Texas Wild Flowers

One of the best things about Texas are the wildflowers. Each month from March on seems to have a different flower blooming here in Frisco. These are the Bluebonnets.  They have large areas all over this area, where many families have there pictures taken.  I plan on visiting as many Bluebonnet trails as possible in 2013. Texas theme Go Big or go home even applies to this flower.  The Bluebonnet is the state flower, 5 different versions. 2012 season began in Febuary so there was a longer season.  It is always best to check local listings for an up to date progress. Let me know if you would like to talk wildflowers.

Christmas Traditions.

Only a few days left.  I love this time of year.  I remember  when I was little each night before going to bed we would sit in front of the Christmas tree with all the lights off, just the tree lights like the angels that sang to announce His birth.  Traditions have been,  in the last few years, Celebrating the Birth of Jesus.
 I love baking.  I love shopping.  I love visiting with family. My favorite thing is to make is the cake.  It is not just any cake it is HIS Cake.
 Now that I live in Texas I want to create new traditions but I don't want to make them just for the sack of making them.  I haven't connected closely with alot of people that aren't busy with there own stuff.  I want to make new traditions here so that I can look to the future of a life here in Texas.

update: Christmas has come and gone.  It was wonderful.  They had a Christmas choir at church.  Bri and I were blessed to be a part of that.  It helped to connect with people.  Everyone was really engaged with each other and Christmas dinner.  It snowed here in Texas and did not snow in Tennessee.  So things are looking up. Well the community part of life is.  I like pictures of snow.  This is December 26th out my front door. I am one that makes the hot chocolate while everyone else is sledding.  Oh wait it is Texas they don't have many places to sled. The hot chocolate was good.
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                The Birthday cake I made did not look like this at all.  The icing slid of off half of the cake.  Depends on how you look at it.  We had a good excuse to scoop up the icing.  Everyone loved it.  My brother does not like peppermint so made  little cupcake just for him.  With regular icing.  I ran off and left it at the house.  Quess what I found out? You got it.  He does not like red velvet cake

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I Interview Celebrities, Entrepreneurs and Authors

5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume in 10 years

 

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We’re seeing more and more recruiters use the web as a place to search for talent and conduct employment background searches. This trend is set to increase year over year and I’ve been predicting that an “online presence search” will become as common as a drug test since 2007. Your online presence should consist of your own website at yourfullname.com (a domain can be purchased at GoDaddy.com using promo code FAN3). This website is the core of your online presence and if you optimize it effectively, it will rank number one for your name in major search engines such as Google. Also, your online presence should contain social network profiles, with vanity URL’s, on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter at a minimum. I would also get listed on sites, such as Spokeo.com, and obtain your Google profile.

By claiming your web presence, you’re protected from other people, with the same name, claiming it before you. You also gain control over how you’re perceived online, and thus what employers find out about you when they conduct their search. A recent study by OfficeTeam shows that more than one-third of companies feel that resumes will be replaced by profiles on social networks. My prediction is that in the next ten years, resumes will be less common, and your online presence will become what your resume is today, at all types and sizes of companies.

5 reasons why your online presence will replace your resume:

1. Social networking use is skyrocketing while email is plummeting

More and more people are using social networks to send and receive messages. About 90% of U.S. Internet users visit a social networking site each month, reports Comscore. Usage of Web-based email has fallen 8%, with the biggest decline among 12 to 17 year-olds, with an almost 60% drop. Although, you may think of this as a generational trend, the highest growing demographic on Facebook is 35+, and LinkedIn caters primarily to that demographic, too. Employers are reviewing your profiles to see what kind of person you are outside of work, who you’re connected to, and how you present yourself. Each gives clues to how well you can fit into the corporate culture. When employees don’t fit in the culture, there is turnover, and it costs the organization thousands of dollars.

2. You can’t find jobs traditionally anymore

In order to get a job, you have to be creative, attract jobs to your website, and network constantly. Applying to job postings, in newspapers and online, won’t get you anywhere and is becoming completely ineffective. Susan Adams, of Forbes.com, shared a survey by webjob.com of recently employed job seekers found that 23% of those surveyed found their job through ads. By building your online presence, employers can find you and thus you have more opportunities. If you don’t have an online presence, you won’t appear to be relevant and you will be passed over for more savvy applicants that have visibility. You need to be creative in your job search by developing your own product, eBook, viral video, or personal advertisement. Finally, you need to treat your life as one giant networking event, and meet as many people in your field as you can.

3. People are managing their careers as entrepreneurs

In the career field, the term “Careerpreneur” describes a professional who manages their career like an entrepreneur, always searching for the next big opportunity. My colleague, Scott Gerber, author of “Never Get a Real Job” says it best: “you need to create a job to keep a job.” A survey of 1,623 Gen Yers, conducted by Buzz Marketing Group, Scott’s Young Entrepreneur Council, and presented by LegalZoom, finds that more than 35% of Gen-Y’ers have jobs have started their own businesses on the side in order to supplement their income. This shows that the younger generation understands that there’s no job security and that they can build companies to offset their low wages. Another study revealed that 84% of employees plan to look for new jobs in 2011 (up from 60% a year ago). It’s too easy to get laid off now, which is why you need to build your online presence before you need it, and constantly look for the new opportunity that will further your personal brand.

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