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About Me

November 18, 2009 // 1447No Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/11/about-me/About+Me2009-11-19+01%3A12%3A50JR+Rozko

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I finally managed to get a new “About Me” page up.  Let me know what you think it’s missing.

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Today Sucks

November 5, 2009 // 132710 Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/11/today-sucks/Today+Sucks2009-11-05+21%3A06%3A50JR+Rozko

And here’s 10 reasons why…

1) I had to get up at 4AM to make a flight.

2) Dumb TSA lady said my carryon, which I had carried on before, was too big so I had to check it for $20 bucks.

3) American Airlines then proceeded to break that bag.

4) Hertz, since they had my credit card number, decided to OVERNIGHT the sungalsses I left in our rental car to me.

5) FedEx squashed them.

6) Driving my in-law’s van home from the airport, I got a speeding ticket that within 100 yards would not have been a ticket.

7) I was late for a meeting when I figured out that my car battery was dead.

8 ) I found an angry note on my car, probably from a drunk teenager, who didn’t like my parking job, which had been forced by the bad parking job of someone else 10 days ago.

9) Someone stole and cashed a $700 check intended for us and recovering the funds will probably be a big pain.

10) Oh yeah, and my wife (also having a bad day) is working a conference a thousand miles away and I won’t see her until late Saturday night.

Time for a long hard run.

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An Open Letter to My Friends in HR

September 15, 2009 // 11985 Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/09/an-open-letter-to-my-friends-in-hr/An+Open+Letter+to+My+Friends+in+HR2009-09-15+17%3A29%3A16JR+Rozko

I don’t claim to know all the ins and outs of Human Resources, but as a job seeker, here’s a letter I wish I could send to all HR people everywhere.

Dear HR,

You know those stacks of paper you have in front of you – they represent real people. People with hopes, ambitions, and dreams, many of them aching to use their knowledge and skills to help you, your company, and your cause. It’s not enough to serve them well after they are hired. If you are good at your job, you will serve them well as potential partners.

I know the job market is tough right now, but still, anyone worth your time, worth being considered and hired as a part of your organization, will be interviewing you as you interview them. They will want to know that they can trust you as an employer with their time and efforts. When you trivialize them and the time they took in preparing the necessary paperwork for you to consider by ignoring them, giving them sketchy information, and not truly being thankful that they would consider investing a huge chunk of their lives in your company, you are creating an environment for bitterness, resentment, and mistrust before a formal relationship has even begun.

If a position is worth hiring for, it must be worth thoroughly communicating, even if en mass, to prospective candidates about.

To be as plain as I can be – tell your candidates when you hope to hire by. When they submit materials, acknowledge that you received them, letting them know when you hope to follow up and then actually do follow up when you said you would.

True, there are so many people hurting for jobs that they will put up with being trivialized for the sake of a paycheck.  But are those really the people you want working for you?  Do you think they will serve you well or do just enough to get by?  Or, do you want to hire people with enough self-respect and dignity that they actually care when you treat them like crap?

Respectfully,

Your Potential Co-Worker

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Southwest is Better

March 31, 2009 // 1064No Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/03/southwest-is-better/Southwest+is+Better2009-03-31+22%3A48%3A39JR+Rozko

This is why I love to fly Southwest.

(ht: Steve)

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Small Things, Big Feelings

March 26, 2009 // 1059No Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/03/small-things-big-feelings/Small+Things%2C+Big+Feelings2009-03-26+16%3A55%3A20JR+Rozko

I wish it happened more, but it’s only every so often that the appreciation of little things seems to really exhilarate me.

But each of the last two nights I have been able to go to sleep with the window open – letting in fresh air, falling asleep to the sound of the rain, and waking up to the sound of birds chirping.

Little things, but man have I enjoyed it.

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Jet Settin

December 2, 2008 // 8482 Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2008/12/jet-settin/Jet+Settin2008-12-02+17%3A29%3A45JR+Rozko

So, I did some math yesterday.  In the last three months (between August 24 and November 25) I have been to Afghanistan, taken two trips back to Ohio, two to chicago, two to Florida, and one to Dallas.  All told, right after moving into a new house, I have been gone 34 days, attended two conferences, performed my cousins wedding, and finished instructing my first course at Fuller.  Yeah, I am glad to be home for a while.

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