Mel Lester had an interesting post on his blog, E-Quip last week about the certain obvious tasks /things that we should always be thinking about but sometimes fail to realize. Here is a list of tasks he talks about:
- Planning one’s activities for the week
- Managing non-billable time
- Making documents skimmable
- Using second person in proposals
- Including an executive summary in proposals
- Regularly soliciting feedback from clients.
These 6 points are simple, yet often are overlooked. As a recruiter for the architecture and consulting engineering industry, planning my week and managing my time is imperative to serving our A/E clients and being successful. Without careful planning, and sticking to your plan, it is possible to find yourself scratching your head at the end of the week wondering why you did not get anything productive done.
Please click here to read the full post.
You know what really grids my gears? Any form of media lately.
Yes, I understand that we, as consumers and citizens, need to be educated on the economy and what the latest happenings are. I agree. It is important to share this information to prevent any misconceptions or misunderstandings or surprises. (think business: a company who operates open-book style rarely has any surprises for its employees)
However, why can’t we ever talk about anything positive. If we put a moron in a room for the past 6 months, and just let him/her access to the news, newspapers, news blogs, ect I am afraid of what he/she would think. I also would not let them near a tall building.
So I ask the news for a favor. Just once a day, publish something good that is going on with our economy. How about: company hires 50 new employees or new building designed and constructed by green-friendly architect and contractor?
Drama and bad news does sell advertising. I understand. However, as a consumer I find it difficult to listen to 20 minutes of bad news about the economy and more lay-offs and then get excited to buy a 47″ Plasma TV (which, yes, I would like one). Though, this weekend I did notice more advertisements on television for headache related products. Coincidence?
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