Author: Daniel snow

How a ‘brag doc’ can help you ace interviews and land a job, says recruiter

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[ad_1] One of the best pieces of advice Maddie Machado received from a former boss at Microsoft was to keep track of all her career wins.Machado would log “anytime I did a good job, anytime I made someone’s life easier, anytime I got kudos” first in a Microsoft document, then a running email draft and now in a slide presentation. She calls it a “brag doc” and says she’s used it in every interview for the last 10 years.Machado, 35, is a reverse recruiter and founder of SkillScript, a resume platform, in Tampa, Fla.The concept of documenting your career wins…

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Gulf markets end higher Iran strike

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[ad_1] This picture taken December 12, 2019 shows a view of the sign showing the logo of Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange Market (Tadawul) bourse in the capital Riyadh.FAYEZ NURELDINE | AFP | Getty ImagesMarkets across the Middle East ended mostly higher on Sunday after the United States entered the war between Israel and Iran and struck three key Iranian nuclear sites, Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.  Stocks in Tel Aviv reached an all-time high on Sunday on bets that Washington’s entrance into the conflict with Tehran would help it to come to an end, despite the Iranian Foreign Minister’s insistence that the…

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U.S. is at war with Iran’s nuclear program

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[ad_1] US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a discussion at the Munich Leaders meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, May 7, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty ImagesVice President JD Vance said Sunday that the United States is not at war with Iran, but with “Iran’s nuclear program,” hours after the United States’ late-night strikes on three of the country’s nuclear sites.Vance’s remarks come soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s “nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,” following the Trump administration’s strikes on facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.Vance, speaking on…

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These 5 toxic phrases make kids not want to listen—say this instead

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[ad_1] Parents know all too well what it’s like to deal with a kid who refuses to listen: It’s frustrating.But after years of studying over 200 parent-child relationships, I’ve noticed something fascinating: Parents who rarely deal with defiance don’t make threats, bribes or harsh consequences. They use language that makes children actually want to cooperate.Traditional parenting phrases (“Stop that,” or “If you don’t do this, then…”) often trigger a child’s fight-or-flight response, activating the part of the brain focused on survival rather than learning. But when we shift to language that honors a child’s autonomy while still holding boundaries, cooperation becomes natural.Based on my…

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Threat to commercial shipping around Arabian Peninsula is rising, largest global shipowners organization warns

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[ad_1] Refrigerated containers of Maersk shipping lines are stacked at the container terminal of Bremerhaven port on April 22, 2025 in Bremerhaven, Germany.Focke Strangmann | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe world’s largest direct-membership organization for shipowners, charterers, shipbrokers, and agents is warning that while it is still unclear how Iran will respond to Saturday’s U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the threat to commercial shipping in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula has risen. “The Houthi threat against shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has also gone up,” said Jakob Larsen, head of security at Bimco, which…

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