The rewards and realities of getting published
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The writer's effort to be published can be personally and professionally rewarding, despite frustrations, time consumed, and discouragement. Among the rewards available to the published author are: enhanced professional standing and peer recognition, improved self-esteem, idea-sharing, employment offers, fame, speaking engagements, additional requests to write, and an improved resume. Steps are presented for developing ideas to write about, expanding ideas into a rough outline, using a basic structure to guide development of one's material, and marketing the completed product. Suggestions are offered for publicizing one's name and printed work. Typical reasons why magazines reject manuscripts are described.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1987
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Should the minimum wage law be changed?
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Legislation has been introduced in Congress to raise the national minimum wage by $1.30 an hour over the next three years. Personnel Journal surveyed personnel executives about the proposed law. Almost two-thirds of those surveyed felt that the minimum wage should be raised, but 62 percent were also against federally-mandated wage levels. Thirty-six percent of those surveyed were against any raise in minimum wages. Fifteen percent felt that increases in the minimum wage would cause jobs to be lost. The managers were divided on whether there should be a sub-minimum wage for short-term, part-time employees.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1987
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Training futures
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What will the future of training hold? Some things will not change; basic skills, cultural and language skills, and skills beyond those taught in the schools will still be required, as well as employee orientation skills. Retraining, however, will grow more important and will affect more kinds of workers. New technologies will demand new kinds of training. Methods will change, too, with experiential training, mentoring and computer-based training becoming more important. Training may involve new partnerships among various businesses, educational institutions, professional organizations and unions.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1986
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