What do I need to do before an interview?
Give yourself plenty of time to:
research the role and the organisation;
think about how well your experience, interests and skills fit the job and the organisation;
research current affairs and trends in your job sector;
find out what the prospective employer is actually looking for;
anticipate questions you might be asked, then prepare answers to these questions;
find out what form the interview will take, e.g. single, panel, group etc.
You should also:
plan the day of the interview, especially your journey with an aim to arrive ten minutes early. Take money in case you need to take a taxi or bus unexpectedly; carry an A-Z street map or put the postcode of the organisation into Google maps on your mobile to prevent getting lost;
decide what you will wear and set it out the night before. Suits and business wear are the best option with comfortable, polished shoes;
get an early night - we all perform better when fully awake.
Like the title, if you follow closely to the steps I listed above you can easily say that interview was easy!
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Say NO to road bullying!
ROAD bullying has been around since automobiles were invented and roads built to enable people to move around in machines.
But ostensibly, road bullies don’t pick on everyone or even anyone at random. They instinctively pick out and bully the weakest – which is typical pack animal behaviour.
Victims need to learn how to deal with their tormentors. Rather than protection from anyone else, what they need is education to stop being and acting like victims.
According to one study, more than half of all drivers have experienced a surge of road bullying at some point. And a lot of accidents happen each year because of aggressive driving.
Road bullies don’t see the victim as a person. They do what social scientists term as ‘thingify’ the victim – that is viewing their target as a ‘thing’ rather than a person.
According a prominent psychologist, the heavy metal of a car is a safe haven and road ragers don’t think about the consequences or even about other people on the road as real people with real families.
In addition, violent behaviour of road bullies may be due to other factors of his or her life – for instance, stress at home or with a family.
The psychologist says road bullies may also be inflamed by the absent-minded or stupid driving of those talking on cell phones, adding:
“This is quite common since verbal confrontations on the phone can lead to confrontations on the road. It works both ways.”
On the home front, just last year, a motorcyclist was fighting for his life at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, Pahang, after one of two men in a car stabbed him in the abdomen for unintentionally grazing their car.
The victim was reportedly heading home when his motorcycle grazed the car at a traffic light junction.
An argument was said to have ensued before the two men in the car drove away. Later, the motorcyclist and the duo met again at another traffic light junction and this time, one of the car occupants reportedly alighted and stabbed the victim twice with a knife, critically injuring the him, before speeding off.
The suspect was later picked up near the crime scene and a knife and a machete were also seized from his car.
A former Miss Malaysia also had a terrifying road bully encounter in Kuala Lumpur.
She said although she was safe and thankful she managed to escape unhurt, she realised there were some things that she should not have done.
“Firstly, trust no one! As sad as this is to say, today I really believe it – I didn’t think clearly enough about what I should do in this situation.
“So I share this with you in hope(s) that you will think about what you would do in my situation and hopefully you will be better prepared than I was. Please drive safely, ladies, and beware of your surroundings,” she said.
In a recent case in Selangor, a doctor wrote a letter to a national daily, alleging that police let a road bully (a van driver) off scot-free after he had lodged a report against the latter for ramming into the back of his car. The van driver had also allegedly used abusive language.
Following the doctor’s report, police traced the van based on the vehicle’s number provided in the report. And search for the van driver is on-going.
The police say they are looking at road bullying as a serious offence and there will be no compromise on it.
Aggressive driving and road bullying are on the rise and according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, it is one of the top concerns for many drivers today.
Road rage or bullying is defined as an aggressive or angry behaviour by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Such behaviour might include rude gestures, verbal insults, deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner, or making threats.
Most common-law countries prohibit common assault, which could apply to road rage or bullying where the personal safety of the victim is seen to be threatened.
The common law regards assault as both a criminal and civil matter, leading to both public criminal penalties and private civil liabilities.
What is important though is to try and drive with composure even under trying conditions.
Another useful tip is to drive defensive. It’s pointless risking collision with a heavy vehicle even though we know it is being driven on the wrong side of the road.
The consequences are always dire and should best be avoided. Invariably, discretion is the better part of valour when motoring with rogue drivers in our mids
But ostensibly, road bullies don’t pick on everyone or even anyone at random. They instinctively pick out and bully the weakest – which is typical pack animal behaviour.
Victims need to learn how to deal with their tormentors. Rather than protection from anyone else, what they need is education to stop being and acting like victims.
According to one study, more than half of all drivers have experienced a surge of road bullying at some point. And a lot of accidents happen each year because of aggressive driving.
Road bullies don’t see the victim as a person. They do what social scientists term as ‘thingify’ the victim – that is viewing their target as a ‘thing’ rather than a person.
According a prominent psychologist, the heavy metal of a car is a safe haven and road ragers don’t think about the consequences or even about other people on the road as real people with real families.
In addition, violent behaviour of road bullies may be due to other factors of his or her life – for instance, stress at home or with a family.
The psychologist says road bullies may also be inflamed by the absent-minded or stupid driving of those talking on cell phones, adding:
“This is quite common since verbal confrontations on the phone can lead to confrontations on the road. It works both ways.”
On the home front, just last year, a motorcyclist was fighting for his life at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan, Pahang, after one of two men in a car stabbed him in the abdomen for unintentionally grazing their car.
The victim was reportedly heading home when his motorcycle grazed the car at a traffic light junction.
An argument was said to have ensued before the two men in the car drove away. Later, the motorcyclist and the duo met again at another traffic light junction and this time, one of the car occupants reportedly alighted and stabbed the victim twice with a knife, critically injuring the him, before speeding off.
The suspect was later picked up near the crime scene and a knife and a machete were also seized from his car.
A former Miss Malaysia also had a terrifying road bully encounter in Kuala Lumpur.
She said although she was safe and thankful she managed to escape unhurt, she realised there were some things that she should not have done.
“Firstly, trust no one! As sad as this is to say, today I really believe it – I didn’t think clearly enough about what I should do in this situation.
“So I share this with you in hope(s) that you will think about what you would do in my situation and hopefully you will be better prepared than I was. Please drive safely, ladies, and beware of your surroundings,” she said.
In a recent case in Selangor, a doctor wrote a letter to a national daily, alleging that police let a road bully (a van driver) off scot-free after he had lodged a report against the latter for ramming into the back of his car. The van driver had also allegedly used abusive language.
Following the doctor’s report, police traced the van based on the vehicle’s number provided in the report. And search for the van driver is on-going.
The police say they are looking at road bullying as a serious offence and there will be no compromise on it.
Aggressive driving and road bullying are on the rise and according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, it is one of the top concerns for many drivers today.
Road rage or bullying is defined as an aggressive or angry behaviour by a driver of an automobile or other motor vehicle. Such behaviour might include rude gestures, verbal insults, deliberately driving in an unsafe or threatening manner, or making threats.
Most common-law countries prohibit common assault, which could apply to road rage or bullying where the personal safety of the victim is seen to be threatened.
The common law regards assault as both a criminal and civil matter, leading to both public criminal penalties and private civil liabilities.
What is important though is to try and drive with composure even under trying conditions.
Another useful tip is to drive defensive. It’s pointless risking collision with a heavy vehicle even though we know it is being driven on the wrong side of the road.
The consequences are always dire and should best be avoided. Invariably, discretion is the better part of valour when motoring with rogue drivers in our mids
Motivation.
Learning requires motivation. Whether you are a student trying to learn something, or a teacher helping students learn, you will need to develop strategies to help motivate learning.
Student learning will occur in proportion to the effort that a student puts into learning. Therefore, a key task for the teacher is to encourage and promote student effort. This can be a challenge, even if the teacher creates a supportive learning environment, because many of the factors that influence student learning are affected by the student’s overall attitude, likes and dislikes, feelings about a subject, activity or school in general, and personality.
To improve student motivation, teachers use both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic motivators rely on the value of the content and of learning to the student. Extrinsic motivators rely on the value of reinforcers or rewards to the student.
Internal or intrinsic incentives
There are other incentives primarily within oneself, apart from those already stated. These incentives are mainly connected with the person’s attitude to learning, and therefore, teacher motivation should aim at developing and supporting internal incentives. These incentives can include:
Pride in doing things well – Students can find great satisfaction in a task well done, and gain a valuable sense of competence, which in itself can motivate further effort.
The desire for accomplishment – This can be seen in statements such as "I have done all those" of “I have done that”. The individual gains a sense of satisfaction when a task is accomplished, and others may gain satisfaction from completing a task.
Personal ambition - Some students have a good idea of what they want to achieve later in life, or even just that they do want to achieve and succeed in life. They might value learning as a way of building a future that will bring wealth, prestige, power and other benefits.
Competition with oneself - Students sometimes set their own standards and rate of working. By doing this they are issuing a challenge to themselves and thus providing incentive. They may also measure their success by comparing their achievements or progress to others’.
A sense of control or power – Students can gain a sense of control and power through developing skills and knowledge. A sense of being able to influence their environment is essential to preventing apathy and learned helplessness.
A sense of participation and belonging – Working as part of a group or class can give students a sense of belonging and affiliation.
Personal relationships – Some students are not as interested in belonging to a group as they are in developing positive relations with individuals. Students can be very impressed by a teacher, and be motivated by a desire to be approved of by that teacher and to make that teacher happy. A student might be motivated by having one good friend who is also learning, and will often be motivated to do well in areas that involve that other student, or where the friend is doing well.
Values and ethics - Different students may have different ethics or values regarding learning and education. Some may feel that education is critical to later success and to an individual’s sense of worth and status in society. Others don’t see it as important. Some students are motivated by ethics that include honouring family and respect for adults, whereas others are more motivated by values that stress independence and autonomy.
Student learning will occur in proportion to the effort that a student puts into learning. Therefore, a key task for the teacher is to encourage and promote student effort. This can be a challenge, even if the teacher creates a supportive learning environment, because many of the factors that influence student learning are affected by the student’s overall attitude, likes and dislikes, feelings about a subject, activity or school in general, and personality.
To improve student motivation, teachers use both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic motivators rely on the value of the content and of learning to the student. Extrinsic motivators rely on the value of reinforcers or rewards to the student.
Internal or intrinsic incentives
There are other incentives primarily within oneself, apart from those already stated. These incentives are mainly connected with the person’s attitude to learning, and therefore, teacher motivation should aim at developing and supporting internal incentives. These incentives can include:
Pride in doing things well – Students can find great satisfaction in a task well done, and gain a valuable sense of competence, which in itself can motivate further effort.
The desire for accomplishment – This can be seen in statements such as "I have done all those" of “I have done that”. The individual gains a sense of satisfaction when a task is accomplished, and others may gain satisfaction from completing a task.
Personal ambition - Some students have a good idea of what they want to achieve later in life, or even just that they do want to achieve and succeed in life. They might value learning as a way of building a future that will bring wealth, prestige, power and other benefits.
Competition with oneself - Students sometimes set their own standards and rate of working. By doing this they are issuing a challenge to themselves and thus providing incentive. They may also measure their success by comparing their achievements or progress to others’.
A sense of control or power – Students can gain a sense of control and power through developing skills and knowledge. A sense of being able to influence their environment is essential to preventing apathy and learned helplessness.
A sense of participation and belonging – Working as part of a group or class can give students a sense of belonging and affiliation.
Personal relationships – Some students are not as interested in belonging to a group as they are in developing positive relations with individuals. Students can be very impressed by a teacher, and be motivated by a desire to be approved of by that teacher and to make that teacher happy. A student might be motivated by having one good friend who is also learning, and will often be motivated to do well in areas that involve that other student, or where the friend is doing well.
Values and ethics - Different students may have different ethics or values regarding learning and education. Some may feel that education is critical to later success and to an individual’s sense of worth and status in society. Others don’t see it as important. Some students are motivated by ethics that include honouring family and respect for adults, whereas others are more motivated by values that stress independence and autonomy.
Discipline.
Discipline. Discipline is the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
At times, I feel the importance of discipline is strongly neglected but it helps to shapes and person's behavior. However, thankfully there's this great place called school which stops the issue from deteriorating.
Teachers play an indeed a very important role in igniting great level of discipline in a particular student. Students spent most of their time studying and attending extra co-curriculum activities at school. Disciplinary actions such as caning, counselling sessions and many more can be taken to tackle certain stubborn students. In certain cases where the case goes out of hand, it's best to call their parents to step in and help ease the situation.
However, parents may often push their responsibilities to the teachers at school due to strong commitment to work. This is saddening. Parents should be firm and strict at the very beginning. As they said, everything starts at home! Same goes to discipline in kids. So, parents should work together with teachers to combat any disciplinary problems.
At times, I feel the importance of discipline is strongly neglected but it helps to shapes and person's behavior. However, thankfully there's this great place called school which stops the issue from deteriorating.
Teachers play an indeed a very important role in igniting great level of discipline in a particular student. Students spent most of their time studying and attending extra co-curriculum activities at school. Disciplinary actions such as caning, counselling sessions and many more can be taken to tackle certain stubborn students. In certain cases where the case goes out of hand, it's best to call their parents to step in and help ease the situation.
However, parents may often push their responsibilities to the teachers at school due to strong commitment to work. This is saddening. Parents should be firm and strict at the very beginning. As they said, everything starts at home! Same goes to discipline in kids. So, parents should work together with teachers to combat any disciplinary problems.
Stressful or Stress-free?
Before I start, I know I've a previous stress-related blog post titled - You but this is an assignment from my dear English teacher so bear with me alright!
Stress. Firstly, what is stress? Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Stress may be triggered from numerous causes. For instance, stress at work place, school or even due to family problems at home.The group of individuals are most prone to stress is indeed the active and energetic teenagers. Teenage years are described to be one of the best phase in a person's life, is it true? I'm yet to find out but for now, it's just totally stressful for me too and sometimes you tend to reach your breaking point.
Stress may cause drastic change to one's personality and they tend to precept things differently. An outgoing and cheerful person may suddenly transformed into a haggard looking, moody, sensitive and some worst, almost totally unrecognizable.
Personally, I feel stress is totally inevitable in life. We face stress everyday, but the way we combat these stresses greatly portrays our personality whether we're able to adapt to sudden changes in life. Therefore, I strongly stress (not literally) that living your life to the fullest is a way to go. You can't avoid stress but you certainly can choose to push aside and forget them!
Stress. Firstly, what is stress? Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Stress may be triggered from numerous causes. For instance, stress at work place, school or even due to family problems at home.The group of individuals are most prone to stress is indeed the active and energetic teenagers. Teenage years are described to be one of the best phase in a person's life, is it true? I'm yet to find out but for now, it's just totally stressful for me too and sometimes you tend to reach your breaking point.
Stress may cause drastic change to one's personality and they tend to precept things differently. An outgoing and cheerful person may suddenly transformed into a haggard looking, moody, sensitive and some worst, almost totally unrecognizable.
Personally, I feel stress is totally inevitable in life. We face stress everyday, but the way we combat these stresses greatly portrays our personality whether we're able to adapt to sudden changes in life. Therefore, I strongly stress (not literally) that living your life to the fullest is a way to go. You can't avoid stress but you certainly can choose to push aside and forget them!
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