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Portable appliance testing training courses are very important not just for the employees but also for companies that employ them. After all; a PAT test course will provide the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge about testing and inspecting different electrical appliances and thereby ... Views: 895
One of the most common reasons for mishaps at workplace is electrical equipment. Very often we see that there is a loose connection in the wires or the equipment itself is damaged and hence these accidents can happen. It is therefore not surprising to see a recognized code of practice to enable ... Views: 689
There are no recorded figures in how many accidents have been averted due to a successful PAT testing regime, but rest assured I am sure it has been many, Daily we see broken plugs, incorrect fusing, cuts in cables and damage to casings, In fact I would go as far as to say that most PAT test ... Views: 654
Those who have been in the field of electronic and electrical appliances testing would surely know the importance of joining PAT training courses. For those people who don’t know much about PAT training courses, the internet can be a good source to get more information about it. In layman terms, ... Views: 720
PAT training refers to a set of procedures that are taught to individuals to help troubleshoot and test different electrical appliances in order to ensure they are safe for use. The professionals who carry out these procedures should be trained and certificated. They carry out their routine work ... Views: 716
It is a must for all employers to check their electrical appliances regularly to ensure they do not cause any harm to those handling themselves or others. There are standard practices laid down by IEE in its Code of Practice that everyone should adhere to. An ordinary person with little or no ... Views: 770
Whichever way you look at it, it is important to regularly check the electrical equipment in industry or elsewhere. Only by doing this, you will know that your electrical device is safe to use and has no issues attached to it. Though there are different ways to check your equipment, you still ... Views: 971
Different types of electrical equipment that we use in our everyday life have to be tested on a regular basis to ensure they are safe to use. Irrespective of where the electrical appliances are used, domestic or commercial environment, they need to be checked to ensure safety of users as well as ... Views: 693
Irrespective of what your background is or the field you are currently engaged in, you can always pursue different types of PAT courses, whether you want to start your own business or save money for your current business by conducting PAT testing yourself. You will be interested to know that ... Views: 786
A great deal of care and attention has to be applied when working around with appliances that run on electricity. Irrespective of the equipment you are using, you need to make sure it is safe to use and will yield results you desired out of it. But how can one verify the safety aspect associated ... Views: 710
Everyone wants their site to be on the first page of the search engine results, and that takes a strong search engine optimization strategy. The increase in traffic that comes from high search engine ratings can be the deciding factor in whether your business becomes highly successful. Here, ... Views: 815
If you have a website and want it to rank well in the search engines, you need to know how to check keyword competition. Good keyword research is important for any website, but we all know that not just any keyword will work since there is always competition.
Keyword competition is very ... Views: 1464
How do you handle the questions that come up during or after your presentation?
Handled effectively, questions can be an important part of your presentation, allowing you to clarify a point, expand on your ideas or provide another example. They also can demonstrate that the audience members ... Views: 1519
Every action starts with an idea followed by the intention to take action upon that idea. Edison may very well have first considered the idea of a steady light source because reading by oil lamp was difficult and unsatisfactory. And, if he intended to create a new light source, he may have ... Views: 872
When we claim value, we create value – a win/win for the organization. There is great power in a group that notices it’s potential together and is committed to each other’s success. When members of a team discover their sense of purpose, you don’t have to ask them to do something; they call ... Views: 1680
If we want to develop a deeper way of perceiving situations, of being with situations, we need to be relaxed, open, confident, not expecting or demanding anything in particular. And we need to make friends with ourselves—not just casual, in-passing friends, but intimate friends. You see, ... Views: 761
At each moment of the day we work to balance the inherent feminine and masculine internally and externally. Both states are present within our natures – the dynamic and the receptive. In our work, we speak to the feminine in all – men and women. Yet, in the conditioning of the western world, ... Views: 886
Anger has become one of the most intimate issues in today's world . With unemployment at an all time high nationally , and the stress of current life in American becoming incredibly stressful , Americans are turning to rage . Anger is often a bi-product of other more primitive emotions such as ... Views: 2087
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Executive recruiter offers guidelines to corporate interviewers
Don’t underestimate the effectiveness of a structured interviewing plan when it comes to finding the most qualified candidates ... Views: 1397
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Recruiting Firm Creates Special Division for Retained Services
Tempe, AZ – August 31, 2010 – After conducting contingency searches successfully for 13 years, ISC is proud to announce it has ... Views: 1156
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Exit interviews can help identify reasons for company attrition
“Conducting exit interviews in the right manner can be an invaluable management tool for companies,” says Ann E. ... Views: 1676
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Recruiter Stresses Importance of Employee Recognition Programs
“In a down economy, there is less money to give away in the form of employee bonuses and raises,” points out Ann E. ... Views: 1502
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Recruiting Firm shares not-so-obvious questions to avoid while interviewing a job applicant
“Asking a job applicant an innocent-sounding yet illegal question is a lawsuit waiting to happen,” ... Views: 1577
Chiasma Means The Opposite Side, But Who Cares?
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you have trouble getting invigorated and creative at 9 am?
Do you suffer from the 2 pm blues when your brain is ... Views: 1328
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Change is a mysterious subject and change managers have their views on what is the best way to make change happen. I doubt if anyone who has ever been involved with change management would say that all of the change initiatives that they have rolled out have been hugely ... Views: 1650
There is no doubt that our world is moving pretty fast. There are a lot of people feeling a sense of concern, uncertainty and fear both at home and in the work place about the future. It's not hard to understand given what is being reported on the news from around the world. Something is ... Views: 1487
I’ve been thinking about, and sharing with my executive coaching clients, the idea of validation. What I mean is the need of almost all of us to be told, in word or reaction, that who we are and what we contribute is relevant, valuable, and special.
People on the job interview circuit ... Views: 1372
Challenging Economic Times Call for Managing Productive Tension
by Steven Shagrin, JD, CFP®, CCP & Thornton Prayer, CCP
June 2010
In these difficult economic times, businesses have shared with us several major challenges they have faced regarding their competiveness – and even their ... Views: 1192
If you ask 100 people, “Are webinars free?” most of them will answer, “Yes!”
If you ask those same 100 people, “Is training free?” they will reply, “No!”
Then ask the $64,000 question: “What about training webinars?”
Author, speaker, and sales management strategist, Lee Salz, believes ... Views: 1882
You have been asked to do a presentation. You have plenty of time to prepare. So where do you start, how do you make it interesting and yourself confident enough to pull it off with style?
The first thing to give some thought to is the topic (if you have one). The time limit you have been ... Views: 1153
When selecting an onsite Microsoft vendor, make some wise choices regarding the scheduling of the training event. You want to get the biggest bang out of your dollar. Make sure small mistakes don't take away from the training experience you have paid for.
Date of Training
Do NOT schedule ... Views: 1473
In our current economy, it is imperative that businesses maximize their profits while minimizing their expenses. Often, businesses choose to eliminate their training from their budgets to quickly show reduce cost. This can often have an adverse effect on their employee's productivity! Instead ... Views: 1509
Are you aware of the unfortunate fact that what science recommends is often not adhered to by business?
Why do I say this? I will get to this further on.
But firstly I want to start off by describing to you two serious problems that exist in many companies and organizations across the ... Views: 1428
Coming from the perspective of positive psychology, I am admittedly biased towards the inherent power of emotion. Emotions are among the top reasons for failed attempts to improve corporate productivity and culture.
Fear: Fear and anxiety paralyze change initiatives.
Anger: Culture ... Views: 4379
Because of how the ADHD brain functions, people with this condition commonly experience several workplace challenges that can negatively impact their performance. These challenges include: Time/Task Management, Distractibility/Impulsivity; Working Memory; Organization; and ... Views: 2340
Students are taking into consideration what higher education has to offer, but are deciding that the innovative new courses available at their local further education college are a great alternative to a “highway robbery” degree.
Students starting university courses this autumn can expect to ... Views: 1084
Wouldn’t it be great if we can just take a simple and easy test to resolve our conflicts and have a proper conflict resolution? A multiple choice test will be the best: 1. The individual you’re in conflict is? A) Demanding B) Controlling C) Indecisive. You can select from letter A, B, or C and ... Views: 879
A few days before a play or musical opens, the entire cast and crew conduct a dress rehearsal. They do a complete run-through of the script on stage, dressed in their costumes, with the full scenery and lighting in place and the pit orchestra playing. The purpose of the dress rehearsal is to ... Views: 2531
One of the most common mistakes that speakers make is to go over their time limit. However, sometimes a speaker makes the opposite mistake, by not speaking long enough. A colleague recently sent me the following email describing her experience with a speaker who spoke too little.
"Hi, ... Views: 1320
Your voice has the ability to convey an incredible range of meaning and emotion when you present. It's an important part of your non-verbal communications, or body language, and can help you can communicate your message clearly and effectively to your audience.
Avoid these five common ... Views: 2799
What should I do with my hands when I'm presenting?" is a common question that I hear when I'm teaching public speaking. Your hands form an important part of your non-verbal communication, or body language, and can help you convey confidence and communicate more effectively to your audience. ... Views: 3443
Why Do Leaders Seek Mediocrity?
By John Grubbs
While conducting research for my upcoming book...
“Idiots Love Mediocrity”, I have discovered some powerful reasons that explain why leaders seek mediocrity rather than excellence for the organizations they serve. Surprisingly, the ... Views: 2080
SolidWorks is a 3D mechanical CAD (computer-aided design) program that runs on Microsoft Windows. SolidWorks is currently used by over 3.4 million engineers and designers at more than 100,000 companies worldwide. Design engineers at these companies need to be trained in using SolidWorks, and ... Views: 2030
Corporate Wellness Program: Fitness Boot Camp Saves Money and Increases Productivity
By Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, USAR-Ret.
Make fitness boot camp a part of your corporate culture and you will build strong teams, increase productivity and change the lives of your employees. Successfully ... Views: 1871
This is about a conversation that I had with several of my clients - parents who bring their children to me for self defense training - about several catastrophic workplace violence attacks that occurred practically back-to-back. I'm sharing this story because it demonstrates what I call, ... Views: 1311
Let's face it, the economy has us all concerned. My human resource friends tell me their company's decisions to lay off and downsize their workforce while trying to retain the best people is nothing short of pulling a rabbit out of one's hat! It's a pretty daunting task to assure one person that ... Views: 1001
Self confidence is a positive emotion which allows people to function at their best in difficult circumstances. Self confidence is allied to define goals, sound plans and accurate knowledge. All of which may be combined inside your brain to create an irresistible force.
A lack of self ... Views: 1538
Emails, Emails, Emails, how did we survive without them?
More and more on Time Management Training Courses we hear of the amount of time people are spending or wasting on emails every day. From a time management point of view the question has to be ‘are you managing your emails or are your ... Views: 1161
Presentation skills play an important role in business today and if you use some of the key 7 skills taught on presentation skills training courses there is no doubt that you can develop the skills necessary to carry out effective presentation
So what are these 7 skills and tips necessary to ... Views: 2093
An office environment can be intense. It might be pressure from workload, tension with office relationships, stressful problems that are difficult to solve or the ever-increasing demands from Management. Good teamwork at the office will put all these negatives into a completely different light. ... Views: 2471