Archive for February, 2000
Posted by admin on
February 2, 2000
Teacher job interviews are not the same as your typical job interview. Although they follow the same guidelines, the usual questions that would be admissible during a normal interview are not the same during a teaching job interview. Here are 6 pitfalls to avoid if you want to have the best chances of landing your teaching job.
Asking how much will you get paid.
Under normal job circumstances, this is a very viable question, however, during a teacher interview, there’s nothing worse than asking this upfront. If you are offered the job, then you will get to discuss your salary, which is usually predetermined by how many years you have been teaching, and how many years of education you have.
Saying to you have a hard time making kids behave.
This is almost tantamount to telling the principle to expect many children from whom you are teaching to be sent to the principle’s office. Principles are usually looking for low-maintenance teachers which know how to properly discipline a child. Make sure they know that you can properly discipline a child.
NEVER emphasize your weakness or say “I don’t know.”
You have to come off as a confident and qualified teacher. Not having an answer to a question makes you look like you are unsure of yourself, and as a teacher, you should be ready to answer any question that may get thrown your way. Always make sure you come off as positive and leave a positive indelible impression on the panel.
Have an “acceptable” appearance.
This should go without saying, but if you have any tattoos, cover them up; if you have a hairstyle that expresses yourself, but looks a little funky, change it. You should have a clean-cut appearance and very well-mannered to make sure you come off as a person who would have a great influence on a child. Make sure you look professional in your appearance.
Tell them that you would like to work there because of the location.
Never give them the notion that you only want to work here because it is close to home or it will reduce your overall commute time. You need to let them know that you are interested in the school because you like the people whom work and the overall work environment, but never give them the notion or let them know that you are only interested in working there because it’s “convenient” to you.
Never let them know or more so, show them your frustration on your endless job search.
We all know that it can be a strenuous and otherwise very frustrating going on interview after interview, but you do not want to let the panel know that you have been on numerous teaching job interviews or show your frustration in doing so. This may make you seem desperate and make them wonder why everyone else has turned you down thus far.
It’s important that you have a thorough plan of action when going into a teaching job interview. While there are more things you should know about teaching job interviews, there are also much more things you should be cognizant of.
You need to know how to properly format resumes, construct thank you, cover and follow-up letters. You also need to know exactly what to expect throughout each of the interviews you will be put through.
Posted by admin on
February 2, 2000
Is your dog always jumping on people and getting them dirty or getting you dirty before work? Dog do not have this problem it is the owners that have this problem. In some cases it can get really old when your dog jumps on you and gets muddy footprints on you clothes or scratches you till you bleed. Many people with dogs like it when their dog jumps around, not me. When a puppy is little all it knows is to jump up and down.
So as people, we love puppy’s, is is a natural thing to get on a knee and pet it and play with it, so as a puppy they think it is OK to jump. So as a puppy, they learn that jumping is OK because it will get some attention. Your dog does not understand anything unless you teach him. Jumping as a puppy is the same as jumping as a huge hairy adult. A dog will say hi and jump, jump, jump to them it is saying hi. It does not matter how old they are, they just want to say hi. But you can teach them. What you need to do as a owner and someone who loves your dog teach him not to jump and that it is not an option to do it. “So when is it OK for my dog to jump”? Well it is up to you if you do not mind it then do not teach it. But if you do not want your dog to end up in a pound because someone said he attack a little kid then maybe you will teach him, it will save a lot of pain.
Some of you have smaller dog and this is not a problem. We all know that a little dog it not going to knock someone down like a big dog will. But when a bigger dog starts to jump they will knock someone down and most of the time, if it is a loving dog, then it will be kids who want to play. The best thing to do is to teach your dog some commands on how to act when people are around or when people start to walk up to him. When you own a large dog it is a must have to teach them the command for not jumping. Most big dogs are taller than people when they are on the back of the legs. So imagine how a little kids feels, they are probably scared out of their mind and don’t know what to do. At the very least a big dog will put hole in everything you own if they jump on you all the time. And your cleaning bill will be outrageous.
So if you have a problem with your dog always jumping and scratching people when they walk up. Maybe they just want to play and get some attention, and that is fine, but there still need to be a lesson there. Most of us have kids and we teach are kids manners, well what is wrong with giving are dogs some commands on not jumping on people. If you need some help then let me give you all the right commands for your dog.
Posted by admin on
February 1, 2000
I’m going to let you in on a very dirty secret:
There is one question that is being dodged by experts in EVERY market. Answer that question and you’ll corner the market, be worshipped forever and get more customers and sales.
If it was that easy, why aren’t other experts answering these questions?
It’s because they fear an informed audience. That’s outright silly! But, we’re not going to tell them that. While your competitors run scared, you’ll be getting more sales since you’re going to follow the steps I outline in the article below. You will educate your targeted audiences, get more website traffic, teach people how to buy from you and increase your sales.
Now, are you ready?
Step 1: Find the questions that are being dodged by other experts in your industry.
I can’t tell you what these questions are. It will vary from industry to industry. So, how do you find these golden questions to answer?
* Go to Yahoo Answers and type in your keyword. Examine the questions carefully and see which ones keep popping up. If people are asking the same questions, that means that people have the same questions. There’s a need that’s NOT being fulfilled.
* Go to forums and watch what your audience is discussing
* Survey your clients, customers and list of prospects
Step 2: Answer the questions in as many formats as possible
For each question create a blog post. Do NOT date these blog posts – you will see why later on. Once you create your blog post, expand it into an article. Then, turn your article into a video, special report, Podcast and audio interview. You should also create online press releases. If you need help with writing your Articles and blog postings, I have templates that will help you write your articles in 30 minutes or less. Just go to http://www.StartWritingArticlesFaster.com
Step 3: Answer the Questions in As Many Places As Possible
* You should submit your blog posts to as many RSS feeds as possible
* You should bookmark your blog posts using Digg, Technorati and De.li.cious
* You should submit your articles to the top websites, ezines and article directories that accept article submissions. We can do this for you at http://www.IWantMoreProspects.com
* You should submit your videos to YouTube and Viddler. You may even want to think about investing in the TrafficGeyser.com video submission service
* You should post links to your blog, articles and videos on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and Linked In.
* You should post your articles on social marketing websites sites like Scribd and Squidoo
* You should submit your press releases through PR Web or Webwire. If you use Webwire.com, all you have to pay is $20. But, I do suggest comparing the two services and see which one matches your needs.
* Videos teaching people how to buy from you or how to use your product should be on your website.
* When people opt-in for your special reports, ebooks or other free offering, you should have an auto-responder series that gets people to go back to your blog or website. If you have lots of blog postings that answers your prospects’ top questions – all you have to do is create a summary for each blog posting and send people back to your blog every day. This way each blog posting will get the visibility it deserves. And, by not showing the date, these postings become evergreen.
Follow these steps and you will increase website traffic and get more sales, because you’ll be educating your prospects, answering their questions and teaching them how to buy from you.