Looking for a Job?
Are you looking for a job? Or maybe you looked for a job in the past. You probably went on the Internet and looked for resources to help find that job. And you probably found a lot of stuff that seemed to be targeted toward office workers. Maybe you got frustrated, whipped up a resume and hit the streets. Guess what. You now are like every other technician looking for a job. You’ve done nothing to separate yourself from the rest of the herd.
So what if the information you find out there appears to be geared for office workers. You can still use a lot of it in your search. The way you dress, research a company, write a resume and cover letter, negotiate for salary – most can be molded and designed for your own needs.
I am going to send you to a site that is loaded with resources. The authors present sensible advice backed by a ton of experience.
One quick note before I do. As someone who hired technicians for over twenty-years, I can tell you that I would recognize, in a New York second, someone who took the time to prepare in an intelligent manner. This person always would have a leg up on the others. Sadly to say however, not many did and not many do. Do you feel like getting a job or do you feel like grazing out in the pasture with the herd?
Excellent site for job seekers: Quintessential Careers
Dan Holohan
Aren’t we all on a journey through life? We meet people and encounter places and things along the way. Sometimes we meet people who seem to give us a little direction, but when we look back, we can clearly see it was a lot of direction. Dan Holohan was one of those people for me.
Dan encouraged me to write back in the 90′s. It might well have been Michelangelo telling a factory worker that he should paint. Dan is one of the most interesting and engaging authors who I have ever read. Dan weaves storytelling around the distillation of complex subjects.
Dan’s expertise, besides writing, is in steam and hydronic heating. For those of you who are interested in teaching technicians, Dan’s book How to Teach Technicians: Without Putting Them to Sleep is one of the finest books of its kind ever written. And the cool thing is the book is written towards teaching technicians in general, not industry specific.
Visit Dan’s site Heating Help and get to know this master storyteller, ok Pal?
Lifehacker.com
Did your father or grandfather ever teach you how to sharpen a knife, or set up a fishing rig, or tie a knot? If they didn’t, maybe the Boy Scouts did. As you got older, where did these sources of learning come from? Maybe a buddy in school, maybe a teacher or maybe a coworker.
Of course you won’t be smelling your grandfather’s cigar, or enjoying that special father-son bond, but at the Web site Lifehacker, you will discover a treasure of learning. In their words: Lifehacker offers tips, shortcuts and downloads that will help you to get things done smartly and more efficiently.
The authors sum up the week’s most popular posts. In this link you’ll learn how to make better coffee, how to stop living paycheck to paycheck and how to build your own air conditioner.
You know how we are all about developing technicians. It is an incredible feeling to know that a tidbit of information that you passed on, helped someone out. Here’s your chance to cop that feeling. Tell someone else about Lifehacker. They cannot help but to learn neat and interesting stuff here!
