Saturday, October 24, 2009

sinceritate

“hi, how can i help you?”. e atat de sincer. atat de direct si corect. un angajat excelent. nu intarzie niciodata, nu ai ce sa-i reprosezi. are grija ca inainte sa faca o intelegere cu tine sa fie clari toti termenii. e englez si sta in romania de ceva timp. a renuntat la “marea si dorita” londra pentru bucuresti. a venit sa munceasca aici, sa isi urmeze consoarta si sa cunoasca oameni.

e imposibil pentru mine sa inteleg atata corectitudine. sunt obisnuit cu bucurestiul si locuitorii lui asa cum sunt ei.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Good Thought Provoking Philosophy !!

1. EVERY ONE  KNOWS  ABOUT  ALEXANDER  GRAHAM   BELL   WHO  INVENTED PHONES,
BUT  HE  NEVER  MADE  A  CALL  TO  HIS  FAMILY.  BECAUSE HIS WIFE AND  DAUGHTER  WERE  DEAF.
THAT’S  LIFE  -     ” LIVE  FOR  OTHERS ” .
2.  THE   WORST  IN  LIFE  IS  ”ATTACHMENT ” IT   HURTS  WHEN  YOU  LOSE IT.
THE   BEST  THING  IN  LIFE  IS ” LONELINESS ”  BECAUSE  IT TEACHES
YOU EVERYTHING  AND  WHEN  YOU  LOSE  IT  YOU  GET EVERYTHING.
3.  LIFE  IS  NOT  ABOUT  THE  PEOPLE  WHO  ACT  TRUE TO  YOUR  FACE
….. ITS  ABOUT  THE  PEOPLE  WHO  REMAIN  TRUE  BEHIND  YOUR  BACK ..
4.  EGG  BROKEN  FROM  OUTSIDE  FORCE……..A  LIFE ENDS.
IF AN  EGG  BREAKS  FROM  WITHIN……..LIFE  BEGINS ..
GREAT THINGS  ALWAYS  BEGAN  FROM   WITHIN .

5.  ITS  BETTER  TO  LOSE  YOUR  EGO  TO  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE THAN  TO
LOSE  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE ……… BECAUSE  OF   EGO .

6.  A  RELATIONSHIP  DOESN’T  SHINE  BY  JUST  SHAKING  HANDS  IN  GOOD TIMES.
BUT  IT  BLOSSOMS  BY  HOLDING  FIRMLY  IN  CRITICAL  SITUATIONS .

7. HEATED GOLD BECOMES ORNAMENTS. BEATEN COPPER  BECOMES  WIRES.
DEPLETED STONE  BECOMES  STATUE..  SO MORE PAIN, MORE GAIN (VALUABLE).
8.  WHEN  YOU  TRUST  SOMEONE  TRUST  HIM  COMPLETELY  WITHOUT  ANY
DOUBT……………  AT  THE  END  YOU  WOULD  GET  ONE  OF  THE  TWO :
EITHER  A  LESSON  FOR  YOUR  LIFE  OR  A   VERY  GOOD  PERSON .

9. WHY  WE  HAVE  SO  MANY TEMPLES , IF  GOD  IS  EVERYWHERE ?
A WISE  MAN  SAID : AIR  IS  EVERYWHERE, BUT  WE STILL  NEED  A  FAN TO FEEL IT .

10.——————————————————————————-
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting
the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.”  ~ Dennis Wholey
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Without GOD , our week would be:


Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday,
Thirstday, Fightday & Shatterday.
Remember seven days WITHOUT GOD makes one WEAK!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Completely Unrelated, I had a delicious chicken sandwich yesterday

First job interview occurred yesterday. I don’t know what the actual score is, but I am clearly winning. I spoke well, I didn’t have to pause before answering questions (that’s happened in the past, and it’s not the most flattering position to be in), I was friendly and positive and I represented myself very well. I will find out on Friday whether they’re offering me a job.

The catch, wouldn’t you know it, is that I need to decide before then whether I want it. I would hate for them to call and then have to say uh, well, I don’t know yet if I want to take it. I need to have my answer by the time they call (if they do), whether it is yes or no.

The job is street fundraising. You know those people who go up to you on the street and ask you to sign up to donate money to a cause? That’s what I’d be doing. All day. Every day. Well, 5 a week, but still. It’s a fantastic cause. I’d be representing children international and getting people to sponsor a child – and really, the donations aren’t a huge commitment from the donor and it gives the child so much. I would rather not say no to that.

On the other hand, am I really going to approach people on sidewalks all day, every day? Is it realistic to think that I won’t get tired of it very quickly and not want to do it anymore? I’m not saying I will, I’m saying I DON’T KNOW. This is the problem, obviously. If I knew, then I could just make the decision and be done with it. But I can’t really do that.

The nerves that I’m experiencing about the idea of doing this as a job feel exactly the same as the ones I get when I have some kind of business-related phone call (and sometimes personal ones) to make. And then I do it, and it’s never as painful as I think it’ll be. If you think about it, there are so many good and cool people, and many I’m sure are going to be friendly even if they don’t sign up. I’d always be working with someone else, and that would make it so much better.

In part it sounds very hard and maybe tiring, but it also sounds fun and rewarding. My misgivings are not based on any of the details I’ve heard about this job, even though sometimes I’ll have to stand out in sucky weather and deal with some people who are, for whatever reason, really hateful. The hesitation is most likely a mixture of being so used to keeping to myself that I’m not accustomed to wanting to stand out – but then, I’ve done a solo voice concert and I loved that – and self-doubt, which I never seem to be able to get rid of entirely. Somewhere in that mix, I’m sure, is a large dose of not-what-I-had-in-mind.

Some arguments are easily countered. Being open to possibilities I hadn’t considered before is pretty easy, so there goes that last consideration. I am not entirely sure how to talk to people about this, but they do train you for it, and I handled the role-play situation in the interview well enough to tell me that I can do it. Not doing it because it’ll be hard won’t fly. As nice as it can be to have a cushy job that doesn’t really require much from you, I think it’s healthier to do something that involves a challenge. I’m used to concentrating my efforts into school. Now that school is over, it makes sense for me to refocus that energy into a job. It’s not in the way of my ultimate career goals, and it is definitely different and it would be a challenge. None of those seem to me like reasons not to take it.

This doesn’t feel to me like a job I would be taking just to have a job, just to make money – although the pay is good, assuming you get people to sign up, and the benefits are excellent for full time, which is what I would do. It feels like an opportunity. If they don’t offer me a job then it clearly wasn’t meant to be, but if they do … I don’t want to throw away a chance because I was afraid of stepping outside of my comfort zone. If life was all about doing exactly what you wanted all the time, I could get paid for staying home all day, writing a few pages and otherwise watching shows online. Walking to cafes and trying different pumpkin spice lattes. That’s not how things work in this world.

There are still doubts. I can’t help worrying that I just don’t have it in me to do this thing all day – at least, not for longer than a few weeks or months. But then, I would get used to it as time went on, and it would get easier (if it got harder, that would be a clear sign that I need to look for something else), and once I knew what it was like I wouldn’t worry anymore. If it is in me, and I think it is, it just needs coaxing and practice to come out.

The way I see it, something led me here. When I think about all of the jobs I’ve had in my life, all of them came to me in one way or another. I spoke to someone and not too long after that, I had a job. Maybe somewhere in between I had an interview or two. I shook someone’s hand, answered some questions, assured them that I could handle whatever job responsibilities they brought up. I’m intelligent, able – there are certainly things I do better than others, but with certain exceptions I can do pretty much anything.

If I’ve convinced you that I should take this job if they want me, then comment please, and psych me up.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

What About A New Career

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks are financial record keepers.
They update and maintain accounting records, including those which calculate expenditures, receipts, accounts payable and receivable, and profit and loss. These workers have a wide range of skills from full-charge bookkeepers who can maintain an entire company’s books to accounting clerks who handle specific tasks. All of these clerks make numerous computations each day and increasingly must be comfortable using computers to calculate and record data.

In small businesses, bookkeepers and bookkeeping clerks often have responsibility for some or all of the accounts, known as the general ledger. They record all
transactions and post debits (costs) and credits (income). They also produce financial statements and prepare reports and summaries for supervisors and
managers. Bookkeepers also prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to the bank. They also may handle payroll, make purchases, prepare invoices, and keep track of overdue accounts.

In large-companies’ accounting departments, accounting clerks have more specialized tasks. Their titles, such as accounts payable clerk or accounts receivable clerk, often reflect the type of accounting they do. In addition, their responsibilities
vary by level of experience. Entry-level accounting clerks post details of transactions, total accounts, and compute interest charges. They also may monitor loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date. More advanced accounting clerks may total, balance, and reconcile billing vouchers; ensure the
completeness and accuracy of data on accounts; and code documents according to company procedures.

Accounting clerks post transactions in journals and on computer files and update the files when needed. Senior clerks also review computer printouts against regularly maintained journals and make necessary corrections. They may review invoices and statements to ensure that all the information appearing on them
is accurate and complete, and they may reconcile computer reports with operating reports.

Auditing clerks verify records of transactions posted by other workers. They check figures, postings, and documents to ensure that they are correct, mathematically accurate, and properly coded. They also correct or note errors for accountants or
other workers to fix.

As organizations continue to computerize their financial records, many bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks use specialized accounting software, spreadsheets, and databases. Most clerks now enter information from receipts or bills into computers, and the information is then stored either electronically
or as computer printouts, or both. The widespread use of computers also has enabled bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks to take on additional responsibilities, such as payroll, procurement, and billing. Many of these functions require these clerks to write letters and make phone calls to customers or clients.

Work environment

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks work in an office environment. They may experience eye and muscle strain, backaches, headaches, and repetitive motion injuries from using computers on a daily basis. Clerks may have to sit for extended periods while reviewing detailed data.

Many bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks work regular business hours and a standard 40-hour week, although some may work occasional evenings and weekends. About 24 percent of these clerks worked part time in 2006.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks may work longer hours to meet deadlines at the end of the fiscal year, during tax time, or when monthly or yearly accounting audits are performed. Additionally, those who work in hotels,
restaurants, and stores may put in overtime during peak holiday and vacation
seasons.

Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement

Employers usually prefer bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks to have at least a high school diploma and some accounting coursework or relevant work experience. Clerks should also have good communication skills, be detail-oriented,
and trustworthy.

Education and training

Most bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks are required to have a high school degree at a minimum. However, having some college is increasingly
important and an associate degree in business or accounting is required for some positions. Although a bachelor’s degree is rarely required, graduates may accept bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerk positions to get into a particular company or to enter the accounting or finance field with the hope of eventually being promoted.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 2

Once hired, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks usually receive on-the-job training. Under the guidance of a supervisor or another more experienced employee, new clerks learn company procedures. Some formal classroom training also may be necessary, such as training in specialized computer
software.

Other qualifications

Experience in a related job and working
in an office environment also is recommended. Employers prefer workers who can use computers; knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software is especially valuable.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks must be careful, orderly, and detail-oriented in order to avoid making errors and to recognize errors made by others. These workers also should be discreet and trustworthy because they frequently
come in contact with confidential material. They should also have good communication skills because they increasingly work with customers.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks usually advance
by taking on more duties for higher pay or by transferring
to a closely related occupation. Most companies fill office and
administrative support supervisory and managerial positions by
promoting individuals from within their organizations, so clerks
who acquire additional skills, experience, and training improve
their advancement opportunities. With appropriate experience
and education, some bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing
clerks may become accountants or auditors.

Clerks who can carry out a wider range of bookkeeping and
accounting activities will be in greater demand than specialized
clerks. Demand for full-charge bookkeepers is expected to
increase, for example, because they do much of the work of accountants
and perform a wider variety of financial transactions,
from payroll to billing. Technological advances will continue
to change the way these workers perform their daily tasks, such
as using computer software programs to maintain records, but
will not decrease the demand for these workers, especially in
smaller establishments.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Pitfalls and places you should avoid on your job search

When job seekers are out on their own and sometimes do not think long enough before they jump into an opportunity, that might come few and far between, it can sometimes backfire and in turn hurt them emotionally and financially.  These are some tips to read about some of the jobs out there that aren’t worth pursuing.

1. Unpaid internships with small companies who have no brand.  Unless they are partnered and can offer credit for your university, I would avoid the unpaid internships.  Remember when Kramer in Seinfeld had an intern at his company Kramerica?  My point exactly.

2. Buzz marketing outfits:  These companies constantly need agents (who end up being gullible consumers) to receive samples & coupons to give their friends and employees.  You can have people sign up through the website…they don’t get money or anything; just free stuff to give people!

3. Promotional marketing companies: the employers give out sample coupons door-to-door and earn a profit off of consumers purchasing these coupons to events, like baseball games.  The catch is that the coupons aren’t affiliated with the event sponsor and thus, do not work.  Avoid being a scam artist without knowing you’re a scam artist!

4. Work-at-home scams: You’ve probably seen an ad on CareerBuilder that says “$10,000 a month working part-time from your home”, “Help wanted to work from home and make $1000/week” or “Internet advertising company needs people who want to earn $5000 or more a month, part-time!”  Stay away from anything that’s too good to be true, because it probably is too good to be true.

5. Companies that make you pay application fees.  No companies charge you to work at them, so why would you think that was a normal practice?

6. Mystery shopping scams: Some mystery shopping places are legit (see list on the Mystery Shopping Providers Association), but some will ask you to handle money on your own by using fake checks from the company in place of your own cash, only AFTER you’ve spent your own cash!

7. Companies asking for your credit card information, personal pin numbers and any extra personal information via email.  You know better to not buy into this trick, so know better to not get caught up working at one of them.

8. Jobs that ask you to pay them for training at companies that aren’t certified.  It’s one thing to enroll at a community college for some trade certification or rapid learning course, but it’s another to only communicate with an educational class via email and then to send them money for the paid-training and learning materials.  I would research schools to see if they are a qualified online training institute such as the University of Phoenix Online among others.  While U of P is good online training, beware of the others that have made a business taking advantage of internet learning.  You don’t want to lose out on some hard-earned money that you desperately need.

Tip: Check out businesses at the Better Business Bureau’s website (BBB.org) or run a Google search of the company name and see if any search results yield the word “scam” or “fraud” in the context, if you are unsure about the company’s practices.  Bottom line: if it’s easy, it most likely isn’t going to pay off.  You need to work hard to garner success.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Internet Vacancies

When first we do all the activities in the real world, but thanks to technology development activities can be copied in the near cable or virtual world. A husband who works tip of the Americas could bermesaraan in Indonesia with his wife, or a  Professor in Indonesia can provide lessons directly from Indonesia to students in Europe, and all that thanks to the development of science and technology.

Not only that, when first we just buying or selling real world, but now thousands, millions, even billions of transactions can dilakuakan virtual world with even a second time.
Now, do not be a very rushed job virtual world (Internet), wow … of course it is possible and the amount will not count, right?
This is where I finally tried to write this article. and finally, I hope you are, whether they are in need of money or not, who became unemployed for many years, immediately opened his eyes and join this virtual world of work.
Especially for those of you who from the beginning, since before reading  this article has been involved of course the internet world have a great opportunity to earn money on the internet.

Before I decided to wrestle, too, I have had many a picture of these methods,
such as:
* Income from a blog or website
* Income from Selling their own products or someone else (Affiliate)
* Revenue from ad clicks
* Revenue from reading incoming email
* Earnings from employment reviews or product reviews
* Earnings from work to design something
* Income from Social
* Revenue from Upload file
I’ve done all of the program, and the truth has been revealed. If the call as I do is considered as spam (scam) then I
dare say that a thought like that have not or do not know a lot about this income from the internet, so the claim of fraud is more dominant than the desire to know the truth.
And finally I confirm one thing that you have a very big opportunity to work in cyberspace. Not many people are as lucky as you in knowing about this, and of course still very big job for you. However, just as
virtual world, as well Itupun vacancies there would be a full point.
Now if you just keep quiet, and becomes the umpteenth person to make a living in the adventure in cyberspace. Surely the answer you only knew.
“Those who succeed are those who do not analyze telalu long, but those who act quickly, because the rare opportunity to come a second time”.

Immatrikulation, Studium und Geldprobleme

Ich habe immatrikuliert!

Endlich ist es soweit! Nach Anfangsschwierigkeiten habe ich es letzten Dienstag geschafft mich zu immatrikulieren!

Bis dahin ist es ein langer Weg!

In der Nachbetrachtung war es mit weniger Bürokratie verbunden als erwartet. Hierbei möchte ich erwähnen, dass die Bonner Uni ein sehr knappen Zeitplan für die “Ersties” – Kosenamen der älteren Studenten für die Erstsemester Studenten – bereit hält. Ausserdem scheint es in der Uni schlechte bis keine Organisation zu geben. Das sollte aber kein Problem sein!

Somit war das lange Warten der letzten Wochen zu Ende und ich freue mich auf die kommende Woche als letzte “freie” Woche. Auf Wiedersehen schöne Zeit der gepflegten Langeweile. =(

Das Studium als neuer Lebensabschnitt: Traum oder Alptraum?

Mein Idee, als Student die nächsten 3 Jahre meines Lebens zu verbringen, ist nicht zufällig, geschweige denn ohne Überlegung, gekommen. Mitte der 11. Stufe habe ich den Entschluss gefasst, mich auf Geschichte und Deutsch zu spezialisieren. Unabhängig davon entstand der Wunsch, später einmal den Beruf des Journalisten auszuüben. Doch um meinen Wunschberuf zu erreichen, musste ich mehr als ein Abitur vorweisen. Im Internet fand ich eine Statistik, wonach 75% aller Journalisten Quereinsteiger aus anderen Branchen sind. Vor allem junge Studienabgänger würden die Möglichkeit haben, einen Platz bei einem Verlag, einer Zeitung etc. zu bekommen.

Schauen wir der Wahrheit ins Gesicht. Heutzutage will jeder Jugendliche “etwas mit Medien machen”. Die Phrase ist das Paradebeispiel für den ziel- und  berufsorientierungslosen Studenten, der nur eine schemenhafte Ahnung von dem hat, was auf der Arbeitsmarkt gefordert wird. Medien sind das neue BWL. Nur mit dem Unterschied, das jegliche Medienarbeit noch eine Ecke brotloser ist als BWL. Das Problem zeigt sich bei den Erfahrungswerten junger Studenten bzw. Absolventen, die unterbezahlt bei Verlagen und Zeitungen arbeiten und dort einen unbeliebten Job nach dem anderen annehmen müssen. Der junge Student als Arbeitskraft ist sehr leicht ersetzbar. An jeder Ecke gibt es andere, junge Studenten mit gleichen Qualifikationen, die ganz heiß darauf sind, ein Job in einer Medienanstalt zu bekommen.

Wenn man sich als Student aus der Masse rauskristallisieren will, muss man das mit verschiedenen Dingen tun: Neben einem guten Studienabschluss sollte man auch Praktika in diesem Bereich vorweisen können!  Besonders im Bereich Journalismus kommt man nur weit, wenn man über Arbeitserfahrung verfügt und genügend “Vitamin B” hat, um weiterempfohlen zu werden! Arbeitserfahrung, sowie Vitamin B sind Dinge die hinter der Idee eines 2 bis 4 wöchigem Praktikums stehen! Meistens zwar unbezahlt, helfen sie einem jungen Studenten dennoch enorm auf dem Arbeitsmarkt weiter zu kommen!

Geld verdienen? Oh ja! Im Schlaf? GEIL!

“Money makes the world go round!”

Doch das Jobproblem kann noch 3 Jahre warten, denn erst dann habe ich den “Bachlor of Arts” erreicht. Bis dahin werde ich regelmässig 715 Euro pro Semester an die Universität “spenden”, um dort Student sein zu dürfen. Obwohl ich genug Geld habe, um die 6 Semester aus eigener Tasche zu bezahlen, ist es dennoch ungewohnt nach einem Jahr Arbeit kein Geld mehr zu verdienen. Ein ungutes Gefühl, da man nun die kommenden Jahre von dem leben muss, was man sich letztes Jahr angespart hat oder was einem die Eltern zur Verfügung stellen! Eigenes Geld zu verdienen ist ein kleiner Luxus, besonders weil es ein großer Schritt im Loslösen vom Elternhaus ist! Diesen Schritt wird nun wieder zurückgegangen! Was als Trost bleibt, ist die Gewissheit, dass man in 3 Jahre mit etwas Glück einen qualifizierten Arbeitsplatz findet, wo man auch direkt ein gutes Gehalt bekommt.