Posted at: 11:03 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Professional
Our country (US) needs a renewable energy source to help power our cities, but shouldn’t we try and use a source that will always be available. Have you ever walked outside and felt a gush of wind on your face? Of course you have because it is part of our environment. Why don’t we use those to power our cities? Well, Rock Port Missouri is the first city in the US to be 100% wind powered. The installed wind turbines on hills grab a hold of the most wind and convert it into power. Historically, Rock Port has used 13 GWH and is producing 16 GWH using the Wind Turbines. They are in theory they are reversing the power used.
Boston was thinking about Wind Power, but it would put a 250 foot Wind Turbine in the middle of the city, which people say would look ugly, but it would reduce our dependency on crude oil. Forget how bad it looks because our country is going through hell over oil and it is not worth it.
“I got so trashed last night … ” is never a good way to start off a conversation at work, unless there is a reason for it. Just kidding, you should never say it at work, unless everyone from work was there and was equally as trashed…but never a good thing to say at work. I would have to say that if you get a long with your boss and are friends you could get away with more than a corporate job where the boss doesn’t know the person’s name or their personality. This is one of the most common phrases that can slip out and get you fired if you’re not careful. However, I had a boss in College, where I was employed for my entire college career, who was new but wanted people to like her. Who tried to make comments like this to get me to lighten up about trying to be professional. It all depends on the situation.
“That’s not my job.” is another statement that you should never use, but there is an exception to that rule as well. If someone asks you to write the company’s Annual Financial Report and you clean toilets, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that’s not my job (but don’t you wish it was!). I think this statement refers to being a team player and helping out even when you shouldn’t have to. For example: moving some desks around to make room for another employee.
“Don’t tell anyone I said this, but … ” is another big one, but…I guess all of these have exceptions, but it is still bad to say. If you have worked with someone for years and are really good friends, I think you can tell them a secret as long as it is not in front of people.
I am not promoting these phrases, just saying that not everything is clear cut as this. My advice would be to know your surroundings before trying any of these out.
Some college grads who have had the same email address for years are not willing to change and don’t think that their email address that they had in 9th grade will be fine to put on a resume. However, what they may or may not realize is that employers will judge them based on their email. I have unfortunately had to tell a college graduate that a few months ago because they showed me their resume and I was shocked.
Here is a list of Professional and Non-Professional email addresses.
Professional
tgharoutunian@somedomain.com
timothy@somedomain.com
haroutunian@somedomain.com
Non-Professional
drunkensquirl@somedomain.com
HtoTHEhizzy03@somedomain.com
ted332152424573@somedomain.com
alliecat@somedomain.com
bacardigirl@somedomain.com
bighotdaddy@somedomain.com
foxylady@somedomain.com
gigglez217@somedomain.com
“Even if you get people who have very unprofessional e-mail names and they get through that initial screening, if it comes down to them and somebody else and credentials are the same, you look at other things,” Tamanini told LiveScience. “This person’s e-mail is ‘john smith at yahoo,’ and this person’s was ‘drunken squirrel.’ Which one am I more likely to pick?”
Also even if you are not looking for a job, it just isn’t very good to send emails from non-professional email addresses.
The other part that connects with this is when college students send emails to people in AIM talk using phrases like “lol brb”, “r u goin” and “idk c u soon ttyl”. It is one thing to use it for quick im with friends but other than that, it should not be used.
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