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After being interviewed by the school administration, the prospective teacher said: Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride. You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job. You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, and make sure that they all pass the final exams. You also want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly with their parents in English, Spanish or any other language, by letter, te...

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How do you move an elephant? Entice it with it's own desire. Then once it is moving, you nudge it or encourage it to change directions. But really, an elephant is going to go where they what want to go. You can't turn an elephant on a dime, it takes time to have it change directions. A series of small changes has a huge impact to the direction of the elephant.  Tom landry said it best, "Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.” A good leader can help the elephant get where it wants to go as if the elephant wanted to go there by itself.  Good leaders are always in front, great leaders are in front, invisible to the process but visible to the people.  image by  Matthieu A.   Posted via email from AndyWergedal

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Recruiters and HR departments would rather hire someone who is working, instead of someone who is unemployed. Yet, they will call and speak to you as if you have been breathlessly waiting by the phone for their call. It has become a comodity where skilled contractors are simply a means to their paycheck. The personal side of recruiting seems to have disappeared only to be replaced with a callus high pressure sales technique previously reserved for used car lots. Recruiters and contractors form a symbiotic relationship to serve our clients. One cannot live without the other. We must work together to maintain our respective incomes. I propose that there is a huge opportunity for a recruiting company that is transparent and provides a service instead of just jamming resumes into clients inboxes praying that one will hit. Maybe it is time for a contractor co-op. Or maybe contractors need agents instead of Recruiters. Posted via email from AndyWergedal

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Here is a networking tip for all of you who don't like to network. Send a request to connect with your job reply. Most people have posted their resume on the internet somewhere (Hot Jobs, Monster, Etc). When someone sends you a job request, send them back an email that briefly describes who you are and what you want to do. Include an invite to linkedin or other social network. Here is my canned response (apologies to my recruiters if you thought I wrote this just for you). Thank you for your email.  I am a PMP project / program manager and have been managing projects both in the US and overseas since 1996. If you would like to talk to me about this position please contact me at 916-799-4398. I have attached my resume for your database. Please keep me in mind for opportunities that fit my skill set.  I also work with the three PMI chapters in Northern California helping their members who are out of work. Please send me your PM and BA postings and I can forward...

Is your resume format keeping you from getting calls from recruiters? Answer: YES! Here is my story. I went to a job team meeting after fighting the urge for about a month. At that time I was getting 2-4 calls per week and had no real job prospects. They suggested two things to me. The first was to get on linkedin and the second was to change my resume format from a slick ambiguous one pager to a detailed multiple paged document with tons of keywords.  Of course I resisted. I mean, really, I've been working in my industry for 15 years and been successful. Why should I change now? ( internal monolog: Well, dummy, why was I at the meeting instead of work, because I was not getting any traction with my current resume?)  So after a few weeks of hearing the same gentle advice, I updated my resume to their suggested format, posted it to dice.com and do you know what happened? My phone started to ring. In fact that first day I was on the phone for five hours with...

image by  by  Refracted Moments™ If I offered you $1.00 for every person that you could contact in the next 5 minutes, how much money would you get? Here just the twitter volumes of a few folks: @chrisbrogan $156,906 @guykawasaki $285,377 @britneyspears $6,096,638 How much would I pay you?       Posted via email from AndyWergedal

You finally have decided that you need to build your network. Awesome. How do you do it? Make a list of everyone you know. Get their contact information Contact them Lets talk about everyone you know. Start with everyone you interact with daily, then add all the other people you forgot. Seriously! As you write down everyone, add their boss, kids, wife, father-in-law... everyone. Here is a list of categories of people you know. Hint, you may have to introduce yourself to people you "see" all the time but do not know. Friends Family Neighbors Co-Workers Boss People at church Pub / bar / coffee shop Parents at your kids sports events Retail clerks Police / fire / utilities / delivery drivers Hobby / training / gym / bike Internet friends / facebook / myspace / chat / email / twitter (google these if you do not know what they are) Then get their contact information. Introduce yourself and ask if they have a twitter account / ...

The most important idea is this… God is in control. You do not need a job! What you need is a way to take care of yourself and your family. You need to provide shelter, clean water, warmth, food and protection. In our current society that is most easily accomplished with a job. God is in control He is in control of everything. The bible says that he holds the very essence of the universe together with his will. Col 1:17 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Do not worry. If God is in control (of everything) why are you worried about what He has in store for you? God promises to take care of your needs. Luke 12:22-30 22Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more va...

NO, not ever. You are never paid what you are worth.  You are only paid what the job is worth. A job description could be this: 7 feet tall, shoot 80% free-throws, get 10 rebounds per game and prevent other NBA centers from getting 10 rebounds and 10 points per game, pay - $15million per year plus bonuses. Would you like that job? Heck Yea! But you are probably not 7 foot tall and have not developed skills to shoot free throws or play defense, so you will not get that job. What you CAN get is a job that matches your skills and abilities. We will help you maximize your effectiveness in matching a job that meets your current skills and abilities. If you really want to make more money, find a job that pays more. Picture by laffy4k Posted via email from AndyWergedal