JOBSEARCH: Advice to a new grad

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

>Great, thank you for getting back to me!

You’re welcome. I try to help all my fellow Jaspers. That’s why I “do” Jasper Jottings.

>Do you know how I could get in contact with the two people you mentioned?

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>I do have a blog, but I’m not sure

Well, recruiters use Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs and websites as tools in their recruiting.

>Could you eleaborate on the other ideas

Spelling?

I’d suggest that you need to take a peek at my http://tinyurl.com/lxu93 for some of my concepts in job search. You’ll see that I focus on what is YOUR UVP. Unique Value Proposition. What problem are you going to solve for some one else? And how will you retain some value for yourself? What’s unique to you? Then you focus on the USP. Sales. How do you sell yourself? (I’ve been asked and actually outlined a 16 week moodle course on my view of the steps.) The problem that you might have is that you may not have enough DIKW! (Data is not information; Information is not knowledge; Knowledge is not understanding; Understanding is not wisdom. – Cliff Stoll and Gary Schubert) Data is the atomic level. Information is data with dimensions or context. Knowledge is predicted information. Wisdom is the boundaries. You may need to network to get the DIKW to define, market, and close the deal.   

>could really use some guidance

Well, I’d start with the http://tinyurl.com/lxu93 site’s reading list. “Job changing at 100k+” by Lucht is both a book and a work book. I’d borrow the book but buy the workbook. Lucht has the idea of a very structured face 2 face networking meeting. I swear by it.

> because as you said, this market is hard!

Hard for us old guys; you youngsters, the world is your oyster!

>That is great about your book, I have written a novel too.

Congrats.

> It was edited, but I’m not sure how to go about getting published.

That’s a chore.

> How did you publish yours?

I self-published on Lulu and it’s available on my Lulu storefront. http://tinyurl.com/26u3rc And the big one volume book is on Amazon Marketplace. The two volume paperback will be on regular Amazon shortly.

>Thanks!

Anytime.

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POLITICAL: Bring the troops home. Now!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/08/03/the-end-of-the-world-war-i-generation/

The End of the World War I Generation
Posted by Doug Bandow

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World War I, once called the war to end war, was foolish and stupid for all participants. Nothing was at stake that warranted a death toll which approached 20 million. On top were even more injured and maimed, economic collapse, and political chaos, leading to the rise of fascism, Nazism, and communism.

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“War is a racket”, “War is the health of the state”, “War is hell” all about sum it up.

Dona Nobis Pacem

It was a great MASH episode.

So why are we letting our politicians send “our” boys and girls to 177 countries around the world.

Let’s not forget that the Constitution only permits the Army to be formed for 2 years; the Navy has no such limit. See the Dead Old White Guys KNEW that the politicians would get into all sorts of mischief!

Argh!

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SOCIALISM: “Cash for Clunkers”; bad strategy, bad tactically

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090801/D99Q3N5G1.html

Popularity, Web snafus nearly broke ‘clunkers’
Aug 1, 8:56 AM (ET)
By DAN STRUMPF

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Far more drivers signed up for the “cash for clunkers” program than anyone thought, overwhelming showrooms, blowing through the initial $1 billion set aside by Congress and leaving dealers panicked over when or if the government would make good on the hefty rebates.

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Sure steal from the taxpayer to give money to car dealers?

No wonder the program is a success.

Like a bank robber giving out free samples.

And, there folks want to run health care?

It’s like everyone had gone nuts. Financial restraint, fiscal discipline, out the window. It’s like a Frat Party on the taxpayer’s dime.

One website pointed out that (1) these are future sales brought forward. (2) the “clunkers” are the cars that poor people would have bought used.

So like Basat said, (paraphrasing) we can’t see the hidden costs.

Politicians and bureaucrats are stupid. And, I ain’t buying them a beer. And, for sure, I’m not drinking with them!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Obama’s garden is polluted!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/michelle-obamas-toxic-veggie-nightmare-white-house-organic-gar/

Michelle Obama’s toxic veggie nightmare: White House organic garden polluted with sludge
Alex Salkever
Jul 30th 2009 at 10:00AM

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The White House has sought to downplay the issue, and a number of experts have pointed out that 93 ppm of sludge in soil is somewhat normal for older urban locales. However, the EPA recommends not growing food in soil that has 100 ppm. Several major food producers, including H.J. Heinz and Del Monte, won’t accept produce grown in sludge. That’s despite decades of U.S. government efforts to encourage farmers to use solid sewage wastes in lieu of traditional fertilizer products.

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You have to admire liberals. Their hearts are always in the right place. And, their heads are … …

Well, it’s intentions that count; not results. Right?

No one in the gooferment could tell them about this problem BEFORE the big garden photo op?

And, it’s the big bad corporations like Heinz and DelMonte that want to poison us!

ROFL!

I just shake my head.

And, they want to run HEALTHCARE, ENERGY, as well as GM, the Banks, Wall Street and everything else.

They can’t even manage a small garden!

Argh!

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RANT: Healthcare ideas; that don’t require a takeover

Monday, August 3, 2009

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RANT: Sheepke are suckers

Monday, August 3, 2009

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2009/07/forget-tea-parties-wherere-pitchforks.html

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We will continue to need significant public spending to get us out of this mess

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SORRY, buzzz, incorrect thinking.

The gooferment can’t get us out of this mess, that THEY put us into. (Sweetheart deals for their pals on Wall Street. See CRA, Freddie, Fannie, FED, FTC, etc, etc! Oiled by “contributions” to Dodd, Barney, and others.)

The gooferment has completely corrupted our concept of money. The stuff they are printing ain’t “money”. It’s toilet paper. And, just look at the value of the dollar over time or in international trade and you can see the result.

They will get us out of this mess by inflating the currency. It’s the only tool they have. Screw the savers, those on fixed income, and anyone holding “dollars”. Inflation rewards their friends and gives them more “money” to spend.

In actuality, the only way to get out of this mess is to do the hard work. Cut the gooferment down to a size we can afford (about 25% of what it is now). Free individuals and small biz from regulations desinged to protect the “players” (i.e., those supposedly regualted). Cut taxes.

But they won’t do that. The politicians, the congress crtiters, and the bureaucrats like things just the way they are.

Sheeple are suckers!

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PRODUCTIVITY: feet to shoot

Sunday, August 2, 2009

http://slashdot.org/story/09/07/30/0117222/EMI-Only-Selling-CDs-To-Mega-Chains-From-Now-On?from=rss

EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On

from Slashdot by samzenpus

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farrellj writes “According to Zero Paid, record company EMI has been notifying small music stores that they will no longer be able to buy EMI CDs from EMI, and will have to buy product from Mega-Chains like Walmart. Independent Record store customers are some of the most loyal music buyers around. You are not going to find the back catalog, what used to be the staple of the music business, at your local Walmart. One wonders when the Music Business is going to run out of feet to shoot?”

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I like clever formulations.

“… when the Music Business is going to run out of feet to shoot?”

That seems so descriptive of some of my best disasters.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: Naked girls plow

Sunday, August 2, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56M3G020090723

Naked girls plow fields for rain
Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:35pm EDT

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PATNA, India (Reuters) – Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plow parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday.

Witnesses said the naked girls in Bihar state plowed the fields and chanted ancient hymns after sunset to invoke the gods. They said elderly village women helped the girls drag the plows.

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This struck me as “interesting” on several levels.

(And, no their are no NSFW pics. Like you need a news story to find those on the inet? Please, DMML!)

First, the simple child-like faith that “gods” can be “embarrassed”. If they weren’t embarrassed by our congress critters, then naked girls would be comic relief.

Second, what is there thinking in terms of cause and effect? I suspect some “dirty old man” came up with this idea. If I had the comic skills of Jay Leno, this would be funny.

Third, how about some education and science for these folks? Never mind some clean water and water storage projects. This is a gooferment failure. Guess the national and state governments like the current state of affairs.

Fourth, it’s really good for the USA that so many countries put their women in unproductive situations. It’s like going into a fight with half your brains tied in a sack.

Fifth, how do these women feel? Hard to imagine. Dumb? Like cattle? Unappreciated?

Now these folks should have the freedom to believe whatever they want. But I wonder how they got to this level of thinking.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. It’s our own thinking that kills and enslaves us.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Obama-care will kill us!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo175.html

Socialized Healthcare vs. the Laws of Economics
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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In the UK as well – thanks to nationalization, price controls, and government rationing of healthcare – thousands of people die needlessly every year because of shortages of kidney dialysis machines, pediatric intensive care units, pacemakers, and even x-ray machines. This is America’s future, if “ObamaCare” becomes a reality.

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Seems to me like this is the essence of Obama-care. Just like Hillary-care. National socialism. And just wrong!

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TECHNOLOGY: Cloud Computing; who controls what?

Saturday, August 1, 2009

http://abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=8181453&page=2

Big Brother Is Watching Your Blackberry
With Every High-Tech Gadget We Buy, We Give up a Little More of our Privacy
By CHRISTIAN STOCKER
July 27, 2009

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A dramatic example of Zittrain’s thesis occurred recently in the United Arab Emirates. Wired magazine and The Register reported how the local Internet provider, Etisalat, sent out a software update to around 145,000 of their Blackberry customers. However, thanks to a software glitch that caused the battery power in all the affected Blackberrys to be drained, it was discovered that the software update also included surveillance software.

The spying part of the software was switched off — but all it needed was a command from the Internet server and the Blackberrys would send e-mail and text messages in an encrypted form to an unknown recipient. IT experts believe the intended recipient was local security forces. To date, Etisalat has not made a statement in response to the allegations. The company’s sole response has been a curt press release stating that the reason for the update was simply “to improve the service quality.”

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Clearly, we must be very circumspect about “cloud computing”. We don’t control the applications, the data, and in some case not even the local hardware.

No, no thanks, when I buy my copy of George Orwell, you don’t get to take it away from me.

Argh!

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