CareerSeek 3rd Edition

December 2012

Your guide to a great career

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SHAPE UP FOR A NEW CAREER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS

ENTREPRENEUR ADVICE FOR

GENERATION Y

FEATURED CAREER: PASSIONATE THERAPIST IS HANDS-ON

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Welcome

As the year draws to a close, it’s only natural that work is becoming a distant memory and thoughts of the beach, summer concerts and braai’s are consuming you. This edition of CareerSeek is just what you need to make the most of your time off.

In the spirit of the holiday season, we have included a holiday calendar so you can plan some fun festivities.

But before you switch off, let’s not forget that now is the ideal time to prepare yourself for 2013. Take a few minutes to update your Resume and set some goals for 2013, to open new doors for the New Year. Whether you are just entering the job market, wanting to start your own company or simply looking for a change in jobs, we have some great advice for you for 2013.

This December, Mike Eilertsen (30), finalist for the Sanlam Entrepreneur of the Year and Africa SMME Awards, offers entrepreneur advice for generation Y. We further look at some financial management tips for school leavers; investigate “make-or-break” strategies for start-ups and much more.

And just for the fun of it, see what Dr. Oz says about wining and dining this festive season.

We wish you a safe & memorable holiday!

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CONTENTS featured articles

10 Career Resolutions

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Allies & Acquaintances

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7 Tactics Lean Start-Ups Need to Build Great Products

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How To Future-Proof Your Career

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What Is Your Industry Doing?

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How To Make Every Day a Fresh Start

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Entrepreneur Advice for Generation Y

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10 Career Resolutions Like the saying, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life,” it’s never a bad time to start moving your career in a better direction. Here are 10 New Year’s resolutions that can help.

Author: Dan Mille Source: www.career-advice.monster.com

Look for the Next Rung You need to excel at your job. This is how you gain credibility. But understanding your next step is key to career happiness. Careerpathing is critical to remaining engaged on the job.

Schedule discussions with your manager to get clarity on the next challenge. If you don’t get it on your team or in your company, it may be time to look elsewhere.

Understand Company Goals Make sure you understand how your job contributes to your company’s business objectives. Are you in a revenue-generating role? A brand-awareness role? Is your mission to delight the customer? Knowing how your job fits into the big picture will give you inspiration and a sense of accomplishment and will help you understand your job’s impact.

Be Ethical Bring integrity to your job. Whether you’re running the company or cleaning its restrooms, be honest in all you do. Don’t call in sick just to get a day off, that’s stealing. Put in an honest day’s work. Be accountable. If you’re working remotely, be sure you are. Do what you say you’re going to do. Honesty and reliability mean a lot to your manager.

Stay Fit OK, this was probably on your last New Year’s resolutions list, but that’s because it’s so important. Try to break a sweat for 20 minutes, three days a week. Go for a walk at lunch. Join a gym. Lift weights. A healthy body makes a healthy mind. Exercising increases blood flow to the brain and gives you ideas.

You’ll be more productive at work, and best of all, you’ll feel better.

Stretch Your Role Occasionally think how you can go above and beyond. Are there projects outside your defined role you could help with? Be proactive; ask to join. Come up with your own ideas, and work with your manager to implement them. If you’re a hamster, step off the wheel and poke your head out of the cage.

Stretch a little. This won’t go unnoticed.

Manage Up Make sure you and your manager are in firm agreement on what you’re doing. Be proactive and get on his calendar to ensure you’re meeting or exceeding expectations. Don’t assume he’s paying close attention. There are bad managers. If there’s a disconnect between what you’re doing and what your manager wants, you’re partly to blame. Don’t wait until your annual performance review rolls around.

Manage Across Even if you work primarily alone, be sure to make time to understand your peers’ roles and how they go about their jobs. Show an interest. Don’t just choose a few friends and become part of a clique. High school is over.

You never know when you may need people, or be reporting to them.

Communicate Don’t leave people waiting for answers. If you’re in an email environment, return emails promptly. Let people know what you’re doing.

If you’re working on a project, always ask yourself who needs to know about it, then tell them. Talk to people; give them a heads up.

And when someone helps you out, be sure to thank him. It’s amazing this item even needs to be on a list, but bad communicators abound.

Don’t be one of them.

Make Time for Play Have fun. Work hard, but smile while you’re doing it. No one likes a grump. Approach each day with a positive spirit and stay loose. Enjoy your family and friends as well. Make time for them and you. It’s called work-life balance. All work and no play makes life a chore.

Pay Attention in Class Treat every workday like a school day. Be sure you learn something and use it to make yourself more productive. It doesn’t have to relate to your skills set. It may be as simple as understanding how to work with specific peers or improving your emotional intelligence. Take mental notes. Don’t sleepwalk through the day.

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With a great deal of success under his belt at such a young age, we posed a couple of questions to Eilertsen asking his advice to any aspiring entrepreneurs out there.

As a successful entrepreneur, what would you suggest are the most important considerations one needs to take into account before even thinking about trying to start one’s own business?

Eilertsen: The most important consideration is whether you are willing to throw yourself 120% behind your concept. A successful business cannot grow out of a business owner dabbling from the side-lines. It requires them to be the driving force behind each day’s growth.

Source: www.moneysmart.co.za

So you have to decide, are you someone who likes watching the game or are you the game maker.

What advice would you give to someone looking to fund an enterprise?

Eilertsen: I am a firm believer in starting off small with the money you have available, and grow the business on each month’s profits.

But if you require funding don’t get a loan from family or friends as it places more mental pressure on you and it impairs your decision-making ability of what is best versus what is safest.

Try getting it from an investor or financial institution and they must be well aware of the risk, so you are free to trust your instincts.

ENTREPRENEUR ADVICE FOR GENERATION Y Mike Eilertsen is the CEO of the LIVE OUT LOUD publication.

At just 30 years old, Eilertsen is a successful entrepreneur who was nominated as a finalist for both the

Sanlam Entrepreneur of the Year and Africa SMME Awards.

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Featured Career At what stage in your life did you personally begin investing your money and in what investment vehicles did you do so? Furthermore, what’s the best advice you could give someone with no prior investment experience, wanting to put money away for the future?

Eilertsen: I opened my first investment portfolio with Liberty’s Stanlib fund at the age of 19. It only cost R500 per month and was a five-year investment plan.

From there though my businesses became my investments, and during my 20’s I saw better returns by investing within myself than with any fund.

My advice would be to stay away from the standard investments (banks and portfolios), but rather invest in something that can earn a monthly income while still growing as an asset (a business or entry level property) It’s been said that on average about 70% of South Africa’s household income is used for the servicing of debt.

In this climate of over indebtedness, what solutions do you see as possible remedies to the severe economic strain under which so many people are struggling?

Eilertsen: Budget planning that is enforced by opening several bank accounts.

Each account has a purpose and money’s accessibility is aligned accordingly. I have a money market (savings account that requires a 30-day call down), SARS (money that I can’t touch that represents the most I am in for – so any change is a bonus), personal spending (money I can spend on anything) and household account (money for household items).

Every month the remaining balance across all accounts is transferred into my bond.

In your opinion, what changes have occurred in the financial sphere since you personally entered the industry?

Eilertsen: There is a lot less money available – deals/sales are smaller, take a lot longer to come into fruition and require a lot more work.

The current generation entering the workplace has been termed Generation-Y. Characteristics of this

generation include having easy access to information, a super global connectedness, being extremely tech savvy and far less likely to stay in one job until retirement, as was the case in previous generations.

As such what do you consider to be some of the financial challenges fang this generation?

Eilertsen: I believe they will understand the leveraging of money better, allowing the finances to work for them.

What specific advice would you give to a member of this generation wanting to start his or her own business?

Eilertsen: That cash in the account is far more valuable than any investment or opportunity. Only expand or invest in opportunities once you have three months of full running costs sitting in your account. If any of them get this right I would tell them I have a job waiting for them.

What do you think will be the future role of entrepreneurs in South Africa in the digital/information age?

Eilertsen: Using the digital information to know and anticipate your consumer’s needs. (You don’t just wish them happy birthday but you send them their favourite Meerlust wine). The business that utilises this technology first will thrive and own the consumers loyalty beyond their products capabilities.

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THE FINAL LATE NIGHTS OF CRAMMING ARE DONE. EXAM VENUES ARE A THING OF THE PAST. AFTER 12 YEARS OF EDUCATION, OUR MATRICS ARE FINALLY FREE! You’re free from school – but, I hate to break it to you, your financial freedom is about to end.

It’s time to be an adult.

And while that can mean staying out all night, eating cereal for dinner if you want to and choosing whatever you want to do with the rest of your days – it also means bills – that dinnercereal is not going to buy itself after all!

The most important factor one should concern oneself with when entering the ‘big’ world is which bank you’re going to keep your money in.

Banks realise that the young school-leavers are the most lucrative of customers, and usually will stay with a bank for many years (if not the rest of their lives) and so create a lot of different incentives to try and get you to join them. The pickings are far from slim.

You need to consider which bank works for you and your specific needs. Be realistic about your needs. It’s no use joining a bank that offers great Internet platforms if you don’t own a computer (then how are you reading this?)

Similarly, a bank with very cheap rates might not have many ATMs in your area and thus you might lose money in cash withdrawals.

Also consider if you travel a lot, will your bank support you abroad?

moneysmart tip: Check out the moneysmart cheque account fees comparison, in which the fees and general costs of standard cheque accounts from the 5 big banks in SA were compared.

What will your post school plans be? If you’re taking a gap year you might want to invest some of the pounds and dollars you make into a long term savings account.

If you plan to work immediately, it’s best you find a bank that will give you the best options for credit and start-up funds and of course, if you plan to study – you’ll need financial aid, i.e. to choose a student loan.

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avoid the debt trap We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Credit is debt. And debt is generally bad.

Especially when you are starting out in the world and have beginner salaries. It’s going to set you on the back foot from day one if you fall into the red and will take you much longer to get to the black.

Consider your income balanced against loans and expenses and then: budget, budget, budget. This is the training ground for the rest of your life, you’re going to feel broke.

But you’re a student. That’s what you’re supposed to feel. Rather act broke now, and avoid actually being broke from unnecessary debt in the future.

Embrace it, and enjoy the student discounts.

moneysmart tip: The truth is that all debt is not actually bad. Consider a student loan. Taking out a loan to finance your studies is in fact an investment in yourself and your future. Just make sure that you finish your studies!

look past the perks Remember, you are the golden goose to all the banks. They will try to incentivise you to join them.

Don’t fall into the trap. Consider if you’ll actually use the perks now or even in 3 years down the line or if it’s just sparkly and convenient.

Expensive things you might not NEED There are certain things that are just giant drains, sucking money down into nothingness. And you will have very little money to spare between parties and more parties… and textbooks.

a car Now, I know – the best part of being an adult is getting a car. But even if you’re lucky enough to have mom and dad buy one for you (thus avoiding years of payments) you still have to pay for petrol, oil, parking and the inevitable breakdown fee.

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Or the R200 minimum fee when you lose your car keys at that party, and have to call a locksmith…

Only to find them the next day, hanging from the chandelier.

You can get around pretty effectively with public transport and friends. If you MUST have your own transport, consider the more cost effective scooter or environmentally hipster, bicycle.

gadgets You don’t need the new iPhone 5 or 6, 7,8 and 9 that will surely come out every few weeks.

have just left school. You are NOT one of those busy people.

If your budget is tight, then the last thing you need to be worrying about is the gym fees– rather get that bicycle and save money on petrol whilst getting fit.

Besides, your metabolism is still being very kind to you. You could always cut out those extra carbs in beer and save money there, if you’re worried about your figure.

Think of the Future

The data bundles on these extravagant smartphones are expensive and far more extreme than you’ll need. You’re not running wall street.

It’s never too early to think of your retirement.

With all the cutbacks you should be making in your budget you could have a few hundred rand to set aside into a long term investment fund.

You don’t have to be connected all the time. Lowend smartphones are cheap enough and fancy enough to make Einstein feel obsolete. No need to pose.

It sounds ridiculous right now to even think of that, but if you start with just R100 a month in your early 20’s you have created saving as a habit and you will integrate that mindset into your future.

Same goes for high-end TVs and laptops. These things will all put unnecessary strain on your budget.

Creating wealth down the line. Compound interest will also come into play. It’s a small investment now for a huge reward later.

gym memberships

Your family will thank you for it, and never avoid your phone calls – because they’ll know you’re not asking for money.

Gyms are there for busy people who never have time to get to the beach, mountain or park. You

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Author: Angel Blythe Campey Source: www.moneysmart.co.za

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ALLIES& ACQUAINTANCES Author: Reid Hoffman Source: Linkedin

Professional Allies: People Who Have Your Back What makes someone an ally in your job and career? First, it’s someone you consult regularly for advice. You trust his or her judgment. Second, you proactively share and collaborate on opportunities together. You keep your antennae especially attuned to an ally’s interests, and when it makes sense to pursue something jointly, you do so. Third, you talk up an ally to other friends. You promote his or her brand. When an ally comes into conflict, you defend him, and stand up for his reputation. And he does the same for you when times get tough. Finally, you are explicit about your bond. You might say to each other, “Hey, we’re allies, right? How can we best help each other?”

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, top producers and directors in Hollywood, have a legendary alliance. The essence of their alliance was well summed up by Howard: “In a business that is so crazy, to actually know that there is somebody who is really smart, who you care about, who has your interests, and who is rowing in the same direction, is something of immense value.” That’s an ally.

I first met Mark Pincus while at PayPal in 2002. I was giving him advice on a start-up he was working on as my PayPal experiences were relevant. From our first conversation, I felt inspired by Mark’s wild creativity and how at times he seems to bounce off the walls with energy. I’m more restrained in comparison, preferring to fit ideas into strategic frameworks instead of unleashing them fire-hose-style. Our different styles make conversation fun. But it’s our similar interests and vision that have made our collaborations so successful. We invested in Friendster together in 2002, at the dawn of social networking. In 2003 the two of us bought the Six Degrees patent, which covers some of the foundational technology of social networking. Mark then started his own social network, Tribe; I started LinkedIn. When Peter Thiel and I were set to put the first money into Facebook in 2004, I suggested that Mark take half of my investment allocation. As a matter of course, I wanted to involve Mark in any opportunity

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that seemed intriguing, especially one that played to his social networking background, it’s what you do in an alliance. In 2007, Mark called me to talk about his idea for Zynga, the social gaming company he cofounded and now leads. I knew almost immediately that I wanted to invest and join the board, which I did. Both of us thought Zynga and Facebook would be very strong companies, but no one could have predicted the astronomical heights of success.

With an ally, you don’t keep score, you just try to invest in the alliance as much as possible.

What has sustained all this collaboration, despite the fact that the two of us are not official partners in a venture firm, for example?

We are both driven by a passion for the Internet industry, especially the social networking space. We complement each other. We like each other as friends. We’ve known each other for a while, it was several years before we thought of each other as allies. And there’s another seemingly insignificant reason, but it’s important and worth noting: we both live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Physical proximity is actually one of the best predictors of the strength of a relationship, many studies show.

An alliance is always an exchange, but not a transactional one.

A transactional relationship is when your accountant files your tax returns and in exchange you pay him for his time. An alliance is when a co-worker needs last-minute help on Sunday night preparing for a Monday morning presentation and even though you’re busy, you agree to go over to his house and help.

These “volleys of communication and cooperation” build trust.

Trust, writes David Brooks, is “habitual reciprocity that becomes coated by emotion. It grows when two people . . . slowly learn they can rely upon each other. Soon members of a trusting relationship become willing to not only cooperate with each other but sacrifice for each other.”

You cooperate and sacrifice because you want to help a friend in need but also because you figure you’ll be able to call on him in the future when you are the one in a bind. This isn’t being

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selfish, it’s being human. Social animals do good deeds for one another in part because the deeds will be reciprocated at some point in time. With trusted professional allies, the reciprocation isn’t immediate, i.e., you don’t turn around the next day and say, “Hey, I helped you with your presentation, now I want something back.” Ideally, the notion of an exchange dissolves into the reality that you have intermingled fates. In other words, as the score keeping becomes less and less formal and as the expectation for reciprocal exchange stretches over a longer and longer period of time, a relationship goes from being an exchange partnership to being a true alliance.

Weak Ties and Acquaintances: Expand the Breadth of Your Network Allies, by the nature of the bond, are few in number. There are many more looser connections and acquaintances who also play a role in your professional life. These are folks you meet at conferences, old classmates, coworkers in other divisions, or just interesting people with interesting ideas who you come upon in day-to-day life. Sociologists refer to these contacts as “weak ties”: people with whom you have spent low amounts of lowintensity time (for example, someone you might only see once or twice a year at a conference, or only know online and not in person) but with whom you’re still familiar and friendly.

Weak ties in a career context were formally researched in 1973, when sociologist Mark Granovetter asked a random sample of Boston professionals who had just switched jobs how they found their new job. Of those who said they found their job through a contact, Granovetter then asked how frequently they saw the contact. He asked participants to mark whether they saw the person often (twice a week), occasionally (more than once a year but less than twice a week), or rarely (once a year or less). About 16 percent of the recipients said they found their job through a contact they saw often. The rest found their job through a contact they saw occasionally (55 percent) or rarely (27 percent). In other

words, the contacts who referred jobs were “weak ties.” He summed up his conclusion in a paper appropriately called “The Strength of Weak Ties”: The friends you don’t know very well are the ones who refer winning jobs.

Granovetter accounts for this result by explaining that social cliques, which are groups of people who have something in common, often limit your exposure to wildly new experiences, opportunities, and information. Because people tend to hang out in cliques, your good friends are usually from the same industry, neighbourhood, religious group, and the like. The stronger your tie with someone, the more likely they are to mirror you in various ways, and the more likely you are to want to introduce them to your other friends.

From an emotional standpoint, this is great. It’s fun to do things in groups with people with whom you have a lot in common.

But from an informational standpoint, Granovetter argues this interconnectedness is limiting because the same information recycles through your local network of like-minded friends.

If a close friend knows about a job opportunity, you probably already know about it. Strong ties usually introduce redundancy in knowledge and activities and friend sets.

In contrast, weak ties usually sit outside of the inner circle.

You’re not necessarily going to introduce a looser connection to all of your other friends. Thus, there’s a greater likelihood a weak tie will be exposed to new information or a job opportunity. This is the crux of Granovetter’s argument: Weak ties can uniquely serve as bridges to other worlds and thus can pass on information or opportunities you have not heard about.

We would stress that it’s not that weak ties per se find you jobs; it’s that weak ties are likely to be exposed to information or job listings you haven’t seen. Weak ties in and of themselves are not especially valuable; what is valuable is the breadth and reach of the network.

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Among lean start-ups, a common mantra is “launch and learn.”

Braden Kowitz of Google Ventures Design Studio says that’s precisely the wrong approach and suggests seven strategies that he says will save time and lead to a better product.

Author: Braden Kowitz, Google Ventures Design Studio Source: ww

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TACTICS LEAN START-UPS NEED TO BUILD GREAT PRODUCTS

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If you’re running a lean start-up, “launch and learn” is undoubtedly a familiar mantra. But launching a new feature can take weeks or even months, and for a scrappy start-up that’s a potentially make-or-break issue. Our design studio works with dozens of start-ups each year to help teams define their products and features. Through the process of doing this over and over again, we’ve collected a time-tested toolkit of methods for learning that are cheap, fast, and perfect for start-ups to find those crucial mistakes earlier and then adapt their plans more nimbly. The result is almost always that they ship better products and do so even faster.

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Most teams think they need to build an interface that functions and looks real before showing it to customers to get feedback. Nope. It turns out that if you string together a few simple mockups with clickable hot-spots, you can still get great feedback in a fraction of the time. We’ve done this with companies like HomeAway, AVOS, and Duo Security by designing a few screens in a flow and then building a clickable version, using basic consumer software tools like InVision or Apple’s Keynote.

Surveys are a tempting way to learn from the comfort and safety of your office chair. But designing a good survey is surprisingly tough. Whenever I talk with survey scientists, I’m overwhelmed by all the ways you can screw up a survey design and unknowingly get bad (read: useless) data. So when we run surveys, we stick to a pattern we know works well.

At first I thought these prototypes would be too rough to be useful. But time after time I’ve seen customers engage with click-throughs like they’re real products, and that helps you learn if the designs are working. It’s a great method to use before engineering starts to build a design.

Customer interviews Instead of working in a vacuum, gather data to use as fuel for designing your product. Specifically, go out and find the people you think will use your product and talk with them about the problem(s) you’re aiming to solve. I know you’ve heard this a hundred times. Customer interviews are like flossing — everyone agrees it’s good for you, but it’s hard to build the habit.

It’s easy to get hung up on the details: How do you find people who will talk with you? What do you talk about? Relax.

User researchers have been doing this stuff for decades, and there’s a wealth of knowledge about how to do it quickly and accurately. For starters, you can write a short survey called a screener to help you recruit the right people to talk to. Then, create an interview script to help guide the conversation.

If you want to know more, we created a research guide with plenty of tactical tips for finding and interviewing customers.

Now you have no excuse. Get out of the building! (Then come back — there’s more good stuff below.)

Fake doors You can quickly see whether customers will engage with a new feature by launching just the first part of it. We did this with CustomMade, a start-up that lets people order custombuilt products. Our idea was to let visitors save others’ projects for inspiration. But instead of laboriously building the whole feature, we just launched the first button. When we observed a huge number of visitors clicking the button to access that function, we knew we were onto something and built the rest of the feature. After a few changes like that, we saw a 3x increase in engagement. For more on fake doors, see Jess Lee’s excellent talk.

Recon When teams design a new product, they come to the table with all sorts of assumptions about the competition. It’s easy to look at another product and have an opinion about which parts are valuable and which parts are broken. But if you guess wrong, you might just copy a bunch of functionality that your customers don’t actually need.

So we like to think of competing products as free prototypes.

We watch customers use these products and learn very quickly which features are loved, unusable, ignored, or hated.

With this knowledge, we can make better decisions in product design, marketing, and sales.

We put the survey as close as possible to the behaviour we’re trying to study. For instance, if we’re interested in why a customer picked one of our pricing plans, we’ll ask them with a small pop-up survey in the moment, not an email that might get read days later.

And we rely on open-response questions that let us hear directly from customers. You’ll learn more from reading 100 short responses than knowing that 32 percent of users chose option B in your survey. Here’s more on micro-surveys.

Prototype with real data Clickable mockups are a good first step, but you can learn even more when you build a prototype that integrates real data. You might be tempted to start building the actual product at this point. You might even call that work-inprogress a prototype. But it’s not. Building a real product always takes longer than you think. If you really want to learn fast, build a true prototype – one that you’re not afraid to throw away.

When we were designing coupon pages with RetailMeNot, we needed real coupon data in order to evaluate our designs.

So we built a prototype in two days. It was buggy and didn’t have many features, but it was just enough to get useful feedback from customers. And it was good we did, because it turned out that half our ideas weren’t working.

We iterated three more times, building prototypes and showing to customers, and were able to get to a design that improved both usability and click-through rates. Few start-ups build true prototypes, but it’s an immensely useful way to learn fast.

Site visits Go to wherever your customers are, and watch them actually use your product. I know that sounds like common sense (or it should). But it’s too easy to think we know our customers from all the meetings, phone calls, and reports we’ve read about them. To deeply understand how people actually use our products we need to go to where they work, where they play, and where they live.

Recently, we were working with Foundation Medicine to improve their clinical cancer genomics reports. So we decided to visit oncology centres, watch how doctors used the reports, and see what we could learn. We were surprised to discover that the reports we’d worked so hard to design were often received by fax. Tiny text was hard to read and all colour information was lost. It was an easy problem to fix, but we only noticed it through a site visit.

Being a lean start-up means that we should first consider all these ways to learn, and then pick the fastest, cheapest method. I’ve listed seven methods that we’ve found work well at start-ups, but there are plenty more out there. Once you start looking, you’ll be surprised at the variety of ways you can learn incredibly fast, saving you and your team precious time and money (and heartache).

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PASSIONATE THERAPIST IS HANDS-ON Author: Margaret Harris Source: I-Net Bridge

Robyn Midgley is an occupational therapist who specialises in hand therapy. She tells Margaret Harris she became fascinated by hand therapy when she attended her younger brother’s sessions when she was 15.

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What does your job entail?

I am a clinical specialist in hand therapy and gained my accreditation through the British Association of Hand Therapists in 2008. I worked in the public and private sectors in the UK for 10 years, and returned to South Africa in 2010 to establish my practice in Johannesburg.

I provide specialist assessment and treatment of conditions of the hand and upper limb in adults and children. These may have occurred through injury or disease. I work in close collaboration with plastic and orthopaedic surgeons to ensure a high standard of clinical assessment and rehabilitation of the hand and upper limb.

Patients may need hand therapy to prevent the need for surgery or require treatment after surgery to restore functional use of the hand.

The goal is to enable a person to return to work, sport or playing a musical instrument.

I have a special interest in the assessment and treatment of wrist and tendon injuries, the stiff hand, and work-related upper limb injuries.

How did you find yourself working as a hand therapist?

I left South Africa in 2000 to gain a high standard of international experience and expertise in hand therapy. Because I was on a South African passport, I was only able to obtain a working holiday visa and could not get a permanent post. For the first two years that I was in the UK, I worked as a locum in various occupational therapy departments all over the country doing work that was not my true calling but was a means to an end.

During this time I registered with the British Association of Hand Therapists and spent my spare time reading as much literature on hand therapy as I could.

In 2002, I obtained a permanent post at London’s Guy’s and St

Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. I worked there for eight years, as a hand and upper limb therapist and obtained a wealth of knowledge and expertise. I enjoyed my work in London, but I had a clear vision to open a hand therapy practice in South Africa.

What would you consider the tools of your trade — the things you cannot do your job without?

Hand therapists use a variety of assessment tools that enable us to record a patient’s hand function ability before, during and after treatment. I could not live without my goniometer to assess joint range of motion, my dynamometer and pinch gauge to assess grip and pinch strength and my SemmesWeinstein monofilaments to assess sensation in the hand.

What did you want to be when you were a child?

When I was 15 my younger brother, who was six years old at the time, was referred to an occupational therapist for therapy. I attended all his appointments and became fascinated by the therapy he was receiving.

His therapist was very dynamic and loved to teach and share her knowledge and expertise. She would take the time to explain the science behind the treatment and gave me invaluable insight into the field of paediatric occupational therapy.

I knew then that I would be an occupational therapist. When I was at university I was taught by another of my mentors, Kathy Wundram, who made me realise I was passionate about hand rehabilitation.

What are the most common injuries or problems you treat?

Fractures of the wrist and hand, tendon injuries, nerve entrapment, osteoarthritis and work-related upper limb disorders.

How easy is it to treat children?

Children are a joy to treat because they aim to please and are

motivated if there is a reward on offer. One’s treatment sessions have to be creative to encourage participation as they won’t necessarily follow exercises the way that adults will.

What can we each do to be kinder to our hands?

We are all at risk of developing osteoarthritis in the small joints of our hands, so we need to be aware of the forces we apply to the small joints of our hands during everyday functional activities and identify ways that we can do activities differently to avoid the onset and progression of osteoarthritis. The key is to distribute forces from the small joints to the larger joints, for example, carry shopping on your forearm and not with your fingers.

What advice would you give someone interested in following a similar profession to yours?

Avoid opening a private practice too soon after graduating from university.

Work in a large academic hospital and learn from the best surgeons and therapists in the field. Find a mentor who can supervise your learning and help direct your career path. Regular performance reviews will highlight your weaknesses and build on your strengths, which will safeguard the patients who will be under your care. Invest in your learning. Attend international conferences.

Keep up to date with the literature.

Teach, question your practice and never become complacent. Most importantly, have compassion for your patients.

What inspires you?

My patients are always the first to inspire me. To make a difference in someone’s life, you have to go the extra mile. I draw motivation from my colleagues who continue to achieve and constantly strive to be better than they already are.

Judy Colditz, a US hand therapist, has been my mentor and inspiration throughout my career. She is a phenomenal therapist and has made many significant contributions to the field of hand therapy.

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Author: Rhymer Rigby Source: http://careers.guardian.co.uk

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being ahead of the career curve is essential to ensure you’re protected in the long and short term. rhymer rigby explains how to embrace change, rather than fear it.

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Future-proofing your career means ensuring you are as employable in the future as you are now. You need to stand back and think about your job strategically, rather than just letting it happen to you. Look at the bigger picture: what’s happening in your sector; where’s the growth; which jobs are vulnerable; how do you measure up?

think about what you know As the world speeds up, your technical skills will have an ever shorter lifespan and you need to learn constantly. Don’t just confine yourself to your field, either. Read up on fields adjacent to yours, the idea being that if your role disappears, you have other options. You don’t want to be the workplace equivalent of an animal that can live only in one species of tree. Rewrite your CV every year; if you can’t think of something new to put on it, you need to think about where you’re going.

look at your sector & organisation You should be working in an organisation that’s facing the future head on rather than one whose best years are behind it. The same is true of your sector. You want an industry which is driving change, rather than one that is being pummelled by it.

work on your relationships

People often view building working relationships as a luxury when times are tough. But being liked and trusted can be more of a differentiator than being competent. Keep in touch with your network and ensure you’re visible and easy to find. A network that extends beyond your workplace and includes clients, headhunters and competitors is a good insurance policy if things go bad.

aim to be agile and adaptable

Rather than having the mindset of someone who is happy to serve out their time, be psychologically ready to move and the kind of person who lands on their feet; a realistic idea of your abilities and what they’re worth will help. Focus on the positives be optimistic; when companies look at making redundancies, those who have an upbeat, can-do attitude are very rarely first in line.

If future proofing your career is dealing with bigger picture and long term, staying ahead of the curve is more immediate. It’s the kind of thing you can work on when you have 15 minutes to spare.

Broadly speaking there are two aspects to being ahead of the curve. One is informational. At its most basic, this is simply keeping up with the news that affects your industry. But those who truly want to be ahead will also keep abreast of areas that are either

general or tangentially affect their industry. Being up to speed on general current affairs and areas beyond your immediate role is a good thing in itself, but is also likely to give you greater insights and vision.

The internet has made this far easier to do this. Look up TED talks that interest you, set up Google alerts for yourself and customers and follow influential people on Twitter. You do need to be selective, though.

The personal side involves identifying who and what can help you move forward in your career and working on these relationships; an example might be knowing what is important to not just your boss, but also your boss’s boss. Don’t forget office gossip either: it is often a better guide to what will be happening in three months time than the official channels.

Of course, there’s no point in being ahead of the curve, if you’re the only one who knows it. Demonstrate what you know, for example by emailing your boss interesting articles you’ve come cross across. Make yourself the go-to person in the office for your area and speak up in meetings. Put yourself forward, rather than hanging back. And spend some time around the watercooler immersing yourself in the organisation’s less formal sources of news.

Although all this might seem a lot, the trick is to make many of these actions habitual – and this is really where staying ahead of the curve segues seamlessly into future-proofing. On one hand, you read The Economist every week on the train and on the other, you do a gap-analysis on your career every six months. It’s about covering yourself in both the long and the short term and ensuring you’re the kind of person who looks forward to change, rather than fearing it.

Rhymer Rigby is the author of a new book, The Careerist

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Future proofing your career and being ahead of the curve are two sides of the same coin. If you’re doing one correctly, you should also be doing the other. But they’re not quite the same thing.

LINKEDIN NOW HAS 187 MILLION MEMBERS LinkedIn now has more than 187 million members, the company announced in its earnings report recently.

The social network for professionals has been growing at a rate of 10 million-15 million users per quarter throughout this year. LinkedIn reported having 161 million members in May and 175 million in August.

By comparison, Facebook recently passed one billion active users and Twitter is estimated to have as many as half a billion users.

The latest numbers came as part of LinkedIn’s third quarter earnings report.

LinkedIn beat Wall Street estimates, reporting earnings-per-share of $0.22 on revenue of $252 million. Analysts were expecting the company to post earningsper-share of $0.11 on revenue of $244 million.

LinkedIn’s stock was up more than 5% after hours, trading at around $112 a share.

View Slide Show: LinkedIn Q3 2012 Earnings Author: Seth Fiegerman Source:www.mashable.com

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During an interview last year, Dr. Oz gave some brilliant advice on how to avoid gaining those extra pounds over the festive season.

The response was so overwhelming that I decided to include it in our December edition of CareerSeek.

Do you think it’s better to prevent putting on the pounds during the holidays, as opposed to trying to take them off afterwards?

Dr. Oz: We know from experience that most people who put weight on have a lot of trouble getting it off. So without question, you’re better off preventing it. Weight gain during the holidays is related to increased alcohol, which isn’t surprising. A lot of it is also related to not getting enough sleep due to social events and dealing with stress from relatives. When you stop sleeping you crave carbohydrates, so you’ll eat things you normally wouldn’t have eaten.

The biggest tip I could give is to break your drinks up with a glass of water in between, which will both prevent hangovers and slow down the amount of carbs you take in.

There’s been a lot of talk surrounding the benefits of red wine, but we haven’t been hearing much from someone outside of the wine industry.

Dr. Oz: There’s no question that wine is a healthy beverage.

If you’re trying to lose weight, it becomes a bit of a problem because it sometimes releases hedonistic desires to eat.

It also has simple carbohydrates. But wine has a lot of antioxidants and resveratrol, which is found in the skin of grapes. It has significant benefits for the heart and reduces inflammation, so it’s probably a generally good thing for maintaining your weight. I’m a fan of red wine. In fact, all alcoholic beverages that are beneficial to the heart are also

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beneficial for weight when taken in moderation. So basically one drink a day for women and up to two for men, especially when it’s not linked to overeating in other areas because it’s easy to defend it as a helpful habit.

Are there any foods during the holiday season you personally indulge in that you wouldn’t normally during the rest of the year?

Dr. Oz: We have more tofu than usual. No, I’m kidding. Yes, I indulge like everybody else does. I drink more during the holidays. My biggest addiction is dark chocolate around nuts.

One little trick I have learned, and I use it frequently these days, is to always drink a sip of water after I have a piece of chocolate because it cleanses my palate. Otherwise the salt and sweetness reinforces that I want them. Without that, I’d be 240 pounds. You’d be doing shows about Dr. Oz’s transformation, not his ‘Transformation Nation.’

In the New Year, the number one thing I’m going to focus on with people is getting a little bit of fitness in their lives.

Walking or even fidgeting for that matter is not only helpful for losing weight, but it begins to give you a foundation to do other activities. I do think people in the New Year ought to at least adopt some programs, short because most people are unwilling to acknowledge that they’re so disorganised in their lives they can’t even shave seven minutes of time to make it. They can then use that as a platform for confidence. It can be calisthenics, yoga, stretching, just something you do every morning. There are also too many people who think they can

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get a healthy fast food breakfast on the run. It is doable, but hard to do. I’d much rather you make something with protein or whole grains for breakfast, even within an hour of awakening.

What should people be doing on the first week of January to set themselves up for a successful New Year?

Dr. Oz: January1st isn’t about beating yourself up for making foolish mistakes during the holidays. It’s a time for reinvention, revisiting the things you want to do in your life, and committing to them. Starting today, what people ought to be thinking about is their New Year’s resolution. Roughly half the people who try to lose weight will be on some kind of a program that will at least last into the summer.

Only about 4% or 5% of people who don’t do New Year’s resolutions will have similar statistics.

New Year’s resolutions matter, but there are two important mistakes you make with them. The first is we’re not concrete enough. Set a goal that is unambiguous. I’m going to lose seven pounds by this month, by my birthday, or by whatever the endpoint is. The second mistake we make is

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You don’t want to reinvent the wheel. You want to automate your meals, so breakfast and lunch ought to be pretty much the same thing every day or at least close.

You don’t want to waste time thinking about what snacks you’re going to have. You should have all those things close at hand so that you don’t have to go through making difficult decisions where you’ll trip and begin to fail.

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HOW TO MAKE EVERY DAY A

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“Intentions compressed into words enfold magical power.“

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It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day – and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser.

Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life and switch gears, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.

Be nimble, be flexible, and keep an open mind to start each day anew! Flexibility is the key!

Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day? Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed? Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all, doing what you “have to do” to start your day?

How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.

Think not just what you want to DO, but how you want to BE today?

Each day is a new beginning and a blank slate. How would you like to create your day? Think of it as a blank canvas – what would you like to paint on it. What can you create? If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.

If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention?

What can daily positive intentions do for you?

Every day you will give yourself the gift of an “attitude of gratitude.”

Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy from those around you.

Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way.

You can experience each day an awe in the beauty and creation of the world – and the beauty of you who is in it!

You find yourself shifting from an “”I can’t mindset” to an “I can” mindset.”

With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a “victor” than a “victim.”

You are more mindful of the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day.

After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don’t want to live there!

So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day? Each morning, write it down and reflect each evening on how you did.

Here are examples of Positive Intentions: “Today I would like to replace my feelings of annoyance towards my co-worker to feelings of acceptance.”

“I am looking forward today to focusing on what I am grateful for in my life, rather than what is missing, and express gratefulness to others.”

“Today I want to slow my life down and take time to savor the moment, especially with my children” Using each day to recommit yourself to positive thinking and intention will help you create the life you want and that you deserve!

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NORTH WEST PROVINCE Rainhill Farm Christmas Market When: Saturday, 01 December 2012 to Saturday, 15 December 2012 Where: Rustenburg Categories: Annual Festivals / Food & Wine

Head out to Rainhill Farm in Rustenburg on Saturdays 1st, 8th and 15th December for the annual Rainhill Farm Christmas Market. The craft stalls, all of which sell items that are hand or home made, are put along the bluegum lane, which is closed to vehicle traffic on the day, allowing for a leisurely browse.

The farm yard is a great attraction for the kids, with activities to entertain. The Chapel is open if you’d like somewhere to sit in peace and quiet and the Labyrinth is a wonderful experience.

Hartley’s Restaurant has a special menu for the day and serve drinks and sitdown meals. A wonderful way for friends and family to spend a Sunday and all leave refreshed.

Contact Details: Rainhill Farm, Donkerhoek Road, Rustenburg, North West Province Call +27 (0)82 357-5882 for reservations.

FREE STATE Parys Christmas Market When: Sunday, 16 December 2012 to Monday, 24 December 2012 (Dates subject to change) Where: Parys Categories: Annual Festivals / Food & Wine

Avoid the queues and crowds at shopping malls and head to Parys to shop at this special Christmas Market where you will find all sorts of unique gifts and edible stocking-fillers. Browse the many stalls for hand-made items, christmas decorations and delectable goodies that are sure to please the special people on your Christmas Gift List. And when you tire of shopping, stop off for a coffee or tea and cake in the tea garden.

The Parys Christmas Market operates daily from 09h00 to 18h30 at 4 Re-Unie Street in Parys.

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LIMPOPO Mapungubwe Arts & Cultural Festival When: Sunday, 16 December 2012 to Tuesday, 18 December 2012 (Dates subject to change) Where: Polokwane Cricket Club Categories: Annual Festivals / Arts & Culture / Entertainment / Music Festivals

It’s all systems go for the annual Mapungubwe Arts Festival taking place in Polokawane on 16-18 December 2010. Thousands of arts lovers and enthusiasts are expected to converge in Limpopo for this year’s instalment of the Mapungubwe Arts Festival.

The prestigious festival, which is a flagship project of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) promises to be another runaway success. With an 8 day programme Day, visitors can expect an all-encompassing thrilling encounter.

The festival, previously called the Melting Pot, has been revamped to reflect the cultures and traditions of the province, and to broaden the concept to accommodate all genres of the arts.

Events lined up for the festival including theatre, kwaito and jazz, fashion shows, film and video, and cultural displays showcasing an assortment of traditional foods and performances.

MPUMALANGA Sabie Experience When: Friday, 14 December 2012 to Monday, 17 December 2012 Where: Polokwane Cricket Club Categories: Sporting Events

The Sabie Experience pre-ride takes in the three long stages over the weekend of December 14-17, 2012. There will be two groups of riders with back-up vehicles with drinks and energy bars and watermelon if in season!

The groups will leave from the Main Rd gate of the Sybrand van Niekerk School at 7:30 sharp. There is a small charge of R100 per person, per day or R250 per person for three days to cover permits, drinks and medical cover.

Despite it being summer, we experience everything from freezing cold and wet to searing heat so be prepared for any weather conditions.

The festival, previously called the Melting Pot, has been revamped to reflect the cultures and traditions of the province, and to broaden the concept to accommodate all genres of the arts.

Events lined up for the festival including theatre, kwaito and jazz, fashion shows, film and video, and cultural displays showcasing an assortment of traditional foods and performances.

Contact Details: For further information contact the race office on (013) 764-3500

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GAUTENG Vodacom Jazz Picnic When: Sunday, 16 December 2012 (Dates subject to change) Where: Kempton Park Categories: Entertainment / Music Festivals

Christmas comes early this year as Vodacom and the City of Ekurhuleni have the perfect pre-Christmas celebratory gift for Jazz lovers. Join the silly season by attending the Vodacom Jazz Picnic brought to you by the City of Ekurhuleni.

The Jazz event of the year will take place on 16 December at the Dries Niemand Picnic Grounds in Kempton Park. This will be no ordinary picnic as it will showcase some of the best contemporary and jazz sounds around.

Not only Jazz lovers will be entertained at this lazy afternoon get together: catch Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Kwani Experience, Mpumi Dlamini, Malaika and more will be on the musical menu for the day.

Bring a picnic basket, bring the whole family and friends to relax after a long year of hard work while listening to some smooth Jazz tunes.

Mzansi will be stirred and be given a new definition to a picnic in the park.

Anyone is welcome and R30 will get you in. Concert goers are also kindly asked to leave all glass at home as it won’t be allowed into the venue (no glass and no alcohol).

Tickets are available at the gate. Gates open at 14:00 and the concert will end at 22:00, entry and parking to the concert is in Green Avenue.

KWAZULU-NATAL South Coast Christmas Market When: Monday, 10 December 2012 to Sunday, 30 December 2012 (Dates subject to change) Where: St Michaels on Sea, Main Beach Categories: Annual Festivals / Entertainment

The 2009 South Coast Christmas Market on the Hibiscus Coast (KZN South Coast: Hibberdene - Margate - Port Edward) was a booming success with an estimated 45,000 visitors. The 2010 South Coast Christmas & Summer Market will take place from the 10th to the 30th of December 2010 and we plan to double the amount of stalls that we had last year to 300.

More than 500, 000 holiday makers descend on this popular destination during the festive season, crowding shopping malls to capacity. Our Christmas Market helps fill the pleasure seeker’s search for presents and pleasures with our exhibitors’ creative and delightful products. We create a professional esteem for the market by maintaining a high quality of products hand made by many of SA’s top crafters, with value for money, striking displays and a festive atmosphere.

Please note the market is closed on 25 and 26 December 2010.

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Contact Details: Elmarie on +27 (0)83 750-8447

WESTERN CAPE Cape Town Summer Festival When: 20 November 2012 to 5 January 2013 Where: Golden Arrow Studio. Baxter Theatre Centre. Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town Categories: Sporting Events

The Baxter Theatre stages a new show, entitled I Don’t Work on Sundays,

by Mark Lottering, one of the most famous South African comedians. In this show Lottering expresses his unique view on daily life topics, which tickle his fancy, such as Beyonce’s baby and reality TV in South Africa. He will also explain in details why he doesn’t like to work on Sundays.

Lottering has recently participated to a successful musical comedy, entitled Some Like It Vrot, by David Kramer. He has been working successfully in the comedy business since 1999. He is also very popular among South Africans abroad and has performed life among the others in London, Sydney, Perth, Toronto, Melbourne, Auckland and Dubai.

Contact Details: http://www.baxter.co.za/comedy.htm

Prime Circle Summer Sunset Concert When: 23 December 2012 Where: Kirstenbosch Gardens, Newlands

Back to bring in the festive season spirit and get the crowds rocking is Prime Circle on December 23.

With a newly pressed album, their fifth – “Evidence” – this 2012 release is set to capture accolades. Listen for their new hits!

Contact Details: Concerts take place at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden on Sundays from 17:30 – 19:00. Gates open at 16:00.

For further information and ticket prices, call 021 799 8783/8620 or visit www.sanbi.org.

Tickets can be booked on www.webtickets.co.za

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