yes, it's not cheap...and because it's not cheap, maybe checkers and baggers should stop depending on their unions for insurance and start looking at a better job with room for growth and better pay so they can afford the health insurance.
don't be a dummy and join a union so you can get health insurance. you do realize that the union is just passing the cost of health insurance on to the consumers, right?
a few years ago here in Southern California, all of the major grocery/supermarket chains had their unions go on strike...which resulted in MONTHS of long lines.
the result of the strikes?
the unions got to keep their jobs, get more benefits, not fire anyone, AND have the self-checkout counters made available. SO, less work for the union folks but with the same if not more benefits.
a LOT of people became angry because of this...so many more people decided to find other non-union grocery chains, i.e., Trader Joe's.
The funny thing is that it's actually CHEAPER to shop at Trader Joe's, the people who work there are nice and helpful, and the food is healthier, granted, the selection is limited.
Nowadays, *IF* I ever have to step inside a union-staffed grocery store, even if I buy just a pack of gum, I'm going to make a checker scan it for me...and I'll insist that someone bag it.
if you're going to strike for months and cause a big uproar, then you're going to check my single item and bag it.
I'm an engineer and I don't have a BS in Engineering.
I have a BA in Classical Civilizations with a Minor in Education...from UCLA in 1999.
However, I came in to UCLA as a Mechanical Engineer only to drop out because of the lack of persons of the opposite gender in my classes.
The irony is that I've got a lot of technical experience, notwithstanding my 8 years in the Army Reserve and my years and years of messing with computers (trying to get Doom 2 to work on an aging Pentium 166 running dual Voodoo 2 in SLI mode can be a beeeatch).
oh, my internships in the Engineering departments of a local Cal State University as well as the Science Lab of the Getty Museum probably helped.
But, long story short, I'm an "engineer"...
a whole/. discussion on global warming and no mention of the inverse proportion of global warming versus the population of pirates?
RAmen!
http://www.venganza.org/
ALL Hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
the end to global warming is finally coming...
Sweden has been touched by his noodly appendage, and it kind of makes sense that the Pirate Party come from Sweden, because if you think about it, Pirates like to pillage, and whenever you think of pillaging, you think of buxom young maidens...and whose the most buxomest young maiden of all?
who else but the Swiss Miss...who comes from, er...umm...
ANYWAY, it made plenty of sense in my head. Sweden. Switzerland. It's all the same!
oh. WWFSMD in this conundrum?
I wrote this article years ago for junebug.com, now a defunct website.
How to Land a Job in Corporate America
Nowadays, recent college graduates have two options to consider after graduation: go to graduate school, or join the work force. For the interests of the captivated audience reading this article, I won't bother discussing graduate school (but if you're interested in grad school, I can forward you my other article, "What to do after being denied admission into your favorite grad school").
The problem with finding a job is that most recent college grads don't have the experience that most employers want, and on the other hand, most recent college grads want a job that will best compensate them monetarily. Obviously, most entry-level jobs pay meager wages and won't cater to a person's decadent lifestyle (that is, if you want to continue eating out every night and hitting the bars and clubs once a week). What's not obvious is that if you want a good job, you have to start out at the bottom and work your way to the top. Nobody is ever going to offer a position for an entry-level CEO. So, reality has to dictate the fact that success and wealth come later in life.
Evidently, success and wealth (at least the monetary kind - intrinsic wealth and success can be attained anywhere) can only be attained through the right job, and by the right job, I mean a career in Corporate America. Albeit, anyone can have success and wealth through any given vocation, but only through Corporate America can a person lose all that is meaningful to him and suddenly take on the values and responsibilities of a large group of people and do things for the interests of the company. Once this becomes ingrained in a person's mentality, then he is well on his way to success and wealth.
But, how, you may be asking, does a person go from a happy-go-lucky everyday joe to a person clawing and inching his way up the corporate ladder? Well, my first piece of advice is to network. Learn to make friends in the corporate world, attempt to maintain those friendships, and once those friends learn of your graduation from college (it doesn't matter what your grades were), take advantage of them and use your friendship as a basis for future interviews and job offers. Use them for all they are worth, because if they don't land you a job, then think of the money you wasted on the friendship.
If networking doesn't work, I suggest trying to attend information sessions hosted by corporations regarding employment opportunities. When you attend these info sessions, make not only a mental note of the people that are attending, but take down their names, addresses, and phone numbers. You can then begin to develop friendships with the people who share your career interests. Most likely, these people will have advice on resumes and would be glad to share their list of contacts with you. If they're not willing to part with such information, then sabotage them. If he's not with you, then he's against you, and competition lost is a position gained.
If neither of these two tactics work, you can always do everything by yourself and go directly to a company for an interview. Don't bother calling and mailing a resume. I always feel that this method of gaining a company's attention is a waste of time and stamps. Rather, if you go directly to the Human Resources office without an appointment and refuse to leave without being seen for an interview, they'll see how determined you are, and isn't determination a respectable quality of a potential employee?
Once at the interview, don't be nervous, but rather, be straightforward and honest. It's never a good idea to lie about skills and attributes that you don't have. Instead, wear revealing clothing. If you can't wear revealing clothing, flirt with the interviewer. If you don't know how to flirt, bribe them with money, jewelry, or sex. Bringing kneepads to an interview wouldn't be a bad idea.
If you follow my advice, you will be guaranteed a position pushing paper in a cubicl
I've got an Oregon Scientific Osaris...which is basically a PDA running EPOC similar to a Psion Revo/Mako...with the addition of a CF slot.
I used it for the purpose of portable word-processing on the go.
I don't have the serial sync cable, but even if I did, the transfer rate is pretty slow, so I just store everything on the CF card and transfer that way.
Having all of my stuff on the CF card also prevents any accidental data loss...
I'm actually willing to sell it...since I've found that I scribble on paper much faster than I can touch-type.
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yes, it's not cheap...and because it's not cheap, maybe checkers and baggers should stop depending on their unions for insurance and start looking at a better job with room for growth and better pay so they can afford the health insurance.
don't be a dummy and join a union so you can get health insurance. you do realize that the union is just passing the cost of health insurance on to the consumers, right?
a few years ago here in Southern California, all of the major grocery/supermarket chains had their unions go on strike...which resulted in MONTHS of long lines. the result of the strikes? the unions got to keep their jobs, get more benefits, not fire anyone, AND have the self-checkout counters made available. SO, less work for the union folks but with the same if not more benefits. a LOT of people became angry because of this...so many more people decided to find other non-union grocery chains, i.e., Trader Joe's. The funny thing is that it's actually CHEAPER to shop at Trader Joe's, the people who work there are nice and helpful, and the food is healthier, granted, the selection is limited. Nowadays, *IF* I ever have to step inside a union-staffed grocery store, even if I buy just a pack of gum, I'm going to make a checker scan it for me...and I'll insist that someone bag it. if you're going to strike for months and cause a big uproar, then you're going to check my single item and bag it.
I'm an engineer and I don't have a BS in Engineering. I have a BA in Classical Civilizations with a Minor in Education...from UCLA in 1999. However, I came in to UCLA as a Mechanical Engineer only to drop out because of the lack of persons of the opposite gender in my classes. The irony is that I've got a lot of technical experience, notwithstanding my 8 years in the Army Reserve and my years and years of messing with computers (trying to get Doom 2 to work on an aging Pentium 166 running dual Voodoo 2 in SLI mode can be a beeeatch). oh, my internships in the Engineering departments of a local Cal State University as well as the Science Lab of the Getty Museum probably helped. But, long story short, I'm an "engineer"...
- instead of "where you from?!?!" it's now "A/S/L???"
- 10/100 LAN connections are now referred to as "dimebags"
- gang snipers are now eBay snipers
- drive-by shootings are a thing of the past...online gangs now raid opposing online gang territory by wardriving
- warez start coming in from Colombia
I can really think of a lot more, but the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet...and I should probably get to work!
a whole /. discussion on global warming and no mention of the inverse proportion of global warming versus the population of pirates?
RAmen!
http://www.venganza.org/
ALL Hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster! the end to global warming is finally coming... Sweden has been touched by his noodly appendage, and it kind of makes sense that the Pirate Party come from Sweden, because if you think about it, Pirates like to pillage, and whenever you think of pillaging, you think of buxom young maidens...and whose the most buxomest young maiden of all? who else but the Swiss Miss...who comes from, er...umm... ANYWAY, it made plenty of sense in my head. Sweden. Switzerland. It's all the same! oh. WWFSMD in this conundrum?
I wrote this article years ago for junebug.com, now a defunct website.
How to Land a Job in Corporate America
Nowadays, recent college graduates have two options to consider after graduation: go to graduate school, or join the work force. For the interests of the captivated audience reading this article, I won't bother discussing graduate school (but if you're interested in grad school, I can forward you my other article, "What to do after being denied admission into your favorite grad school").
The problem with finding a job is that most recent college grads don't have the experience that most employers want, and on the other hand, most recent college grads want a job that will best compensate them monetarily. Obviously, most entry-level jobs pay meager wages and won't cater to a person's decadent lifestyle (that is, if you want to continue eating out every night and hitting the bars and clubs once a week). What's not obvious is that if you want a good job, you have to start out at the bottom and work your way to the top. Nobody is ever going to offer a position for an entry-level CEO. So, reality has to dictate the fact that success and wealth come later in life.
Evidently, success and wealth (at least the monetary kind - intrinsic wealth and success can be attained anywhere) can only be attained through the right job, and by the right job, I mean a career in Corporate America. Albeit, anyone can have success and wealth through any given vocation, but only through Corporate America can a person lose all that is meaningful to him and suddenly take on the values and responsibilities of a large group of people and do things for the interests of the company. Once this becomes ingrained in a person's mentality, then he is well on his way to success and wealth.
But, how, you may be asking, does a person go from a happy-go-lucky everyday joe to a person clawing and inching his way up the corporate ladder? Well, my first piece of advice is to network. Learn to make friends in the corporate world, attempt to maintain those friendships, and once those friends learn of your graduation from college (it doesn't matter what your grades were), take advantage of them and use your friendship as a basis for future interviews and job offers. Use them for all they are worth, because if they don't land you a job, then think of the money you wasted on the friendship.
If networking doesn't work, I suggest trying to attend information sessions hosted by corporations regarding employment opportunities. When you attend these info sessions, make not only a mental note of the people that are attending, but take down their names, addresses, and phone numbers. You can then begin to develop friendships with the people who share your career interests. Most likely, these people will have advice on resumes and would be glad to share their list of contacts with you. If they're not willing to part with such information, then sabotage them. If he's not with you, then he's against you, and competition lost is a position gained.
If neither of these two tactics work, you can always do everything by yourself and go directly to a company for an interview. Don't bother calling and mailing a resume. I always feel that this method of gaining a company's attention is a waste of time and stamps. Rather, if you go directly to the Human Resources office without an appointment and refuse to leave without being seen for an interview, they'll see how determined you are, and isn't determination a respectable quality of a potential employee?
Once at the interview, don't be nervous, but rather, be straightforward and honest. It's never a good idea to lie about skills and attributes that you don't have. Instead, wear revealing clothing. If you can't wear revealing clothing, flirt with the interviewer. If you don't know how to flirt, bribe them with money, jewelry, or sex. Bringing kneepads to an interview wouldn't be a bad idea.
If you follow my advice, you will be guaranteed a position pushing paper in a cubicl
I've got an Oregon Scientific Osaris...which is basically a PDA running EPOC similar to a Psion Revo/Mako...with the addition of a CF slot. I used it for the purpose of portable word-processing on the go. I don't have the serial sync cable, but even if I did, the transfer rate is pretty slow, so I just store everything on the CF card and transfer that way. Having all of my stuff on the CF card also prevents any accidental data loss... I'm actually willing to sell it...since I've found that I scribble on paper much faster than I can touch-type.