May Day resolution
I’ve done it again. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I’m not short on ideas and I’m not really short on time. It’s like working out — the hardest part is putting on your shoes. With blogging, the hardest part is signing on and putting that first word on the screen. So here goes…
Instead of a New Years’ resolution, I hereby commit to a May Day resolution: I will become a regular blogger again. If you choose to read my posts, I’ll continue to blog about my world and the world of work. World of work: unemployment, the talent shortage, women in the workplace, diversity, employee engagement, leadership, the job hunt… the list goes on. My world: the ridiculous amount of TV I watch, my obsession with my dogs, my travels, what I’m reading, my metastatic breast cancer treatment, etc. I’ll try to relate nearly everything to work and I’ll try to be engaging.
So my May Day promises to you:
- I’ll become a regular blogger again.
- I’ll continue to cover a variety of subjects, but I’ll try to relate most of them to working.
- I’ll have fun!
The promises I want from you:
- Comment on my posts. I want (and actually need) the feedback. And I’ll be particularly excited to start a dialogue about a subject that interests you.
- And have fun!!
So here goes… Watch the new and improved blog. Here’s a good place to start commenting — what subjects interest you? I look forward to hearing from you.
P.S. May Day resolution? That got me thinking. Where does the term “Mayday” — the universal distress signal — come from? I learned something today — it comes from the French phrase m’aider which means “help me.”
Happy to have you back! The new site looks great.
Thanks, Bethany. Great to be back. Please keep reading and commenting.
Looks great! Glad you’re “back” (not that you went anywhere), and looking forward to your new blog posts. Like you, I think about the world of work ALL the time…lately I’ve been contemplating the best ways to connect students and teachers with summer work…’tis the season!
Thanks for the suggestion for a future post, April. I’ll be thinking about connecting young people to the world of work.
Perhaps it’s time for companies to put more financial resourses into training or retraining people who may not have the skills required for a job, but who have demonstrated that they are hard-working, reliable and willing to learn. This would have been a better use of money that went to extend unemployment payments and some of the TARP money. Give employers a reward for hiring. There are lots of unemployeed individuals whose talents are being wasted.
Glad to see you’re blogging again!
I totally agree, Eldona. Training budgets are being slashed — and that is a short-sighted solution to budget problems. With the talent shortage we facing, the velocity of change in the workplace and jobs-for-life a thing of the past, up-skilling and re-skilling the workforce should be a priority for employers.
I would like to see some advice for workers 59 or older who have not worked in the last couple of years. I have kept my skills current by doing volunteer work (lots of it), have been published over and over in the Episcoplian Magazine and our local paper.
Even Manpower over looked me for an HR job when I consulted for temp agencies training them how to manage their workers compensation cost, unemployment cases and slotting of jobs.
Got any ideas?
I wish I had a magic wand for you, Jean. I’ll be working on that advice for a future post. In the meantime, what ideas do others have about hiring mature workers?
Like Janice, I would like to see some jobs offered for the employee with experience.. I have volunteered for tons of things and helped fix problems.. have lots of fun and when the end of the day comes the people I have worked with are glad to have me on board. now that Iam 61, don’t seem to fit the staff that is being created.. well the lady that is on Trial for Food Stamp Fraud is one that did a phone interview with me.. yep I didn’t fit her staff group.. well go firgure.. please help there are a ton of us that stil need to pay the bills too.. as there is nothing out there for the working public that works for dollars in an hour instead of Thousands of dollars in a week.. please help..
Sounds as if you’re doing things right, Ardith — volunteering is a great way to keep “in the game.”
What other advice do others have?