by Kristen Jacoway on August 4, 2010
Can you answer this question effectively? With statistics showing that there are approximately seven qualified people for every one job opening, knowing this answer can make a big difference. Most people come up with such canned responses, like “I’m a people person” or “I love this type of work.” Do you want to know the [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on December 20, 2009
This past weekend, a man held a sign that said, “No Job, No Home, Please Help” kneeling on one knee at the entrance of where people turn to get on the interstate. We have all seen the signs, “Will Work for Food” and other signs like it amid the recession and high unemployment rates. What [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on October 9, 2009
Have you ever needed the dimensions on a web page? MeasureIt, a plugin for Firefox, will let you measure the pixel height and width of any area you choose on a screen. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/539 and you can download this tool for free.
photo credit: B Rosen
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by Kristen Jacoway on September 18, 2009
Always wanted to know the exact color of something you saw on the web, but didn’t know the hexadecimal number to replicate it? You can
now with a tool called “ColorZilla” that you can download to your Firefox browser. You can click on the eyedropper when you are on a website and take the eyedropper to [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on September 17, 2009
by Kristen Jacoway on September 14, 2009
Have you purchased your own name as a domain name (i.e. www.kristenjacoway.com)? If not, you might want to see if you can secure it. You definitely want to purchase a .com name. Is your name common? Try adding a word that people associate with you, i.e. JohnSmithHR.com. Why purchase your own name as a domain? [...]