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Why You Must Become Technically Proficient To Compete

On 12.24.10, In Employment, Entrepreneur, by Gerard Spinks

Do not let yourself become obsolete on American soil. Don’t let your kids become obsolete on American soil.

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I was looking the other day at my client’s Career website that lists all of their job openings. My client is huge and the number one retailer in the world. Even in this recession, they have jobs but I decided to take a much closer look at what type of jobs at the corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The company has 326 job openings of which 200 or more of them are technical jobs. Hmmm. We have a conundrum here. How does one get a job in a recession if one is NOT technical?

For 2011, that question is simply played out. My 8 year old daughter knows this iMac that I’m working on right now very well. She’s technical. No one in America should be sitting around non technical and especially black people in America. And yes, I know the reality is that there are many people sitting around the world and in the United States of America who are non technical but STOP IT! No excuses for 2011. You MUST become technically proficient and take the entire year working towards that goal. And believe me, I even have challenges to stay completely technical and in front of the technology curve with my specific niche.

Staying technical and really knowing how to do technical stuff will keep you in a job and make your resume standout. This is how I’ve been able to survive this great depression because my skills are in demand and I am highly technical and so is my company. Getting technical takes awareness and a distinct plan of action to do so. I wrote about this in a related post which you can see about how to get a job in 2011.

Do not let yourself become obsolete on American soil. Don’t let your kids become obsolete on American soil. You must stop this American corporate methodology of going to get workers from other countries because we as Americans increase our knowledge base and our learning at all times. Never stop learning and never give up on learning something technical.

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Gerard Spinks

Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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Gerard Spinks Leadership Academy – Continual Self Improvement

On 12.23.10, In black business, Employment, by Gerard Spinks

Continual improvement of the organization’s overall performance should be a permanent objective of the organization.

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Continual improvement of the organization’s overall performance should be a permanent objective of the organization.

Key benefits:

  • Performance advantage through improved organizational capabilities.
  • Alignment of improvement activities at all levels to an organization’s strategic intent.
  • Flexibility to react quickly to opportunities.

    • Applying the principle of continual improvement typically leads to:

  • Employing a consistent organization-wide approach to continual improvement of the organization’s performance.
  • Providing people with training in the methods and tools of continual improvement.
  • Making continual improvement of products, processes and systems an objective for every individual in the organization.
  • Establishing goals to guide, and measures to track, continual improvement.
  • Recognizing and acknowledging improvements.
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    Gerard Spinks

    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    An Entrepreneurs Approach

    On 12.21.10, In black business, Employment, Entrepreneur, by Gerard Spinks

    If someone wants to do something, we will actively seek ways to help you do it. That is the secret of our success; it is also the secret of your success.

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    When you have an idea for something you want to do, you don’t want someone to say “We don’t do it that way” or “We can’t do that”. I have developed successful long-term relationships with some of the largest companies in the world by listening and by looking for ways to say “yes”. Our customers have told us that many of their suppliers and business partners don’t do this.

    The decision-making process that I undertake is not long and complicated. We are still very much an entrepreneurial business. If someone wants to do something, we will actively seek ways to help you do it. That is the secret of our success; it is also the secret of your success. Find ways to get it done. Never say that it can’t be done. Look for the silver lining. Look for a solution to not only your problem but someone else’s problem too.

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    Gerard Spinks

    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    How To Educate The Boss And CEO

    On 12.21.10, In black business, Employment, Entrepreneur, by Gerard Spinks

    The whole purpose of educating the boss is increasing communication between you and upper management while also selling yourself and your capabilities to people who can help you either continue to grow the business or help promote you to higher levels.

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    Keeping upper management and executive stakeholders abreast of the project and aware of milestones achieved and success metrics is critical to every project that you undertake. Your mission as well as other designated personnel are educated on any new systems, new process models, new applications, and any new architecture introduced into your systems.

    Once per month or on a frequency that all stakeholders agree upon, your team should meet with stakeholders and give a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on the overall status of the project. The stakeholder presentation is designed to show a high level view of where you are in the project lifecycle. It begins with a concept presentation, followed by an execute presentation, a deployment presentation, an implementation presentation, and a testing presentation. In these 2-3 hour sessions, we review the project at a summary level and let stakeholders develop questions and offer suggestions at the detailed level if they prefer.

    The whole purpose of educating the boss is increasing communication between you and upper management while also selling yourself and your capabilities to people who can help you either continue to grow the business or help promote you to higher levels. You want to always be the presenter. The one who is always leading the pack and communicating to people on the project.

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    Gerard Spinks

    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    How To Get A Job In 2011

    On 12.21.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    Listen very carefully. I need anyone who is unemployed to stop listening to the hype and the commercials saying that you need to go to school and get some kind of loan to get yourself more education. What you need to do to get a job in 2011 is this:

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    Listen very carefully. I need anyone who is unemployed to stop listening to the hype and the commercials saying that you need to go to school and get some kind of loan to get yourself more education. What you need to do to get a job in 2011 is this:

  • 1.) Get comfortable if you’re unemployed and make sure you have a computer.
  • 2.) If you have a computer, get off Twitter and Facebook because it’s not making you any money.
  • 3.) Go to Barnes and Nobles and grab a book on something called SQL Server or Microsoft Access.
  • 4.) Buy the book that has a CD or DVD in the back of it with software loaded on the CD.
  • 5.) Take the CD home and install the SQL software on your laptop or machine.
  • 6.) Turn off everything else and open the book to page 1 and start reading it from front to back cover.
  • 7.) Do each exercise in the book and complete it so that you know what you’re doing and know it well.
  • 8.) Finish the book and finish all the exercises.
  • 9.) Finish the book and finish all the exercises – yes, I repeated number 8.
  • 10.) Update your resume with your new skill and start getting into technology.
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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    My Boi Got Two Jobs Offers Today – Heres How

    On 12.15.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    So proud of my friend Ricco who got extended two job offers today.

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    So proud of my friend Ricco who got extended two job offers today. Keep in mind Ricco already works at one of the world’s top retailers as a technical analyst. Ricco came up to the 16th floor today excited as ever. I could sense how excited he was and he jumped right in to tell me about what was going on. He has been working at this client for about a year and decided to put his resume up on Career Builder just to test the waters about 4 days ago.

    In 24 hours, a recruiter reached out to him and within 48 hours he had a new job offer doubling his money in a recession. This is a regular young black man working in corporate America. He doesn’t have a degree but Ricco is thirsty for knowledge. How did he do it? What Ricco did was get the job as an analyst and immerse himself into transportation management systems and logistics. He was a voracious reader and read the entire manual from the front cover to the back cover to learn everything about the transportation logistics software system.

    Ricco had no idea what that would do but he was highly interested in learning. Lo and behold the result. His second offer came today where a company in Seattle offered him double his current salary, offered him $7,000 to relocate himself, and pay him 15 days in a hotel to stay in Seattle until he got situated. I asked him how much stuff he had to move and he said “a suitcase”. So, the $7,000 moving money would be profit if he chose to take the job.

    I am so happy for this cat and it shows that we can still get offers in a crazy economic depression if we continue to put learning and training at the forefront of our future.

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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    What Happens To The Lost Ones in America?

    On 12.07.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    If your previous benefits ended in February 2010 and you have had no income since then, you’ve fallen through the cracks. What about these people? Can help be given to them?

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    I know President Obama has extended unemployment benefits for those who were already on the system but there is a huge amount of Americans that are falling through the cracks of support. Unemployment benefits are only EXTENDED benefits. This means that it is only for those Americans who were already on unemployment which means they had a job at some point within the last year or last 2-3 quarters.

    I think President Obama said that’s roughly 2,000,000 Americans, right? I would venture to say that there are more than 4,000,000 Americans that are falling in between the cracks where they did NOT have a job and had already exhausted their unemployment benefits. Once you exhaust them, you cannot go back on the system since unemployment looks at the previous two quarters to derive a base of your income.

    If your previous benefits ended in February 2010 and you have had no income since then, you’ve fallen through the cracks. What about these people? Can help be given to them? There’s 4 Million strong of those types. What about them? Do they get a reprieve, a do-over, a forgiveness from debt?

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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    President Obama Extends Unemployment Benefits

    On 12.06.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    The President makes a statement to the press after reaching an agreement with Congress to extend tax cuts for all Americans while also extending unemployment benefits to help those looking for work.

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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    Quiet Job Discrimination Still Runs Amok

    On 11.17.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    My friend was denied two jobs as Administrative Assistant because they wanted a Bachelor’s Degree! What?

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    I look at job boards all the time and these are very revealing now. It is now extremely easy for employers to discriminate potential employees using education as the discriminating factor. I have literally seen jobs posted on the GA Dept. of Labor website for business analysts and customer service reps that require a Master’s Degree. Are you kidding me? When in the world does a Business Analyst need a Master’s Degree to perform a job?

    My friend was denied two jobs as Administrative Assistant because they wanted a Bachelor’s Degree! What? A B.S. to answer someone’s phone? What a joke. If you haven’t learned yet, the only way to success is doing your own thing or wait around for something that will never happen. Get motivated now and get busy. There is no time to wait. If you have a Master’s Degree, do you really want to do some business analyst work? Child please!

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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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    Is It Time To Ask For A Raise At Work?

    On 11.17.10, In Employment, by Gerard Spinks

    After tax, you can barely even buy yourself Starbucks everyday like you used to. Do you demand a raise?

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    This is a loaded question. The corporate survivors (ones left standing in the corporate world after downsizing and firings) have it tough too. They somehow survived steep cutbacks, downsizing, and outsourcing. But now, the job wants to take the work of the entire department and give it to one person when a team of 3 people handled it before. So, you’ve been coasting along doing the other 2 people’s workload plus yours all year and no one thought to give you at least a $1.00 per hour raise or increase?

    How is this possible? If the company slashed those other two workers in 2008 and freed up over $100,000 in just those two salaries, why can’t they give you $40 bucks per week extra incentive to do the work? We’re talking $40 per week or $160 per month in a raise. After tax, you can barely even buy yourself Starbucks everyday like you used to. Do you demand a raise? Do you give your boss an ultimatum in this economy? Do you walk in there and quit?

    This is a tough situation and my cousin inspired this post. I’m not sure what to say to this. It is heated. I will say this. Do not quit. If you quit your job, you put yourself in a serious perilous condition. If you quit, the company can deny unemployment benefits and you will be not only unemployed but you will be broke without the ability to pay bills. The quitting option has just been eliminated. Do you demand a raise? If you demand a raise, your boss can go hire his cousin to gladly do your job for the rate that you will NOT do your job. Demanding a raise has just been taken off the list of options.

    Do you sit there and do your job? Most likely, yes. You have no choice. Do it or jump in the unemployment line. I say do other things to create joy and passion in your life and not think about the job like that. It will never bring us joy. So, find happiness and contentment outside of work and know that no one is going to bring you money like that once you’re on the job.

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    Gerard Spinks is an author, writer, publisher, and CEO of Spinks Technologies, Gerard Spinks Publishing, and Spinks Industries based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.

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