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Are you ready to take a look at the culture that exists in your organization? Your assessment of your culture may make you happy; your cultural assessment may make you unhappy. Whatever your culture assessment teaches you about the work environment you provide for your employees, though, your culture is what it is. To change your culture, to enhance your culture, to benefit from your culture, you need to see and understand your existing culture....

The needs of customers and organizations (large and small) are changing at the speed of technology and increased diversity. More than ever, businesses need strategic thinkers. Strategic planning is an essential skill for a number of jobs. While some people hold the specific job title of “strategic planner” (or “strategic planning associate” or “strategic planning manager”), there are other jobs that require strategic planning skills even though “strategic” may not be in the position’s title....

One of the difficult parts about entering sweepstakes is continuing to enter during dry spells, when wins seem few and far between. Those are the times when we could all use help staying the course. These inspirational quotes about winning and luck will help to motivate you to keep entering and help you to win more prizes. 01 of 10 “I’m a Great Believer in Luck” —Thomas Jefferson Peathegee Inc / Getty Images...

Lawyers don’t leave the outcomes of high-profile and high-stakes jury trials to gut instinct and chance. They rely on jury consultants who are human behavior experts that help attorneys research and select jurors and provide insight into juror behavior. Jury consultants are used in both criminal trials and in complex civil litigation. Jury Consultant Duties & Responsibilities This job requires candidates to be able to perform a variety of duties, which include both pretrial tasks and duties that take place during a trial....

Description: Littleton Coin Company’s April Sweepstakes is giving away five silver dollar prizes. Four of the winners will receive a single 2021 American Eagle coin worth about $50, while the grand-prize winner will receive 50 coins worth about $2,500. Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn’t work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes....

01 of 10 Choosing a Composition The inspiration and the pastel colors used for this seascape painting. Image: ©2007 Alistair Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc. There were two inspirations for this step-by-step pastel painting: first the visit to the dramatic coastline at Tsitsikamma, on South Africa’s Garden Route, and second the acquisition of a set of Unison turquoise pastels. Unison pastels have become firm favorites; the range of colors are perfect for both landscapes and portraiture, and they have a wonderful softness coupled with a degree of strength that softer pastels usually don’t achieve....

Are you convinced that the Internet is the most useful tool for employers recruiting qualified employees? You should be. You can post jobs online and use the Web for recruiting. Even a job posting in the classified section of your local newspaper is likely to produce mostly electronic resumes and applications these days. Easily customizable, free, and paperless, why wouldn’t prospective employees apply online? You can post jobs online and reap the benefit of the many potential employees searching online for jobs....

Over 600 years before Hogwarts School was created, an alchemist claimed to have discovered the incredible secrets of “the sorcerer’s stone” - possibly even immortality The phenomenal success of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books and series of films based on them has introduced a whole new generation of children (and their parents) to the world of magic, sorcery, and alchemy. What is not widely known, however, is that at least one of the characters - and his magical quest - referred to in Harry Potter is based on a real alchemist and his strange experiments....

For the purposes of this article, “investment properties” refers to income-producing properties or properties that can readily be flipped for a profit. Primary residences which see returns in the form of capital appreciation are not included here. 01 of 09 The Single Family Investment Property Jake Wyman/Photographer’s Choice RF/Getty Images The single-family investment property is a house or condominium bought with the intention of renting or selling it to a single tenant or buyer....

Best Action-Adventure: Horizon Zero Dawn Horizon Zero Dawn, the best single-player game for action-adventure on the PS4 has players explore lush vibrant environments filled with self-replicating robot animals and machines. Horizon Zero Dawn has you playing a huntress exploring a huge, open world with day/night cycles and a dynamic weather system in forests, jungles, deserts and snowy mountain regions. Players will figure out the mystery behind the roaming mechanical beasts while battling and ambushing them with trip wires, spears, arrows, explosives and other traps and even hacking them to become makeshift mounts or traveling companions....

Little did the bluesmen of the 1940s and ’50s realize that the records they were making would be heard as far as halfway across the world, inspiring a generation of teenage musicians in England, and across Europe as well as the U.S. Beginning in the early 1960s, music from artists like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, and others could be found in the record collections of the young soul rebels who would invent the sub-genre of rock ’n’ roll that would become known as blues-rock....

Photo editors oversee the photography that appears in a magazine, primarily working as a point person for communicating with and hiring photographers. Photo editors also work for newspapers and other publications that feature photography. But the job of a photo editor is more important than meets the eye because what they do is subliminal. A photo editor’s real job is to create a full, rich experience for the reader or customer—to enhance the customer experience visually....

“Afternoon slump” is a term used to describe the sleepy and sluggish feeling that comes on in the afternoon, usually between the hours of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. There are a few different reasons people experience afternoon slump, but the symptoms are generally the same. Understanding what’s been causing you to feel tired or fatigued in the afternoon is important to figuring out how to address it. Symptoms Frequent yawning and/or feeling sleepyFatigue or lethargySlight changes in visionTingling or feeling of muscle weaknessMoodiness (i....

Balancing work and family is more challenging now than ever, thanks to ever-expanding workdays and lack of programs to support families (at least, here in the U.S.). Working from home can provide a solution for stay-at-home moms. Remote jobs offer the chance to earn money, avoid resume gaps and continue building a professional network while allowing working parents to still spend quality time with their kids. Of course, not all work-from-home jobs are created equal....

Many insurance companies insure artwork, but your choice of insurance will depend on the amount and value of your art collection and also the kind of coverage you want. Types of Coverage There are two types of art insurance coverage that offer protection for a work of fine art: title and property. Title insurance insures against a defective title. For example, if the artwork was stolen or looted before you bought it rendering your title defective....

Each branch of the U.S. military has slightly different education requirements for enlisted personnel. The minimum requirement is a general equivalency diploma (GED) and a certain number of college credits. But if you don’t have a high school diploma, the requirements to enlist are more stringent. While it’s still possible to enlist with a GED, your chances are not as strong as people with traditional high school diplomas, and you’re encouraged to bolster your education with some college credits....

When you work in an office or other on-site workplace, networking is simple. As you gather in the break room, attend meetings, or ride the elevator, you’re naturally forming connections and relationships with your coworkers. Then, as people move on to different roles, you can keep in touch and reach out as you begin a job search or when you discover a former coworker has an in at a company where you’d like to work....

A potential market is the part of the market you can capture in the future. These are customers you don’t have now, but can work to attract. Learn how to identify these potential new customers and actions to attract them. What Is a Potential Market? Your potential market includes the demographic groups that are not currently your customers but could become customers in the future. They might become your customers because you expand your available products or services, or because you begin marketing your current products and services in a new way and to new groups of buyers....

In addition to coming in many different sizes and designs, wheels come in all different styles of construction and composition. Here are a few of the most important compositions and methods for wheel owners to know about. Steel: Steel is both heavier and stronger than aluminum, and has been used for wheel construction a great deal longer. Steel bends and becomes damaged much less easily than alloy. Because steel is already so strong, further casting or forging methods are generally not necessary....

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but knowing your shoe size isn’t enough to ensure a comfortable fit. Width is also a factor, and ensures you won’t need a foot soak at the end of the night to relieve your tired, achy feet. That being said, we’ll admit that figuring out width numbers and letters is confusing. If you’re like most people, your feet aren’t perfectly shaped. You might be able to determine whether you have narrow, standard, or wide feet by how your shoes currently feel while you’re wearing them....