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What is the most effective and LEAST EXPENSIVE way for me to master this information quickly?
I am looking for a good, well-paying, solid job after being out of the work force for 15 years. It is proving to be very difficult. My primary goals are: IMMEDIATE: pay the bills; SHORT TERM: go to business school and earn my Masters Degrees in both Business Entrepreneurship and Business Administration; LONG TERM: either own and operate my own business or be a key part of an upstart business, whether it be a new business or a division of an international business establishing itself in the USA.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Helen Hupe 30+
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Steven Hsieh
Yes to work for the pay check, yes to put food on the table
But that is not the real reason why we do it
Why do I get up from bed everyday?
I believe in thinking differently, creating simple ideas and inspiring every person in this planet.
All my paintings, sculpting, design and everything is based on me WHY.
If you can't find a job, then create one yourself.
Your profile says you A world where everybody is valued as a human being
Your job is not to set short term goals or long term goal realistically, but to set them unrealistically.
You need to focus on the goals that is impossible to achieve.
You need to set Unrealistic Goals that Can Serve the Greater Good
What is my goal?
I envision a world where is fulfilled by the work they do. I envision a world people work together more. A world where we help each other.
A world everyone is valued as human being. I envision a world is that is world peace.
Don't think about what might happen if you don't get the money today or next week.
Think about doing something that is so important that it just has to get done because you know that it is a good thing for the world. Once you are focused on that goal, the monetary and moral support will come
Steven Hsieh
Robert Winner 50+
There are no jobs that do not teach us something. The real trick here is to learn something every day. Bad managers are a tool to better leadership. To much or to little inventory are things to keeep in mind. Target population and shift in public demand are valuable tools. Use the educational tools and the gift of common sense in your quest. I do not know anyone who started as a KEY part of anything. I know many who made the job theirs through hard work and demonstrated results. These are the people who are reconized and rewarded.
Good luck. Bob.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
I have had 27 interviews in the last 6 weeks. There is no just starting somewhere when no one will let me start. I am signed up with 7 temp agencies and they can't even get me a part-time temp position. I MUST update my skills to get employed.
I have a couple of new promising leads in new areas, so we will see what happens next week, but I will be talking to my high schooler today to see how she can help, and I will be talking to her former camp counselor as well to see if he can help me out as well.
I am expert at MS Word, Access, and Excel. Clueless at PowerPoint and Outlook. Moderate at Publisher. Sadly, PowerPoint and Outlook are what employers are looking for.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Gabo Moreno 100+
Be enthusiastic, by all means, just not naively enthusiastic.
For your questions, there is no short-cuts. You have to be patient and study carefully. Microsoft software? Seriously? That's no issue. If asked say that you are proficient enough to quickly learn and be at the same level as everybody else within a few days on the job. This is not a lie, but a fact of life. That software is not hard to learn, and it is not foundational either (even if when interviewed they make you feel as if it is). It is just the particular software used.
Anyway, if you have the software you are talking about, well, start going through the tutorials and do stuff. Balance your accounts, write stuff, whatever.
Do not worry if at first you don't have the job you want. Just start somewhere.
Be well.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
Prerak Trivedi
Regards,
Prerak Trivedi.
Tracy Fitzpatrick
The thing is, even simple community adult school classes for these run at least $50 each, and that just does not fit my budget right now. And no one in my network is able to help me either.
I have an excellent and varied resume and get tons of interviews, but in the end the competition wins out...because it boils down to my lack of current basic skills. GGGRRRRRRRRRRRR...........
Fritzie Reisner 100+
The only other thing that occurs to me is whether you can trade something to a teenager, for example, who could in exchange work with you on Microsoft Office.
Fritzie Reisner 100+
Mastering what you learn will require organization, trying to do your studies at the times of day you are most efficient, reviewing frequently, and trying to apply what you learn to your business practices and personal decisionmaking.
Looking for a good well-paying solid job is not about mastering information. As so VERY many people are seeking the same, you will find plenty of job-seeking advice online. Your network of people you know tends to be a very important resource when you are competing against droves of similarly talented people all of whom are looking for such jobs.
Good luck on this adventure!