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An Executive’s Schedule – “A Day in the Life of a CIO”

Do you ever wonder how other successful career minded professionals schedule and invest their time? Computerworld offers an short yet insightful look into the schedule of a prominent healthcare Chief Information Officer. John Halamka as CIO at both Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has seemingly achieved career success retaining a position of high responsibility. Here is a look into a recent workday’s schedule for Mr. Halamka, as outlined in by Computerworld :

5 a.m. Write annual IT report for Harvard Medical School 6 a.m. Work on several Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center strategic plans: E-prescribing rollout Radiology provisional/wet reads workflow Ambulatory medical record support for travel clinic immunizations 8 a.m. Visit Occupational Health Office for mandated yearly TB test 8:30 a.m. Meet with senior vice president of quality to discuss plans for: Infectious disease surveillance Medication reconciliation in outpatient procedural areas 9 a.m. Complete human subjects/Institutional Review Board submissions for two upcoming grants 10 a.m. Interview with Computerworld 11 a.m. Tape an e-prescribing video for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Noon. Write and send enterprise e-mail about daylight-saving time IT issues 1 p.m. Attend Revenue Cycle Project steering committee meeting 3 p.m. Review 2007 disaster recovery plans 5 p.m. Dentist appointment 6 p.m. Dinner with family 8 p.m. E-mail 10 p.m. Practice Japanese flute

Thats roughly 11.5 hours of work, 1.5 hours of personal appointments, 2 hours with family, and 1-2 hours of personal time (hobbies). For some that may seem like a heavy commitment, but consider that the average CIO makes about $165,00 annually (click here for more information).

A Day in the Life of a CIO. [Computerworld]

Also see:

Tapping the Power of Your Morning Routine

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Enjoy Work and Improve Performance by Clearing Workplace Clutter

Sarah Needleman of CareerJournal suggests the following four tactics to remove workplace clutter, which should increase your performance and job satisfaction:

1) Eliminate Distractions – Set and monitor your personal career goals and if your job duties don’t support them then discuss delegating them or moving out of that role with your manager.

2) Resolve Conflicts – Plan to resolve and eliminate conflicts. Place conflict resolving action items at the top of your to-do list, after breaking these actions down into smaller readily achievable pieces.

3) Eliminate Email Overload – Quickly respond to non-priority emails with an ‘I’ll get back to you ASAP’ email, place them in a follow-up folder and get to them when you can.

4) Spend Less Time with Chatterboxes – Tell workplace ‘talkers’ that you have deadlines to meet (assuming you do) and steer clear of them if possible. Save these conversations for break times if they are unavoidable.

Read the entire article here.

Declutter Your Career and Make Way for Success. [CareerJournal – Sarah Needleman]

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The Most Satisfying Jobs

“The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. LiveScience provides us with a look at the Most Satisfying Jobs in their recent research report.

THE MOST SATISFYING JOBS

Rank	Position	Percent Satisfied
1	Clergy	87
2	Firefighters	80
3	Physical therapists	78
4	Authors	74
5	Special education teachers	70
6	Teachers	69
7	Education administrators	68
8	Painters and sculptors	67
9	Psychologists	67
10	Security and financial services salespersons	65
11	Operating engineers	64

THE LEAST SATISFYING JOBS

Rank	Position	Percent Satisfied
1	Laborers, except construction	21
2	Apparel clothing salespersons	24
3	Handpackers and packagers	24
4	Food preparers	24
5	Roofers	25
6	Cashiers	25
7	Furniture and home-furnishing salespersons	25
8	Bartenders	26
9	Freight, stock and material handlers	26
10	Waiters and servers	26

Survey Reveals Most Satisfying Jobs. [LiveScience – Jenna Bryner]

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Getting Your Ideas Noticed at Work

Penelope Trunk discusses “How to get your company to listen to your ideas” at her Blog Brazen Careerist. Penelope states that “most employees don’t sell their ideas to their company properly.” “When you have an idea, sell from the perspective of the people who can make or break your outcome. Think about what obstacles would stand in the way for the decision maker, and then you do the work of making a plan to overcome them,” says Penelope.

In her blog post Ms. Trunk introduces Jeff Snipes, CEO of Ninth House, an online training company. Snipes presents the following 3 tips to presenting your ideas to your corporate decision makers in an ’emotionally intelligent’ manner:

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Thinking of Flexing Your Entrepreneurial Muscle? Learn from this exceptional free resource.

The Educators Corner website, presented by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, is an exceptional resources for free entrepreneurial knowledge. As their website states, “Resources include video clips, podcasts, syllabi, books, conferences, and listings of entrepreneurship programs. Visitors may search via open keyword, choose from a select list of keywords, or browse by topic area.” There are currently 917 video clips posted at the Educator’s Resource website along with dozens of podcasts of successful executives, educators, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs. If you are looking for information on the best way to start a business, turn investment risk into reward, or how to transform your current ‘hobby’ into a money making career use this resource!

Below is a list of authors with video, print, or audio material from the Educators Corner website. Click on any of the author’s names to view their material.

AUTHOR (A-L)	COMPANY	AUTHOR (L-Z)	COMPANY
Adams, Randy	AuctionDrop	Leamon, Ann	John Wiley & Sons- Publisher
Allen, Kathleen R.	University of Southern California	Lee, Chong-Moon	Ambex Venture Group
Bagley, Constance E.	South-Western College Pub	Lerner, Josh	Harvard Business School Press
Ballard, Greg	Glu Mobile	Levinson, Frank	Finisar Corporation
Baron, Robert A.	South-Western College/West	Liddle, David	U.S. Venture Partners
Barringer, Bruce R.	University of Central Florida	Liemandt, Joe	Trilogy
Bartz, Carol	Autodesk	Littman, Jonathan	Currency
Beaver, Bobby	Zazzle	Loy, Trevor	Flywheel Ventures
Beaver, Jeff	Zazzle	MacMillan, Ian C.	Harvard Business School Press
Bellas, Robin	Morgenthaler Ventures/The Foundry	Malone, Michael S.	John Wiley & Sons
Bhide, Amar V.	Harvard Business School Press	Mandelbaum, Fern	Monitor Venture Partners
Blacker, Chip	Stanford University	Marrone, Pam	AgraQuest
Bloom, Ron	PodShow	Maxfield, Robert	Stanford University
Bodde, David L.	Clemson University	Mayer, Marissa	Google
Bourne, John	NCIIA, Stanford University, Olin College, Lehigh University	McCracken, Joe	Genentech
Boyatzis, Richard E.	Case Western Reserve University	McKeachie et al, Wilbert	Houghton Mifflin Co.
Breyer, Jim	Accel Partners	McKee, Annie	Teleos Leadership Institute
Britt, Joe	Danger	McNamee, Roger	Elevation Partners
Brown, Shona L.	Google	Moore, Geoffrey	Mohr Davidow Ventures
Burrill, G. Steven	Burrill & Company	Mullins, John W.	Financial Times Management
Byers, Brook	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Musk, Elon	SpaceX
Byers, Tom	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Nagatoshi, Lisa	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Bygrave, William D.	Babson College	Neeleman, David	JetBlue
Campbell, Bill	Intuit and Tellme	Novitsky, Donna	Mohr Davidow Ventures
Cassak, David	Windhover Information	Ong, Sei Wei	Stanford School of Engineering
Chang, Michael K.	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Page, Larry	Google
Cheng, Eric	Stanford Technology Ventures Program, NUS	Palmaz, Julio C.	Biodesign Program
Christensen, Clayton M.	Harvard Business School	Pasmoooij, Duco	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Christensen, Stan	Stanford Technology Ventures Program; Arbor Advisors	Penchina, Gil	Wikia
Collins, Jim	HarperBusiness	Peters, Michael P.	McGraw-Hill
Courvoisier, Olivier	UNIL-EPFL	Peterson, Joel	Peterson Partners
Dauchy, Craig E.	South-Western College Pub	Pfeffer, Jeffrey	Harvard Business School Press
Davis, Barbara Gross	Jossey-Bass	Phelan, Ryan	DNA Direct
Davis, Geoff	Unitus	Poh Kam, Wong	National University of Singapore
Denman, Kenneth	iPass	Polese, Kim	SpikeSource
Doerr, John	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Popovits, Kim	Genomic Health
Dorf, Richard C.	University of California at Davis	Price, Robert W.	AMACOM
Draper, Tim	Draper Fisher Jeurvetson	Punater, Sandeep	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Dunn, Debra	Hewlett-Packard	Raikes, Jeff	Microsoft
Earl, Nick	Electronic Arts	Ramdas, Kavita	Global Fund for Women
Eisenhardt, Kathleen M.	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Ramfelt, Lena	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Emery, Katherine	NCIIA, Stanford University, Olin College, Lehigh University	Richardson, Karen	E.piphany
Erickson, Suzanne	Seattle University	Ricks, Frank	LRK Architecture
Estrin, Judy	Packet Design	Ringold, Gordon	Surromed
Evans-Beauchamp, Natasha	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Roberts, Janice	Mayfield Fund
Fenton, Peter	JBoss	Roberts, Michael J.	Harvard Business School Cases
Fleury, Marc	Accel Partners and JBoss	Rodan, Katie	Proactiv Solution
Fodor, Steve	Affymetrix	Roizen, Heidi	Mobius Venture Capital
Fogarty, Thomas	Biodesign Program	Roos, John	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Francis, Dr. Don	Vaxgen	Rosenquist, Anders	SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning
Fraser, Janice	Adaptive Path	Rubin, Andy	Danger
Garman, Matthew	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Sahlman, William A.	Harvard Business School Press
Gifford, Hanson	Morgenthaler Ventures/The Foundry	Sander, Ariel	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Gold, Steven K.	Learning Ventures Press	Schmidt, Eric	Google
Goldberg, David E.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Schramm, Carl J.	Kauffman Foundation
Goldberg, Michael	Mohr Davidow Ventures	Seelig, Tina	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Goleman, Daniel	Harvard Business School Press	Seligmann, Peter	Conservation International
Gompers, Paul A.	Harvard Business School Press	Shader, Danny	Good Technology
Green, Richard P.	McGraw-Hill/Irwin- Publisher	Shane, Scott	South-Western College/West
Grunert, Judith	Anker Pub Co.	Shepherd, Dean A.	University of Colorado
Gunther McGrath, Rita	Harvard Business School Press	Sinha, Sunaina	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Hardymon, Felda	John Wiley & Sons- Publisher	Smith, Janet Kiholm	Wiley Text Books
Hawkins, Jeff	Handspring	Smith, Kim	New Schools Venture Fund
Hawkins, Trip	Digital Chocolate	Smith, Lonnie	Intuitive Surgical
Hennessy, John	Stanford University	Smith, Richard L.	Wiley Text Books
Hershenson, Matt	Danger	Spinelli, Stephen	McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Hisrich, Robert D.	McGraw-Hill	Sridhar, KR	Bloom Energy
Hodgetts, Richard M.	South-Western College Pub	Stevenson, Howard H.	Harvard Business School Press
Hoffman, Reid	LinkedIn	Sutton, Robert I.	Stanford University
Ireland, R. Duane	Texas A & M University	Tan, Sian	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Jurvetson, Steve	Draper Fisher Jurvetson	Thompson, John	Symantec Corporation
Kansal, Sachin	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Tilenius, Stephanie	eBay
Kaplan, Jack M.	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	Timmons, Jeffrey A.	McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Kaplan, Jerry	Winster	Turner, Erin	Electronic Arts
Katz, Jerome	Saint Louis University	Tzuo, Tien	Salesforce.com
Kawasaki, Guy	Garage Technology Ventures	Vasconcellos, Julio	iinnovate
Keller-Bottom, Stephanie	Nokia Innovent	Verma, Vic	Savi Technology
Kelley, David	IDEO	Vinturella, John	JBV
Kelley, Tom	Currency	Wagganer, Daria Sander	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Khosla, Vinod	Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers	Waldorf, Gregory	eHarmony
Kim, Arcadia	Electronic Arts	Wallace, Rick	KLA-Tencor
Komisar, Randy	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Weilerstein, Phil	NCIIA, Stanford University, Olin College, Lehigh University
Koseff, Jeff	Stanford University	Williams, Evan	Odeo
Kosnik, Thomas J.	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Winblad, Ann	Hummer Winblad Ventures
Kriens, Scott	Juniper Networks	Wirt, Ken	palmOne, Inc.
Ku, Katharine	Stanford University	Wong, Poh Kam	Stanford School of Engineering
Kuemmerle, Walter	McGraw-Hill Irwin	Worthington, Gajus	Fluidigm
Kuratko, Donald F.	South-Western College Pub	Wu, Brand	Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Lagenfeld, Stephanie	Stanford Technology Ventures Program	Wyndowe, Matt	iinnovate
Lane, Ray	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Yock, Paul	Stanford University
Larsen, Chris	Prosper Marketplace	Zacharakis, Andrew	Babson College
		Zuckerberg, Mark	Facebook

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What is the Preferred Resume Length? – Accountemps Study

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Accountemps, the world’s largest temporary staffing company for accounting, finance, and bookkeping professionals, recently published the results of a poll of 150 senior executives (HR, finance, and marketing) from the nation’s 1,000 largest companies – “Resumes Inching Up“. The executives were asked “What is the preferable length of a resume for staff-level employees and executives?” Here are the results:

Read the press release to find out more about the Do’s and Dont’s of what to include in a resume.

Resumes Inching Up. [Accountemps]

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Security Clearance, “In Many Cases It’s Better Than Having an MBA”

CAREER HACK: If you are in an area where Security Clearance positions are in demand consider applying for these positions and gaining clearance. If you are able to receive Security Clearance it can boost your salary by 25% on average while providing stronger job security.

Would getting a security clearance be better than getting an MBA degree? The Associated Press in their article “Security Clearance a Valued Resume Credential” discusses the advantages of having this clearance which is in high demand. Here are some highlights from the article:

• “Job candidates with security clearances are hotter-than-ever commodities in the Washington area and elsewhere, due to higher demand, tighter security requirements and a wave of baby-boomer retirements”
• “If a soldier has good skill sets in the IT arena, he’ll have a job offer in five minutes”
• “We see people hoping to retire, and their employers are pleading with them to stay. They say, ‘We’ll pay you another 30 grand to stay on board.”‘
• “Estimates are that there are 100,000 unfilled security-clearance jobs, many of them in the Washington area, the largest market for such positions.”
• “Those with security clearances earn an average 25 percent more than similarly skilled workers who lack them. That gap has been widening, too.”
• “It’s in many cases better than having an MBA.”

Security Clearance a Valued Resume Credential. [Associated Press]

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Career Hacker * http://www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * http://www.billinman.com

The Average U.S. Hourly Wage has Increased 25% Since 1997

The average U.S. hourly wage has been increasing steadily over the last 10 years. The increase has been from $12.51 an hour to $16.75 an hour, an increase of 25%. If increases continue at the current rate then in 2017 the average hourly wage will be $20.00 hourly (about $40,000 annually), $26.30 hourly in 2027 (about $52,000 annually), and $32.96 hourly in 2037 (about $66,000 annually). You can bet that inflation will keep pace though!

Below you will find a table with the average hourly pay for U.S. workers from 1997 – 2007.

The following graph represents the same timeframe:

For more information see:

The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics
The White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room – Employment

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Career Hacker * http://www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * http://www.billinman.com

Ways To Know When It’s Time To Find Another Job

Information Week writer Sharon Gaudin interviewed career experts from Challenger Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement firm based in Chicago, and Monster.com, online job posting leader, on the subject of knowing when to look for another job.

Here are the “ways to know when it may be time to move on” with quotes from the Gaudin’s article “5 Ways to Know When It’s Time to Find Another Job“:

1) Learning Has Stopped or Slowed Considerably

“If you’re no longer learning, the indication is that your time there is over. If you have a really good boss, it can be hard to leave that. But if you’ve learned everything you can from that company and that great boss, you’re not helping yourself by staying.”

2) There are Rumors that Your Company May be Acquired or Merge with Another Company

“Pay attention to the rumor mill when it’s about acquisitions, mergers and layoffs. Mergers and acquisitions are a real red flag that some of you will go, if not all of you.”

3) You Work with a “Toxic” Co-Worker

“If you see a company where people are not held accountable for things they do, both good and bad, you shouldn’t stay, they might as well not be giving you a computer because they’re not helping you do your job.”

4) You Have a Bad Relationship with Your Boss

” [If the relationship with your boss] is [not] solid at its core…you’re just not going to be in a position to get good raises, promotions and challenging and interesting work. If you feel like your job is at risk and you may be let go, instead of fearing and avoiding it, be proactive about looking…don’t wait.”

5) You are Underpaid and Overworked

“Many people took a job that paid less than they wanted but they just wanted a paycheck…if you’ve stayed with an employer for four or five years, you’ll probably find that you’re underpaid.” Suggested is going online and check out various salary surveys, looking specifically at your job level and geographical region.

5 Ways to Know When It’s Time to Find Another Job. [Information Week – Sharon Gaudin]

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Career Hacker * http://www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * http://www.billinman.com