 become a good manager. To demonstrate this:
- emphasise any experience you have of customer service and/or doing the role you will be managing. The best managers have done the work required of their team, as it helps them to understand what exactly is involved and the demands it makes on the team.
- highlight any experience you have of taking the lead, making decisions, coordinating the action of others, inspiring others or just being the driving force behind things happening. You don’t have to be formally in charge of a project or a team to have done this: you just need to have taken on responsibility for something. Examples of experiences could range from your work on a group project on your course or being part of a student society committee to supervising children at an activity centre or taking on a superviser role in a part-time retail role.
- write or talk about any times when you have had to be flexible in your decision-making or change your plans because of the unexpected. Good managers have contingency plans but can also react quickly to changing circumstances.
- follow the advice on cultivating and demonstrating leadership skills given in our analysis of leadership and management.
What else can I do to impress during the recruitment process?
You might find it useful to read up on some management theory. Among other concepts, consider checking out:
- John Adair’s action-centred leadership
- Warren Bennis’ On Becoming a Leader
- Hershey & Blanchard’s situational leadership model
You can use this knowledge to inform your answers if you are asked ‘what would you do if…?’ management questions at the application and interview stages or to guide your thinking if working on a case study at an assessment day.
Remember, too, that recruiters will want you to have a genuine interest in the industry or sector they work in, whether that is finance or logistics. Research the sector – start with the career sectors on TARGETjobs – and be able to articulate some concrete reasons why you want to spend time within the sector. One way of conveying your enthusiasm is to write or talk about a relevant issue in the sector: it’s worth reading the business or industry-specific news before you apply and before an interview.
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- Leadership and management: prove you’re more than an entry-level hireAn FIR has reportedly been registered against 7 people including one woman for being involved in a scuffle regarding National Anthem in a movie theater in Chennai on Sunday. A Times of India report said three of them were roughed up during the brawl.
According to The Hindu report, the seven allegedly took selfies while the anthem was being played inside the movie theater in Ashok Nagar. Some of the movie-goers objected and it reportedly started a brawl between the two groups.
Chennai Police meanwhile registered a case under provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, against the accused. The Hindu reports that the Police action was taken only when a patrol team in Ashok Nagar saw the movie-goers fighting near the theatre. One of the persons involved in the feud said that he was threatened for not standing up during the anthem. Members of both the groups were later taken to the Ashok Nagar Police station.
Furthermore, a different complaint was filed against the movie-goers too, for threatening and manhandling the seven persons who did not stand up while the anthem was being played.
This is the first case which is being reported since the Supreme Court's ruling on November 30 which made it mandatory for all the cinema halls throughout the country to play the National anthem before screening of the movie and also made it mandatory for the people in theatre to stand up while the anthem is being played.Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez was able to score an interview with Cash Money founder Bryan “Baby” Williams. The interview went down in Miami and doesn’t air until 4pm today (July 28), but in a preview it looks like Martinez doesn’t shy away from asking about Birdman’s relationship with the very disgruntled Lil Wayne.
When asked if Weezy will take his Young Money artists with him if he is able to walk away from Cash Money, Birdman said it’s not happening.
“Nicki and Drake ain’t going nowhere, regardless,” said Birdman.
Check out where Birdman thinks everything went left in the clip below.College Counseling & Matriculation
Our goal is to offer support and Blair-specific counsel to our families. Blair college counselors make sure students and parents know we’re here as a resource at every juncture.
Lewis M. Stival, DEAN OF COLLEGE COUNSELING
At Blair, college preparation begins when you arrive on campus, and our graduates go on to attend exceptional colleges and universities that further their intellectual and personal development.
We hope that the college “process” for every Blair senior will be just that—a process—a journey toward self-realization and a fitting capstone to a greater, more important high school experience.
We provide thoughtful and effective counseling within the larger scope of every Blair student’s educational experience, tailoring our approach to individual needs and interests. Our office proactively communicates with families and, because our counselors know students so well, they are uniquely able to articulate their strengths in letters of support and identify the schools that fit them best.
With their Blair education as a foundation, our graduates are ready for the next phase of their lives and leave campus with the skills to build relationships, make decisions, advocate for themselves and contribute to their communities.
Please visit the parent or student portals for specific information about the college search and application processes, financial aid, standardized testing, college visitors, helpful websites and my “on-the-road” reviews.
Sincerely,
Lewis M. Stival
Dean of College Counseling
Our counselors are available to answer questions about Blair’s college counseling process, as well as provide specific information about preparation and timelines.
Lewis M. Stival
Dean of College Counseling
(908) 362-6121, ext. 5618
Joseph Mantegna
Associate Dean of College Counseling
(908) 362-6121, ext. 5619
Britt Freitag
Assistant Director of College Counseling
(908) 362-6121, ext. 5700
Rachel Byrne
Administrative Assistant to the Office of College Counseling
(908) 362-6121, ext. 5620
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- School code #: 310105 (sometimes called CEEB code #)
- Blair SAT Test Center Code: 31145
- Blair ACT Test Center Code: 197360
- Telephone: (908) 362-6121, ext. 5620Two powerful forces have landed in southeastern N.M. No, much worse than extraterrestrials. Nuclear waste disposal and drilling companies see us as prime real estate worth billions of dollars.
“Nuclear Alley” is known by the residents of Hobbs, Carlsbad, Eunice, Loving and Jal. In 2015, Holtec International bought 32 acres near Carlsbad for the storage of 173,000 British metric tons of nuclear waste for 20 years. A British “metric ton” adds 200 lbs more per ton than the standard U.S. measurement of 2,000 lbs. The Holtec site plans to store radioactive material 15 miles from the WIPP site. WIPP, the Waste Isolation Power Plant, is operating despite a 2014 radiation leak closing the plant for three years. Near Eunice, a Urenco uranium enrichment plant now operates a $4 billion waste site only 12 miles north of WIPP.
(According to Sanonofresafety.org, a website highly critical of Holtec operations in California), Holtec’s radiation storage canisters weigh up to 100,000 pounds with a thickness of 5/8 of an inch. Many countries store waste in thick-walled, bolted-lid metal casks 10 to 20 inches thick, the standard in most of the world, except the U.S. In 2012, the California San Onofre nuclear power plant closed due to faulty Holtec containers. Steam generators from 2011 showed premature wear on over 3,000 tubes, in 15,000 places. In 2018, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded every Holtec canister downloaded into the storage holes was damaged due to inadequate clearance between the canister and the divider shell in the storage hole (vault). The NRC states that canister walls are already “worn.” This results in cracks. Once cracks start, they continue to grow through the wall.
Our precious Pecos River flows near these drilling sites. Fracking of one well consumes 3-6 million gallons of water. In water-starved southeastern N.M. and the Permian Basin, over 103,000 wells now require 500 million gallons of water to drill. After fracking, millions more gallons of toxic wastewater is generated and has to be disposed of before our drinking water and land is destroyed.
Radioactive storage and big oil have been very generous with their money in Santa Fe, convincing elected leaders to turn our southeastern backyard into a toxic soup of fracked wells, wastewater and radioactive leaks. Visitors will avoid entering “Nuclear Alley,” realizing the dangers of exposure to this waste. Bye-bye to