Workforce Development
The Anxious Personality On The Job
Ever immediately get negative vibes from people you hardly know? Ever sense that co-workers could be more sociable and more gregarious if they tried just a little bit harder? Ever want to slap them upside the head to alert them to the happiness they are missing should they only let themselves be a little bit more outgoing and become part of the group? Ever give up on them because they appear icy, aloof and detached and, down deep, they really don't want to be included? Ever conclude they are just too much trouble, just too high-maintenance? You've just been hoodwinked, misled and ensnared. You just met the anxious personality on the job.
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Manufacturing Skills Standards
It had been a long day, and John, human resources manager at ZTB Company, had reviewed about 100 applications. Only a handful of them were what he would consider candidates for an interview.
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Job Shop Upgrades CMM With Measuring Software
At the time, this company had a small manual Browne&Sharpe Validator CMM with Micro Measure 3 software. Mr. Myers knew this was not adequate to support the company's needs, especially in a QS9000 certification program.
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Skill Standards Spawn Training
As technology in the metalforming industry becomes more sophisticated, customer expectations more demanding and quality system requirements more exacting, shopfloor employees are required to possess skills and knowledge far surpassing those of past generations. New training processes are necessary to replace old training paradigms.
Read MoreThe Paranoid Personality On The Job
By the time you read this article, we will have elected a new President and a new Congress. and you're probably feeling a little bit paranoid! All of us throw the word "paranoid" around quite generously without giving much thought to its definition in classic psychotherapy or its contemporary usages in colloquial speech.
Read MoreThe Histrionic Personality On The Job
All of us have met the person who lives in an exaggerated, overblown emotional world. These are the emotionally flamboyant managers and co-workers who will do anything they can to draw attention to themselves, because without the attention and adulation of others they are nothing—or so they feel.
Read MoreIMTS—An Educational Opportunity
It's early September of an even numbered year, and for those of us in metalworking trades, that can mean only one thing—IMTS. Every two years the best minds in our industry gather in Chicago.
Read MoreNarcissus On The Job
According to Greek mythology, Narcissus was a young man who loved no one. The gods made him fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.
Read MoreThe Obsessive-Compulsive Personality On The Job
There are noteworthy differences between being responsible and being obsessive-compulsive. Here are some main trait and behavior differences between the two in nine critical work areas: • Effort: Responsible workers are enthusiastic about their jobs—they work energetically and are capable of concentrated, high-powered effort.
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