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How Apple Will Make A Fortune From The Voice Millennial Branding and Experience surveyed 225 employers to find out what’s most important to them when they hire students or others for entry-level jobs. “Soft skills” like communication and teamwork were ranked even higher than education, and almost all employers said students should have at least one internship before they graduate.
Keeping yourself awake after a bad night of sleep or after a long day at work can be tough. Instead of resorting to excessive amounts of caffeine, illustrator and blogger Yumi Sakugawa has put together an infographic that shows a bunch of clever ways to keep yourself awake, including a few handy acupressure techniques.
Long drives to and from work don’t just suck up your time; these long commutes may also be hazardous to your health. Besides draining you mentally and forcing you to sit for extended periods through traffic jams, long commutes are linked to less sleep, high cholesterol and obesity.
We’ve discussed how dangerous burnout can be and what you can do about it in the past. If you need a simple refresher, this infographic from the folks at The Simple Dollar does a great job of distilling the basics into an easy-to-read visual.
According to America’s Test Kitchen, most cooking problems start from one of three small mistakes: inaccurate measurements, careless ingredient substitution or poor ingredient preparation. To help you avoid those problems and become better cooks, the school created these illustrations explaining the mistakes and solutions.
As we noted last week, email is not the problem — we are. And it’s not just the productivity drain or the antisocial effects of constantly checking our phones and computers for new messages. There are psychological ramifications too. By constantly looking for new information and tasks from other people, we are degrading the importance of the things we want and need to do.
Body language accounts for most of how we communicate, and so it’s helpful to know what certain cues can mean to gain a better understanding of what people are telling you. Here’s a helpful infographic from blogger/illustrator Yumi Sakugawa that can teach you the basics in just a minute.
Ever notice some foods, like oatmeal, fill you up quickly, but others, like rice, you can go on eating seemingly forever? Researchers have measured this “satiety” food index as well as how long a food will keep you full to help you choose better snacks.
This infographic reminds us that Portable Document Format (PDF) remains a massively way of sharing documents, with more than 94 per cent of people having some familiarity with the format. While the figures are based on a US survey, I’d expect similar numbers in Australia.
