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Five Tips for Switching Career Paths

2007-11-09T20:37:00.000+05:30

Switching fields may seem taboo, but it's quite doable, especially now when labor markets are tight. Almost half of the 164 employers who responded to our MONEY Magazine/Salary.com survey say they regularly target mid-career changers when recruiting.

One reason: Switchers are dedicated to their move, with 32 percent saying they'll spend "as long as it takes" to get the necessary certification and schooling.

What are they looking for? Pay and advancement, sure, but also fulfillment and a sense that they can control their career paths.

Steve Mullins, 44, already has a good job: He's a telecommunications engineer for a pharmaceutical company. But he's studying to become a nurse -- it's a top job for career changers because demand is so high. "They can offshore my job any day of the week," says Mullins of Noblesville, Indiana. "And of course, when you fix a router, it doesn't say thanks."

To make your case to a hiring manager, follow these tips.

1. Show your commitment.

"Employers are seeing high turnover," says Kimberly Bishop, a senior client partner at recruiter Korn/Ferry International. "They want to make sure you will be the right fit."

You'll be more convincing if you take classes, join industry organizations or moonlight (even on a volunteer basis) within the field you're exploring before you try to go full time -- and you'll also have a much better idea if this really is the right move for you.

2. Quantify your skills.

It may not be obvious how what you know translates into what they do. So focus on your transferable skills -- not your experience -- in interviews and on your resume.

Quantify your accomplishments: Show that you increased sales X percent or managed Y number of people. "It helps provide the scope and breadth of your accomplishments," says Bishop, "and it shows you very clearly understand what you've done."

Also highlight areas in your background that give you an advantage. When interviewing for an IT position, Randy Jensen, 36, of Riverton, Utah, pointed out that after 15 years in radio, he has good communication skills. "I can string two sentences together," he says. "I'm not going to be a hermit in a cubicle."

3. Talk the talk.

Learning industry lingo is critical. "If you want to be a brand manager, you need to talk like one," says Ricki Frankel, a career coach who specializes in transitions. Read trade publications and job postings. And start networking.

To make the switch from sales engineer to marketing, Todd Cox, 39, of Atlanta, has been reading books and seeking out mentors. "It may be someone I read about or hear speak," he says. "I tell them what I'm trying to do and ask if they'll coach me along. It doesn't always work, but everyone gives me little tidbits."

4. Take a two-step approach.

"Every career is composed of two main factors, a job title and a particular industry," says Dick Bolles, author of "What Color Is Your Parachute?" "An easier way to transition is to change just one of those factors at a time."

So if you're a lawyer itching to become a travel writer, work as a writer for a legal publication first (new title) and then eventually move into travel writing (new industry).

Or do legal work for a travel publication and contribute pieces until you're able to pick up a writing position.

5. Give yourself enough time.

Quitting on a whim often results in a frantic scramble for a paycheck. Plus, you need to think through logistics. If you have to take a salary cut, how will you cover it? Are you willing to relocate?

It took Susan Rubin, 48, of Armonk, New York, four years to give up her legal practice and become a yoga instructor.

"I was hesitant to make the jump," she says, "but in the meantime, I was training and saving money. It was very hard for me to close the doors of my practice. But once I did, I never looked back."

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How Data Recovery is Performed on Failed RAID 5 Arrays

2007-11-09T20:35:00.000+05:30

RAID 5 arrays are used for many applications because they are for the most part cost-effective and provide a level of fault tolerance not provided by some other levels of RAID. As with any RAID level, RAID 5 can experience many different types of problems. This article will provide a brief discussion of some of the problems causing RAID 5 failure and how data recovery can work to solve these problems.

Problems That Can Cause RAID 5 Failure

Bad Sectors

A RAID 5 can fail due to bad sectors on any of the disks in the array. This can force the array to go offline.

Corrupt Data

A RAID 5 can suffer from corrupt data due to many reasons including viruses, user error, overwriting files, and scratches on the surface of the disk platters.

Degraded RAID 5

A RAID 5 becomes degraded when there is a loss of one of the member disks. This causes a huge decrease in performance and also removes the fault tolerance of the RAID 5. Operating a degraded RAID 5 is dangerous because the loss of a second disk will cause the entire array to be lost.

Deleted Files

Many times a user will accidentally delete important data in a RAID 5 array. Other times, it is done intentionally by disgruntled employees. In most situations, deleted files can be recovered.

Missing Partitions

In many cases, the partition table can become corrupt or missing causing an entire partition to disappear or become unusable. This makes data recovery necessary. Attempting recovery with software will increase the risk of permanent data loss.

RAID 5 Controller Failure

A Hardware RAID 5 array uses a controller which contains all of the logic and handles the operations of the array. For many reasons, the array can experience a controller failure. This can cause the array to not boot. It could also cause the logical volume to disappear.

RAID 5 Disk Failure/RAID 5 Drive Failure

A RAID 5 is a set of three or more disk drives. Any of these drives can experience failure. A RAID 5 is configured with the ability to withstand the failure of only one disk at a time. In most cases, the RAID can be recovered in a data recovery lab using parity data written to the disks by the array. Even if more than one disk has failed, data recovery is still possible in a recovery lab.

RAID 5 Firmware Failure

Firmware problems can occur in the RAID controller or the member disk drives.

RAID 5 Rebuild Failure

For various reasons, a RAID 5 array can experience a rebuild failure. This may keep member disks offline and render the array unusable.

Server Crash

Many times, the host server experiences problems and can crash. This of course makes the array unaccessible. A data recovery lab can recover the data from the member disks.

How to Ensure RAID 5 Data Recovery is Successful

If you have experienced a RAID 5 failure, it is important that you do not take matters into your own hands. This can cause the parity data to be overwritten. Parity data, which is written to the member disks, is in many cases vital to ensure a successful recovery. The very first thing you should do is power off the RAID server immediately to ensure that no additional writes are performed. Any events describing what may have happened to cause the problem should be noted. If the member disk drives are removed from the server, they should be labeled in the correct order they were removed. The disk order is very important if time is of the essence. This is also important if you have a large number of member disks.

To ensure a successful data recovery, it is important that the failed RAID 5 remain intact. More information can be found by visiting RAID 5 recovery.

This article can be freely published on a website however it must not be modified in any way including the author bylines, and the hyperlink must be made active as shown below.

Andrea Stone is employed with ReWave Hard Drive Recovery, a data recovery company serving clients in cities worldwide including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, San Diego, and Tampa. Visit the ReWave Hard Drive Recovery website for more information about RAID recovery and data recovery.

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Common RAID Server Failures And Data Loss Issues

* Adding incompatible hard drives to the RAID array
* Hardware conflicts with the hard drive and server
* Software corruption to the operating system
* A virus infection, software and operating system upgrades
* RAID controller failure or configuration changed
* Two or more hard drives fail or go offline
* Server crashes and won't remount the array or volume(s)
* Configuration becomes corrupt or damaged

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What to write ?

2007-11-07T04:00:00.001+05:30

Its been a long long time, since i came here. I was amused myself to see my own message. Just wanted to drop a song lyric which i found quite nice:

English translation of the song "Ek Din Teri Raahon Mein"

Ek din ..Ek din teri raahon mein
One day…one day in your path

Baahoon mein panaahon mein
In your arms, in your refuge

Aungaa khojaunga
I will come, I will become lost

Ek din tera ho jaunga ]2
One day I will become yours

[Yeh dil to na keh yeh baatein
This heart does not say these talks

dil to na keh saka]2
The heart could not say

Tu jaane na tu
You don’t know

Chaahat meri kitni betaab hai
How impatient my desire is

Ho jo barso meri palkon mein tha
What was on my eyelashes for many years

Tu wohi khwaab hai
You were that dream

Har ghadi har ghadi yaadoon mein
Every moment, every moment, you in the memories

vaadon mein iradon mein
In the pledges, in the intentions

Aungaa khojaunga
I will come, I will become lost

Ek din tera ho jaunga ]2
One day I will become yours

[Yeh dil to na keh yeh baatein
This heart does not say these talks

dil to na keh saka
The heart could not say

[Yeh Jhukti nazar
This lowering glance

Jaane jigar hosh lejati hai ]2
The love of my life, takes my senses

Mein kaise kahon
How do I say

Ek ajnabi dard dejati hai
It gives an unusual pain

Chupke se Chupke se teri neeedon mein
Quietly quietly in your sleep

Khwaabon mein khayalon mein
In your dreams, in your thoughts

Chaaunga Khojunga
I will desire, I will become lost

[Ek din ..Ek din teri raahon
One day…one day in your path

Baahoon mein panaahon mein
In your arms, in your refuge

Aungaa khojaunga
I will come, I will become lost

Ek din tera ho jaunga
One day I will become yours

Yeh dil to na keh yeh baatein
This heart does not say these talks

dil to na keh saka
The heart could not say

In order to listen to this song click on the TITLE

Flirting's an art

2006-09-12T19:10:00.000+05:30

WOMAN

My friend Rumi is gorgeous, intelligent, a smooth talker and a big flirt. When the bell rang and I opened the door, I found her there. I was happy to see her and was curious to have a chat as I wanted to know why she is such a big flirt. I wanted to know the driving force behind her behaviour as I am no less smart and can learn the art of flirting.
We sat down in a cosy comer with a cup of coffee and she looked at me with her twinkling eyes and said, "Remember the first rule of flirting: If a man pays attention to you, enjoy it. No matter how smart and successful you are, everyone can't do it. It has to be learnt, nurtured and spiced up with years of practice and dedication. Right now, I feel I'm at a stage where I can take a few classes. I think people flirt either out of boredom, to add excitement in life or just as a
part of the game."
She further added that the only problem in flirting is that the other person who is reacting to it should get aware of it; otherwise, this game turns dangerous. "Both the parties should know its pros and cons. One should not push it to a disastrous state, but should keep it going as an interesting game. In fact platonic flirting is good for one's mental health. It nurtures the mind with happy moments, fun, and leaves you with memories to cherish," she added.
I finished the last drop of my coffee, which I always enjoy more than flirting and I looked outside the window. I wanted to understand the conversation, more than my coffee and the art of flirting.

MAN

Arun, Rumi's husband, is an old buddy of mine. I met him in the club the other day. I told him about my rendezvous with Rumi and wanted to discuss the same topic with him while he was having his drink. I wanted to know his views on it.
He was very much at ease with the whole idea and said, "A great way of connecting with peopIe, dissolves barriers when it's healthy, as the members of the opposite sex drop their inhibitions and become more approachable. Specially when you are working as a team, flirting can be very helpful. But I think it should be executed dexterously or else it loses its steam."
Taking another sip, Arun added, "Mostly men, who are highly emotional, tend to forget the barriers and start expecting, whereas a woman, who can be much more practical, knows how to segregate it. Thus this Laxman rekha has to be remembered while flirting. It should not turn into a triangular love story or lead to emotional violence and mental humiliation, ultimately causing mental destruction."
I too finished my drink with him and shared a few jokes which I've always done since my college days and said goodbye.
On my way back home I could understand what both of them meant. It's like if one knows how to play with fire, it's wonderful. You play safe and don't bum your fingers. Similarly, flirting is an art and a game to be cherished, only if you know the rules.

Six Enemies of Mankind

2006-09-10T14:15:00.000+05:30

'One who has conquered the six enemies of mankind, becomes the master'

These are Lust, Anger, Avarice, Spiritual Ignorance, Pride, and Envy.

They said it - Thomas A Edison

2006-09-10T13:15:00.000+05:30

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certatain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Your owrth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

What you are will show in what you do.

Anything that wont sell, I dont want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Oppportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Genuis is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

I start whre the last man left off.

There is no substitute for hard work.

The value of an idea like in the using of it.

The best thinking has been done in solitude.
The worst has been done in turmoil.

There's a way to do it better, find it.

First time

2006-09-03T00:45:00.000+05:30

We all need someone to listen ... to our crys.. our thoughts .. our feelings ... whatever it is we are looking for someone to share, listen .........at last comes comments, suggestions...etc etc

Thats the reason .. blogging became popular .. it gives a self pleasure .....soothing feeling when you do it.

Being my first time into blogging .. i wanted to share few of my thoughts. Am stuck!! dont know where to start ...

Any comments ??