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Computer-Based Testing Announcement
Is 2010 the year you plan to get your CRSP (Canadian Registered Safety Professional) designation? If so, take note of this recent announcement from the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals forwarded by SafetyXChange member and contributor, Alan Quilley.
The BCRSP’s Certification and Examination Committee is working towards moving from a paper [...]
2009 Articles Index
What a year! Without a doubt, 2009 was one for the books. It was the year that “Twitter” became part of our vocabulary. In “entertainment” news, we said farewell to Michael Jackson, learned more about Jon and Kate than we needed and ditto for Tiger Woods. And, of course, on the serious side of things, [...]
How to Differentiate Yourself from Other Job Candidates
The job market is flooded like it hasn’t been in years. It’s a discouraging situation; but it’s anything but a hopeless one. In his book Get the Job You Want Even When No One’s Hiring, a colleague of mine, the career expert Ford Myers, explains how to differentiate yourself from the competition and find a [...]
Worst Business Decisions in History
The dumbest business decision I ever made was not actually a business decision. And, it wasn’t my decision. It was my mother’s. When I was about 15, she tossed out my baseball card collection as part of an ill-advised campaign to rid the house of “clutter.” Little did she suspect that that “clutter” would be [...]
The Laws of Lifetime Growth
I never start my sentences with “always.” Well, almost never. Here are 10 exceptions—the laws of lifetime growth. I offer them up as my Christmas card to SafetyXChange members. I’d love to claim credit for the notions, but they come from The Strategic Coach, Inc. (strategiccoach.com).
Always make your future bigger than your past.
Always make your [...]
How to Use Search Engines to Your Advantage
My holiday gift to you is a short column. Google and other Internet search engines have changed job seeking like they’ve changed everything else. What hath Google wrought? And how can you, as safety professionals, take advantage of Google to enhance your job search and career prospects? Here are three quick tips.
1. Give Yourself a [...]
The Job Skills Companies Are Looking for in their Safety Directors
My company, ExecuNet, deals primarily with corporate executives. But the skills executives need to succeed today are the same ones that management level employees like safety directors need.
21st Century Job Skills
It’s all about the bottom line. Companies are looking for individuals that can increase the efficiency of operations, manage plans and objectives and cut costs. [...]
THIS DATE IN HISTORY – November 2, 1947
Warning: Before you read any further, be advised that the next paragraph includes a sentence that violates an unwritten law of journalism: It mentions the name “Howard Hughes” without the prefix “eccentric billionaire.” So read on at your own peril.
Aviation-wise, Howard Hughes may be best remembered for the “Spruce Goose.” The project was conceived in [...]
How to Handle a New Boss
Studies show that the average job lasts no more than 3.7 years. That means the average employee must make the transition to a new boss roughly every year and a half. (The formula recognizes that it could be either the employee or the boss that’s new to the organization). Here’s some advice to help you [...]
A Belated Happy Boss’s Day Wish
Editor’s Note: In case you missed it, October 16 was Boss’s Day. I wrote up what I thought was a neat little item for the occasion but for technical reasons it never got into that day’s SafetyXChange newsletter. But Lauryn’s article about dealing with new bosses seems like the perfect excuse to run the story [...]
