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Finding the best possible people who can fit within your culture and contribute to your organization is a challenge and an opportunity. Keeping the best people, once you find them, is easy if you do the right things right. The deas provided will help you with successful employee recruitment which is key to your ongoing success as an organization. Without talented employees, you are unable to accomplish your goals. These specific actions will help you with recruiting and retaining all of the employees and their many talents that you need....

Sometimes, it can seem that you’ve done all the right things when it comes to your job search, but you still aren’t successful. Although this can be a frustrating situation, the fact of the matter is that there is a lot of competition for the jobs that are available. These days, you need to do more than send in a decent cover letter and arrive on time for the interview. You need to stand out from the crowd....

The operational environment (OE) is the land, sea, air, space, and cyber networks where the military operates. It includes any adversaries, allies, neutrals, systems, and subsystems. All relationships and dependencies relevant to an operation are also part of the OE. Learn what the operational environment is, how it works, and what the different types are. What Is a Military Operational Environment? The operational environment is commonly believed to be the place where the military fights....

The first television broadcast of golf shots being played and demonstrated happened in the United Kingdom on the BBC in 1938. But that broadcast was just a brief exhibition of the game by a solitary golfer, not a tournament. The question before us, then, is this: When was a golf tournament first televised? And what was that tournament? First Tournament on TV: 1947 U.S. Open In 1947, St. Louis, Mo., television station KSD-TV broadcast the U....

Does your supply chain look like 13 separate British Colonies or a unified United States? If your company hasn’t designed and implemented a supply chain strategy, then the individual colonies within your supply chain—purchasing, sourcing, logistics, warehousing, customer fulfillment, production planning—probably aren’t working together to win the fight against the British. In this example, “the fight against the British” is actually more of an optimization goal—cost of goods reduction, inventory optimization, and on-time delivery....

There are no hard and fast rules for any nonprofit’s fundraising program. However, three elements seem to have outsize effects on fundraising, especially as it applies to grants. Diverse Sources count for a lot. Every nonprofit should have several baskets of income and several grants in the works so that the loss of one funding source will not be fatal. Thinking Local. Local community sources of financing seem to work best for small nonprofits....

If you enter Twitter sweepstakes, you’ll probably receive win notifications via tweet. This is the easiest way for the giveaway’s sponsor to get in touch with their winners. But before you respond, you need to take a moment to make sure that the tweet is legitimate and not a cruel scam. Why would anyone send a fake tweet telling you you’ve won? Sometimes, it’s a scheme to lure you into filling out a spoofed prize claim form and giving up sensitive information....

Running a retail store is much more complicated than people realize. While retail is not easy, it doesn’t have to be so hard. Here are 4 ideas to help your retail store run smoothly. Culture Every store has a corporate culture whether you realize it or not. Culture is a living, breathing part of your store. It exists whether you’re dealing with it or not. Culture either controls you or you control it....

A U.S. Army physician assistant (PA) job isn’t as subservient as it sounds. Though supervised by doctorate-trained physicians, PAs are trained at the graduate level and able to expand the reach of the healthcare team in assessing and treating patients. That level of skill and education earns military PAs a place in the commissioned ranks right alongside doctors, nurses, and other graduate-level professionals. In addition to performing within the scope of their professional practice, PAs in the U....

An art museum attendant works in an art museum facilitating interactions between visitors and exhibits. Attendants welcome visitors and provide them with information, directions, and other assistance. A museum attendant also makes sure artwork is protected and that visitors follow museum rules, which usually include no food or drink in the galleries, no unauthorized picture taking, and no touching the works of art. The job requires a combination of skills used for visitor services and museum security....

Arts education coordinators develop and oversee educational programs in art institutions such as art galleries, art museums, or experimental art centers. These programs may support exhibitions or be part of community outreach and grant-funded programs. Arts education coordinators are also sometimes called museum educators. Arts Education Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities The job generally requires the ability to perform the following duties: Research and develop educational programs for an art institution, including grant-funded programsSupport exhibitions and events, as well as educational outreach and community programs for visitors of all age groupsTrain and mentor educational program volunteersCoordinate lighting, repairs, cleaning, and set-up, volunteers and staff for education eventsManage visitor flow, and safety rules and policies, and makes sure the necessary supplies are stocked for education programmingDevelop and maintain the calendar for events and programsAnalyze and collect data in order to update databases, document statistics, attendance, and budgets...

Oprah Winfrey (born January 9, 1954) is a producer, publisher, book critic, actor, and international celebrity. She is truly a living media brand, tallying up great successes in the communication forms of print, radio, television, and film, and may do just as well online and with streaming media. Fast Facts: Oprah Winfrey Known For: Producer, publisher, actor, and head of a media empireBorn: January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, MississippiParents: Vernita Lee and (adoptive father) Vernon WinfreyEducation: Tennessee State UniversityPublished Works: The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and PurposeSpouse(s): None; longtime relationship with Stedman Graham (1986–present)Children: None...

There has been a PGA Tour tournament at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth going back decades, but in recent years it has been through multiple name changes. It became known as the Dean & DeLuca Invitational beginning in 2016 when the chain of upscale grocery stores took over the title sponsorship from Crowne Plaza. But in 2018, the tournament name reverted to Fort Worth Invitational when a new title sponsor wasn’t found by tourney time....

Some people like to play the lottery by letting a computer make their quick picks, or by picking random numbers themselves. Others like to be more methodical about the numbers they play. If you want to create a lottery system, one popular thing to look at is which numbers are the most popular. .There are a few different ways to use popularity to come up with a lottery system. Plus, you’ll also find out where to get the information about which numbers are drawn more or less frequently....

For a while now, all we have heard about is Millennials and their desires in a retail store. And this is important, after all, Millennials make up the majority of the workforce today—which means they have the income to spend in a retail store. But the next generation, dubbed Gen Z, is expected to have a bigger impact on retail shopping behavior than their predecessors. It is estimated that the Gen Z group will be about 1....

Developed by Neversoft, Guitar Hero World Tour is the fourth installment in the popular music video game franchise, and it’s the first Guitar Hero game to include drum and microphone controllers in addition to the standard guitar-shaped controller. Just like Guitar Hero 2 and Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero World Tour has cheat codes that you enter using your musical instruments. These cheats are compatible with the PC edition, but they may also work in other versions such as Guitar Hero World Tour on Xbox....

Social media is a key component of book promotion and content marketing for authors and hashtags are shortcuts that help find like-minded people on social media. A hashtag is the keyboard number—pound—symbol that appears as a double-crossed capital “H” and is a metadata device used with social media networks. Users will place the hash before a word or a string of words, tagging the words electronically. Its use will allow other people to quickly search and locate messages that also contain that tag....

Now more than ever, it is possible for many different types of professionals to work from home. According to Global Workplace Analytics, 5 million U.S. workers currently work from home at least half the time. That represents 3.6% of the American workforce, but many more people could work from home who currently do not. The firm reports that 56% of the U.S. workforce holds jobs that are compatible with telecommuting....

While your resume is important, nothing makes you stand out more than a well-written cover letter. A strong one can highlight your attention to detail, work ethic, and passion for the industry. And while most job postings request a resume and cover letter, many candidates skip sending one because they seem too complicated; this is a mistake. A cover letter is your opportunity to sell yourself as a great candidate. It’s important to tailor your cover letter to each job opportunity....

Local, state, and national economies rise and fall on the growth of entrepreneurship. New businesses create more jobs and introduce new ideas that solve problems in better ways. Entrepreneurship also makes the marketplace more competitive so that outdated thinking is challenged and doesn’t restrain society from growing and developing. More and more, companies want employees with that same entrepreneurial spirit. Whether it’s launching your own enterprise or being the kind of tenacious project manager who sees a goal through regardless of the odds, having an entrepreneurial spirit can help you succeed....