Live Laugh Learn Love
Some pieces of literature are great
Some pieces of literature are grand
Some pieces of literature are glorious
We now reveal to you the reader – a great, grand, glorious piece of literature
We now read the following:
A won
This has been a great, grand, glorious piece of literature that slowly being revealed.
Stay tune to future posts when we uncover another letter to this great, grand, glorious piece of literature.
July 4th the day we celebrate the United States Independence from England, people may think about the American Revolutionary War. I enjoy reading about the heroes of the American Revolutionary War. One of the heroes of the American Revolution War I enjoy is Benjamin Franklin – here was a hero that was an inventor, took part in the American revolutionary activities and a successful Business person.
Benjamin Franklin was involved in many of the American Revolution activities at a age when people may consider a person no longer able to contribute or be effective in society; some examples are
• 1776 – Declaration of Independence (Benjamin Franklin was 70 years old)
• 1776 – diplomat to France (Benjamin Franklin was 70 years old)
• 1783 – 1783 Treaty of Pairs – ends the American Revolutionary War (Benjamin Franklin was 77 years old)
• 1787 – United States Constitution Convention (Benjamin Franklin was 81 years old)
For me, Benjamin Franklin can be as an example of what you can do no matter what your age happens to be. Regardless what age a person may be, a person can be effective and contributor to society – just like Benjamin Franklin.
(source “Benjamin Franklin Timeline 1741 – 1790” www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/timeline2.htm)
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
You are trying to find information on something, what is one way you can attempt to find information – you can Google it. Google can be used to search for job positions; for example, let’s say you are interested in being a trainer in Omaha, NE. You can type “trainer job Omaha” – you get a listing of specific jobs in the training area for the Omaha area.
So, looking for jobs in a particular area – you can just Google it.
More of a general thought blog piece this time…
Imagine you work in an office, and you are away, been gone from the office for a reason – let’s say you been on a wonderful vacation- and you come to the office, to your computer – and you get ready to log into your computer and you forget your password.
You may then go through a series of activities to obtain your password – you may do activities like
* Attempt to remember what your password happens to be, you may type out different combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols to try to remember what your password happens to be.
* You may try to retrieve your password using a computer system – sometimes you may be asked about security questions you may not remember the answer to
* You may call the technical department to help you re-set your password
You may find it helpful to be aware you may forgot your password after a long time away from the office, you may try to associate a mental thought to help you remember your password or write down your password, if you write your password keep it in a secure location.
You may find it useful to remind yourself of your password before leaving the office for a long period of time; that way when you come back to the office you will know what your password happens to be.
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
Let’s pretend you see a business called ABCD$$!! Store in your local corner in your town; you understand the ABCD$$!! Store has a good benefits package – so you apply and accept a job position at the ABCD$$!! Store at your local corner; you find the benefits offered by the ABCD$$!! Store at your local corner is different than the ABCD$$!! Store organization you know – let’s say the ABCD$$!! Store at your local corner has a better benefits package than you expected.
How can organization with the same name have two different benefit packages – one answer can be franchises.
A franchise where an owner will create a new organization using the same name of a different organization; the owner may pay a fee to use the different organization name; the owner may gain in name recognition if the different organization known to the public. The owner may have freedom in some areas on operating the new business – some of these new areas can be having a different benefit package. This is one way you can have two different benefits packages from two different organizations that have the same name.
When exploring a particular job of interest, look at the benefit package – you can see if that benefits package matches your needs.
Two organizations may have the same name – but the organizations may be different. The different organizations may operate differently – including having different benefit packages offered to people. You may want to explore what benefits package comes with the new job position before accepting the job position – that way you can determine if the new job position matches your needs.
Career Exploration, Internet Job Resources, Live Your Life Learning Blog
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
When you lose a job – you can enter a stressful time in your life – people may experience a variety of emotions like surprise, sadness, loneliness, anger, and other emotions. Here are some suggestions to deal with job loss
* Think of jobs as temporary – be aware that jobs are temporary – jobs begin, jobs end and some jobs change how they operate. Don’t try to take it personally – jobs change and jobs are temporary. The thought a job is temporary may lessen the strong emotions you may feel from a job loss. (even though you will still likely feel strong emotions with a job loss)
* Unemployment – you may qualify for unemployment insurance – unemployment may be able to give you financial assistance if you lose your job; you may be able get financial assistance while looking for another job position – check with your state employment program for specific details – the state employment program may be able to help you with finding your next job
* Social network – when you have the stress of a job loss, social groups can help support you in your time of stress from a job loss.
* Health – can be helpful to stay healthy – may look into doing exercises or eating healthy
* Routines – people who work may have an established routine from their workplace, when people lose their job, people may lose a big part of their routine. People may find comfort in routine. Some ideas to create routine can be
(A) Job club – job club is a group of people who help people with job loss. Job club may meet at a specific time (like the same day of the week)
(B) Meet with a group of friends on an established routine – meet at a specific time period
(C) Eat at established times
(D) Meet with career experts at established times
Dealing with job loss can be stressful – here some ideas to deal with the stress of a job loss.
Note: Busy with stuff next week, so not likely to be a Blog post for next week. Will try to do a Blog post for the week after (April 8-12)
Career Exploration, Internet Job Resources, Live Your Life Learning Blog
(been busy with life the last few weeks – hope to get back into writing blog posts – thank you for reading. With the vast amount of stuff out there, I do appreciate you taking the time to read stuff on this web site)
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
Careers can change with time – some job positions can fade away; new job positions appear and some jobs may do tasks differently. With jobs able to change – it can be helpful to have current information. Some ideas to have current information:
• Book – when you find a Book find the publication date
• Check the date when content (video, audio or print) created on the Internet (if the content has a date next to it)
• People – you can talk to people about their profession – information likely current unless the person left a career field many years ago; as you talk to people, check to see if the person is still in the field or when did the person leave the profession
• Personal experience – if you are currently working in a field or you recently left a career field – your information likely current; if you left a field many years ago, and thinking about getting back into the field – your information may not be current; – may want to do other tasks to explore the career field so that you can get current information on the career field; and verify the field the way you remember it may years ago
Current information on a career can be useful – careers can change with time – so current career information can be helpful.
Career Exploration, Internet Job Resources, Live Your Life Learning Blog
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
You may find advertisements dealing with career stuff. Advertisements dealing with career stuff can be in a variety of places like:
* Signs along the road
* T.V.
* Radio
* The Internet
* “help wanted” sign in front of a store
Advertisements dealing with career stuff can be in areas like:
* Jobs – see advertisements for specific job opportunities
* Careers – advertisements to have you enter a particular field; I seen examples of this to have people enter the public teaching profession
* Specific employers – you may see advertisements to look for employment opportunities for a specific employer
* Educational/training place – you may see advertisements on education or training
* Geographical areas – advertisements to have business locate in specific areas; state governments from the United States will advertise to have business come to their state
* Job Search assistance – you may find some places will advertise on giving you help to find a particular job; some places in this area can be
* Temporary placement firms – may be advertisements for a temporary firm to help place people find temporary job positions (also permanent job positions as well)
* Career expert – may see advertisements where a career expert can help a person with their career search
Advertisements can make you aware of opportunities. Advertisements may give a particular angle towards the information that has the effect that the information may not be accurate.
Few examples of this can be
Educational place that advertises great job positions for a profession; the educational place may overemphasize the number of jobs in the profession to gain students
Job advertisements – when a person looks for a job position, a person may find different job advertisements. A person who may have a job advertisement that promises a $1 million dollars a year and the job requires no effort and can be done part-time will likely be a job position that not accurate; a common saying goes something like “something sounds too good to be true, it probably is” can be helpful when looking at job positions
Advertisements can make us aware of opportunities that you may not be aware of; advertisements may have a particular point of view creating information that may not be accurate. Evaluate the information you receive from advertisements to see if the information may be of value to you.
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
You may use the Internet looking up information like your favorite sports team, your travel plans, or career information on an occupation – and you find the Internet connection goes bad, poor, kaput, broken – whatever word you like to describe the connection to the Internet fails. The computer device you are using fails (laptops, tablet, smart phone or another device) or the Internet connection you are using no longer working. Here are some ideas to get Internet access:
* Workforce Development – the Workforce Development office in your local area may have computers that you may be able to use
* Free Public Wi-Fi Hotspots – you may be able to access the Internet from a free public Wi-Fi Hotspots. Some spots can be:
College/Universities
Airports
Restaurants – (like McDonalds)
Public Wi-Fi hotspot may have different security features (if any). Check to see if a public Wi-Fi hotspot will serve your needs; people may be able to read the data you send through a not secure Internet connection.
* Libraries – libraries may provide computer where people may be able to access the Internet. Some different type of libraries to access computers and the Internet can be:
Public Libraries – these are libraries designed for the public – public libraries may have computers and Internet access
Colleges/universities – libraries geared towards colleges/universities; colleges/universities libraries help serve the needs of people associated with the college/university. College/university may allow the public to use the library computers and have access to the Internet; check with the College/university library that may interest you.
* Stores – stores that specialize in business supplies and services may have computers and/or Internet access you can us. Stores may charge for the service. I have used FedEx to gain access to a computer and access to the Internet. FedEx does charge for the service (contact FedEx to find information on rates)
* Backup – you may have a Backup computer device (laptop computer; tablet; smartphone; or another device) that you can use. Or you can buy a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to gain access to the Internet. Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots can be bought in a variety of stores (type “mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots” or “portable Wi-Fi Hotspots” in a search engine to get details)
* Cars – cars may have built-in Wi-Fi capability for people to use
You may have times where you cannot connect to the Internet; here are some options you may be able to connect to the Internet.
With understanding that opinions can be wrong and/or people can disagree with opinions, I would like to offer one now…
Sometimes when you hear, see or read the news – you will be able to learn about events going on in the world; the events tend to be negative – so it is fun, hopeful and optimistic to read two articles that talk about positive trends
(1) One from the New York Times
“Why 2018 Was the Best Year in Human History!” (By Nicholas Kristof) (January 5, 2019)
(2) Second from an Economist publication called The World in 2019
(Economist is a magazine that looks at world news events)
“Follow the trendlines” (By Steven Pinker) (November 7 2018)
While news events can be negative; some society trends are positive – may not be noticed by reading, seeing, or listening to the news.
People worldwide are more connected, more healthier, more wealthier, more safer than at any other time in the history of civilization
Two areas that can put doubt on the optimism for readers
* All the progress society has made can be gone in a afternoon (perhaps a Bacteria may survive someplace)
* Your individual experience is not going well
(if you are in pain, under stress from your surroundings, lonely, hungry or any other negative hard situation a person may have) – reading, listening, or watching information about society improving may not mean very much to you
I believe society is improving and things will be great in the future – if we can prevent from destroying ourselves. The article “Follow the Trendlines” (By Steven Pinken) is on page 77 in my copy of the Economist The World in 2019. The lucky number 7 on the same page on an article describing the positive stuff occurring in the society – maybe we are in a wonderful world after all.