Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Santa Claus is a great example of merit pay. If you do a good job at work you end up on the nice list. Therefore you may get more presents because your performance rating is nice. Being on the naughty list would make it so you would receive red coal. Red coal because black coal would be a positive and red usually means negative. If in the case of you are naughty and want to be nice then you would need to be earning a relatively low amount of presents to achieve an increase. This method is called merit increase grid.

"Wrong,the first rule of leadership is everything is your fault"

While watching A Bug's Life I over heard a quote about leadership which I disagree with but, it is a quote from the villain. According to what I know is that leadership is more of setting an example than anything else. According to the textbook that leadership involves taking initiative, fixing problems, and organizing change. The ant characters in the movie were experiencing a change in the res heme and so the smartest one, in my opinion, took initiative to fix the problem by helping the ants to stand up to there enemies. Along that process of change there occurred conflict, resistance and some confusion (which is right out of the textbook).

As skills increase...

The Hall of Fame method used in Digital Media Essentials class. Hall of fame is an extra credit achieved when doing exceptional work or winning the peer vote in that class. What happens is a student turns in their assignment and it is either examined and judged by the teacher or is judged by fellow students. On a personal note, I had actually achieved hall of fame status. I believe that method encourages pride in work.

In a job setting-

It would encourage employees to learn more and/or increase their skill level.

The hall of fame method is a good way to increase the motivation of employees to improve.

Questions to ponder-

Do you feel the hall of fame method works? Why or why not? Would you use the hall of fame method?

Dissatisfied with your job?

List of Job Lead sites

aarp.org
abanet.org/aging
alumni.byu.edu
apxalarm.com
backdoorjobs.com
career.utah.gov
career-advice.gov
career-finder.org/local-jobs/utah-jobs
careeronestop.org


Some Temp Services

adeccousa.com
intermountainstaffing.com
kellyservices.com
laborready.com
skillstaffing.com
sosstaffing.com
spherion.com


If you don't like what you are currently getting paid then find a better paying job. Its okay to go looking for a new job. FYI-networking is the best way to find a job. Make a plan that will help you reach your goals. Also remember that, "you are not a job seeker, you are a colleague".