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Trying to Land a Job for which You’re Over-Qualified
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
It seems so unfair not to get a job because you’re over-qualified – to be rejected because you’re too good. If you really want the job, why should the employer care if the position is beneath you? Indeed, shouldn’t employers embrace the idea of bringing in the extra firepower you can provide?
Sadly, this [...]
A 10-Step Approach, Part 3 of 4
As noted in the first two parts of this series, managers must use effective communication skills to identify and prevent unnecessary conflicts. Now let’s look at how to manage the other form of conflict: resolvable conflict. Let’s start the same way we did with unnecessary conflict — with an outline of [...]
Fighting the Invisible Killer, Part 1 of 2
If you ask the average person to name the leading cause of fatalities in the Ontario construction industry last year, what do you think they’d say? Falls? Electrocution? Possibly, crushing? I’m betting that not many people would guess cancer. But in fact, cancer was the leading cause of construction deaths in Ontario [...]
A Brief Guide to Preventing Occupational Asthma
More than 250 agents are known to cause occupational asthma. So it’s not surprising that 15% of cases of disabling asthma in the U.S. are associated with work-related factors. Here’s a brief overview of occupational asthma and what to teach your workers to help them avoid developing it.
The Disease and Its [...]
Can Disobeying a Safety Rule Be Safer than Obeying It?
While looking through some old newspaper clippings, I found a story about firefighters in Moraga, California, who were cited by CAL-OSHA for violating safety regulations. What caught my eye was that the supposed safety violation occurred in the course of a trench rescue. And the story set me to thinking about [...]
Holiday Networking 101
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
It’s the first of December. Holiday season is in full swing. Here’s a suggestion about how to make your holiday season a productive one: network. You see, networking never takes a holiday. On the contrary, holiday season is actually the perfect time to connect with contacts – both the [...]
