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Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day MLK ( David Spates )
David Spates does not work on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. His Boss, Zac Sanford, finds out the hard way. Check out his many other videos like "What would you do if.." "The White Joke" " Talking with Dave..." and many others with more to come! Don't forget to add me as a friend and subscribe. :-)
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Student turns down £100,000 salary, to be a plasterer
A student has turned down a £100,000-a-year job offer so she can train as a plasterer.
Gemma McCoyd studied in the US graduating with a first-class masters degree in maths, but snubbed a chance to become an actuary at a top London firm.
Instead, the 24-year-old has enrolled on an advanced plastering course.
"If I was an actuary I could earn £100,000 a year. Instead I earn less than £6,000." A student has turned down a £100,000-a-year job offer so she can train as a plasterer. ... more -
Obama's for Equal Pay, Yet Pays Female Staffers Less Than Males
CNSNews.com) - While Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to make pay equity for women a top priority if elected president, an analysis of his Senate staff shows that women are outnumbered and out-paid by men.
That is in contrast to Republican presidential candidate John McCain's Senate office, where women, for the most part, out-rank and are paid more than men.
Obama spoke in Albuquerque, N.M. last week about his commitment to the issue and his support of a Senate bill to make it easier to sue an employer for pay discrimination.
"Mr. McCain is an honorable man, we respect his service. But when you look at our records and our plans on issues that matter to working women, the choice could not be clearer," Obama told the audience in New Mexico, a voter-swing state. "It starts with equal pay. Sixty-two percent of working women in America earn half or more than of their family's income. But women still earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2008. You'd think that Washington would be united it its determination to fight for equal pay."
He continued, saying that he is proud to have supported the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which would extend the limit on how long an employee can wait before suing an employer for pay discrimination.
The legislation was named after Lilly Ledbetter, who was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire & Rubber's plant in Gadsden, Ala. She sued for pay discrimination before retiring after 19 years because she had made $6,500 less per year than the lowest paid male supervisor.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out her case, saying she waited too long to file a complaint. The court said that under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, an employee must sue within 180 days of a decision regarding pay if alleged discrimination is involved. The bill sought to change the law, but Democrats could not muster the needed 60 votes to override a Republican filibuster.
Obama voted for the equal pay litigation bill in April. McCain was campaigning that day and did not vote. But he has expressed opposition to the legislation, fearing it would open the door to too much litigation.
On average, women working in Obama's Senate office were paid at least $6,000 below the average man working for the Illinois senator. That's according to data calculated from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate, which covered the six-month period ending Sept. 30, 2007. Of the five people in Obama's Senate office who were paid $100,000 or more on an annual basis, only one -- Obama's administrative manager -- was a woman.
The average pay for the 33 men on Obama's staff (who earned more than $23,000, the lowest annual salary paid for non-intern employees) was $59,207. The average pay for the 31 women on Obama's staff who earned more than $23,000 per year was $48,729.91. (The average pay for all 36 male employees on Obama's staff was $55,962; and the average pay for all 31 female employees was $48,729. The report indicated that Obama had only one paid intern during the period, who was a male.)
McCain, an Arizona senator, employed a total of 69 people during the reporting period ending in the fall of 2007, but 23 of them were interns. Of his non-intern employees, 30 were women and 16 were men. After excluding interns, the average pay for the 30 women on McCain's staff was $59,104.51. The 16 non-intern males in McCain's office, by comparison, were paid an average of $56,628.83.
The Obama campaign did not respond to written questions submitted on the matter Thursday by Cybercast News Service . CNSNews.com) - While Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to make pay equity for women a top priority if elected p... more -
Sex at work - The results
According a recent survey, a lot of men have a thing for powerful women, not that much of a groundbreaking discovery, but the amount that do is quite impressive.
"Best Life" magazine discovered that 92% of men have lusted after one of their female coworkers with a comparitively small 36% wanting to bed their boss.
The survey also found that sexual tension in the workplace goes both ways, with nearly 57% of women having fantasised about their older male boss with the same percentage admitting they've flirted with the 'big man.'
But if you're an older guy, don't flirt with the sexy younger ladies at work, 81% of women felt creeped out when the 'cronies' tried to hit on them. According a recent survey, a lot of men have a thing for powerful women, not that much of a groundbreaking discovery, but the amount t... more -
USING SKYPE WITH ONLINE VOLUNTEERS - A POWERFUL TOOL FOR A NON-PROFIT
Winnipeg, Canada, November 15, 2006: In working with online volunteers, there are certain types of tasks where real time voice communication can be an efficient way to solve a problem quickly. When Canadian-based charitable organization Macdonald Youth Services’(MYS) encounters these types of situations, they reach for Skype, a free cross-platform computer application that allows them to talk to their online volunteer Skype users anywhere in the world for free.
MYS’s Online Volunteer Program developer Randy Tyler highlights how the clarity of a real-time Skype voice conversation helped him advance their video production.
“We are currently working on the production of a Youth Care Worker recruitment video and during an hour long Skype conversation with the Indiana-based online volunteer producer, I was able to move the project forward very quickly, commented Tyler. Working out the video direction via e-mail would have been possible but would have taken much longer,” continued Tyler.
“Skype is a cost-effective tool that lends itself to conditions that are best served by real-time communications across all points of the globe,” stated Indiana-based online volunteer video producer, Kibben Miller.
“In media development, Brainstorming is a critical element to insure objectives are addressed and creative solutions are explored. The give and take between collaborators is vital to a project’s success and Skype is a tool that allows this interaction without technology or a colleague’s location presenting additional barriers” Miller added.
Tyler also develops and maintains MYS’s Web site. Highly-skilled online volunteers are an invaluable resource MYS uses to assist them to enhance their charitable organization’s Web site. However, when using e-mail, testing changes in software can be a protracted process. For MYS’s Tyler, Skype was an effective and efficient tool in quickly arriving at a solution when working with Online Volunteer software developer Eugen Bodolak, who is based in the Middle East (Cyprus).
“Instead of exchanging a number of e-mail messages, testing and replying, we connected via Skype,” said Tyler. “Along with Skype’s voice communication, we also used the application’s chat feature to exchange code snippets and its file transfer ability to transfer finals, which resulted in a quick fix to the Perl-based script,” added Tyler.
“Information is the key word, ‘information is power’, if the power comes free, why not to take advantage of it,” stated MYS’s Middle East Online Volunteer Eugen Bodolak. “In comparison with other softs, that serves the same purpose, the rate of used system resource and quality since to be in the advantage of the Skype,” added Bodolak.
As SkypeOut (meaning a call from a computer to a landline or mobile) is currently free throughout North America to the end of December, Tyler also uses Skipe to call MYS online volunteers located in the US or Canada. To ensure that online volunteers can connect with him or so that he can leave a voice message for other MYS online volunteers using Skype, Tyler also subscribes to Skype Voicemail. Although not free (it is about $20.00 Canadian a Year), Tyler find the service invaluable.
“With Skype Voicemail, because my computer doesn’t have to left on, I do not miss any messages,’ stated Tyler. “Moreover, I can leave a five or ten minute voicemail message (and communicate my message more effectivelty) for an online volunteer Skype user that would take me an hour or more to type.” commented Tyler.
To subscribe or unsubscribe from MYS’s Virtual Volunteering News E-Mail List, please see the URL below:
http://www.mys.ca/cgi-bin/media/mail_list.pl
For Further Information:
Randy Tyler
Webmaster/Online Volunteer Program Developer
Macdonald Youth Services
Winnipeg, MB Canada
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Skype: randytyler_canada
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Job Search Engine War
A new job metasearch competitor to Simply Hired and Indeed has emerged from attorney job finder Juriscape.
Job hunters now have one more site to add to their bookmarks alongside Simply Hired and Indeed. It’s called Hound, and its Juriscape owners tout the site’s simplicity and interface, and a large database of listings, as positives. A new job metasearch competitor to Simply Hired and Indeed has emerged from attorney job finder Juriscape. ... more -
35 ways to screw up a job interview
27. Hit on the receptionist or pass your phone number to a cute guy: If you give the impression you ’re more interested in dating than working you won’t get the gig.
Hit jump for full story. 27. Hit on the receptionist or pass your phone number to a cute guy: If you give the impression you ’re more interested in dating than... more -
Harnessing the Web to Boost Your Career
This is what?s in my Internet tool box: a variety of news and business podcasts that I listen to when I exercise, a personalized Google page, a LinkedIn profile for networking, and a personal website for promoting myself. This is what?s in my Internet tool box: a variety of news and business podcasts that I listen to when I exercise, a personalized Googl... more
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Fighter pilot or C-130's?
What happens when a high school kid asks enlisted United States Air Force pilots what to be when he grows up? Click the link to read the email. What happens when a high school kid asks enlisted United States Air Force pilots what to be when he grows up? Click the link to read t... more
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10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job
Just for fun Steve Pavlina recently asked his wife Erin, "Now that the kids are in summer school, don't you think it's about time you went out and got yourself a job? I hate seeing you wallow in unemployment for so long."
She smiled and said, "Wow. I have been unemployed a really long time. That's weird? I like it!"
Neither of them have had jobs since the ?90s (his only job was in 1992), so the've been self-employed for quite a while. In their household it's a running joke for one of them to say to the other, "Maybe you should get a job, derelict!"
It's like the scene in The Three Stooges where Moe tells Curly to get a job, and Curly backs away, saying, "No, please, not that! Anything but that!"
It's funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it's time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's a good idea. In fact, if you're reasonably intelligent, getting a job is one of the worst things you can do to support yourself. There are far better ways to make a living than selling yourself into indentured servitude.
Here are some reasons you should do everything in your power to avoid getting a job. Just for fun Steve Pavlina recently asked his wife Erin, "Now that the kids are in summer school, don't you think it's ... more -
Tour through Torness Nuclear Power Plant
I've just had a really amazing experience: a guided tour of the nuclear reactor complex at Torness on the Scottish coast. What made this tour unusual is that the tour guide in question, Les, happens to be one of the reactor engineers (as well as a friend) -- and he showed me (and a couple of other friends) right around the plant over a period of several hours. This wasn't the usual cheery public relations junket: it was the real thing. I got to crawl on top of, over, under, and around, one of the wonders of the modern engineering world: an operational AGR reactor. I got to look around the control room, be deafened in the turbine hall and steam-baked in the secondary shutdown test facility, gawp at the shiny bright zirconium tubes full of enriched uranium in the fuel rod assembly room, be subjected to the whole-body contamination detectors at the checkpoints, and boggle at the baroque masses of sensors and control racks that trigger a reactor trip if any of its operational parameters go out of bounds. I've just had a really amazing experience: a guided tour of the nuclear reactor complex at Torness on the Scottish coast. What ma... more
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A New Job Every Week
In an effort to figure out what he wants to do for a career and raise money for charity, Sean Aiken has decided to take on a new job each week for fifty two weeks. During a time when many young people have no idea what work they want to pursue, this seems like a great way of figuring things out. In an effort to figure out what he wants to do for a career and raise money for charity, Sean Aiken has decided to take on a new job e... more
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Where the millionaires are now
Dang, look at China and Britain go, best start packing and catch the first flight out before the growth normalizes.
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Best Cities in which to find a job.
These cities also show up on another list, the worst real estate markets in the USA.
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Billy Hot Chocolate
Billy Parker has a different type of Current Gig. He doesn't know what to do with his life so he figures he might as well try everything Billy Parker has a different type of Current Gig. He doesn't know what to do with his life so he figures he might as well try eve... more
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Capturing Chaos
British twin brothers, Howard and Austin, have found their true calling working as Stringers on the mean streets of South Los Angeles, where they risk their lives daily to deliver unimaginable breaking news footage to the world's major media outlets such as CNN, ABC, NBC and others. British twin brothers, Howard and Austin, have found their true calling working as Stringers on the mean streets of South Los Angeles,... more
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Freelancing the NYC
This is a short documentary about freelance workers in New York City. It stars Ian Christe, a book author, Joel Murphy, an electro mechanical engineer for artists and Tamra Raven, a television producer. This is a short documentary about freelance workers in New York City. It stars Ian Christe, a book author, Joel Murphy, an electro me... more
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True Office Confessions
"a handsome man that works in finance was walking in front of me in the hallway. he farted (with sound) as he was walking and began to fan his rear as he continued to walk, not knowing i was right behind him. can't look at him the same way anymore." "a handsome man that works in finance was walking in front of me in the hallway. he farted (with sound) as he was walking and beg... more
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