No, this job posting is not from the 50s, its from 2018

No, this job posting is not from the '50s, it's from 2018 No, this job posting is not from the '50s, it's from 2018 In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal  involving a staggering number of alleged cases of sexual harassment and assault, we  have yet another reason to do a double-take: a tone-deaf job posting requiring a “good personality â€" ability to deal with the male banter and be sociable but not distracting.”The posting for a senior Executive Assistant Investor Relations Associate doesn’t exist on LinkedIn anymore and  Quartz reports that it was taken down from Guardian Jobs.RMS Recruitment, which describes itself in the job posting as a “boutique secretarial recruitment agency” in the Mayfair area of London, was seeking someone to fill the role for a property investment client in the area.The job also entails working with “two Founders” for two in-house businesses while managing schedules, keeping track of spending, helping out during “staff events,” traveling, and assisting “the new Operations Officer in planning and implementing new systems and strategies,† in an office, reportedly made up of “various friends and family members.”In addition to dealing with “male banter,” the job also requires you are “degree educated with good spelling and grammar,” have “solid PA/EA experience. Investor Relations experience,” and are “bright and emotionally intelligent.” All for a  salary of £40-45K ($57-64K).RMS recruitment later issued an apology on Twitter  for the listing.

Air Force Job AFSC 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations

Air Force Job AFSC 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations Air Force Job AFSC 1C6X1 - Space Systems Operations Space systems operations specialists are tasked with overseeing critical aspects of the Air Forces space program, including tracking satellites and ballistic missiles, monitoring space flight operations, and assisting with rocket launches. The Air Force categorizes this important job with Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 1C6X1. Duties of Space Systems Operations Specialists These airmen detect, identify, and maintain surveillance on low orbiting and deep space satellite vehicles using active and passive space surveillance systems. Part of their work involves exploring new space surveillance technologies, developing new space operational procedures, and employing new space surveillance sensors. They also use sophisticated Air Force tracking technology to detect and track sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and detect and track Earth satellites. In addition, these specialists plan satellite contacts, resolve any emergencies that arise with satellites, and conduct satellite commanding during launch, early orbit, daily operations, and end-of-life testing, when the satellites have outlived their use. The satellites they operate include Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites used for military communications. And they assist with launch operations for other Department of Defense and NASA satellites. Qualifying for AFSC 1C6X1 To be eligible to serve as a space systems operations specialist, you need a score of at least 60 on the electronics (E) qualification aptitude area of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) tests. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school with courses in physics, geometry, trigonometry, algebra and computer science will be helpful. And youll need to complete a basic space systems operator course. Since youll be dealing with highly sensitive information in the course of your daily job, you will also need to qualify for a secret security clearance from the Department of Defense. This involves background checks of your character and finances, and a criminal record of history of drug abuse may be disqualifying. Candidates for this job must be U.S. citizens. After Technical Training Following boot camp and Airmens Week, recruits for this job spend up to 100 days in technical school training at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Here youll learn the fundamental skills youll need in this job, such as: Satellite C2, space warning and control systems, and space launch processesOrbital mechanicsData analysis proceduresSensor theoryData transmission theoryPrinciples of satellite and ground systemsReceiving, recording, and relaying operational data Civilian Equivalent Jobs Since this Air Force job primarily deals with military satellites and other systems, there is no true civilian job that could be considered equivalent. However, the skills you learn should lay the groundwork for a number of careers in technology hardware and may qualify you for jobs in the aerospace industry or with a defense contractor.

After a 30-Year Career, CFO Scales Back

After a 30-Year Career, CFO Scales Back After a 30-Year Career, CFO Scales Back Cincinnati CFO John Renner wanted to ease up a bit in his next position. He was flexible in location, but held firm on scaled-back responsibilities.John Renner knew he needed a change. He had been working 24/7 for nearly three years on one project, and wanted to scale back the intensity of his work. In his seven-year tenure as the CFO for a large Cincinnati hospital he invested an enormous amount of energy into his recent project: transitioning it from part of a seven-hospital system to independent status. Now, he was looking for another opportunity.So, he negotiated his severance in November 2008, looking forward to a little time off but also knowing that consulting work would be a phone call away.His consulting work was keeping him quite busy, in fact. While he could have skipped the job search altogether, at least for a while, Renner said he never doubted that he wanted to get back to a full-time job.“At the end of the day, when you sit down with a team of people you work with, you feel you are part of a community. As a consultant, you put the wheels in motion and step out; you don’t have the ownership factor. But when you’re a part of that team, you get the satisfaction of seeing the outcome.”Renner was looking for VP or C-level jobs in health care that would combine those aspects of being a team player with a more reasonable lifestyle, he said. “I could see still putting in long hours, but I wanted to set the level of intensity back a notch ” from his previous position.Being selective about responsibilitiesEven for someone with options, a job search can be a long and laborious ordeal. “I was lucky; I wasn’t laid off. I had made the choice to leave. And at 30-plus years in the industry, I could be selective about opportunities,” said Renner, nine months after leaving his last position. “But you still go through mental highs and lows, wondering if you will find the right opportunity.” Renner knew he wanted to eventually return to a full -time position, because in the end, that was what would be the most fulfilling.“There are not a lot of positions at the level I was seeking a job,” he said. “I would look through the list, and while there were a lot of jobs listed, very few were appropriate for my level. John signed up for FinanceLadder in February 2009.“Ladders always kept me positive,” he said. “I would read the newsletters, and just as I was approaching another interview or sending in another cover letter, there was some timely reminder or hint that would be helpful and keep me on track. And just reading about other people who had found the right opportunity was very motivational.”But open to relocationWhen the FinanceLadder member left his CFO position in Cincinnati last year, he did have a lot of options. As an empty-nester, he and his wife did not feel they had to stay in Cincinnati, so he opened his search up to other areas of the country. He also thought about ways in which his expertise in fin ance might work in other industries and considered banking jobs and education jobs.By early spring he had applied to several positions, including jobs in Colorado, Pittsburgh and Chicago. But there was one just 125 miles from Cincinnati that was especially attractive.North on interstate 75 was a position at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, that appealed to him on many levels.“The majority of my career has been in jobs that were turnaround situations,” Renner said. “This hospital was financially strong; it has a number of needs in terms of developing its operations. But I wouldn’t be involved in significant changes in operations, staffing and implementation. It’s a well-established organization. I would be taking it to its next step in efficiency.”Renner first contacted the recruiter about the position in late March. “When you see the opportunity you really want,” he said, “the process is way too slow. I remember saying to my wife, ‘ Why can’t they jus t make a decision?’ he said, laughing.”His first interview, via phone, was in early May. After several more phone conversations, he traveled to Lima for his first onsite interview. After that, he said, he knew this was the job he wanted. While he was still speaking to people in Pittsburgh and Colorado, he was keeping his fingers crossed for this one. And in early July, Renner was offered the position of VP/CFO of the hospital. On August 17, he started his new job.So, with one more corporate move under his belt - “I’ve made seven previous corporate moves. This is just one more on the list,” he said - he’s living in temporary housing while he waits for his home in Cincinnati to sell. He said he believes his job search, while long and sometimes challenging, worked out very well.“There were a number of days where I wondered if I was going to get an offer,” he said. “There were jobs I could have gone for that would have been OK. But I’m glad I chose to take my time and find the opportunity that was best for me. The balance of life and work is very comfortable here. I think this is a good fit.”

How to Get a Coworker Fired

How to Get a Coworker Fired How to Get a Coworker Fired We have all had those coworkers who have driven us crazy in some way or have made work a less-than-desirable place to be. But sometimes, a person can make the workplace so unbearable that you want them to be fired. If you want someone to be fired, there are specific steps you should take to make sure you remain on good terms with your employer and with your company. Read below for advice on what to do when you want to get someone fired- and what you might be able to do instead. Reflect on the Situation Before trying to get someone fired, take some time to reflect on the situation. Ask yourself why you want this person fired. Do you simply find the person annoying? If it is a personal issue- say, you simply find the person to be obnoxious, or you feel that the person does not like you- this is not a fireable offense. This might be something you will simply have to learn to live with at work. On the other hand, if someone creates a hostile work environment, or interferes with others’ work, it might be a more serious, even fireable issue. Talk to the Person If you cannot ignore or live with the problem, first try discussing the issue with the person. Your goal should be to resolve the problem, rather than to get the person fired. Tell the person what the issue is, explain how it affects you (and/or other coworkers), and ask them to help you come to a solution. For example, if a coworker is showing up late to group meetings, pull the person aside and explain how this affects your entire group. Explain that you need that person to arrive on time so that you can all be productive together. If multiple people feel the issue is a problem, ask one or two other people to come with you to talk to your coworker. Keep the group small, so the coworker doesn’t feel attacked. But having more than one person there will show the coworker that this is not just your personal problem with him or her. Go to Your Manager If you talk to the person and nothing changes (or if you feel like addressing the issue with them might lead to hostility), then you might consider speaking with your boss. Below are some tips on how to talk to your boss about a co-worker you think should be fired: Meet in person. Arrange a time to speak to your boss in person about this issue. Try to arrange the time in advance, so you do not catch your boss at a bad time.Remove any emotion. You do not want to sound like you are whining about this person. Instead, calmly explain how the person is causing a problem at work, not for you personally, but for the company. Is his or her regular tardiness leading to missed group meetings? Is his or her offense language upsetting clients? Focus less on your emotions and more on the larger impact of the person’s actions. Provide examples. Try to provide specific examples of times the person you are talking about acting in the particular way you describe. This might require documenting this person’s behavior for a couple of days or weeks before your meeting. In your documentation, note the date, time, and details of specific events. But keep your examples concise- you don’t want to complain to your boss for hours about this person.Mention others (if allowed). If coworkers have told you this person’s actions or behaviors also bother them, ask those coworkers if you can mention their names in the meeting. This will give your concern more credibility. However, don’t mention other people unless they give you permission. Focus on solutions. Don’t ask your boss to fire this person. Instead, ask for help addressing the problem. For example, you might say, “Could you help me brainstorm some ways to address with coworker X this issue of her tardiness at our group meetings?” If your employer asks what you think he or she should do, you can state your opinion. However, keep in mind that you cannot make your employer fire someone- it is up to the employer. Focus on Yourself Once you have met with your boss, try to let the issue go. Trust your employer to handle the problem, and know that he or she will ultimately make the decision whether or not the person should be fired. If the person is not fired, try your best to focus on your own work, and don’t let his or her habits or behaviors distract you. If the person is not fired and you feel you cannot continue to work alongside the person, consider whether or not you should resign. When It Can’t Wait There are, of course, times when you have to act quickly. For example, if the person is threatening your safety or the safety of others, you need to tell your manager right away. Similarly, if the person is doing anything illegal (including harassing you or others, or discriminating against you or others), consider going straight to your company’s human resources (HR) department. Before meeting in person with an HR representative, send an email to HR so that you start a paper trail (which might come in handy if you need to take legal action). Also, if the person you want to get fired is your employer, you will have to go either to your boss’s boss or to HR. Ask if you can make your complaint confidentially so that your role in the complaint does not come back to your boss. However, again, think carefully about whether you are simply annoyed with your boss, or you think he or she is truly damaging the company (or breaking the law) in some way. If you just find him or her annoying, you might need to simply keep your concerns to yourself.

Over 15% of workers are stoned on the job, but they have their reasons

Over 15% of workers are stoned on the job, but they have their reasons Over 15% of workers are stoned on the job, but they have their reasons As marijuana becomes more legal, both medicinally and recreationally, it becomes more normal, which means more people are smoking or otherwise consuming it before or at work.Remedy Review surveyed 1,000 employed people about weed at work and found that our offices are full of people dropping Visine and popping gummies all day long.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!The findings 16% of employees say they’ve been high on marijuana at work Of that number, a startling 26.7% said they were under the influence of reefer, at their jobs, every day. Here’s how the rest of the work tokers stacked up in terms of frequency:That seems like a lot, smokers! But they have their reasons: 38% want to increase productivity 36% just want to pass the time 29% need to cope with the job itself 22% need to cope with their coworkers 21% admit their job needs little focus A surprising 60% of users said that the drug didn’t affect their productivity.   A full 23% said they became more  productive. Beating the slacker stereotype, only 17% said pot at work made them less productive.Perhaps that’s why there hasn’t been a slowdown in our nation’s restaurants, hotels, and kitchens. The hospitality industry was the biggest culprit of on-site pot consumption by far, at 35%. A rundown of the highest, well, industries that are getting high: Hotel, food, and hospitality: 35% Construction: 32% Arts, entertainment, and recreation: 25% Telecommunications: 24% Marketing and advertising: 19% Legal: 19% New technology means that cannabis lovers won’t find themselves swirled in an incriminating cloud of smoke while getting lifted on their break: 36% of people use a vape-style pen to consume THC, and 17% use edibles.Showing true dedication, a full 8% admitted that they were high while taking the survey itself.You might also enjoy… New neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happy Strangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds 10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity The worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs 10 habits of mentally strong people

22 Facts About Jane Austen

22 Facts About Jane Austen 22 Facts About Jane Austen As critic Gary Kelly has observed, Jane Austen is one of the few novelists in world literature who is regarded as a classic and yet is widely read. Though her novels were by no means autobiographical, the facts of her life to shed light on her fiction, and more importantly, they offer aspiring writers one model of how great works of literature are created. Below are 22 facts about Jane Austen: The seventh child of George Austen and Cassandra Leigh Austen, Jane Austen was born in Steventon, a village in southern England in 1775.In her lifetime she completed six novels, including Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion. Four of them were published before her death.Her father George Austen, a clergyman, also ran a school for boys in the family home and parsonage to supplement the familys income.Cassandra Leigh Austen was from a higher social rank than her husband and gave Jane Austen the sense of social class that underlies many of her novels. She did not seem to regret the fall in social standing, however, and was a cheerful wife and mother to the family. In 1783, Jane Austen and her older sister Cassandra went to be educated by their aunt Ann Cooper Cawley, the widow of the head of an Oxford college. From there, they went on to Abbey School, a boarding school for girls. Apart from these years, Austen was educated by her father.Austen honed her comic abilities by writing for her family, in particular, her older, Oxford-educated brothers, whom she admired intensely. Though the entire family was literary, only Austen would become a published novelist. An extremely shy girl, Jane Austens family was the center of her world. Even at boarding school, she made few friends, preferring Cassandras company.Austen gained her knowledge of life at sea, important, for instance, in Persuasion, through her brother Frank, who had a successful career in the British Navy and was closest in age to Jane.For her first love, Austen got a story worthy of one of her novels, one that has certain things in common with that of Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. The object of her love, Tom Lefroy, was the Irish nephew of her close friend Anne Lefroy. Knowing that Tom would lose his inheritance if he married a nobody, Anne Lefroy hurried Tom out of the country when the romance came to her attention. (Tom later became the Chief Justice of Ireland.) While fans of the movie The Jane Austen Book Club might be encouraged to think, What would Jane do? in times of romantic crisis, her pursuit of Tom Lefroy, which violated the social mores of her time, indicates that she might not be the best choice. Cassandra was the sensible one, striving to keep Jane in check. Before the romance was broken off, Jane wrote her a teasing letter, You scold me so much in the nice long letter which I have at this moment received from you, that I am almost afraid to tell you how my Irish friend and I behaved. Imagine to yourself everything most profligate and shocking in the way of dancing and sitting down together. At least one biographer hints that Jane Austens cousin Eliza, Comtesse de Feuillide, provided a model for Elizabeth Bennetts vivacity and wit, though some of her actions more closely resemble Mansfield Parks worldly Mary Crawford. While visiting the Austens, leaving her husband at home in France with his mistress, Eliza flirted with two of Janes brothers, Henry and James, in the course of putting on a play for the family. (Elizas husband was guillotined during the French Revolution; she would in fact later marry Henry Austen.) Austens second notable romance occurred while the family was vacationing on the coast at Sidmouth in Devon in the summer of 1801. Austen apparently met and fell in love with a young clergyman, who made plans to meet the family again later in their travels (a good sign that he planned to propose). However, he died unexpectedly before he could join them. The incident strengthened the bond between the two sisters, as Cassandra had earlier lost her fiancé.Jane Austen wrote an early draft of Sense and Sensibility in the early 1790s and then revised it heavily before it was published in 1811. Likewise, sixteen years would pass between the time that her father first tried to get First Impressions published and the time that the novel appeared as Pride and Prejudice in 1813. Northanger Abbey was acquired by a publisher in 1803 but was not published until after Austens death.Finances forced the Austens to leave Steventon for Bath, a change that upset Austen greatly. Some biographers assert that the situation hurt her writing, as she did not have a private place in which to write and was forced in Bath to socialize more than before.In Bath, Austen spent time with a known adulterer, who made better conversation than others provided in the superficial spa town, and who had a fashionable open carriage. Their meetings distressed her aunt, but provided Austen with more fodder for teasing her sister: There is now something like an engagement between us and the Phaeton, which to confess my frailty I have a great desire to go out in. Another romantic faux pas occurred when Jane Austen accepted a marriage proposal only to revise her decision the next morning. The suitor, Harris Wither, was six years younger than she, ill-mannered, and quick-tempered. Surprised by the proposal, she accepted on the spot, knowing that his wealth and position would mean security for her family. As her biographer, Park Noonan writes, When Mr. Austen died their income would be so reduced that she, her mother and Cassandra might face penury. To have said no to Harris Wither would have been patently foolish and very nearly selfish. Nonetheless, after a sleepless night spent considering her life as the future Mrs. Wither, she called off the engagement, creating something of a scandal and putting a lasting strain on the relationship between their two families. When her father died in 1805, Austen ceased work on a novel shed begun entitled  The Watsons.  It was the only time in her life that she was not writing or revising something. After only a few months, however, Austen returned to a novella shed begun earlier,  Lady Susan.In 1806, Mrs. Austen, Jane, Cassandra, and a friend, Martha, left Bath, eventually settling together in a house in the village of Chawton. In the years that Austen lived at Chawton Cottage, she woke every morning, practiced the pianoforte before anyone else got up, cooked breakfast for the household, and then retired to write, free of further household duties. She apparently worked in a room that was both a hallway and a dining room, but the room had a squeaky door. Austen refused to have the door repaired, ensuring that she had notice of anyones approach. The Chawton years were by far her most productive. She revised and published  Pride and Prejudice  (1813) and  Sense and Sensibility  (1811), and wrote  Emma  (1815),  Mansfield Park  (1814), and  Persuasion,  which, along with  Northanger Abbey,  was published posthumously. During her life, she earned about L684.13 in total from her writing.Around 1816, Austen began to suffer from a debilitating and painful illness, which was never diagnosed. Today its believed to have been Addisons Disease, a tubercular disease of the kidneys. Cassandra was with her when she died in 1817 at age 41. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Almost a hundred years later, Virginia Woolf wrote about her, Here was a woman about the year 1800 writing without hate, without bitterness, without fear, without protest, without preaching. That was how Shakespeare wrote, and when people compare Shakespeare and Jane Austen, they may mean that the minds of both had consumed all impediments; and for that reason, we do not know Jane Austen, and we do not know Shakespeare, and for that reason, Jane Austen pervades every word  she wrote, and so does Shakespeare. If youve never read Jane Austen, and curious about what her prose is like, you can read a short exchange from  Pride and Prejudice  in an article,  Examples of Third Person.

An Overview and Guide of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas

An Overview and Guide of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas An Overview and Guide of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas Sheppard Air Force Base is a  United States Air Force base  located in Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas. It is the largest and most diversified training center in  Air Education and Training Command. The base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard, a supporter of military preparations before WWII.Sheppard has been providing instruction in  Air Force  specialties for more than half a century. Though the mission has changed several times, Sheppard has always been in the training business since it was officially opened as an active  Army  Air Corps base in October 1941. 01 Overview Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force The Family Practice Clinic at Sheppard AFB is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to noon and closed on Sunday. Patients are seen by appointment only. Family Practice Clinic focuses on comprehensive primary care. Primary care managers (PCMs) will see patients to facilitate their care and coordinate with other medical resources as necessary to ensure proper treatment.Family members have full access to the health resources of the 82nd Medical Group Clinic. A parent or legal guardian must be present and give consent before a child under the age of 18 can receive medical treatment for even minor conditions.Patients with acute oral pain, swelling, bleeding or severe dysfunction may call the dental clinic for an appointment at 7:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Emergency care is provided to relieve pain and suffering and does not always include definitive procedures such as permanent fillings, denture repairs or walk-in examinations. Non-active-duty beneficiaries with fam ily member dental insurance are normally referred to a civilian provider for definitive treatment under the dental insurance plan. Active duty members and those with severe or acute problems have priority. Patients in need of after-hours dental care will call the central appointments phone number (940) 676-1847.Patients are seen by appointment only. Appointments are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, online at www.TRICAREOnline.com. Appointments can also be made by phone through our 24/7 appointment line at (940) 676-1847. Those requiring immunizations should call (940) 676-3757. Anyone currently being seen at the aerospace medicine flight should call (940) 676-6509. Appointments could be affected the first Thursday of each month due to medical readiness training for all 82nd Medical Group personnel.Non-prior-service students and TDY personnel are seen by appointment at the Student Health Clinic. Appointments are available weekdays, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. The st udent, the students military training manager or instructor supervisor can schedule appointments.