say so. Dont list outdated programs like Word Perfect or list the Internet as a technology that you are proficient in. At this point, this is the equivalent of writing that you know how to use a telephone.Eliminate ancient phrases. Avoid phrases on the resume such as references available upon request. This is a dated concept and employers know that if they want you to provide  references they can ask you for them. Some wont even ask you; they will just  Google you and see what they can find out about you online. Other dated phrases include responsible for, duties included, managed day-to-day operations, and out-of-the-box thinker. These phrases are old and tired the opposite of the impression you are trying to convey.Use an updated  resume format. B efore computers when everyone used a typewriter to create their resume, it was a lot easier to put the dates of  employment for each position on the far left. But now with computers, putting the dates to the far right is a more updated strategy and placing dates to the right allows you to make better use of the space on the page. When we used typewriters,  Courier 10 was the only font choice available to us. Now when I see Courier 10 on a resume I am quickly transported back to the days of the manual return and white out. Choose a more updated font such as Arial, Arial Narrow, Times New Roman, or Tahoma. Courier 10 and white out should stay in the past where they belong.

The Tricky Business Of Managing To Stay On Top

The Tricky Business Of Managing To Stay On Top I am fascinated by the unravelling of General Stanley McChrystal.   Not having met the man personally, I have only the media reports to go by.   Based on this, three lessons on how to stay on top occurred me, all of which apply to business leaders and managers. It can turn on a dime General McChrystal went from being heralded as a star performer one day to being out of a job the next.   On his way up, he was portrayed as the tough but effective leader who was turning around the situation in Afghanistan, a tall order indeed.   Now the negative stories come out, and we hear that this was just the latest in a series of similar “accidents waiting to happen.” The truth is probably somewhere in between. The lesson for the rest of us is that public opinion is fickle, and it takes years of effort to make it to the top, but only moments for it to unravel.   Enjoy the highs but don’t get too high, and don’t get too down about the lows.   Try to keep it real. No matter how senior you are you still need to manage upward Despite his many strengths, it seems the General was pretty bad at managing upward.   He committed a cardinal sin from which it is very hard to recover, and that is bad-mouthing your boss (or in this case, your boss’ boss plus many others) in public.   And, by the way, his boss’ boss just happens to be the President of the United States.   What was the General thinking?   The point is that he probably wasn’t.   If General McChrystal was really the best that we had in Afghanistan, then it is sad (perhaps even maddening) to see him make such a careless error that not only destroyed his career, but also leaves the rest of the world in the lurch. Displaying respect for your boss or at least not showing disrespect in public is pretty basic stuff.   For most people, it is common sense.   For a man who was called “The Boss”, maybe it all goes to one’s head at a certain point.   Or maybe he didn’t understand that he was in an interview type situation, and maybe he trusted a journalist to hold back on a scoop when that is not part of their job description. The takeaway here is that you are unlikely to win by bad-mouthing your superiors in public, and it is safest to assume that anytime you are with at least one other human being (other than, say, your mother), what you say can and will be repeated in a way that you do not control.   If you have a disagreement with your boss, by all means find a way to express it privately and constructively.   And whatever you say, keep it professional. Help your stars stay on track Finally, the lesson for leaders and managers is that even (or perhaps especially) star performers can push it too far and it is our job to help keep the stars on track.   We all have seen people in our organizations whose foibles and dysfunctional characteristics are tolerated or even overlooked because they bring such value in other areas.   However, this is a risky strategy as General McChrystal’s example shows. Even the best of producers can cross the line into the realm of no return, and when this happens, both the organization and the individual lose.   While the quid pro quo for brilliance in one dimension may well be dysfunction in another, it is worth trying to help high potential people address these aspects. Granted, it is not always easy to get a strong-minded senior person with a track record of success to change.   The trick is to knowing how and when to help them exercise their own emotional intelligence to keep their flaws under control, or at least within acceptable limits.   In this situation, General McChrystal’s boss, General Petraeus, has now had to take a demotion and step in to take on the Afghanistan role himself.   Not ideal.   The question is whether he could he have managed General McChrystal better along the way? Let’s see how the General McChrystal does going forward, but hopefully he will also one day be a shining example of how one can recover from such a fall.