...How to get the perfect job Raynelle Hugley Iit-tech of NC Robbin- Sevel EN1320: composition 1 When we were kids we all wanted every toy we seen on TV; which at some point or another we were told we could not get it due to insufficient funds. I say that to say that at a very young age we realize the importance of a job and money. To get the job that you want you must first realize what do you like to do, the pay you desire , and what steps you have to take to acquire the job, “100% of jobs are hiring 100% of the time it just depends on if you qualify or not”. When picking a job you must first know what you like to do. “all you need to know is what you genuinely enjoy doing”Mathew,J. (2012) . If you get a job doing something you have no interest in it will make you not want to go to work. “Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs” Trunk,P.(2000) When you do something you love your more eager to learn and you will have more energy though-out the day because you’re not dwelling on when you’re getting off. Take a self-assessment test if you don’t know what exactly you want to do. You may not like your first choice but there is always room for improvement. At the end of the day having a job all boils down to making money. When considering the career of your choice you should set a desired pay rate for the life you plan to live. ‘Determine what would constitute a fair offer for a suitable job with a stable company’ Martin, Y.( 2006)...
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...problem and as long as the necessary outcome happens that is all that matters. This is true in the quote above; cats do their job by catching mice, it doesn’t matter what type or what color the cat is. I agree to this to some extent. In certain scenarios it’s not black and white and coming up with one simple solution. Some problems have depth behind them where it’s not just a “cat catching a mice”. More specificity is needed when it comes to in-depth problems. In most case scenarios the quote “Black cat, white cat;[who cares] as long as it catches mice “ applies, but not every scenario. The quote is most evident in when anyone is given a certain task, that person then takes on the responsibility of having to accomplish that task. For example, when a carpenter gets a customer that wants new cabinets in their kitchen. The carpenter then has to complete the requests of the customer, doesn’t matter how he gets the job done, but as long as the cabinets are completed. He could get his five workers to complete the job, or he could do it himself with his two top carpenters. The task is given first and it does not matter how or who gets the task done but as long as the cabinets are complete. In the end when the customer sees the final product they will be happy either way, which is where the “[who cares] “in the quote comes into play. The cat does its job in the household by catching the mice, it doesn’t matter what type of cat. Just like building cabinets, in the end as long as the...
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...situation before giving any advice. The first scenario involves an employer giving complicated directions for a task that the person must do. When I read the first complaint I could imagine the person complaining about their job being too hard. Before I could effectively assist this person, I would need to know more details and facts surrounding the asker relationship with the job as well as how he or she feels about being employed there. The second scenario involved emotions because my friend stormed in the room clearly furious over something that happened to her while she was at school that day. Since she’s already angry, I wouldn’t want to exacerbate the situation so I’d listen more and speak less by using the Prompting responses to get her to talk about her situation until she finds a solution. I’d use silences and brief encouragements to draw her out of that negative place into a positive one. The third scenario says my brother comes to me about a job offer he’s trying to decide about accepting. I would never tell him to take the job, but I will give him Supporting responses to make him weigh his decision carefully. I would tell my brother how I view him as a worker. I’d magnify his strengths and compare them to the qualifications for the job. I’d show care, concern and interest especially if making this decision seems to be a stressful one. Lastly, the person with whom I want to strengthen my relationship with is my cousin. Using the interpersonal attraction variables...
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...attribute.” Therefore, this section introduces with examples of social behavioral problems in the work place. Everyone is shaped by his or her experiences because of company culture, unique situations, personal history, and other individuals they work with. We all learn and grow as we learn through these experiences…… Story 1 – But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others Summary of Material Our first story talks about the fact that there is a hierarchy of executives, managers, and workers within an organization. If we are well socialized in an organizational culture, we can see why certain people hold the jobs they have within that company. Usually, it is because they have certain special attributes which make them a good “fit” for that job. Therefore, we can attribute the abilities and motives of managers as the reason they have been given (earned?) the jobs which they now have. This perception can be self-fulfilling. That is to say, “the company must know what they’re doing or that person wouldn’t be doing it.” There are also symbols, rituals, and myths which help to explain attributions of...
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...8/28/2012 Why Advertising Research? Introduction to Advertising Research Ying Xie MKT 6335: Advertising Research Fall 2012 Naveen Jindal School of Management University of Texas at Dallas What is advertising? What is good advertising, in your opinion? 1 2 Why Advertising Research? How do we create an advertising campaign? 1. creative strategy: a statement or concept of what a particular message or campaign will say – a big idea Absolute Vodka MasterCard “there are some things in life money can’t buy” 2. advertising appeal and selling proposition 3. creative execution: art direction and copy Why Advertising Research? Advertising research contributes throughout entire advertising planning process Short history of advertising research 1960’s vs. today 3 4 Process of Research Contribution The Market Successful advertising planning builds on research-driven analysis of the marketplace Current and potential future trends Forces shaping the marketplace How market forces affect own and competitive brands and advertising 5 6 1 8/28/2012 The Consumer Effective advertising based on thorough understanding of Forrester Segmentation: Involvement With Social Technologies target audience Three dimensions of target audience analysis: Consumer trends How consumers interact with brand/product/service Relationship between consumers and brand/product/service 7 8 Creative: development...
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...is the best market structure for technological change. After reading this chapter, you should be able to: LO16-1. Define the monitoring problem and state its implications for economics. LO16-2. Discuss why competition should be seen as a process, not a state. LO16-3. Summarize how firms protect monopoly. LO16-4. Explain why oligopoly is the best market structure for technological change. “It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is rat eat rat; dog eat dog. I’ll kill ’em, and I’m going to kill ’em before they kill me. You’re talking about the American way of survival of the fittest.” Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald’s) When Microsoft was designing Zune, the Microsoft workers were sent a link to a video of Steven Jobs (the CEO of Apple) showing Jobs stating, “The only problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste—Absolutely no taste.” The goal of Microsoft showing the video to Microsoft workers was to infuriate the Microsoft workers sufficiently so that they would show that not only do they have taste, but that they can bury Apple and its iPod. It was to make the competition with Apple personal. It didn’t work, and Apple went public with its “no taste” view of Microsoft in a series of TV ads that portrayed the Apple computer as the tasteful computer compared to a rather stodgy PC. In earlier chapters we’ve seen some nice, neat models, but as we discussed in a previous chapter, often these models don’t fit reality directly. Real-world markets aren’t perfectly monopolistic;...
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...on exit of firms. Answer: D Comment: Recurring Diff: 1 Page Ref: 368/368 Topic: Market Structures Objective: LO1: Explain what a perfectly competitive market is and why a perfect competitor faces a horizontal demand curve. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Special Feature: None 2) Which of the following is a characteristic of an oligopolistic market structure? A) There are few dominant sellers. B) Each firm sells a unique product. C) It is easy for new firms to enter the industry. D) Each firm need not react to the actions of rivals. Answer: A Comment: Recurring Diff: 1 Page Ref: 368/368 Topic: Market Structures Objective: LO1: Explain what a perfectly competitive market is and why a perfect competitor faces a horizontal demand curve. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Special Feature: None 3) Perfect competition is characterized by all of the following except A) heavy advertising by individual sellers. B) homogeneous products. C) sellers are price takers. D) a horizontal demand curve for individual sellers. Answer: A Comment: Recurring Diff: 1 Page Ref: 369/369 Topic: Characteristics of Perfectly Competitive Firms Objective: LO1: Explain what a perfectly competitive market is and why a perfect competitor faces a horizontal demand curve. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Special Feature: None 4) Which of the following is the best example of a...
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...Strategy Simulation Individual Assignment Introduction There are four types of market categories used to classify pricing of product that are as follows: monopolistic competition, monopoly, oligopoly and perfect competition. The type of company and the amount of products being produced determines the market structure for any given company. Each market structure is used to help determine the pricing and non-pricing of the products. The economy in the US is very competitive with numerous of buyers and sellers. Monopolistic Competition According to McConnell & Brue (2004), the idea that each market has its own pricing method is known as a monopolistic competition. In this structure is there are several vendors, variety of products and an easily accessible industry. Each company has the ability to determine its own pricing and can make adjustments according to the sales threshold. However, these industries gain a small percentage of the market price and they will adjust their products to meet customer demand in order to remain profitable. The idea is to make the product more attractable than to make a profit. For instance, if Nike creates a fabulous running sneaker then Adidas will try to imitate and create fancier running sneaker to remain competitive and profitable. According to Wikinomics (2010), the industries in this market rely heavily on advertising in order to entice consumer to purchase their products. Another example of a monopolistic industry is the auto industry...
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...Case 1: Heart Attack Managing People and Ethics 3/25/2011 Management 301- Business Organization and Management Eboni Thrower, Jennifer Jackson, Gerald Grant III, Taneisha Pryor Dr. Makamson 1.___________________________ 2.___________________________ 3.____________________________ 4.____________________________ I. Problem Statement Was Mr. Hamid wrong for firing Shauna? Mr. Hamid placed an ad for a part-time bookkeeper at a local college and Shauna came across it. The work Mr. Hamid needed finished for his company would only require the bookkeeper to stay in work with him for about two months. She applied for the job and received the job the same day. During the interview Mr. Hamid stated that he would pay her $150 per week. Realizing that if she accepted $150 per week she would not be making as much money as she would if she worked on an hourly rate; she had to come up with a plan. Shauna negotiated with Mr. Hamid and agreed to work Monday, Wednesday and Friday for seven hours a day for 21 hours a week at $10 per hour. In this agreement Shauna would be put on a three month probationary period, which consisted of no time off, vacation, sick days or holidays off. Shauna was a hard worker and an excellent bookkeeper for Mr. Hamid. She always completed every project and obligation that was ever asked of her beforehand. Shauna constantly asked Mr. Hamid for extra work to do in the office to keep her busy. She never took any time off from work, nor did she ever...
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...occurred? | My co-worker thought that I was trying to take over as the representative of his student. | How could the misunderstanding have been avoided? | The misunderstanding could have been avoided if the co-worker would have called me back before going to his supervisor. | In this situation, I was the one who made the first mistake; that being that I didn’t put my notes into our database when my student referred her husband as a possible student. My student’s husband then called the next day and spoke with my co-worker, Michael, who took all of his information and enrolled him. I received a phone call from my student the next asking why I had told her one thing and Michael had told her husband another. With Michael being new to the job, I thought he made a simple mistake, so I called and left him a voicemail suggesting that we talk about the students to make sure that we were on the same page in what we were telling our students. I then wrote my supervisor an email telling him what I did and said. Michael, upon hearing the message, went to his supervisor because he had the impression that I was trying to take his student from him. His supervisor went to mine asking what was going on. My supervisor explained everything and the matter was resolved. As a result, both the students did not complete the enrollment process or start school. The main thing I learned from this whole ordeal was to make sure that all of my notes are complete and to make sure...
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...benefits of tuition reimbursement to student-employees. She states that these companies help a student with their school costs as well as money in pocket. As well as filling your pockets the author explains how building a solid resume while in college is also important. Ramachandran sums up her article with explaining how important your schoolwork can be. She states some helpful tips; do not expect to pay off college while still in college. The author brings everything into perspective by explaining that students that work 10 hours a week on average have a much better GPA than those students that work 25 or more hours. With dealing with the financial stress of college jobs are not always the answer. Financial aid advisors can help you get money that you won’t have to pay off until later. “After all, the primary job for those in college is to be a...
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...director. The participant group was asked to self-report on perceptions of role ambiguity, experienced levels of anger, anxiety and workplace threat appraisal. In this study, participants were asked questions as to whether they fully understood what was expected of them at work on a day-to-day basis regarding particular tasks, or a range of tasks. This data was then compared with responses to questions which probed whether they had felt anxious or angry at work. Threat appraisal was determined by whether the respondent felt it was more or less likely that their work day was going to be a negative experience for them. Dr Searle’s study found statistically significant correlations between a lack of clarity an individual has regarding their job requirements and reported feelings of anger, anxiety and their threat appraisal. These findings reinforce earlier research conducted by Robert Pearsall from the University of Maryland which demonstrated that these increases in anxiety, anger and threat appraisal can...
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...many organizations implementing the same. It provides flexibility to work part-time and work from home, which is a critical issue for many working females particularly and also among the male members where they can manage their family and work life very well. It provides a heightened sense of loyalty to the employees because they know that their boss trusts them to do their job sincerely, which in turn increases their pride and responsibility towards their work. It has been witnessed that productivity improves when the focus on work improves. It allows people to develop a better understanding of their job and eliminate office space time-wasters like "fake meetings" etc. ROWE also eliminates the illusion of productivity created by the "come early, leave late" mentality many firms require for promotion. Thus the focus is primarily towards results instead of punching the time clock or logging desk time. 2. Identify factors in the ROWE program that might make using it for retail employees more difficult than using it for managers and employees in corporate offices, technical centers, and nonretail jobs and locations. The ROWE-type program has been implemented by various organizations across a broad spectrum in different departments such as IT, back office, etc. But at places like retail stores or bank branches, where one to one customer interaction and service...
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...environment may cause can be detrimental to a person’s health. When anyone| | |is stressed, it can create a number of problems with their health. | |Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a |Fictional example: I had been scheduled to work 4 late shifts, out of 5 working days. Every other | |fictional example. |employee only had to work 1 late shift. I brought it to her attention and explained that it was not part| | |of the job requirements when I was hired on. She was visibly upset that I had brought it up and did not | | |want to discuss it at all. Instead, she changed the schedule and made it unbearably tense for the | |...
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...website. The matter of stress is serious and is an ongoing concern. As indicated by both articles that the tough economic times that lead to significant changes within the workplace, has contributed to the increased in stress factors among workers and greatly affect businesses. One major stress factor stemmed from the economic crisis is uncertainty or the fear for the lost of job. The American Psychological Association explains that bankruptcies are among the list of things that caused hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs. Additionally, while millions more have been shifted to unfamiliar tasks within their companies, this dramatic shifting has caused many to wonder how much longer they will be employed. Holmes-Rahe Life Events Scale, in the PDU Magazine Article, also pointed out that many of the most stressful events are related to the workplace and in addition to the lost of job, “firings” on the list mentioned, is the changes in financial status. Undoubtedly, being put out of a job has alarming effects on the individual. According to the American Psychological Association, “the loss of a job can be devastating, putting unemployed workers at risk for physical illness, marital strain, anxiety, depression and even suicide”. In the same light, the PDU Magazine Article has listed the same effects and more, but looked at these effects as a “heavy price” since they take a toll on the individual not only physically but psychologically. Employers and employees within various...
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