How to Give Feedback on Poor Performance as a Manager

How to Give Feedback on Poor Performance as a Manager Is constructive criticism the same as feedback? I don’t think so but others may beg to differ. I avoid using the word criticism as much as I can (except in a technical ‘literary criticism’ way) as it always feels as if it is negative. It is judgemental in its essence and unpleasant. Most people feel attacked by it, even if it is well meant or ‘for their own good’. The key difference is that feedback talks about the consequences and the criticism focuses on the action or even worse on the person. One judges and the other informs. Both can be difficult to hear but feedback gives people the opportunity to grow. One of the really challenging things about being a manager is managing performance when it is poor. Telling someone that they are inadequate or failing is a delicate and difficult task for a number of reasons: Upsetting most of us don’t want to upset anyone else and it is really hard to give such news without upsetting someone. Arguments not only do people get upset they may also get defensive or aggressive or fight back. So there is a risk that they will start having a go at you. Enemies the person may take against the person who has criticised them and see you henceforth as ‘the enemy’. Catastrophiser the person on the receiving end may be a ‘catastrophiser’ and take it so much to heart that they may think they are useless at everything It may not work even if the actual conversation goes well the person may not change what they do, so this high risk activity has not delivered any results. Hence criticism is often considered an art, because it is delicate, difficult and poses some high level risks to the relationship. The goal should be about changing the unwanted behaviour or bringing about an improvement in the performance AND preserving the relationship. Of course, there are people who actually enjoy criticising others and do it because of their own fragile self esteem (belittling  others is a way of building themselves up). Then, there are those whose power has gone to their heads and they hide their own sense of inadequacy behind the ‘I’m in charge.. and can tell you’ behaviour. There are a few people around who have a personality disorder that means they like hurting others and inflicting pain but for most people it is a tough call. How can you be effective? Think carefully about what feedback you want to give is this behaviour something that is annoying to you or is there a real problem being created by it? Focus on what you see or hear happening, what you have observed and or what you have actually been told by someone who did see it. Don’t rely on rumours or hearsay as that will move the firm ground from under your feet. Make sure you have evidence (such as names or dates) with you when you tackle the person. If you have only seen it once (unless it was outrageous) then maybe ignore it? My rule of thumb is that you need to see to hear it three times to be sure that it is a pattern. Think about where you speak to them never do it in front of others that would humiliate them and run the risk of giving them an audience. Always in private maybe even off site. Start with a positive. This is known as the hamburger method: to sandwich the meat of the negative feedback between two positive comments. Give yourself some ‘wiggle room’. Broach the subject by saying ‘what I feel’, ‘what I understand to be happening…’ that way it is less damning and if they can refute the behaviour or the incident you have not gotten into a confrontation by being too firm. Describe what you have seen and when you saw it…..tell them what is not happening or what you are not seeing. Do not use words like ‘always’ ‘never’ as it is unlikely that the person ‘always’ does or does not do that, and once you have exaggerated the frequency, you destroy the credibility of your argument and put them on the offensive. Expect an aggressive reaction. Ask if that is true, an accurate reflection always see what their perspective is. Explain the consequences of this sort of behaviour…for you, for their colleagues and for the organisation. Focus all the time on the specific behaviour and not on the whole person never say ‘you are….’  as that is attacking their personality! Express your pleasure at another aspect of their work. Ask for specific new or different behaviours: ‘what I need you to do……’ and explain the positive benefits of what this will mean for the organisation or their colleagues. If you can get them to commit to doing it, ask them what support they need to put this into practice. Set some measures and a review date, that may be next week or even a month away depending on what the change is. Conclusion: You are not giving them the option of doing it or not you need to be assertive as you have the right to ask this of them so ask clearly but express it in terms of what you need to see more of, what you need them to do differently etc. Also, focus on the outcomes you may need to accept a little negotiation around the margins but stick with your principles. RELATED: How Would You Score Yourself as a Manager of People?

Hard Water The Hairy Details

Hard Water The Hairy Details I absolutely love living in Geneva!  The downtown area is totally idyllic with its cute shops and amazing restaurants.  I get the perks and space of suburban living (can you say Super Target?!).  I am also a quick train ride into the beautiful city of Chicago to visit my best friend.  Mid-week dinners and some wine completely saves my sanity these days.  It is a great fit for sure! There is just one little thing.  We have well water.  Seems harmless, right?  I actually thought it sounded innocent as well upon our move in August. What is wrong with well water? Back story: Shortly after moving to Geneva I was in this pretty girls wedding. It was an amazing day/night/morning.  I was honored to be a bridesmaid, fo-sho! I realized, after tackling the mass that was my after-wedding-hair, that there was serious breakage to the top of my hair.  I initially thought it was due to all the spraying, teasing, and pinning that went on the day before. Wrong. As the days and weeks passed I experienced more and more breakage.  I went to diagnose my condition online.  (Always a good idea, right?!) Come to find out we had hard water.  This is because our water supply comes from local wells. Well water = hell water.  Hell for my hair that is!  Well water is hard, ie: it is loaded with minerals that gunk up your tresses. So whats a girl to do? A quick fix to hard water is to install a water softener.  We couldnt do that because we are renting an apartment.  Another option for slowing the damage of hard water is to install a shower head that pulls the minerals out of the water.  I bought this beauty: It is the Jonathan Antin Shower Head and Filter.  It made me feel better but I wanted more.  So I did what any girl would do, I went to Pinterest.  After much digging I found a simple but very effective solution: vinegar! I simply soap up then spray my hair with vinegar before rinsing.  The vinegar allows the hard water to rinse the soap and dirt from my hair without leaving the mineral deposits behind.  I had a spray bottle laying around and put it directly onto the vinegar bottle! If you are worried about the smell, there is NONE.  It rinses out with no smell and you are left to enjoy normal hair once more. *Note: I have never colored my hair so I do not know what the vinegar would do to your color.

4 Tips To Start a Business From a Woman Who Knows

4 Tips To Start a Business From a Woman Who Knows I had the great opportunity to sit down with Melinda Emerson  recently, and pick her brain about how to start a business. If your dreams involve being your own boss one day, youre going to want to listen to what she has to say.   To be sure,  she knows her stuff when it comes to dishing out facts and tips to start a business. She goes by @SmallBizLady on Twitter, hosting a weekly  #SmallBizChat. She runs the  Succeed As Your Own Boss blog where she posts articles and tips on breaking into entrepreneurship, and she writes a business column for the New York Times. On top of all that, she is the founder and head of Quintessence Group, her marketing consulting firm. It was a great conversation, and I wish Id had a megaphone instead of a tape recorder and medium roast coffee with me so you all   could have heard all of the gems she had to share. But, Ive got the next best thing for you: heres the top four pieces of advice she had to share with career ladies like yourself. 1. Be Nice Yes, really. If you picture a successful businesswoman, what do you see? Pantsuits? A flawless multitasker who strides through her day, leaping over obstacles and bulldozing her to-do list? A ruthless calculator who eats her competition for breakfast and always comes out on top, lipstick unsmudged? Well, thats what a lot of people expect, but acting like that wont win you any friends and friends are everything. Emerson: Being kind to other people, even if they’re perceived as being a direct competitor, has been very very helpful to me. I have been very generous, sharing other people’s content, and I think that’s been one of my secret weapons to gain my Twitter following. My joke is that I always say, “Be sweet, Retweet!” But as a woman in a male dominated industry, (and lets face it, right now, a lot of us are,) isnt there a lot of pressure to treat others as a threat, and protect yourself? Emerson: That doesn’t make sense, because first of all, there’s 27 million small business owners. There’s only 1700 big businesses. So we are predominant out here, everyone’s trying to sell to us, so why would we try to cannibalize and kill each other? That just doesn’t make sense. I have been very blessed to have wonderful mentors and people around me who have been super helpful. She also tells us that you it is crucial to start out with a network of friends to sell to- which can mean the person in the cubicle next to you, or the person that lived in the next dorm. Emerson: It is amazing to me how many people with no friends start a business. It is amazing to me. 2. Specialize Remember how I mentioned that it might be a good idea  to figure out your business plan, ya know, ahead of time? Ms. Emerson backs me up on this one. Emerson: Who  is your paying customer, what is your niche? Because people too often are generalists, and the recession killed generalist consultants. People want to hire people that are specialists, people who specialize in solving their problem every day. So you’ve got to figure out, what are you going to specialize in? Yeah, but, what about giving it the good old American try, and just jumping in on a wing and a prayer, seeing what pans out? Arent you supposed to follow your passion, and then try to figure out how to make money from it? Arent tips to start a business supposed to look like motivational posters? Emerson: It’s crazy. [People say,] find your passion! No. Find a profit center! Find your passion that has a profit center. Because most of the time, people that are entrepreneurial have a myriad of ideas. (You already know what our Career Girl has to say about passion.) Again, thats not to say that you should toss all the fire and energy and starry-eyed idealism out the window. Drive is good, a plan is better. 3. Behave At Least Online Ill bet a lot of you guys are familiar with that rainy little patch of disillusionment that you hit when you graduated with a college degree and realized that the jobs were still far from guaranteed. Many people have begun to question the value of receiving any higher education at all, with the current state of the system. But,  dont ever make the mistake of thinking that your job of learning is done. Emerson: When you come out of college, all that means is that you’re trainable. You don’t know anything to help anybody make any money yet. Not often. So, how about you just come and be quiet and learn for a minute? And then talk to me about your ideas. But learn my system first. She also mentions the pitfall of starting a business in an industry in which youve never worked at least part time. Emerson: Too often people romanticize entrepreneurship, like I’m gonna start a restaurant!, and have never worked in one. That’s a mistake. You need to go work for a small business so you understand just how hard that is. And then be really honest and really realistic with your own skills. What are you good at? What are you not good at? Emerson recounted how she had devoured every resource she could find when first starting her own businessand still relied on the knowledge of mentors to fill the gaps.    Emerson: In order to be successful, you have to be flexible. You have to listen. You have to be a lifelong learner. You have to make sure that you’re not resting on your laurels, that you think you know everything already. I go every single year to ten conferences, and I go to the workshops. Even if I’m speaking keynote at the conference, I go to other people’s workshops. I still think there’s stuff you can learn from other people. When you get to the point where you don’t think you can learn from anyone else, you’re in trouble.   And that, she says, may be part of the reason some Gen Y and Gen Xers seem to be conflicted on the new rules of the workplace, and the concept of paying your dues and putting in the grunt work before hitting it big. Emerson: I think many [millenials] don’t do their homework, and many of them assume they could do my job today. And what they don’t understand is that there’s 20 years behind my credentials. I look younger than I am. But I’m not. I have forgotten more than they know about it. But that’s okay. I think you need fresh ideas, and they’re so excited, and they have so much energy. I think energy is needed in a workplace. But I think it has to be measured. We had a great talk, and I wish I could have shared even more of what she had to say. (She does offer some free ebooks if youre dying for some more tips to start a business served up straight.) But if I had to leave you with one tidbit to take away, it would be this: the key to her success, she tells me, is that she is relentlessly consistent. Now: Start A Business! So, get on it, girls! The process may not always be sexy, but owning your work and setting the terms of your own success definitely is.

Pharmacist Resume Sample for a Compelling Job Application

Pharmacist Resume Sample for a Compelling Job Application Pharmacist Resume Example + Tips to Create A Compelling Job Application Pharmacists are now in high demand all around the world. They can secure jobs in hospitals, grocery stores, pharmacies, clinics and medical facilities, even for the government and military. A licensed pharmacist provides a needed service, and must adhere to the strictest standards of accuracy. They must ensure that they distribute medications safely, adhere to any applicable laws, and counsel patients on using medications safely and effectively. As with other medical professions, job growth for pharmacists and pharmacy techs is quite high. Still, to land a great job, you’ll need to write an impressive resume. In the paragraphs below, we’ve got resume tips for professional pharmacists, and a free pharmacist resume example you can use to model yours.Customize Your Resume to The Job ListingWhen most people think of a pharmacist, they visualize a pharmacist working in a retail setting. That may be the job you are seeking, but perhaps not. You could be applying for a job as a pharm acist at a correctional facility, or in a nursing home. Depending on the nature of the position, you’ll want to include different keywords and emphasize different skills.Start With a Great Summary And List of SkillsLead your resume off with a three to five sentence objective or statement that describes your abilities as a pharmacist, your skills, and level of experience. The idea here is to share with hiring managers, what they will get should they hire you. Follow this with a list of both hard and soft skills. That might look something like this:Customer EducationInventory ManagementCustomer Service And SupportVendor and Provider Relationship ManagementControlled Substance VerificationQuality ControlCompoundingManaging Community Education InitiativesAttention to DetailTeamworkConsider a Functional Resume if You Lack ExperienceIf you’re a recent graduate, or only have a few years experience, your resume might look a bit thin. In that case, you might want to use a functional resu me.A functional resume leads off with, and emphasizes your skills rather than your experience. This can be a good thing in many cases. Imagine that you are a recent graduate with only an internship as a relevant pharmacy experience. Initially, you might not seem like the best choice when compared to someone with two years of retail pharmacy experience. However, that could change once a hiring manager sees your skills on a functional resume. For example, you may have completed a special program that gives you specific expertise in the dangers of opioid medications and best practices for dispensing them.   Use a functional resume, and items like this appear at the top.Emphasize Relevance in Past JobsA pharmacist does more than distribute medications. They provide education. They often work in the context of a retail environment, and are asked to perform tasks that go beyond the scope of pharmacy management. A good pharmacist is excellent at math, they are able to relate to people f rom a variety of backgrounds, they can train and motivate staff, and assist customers who may be worried or frustrated. If you have had jobs that allowed you to develop these skills, add them to your resume, even if they aren’t in the healthcare sector.Consider a Resume With a Vertical SplitA vertical split or v-split resume is usually divided into two slightly uneven sections. The left section often includes your contact information, list of skills, licenses, and certifications. The right side is then reserved for your work history and education. Such design ensures that the readers eyes are always on the most pertinent information, and it can help you fit more on a single page.Resume Sample for Pharmacist (Word version)Download resume example (.docx)Pharmacist Resume Example (text version) Lorraine Engel1328 Late Avenue Elmore City, OK 73035 (555)555-5555 name@email.comLicensed pharmacist with ten years of experience in retail settings. Skilled at accurately dispensing medicatio ns, counseling patients, and identifying potentially harmful interactions. Have successfully implemented changes to policies and procedures that have improved the delivery of service to customers. Relevant skills include:Opioid Abuse Resistance TrainingCompoundingInventory ControlStaff Training And MentoringHIPAACustomer ServiceProcess ImprovementWork ExperienceKyle’s Pharm-Med City, STPharmacy ManagerAug 2015 PresentLead a Team of Pharmacists And Pharmacy TechsCounseled Customers on Drug Interactions And Proper Use of MedicationsCommunicated With Medical Providers And Insurance Companies on Behalf of PatientsManaged Inventory For Pharmaceutical And OTC ProductsCollaborated With other Department ManagersMed-Pharm City, STStaff PharmacistDecember 2009 Aug 2015Assisted in the implementation of a new, online pharmacy network that automated communications with providers, and eliminated the need to keep paper records.Properly verified customer information.Assisted with billing ques tions.Achieved an accuracy level of 100% and an efficiency score of 95%. That score is 20% higher than the national average.EducationBiltmore College of Pharmacy City, STBachelor of Science in Pharmacy StudiesDean’s ListHealthcare Student of the YearFinal ThoughtsIn this case, the applicant already has significant experience. She places the emphasis on her skills, and day-to-day duties performed, as well as some on-the-job accomplishments. You can use a similar approach with your application and select a professional resume template to highlight your expertise better! previous article The Visionaire â€" A Creative Resume Template for Leaders next article Bold and Brash a Creative Resume Template with Pops of Color you might also likeA Model Resume Example That Will Get Results

Workplace Stress - What Are The Consequences [Infographic] - Career Pivot

Workplace Stress - What Are The Consequences [Infographic] - Career Pivot Workplace Stress What are theconsequences for workplace stress for most baby boomers? What brings this up is I have been having discussions with a variety of IBMer’s who were laid off, errr … uh … the subject of a Resource Action. Most had twenty-five plus years with IBM. A common theme has been the physical and emotional aspects of working for IBM in the last few years. They were stressed out, and it was showing up physically. I had lunch with an old friend, well he is younger than me so maybe he is not an old friend! He told me he was working 12-14 hour days 7 days a week. He had a variety of serious ailments that could be directly related to stress. All of these ailments had long-term consequences. When do you say enough is enough! When I left my last corporate position, my blood pressure was extremely high, I was suffering from a variety of other physical ailments similar to my friend. At the same time, I had multiple friends die well before their time. I had one dear friend who suffered a massive heart attack while on a bicycle, only to have a good samaritan get out of their car within a minute of him going to down to start CPR. My friend’s heart was not restarted for 10 minutes. Except for a multiple bypass operation, my friend has minimal ill effects from the incident. We have no idea who the gentleman was who got out of his car. This had a dramatic effect on me!Life is too short to let it be affected by workplace stress. I remember telling my boss, I needed to slow down because of health issues. His response was “go out for a run we got to keep going!”. Real sympathetic response!!! That was the impetus to start the planning process for what is now Career Pivot. It was only after I went home miserably one day with sky high blood pressure that I said enough is enough. The consequences of workplace stress were a much-shortened life and reduced quality of life. When my friend was told he would be part of the latest resource action, he did not look for a job within IBM. He knew he needed to move on with his life. Sometimes we need a kick in the appropriate anatomical part to get us to take care of ourselves. What are the consequences of workplace stress for you? Check out the following infographic from Top10OnlineColleges.org. Have you ever said enough is enough! Should you be saying this now? Will workplace stress shorten your life and reduce your quality of life? Marc Miller Like what you just read? Share it with your friends using the buttons above. Like What You Read? Get Career Pivot Insights! Check out the Repurpose Your Career Podcast Do You Need Help With ...

5 Clear Signs You Have A Narcissistic Wound To Heal - Kathy Caprino

5 Clear Signs You Have A Narcissistic Wound To Heal Part of the Kathy Caprinos series “Living and Working Better” Ive experienced narcissism throughout my life, but it took many years to fully recognize or understand it. As I became an adult, I continued to attract emotionally manipulative and narcissistic people into my life â€" including bosses, colleagues and even “friends.” I started to think, “What the heck is going on here? How can it be that I continually experience these painful, traumatic situations and relationships where others don’t seem to?” I didn’t uncover the real answer to that question until I became a marriage and family therapist, and studied how humans develop and grow, and also what can go terribly wrong with our emotional development and personality and identify formation when we’re exposed to abuse, manipulation and childhood trauma. When I learned about narcissistic personality disorder, my world was completely rocked. I realized then exactly what had been going on for many years (in fact, all my life), and also learned what we have to do to address and heal our own wounds from being exposed to narcissistic trauma as young children, when we were too young and defenseless to make sense of a chaotic and frightening world. Years later, as I became a career coach and began delivering my Amazing Career Project course, I observed that a significantly large portion of the women who came to the course and who were frustrated and deeply dissatisfied with their lives and careers had in fact, experienced traumatic emotional manipulation or narcissism in childhood. And I began to see clearly that when you’ve grown up with narcissism, you will, almost assuredly, carry the narcissistic wound inside you. According to psychologists, when a child is trapped in a narcissistic relationship with a parent, they can either internalize or externalize the traumatizing behavior of the parent.  As described by Dr. Jane Petersen in her article “Healing the Narcissistic Wound: The child who externalizes their experience perpetuates the pattern by projecting onto others the shame, guilt, humiliation and fear that she experienced and cannot tolerate herself. Narcissistic behavior can be internalized as well. In these cases, the child first develops a protector identity, usually dissociative, whose aim is to reduce the harm by anticipating the narcissist behavior of the adult. The child does this by creating an internal version of the narcissistic adult’s behavior. Later as the child develops, this part that arose as protector begins to function as a persecutor, a replica of the abusive adult that now lives inside the growing child’s own mind. The bottom line is that when you’ve been traumatized by narcissism as a child, most likely you’re carrying a wound inside that has to be healed. If you don’t address it, it will wreak havoc on your relationships, your personal and professional fulfillment and success, and your own self-concept and self-esteem. How can you tell quickly if you have a narcissistic wound to heal? Here are 5 signs I’ve observed both throughout my 18-year corporate life, then over the past 12 years working as a therapist, and career and personal success coach: #1. You can’t overcome your driven need to be a perfectionistic overfunctioner, no matter how you try There’s a term I’ve coined â€" “perfectionistic overfunctoner” â€" that emerged from my training about the driven fear and need to do more than is healthy, appropriate, or necessary, and striving desperately to get an “A+” in all of it. Hundreds of thousands of women suffer from perfectionistic overfunctioning, and when they do, physical and emotional crises emerge. This driven fear to be perfect and to be everything to everyone often emerges as a coping and survival strategy, to save oneself from deep pain and rejection from narcissistic or overly manipulative parents. Sadly, many cultures teach that good parenting is about pushing children to excellence. What I’ve seen, however, is that this form of parenting can become abusive and highly damaging when the pushing and pressuring is intense and unrelenting and when it means love will be withheld, and is conditional, given only if there’s high achievement. And many cultures around the world haven’t learned this vitally important lesson yet, thus raising very emotionally damaged adults. #2. The idea of saying “NO!” to your parents or others (even when you are a mature adult), regarding how you want to live your life, is terrifying. I’m utterly amazed day after day when I hear from women all around the world who are absolutely frozen in fear at the idea of telling their now elderly parents that they wish to create a new type of life for themselves. They know their parents will ridicule and shame them, and in some cases abandon them for “letting them down,” not living up to the parents’ expectations about the money, fame, recognition, and success they believe their children should continue to strive for. #3. You set the bar for your own accomplishments so high, that you hate and shame yourself every day for not meeting and surpassing your own impossible expectations. I’ve seen incredibly accomplished women (many who are well known in their fields and highly respected) feel “less than” and inferior, even after achieving what others would say are tremendous feats of success and impact. These women nurture impossible expectations, and when they fail to meet them, it’s confirmed in their own minds that they’re never good enough. #4. When you’re in competitive environments, you might look like you “win” and “thrive” but deep down, you feel very scared, fragile and defensive. Many highly competitive people appear confident and full of self-love and self-esteem, but inside, they’re devastatingly scared.   Internally, they feel fragile, defensive and deeply afraid that they won’t “win” or come out on top in comparison to their colleagues or peers. For them, it’s not pleasurable to compete â€" it’s terrifying â€" yet they can’t stop themselves from competing at all costs. #5. You reject those who challenge you Finally, if someone challenges you and makes it clear they don’t like, “get,” or respect you, you internally reject and dislike them in excessive ways unable to tolerate feeling unaccepted. I’ve seen that those with a narcissistic wound need to be loved and accepted at all times, and when they’re not getting what they need emotionally, they go to a dark place of needing to reject those who triggered in them a feeling of being unacceptable. Even if it’s as small or seemingly insignificant as receiving a judgmental or nasty comment on Facebook or a LinkedIn status, people with narcissistic wounds will become excessively angry or indignant at the challenge, and go to extreme lengths to prove the challenger wrong or to discredit him/her. * * * * * Know that you don’t have to have therapy training to begin work to recognize if you have a narcissistic wound that needs healing. You need to shut out all the noise and chatter, tap into what you’re feeling at the deepest level, and be courageous enough to allow yourself to experience the full weight of your emotions. (If this is too frightening or overwhelming, seek out a great therapeutic provider to support you.) Once you can feel and recognize what triggers you to feel unsafe, unloved, and unacceptable, you can then explore the root behind that. Two eye-opening questions to ask yourself are these: How old is this feeling inside of you? (This gets at understanding if this feeling emerged in early childhood, and if so, what was going on with your family and parents the first time you remember experiencing it.) Who did you crave love most from, as a child, and who did you have to be to get it? (A very powerful question from Tony Robbins documentary I Am Not Your Guru that helps you understand if you had to become someone you werent in order to be accepted and loved by your tribe.) When you start to see more clearly why you experience relationships, people and events as you do, you can then do something concrete to move forward toward healing, finally finding new ways to thrive after narcissism. (For hands-on therapeutic help, visit the American Assn. of Marriage and Family Therapy, and use the therapist locator to find a great therapist in your community who understands narcissism deeply and has learned how to support clients to heal from it. And for daughters of narcissistic mothers, read the helpful book Will I Ever Be Good Enough by Dr. Karyl McBride.)     For more on healing after narcissism, take Kathy Caprino and therapist Janneta Bohlander’s “Dealing with Narcissism” webinar training series and visit Kathy’s Personal Growth programs  and Amazing Career Project course.

Writing Two Majors Or Minros On Your Resume

Writing Two Majors Or Minros On Your ResumeIf you are a college student, write two majors or minors on your resume. Students love to be able to tell a prospective employer what they have studied. Writing a resume that is specific to your major is very helpful and it can really help your chances of landing a job.One of the first things to do before you submit your resume is to check with your school schedule. Typically, students will have two semesters to finish their coursework and some schools will have four semesters. Some schools may only offer one class a semester. Just make sure that you have all of your classes and that your school has the option to offer that option.When your school offers a particular class that you wish to take, it is very important to make sure that the schedule for that class overlaps with your own. During your second semester, it is important to attend class or sign up for another class that is a good fit for you. This will give you an extra break in betw een semesters and it will allow you to go back to school at a later date.Writing two majors or minors on your resume is great because you can give a list of schools that have a concentration on a certain area. You can also offer one or two references that you have worked with and used when you were in school. However, make sure that the second list includes the schools that offer courses that are closely related to your major. You need to show that you are a flexible person who can also meet a demand of the job market.The most important part of writing two majors or minors on your resume is to make sure that you get a good sense of what it is that you want to study. First, you should determine what area of study that you would like to specialize in. Your major andminros will play a major role in making your resume stand out from the other applicants.You should also decide what kind of course you would like to take. If you are planning to specialize in a certain area, you may want to consider taking a specialization in that area. There are a number of schools that offer programs that specialize in certain areas of study and one of those is often a great choice.You should also make sure that you are sufficiently prepared for the coursework before you start writing the resumes. If you are not sure what course you will be taking, you should contact the school and ask them what the course will entail. If you are not sure if the course is appropriate for you, you may want to talk to your professor and get an idea of what you will be doing.It is important to understand that you should write multiple majors or minors on your resume. If you focus on one area of study, it may be difficult to blend in with your other information.