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Questions you should think about asking in an interview...
Dodie Rozeboom
Ask them, "What's is your ideal employee like?"
If their ideal employee works long hours on a regular basis, expect to do the same. If their ideal employee is someone who never questions procedure, don't plan to arrive and immediately implement new ideas. If their ideal employee works independently, rest assured that you won't be micro-managed. You're likely to be happier on the job if you and your potential manager have similar working styles. After all, everyone deserves a manager who thinks that they're the ideal employee.
Ask them, "How do you measure success on the job?"
You may be accountable to complete projects to deadline and under budget. Perhaps you'll need to reach a certain benchmark in your performance, for example a dollar value in revenue or a percentage of satisfied customers. You should also ask about the typical career path for an employee who successfully meets their goals. After all, you want to work for a manager who recognizes and rewards excellence.
Ask them, "What's your approach to solving problems?"
Knowing how a potential manager solves problems can give you insight into their management style. Do they prefer to take charge and make a decision independently? Do they delegate the decision to a staff member? Or do they favor a more collaborative style of problem solving?
Ask them, "Can you tell me about the people I'd be working with? How long have you worked with them?"
Pay attention to how well your potential boss seems to know their staff. Can they list their individual accomplishments? Are they proud of them? Note their tone and energy when they talk about their team. Do they sound upbeat and positive, or is there a hint of frustration or disappointment in their voice? Also note how long their staff has worked with them. High turnover can be a red flag, and happy employees are more likely to stay put.
Finally, keep in mind that a potential boss' overall attitude toward answering questions can be very telling about their management style. If they are open to questions and answers thoughtfully, they are likely also open to exploring and improving their working relationships. And that's one quality that makes for a great manager.
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Halloween
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is a holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints' Day. It is largely a secular celebration, but some Christians and pagans have expressed strong feelings about its religious overtones. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America during Ireland's Great Famine of 1846. The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols such as the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lanterns, pranking people, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies.
History
Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise showing a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play Snap-Apple, which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string. The couples at left play divination games. These games are common at Irish halloween parties still today.
Halloween has origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain [pronounced: sow- wen] (Irish pronunciation: [ˈsˠaunʲ]; from the Old Irish samhain, possibly derived from Gaulish samonios). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year". Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient Celtic pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Celts believed that on October 31st, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the deceased dissolved, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, into which the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks being worn at Halloween goes back to the Celtic traditions of attempting to copy the evil spirits or placate them, in Scotland for instance where the dead were impersonated by young men with masked, veiled or blackened faces, dressed in white.
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Yield:
6 to 8 servings
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, pressed
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 (15-ounce) package refrigerated piecrusts
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
3 cups (12 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
2 tablespoons water
1 large egg
Red and yellow liquid food coloring
Preparation:
Cook first 5 ingredients in a large skillet over medium-high heat, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink; drain. Stir in ketchup and Worcestershire sauce; cool.
Unfold 1 piecrust, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spread mustard evenly over crust. Stir together meat mixture and 2 cups cheese; spoon onto center of crust, leaving a 2-inch border.
Unfold remaining piecrust, and cut out a jack-o'-lantern face, reserving pastry cutouts to use as a stem. Place crust over meat mixture; crimp edges of crust, and fold under. Place stem on top of jack-o'-lantern face.
Whisk together 2 tablespoons water, egg, and 1 drop each of red and yellow food coloring; brush over crust.
Bake at 425° for 20 minutes; remove from oven, and brush again with egg mixture. Fill eyes, nose, and mouth with remaining 1 cup cheese. Bake 5 to 10 more minutes or until golden brown.
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