February 29, 2012 by admin
The procedures and processes in your business must be efficient, and you should have methods of operation which take into consideration risk management. When you are designing these processes safety is something which may not necessarily be a major consideration for you, but it definitely should be. There are all sorts of OSHA standards, and I don’t recommend that you break any – however, sometimes OSHA standards in certain circumstances can create unsafe situations.
The reality is that you need to keep your business model and processes within the boundaries of OSHA law to prevent lawsuits, and regulatory fines. Nevertheless, let me explain to you one case study and example, something in my own company prior to retirement which always bothered me. We used pressure washers and steam cleaners to clean fleets of vehicles under contract. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 22, 2012 by admin
Transcription is a stable job with little side effects even from the recession. The problem lies in the training. Although, people aspiring to become transcriptionists would need to possess a necessary set of skills, training for the same is nonetheless important.
A good transcriptionist needs to have good communication skills along with a strong English and grammar base. There are not many schools offering courses for general transcription. The reason is that general transcription pertains to a general field, open to a wide array of topics. In addition, because, there is no specific industry in relation with general transcription, it will be a tough task to find a college providing such a course. Some business colleges offer transcription as a part of other courses. This course will generally include transcribing and deciphering speech, which forms the core of a transcription job.
The best way would be to use internet as a medium for training in transcription. The student pursuing this course through online mediums will be given detailed description about the ergonomic setup before the actual training itself. The training would include sample audios, which are to improve the student’s listening abilities to increase his brain- ear coordination. This will also include typed instructions about punctuations including the paragraph breaks and tabs, the page numbering and the formatting. A good dedicated practice will help in increasing the speed and accuracy of the students. Online programs will approach a systematic procedure to ease out the intricacies in transcription. Good programs will let you have good audio samples, which will be of good use to the students. Podcast features will enable the student to use digital recording software as well. In addition, there will be descriptions about the autocorrect options to maintain a decent speed while typing. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: business requirement, business training, general transcription
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February 14, 2012 by admin
Communication is the oil in the engine of any business and yet is it often neglected, careless or squandered – especially in meetings. Few people look forward to business meetings because they are frequently felt to be unproductive and a waste of time. But all too often they are also reluctant to put in the required effort to prepare in advance, be on time and stick to the agenda!
You can’t have it both ways
If any of the meetings you attend are unproductive; what are you doing about it? Are you contributing to the late starts, lack of focused agendas or digressions that make the meeting run over? A little self-discipline and efficient time management can transform the effectiveness of meetings, improve decision making and develop powerful teamwork. But it is all about keeping the fundamental principles in mind.
There is a popular and often misquoted piece of research from the 1950s by George Miller that the maximum number of items a person can hold in their mind at once is seven. More recent findings show that actually we can only hold about 4 items or concepts in our mind at any one time. It reduces rapidly to only one if things get more complex, if we are tired or if we are over or under-stressed in any way. For example, you may find it easy to keep 4 numbers in your mind, but can you recall the four sentences in this paragraph without rereading? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: business meeting, develop powerful teamwork, improve decision making
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