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“Behold Your Little Ones.”

“Behold Your Little Ones.”

Emergency Preparedness – “Behold Your Little Ones.”       According to a UN report currently 52,000 children under age eight in third world countries die each day for want of basic living essentials.  That means that through the Savior’s atonement the Celestial Kingdom is expanding by over 18,980,000 souls each year.      Most of the suffering in the world comes from lack of opportunity.  For little children God makes allowances.  The rest of us He blesses with opportunities.  Take all…

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Love or Money?

Love or Money?

Emergency Preparedness – Love or Money?        As the title suggests, there are only two reasons people go to work.  Fortunate is the person who can love what they do so much that they “go to play each day” instead of go to work at a job they hate.      The great department store founder Marshall Field sought the following qualities in his hires: 1.  The importance of people.                               7.  The influence of example. 2.  The success of perseverance.                         …

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Employment Times — They Are A Changin.

Employment Times — They Are A Changin.

Emergency Preparedness – Employment Times –They Are A Changin.        The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the following 2003 data about “the digital future”: SHRINKING OCCUPATIONS      Median 2002 Earnings      Projected Jobs Decline by 2012   Travel Agents                                                $27,000                                   -16,000 Order Clerks                                                    $25,000                                   -19,000 Loan Interviewers & Clerks                          $28,000                                   -24,000 Computer Operators                                      $30,000                                   -30,000 Secretaries                                                       $33,400                                   -57,000 Word Processors & Typists                        $27,000                                   -93,000  GROWING OCCUPATIONS                                                     Projected Jobs Increases by 2012 Security Guards                                              $19,000                                  +317,000 General & Operations Managers                 $68,200                                  +376,000 Janitors…

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Win a Million Dollars

Win a Million Dollars

     As the story goes, the government advertised that anyone who could prove real need could win a grant for one million dollars.  Among the many that applied was a farmer.  When asked what he would do with the money, he replied, “I would just farm and farm and farm until it was all gone.”      A farmer is a man outstanding in his field.  Most only work half days – from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., plus overtime.  They…

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Being Qualified in the Workplace

Being Qualified in the Workplace

    Landing a Boeing 747 is to the pilot like bringing down a four story building.  He sits atop a forty foot flight deck.  With a wingspan of 211 feet, 5 inches, he has to find the end of a 150 foot wide runway, and often doesn’t see the runway until the last second.  Approach instruments (category three) can actually land the aircraft without the pilot touching anything if he knows how to use them.  At most foreign airports, the…

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LDS Employment Resource Center

LDS Employment Resource Center

     It is a known fact that 80% of all job opportunities in today’s work places are never advertised.  PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE THROUGH NETWORKING is where today’s job searchers find success.      “He that is greatest among you is servant of all.”  The Lord’s temporal affairs officer is the Bishop.  His Ward Employment Specialist (WES) helps everyone with resources and networking education through LDSEC, located in the Magna Bishop’s Storehouse – 3545 South 7200 West.      Many hands make work…

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