Monday, March 07, 2005

Need a Break? Hit the Web

Need a Break? Hit the Web:

Interesting to find such an article in BusinessWeek of all the places! :)
Excerpts from the article:

2. Find out what your peers are earning. Not necessarily peers in your company, but people who do your job in your Zip code. It's all there at salary.com, and you can be pretty specific about job responsibilities (and even buy a salary analysis that's tailored to you). If you're depressed to find that you're paid in the middle of the pack, try suggestion No. 3.

3. Create a Google alert on your name.
Go to google.com, click on News, then on Google News Alerts to receive an e-mail whenever your name appears anywhere online. To narrow the chances for irrelevant mails, type your name in quotes: 'Anne Smith.'

If you ever do public speaking or publish anything anywhere, you'll be astounded at how your name will bounce around the Internet, probably forever. Over time, Google will also send you loads of news about 13-year-old soccer players with your name. But hey, at least they'll be talented soccer players. If this exercise gets you thinking about what people name their kids, try suggestion No. 4. "

1 comment:

Veerapathiran said...

try this site if you're bored
http://www.i-am-bored.com/

another fun way to waste your time is to read thru spam mails in your email account..it's my fav wastime activity (ofcourse browsing is at the top).