I am trying to infiltrate google’s newest project!!

Google is getting into facebook’s swimlane.. again.

They tried with Google Wave and Google Buzz and now they have a new secret weapon… google+.
You have experienced their incredibly useful tools displayed

We “google” everything. Their tools are a household name as handy as any appliance in our homes. The tabs on the google page are etched in our minds: Web | Images | Video | Maps | News | Shopping .. etc

Google+ will add “YOU” to the tab. This will allow us to completely personalize and compartmentalize our contacts. One of the weakness’ of Facebook is its clumsy means sharing information. For example, when you accept a friend they are automatically able to shared all the data you put up. You can group friends into groups, but it is not transparent. Google Circles will hopefully fix that. From the horses mouth: Circles will be “The easiest way to share some things with college buddies, others with your parents, and almost nothing with your boss.”

Other tools in the YOU tab will include:
Hangout:
Let friends know you’re free for a video hangout, any time, anywhere. Then catch up, watch YouTube, or… just hangout.

Sparks:
A feed of just the stuff you’re really into, so when you’re free, there’s always something waiting to be watched, read, or shared.

Huddle:
Texting is great, but not when you’re trying to get six different people to decide on a movie. Huddle turns all those different conversations into one simple group chat, so everyone gets on the same page all at once. Your thumbs will thank you.

Instant Upload:
Taking photos is fun. Sharing photos is fun. Getting photos off your phone is pretty much the opposite of fun. With Instant Upload, your photos and videos upload themselves automatically, to a private album on Google+. All you have to do is decide who to share them with.

For more info on google Plus check them out here
http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/demo/

I hope it does well 🙂

7/7/2011, 1am: I am in Google+. My access is very very limited and I cannot invite yet, but so far I must say LOL.. its beautiful.
Google is really doing it right. Facebook, Microsoft and others will have to follow their lead on this one. Wow!!!

A friend of mine is having trouble finding a job. She is in the medical field, so I am VERY surprised about this.

According to US News, health care jobs are among the top 50 best careers to get into for 2010 and 2011.

Many of the occupations on this list rank at the top of the Labor Department’s growth projections for 2008 to 2018, largely because millions of aging baby boomers will continue to place heightened demand on healthcare providers. — US News, Best Careers 2011

There is obviously a high demand for many of the occupations within the health care industry, so I am at a loss as to why she is having trouble finding a good job. I told her about monster.com, but this did not yield as many results as I thought. So now I am thinking that there must be some healthcare specific search engines that she can try. Here is what I found:

Health Career Web – Allows you to search 1000s of jobs in the health care industry
http://www.healthcareerweb.com/

Health eCareers – Health Care & Medical Jobs
http://www.healthecareers.com/

Career Builder (Health Care Jobs)
http://health-care.careerbuilder.com/

Absolutely Health Care
http://www.healthjobsusa.com/

There are a few job search engines that allow you to search the web for decent jobs in ANY career field. And these sites are equal or better than monster.com:
http://www.indeed.com
http://www.simplyhired.com

This site has a breakdown of many of the positions in the health care world:
Health Care Guide
http://www.khake.com/page22.html

Another thing to be mindful of is that its important to have credentials in the health care career field. This is means, certificates, degrees, experience, license. Remember you are competing with many others going after the same positions.