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Workplace lessons you cannot learn from school

There is no federal law against sexual harassment of interns, this makes stepping out into the work world frightening. Your school most likely didn't prepare or teach you about the possibility of sexual harassment at work and tell you what to do about it. 

Westhill Consulting Career and Employment, Australia provides you this article with the information to know about sexual harassment at work. Make sure you know the virtual information before going out there into the great wide world.

Here's what you need to know about sexual harassment:

The first thing you need to know is, what is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is when you are an employee and your boss, co-worker, customer, vendor or potential boss is harassing you because of your gender or gender identity, that is illegal. Warning! Sexual harassment is the following: unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, offensive comments about men or women in general, off-color jokes, touching, and other harassment that is either so rigorous or repeatedly that it revises the terms and conditions of your employment. A single discourteous comment may not be sexual harassment, however, one incident that is severe could be.

Who is covered, who can be a victim of sexual harassment. The federal anti-discrimination laws are relevant merely to employers with fifteen or more employees. Some states and local governments have laws applying to smaller employers. If you're an intern or an independent contractor, there may be no law against sexually harassing you at work. If you're a minor, you have added protection. Any adult sexually harassing you is probably committing a crime, and could be a sexual predator.

It doesn’t matter where on earth you may be, southeast Asian cities like Jakarta, Indonesia, Australia, Us or wherever, where to report it is the same. It is truly vital that you understand the company's sexual harassment policy when you begin working and remember where you are supposed to report it if it happens. It's certainly in your company handbook or in a poster in the break room. If it happens that they do not have a sexual harassment policy, it’s not a good thing but you are still protected. Do not let yourself become a victim and do not be afraid. People you can and perhaps should complain against sexual harassment to are your Human Resources department at work. Tell your parents as well. Contact the police if you have been touched. Report immediately if you see someone else being sexually harassed. If you do not report it, harassers will keep doing it, and their behavior will get worse, unless you stop them.

There is the number one rule about sexual harassment. NEVER be a silent victim. They're breaking the law if an adult or even fellow teen is sexually harassing you. Talk to a parent or an employment lawyer in your state about your rights.

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Getting one worked out well for us and may well be a good idea for you too. However, and this may seem obvious, it is a very bad idea to jump on one of these things if don’t know how to ride. “Duh” you say but people do this in vast numbers every day. I did this myself once upon a time. I foolishly rented an automatic scooter in Thailand having no real idea of how to ride. My only previous experience with two wheeled motorized transport was when I rented an automatic scooter in Bali… It’s only through a mixture of my cautious temperament and sheer dumb luck that I have never had a serious accident.

I have however seen plenty of others have accidents. I once saw a guy on a scooter get airborne (briefly) after he was clipped by a car. In almost the exact same spot another guy laid his bike down because he was going too fast and it was raining. I’ve seen a guy laying on the road surrounded by pieces of his bike and curious onlookers. I’ve seen the aftermath of someone riding their scooter into a shop. I’ve seen a woman holding a baby get launched off a bike. This is a dangerous activity.

Given how dangerous it is you should absolutely take every step possible to ensure that you know what you’re doing. That means getting your motorcycle license.

You may not even legally need a motorcycle license to ride a scooter, particularly a fully automatic scooter. That’s not the point. The point is to get some proper instruction, to practice emergency stopping in a controlled environment and to be able to operate the machine without thinking consciously thinking about it.

In fact, a motorcycle license is likely to somewhat over qualify you to ride the small capacity bikes common in south East Asia. A motorcycle like those common in Australia, the US etc requires you to use the clutch, a gear shifter, the accelerator and not one but two separate brakes. By comparison a postie bike like the one we purchased has no clutch. An automatic scooter has no clutch and no gear shifter.

Westhill Consulting Career & Employment Australia especially recommends motorcycle licenses in Bangkok Thailand, Beijing China, Jakarta Indonesia, and many others. These places when seeing a foreign face will scam you for a fine for up to 50USD. Warning, if you are scammed into a fine do not put in a complaint to the tourist police, just take the pain.

If you learn to ride a proper motorcycle then transition on to postie bikes and scooters you will find them very easy to operate. That means less worrying about how to work your bike and more time to worry about your surroundings. That translates into a better chance of a having a happy stress free time and a lower chance of a trip to the emergency room.

Before you head to south East Asia to teach English, on your sabbatical, to work on your Internet startup or whatever else you’re doing go and get your motorcycle license. Yes it costs money but it’s not extortionate. It’s a skill that will be with you forever and the training you receive may one day save your life.

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 3 years, you’ll know that job hunting is tough. In fact, in general the world of employment is rocky and is something that has affected people massively over the past couple of years. With people being made redundant, companies cutting back on new intake and less opportunities being made available, people are stuck.  This has resulted in massive numbers of people applying for vacancies when they do become available – which means that the recruitment process is tougher than ever! Does this mean you need to be stuck in a job you hate or living a life on benefits? Not at all. It means you need to be inventive, organized and well informed on the ways of recruitment, to give yourself the best possible chance of being given any job that you apply for.

Keep At It

It can be disheartening when you’re looking for a job and nothing seems to come up of. The first thing to remember is that climbing a career ladder is tough and you’ll be up against some stiff competition. Companies can only see a limited number of people during their recruitment process so are often very picky when it comes to who gets to the interview stage. You need to bear this in mind and don’t give up when it seems like you’re just not getting anywhere at all.

Instead make sure that you look in different places for job adverts and keep applying for any that peak your interest. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket and apply for one job at a time – get your application out there to as many companies as possible in order to give yourself the best possible chance of being successful.

Think Outside The Box

Sometimes you need to take the initiative and contact a company, even if they aren’t advertising jobs. It’s not recommended that you simply spam every company in your local area with letters, but if there is a company that you would love to work for – why not let them know? Companies generally like people that are passionate about a brand or product, so if they can see this passion in you then you never know they might give you a chance.

Sometimes the initial offer will be a work experience opportunity, but you should grab this with both hands if you can because you never know what this will lead to.

Brush Up Your CV

Before you start applying for jobs you need to make sure that your CV is on-point. Don’t just assume that because it was good enough a few years ago that it is good enough now, because trends change. It is a good idea to contact a local recruitment agency and ask them what they look for in a decent CV. You’ll also find loads of information on this online. It might not be necessary to start your CV from scratch, but you’ll probably need to make a few tweaks to the layout to make it perfect.

It goes without saying that your CV should have no spelling errors and be grammatically correct. Generally speaking your CV should be 2 pages long, with your work history and experience at the top of this. Remember that recruiters usually have lots of CV’s to read through; you don’t want to give them any excuse not to read yours.

Think about the layout of it – you want it to look crisp and easy to read. They will usually skim read a bunch of CV’s to see how they match and then spend longer reading the ones that they liked and thought suitable. A messy layout could mean that they dismiss you and your CV at the first stage and of course this is something that you want to avoid.

Interview Techniques

If you get through to the interview stage then firstly give yourself a massive pat on the back. We have seen how tough the world of recruitment is, so to get to this stage should be seen as a massive positive.

There are loads of places you can get interview hints and tips, so there is no need to go into one unprepared. One of the best pieces of advice that can be given to you about interviews is to make sure that you are organized and prepared. Don’t assume you can just read up on the company the night before – this will just leave you feeling stressed and anxious, which is not the best approach for a job interview.

Read up about the company before you go and write down a couple of questions that you would like to ask them. This could be to do with the company, its growth, its plans or even specific to the job role you are applying for. It is important that you show an interest, so asking questions is essential.

You also need to think about what they are likely to ask you – prepare answers for questions about your strengths, weaknesses and experience. You’ll usually be allowed to take interview notes in with you so have buzz words written down to remind you of your answers. Interviewers will generally allow for nerves but you still need to come across as confident as you can.

Remember, as well as assessing your suitability for the job role they’re also looking at how you are going to fit in with a team. They want someone that is out-going, friendly and confident so that they don’t have to worry about how you are going to fit in with the people you are working with. Even if you’re shaking on the inside, try and project positivity and confidence as much as possible.

Sealing The Deal

End the interview on a high note so that you feel positive. Ask them when you’re likely to hear from them and encourage them to contact you should they have any more questions that they want to ask you.

Remember, just because you have had a good interview that doesn’t mean you should give up looking. If you miss a couple of day’s job hunting, you could miss out on your dream job. Instead, keep at it and carry on applying for jobs until you land your dream job role!

Westhill Consulting Clinical Coding | About You

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Now that you’ve heard about Tribal, we’d like to know more about you …

If you’re interested in working for Tribal – or, if you just want to know a little more - please complete the following:

Next steps …

1. Tribal Health Services’ recruitment manager will give you a call

• You can discuss the role and ask for more information
• We will ask you more about your knowledge, experience and plans for the future
• If you would like to speak to one of our clinical coding consultants or a Coding Services Manager, we will arrange this for you

2. You take part in one of our clinical coding assessment days (in our Manchester, Wakefield, Birmingham or London offices)

3. We will let you know the outcome of the assessment a week or so later.

 [By the way, we’ll cover reasonable travel expenses if you come for an interview with us …]

Still not sure? Come along to your local assessment day and have an informal chat with one of our clinical coders and see what you think. No pressure!

We’re really enthusiastic about our exciting future development and we hope that you’re interested in joining us!

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Westhill Consulting & Employment How to Tell Legitimate Work at Home Jobs From Scams

Avoid scams by following these tips.

Use common sense.  Assess!  Consider the logic of an opportunity from the other side.  Think about this, if they are paying you so much for so little work, how would the promoters of the opportunity make money?  Moreover if a company’s marketing tactic is mainly based on coming out legitimate, that is probably because it is tendering a work at home scam…or at the very least a poor money-making opportunity.  So remember this, any job that promotes itself in search engine ads as a “legitimate work at home job” almost certainly not legit.

Do your homework. Sending money to any organization without thoroughly checking it out is most certainly wrong!  Always remember that legitimate companies do not charge job applicants and that business opportunities are never risk-free

Know how to spot the work at home scam. One very complicated trick is a scam technique that sets up a whole website dedicated to revealing work at home scams and then funnel people to the few “legitimate” work at home jobs which those are not legitimate of course.

Know the typical work at home scams. Scammers are always developing new schemes, and work-at-home scammers are no different.  Below are some that you must avoid.

ü  Direct Sales or multilevel marketing (MLM)

ü  Pyramid Schemes - Always avoid!

ü  Business start-up kits

ü  Anything involving cashing checks/wiring money – Always avoid!

ü  Home assembly/envelope stuffing – Always avoid!

ü  Becoming a product re-seller or wholesaler

ü  Stock trading systems – Always avoid!

ü  Directories of telecommuting jobs or businesses

ü  Taking online surveys

ü  Mystery shopping

ü  Data entry/call centers (Some are legit but, the lure of these jobs is used to sell bogus start-up kits and other scams.)

Avoid job opportunities found on advertising on search engines and many websites.  Remember that legit companies are looking for legit work home jobs and just like any other employer, are looking for qualified, reliable people to do the work.  Screening applicants is a time-consuming procedure so therefore those casting a wide net by using Google or search engine ads may not be legitimate.

Don’t pay for opportunities. Employers don’t charge employees to work for them, you have got to remember that!  And those scams posing as “legitimate business opportunities” will ask for money.  Businesses are expected to have start-up costs nonetheless true businesses are normally not simple exchanges of unskilled labor for payment, as in home assembly and envelope-stuffing schemes.

Report scams. Report immediately if you suspect that you have been scammed.  If you’ve given out financial information contact your bank at once.  And report it to your state’s attorney general or any number of other authorities.

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