grandma
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Good writings, Steady, for a send-off to our good fellow - Birchtree - traveling to his daughter's wedding!
BUT - I do have to ask - who did you get yourself confused with on the quoted sentence???
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Good writings, Steady, for a send-off to our good fellow - Birchtree - traveling to his daughter's wedding!
BUT - I do have to ask - who did you get yourself confused with on the quoted sentence???
PessOptimist
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Yeah, there is probably some of that going on. KSA factors are often over rated especially in the technical craftsman world. They are usually written by people who have no clue what the job involves.
The fact you feel that way leads me to believe you have never had the privilege of military service.
There are people in the military that spend their whole career looking good, getting awards and organizing social events. The others who are the majority learn one important thing. It's called the J.O.B. If you develop a work ethic, day to day operations will continue to function and you might actually get recognized for that. Probably not, because you didn't look good, get a lot of awards, work at some headquarters and organize social events. This ethic about actually doing the job you were hired for is what many former military people bring with them. They may not fit in to the civil service environment at first as they have little patience with the people who drop around to BS for 15 or 20 minutes or the many e-mails they receive about social or quasi work related events. Some evolve to fit in to the ethic of not doing what they were hired for, some do not. Those that feel they should do what they were hired for are usually classified as a$$holes by their peers who have been around for a while. Those that adapt to “the system” become non productive.
If you are applying for a contract specialist, environmental specialist, engineer, office automation (or whatever a 318 is called these days) and many other positions, yeah it may be pretty cut and dried what the KSA and certifications have to be. That may also apply to IT types, though government network systems are not exactly what they teach at Cisco or Novell school.
Three examples of how flawed the KSA thing is:
- I applied for two identical jobs and sent the same resume and test answers. One agency said I was not qualified, one asked me to come for an interview and hired me.
- A few years ago resumes were sent to a peer review board to be evaluated by the people actually doing the job of the position advertised. I had the privilege of being a member of one board. Some of the resumes were easily culled, eg. "yes I can fix anything and for the last 10 years have been an au pair." That person's test answers stated they were an expert in all areas. Another resume that was thrown on the reject pile because of KSA I asked to look at again. The individual had adapted to working on a lot of different things over the years and could figure things out. The individual was later hired and became one of the best techs we ever had. He answered the KSA questions honestly and almost wasn't considered. And yes he was a veteran. A jar head. Served in a place named A Shau a long time ago. Did his job in spite of some minor distractions. Became a civilian and used the "get it done" ethic to his advantage.
- Now the questionnaire is culled at headquarters by HR types. I recently applied for a foreman job at my agency. I answered the questions honestly. My application was nor forwarded to my agency. I talked to a HR person at HQ and was told my leadership skills were good but my technical skills did not qualify. I have held this job for 12 years. Get good annual reviews. Now HR says I am not qualified to hold the job I hold. Maybe I should become active in the employees association and the EEO council.
Birchtree, I am high jacking your thread for this but it pushed a button.
Good luck with the cat cover and hope your scratch wounds heal up OK. Cats only draw blood because they love you.:toung:
Birchtree
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"Oh it's crying time again, you're going to leave me. I can see that far away look in your eyes." I had hoped to make my $42K this week that would have brought me to the $1M off the March bottom - but as the cruel market would say please give us back $41K. So now I'll need $83K before my goal is met. Perhaps in the next two weeks for week #47. I hate to think it might take a whole 52 weeks to make a million dollars.
Birchtree
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It does not take long to find out who the MB timers are - but they have short memories when you ask about 2009 performance. The majority all blew one of the greatest rallies of all time. Not the buy and holders - they did just fine.
Some bears deserve love and Tim Wood is one of them.
http://safehaven.com/article-15513.htm
Birchtree
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"The first full year following a crash low has never produced a sizable correction in the stock market."
http://safehaven.com/article-15515.htm
Show-me
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O Birch it was all a taxpayer fueled rally to keep the big bank from failing and keep the world from going into utter chaos. The chickens will come home to roost, be careful.
The bigger problems are not solved. Entitlements, immigration, security, jobs, taxes, and real estate.
poolman
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O Birch it was all a taxpayer fueled rally to keep the big bank from failing and keep the world from going into utter chaos. The chickens will come home to roost, be careful.
The bigger problems are not solved. Entitlements, immigration, security, jobs, taxes, and real estate.
Amen Brother !
Dont Forget About
Healthcare
Budget Deficit (PPT)
The War that we should not be in
The US Dollar
Inflation and Interest Rates
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000005/1
Birchtree
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That's a wondeful wall of worry - I have purchased my bed to the tune of 710 individual stock buys since June 26 and now I'll rest for awhile before buying the dinette set. I believe we will punch through all resistance lines by the end of January and I'll be prepared for the first serious correction by the end of June. It's time for money to talk. From my previous thread: "The painful memories take time to heal and leave deep and abiding scars."
Warrenlm
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What are you thinking will be the catalyst at that time? Isn't every negative issue already identified and worried over and "priced in"? The government is managing this process hands on so maybe you're thinking they need a correction/issue to drive buying back into Treasuries at zero interest?
Birchtree
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Perhaps bond money will already be flowing into the equity markets and when a good deal of it is in - then the door slams shut. I like to stake my play and let the market come to me - of course the wait can be extended. We may never see a 10% or better correction the whole year - but success is in the preparation. If it never happens I'll leave 30% on the table for awhile.
Handballer
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McDuck
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sugarandspice
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You really think that timing is a strategy in TSP now? With 2 IFT's per month?
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You have selective memory yourself B. Last year was one for the buy and holders, but the last 2 to 3 years have not been - nor has the last 10 with the S&P 500 being flat.
2-year return, 2008-2009:
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3-year return, 2007-2009:
You may have reached your $1MM target faster that way.
Steadygain
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Birch,
The greatest difference by far -- is that the Timers probably actually enjoy it a little bit more.
The 'majority' may have missed out quite a bit -- but that doesn't take from all those like Mista Magee ... and many others that were at the Bottom for ages.... then got record highs month after month.
It's a Game we all enjoy !!!
Steadygain
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Well I see that FEAR is once again taking many captive.
FEAR is the greatest enemy we could ever encounter and this would be a good time to remind everyone that FEAR alone is what kept the majority from making GAINS ... while I sailed to the Top.
BE IN -- TO WIN !! and make no mistake -- the Rally and Upward Trend is far from over.
Today's action and that of the recent week is identical to what happended in 7/82 -- which was immediately followed by a wooping 28% boost -- before it leveled and kept going.
I'm up to my neck is the sweet warm manure --- snort snort !!
Dennis, PermaBULL #1
Steadygain
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He's on his way to VA -- with wife and Mindy Lou
His pride and joy (Buzz) is getting married in a few days...
...father in law is a Full Bird Col ... so should be good combo for Birch
... then will spend a week or so looking at Lakeside places on the way back....
You know he's gotta be missing us ...
Well need to run -- but the other post pretty much sums up exactly how he feels -- despite all the evidence to the contrary
Good Night ALL !!!
My daughter is still maintaining a 4.0 and agreed to let us take her out for supper ... so am meeting them at Panera's (her choice)
right on KevinD --- way more conciseSimilar threads
