Productivity Tip: AutoHotKey = Typing for you
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Typing the same thing all the time? Try AutoHotKey to speed up your world.
As a recruiter – there are some repetitive things that I have to do on my keyboard. I have to be honest – I type at “half the speed of smell” so I need every little bit of help I can get. I started using a freeware program called AutoHotKey. With it, I can set up scripts to type things out for me that I would usually type over and over during the day. With AutoHotKey – I create a replacement string of text that gets replaced as soon as the program sees a shorter version that I type out.
My favorite (and most used examples): When I am dealing with a new candidate that I want to set a time to talk to – I’ll send an email stating a time that I would like to phone them back. I ask them to confirm or pick alternate times that could work for them. Then I would switch to my calendar and create a tentative appointment reminder. Rather than type out ‘tentative screening’ I simply type ‘tss’ which AutoHotKey converts to: TENTATIVE SCREENING. When I receive confirmation, I go back to the appointment record and type over it with ‘css’ and it changes to CONFIRMED SCREENING.
I have about twenty other uses of AutoHotKey but I’ll let you figure out your own ways to use it.
Here’s the link to go download it: http://www.autohotkey.com It installs very easily and only takes a few minutes to learn how to create scripts for it.
Enjoy!
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About the Author: JR Fent RSS for JR's articles - Visit JR's website JR Fent is a Technical Recruiter specializing in building Web Application Development teams. His background includes building teams for Fortune 500 companies and for technology related start-ups. JR is a bit of a geek and in his spare time, he does his own web development coding projects in Ruby on Rails, PHP, HTML, and CSS. He also is the organizer of the Los Angeles Ruby Developers Meetup (approx 700 members) and co-organizer of the Annual Los Angeles Ruby Conference. JR publishes articles about hiring, technology, and personal productivity. Click here to visit JR's website. Insurance Becomes a BIG Issue in Small Business Productivity Tip AutoHotKey Typing for you Weird Hiring Manager Mistake 1 The job up sell What is a Rat Race |
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