Tuesday, January 20, 2009

We Need A Resolution

This article is about giving advice on what to expect when you have a job. You’ll always have different opinions or thoughts from your clients, coworkers, and even your boss. During an interview they’ll ask a question to test your conflict-resolution skills. Stomping in the room because you don’t agree with your coworker is very immature, which won’t impress your boss. Here are some conflict-resolution strategies, keeping your cool, listen, walk in their shoes, use “I” statements, take responsibility, and don’t always give in.
Anne Wear of St. Peter’s, Mo., worked in a toy store; she had stacked toys and placed them neatly for display and these kids, her customers, started knocking them down. Wear asked the boys nicely to put them back and stop it, but they didn’t listen. Wear got so upset and yelled at them. On of the boys told their mom and Wear was fired. Now older and wiser, she said she shouldn’t have lost control, and should have kept it cool and put the toys back herself. Being calm can help the other person remain calm.
Listening to your customers is very important. Some may be frustrated, but listening to them and giving advices is a good way for them to calm down.
It’s hard when someone is criticizing you when you don’t know where their coming from or what experiences their facing. But putting yourself in their shoes can help your connect with your customer.
Using “I” statements is a way to let the other person know that it’s not always about them, let them see you exist. If a coworker embarrasses you’re in front of many people, don’t say “YOU embarrassed me” use the “I” statement. It helps making your stronger.
Taking responsibility is important rather then blaming others. It makes you more mature in being honest. When someone says “the customers are always right” Don’t give in on what they say. It’ll only bring you down. So prove that their wrong.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Building An E-Portfolio

This article is about making an E-Portfolio. In Arkansas Tech University, Ryan Mcshane spent his Career College building Public relations, and building great backgrounds. He ordinary felt that he couldn’t do his experiences, so he put his E-Portfolio of articles, writings, layouts, and other accomplishments. Mcshane enhanced his portfolio seeking full-time as an employee. Not that many, employees viewed his resume on his website.

E-portfolios have different social networking sites such as Myspace and Facebook. Every employee has different professional reasons to impress their comprehensive education skills. Electronics include photos, videos, and documents, such as YouTube clips. Having creative types, college students work their way through on accomplishing projects. However, science fair, landscaping, projects describe different unique show cases.

If you’re trying to apply jobs, school away from your current location, you have the potential interest in going way far to have the talent being creative on how to make an e-portfolio. Making E-Portfolios on websites can show each individual how to develop references projects and volunteering Visual CV on using different websites such as Myspace, Facebook and etc. Before placing a website or creating one always make sure you know what you are doing. And show your best on outstanding portfolios on what you’re looking for in jobs.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

A Growing Field

This article is about Nature Edge Farm that’s run by a man named John Christian, an organic farmer, living on four and a half acres of land in Canterbury, Connecticut. Christian has a farm and a greenhouse, which springs and ponds help him nature his plants and farming. Christian had bought the land three years ago to raise goats and chickens. As an organic farmer he suspects not to be rich. But he does hope that his soil in his greenhouse does. Organic farmers don’t use fertilizer nor chemical pesticides, but they do study the soil to help plants grow through nature.

In Christian’s greenhouse, he grows lettuce, arugula, kale, and bok choy. In the winter when herbs grow along with the plants, he makes the herbs into olive oil and soap. He sells it to the farmers markets three days a week. He works everyday, which he says he never has a day off.

In 2007, Michigan State University had a program that many students wanted to go to the farm and research what an organic farmer do. Some students never been on a farm but were very interested. The World Wide Opportunities is an organization that gets to work on organic farms in 53 countries.

Jami Morgan, a student of Michigan State University plans to start her own CSA business with her mother and sister in law. She is going to a three month program in France, to research how they grow crops in a different climate.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Caring For The Big Guys

This article is about a man named Bob Rednour, who runs Large Animal Veterinary Services in Youngsville, North Carolina. Rednour graduated from NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He harnesses this horse and takes her into his clinic in the stock. His partner he works with is Meg Johnson. They both comment that they love working with farm animals and treating them.

Veterinary such like Rednour and Johnson starts off with appointments and mostly traveling to farms. They help them with difficult birth, diagnoses diseases, tend wounds and treat the sick animals.

Tupelo is a horse that had trouble birthing, Rednour treats her after its lost of the baby horse. Rednour uses and instrument called the “twitch” which helps the horse relax after five minutes. When the horse is relaxed Rednour treats Tupelo.

Johnson states that it is hard to get into a veterinary school, their will be about a 1,000 applicants and only 70 slots open. They study for four years to receive their doctor of veterinary medicine degree. Anyone who loves animals and science, being a veterinary is a great choice.

The Great Outdoors

This article is about a man named Jeremy Voss, who is 30 living in Denton, Texas. He is an organic gardener. He likes to be in the garden and help the planet. Voss thinks that using chemical fertilizers and human-made pesticide is not good, but instead he uses natural fertilizations. In combining plants.

Last year, Voss and a partner started a business called Life Botanica that was based on green landscaping. He helps people understand how organic landscaping makes is easier to take care of a garden and it will take less energy.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Go Deeper

This article is about this girl named Shannon Smith, who is 23 and lives in Mission Viejo, California. Smith is an aquaculture technician. She cares and feeds the aquatic animals. Such like fishes, octopus, sharks and many more other aqua-animals.

Aquaculture technicians also grow coral, design aquariums, and studying the filtration of the systems. They introduce new environments to fishes.

Smith is at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, she is working on her associate’s degree. She studies water chemistry, biology, habitat design, and animal health. Smith works at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. There she does maintenance in cleaning the tanks and checking to see if the fishes have any diseases. Smith would talk to tourist about her jobs and how to take care of a fish and feed it.

The world is covered with water with about 70 percent, the job opportunities are numerous. An aqua culturist’s yearly income is $100,000.

Smith encourages high school students to consider aquaculture. To have an interest in the ocean. She loves her work and says it never feels like being at work.