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FROM Catherine Ryan Hyde (author of Pay it Forward)

One of our Board Members, Bob Littell, made a 'last minute' entry to American Express, their "Member Project", to benefit some worthy cause which one of their members is promoting. In this case the worthy cause would be the Pay It Forward Foundation. As you know, we make 'mini-grants' to school age kids who come up with projects which are consistent with the Pay It Forward concept.

Bob dashed something off concerning the project he's been doing at Whiteford Elementary School, in a low-income neighborhood in South Atlanta, teaching 3rd graders his concept of NetWeaving (a Golden Form of networking) and Pay It Forward. To his surprise, he got an email this morning that it had been accepted.

The contest closes out on Monday, September 1, 2008, we thought we would send a request out to our supporters and fans of Pay It Forward and see if you might be willing just to forward this message on to anyone in your network to see if we can get this project into the TOP 25. It's a long shot but it's worth a try, especially with the way pay it forward supporters can come together.

Step 1 - Go to www.americanexpress.com and you will see an icon up in the upper right-hand corner which says "Members Project".

Step 2 - Click on this icon and then in the 'key word' search block, type 'netweaving' and that will pull up Bob's project - "Change the World - NetWeaving and Pay It Forward".

Step 3 - Vote to support it or even write something nice about the concepts or some great NetWeaving and/or Pay It Forward story, especially one that might involve children.

Pay It Forward Bracelet! Lets start the movement!

Get the bracelet for free! Just by sharing stories:
Gratis Gelang Tangan hanya dengan berbagi cerita:

What have you done to help people?
Apa yang telah kamu lakukan untuk membantu orang lain?

Send us email of your stories with your address
Kirimkan kami email tentang cerita tersebut lengkap dengan alamat kamu.

Also, join the community! Now!
Juga, Gabung komunitas ini! Sekarang!

Join at no cost, get the bracelet at no cost, and we will spread this movement for our future.
Gabung gratis, dapatkan gelangnya gratis, dan kita akan menyebarkan movement ini buat masa depan kita.

How will this work? Gimana sih cara kerjanya?
Kita bisa menyebutnya sebagaik MLM kebaikan, mengajak orang lain berbuat baik.

How? Gimana Caranya?

Whenever you recieve a "thank you" for whatever it is you have done, just remove your bracelett, and ask the person to "PAY IT FORWARD". Encourage the person to wear the bracelet and do the same for someone else.
Setiap saat kamu menerima ucapan "terima kasih" untuk apapun yang telah kamu perbuat, keluarkan Gelang dari tangan mu, dan ajaklah orang tersebut untuk "BALAS KEBAIKAN KE DEPAN". Ajak orang tersebut untuk mau menggunakan gelang nya dan melakukan kebaikan kepada orang lain.

Quotes

People are homeless, hungry and sick. Somebody should do something about this. Be somebody.

Bonnie Brady


Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others.

Martin Luther King Jr

How Resume (not)/attracts employers?

This is share knowledge for your reference..

There are many types of employers, in this part what we are discussing is the first sorter which is Human Resource Department - Staff. Many HR staffs is accountable and reliable but we can not control that NOT all of them are professional enough to have a good mood every single day.

This is the first reason why we need to make a good FIRST Impression of our application letter. If they ask for a cover letter or application letter, you must ensure that your

Our resume will depend of the first sight of the receiver and the reviewer, whether the employer international company or local company if they put the advertisement in English BUT your resume in Bahasa, then the reviewer will take your resume for granted, no matter how good is your skills and your experiences, especially for senior and upper positions. Unless stated otherwise eg. "English passive only" in the advertisement.

GOLDEN RULE: Pay attention to the detail! (Job Advertisement)

Ensure that your resume is in professional format when you apply for official work. In this case you can you a professional resume template or use resume wizard provided by Microsoft Office. The template should be in C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Templates of your computer.

Lets review it from the top:

Heading -first part of resume-, you will need to put:

• Nice and professional photograph ; DO NOT put any picture that is not in professional form, eg full body with style unless you are applying for a model or actor/actress. Picture most of the time is everything for the reviewer, some of them will judge the FIRST impression from your picture.
• Your contact detail ; put your detail full names; full address; contact number and email address. DO NOT make any mistakes of this part as this part is CRUCIAL for the employer.
• Draw a line after this headings (resume template should have this lining already)
  Objective - explain briefly of your objective. Do not put too many sentences in this part.
  Experiences - start with you current or recent experiences:
  Month/Year to Month/Year Company City / Location
  eg. 1990–1994 PT XYZ Indonesia Southridge, SC
  Position Held or Job Tittle
  Detail responsibilities / achievements
• Sample given in the templates in only about achievements but giving your detail responsibilities in this part of resume is HIGHLY ADVISABLE. This part if CRUCIAL PART of the resume, as the employer will see whether you suits for the job vacant based on this part whether match with requirements or criteria they are looking or NOT.

• Education - Same as Experiences, you should start with your recent educational background. NO NEED to put all from elementary school. Just put the major education start with Master, Degree and Diploma.
  
• Add your informal education eg workshops, courses, seminars etc after eduction. put additional part below Education eg. Informal Eduction or Courses/Seminars etc.
  Next one is Current/Expected Benefit, this is a MUST! Why? Every employers has budget for their recruitment plans, your detail of this will be very useful for the employer NOT to waste your time and theirs. eg. They only have budget for IDR 2million but at your current employment you are getting IDR 4million, then no need to call you in for interview if the company is a "budget concern" company.
  
• Remember to put in bracket of your expected benefit whether your expectation is (negotiable) or NOT. This also for the employers' justification to process you further.
  You can also provide your Personal Info at the bottom of the resume, your status etc.
  Same as personal info, referee not necessary to be put on resume as can be provided later before the interview (eg fill in a application form) or at the end of final process.
  

Fail to plan is PLANNING to FAIL !!

Thats all! Once again Pay this forward to your colleague and friends! Email me if you have questions or need to get advice on your application letter!

Hope the above useful for you. If you need further advice, let me know in the comment or send me email..I will be happy to help.

"If you ever get help from other, help much more people in return"
Lets spread Trevor McKinney believes (PAY IT FORWARD) to your friends and families. http://payitforward.warnerbros.com/Pay_It_Forward/
Ihsan for Pay It Forward Comunity - Jakarta
email address ihsankamil@gmail.com