IMPORTANT For Computer Users

A computer repairman says this is like having gold. a computer trick today that's really ingenious in its simplicity.

As you may know, when a worm virus gets into your computer, it heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.

While this won't stop a virus from getting into your computer, it stops it from using your address book to spread further.

Plus, it will alert you to the fact a Virus/ Worm has gotten into your system.

Here's what you do:

First, open your address book and click on 'new contact,' just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type in ' A'.

For the screen name or email address, type AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA

Now, here's why it works:

The 'name 'A' will be placed at the top of your address book as entry #1. This is where the worm will starts in an effort to send itself to all your friends. When it tries to send itself to: AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA

Iit will be undeliverable because it is the phony email address you entered.

When this attempt fails, the Virus / Worm goes no further and none of your friends will be infected.

Here's the second great advantage:

If an email cannot be delivered, you will be notified almost immediately. So, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to: AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA which could not be delivered, you'll know right away you have a worm / virus in your system. Then you can then take steps to get rid of it!

Pretty slick huh?

If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from friends.

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The 'Never Specify a Salary' Myth

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Filed under: Employment Trends, Interview Tips, Salaries

Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:13PM

Don't believe the adage about not disclosing your salary requirements in a job interview. But it's best to speak up in the second interview

By Liz Ryan

Dear Liz,

I've always heard that it's best not to say anything about salary when you're interviewing for a job. Whoever mentions a number first has the disadvantage. I just don't want to waste my time on interview processes where the salary is too low for my background. How do I navigate that?

Thanks,
Bradley

Dear Bradley,

That old notion of keeping mum about salary during an interview process is bad advice. If you keep quiet about your salary requirements throughout the whole process, here's what happens: The company makes you an offer, and the offer is ungodly low. Now, you can't say, "If you want to get me, you'll have to drastically improve that offer." O.K., you can say that, but you've already put yourself at a huge disadvantage by letting the conversation go on for so long without mentioning your salary requirements. It was your job to do that, and you didn't speak.

Getting an offer to a candidate is a big deal in the corporate world. Three or five or 14 people may have been involved in approving that offer, including people in your own future department, Human Resources, Finance, and who knows where else. Once the offer is on paper (or in an electronic document -- same thing), it's set in stone as far the company is concerned.

It's like moving mountains to get that offer adjusted after the fact. You can't rely on the offer coming in close enough to your salary mark. You've got to let the hiring manager know what you expect to earn at your next job before anybody at the company you hope to work for starts talking to anybody else about offering you a job.

The best time to bring up the salary topic is at the second interview. It's not appropriate to do that at a first interview, because you don't even know at that early stage whether the company is interested in you. If you don't want to make the trip for a second interview before making sure your salary is in the ballpark, ask the person who calls you or writes to you to schedule the second interview, "Should we talk beforehand to get synched up on our respective salary expectations?"

Ignoring Phantom Losses

At this point, whether you communicate via e-mail or over the phone, you're going to have to share a number. You can get that number online at Payscale.com, or get it from a headhunter buddy, or from your own gut and experience. The last thing you need to worry about is the prospect of leaving money on the table by naming too low a figure. Companies are not making overly generous job offers to anyone. Get the job at a decent salary. Don't worry about a phantom five thousand dollars you imagine you might have given up by naming too conservative a salary level.

Now, if you name your number and the hiring manager blanches, you'll know that he or she wasn't expecting to pay anyone that much. That's not necessarily a problem. You're unlikely to be tossed out of the running for your "extravagant" salary requirement. The company will merely tell you, "That's not in our range, but if you could see your way to accepting this job at $20,000 less, we should keep talking." Then, of course, you have a decision to make.

Having a job is better than not having one, but you will have to make your own decision about your salary floor. If you can't live on the salary you're being offered and believe that someone else will pay you more, you can pass on the job offer and keep looking. You could even talk to the employer about filling in as a contractor for them while they continue their search.

Whatever you do, Bradley, don't stay silent throughout the whole interview process in the mistaken belief that He Who Speaks First Loses. That couldn't be more wrong in this landscape. You've got to name your price, and you've got to do your research in order to be able to price your background and skills fairly.

Best, Liz

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Liz Ryan is an expert on the new-millennium workplace and a former Fortune 500 HR executive.

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Just a workin’ man without a job
It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
And I know I’m nothin’ special, there are plenty more like me
Just the same
I thought I knew the rules of the game

I stood up for this country that I love
I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
I’m not sayin’ Uncle Sam should give me what I need
My offer stands
I’ll pull my weight you give me half a chance

I went up to a congressman and said to him “you know
Our government is letting people down”
He said he’d need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
I said there was a bunch of us around

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My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed’s equality
I’m a Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

My brother’s welding chassis at the plant
He’s earning what our granddad did in 1948
While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
How can they see
When all they care about’s the do re mi

It’s getting where there’s nowhere left to turn
Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
So many of our citizens are living in despair
The time has come
To reaffirm that hope’s not just for some

The promise of America’s surrendering to greed
The rule is just look out for number one
But brace yourself ‘cause some of us have sown a different seed
A harvest of the spirit has begun

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and The Bill Of Rights
My creed’s equality
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

It’s clear my country’s soul is on the line
She’s hungering for something that she lost along the way
The principle the framers called upon us to obey
That in this land
The people’s will must have the upper hand

I felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
And faithful to that vow I have remained
I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
And to her cause I have been re-ordained

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
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And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
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Columbus Career Fair - April 29

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Location:

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Base Pay:

$20,000 - $125,000 /Year

Employee Type:

Full-Time Employee

Industry:

Accounting - Finance
Banking - Financial Services
Sales - Marketing

Manages Others:

Not Specified

Job Type:

Admin - Clerical
Customer Service
Sales

Education:

High School

Experience:

Not Specified

Travel:

Negligible

Posted:

3/30/2009

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