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Odesk is a way of connecting people to employers online and building a reputation for your skills and services. Check out the video on the home page. It explains how the service works and how a distributed workteam can benefit companies and workers.

You have cracked all the stages of the interview with flying colors. Now the company has called you for the final round - the salary negotiation round. How do you ensure that you get a good pay package without bowing out of the race for the job?

You have cracked all the stages of the interview with flying colors. Now the company has called you for the final round - the salary negotiation round. How do you ensure that you get a good pay package without bowing out of the race for the job?

Reaching your work goals may look like a daunting task at first. With careful planning and implementation of right strategies, you can step up the career ladder quicker than you thought of. Here are few tips on how to get promoted at work quickly:



Continue learning

Learning is a lifelong process. To grow in your career, it is imperative that you keep accumulating knowledge across industries' trends, challenges and insights. Staying updated about your domain knowledge enables you to tackle challenges at work more efficiently and higher your chances of getting noticed by employers.

Lead when required

To take charge in a work environment doesn't always require you to be in a top position. You can assume a leadership role when circumstances demands at workplace. Exhibit your leadership skills while solving a critical problem at work by effectively communicating, motivating and working in coordination with other team members. Also start taking responsibilities a level in advance to show that you are ready for the next role.

Give your best

When you give your best in your work, you stay visible for your passion and performance. If you want to add more value to your work, then go t

Article in the New York Times about how companies like Appirio are creating web applications that help connect employers to matching employee candidates through social networks like Facebook. While many people may dismiss Facebook as an illegitimate way to connecting to employers, the industry is changing.

Lee Hecht Harrison is an outplacement agency that can help you discover how to position yourself to stand out from everyone else in the stack of resumes. Their proprietary Ten Milestones methodology help you prepare yourself for the entire process from determining what kind of work you want to negotiating an offer.

Evernote is a fantastic tool for clipping the Internet you like and finding it again in the future. It has free client software for Mac, PC, iPhone, and smartphones. Just clip anything you see on the web and add it to Evernote. Not only are you only saving the parts of the web page that interest you, there's always a link back to the source page so you can get back there if you want to later. Then you can organize your clipped content and find any keyword contained in it, including text that Evernote can read in pictures. For more information, be sure to watch the YouTube video on how Evernote works.

Toodledo is a task list tool which helps you organize all your projects and tasks. Since it's online, it's accessible anywhere you need it, including on your iPhone. There is a free version as well as a paid version, which the main difference is sub-tasks and the length of time your completed tasks are stored. Be sure to check out the comparison chart to see how Toodledo compares to the competition. One great way I've used Toodledo is integrated to an iPhone app called Appigo Todo. It helps you manage all your tasks in a way that follows the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. The products work well together and really help with tracking your tasks as well as seeing accomplishments.

Do you wonder what Twitter is? Many people do, and it's not exactly the easiest thing to explain or understand. Commoncraft has put together a fantastic video which explains it in easy to understand concepts. I recommend all Commoncraft videos.