There have been many, many sites on the web over the past decade that promised to help you find a job, but the problem with many of those sites was that the jobs were in a different part of the country. If you are a resident of Atlanta or the general Atlanta area, you can search for jobs in Atlanta at a site that features only jobs in Atlanta. Good luck in your new career.
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One thing that I think every respectable company needs from Fortune 500 to the smallest of small businesses is a pen with the company name and logo on the side. Don’t advertise for the pen companies when you hand a client a pen, advertise for yourself. And while you’re at it, get some markers and highlighters with your company name and logo on it too. You can really put your company name on anything from a hat to a stadium, but start with personalized pens.
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As winter slowly changes into spring and summer is fast approaching, especially here in Arizona, many law enforcement organizations are looking at the end of the fiscal year. If your department has some extra money to spend this year or you’re starting to organize for next year’s budget, look into outfitting your officers with all of the equipment that they’ll need. Whether that be tactical boots, flashlights, holsters, gloves, tools, or weapon cases, you’ll find it all here.
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When I was student teaching, my mentor teacher told me that when she was working on her undergraduate Mathematics degree in Canada, they had an interesting program where the school would place her in an internship for 3 months and then she would take classes for 3 months. It alternated this way for her entire time there, giving her experience as she earned her degree. Everyone who has ever applied for a job knows that unless you have some experience, you’re going to start at the absolute bottom or more likely not be qualified for the job at all. You can’t get a job without having experience but there seems to be no way to get that experience so the program she was in helped her overcome that hiccup in life.
Up until this point, I thought that was a Canadian thing and not possible here in the US, but now I’ve heard about Kettering and their engineering co-op programs that are very similar. Kettering is only one of 14 universities in the entire country to offer this so it’s no wonder I hadn’t heard about it before. Students are placed with companies starting their freshman year.
Whether you’re interested in industrial engineering, biochemistry of computer science, Kettering can be the place for you since they are ranked #11 overall on the US News & World Report ‘America’s Best Colleges 2008′ list (#1 in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering category). Apparently, their innovative approach to education works.
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Over the years I have participated in many different assessment tests that the HR departments of the many companies that I’ve worked for have given to the employees. The self assessment tests have always been the best because it allows for so much input from the actual employee. This web-based 360 Feedback Software gives HR managers the most options in how to test and evaluate employees efficiently.
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How many of you belong to LinkedIn? This networking site is more for professionals but even if your just looking to reconnect with old friends or colleagues, you can create a profile. It’s very simple to join (I did in about 5 minutes) and you can post your resume to the site and use it to get leads for your business like George Divel III has.
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Yahoo had a story about people leaving their jobs or wanting to leave their jobs mainly because of their boss. Bosses realize that so many of the jobs out there that require a college education in a specific field can really be done by just about anyone with a brain so they see employees as being worth less than a dime a dozen. If an employee asks for anything, then they are considered too much of a hassle and are encouraged to look elsewhere for a job.
What’s that? You want your raise to go through on time? Well this job is for people who really love the business, not greedy people out to make money.
What’s that? You don’t want to work third shift anymore even though I told you months ago that I would change your schedule and then gave the better shift to the guy with less seniority? Maybe you should look for a job elsewhere because lots of people have it worse than you.
What’s that? You want to take a week of vacation time all at once? Well this job is more suited for people who are really dedicated to their jobs. No, you can’t roll that vacation time over.
Not to mention the fact that if you stay at your job for years and years, they’ll have to eventually give you raise after raise after raise. What’s that going to do to payroll?! It’s better for them if you stay for as long as they can use you and then you move on.
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I had the chance to participate in a personality class at work today with my coworkers. Learned that they’re all outgoing or dominant while I’m more logical and precise. Even better, found out that my personality type was the one that annoyed them most. Great. Hopefully, the entire class will be a learning experience on how to deal with each other better.
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So I’m sitting in a “Computer Training Center” trying to stay busy while everyone around me learns more about the computer systems and programs. On the walls around me are a series of those ridiculous inspirational posters.
‘Persevere’ shows a runner ‘persevering’ up a hill with a quote about going the extra mile.
‘Goals’ is combined with a foggy photo of the Golden Gate bridge with some blurb about goals being bridges. Sublte.
‘Risk’ shows a schooner sailing around icebergs, ‘Courage,’ a windsurfer under a giant wave, and ‘Success’ is compared with a canoe.
Really? A canoe? How exactly is success a canoe.
My guess is the development team for these posters had the following conversation:
“We still need a photo for ‘Success’?
“What about the canoe photo?”
“I don’t know.”
“It’s a great photo. There’s a lake and a sunset and a canoe.”
“Yeah, it is a great photo. Nobody’s disputing that it’s a great photo, but how is it ‘Success’?
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a successful canoe. Let’s just wrap this up and go home.”
“Fine.”
That’s what I call inspirational.
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