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The 7 Words Not to Say in a Job Interview
The late George Carlin did a famous comedy routine about the seven words you can’t say on TV. I have my own version of the routine: the seven words you can’t-or at least, you shouldn’t-say during a job interview.
Some Clarification
My version is a lot less risqu
INTERVIEW TIPS
Would you hire this manto be your next safety [...]
Understanding and Managing Generation Y, Part 4 of 4
You have in your employ a group of well-educated, technically savvy, efficient young workers who are skilled multi-taskers. These Generation Y individuals are a bit of an enigma to you. But you’ve invested a lot of time and energy in hiring and training them and you want to get the best they have to offer [...]
A Safety Management Perspective, Part 2 of 3
Change should be something you plan for, not simply await and react to. Being proactive enables you to manage the process of change and shape its results. Let me make the point by giving you practical, real world examples of planning, and then show you how to apply the same logic to your safety management [...]
Evacuation vs. Sheltering-in-Place, Part 2 of 2
For many safety professionals, when an emergency happens, evacuation is the only option. But evacuation often involves traveling through the danger zone, e.g., in the event of a chemical spill. This is one of the reasons sheltering-in-place often represents a better alternative.
Incorporating Sheltering-In-Place into Emergency Planning
Sheltering-in-place allows workers to take refuge in a designated safe [...]
MSDS Traps to Avoid, Part 1 of 3
Making sure the information in a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is accurate, complete and up to date is a real pain in the neck. But here’s a true story to remind you of why it’s so important.
MSDS Omission Leads to Fatality
The story takes place in 2001 at a steel mill in Chesterton, Indiana. The [...]
How to Write a Good Thank-You Note
Suppose you could take all the job-seeking advice ever written and separate it into topic-specific piles. When you were done, you’d find that the biggest pile, by far, is the one about interviews. And for good reason. After all, the face-to-face interview is the defining moment of the job search process. This remains true even [...]
Understanding and Managing Generation Y, Part 3 of 4
The generation gap of today is not as dramatic as it was, say, in the 1960s. But it does still exist. And it’s important for today’s safety supervisors and managers to recognize that Gen Y workers are entering the workplace with different experiences and expectations than previous generations of workers did. They also generally lack [...]
A Safety Management Perspective, Part 1 of 2
Big changes are taking place in workplaces across this continent. These are not safety changes, per se. They’re changes in economic, social and political structures. But they’re having an impact on health, safety and environmental issues. If you choose to sit back and wait for change to happen, you may not like what you get [...]
Evacuation vs. Sheltering-in-Place, Part 1 of 2
We all remember the 1986 Bhopal incident that involved the spill of a hazardous material near a community in India. Residents are still suffering the ill effects. More recently, there was an explosion in a meat processing plant in Booneville, Arkansas, involving 88,000 pounds of Anhydrous Ammonia. City officials ordered the evacuation of over 800 [...]
Who’s ‘Qualified’ to Work Near Electrical Hazards, Part 1 of 4
In the world of operations, maintenance, service and construction, employees must be “qualified” if they’re going to be exposed to electrical hazards capable of injuring, disabling or killing them. This series will summarize what the qualification regulations require. Today, I’ll discuss the source of qualification requirements in the U.S. and Canada.
Qualification Regulations
Qualification regulations differ slightly [...]
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