I mentioned in my last post that I applied for a part-time job at Sephora. Today, I got a call from a manager there who told me she had good news: I got the job. I was so ecstatic you’d think I won the lottery.
My friends will tell you that few things light up my face like a trip to Sephora, where I can easily spend a couple of hours captivated by rows and rows of make-up. (Mary Lisa Gavenas describes perfectly in her book Color Stories: Behind the Scenes of America’s Billion-Dollar Beauty Industry what I, along with thousands of other women are buying into when it comes to cosmetics. But I don’t care. I love them anyway!) Sephora tops my list of places to visit when I travel to new cities. The store in Paris, a sprawling, colorful landscape, is a make-up addict’s dream.
And now, starting tomorrow, I get to don the store’s black uniform. The last time I wore a uniform was in high school, when I worked at TCBY. Selling yogurt was a lot easier. Chances were pretty good that customers were going to walk out with a waffle cone. The sale is more challenging at Sephora. Customers can try on eyeshadow and lipstick all day long and walk out with nothing.
Hmm. I’ve got to go now. I have to practice my sales pitch.
My sister told me today, that she decided to switch careers from Software Development to Software Testing. She feels she is not good enough as a programmer, and she doesn’t think she will ever become a great one. So she decided to become a tester instead.
My sister has never tried working as a tester, but she thinks testing is much easier than the job of a developer: you don’t need to come up with innovative ways to solve complex problems, you just test what someone else has written – an easy and safe job (so she thinks).
I’m not going to argue whether testing is really easier than programming or not.
That’s not the point.
The point is that the entire idea of looking for an “easy” job is wrong.
If you love what you’re currently doing, but you feel that you are not great at it, then keep doing it and eventually you’ll become great! Everyone starts with little knowledge and then grows into an expert.
If you feel that you don’t have enough skills, or knowledge, or experience – you can get them! Read books, tutorials, articles. Practice. Ask for help.
And eventually you’ll get there!
But if you feel that you’ve chosen the wrong career – you should start looking for something you’d really love to do, something that excites your, something you feel drawn to. Not for something that just seems easy.
What would you like to do, if you were a millionaire and didn’t have to work? What would you do for free?
An “easy” job will never be easy, if it doesn’t excite you, doesn’t challenge you, and doesn’t help you grow. It will be a boring routine, and you’ll hate it.
And our world doesn’t need any more people who hate what they do
And as a bonus, a great video by Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!). “There is way too many people … that are doing stuff they hate. Please stop doing that!”
I live in South Africa, the heart of the big five where elephants roam the dusty streets. . . Wait thats not true elephants dont roam in our streets. I heard so many times how foreigners think wild animals walk in our streets and everybody hunt their daily food. Only place where I ever seen elephant was in a nature reserve park. More about me, I am a male, 24years, about 1.8m tall and weight 66kg. Have a boring job not worth talking about, no car since it got stolen and recovered stripped. My current main topic of intrest is web development and design, it was only the other day I started digging into it. Own four guinea pigs 3 bores and 1 sow, a restless chinchilla and a syrian hamster. I welcome you to my blog and since I have many fields of intrests a varity different topics will be posted. Regular check back!
6 am is extremely early for me to be waiting for Access Calgary to pick me up and take me to work. Particularly since I don’t officially start work until 7 am and usually it is only a 10 minute drive to the Home Depot on 130th avenue. But since the lift once again broke down in my van, there I was sitting in my drive way waiting for my ride.
The bus arrived shortly there after and as the driver tied me down to the floor I introduced myself to the other passenger on the bus. As we headed out he asked me, “So, what is it that you do?” I thought of what to say for minute and then said, “I’m a pastor of a small group movement here in SE Calgary called Expressions!” After which we started conversing about a number of the groups which we lead.
It was not long and we were pulling into the parking lot at Home Depot. The driver then asked me, “So why come so early to the Depot then?” I said, “Oh! I work here!” Climbing into the back of the van so as to start untying my chair from the floor she looked at me with a puzzled face; “That’s kind of two extremes isn’t it?” I mean being a pastor in one sense while working here at Home Depot in another? Aren’t they two different lines of work?”
I paused and contemplated how I might answer her question for a moment and then it just sort of slipped out; “Jesus was a carpenter too you know!” I went on to try and paint a picture for her and the gentleman on the bus that described the work I do as a pastor is really no different then that which I do in any other place including the work here at Home Depot.
Do you ever feel that same way? I mean do you ever wonder if the work you do in the week really matters to God? Or more to the point, if our life as a Christian really matters in the relevance of our day to day experiences and practicalities of our occupational pursuits?
I’m not sure why but, in some sense or way it seems our culture try’s to create this separation or divide between that which is considered spiritual or sacred and that which is interpreted practical or secular. It is as if we seem afraid to relate what we do in our church community with that which we do during the rest of our week.
As my friend Tim shares the words from a pastor friend who responded to his enthusiasms regarding the band Creed’s underlying Christian themes and lyrics; “She cautioned me that the devil is a great manipulator, and can make anything sound Christian by twisting the truth or telling a half lie to seduce people into believing something is Christian, but in fact is not.” I suppose the reverse can also be true; not all things labeled or stamped with a Christian trade mark are necessarily guided and blessed with the truth of Christ’s Kingdom either (Matthew 7:21-23).
I suppose that is the real calling though; work, play, moments of laughter, tears, prayer times, times of worship, times of learning, times for teaching, striving through the ups and downs of life, sharing and hanging out with friends and family while enjoying the experiences and encounters which shape us for a life time of memories. All done while striving to fulfill and be in relationship with something or someone higher then ourselves; a Truth which we call sacred.
The Pharisee’s had this same trouble of trying to remove the chasm between that which is labeled sacred and that which is considered secular. After witnessing a miracle Jesus had just performed they challenged him by accusing him of doing so in service to the devil. Jesus responded to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.” (Matthew 12:25)
Perhaps there really is no divide between that which is sacred and that which is secular. Perhaps the secular label itself is not really real at all. Perhaps that is because as long as you are following your heart in discipleship with Jesus, everything you do is sacred! As Rob Bell puts it; “This is why it is impossible for a Christian to have a secular job. If you follow Jesus and you are doing what you do in his name, then it is no longer secular work; it’s sacred. You are there; God is there. The difference is our awareness.”
I suppose all that is left to say is… Let’s get to work!!!
So I’m not gonna lie – I’ve sucked at being active this week. Don’t get me wrong it feels nice to take a break, but I’m feeling kind of guilty about it at the moment. My original plan was to meet my friend after work Tuesday/Wednesday of this week to go to the gym – and both of those dates fell through. Bit disappointing – hopefully I can back up on the wagon this coming week.
Other than avoiding the gym this week – I’ve spent a lot of my free time cooking. I really do love it. Anyways, Tuesday night I made some yummy green cupcakes to bring into work for St. Paddy’s Day. I heart St. Patrick’s Day – really I do. Such a fun holiday, and I have so many great memories of *ahem* shenanigans that occurred on that day while I was in college. Anyways, those were a big hit at work – see, don’t they look tasty.
Mmmm... Green Cupcakes with Green Sprinkles.
We didn’t get up to anything too wild and crazy on St. Patrick evening – strangely enough – we went out for sushi for dinner. Isn’t that Irish of us? Not so much. What did you get up too for St. Patrick’s Day? After dinner we watched Couples Retreat, which had shown up from Zip.ca earlier that day. It was pretty good – not the funniest movie I’ve ever seen, but cute, nonetheless.
Then last night – I was trying to think of something productive to do and I realized we had A LOT of veggies that were nearing the “too rough looking to eat” stage, so I thought – why not? I’ll just roast them up with EVOO (haha, so Rachael Ray of me) and S+P in the oven and they’ll be good to go for awhile. It took hardly any time at all to prepare and they are delicious. I cooked up some zucchini, asparagus, red onion and green and red bell peppers.
I also talked to my parents on the phone last night for the first time this week and they had a funny story to tell me. My family’s latest dog, Jack, is from a mix breed from a rescue and is half border collie, half lab and is a little over 2 years old.
Such A Cutie
Anyways, my family’s old dogs were all labs and as much as they are loveable and great family dogs, they are not always the smartest puppies. Jack, on the other hand, is ridiculously smart. Sometimes you feel like he’s totally one step ahead of you when you are trying to get him to do something. Anyways, my mom was making dinner with my sister on Wednesday and I guess they were bickering over something and not paying attention to the dog. So Jack decided to jump on the counter, grab an entire brick of blue cheese + the wrapping and tin foil and down it in one bite. It was a $15+ brick of cheese. That wasn’t even the worst of it though – the dog has a weak stomach, so my mom and sister had to take him to the emergency vet and that was another $200+ – needless to say – most expensive block of cheese my parents have ever purchased.
Well, I guess now they’ll know better – I could’ve told them that all dogs have a weak spot for cheese. Pretty funny story, though.
I’m not sure yet what the plans are for this evening – Ryan mentioned that he might attempt to make homemade hummus tonight. That would probably be a delicious with the roasted veggies from yesterday.
Jeg tænker mig, at hvis jeg nu bare lader mine tanker løbe, så får jeg på et tidspunkt en genial ide. Eller om ikke andet bliver jeg i hvert fald god til at skrive på maskine. Og det er jo også en slags talent.
Jeg er nået dertil i livet, hvor tingene gerne skulle begynde at give mening for mig. Det er nu, jeg er færdig med min uddannelse og skal i gang med et arbejdsliv. Det er nu, jeg træffer de valg, som om fyrre år vil have tegnet mit liv. Derfor mener jeg godt, jeg kan tillade mig at være kritisk. Det er da nu, jeg kan tillade mig at være det, før beslutningerne bliver truffet og får krop og hals og hoved og tænder og spiser mig.
Så det prøver jeg på at være. Kritisk. Men heller ikke alt for kritisk, jeg bliver jo også nødt til at være realistisk, og når nu man er så ung og ikke har så meget erfaring, så skal man starte et sted. Så man skal også huske at søge nogle stillinger, som måske ikke ved første øjekast lige er det helt rigtige, men så er man da kommet i gang. Det er jo i virkeligheden ikke så slemt, at jobbet ikke lige opfylder drømmen, når bare man får en god indkomst og noget at lave. Og mand. Og børn. Og hus. Og bil. Og lån og friværdi og renter og afdrag og lige pludselig er drømmen begravet i forpligtelser og tryghed og hygge.
Der er lavt til loftet i Danmark. Jeg er såmænd ikke en af dem, der skælder ud over janteloven, jeg tror slet ikke, det er det, der er problemet i andedammen. Clement må da gerne tro, han er noget og mere og bedre, det får folk til at trække på smilebåndet; de tager ham ikke så seriøst. Nej, det er noget andet, der trækker ned, en form for national apati. Det hele hviler på en godt-nok mentalitet, som præger landet. De store tanker taber pusten, drømmene får aldrig vinger, visionerne kan lige være på middagstallerkenen i parcelhuset i forstadskvarteret.
Alting skal ind med skeer, det må ikke gå for hurtigt. Nyhederne skal helst ende godt og vejret er jo også altid interessant.
Der er lavt til loftet i Danmark. Det er en sindstilstand. Sindsstilstand.
Yes, this place actually exists–about twelve miles down the road from us, to be exact. It’s one of the most random Texas signs I’ve seen to this point, and I have to chuckle every time I pass. As I drove up to take the photo, I noticed–without too much alarm–that this place was no longer in business. I guess with the economic downturn, people are just not showing up here enough to make a profit. (Big surprise there!)
I almost wish they HAD been in business, because it still begs my curiosity as to what actually went on in this type of establishment. Did you catch the words “Night Club” on the right? Perhaps the name of the place is simply a flowery Texan way of saying “Beauty and the Beast.” I’m still not sure that that would clear up my questions–what happens at a “Beauty and the Beast Night Club?” Yikes…
Hopefully, Mable Peabody has found another, more profitable way to make ends meet. There may be a lot of companies and establishments who have had to downsize or close their doors, but that doesn’t mean that there are any less opportunities to achieve our dreams and financial goals. We, like Mable Peabody, sometimes have to be willing to shut down and start fresh with a new plan. Best of everything to you, Mable! We’re glad you’ve moved on!
A great cover letter is just as important as a great resume. Cover letters are the first thing an employer see when looking through resumes Does your cover letter stand out? A great resource for cover letters can be found here
The internet is a great resource to find a new job. There are many job sites available for you to choose from, as well as job search utensils known as job finders. A resume will still be your main prioirty, there are many free resume templates, and many free cover letter samples. Will you successful using free cover letter samples, and free resume templates? Read on for the pros and cons.
The Pros of Using Free Resume Templates and Free Cover Letter Samples
The best place to start: If you haven’t been job searching for years, Your resume may be outdated You may have no clue where to get started. In that case, resume templates may give you a starting point. , you aren’t left sitting at your computer staring for hours at a blank screen.
Lots of Templates: Search the internet with the phrase “free resume templates” or “free cover letter samples” and you wont know where to start. There are millions to choose from across the web. Also, there are free ones in microsoft office. These many choices are nice for you. You can even choose a template based on theme.
The negatives on using Free Resume Templates and Free Cover Letter Samples
In fact, resume templates are an easy way to create a resume.
If you use a resume template, ensure there are no spelling errors in the headlines. Moreover, make sure that when you copy and paste a mold that your spell check in Microsoft Word doesn’t become disabled.
Here is a job site to use in the job search
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Keep your emails as short and to the point as possible.
Use HTML to take advantage of tracking, but keep it simple.
Intrigue your reader with the email message and get them to find out more by clicking your resume website.
Spend most of the time on the top three inches of the email, because it is what people see if they are using “preview” in Outlook.
Ask them to forward the email to other people who may be looking for your skills.
Use an effective subject line. It must reflect the contents of the email, but you also want to make it stand out.
Do not send it if looks like spam (i.e., you would just delete it unread).
Always use both first and last names in the “from” line. Most people assume email from a first name only is spam.
Do not include attachments. Smart email users do not open attachments from someone they do not know, for fear of viruses. If a hiring manager or recruiter asks you to send them your resume, then go ahead and do so.
NEWS Senator Scott Brown delivers weekly Republican address Saturday, March 13, 2010
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) released the following weekly Republican address.
“Hello, I’m United States Senator Scott Brown from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
“When the people of my state elected me in January, they sent more than a senator to Washington – they sent a message. Across party lines, the voters told politicians in Washington to get its priorities right.
“And from my travels and conversation with people throughout this country, they told me that they want their President and Congress to focus on creating jobs and reviving America’s economy. Instead, for more than a year now, we have seen a bitter, destructive, and endless drive to completely transform America’s health care system.
“In January of last year, unemployment hit 7.2 percent and our economy was hurting badly. But, early in President Obama’s term, he and the Democratic leadership of Congress made takeover of health care their first priority.
“Today, times are even tougher across our nation when it comes to our economy. Nearly one in ten Americans are still out of work. And still, the President and Congress are focused on ramming through their health-care bill, whatever it takes, whatever the cost.
“Maybe you remember what President Obama promised in his State of the Union address. He said he was going to finally focus on jobs and the economy for the remainder of this year. I applauded him for that. Well, here it is, it’s almost spring. And what is he out there talking about again? That same 2,700-page, multi-trillion dollar health care legislation.
“So, an entire year has gone to waste. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and many more jobs are in danger. Even now, the President still hasn’t gotten the message.
“Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst – the presumption that they know best, and they’re going to get their way whether the American people like it or not.
“And, when politicians start thinking like that, they don’t let anything get in their way – not public opinion, not the rules of fair play, not even their own promises.
“They pledged transparency. Instead, we have a health care bill tainted by secrecy, concealed cost, and full of backroom deals – and that’s just not right. They should do better. The American people expect more.
“They pledged a true bipartisan effort. Instead, they have resorted to bending the rules, and they now intend to seize control of health care in America on a strict party-line vote.
“In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement? In addition, how can it be good if it takes another half a trillion dollars away from seniors on Medicare, and still includes all the backroom deals you have been hearing about for months?
“Well, for the past year or more, the new establishment in Washington has tried again and again to sell this plan to the American people. But the Americans aren’t buying it, and for good reason. And now, what’s going on is a last, desperate power play. They actually tell us that passing the bill is necessary, if only to prove that something can get done in Washington.
“Well, I haven’t been here very long, but, I can tell you this much already: Nothing has distracted the attention and energy of the nation’s capital more than this disastrous detour. And, the surest way to return to the people’s business is to listen to the people themselves: We need to drop this whole scheme of federally controlled health care, start over, and work together on real reforms at the state level that will contain costs and won’t leave America trillions of dollars deeper in debt.
“This, above all, was the message that the people of my state sent to the President and the Congress in the election over a month ago.
“You know some of my Democratic colleagues, you know, are being leaned on mighty hard right now. Speaker Pelosi and others are handing down their marching orders, telling them to vote for this bill no matter what. Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near – do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don’t mind some advice from a newcomer, I’d suggest going with the will of the people.
“After all, from the very beginning of this debate, the American people have called it correctly. In every part of the country, Republicans and Democrats have agreed on serious, straightforward, commonsense health care reform. They expect us in Washington to do the same – working together, acting fairly and by the rules, and staying focused on the need to make the American economy as strong as it can be. That is the business that brought me here on an unexpected journey to Washington. And, it’s the responsibility of everyone sent here to serve our country. We can do better – and I challenge my colleagues and the President to do just that.
“I’m Senator Scott Brown and thank you very much for listening.”
We are in Fallas time …thousands, millions of people will be enjoying this great Party … eating, drinking, dancing … at the same time hundreds of people will work overtime and make and extra effort to keep the Party going on and all this visitors having fun …
This post is dedicated to them … and this post is also to ask them to SMILE! Many from this visitors will have made thousands of Kms., hours of flight or road … just to experience their dream and live las Fallas -like our Ninotizate winner from Japan: Koichiro Okamoto and other hundreds of Japanese people, or many journalists and agents from China, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, USA, Australia, etc. that will be here to see how we celebrate this famous Festival and then explain their compatriots.
Even if you are tired or exhausted, even if you would be dancing than rather working … be happy and SMILE, you have a job!!
Di bawah ini diberikan daftar pertanyaan umum yang dapat menggali 12 aspek seperti berikut ini.
1. Motivasi
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek motivasi antara lain :
Mengapa anda memutuskan untuk melamar pekerjaan di perusahaan ini ?
Apa yang membuat anda menjadi tertarik dengan perusahaan ini ?
Tanggung jawab apa yang anda anggap penting dalam pekerjaan ?
Tantangan apa yang anda cari dalam pekerjaan ?
Sebutkan dua hal yang memotivasi anda dalam bekerja.
Apa yang dapat memotivasi anda dalam kehidupan pribadi anda ?
Apa yang dapat memotivasi anda dalam menyelesaikan tugas yang sulit ?
Apa yang dapat memotivasi anda agar menjadi sukses dalam pekerjaan ?
Apa alasan anda keluar dari perusahaan sebelumnya ?
Apa yang membuat anda keluar dari perusahaan sebelumnya ?
Selama perjalanan karir anda, posisi mana yang paling anda sukai ?
Mengapa anda ingin mengubah karir ? (bila yang bersangkutan berpindah profesi/karir)
Apa arti bekerja bagi anda ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
2. Ketahanan Terhadap Tekanan (Stres)
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek ketahanan terhadap tekanan/stres antara lain :
Apakah anda dapat bekerja di bawah tekanan ?
Pernahkan anda bekerja di bawah tekanan ? Ceritakan bagaimana anda menyikapinya?
Dalam lingkungan kerja seperti apa anda merasa nyaman ? (Terstruktur atau tidak ?)
Seandainya ada konsumen yang marah karena hal yang bukan dilakukan anda, bagaimana anda menyikapinya ?
Bagaimana anda menyikapi kritik yang diberikan kepada anda ?
Seandainya anda mendapatkan pekerjaan yang tidak anda harapkan, apa yang akan anda lakukan ?
Apa yang anda anggap sebagai hal yang berat untuk dilakukan dalam pekerjaan ?
Seandainya anda dihadapkan dengan dua tugas yang harus diselesaikan pada saat yang bersamaan, apa yang akan anda lakukan ?
Masalah terbesar apa yang pernah anda hadapi ? Bagaimana anda mengatasinya ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
3. Inisiatif
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek inisiatif antara lain :
Apa yang anda ketahui tentang perusahaan ini ? Dan darimana serta bagaimana anda mengetahuinya ?
Kriteria apa yang anda gunakan untuk mengevaluasi perusahaan yang anda harapkan menjadi tempat kerja anda ?
Ceritakan mengenai pendidikan dan pelatihan yang pernah anda ikuti.
Bagaimana anda mendapatkan pekerjaan selama ini ? (Apakah melalui iklan, referensi, dsb) – untuk yang sudah pernah bekerja.
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
4. Sikap kerja
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek sikap kerja antara lain :
Seandainya anda ditempatkan di cabang perusahaan yang jauh dari lokasi anda, bagaimana anda menyikapinya ?
Seandainya ada pengalihan tanggung jawab pada pekerjaan yang anda pegang, bagaimana anda menyikapinya ?
Ceritakan mengenai pengalaman kerja anda. (untuk yang sudah bekerja)
Apa tanggung jawab anda pada posisi tersebut ? (untuk yang sudah bekerja)
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
5. Kepercayaan Diri
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kepercayaan diri antara lain :
Menurut anda, apa definisi/arti kesuksesan ? Dan seberapa besar pengaruhnya bagi anda ?
Menurut anda, apa definisi/arti kegagalan ? Dan seberapa besar pengaruhnya bagi anda ?
Jelaskan ukuran/standar kesuksesan bagi anda.
Pekerjaan apa yang telah anda selesaikan dengan sukses ?
Apa peran anda dalam kesuksesan tersebut ?
Bagaimana anda memandang diri sendiri saat ini ? Apakah sudah sukses ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
6. Kemampuan Berpikir Analitis
Termasuk di dalam kemampuan berpikir analitis adalah “Kemampuan Memecahkan Masalah” (problem solving) dan “Kemampuan Membuat Keputusan” (decision making).
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kemampuan berpikir analitis antara lain :
Masalah tersulit apa yang pernah anda alami ? Apa yang anda lakukan ? Bagaimana penyelesaiannya ?
Hambatan atau kendala apa yang ditemukan selama kuliah atau belajar ? Bagaimana cara mengatasinya ?
Ceritakan mengenai persoalan yang pernah anda pecahkan.
Ceritakan situasi dimana anda pernah memiliki masalah dengan pengambilan keputusan.
Ceritakan dimana anda harus membuat suatu keputusan.
Ceritakan bagaimana anda pernah memecahkan masalah yang sulit.
Ceritakan mengenai permasalahan yang paling sering anda hadapi dalam pekerjaan.
Apakah anda pernah menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan bersama-sama rekan ? Apa peran anda dalam menyelesaikan masalah tersebut ?
Apakah anda pernah diminta untuk menyelesaikan beberapa tugas dalam suatu waktu ? Apa yang anda lakukan ?
Bagaimana anda menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan yang muncul tiba-tiba ?
Bagaimana anda mengidentifikasikan kedatangan suatu masalah ?
Bagaimana anda membuat suatu keputusan penting ?
Bagaimana anda memecahkan masalah ?
Dalam situasi atau kondisi seperti apa, anda memiliki kemungkinan paling besar untuk berbuat kesalahan ?
Keputusan apa yang terasa sulit bagi anda ? Berikan Contohnya !
Menurut anda, faktor apa yang paling menentukan suksesnya seseorang ?
Apa yang anda lakukan saat dihadapkan dengan pengambilan keputusan yang penting ?
Apa yang anda lakukan saat kesulitan atau tidak dapat memecahkan persoalan yang anda hadapi ?
Keputusan tersulit apa yang telah anda buat selama tiga tahun terakhir ?
Kapan anda memutuskan untuk berhenti berusaha memecahkan suatu persoalan yang sulit ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
7. Kemampuan Pencapaian Keberhasilan (Achievement)
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kemampuan pencapaian keberhasilan antara lain :
Apakah anda senang mengerjakan pekerjaan/proyek yang sulit ?
Apakah anda mempunyai prestasi yang dibanggakan ? Ceritakan !
Apakah anda memiliki inisiatif ? Bagaimana anda menunjukkan hal tersebut ? Ceritakan satu contoh inisiatif yang telah anda ambil.
Apakah anda pernah menyelesaikan persoalan yang sulit ? Atau yang sebelumnya anda pikir tidak dapat anda selesaikan ?
Bagaimana anda menunjukkan keinginan (willingness) untuk bekerja ?
Sebutkan prestasi yang pernah anda capai dalam pekerjaan atau masa kuliah/sekolah !
Sebutkan lima pencapaian terbesar dalam hidup anda !
Apa kegagalan terbesar yang pernah anda alami ? Kekecewaan apa yang anda alami ?
Bagaimana anda mengatasi perasaan tersebut ? Dan mengatasi kegagalan tersebut ?
Hal atau lingkungan seperti apa yang paling mendorong anda dalam bekerja ?
Menurut anda, apa tantangan terbesar dalam pekerjaan ?
Sebutkan bagian dari pekerjaan yang paling menantang dan yang paling tidak menantang.
Apakah anda termasuk orang yang berani dalam mengambil risiko ?
Berdasarkan pengalaman anda, ceritakan secara rinci dalam hal apa anda mengambil risiko untuk menyelesaikan suatu tugas ?
Mengapa anda mengambil risiko tersebut ?
Risiko apa yang anda hadapi saat mengajukan suatu usulan ?
Prestasi apa yang pernah anda dapatkan di sekolah yang tidak dapat anda lupakan ?
Prestasi apa yang pernah anda capai dalam bekerja yang mendapatkan penghargaan dari pimpinan atau perusahaan ? (baik penghargaan lisan ataupun penghargaan tertulis atau materi).
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
8. Aspirasi Diri
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek aspirasi diri antara lain :
Mata kuliah (mata pelajaran) apa yang paling anda senangi ? Mata kuliah (mata pelajaran) apa yang paling anda tidak senangi ? Kenapa ?
Apa cita-cita anda ketika lulus sekolah ? Ketika lulus kuliah ?
Apakah anda berniat melanjutkan sekolah ? Berniat melanjutkan kuliah ?
Menurut anda, apakah nilai anda merupakan indikasi terbaik untuk hasil akademik anda ?
Kenapa kami harus memilih anda ?
Bisakah anda menyebutkan lima kelebihan dan lima kekurangan anda ?
Bagaimana pendapat anda mengenai perusahaan ini ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
9. Kelemahan Diri
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kelemahan diri antara lain :
Apakah anda telah mencapai semua target yang telah anda tetapkan ? Bila tidak, mengapa ?
Bagaimana anda mengatasi kegagalan dalam pencapaian target tersebut ?
Kelemahan apa yang muncul saat anda dihadapkan pada tugas yang sulit ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
10. Sosialisasi
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek sosialisasi antara lain :
Ceritakan kegiatan anda di waktu senggang.
Kegiatan apa yang anda ikuti di lingkungan anda ?
Seandainya anda menjadi anggota suatu organisasi, maka kegiatan apa dan peran apa yang akan anda lakukan dalam organisasi tersebut ?
Selain belajar, kegiatan apa saja yang anda ikuti saat masih kuliah atau sekolah ? Posisi apa yang anda pegang ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
11. Kemandirian
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kemandirian antara lain :
Ceritakan keputusan-keputusan penting dalam hidup anda, yang anda anggap sebagai keputusan anda sendiri. Juga ceritakan keputusan penting yang anda anggap bukan keputusan anda sendiri.
Mengapa anda memilih jurusan …. ?
Dalam pengambilan suatu keputusan, siapa yang berpengaruh dalam diri anda ?
Dalam hal-hal apa saja orang-orang tersebut anda sertakan ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
12. Kepemimpinan
Pertanyaan yang dapat menggali aspek kepemimpinan antara lain :
Sebutkan kepribadian yang anda miliki yang mencerminkan kemampuan memimpin.
Menurut anda, kualitas apa yang dibutuhkan seorang pemimpin ?
Apa yang paling menjadi tantangan bagi seorang pemimpin ?
Bagaimana cara anda mendelegasikan suatu tanggung jawab ?
Apakah anda membutuhka pengawas dalam bekerja ?
Bagaimana cara anda membuat suatu rencana kerja ?
Bagaimana cara anda memberikan teguran atau mendisiplinkan bawahan anda ?
Seandainya ada bawahan anda yang melanggar aturan perusahaan, bagaimana anda menghadapinya ?
Atasan seperti apa yang anda harapkan ?
Seandainya anda kelebihan beban kerja, apa yang akan anda lakukan ?
Bagaimana cara anda untuk memotivasi sesorang ?
Atasan seperti apa yang menurut anda sulit untuk diajak kerja sama ?
Bawahan seperti apa yang menurut anda sulit untuk diajak kerja sama ?
Atasan seperti apa yang menurut anda tidak adil ?
Seandainya anda membuat suatu kebijakan, kemudian bawahan anda banyak yang menentangnya, bagaimana anda mengatasinya ?
Sumber : gilland-ganesha.com, buku “Sukses Mendapatkan Pekerjaan” – Anna T. Yuniarti, S.Psi.
I know nothing will stop the “Good Ole Boys” from looking out for other “Good Ole Boys”, but this is my rant on the latest experience I’ve had with it. It seems that developers that do their job and put in at that extra effort to do a quality job are ignored in favor of the social chit-chatter employee. This employee visits the entire building, drink coffees and chats about sports, takes an extra 30 minutes here and there on the clock, portrays himself as the best on the team (while secretly getting assistance from the worker bees that do their job), speaks up and parrots the boss in meetings to make it seem like he is a mover and a shaker, and best of all gets recognition, awards, and promotions to management. Me, I just improve our product and look for ways to make and save us money. And I constantly improve my professional skillset. Screw THIS! Tomorrow I start my new employee Good Ole Boy routine. I just hate the crappy coffee my office serves.
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Life, it sure is one of the biggest jokes ever. When you reached a certain point where you have deicided not to have any plans at all. Life decides to make up something for you.
I really thought in my own small mind that i could reach a state of peace by not taking on me any obligations at all. So what happened?
I suddenly have a new job which i enjoy, and ive met someone that seems to be something more than I asked for. Life sure is a joke, all I can do is to sit back and laugh!
The expectations and ideas that we have programmed into us are very rarely much use when it comes to making decisions.
Recently I was talking to a young lad who was confused about making a decision regarding his future.
His dilemma was that he had a part time job as a cameraman in a video production company and also a job as a builders labourer.
The company who made the videos offered him a full time job, but the pay at this time did not match the combined income of the two jobs. He asked for my advice and it was quite sad that he was so confused.
I asked him what it was that he enjoyed doing most and as you can imagine he said making the videos. So I then said what is your problem? He said that unless he could get the same income, from doing the videos, as he was from the combined jobs, he was in some way failing.
I pointed out that by taking a sideways step, or even a backwards step, to be doing what you wanted to do, could never be regarded as failing. To which he replied “ Yeah I realise that, but it is what my parents and friends might think.
How sad, he was going to make a decision based on what his parents and peers MIGHT think.
Fortunately, he took the full time job at the video company and it appears that they have already indicated that in the next few months, his income could well exceed what he was earning before.
There are a few lessons here, number one is that it can never be regarded as anything other than the correct decision when you follow your hearts desire,
Number two, never make decisions based on what you feel others might think, it is your life and doing things that make you happy and content, is an integral part of making the most of it.
Number three, fear and indecision invariably lead to regrets, it is mostly what we have not done that we regret most.
Number four, provided that you give 110%, you are guaranteed to get the most out of any situation. In this case the video company appreciated the decision he had made and also realised how good he was and very soon indicated that he would earn in the very near future, an income that would exceed what he was getting before.
It would have been very easy for him to have pushed the video company for more money and because of his feeling of failure, not accepted the job, but the result of that would have been that he would have ended up just working for money, without any real enjoyment or satisfaction.
If you are ever faced with a decision and you factor in what others might say or think about you, have the courage to follow your hearts desire, it will always be the right decision.
Jayashree walked into the Internet Café to find Raj and Shankar both waiting for her. It gave her a sense of how important this issue was to them that they would arrive early. She knew Raj wasn’t upset with her but hadn’t yet spoken directly to Shankar. “Good morning guys. I guess this is our first official day full-time on the new job?”
Raj replied, “Happy new job day Jayashree. And this must be our new office?” Raj seemed jovial. That helped the mood.
“Well let me just start,” Jayashree began the meeting as she took her seat and gestured for the waiter to bring her usual morning tea. “I met with Balamohan for dinner last night and he told me everything. I was going to be coy but as soon as I said I missed him at the office Monday, he cut me off and came clean. Not that he expressed any remorse. He might have even been bragging.”
“Told you he was a jerk,” Raj again. Shankar remained silent. “So did he really start up a competing firm based on our idea?”
“Not exactly. He fed our ideas to his partners, but they have one company and he has a separate business.” Her tea arrived and she paused to thank the waiter. “Balamohan is making money by recruiting the Ruby developers. That’s what he mostly wanted from me – my social network of techies. His partners might have formed their initial concept on their own, but they fleshed it out based on my blabbering.”
“So Balamohan made recruiting fees?” Raj again the curious one.
“Not exactly. He made his recruits purchase a bond to recompense their employers for their training and other expenses to cover their first two years of employment. He charged a service fee for brokering the bond with a bank and received another fee from the bank for originating the loan. Apparently he’s been doing this for several years and our venture helped him to go fulltime at it.” Jayashree projected an incredulous facial expression.
“I’m not sure how I feel about that. I don’t think it’s illegal because I’ve heard of the practice, but it sounds slimy to me.” Again Raj with the response. “He recruit anyone you know?”
“He wouldn’t say but I called 3 friends and they all confirmed he cold called and recruited them. We can infer from this that their developers are local so we might have an edge on them with our Viet Namese labor costs.” Jayashree was hoping to get Shankar into the dialog but he didn’t bite. “My friends told me more. He hired one DBA but no data mappers or architects. They’ll manipulate most of the data at the application layer.”
“Hah, we got ‘em!” Raj was suddenly very positive. “Classic mistake, unfortunately made by just about everyone nowadays.” Raj took on an authoritative tone as he explained. “This is a huge data integration, or I should say content management, effort. We built a data warehouse and focused on our data feed framework for the ETL processes. We’re using Ruby for the front end, but we have stored procedures behind that written in Python. Not to downplay the importance of the application layer for aesthetics and usability, specifically the web services for ease of content accessibility; but we’re providing sub-second response time on our queries. And we’ll scale at that speed for terabytes of data. They’ll have to compromise on much smaller data sets – probably XML – can you say slow? Their solution will be completely unscalable.” Raj laughed and was enjoying himself immensely as he imagined the pending doom of this little competition.
Shankar finally interjected, “Well I should let you all know, our partners are suing us for malfeasance. They brought forward the suit today demanding we forfeit all our shares to them. Apparently this little company outbid our investors on a big contract. And Balamohan has been talking enough to where our investors know more about our culpability for leaking intellectual capital than we do ourselves. So we’ve got that going for us.”
I am grateful for Fridays! A busy week that consisted of a sick child (and thus, a visit to the doctor’s office), a 50-hour work week, six loads of laundry, a house to clean, dinners to cook, lunches to pack, homework to help with, and the metaphorical “partridge in a pear tree…!”
Now, given that I majored in PR, let’s see if I can put a different spin on it…eh-hem…
I am grateful that…
My daughter is not more sick than she was and that she is better now
I have a job
I and my family have clothes on our backs
We have a beautiful house
We do not go hungry
My daughter is getting a wonderful education
It’s easy to get bogged down in the stress of daily life, but if you look at all the wonderful things that are doing “the bogging,” I realize, I’m pretty lucky!
A resume is a small part of personal marketing. Very few actually ponder what they are passionate and excel at before putting pen to paper. Prose is not the answer if you want to get your point across, however statistics you can verify go a long way to corroborating your expertise. You definitely don’t want to have a novel written by a resume writer and go into the interview with your mouth agape at the first question. Here’s a fun exercise, take all you action words and make them opposite and assume that is what you are competing against or are you? So if you write “team player” on your resume, are you saying that you are distinguishing yourself against individuals who only work solo? If you write “accomplished” on your resume, are you distinguishing yourself against a poorly accomplished individual? Get the point? Simply said, make your words count; you have less than 10 seconds of the employers’ attention. Think about how fast your channel surf while watching TV and tell me what grabs your attention quick enough to stop.
If you have ever used Twitter and bother to surf through all the comments from the people you follow, what 140 character statement makes you stop and open the associated link, or what makes you send the information to others? Do you always repost the same individual’s information? If so, does their brand appeal to you? Are you trying to capture their attention or worse yet are you schmoozing?
Write down all the words that appeal to you while you are surfing the net, reading a magazine or newspaper. These words have much to do with your life interests. Now relate them to your life and see if it is your experience or your interests outside of your current experience that draws you to these words. This will distinguish what you are passionate about. Now take your expertise and see if there is a connection. If you note a connection, you are on your way to creating your brand. If not, you need to know how to get to the life you are passionate about.
Cheers to your success! Diane Rines, Wise Career Move LLC, All Rights Reserved
Credits: The opposite exercise was derived from “The Art of the Start” by Guy Kawasaki.
The grass is not greener on the other side. Because London needs affordable homes, the whole country needs affordable homes, and so they are building on the grass. There is no grass. There is no green.
So you can look over, sure, take a look. Look at those people, looking back. It’s a look off. But we’re not really looking.
Not really. We are seeing but not looking. There is a difference.
When you see, you are in 2D, you are not paying attention, your brain is doing all the work for you. It’s projecting an image.
When you look, well, now you’re talking… Looking. You search when you look, you scan and you assess. You don’t see for a job, see for a girlfriend, see for a new house. You look.
So their life seems jolly lovely. Jolly splendid. Covered in chocolate and strawberries. Yum, give me some of that party.
But really, no. It isn’t like that. It’s as shit as it is here.
The grass is not greener on the other side. It’s not green. There is no grass. On either side.
But you know what? I don’t think much of grass anyhow. I can be happy, here. On my side. In my grayness. In my brown. In my black.
I don’t need to see them. To look at them. I don’t need green, to be green, to envy.
I woke with a stir, hearing voices in the rest of the house… sounded like yelling. My son was riding his motorcycle slash bike all over the kitchen. I hear the voices again, its my step-dad trying to wake my sister up to get her to go to G.E.D. He was on his way out, doing whatever guys do on their days off from work. I get up out of bed and check my email and realize that my sister might not come home in time for me to do what I need to do today, so I tell her I am going with her. The next thing I know, after I get dressed and get the kid ready, my sister tells me that he says I can not take the car. I jump to conclusions, naturally, as I so often do and start to get pissed… infuriated even. Tears well up and I run outside to yell “I knew this shit would happen, you hold something over my head to keep me here because you are mad about something that I think is retarded.” And really that is the censored version of what I said, but you get the gist of it. My sister leaves and then he leaves… and I felt so taunted and laughed at that I began to get even more pissed, trying everything I could to NOT break everything in site. I think I mumbled a few incoherent words with “I’m to old for this shit” somewhere in the middle. After walking around the house in a huff, I sat at this computer and couldn’t get into facebook, account unavailable, which made my mood even worse and the tears fell. Now I do not cry that often, it takes a lot for me to cry, especially out of anger. So I sat back staring at the screen, my eyes soggy, my son sitting next to me as if he wanted to help but didn’t know how. Eventually all the torment subsided, and I had a headache. I sighed a few times and turned cartoons on for my son. I sat at my computer again and still did not surf the net, digesting all that had happened within a few minutes. What a fucking way to wake up in the morning.
I can only guess, but I think ten minutes passed and I saw my step dad return. He came back into the house and sat in the chair in facing me at the dining room table. He explained to me that it was not what I assumed. Turns out that my sister has been using me as an excuse to not go to G.E.D. And he was trying to push her to go. She does not seem to care about her future lately, and I agree. He asked me what it is that I need to do during the day and I explained. He understood and made it a point to mention that it was nothing against me. I said okay. And so we are working out a schedule so that she can go to G.E.D. like she is supposed to, and I can get my shit taken care of. He then took the opportunity to ask about my sons father and his progress. He said that he still is not very fond of him, which I can understand why, and that he would like to see more progress. I explained as much progress as I could without trying to get any sympathy, because I know that if I try to get any sympathy from this man it does not work… He lives a certain way, was brought up a certain way, and can not sympathize with someone in my or my guys position. So all we can do is show him that things are getting done… it takes time and we are working on it the best way we can.
On another note, I was at Wal-Mart the other day, standing in line waiting to check out. I notice a guy in my peripheral vision as he walks past me but took no notice. Then suddenly a hand comes from behind me and reaches around and holds me, at first I assume its my guy, but I turn to see a complete stranger grabbing me… I almost punched him in the face but then he says “hug me please” and I could tell that he was mentally challenged. He tried to hug me and wouldnt let go right away. I was so shook up all I could do was push him away.. eventually he ran off to probably go hug another stranger. My one and only thought for that is WHERE THE HELL IS THE PERSON THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP AND EYE ON HIM??? Someone was not doing their job at all that day. On top of that, imagine someone walking up to Monk (the character in the show, not an actual monk) and hugging them like that. I do not like being touched by strangers it FREAKS me out. The only person that can touch me is my guy, because I chose him to be the one I touch and touches me… other than that… even my family cant touch me without my say so. Imagine that.
Yesterday was big deal for Canadians. It was the big rematch of the Winter Games, the Gold Medal Hockey tussle between the US and Canada . It seemed to be the only topic of conversation for a lot of people. I caught the beginning of the game before I had to leave for work, and the Canadians were ahead by two goals to one when I left. I made it into work to find the TV on in the Break Room and folks glued to it. I had to be down on the shop floor, so I wandered away. Somewhere there was a radio piping commentary of the match into the shop, but Hockey Commentary is a mystery to me, since the game moves so fast and I didn’t know which players were on which team (shocking, I know, but give me a chance, we’ve only been here a year!) Still, co-workers were always passing by and happy to give news of the progress of the game.
“The Americans equalised, just seconds to go!” Big groan from everyone nearby. Then a few minutes after that the tannoy squawked into life:
“What did I tell you, Andy? Canada WIN! 3-2″ Cheers from all around the store, customers and workers alike. Almost immediately the place began to fill up. The place had been almost deserted during play, but now the game was done people flocked in. Almost all of them were grinning. The first few were eager either to tell me the result of te match, or find it out from me. We had folks wearing flags, with Maple leaf face paint, Canada jackets, T-shirts, hats… One ladty said she’d been in CostCo when the match was won and the place went mad. I couldn’t work out why CostCo in particular, but then I remembered they have a huge display of big-screen TVs. Where better to watch the match?
I was sorry to miss the closing ceremony, but got home to find Mrs Dim had recorded it for me. I had been surprised by how brilliant the opening ceremony had been, and regretted not recording that, so I’m looking forward to watching this one later.
People are starting to wonder what we’re all going to do now the Olympics have happened. Are we going to go into a posy-apocolympic slump? But that’s not really fair. In a few days, on March 12th we get the Paralympics, and if you thought the struggle of the athletes in the regular games was inspiring, you ain’t seen nothing yet. I shall be watching the opening ceremony (and recording it) because Eldest Weasel is one of the schoolchildren who’ll be singing with Nikki Yanovsky, and I spent a good deal of today wrestling with the ticketing system to try and get a ticket for Mrs Dim to attend in person. No joy so far, but I think it’s churlish to complain about someting like that when he events themselves will feature people who have overcome far more. I will not be defeated by beaureacracy…though the spelling may give me pause.
So Week Two of Work has begun, and it’s going well. The times are fitting in nicely with Educating Weasels and Mrs Dim’s schedule, and I’m getting enough writing done to feel like I’m not writing to support my new career in retail. (Oh, my new play! It’s going SO WELL. Of course, I’ve had to halve the length and revise my grand plans, but it’s GOING SO WELL! Don’t tell anyone, though. It’s easily startled.) I still don’t have my schedule for the week after next, so I don’t know if my shifts will line up with my elephants and allow me to go on holiday. Now we’re into March time is moving even faster. There’s only a handful of days before Spring Break, only a few more to the holiday and once we’re back from that it’s packing and moving. Tomorrow I’ll pile into the redirection business again. Seems weird, trying to remember what it’s like to be unpacking boxes – this house has been sorted for a while now. We even stopped changing the pictures around, so maybe we got those right at last. Must be time to move.
I mentioned in my last post that I applied for a part-time job at Sephora. Today, I got a call from a manager there who told me she had good news: I got the job. I was so ecstatic you’d think I won the lottery.
I’m not sure why but, in some sense or way it seems our culture try’s to create this separation or divide between that which is considered spiritual or sacred and that which is interpreted practical or secular. It is as if we seem afraid to relate what we do in our church community with that which we do during the rest of our week.
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) released the following weekly Republican address.
We are in Fallas time …thousands, millions of people will be enjoying this great Party … eating, drinking, dancing … at the same time hundreds of people will work overtime and make and extra effort to keep the Party going on and all this visitors having fun …
Jayashree walked into the Internet Café to find Raj and Shankar both waiting for her. It gave her a sense of how important this issue was to them that they would arrive early. She knew Raj wasn’t upset with her but hadn’t yet spoken directly to Shankar. “Good morning guys. I guess this is our first official day full-time on the new job?”