This one trick can maximize your weekend and improve your work week

This one trick can maximize your weekend and improve your work weekThis one trick can maximize your weekend and improve your work weekRecently Ladders reported on the shocking amount of Americans that are putting off important things on their to-do lists. Many find that there just isnt enough time. In fact, the average American said they have as little as 26 minutes of free time a week.Eventually, administrative tasks that demand our attention begin to add up, smothering us. This feeling of being overwhelmed is a bane to productivity and overall wellness.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreIs there an effective way to maximize our free time?The Power hourGretchen Rubin, happiness expert and author of Outer Order, Inner Calm, provides some interesting insights into the curse of poor time management. Towards the end of a busy work week, panic begins to set in - so many tasks, so lit tle time. According to Rubin, its all about the first step, or the power hour, as she slickly called it.Give yourself an hour, Rubin told CNBC,Power hour is when you set aside an hour on the weekend to just do all the things that youve been procrastinating about.The thing that keeps most of the items on our checklist right where they are, is lack of exigence. You dont need to schedule that appointment right this minute, which means you likely never will. Setting aside an hour to knock things off the list, irrespective of their respective time sensitivity will better ensure they get done.In her book, Ruben recommends we actualize this process by making a list of all the unpleasant chores, we need to get done and then knock them out every week. Little by little, we can get a lot accomplished, says Rubin.The concept of the power hour was born out of a simple but often forgotten principle its much easier to keep up than to catch up. When we think about our to-do lists as one collective mass, they become very intimidating. Your list should be viewed as a collection of mini-components, all individually deal-with-able in due time. Have the things youve been avoiding doing in the back of your mind during the work week, then devote a little attention to them when Saturday rolls around.So do as much as you can do along the way thats going to make it more pleasant for you as you go through your work week. Thats going to make less work for you on the weekend, Rubin adds.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

Julio Guerrero Selected as President-Nominee

Julio Guerrero Selected as President-Nominee Julio Guerrero Selected as President-Nominee Julio Guerrero Selected as President-NomineeJulio Guerrero, PhD During the Presidents Dinner held at the Societys Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore., the ASME Nominating Committee announced the selection of Julio Guerrero, PhD, as ASME president-nominee for 2015-2016. The Committee also announced the nominees for six other ASME leadership positions, including the next three members of the Board of Governors.Dr. Guerrero is a principal, RD and business development, at Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., and founder of Cambridge Research and Technology LLC. Guerrero served as a member of ASMEs Board of Governors from 2011-2013, and as vice-chair of the Societys Industry Advisory Board from 2008-2010. His other Society activities include serving on the advisory board for the ASME 2014 Energy Forum on Shale Development and Hydraulic Fracturing, reviewer for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design from 2010-2014, and working with the steering committee that proposed the ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow) in 2006.Prior to joining Draper in 2011, Guerrero served as a principal research scientist for seven years at Schlumberger Research (SLB), where he established 15 research collaborations with professors and students from Massachussetts Insittue of Technologys mechanical and electrical engineering departments, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Center (WHOI) for kriegsmarine Robotics for subsea and land oil operations. Since 2003, he has also done research with several MIT professors, graduate students and WHOI researchers taught engineering courses at MIT and served as a member of six doctoral committees at MIT and the University of Texas at Austin. An owner of nearly 20 patents worldwide, Guerrero received his masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995 and 1998, respectively. At the Presidents Dinner, the Nominating Committee also announce d the names of three Board of Governors members and three vice presidents who will begin their three-year terms at next years Annual Meeting, following membership approval by proxy ballot this autumn. Bryan Erler, Sriram Somasundaram and Caecilia Gotama are the three Board of Governors nominees. The three vice president nominees are William Predebon, Education Louis Bialy, Safety Codes and Standards and Richard Stevenson, Conformity Assessment.

4 Smart Tactics for Sending Emails to Recruiters

4 Smart Tactics for Sending Emails to Recruiters 4 Smart Tactics for Sending Emails to Recruiters Connecting with recruiters is one of the best strategies for scoring the interview you need to get the job you want. Yet many job seekers find reaching out intimidating because they don’t know how to email a recruiter. We’ll show you a few sample emails to help you get past fumbling around for the right words to presenting yourself in a way no recruiter could ignore. Applying for jobs is easy. (Well, aside from that whole “attach your resume, and now type everything from your resume into this online form” dynamic we all love to hate.) But scoring that plum position - the one lots of strong candidates are competing for - is a challenge. A well-written letter can do a few things to highlight you as an applicant to watch. There’s another compelling reason to forge connections with recruiters: an estimated 70-80 percent of positions are not posted. If you’re sitting around waiting for a position to appear on the job boards you frequent, you could be missing important opportunities. Being proactive can pay big dividends. Recruiters want to hear from you. It’s their job to find the perfect candidates for the positions they need to fill, and they’re on the lookout for talent. But recruiters also get a lot of emails, and their time is precious. Make sure your message meets these criteria. Here’s a tip:  Is it okay to contact a recruiter on LinkedIn? Yep. 87 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn regularly, including to connect with potential candidates. Just make sure you avoid these common faux pas when you reach out. Make your email message as customized as possible. (Whatever you do, avoid spamming recruiters with a stock copy/paste message. They’re easy to spot and even easier to ignore.) Use these sample emails for inspiration. Subject: Any content marketing roles at XYZ? I read the  Inc.  article last week about XYZ Inc.’s rapid growth since landing five million in venture capital last spring. Way to rock that funding! Do you have plans to expand your marketing department? I’ve had great success as the brand manager for Acme Widgets for the past five years. I’m planning to move into a broader content marketing role that challenges me to grow as a brand storyteller, and XYZ has been on my radar. I’d love to chat with you for 5-10 minutes to introduce myself and learn more about the company’s culture and any upcoming roles you need to fill. Would you have time for a quick phone call on Wednesday? Subject: Lead copywriting role at Acme â€" Résumé attached I applied for the lead copywriting role at Acme Widgets last week. I’m impressed by Acme’s crazy fast growth in the widget industry, and I’m excited by the opportunity to be part of a lively team. I think I’m a great fit for this position because my ten years in the copywriting trenches have made me a whiz at turning out clean, compelling copy. In 2016, I won a Netty Award for Best Copywriting for my work on the ABC123.com website. I’ve attached my resume so you don’t have to dig through your files to files to find my application. Would you like to schedule a time to chat about the role? I had lunch with Eric Ferguson yesterday and he mentioned that ABC123 was planning to hire more writers soon. I graduated from NYU with a bachelor’s degree in English in September, and I’d love to learn more about your writing team and what makes them tick. And, of course, I’d love to talk to you about open roles. Do you have a few minutes for a video chat on Wednesday at around 1 p.m.? This article was originally published on Grammarly . It is reprinted with permission.