Which Camp Are
You In?
According to this
week's Business Week, there are still labor shortages at skilled
positions, while less skilled and less efficient and younger
workers are looking for positions in larger numbers than in
previous months.
Our take away from this data is that maintaining and updating
your skill set is important, not only for your job satisfaction
and career track, but in making sure that your job is secure,
and that you are ready for any opportunities or challenges that arise.
August's Featured
Class is Adobe Photoshop CS2 Level One
Adobe calls PhotoShop, "The professional standard in desktop digital
imaging." And CS2 has received rave reviews: "This is possibly the best
release of Photoshop ever...Adobe definitely got it right this time;
[Photoshop CS2 is] simply a better product now." "Cyber Aspect
Publishing - Software Reviews"
In this Level One class you will learn how to use the tool options bar
and other palettes; use Adobe Bridge ( which enables you to view and
edit, search and automate tasks) and how to select, rotate, crop, repair
and retouch photos and images.
You don't need any prior PhotoShop experience, but you will be able to
use PhotoShop creatively and effectively after this one day class.
The next class in August is August 15th. PhotoShop is one of our most
popular classes, and many students register for sequential classes.
You can register for PhotoShop Level One, Two and Three at:
http://www.mentortraining.com/courses/index.asp
You can view the class outline at:
http://www.mentortraining.com/courses/outlines/adobphople1.htm
As always you can contact
Stephanie Mems for help in answering any questions you may have or for
help in registering for any class at:
408 433-0990
Stephanie@MentorTraining.com
PowerPoint Tips and
Tricks
Do you like a Design
Template but not the color? Just click the Color Scheme link on
the Slide Design task pane. This allows you to keep the design,
but change the color.
Do you have data on a Chart data sheet that you don’t want
included in the chart? If you double click the row number or
column letter in the data sheet, that data will be excluded from
the chart.
Training Tips:
Use it or lose it.
You took the class,
loved it, and promised yourself that you would remember all the
cool tips and short cuts that were relevant to your job, but now
time has passed and you forgot some important aspects of the
application.
Most of us need to use an application much like a language: on a
regular basis in our everyday lives. And if we don't, we forget
much of what we learned.
We have found that people remember more from a class if they
apply what they learned as soon as possible after the class. The
sooner you apply the new features and skills you practiced in
the class, the better your chances of applying them and
benefiting from the improved productivity. Even flipping through
the course book over breakfast or lunch the next day can be
helpful. Keep the book next to your computer at work as a
reminder to apply the new things you’ve learned, and as a quick
reference.
Human
Resources: "The Killer App"
When you mention
"Human Resources", do you often hear the sound of moaning and
groaning? As we all know, it's crucial for every organization to
have the right leadership in place to make sure that the right
people are hired, trained, motivated, and promoted to the right
degree. But why does HR often have " ... a reputation for
inefficiency and incompetence."? (Harvard Business Review, A New
Mandate for Human Resources, David Olrich 1998).
Jack and Suzy Welch recently explored this
dilemma
in their column for Business Week.
They suggest that HR should be every organizations "Killer App."
But that is not usually the case. They've talked to HR
professionals around the country, and what they came up with is that
HR often operates in a dysfunctional manner. And when HR is
dysfunctional, it falls into 2 camps: bullies or picnic
planners. Bullies thrive in a palace intrigue environment, and
use their power to make and break careers. Picnic planners
pretend to be the organization's best friend, but often make
platitudes and empty gestures while demanding that often
meaningless and bureaucratic rules be obeyed.
Does this sound familiar? But just as many of us have
experienced bullies and picnic planner, we have also
experienced HR professionals who are leaders, who motivate and
retain employees effectively, not through fear or picnics, but
with the appropriate benefits of monetary compensation, respect
and recognition, and training.
The Welchs suggest that the emotional skill set for the ultimate
HR professional is a combination of pastor and parent. They say
that HR leaders should be able to listen with out judgment or
recrimination, as well as nurture while setting appropriate
boundaries.
Pastors and parents focus on people, and to quote Peter Drucker,
They're not employees, They're people. If, as we believe,
people are an organization's most valuable capitol, and if HR is
in charge of making sure that this valuable capitol is managed with care
and respect, than HR needs to be every organizations' Killer App.
To read more of Jeff Hunter's blog, please go to:
http://www.talentism.com/business_talent/talentism_principle/index.html
