Crazy Busy Mode - ER Doctor Explains

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ER Doctor explains how to get out of Crazy Busy Mode. 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-conferences_learning-how-to-navigate-the-crazy-busy-activity-7092507571483201536-PZyZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Cover Letter formatting and how-to from Indeed

Cover Letter format from Indeed.

The complimentary closing and signature is only on two lines.

Sincerely,
Your Name

Opening Paragraph

"The opening paragraph is your chance to catch the hiring manager’s attention, introduce yourself and express your enthusiasm to a potential employer. Include why you’re excited about the job and the company and how it lines up with your career goals. Include keywords from the job posting and match your skills to the employer’s requirements.

If you were referred to this job by someone who knows the hiring manager or already works at this company, you may want to mention this referral in your opening paragraph.

Tips from a University Staff member who was on several hiring boards:

* They need to be easily able to connect the dots

* Specifically demonstrate how your experience is relevant

* Give data points if possible

* Only one page, keep it as concise and short as possible

Progress is extremely hard

​From Justin Welsh. 

It’s easy to talk about goals. 

Progress is extremely hard. 

Delta Flight Attendant Position posted!

Delta posted a flight attendant position on May 17th! 

Job posting

HOW YOU'LL HELP US KEEP CLIMBING (OVERVIEW & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES)

At Delta, we move the people who move the world. With an industry-leading global network, we offer service to 306 destinations in 52 countries on six continents. Recognized as the best in the business, our Flight Attendants touch the lives of our 180 million annual customers every day. Keep climbing and join us today with a career as a Flight Attendant.

Our Ideal Candidate:

Do you want to join a stable, profitable company, while building a lasting career with outstanding flight privileges?

Delta Flight Attendants are safety- and customer-centric professionals who love to be on the go, help others, and enjoy variety in their work. They are problem solvers and provide a memorable and positive experience to our customers. 

What You Need to Know:

Delta is seeking both English-Speaking and Bilingual Flight Attendants to join the In-Flight Services team. When completing the application, Bilingual applicants will have the option to apply as a Bilingual Flight Attendant, also known as Language of Destination (LOD). You must be fluent in English and another language to be eligible for the Bilingual Flight Attendant opportunity. 

Since our flights operate day and night and all year-round, Flight Attendants must be flexible with their hours. Shifts include nights, weekends, holidays, and extended hours when needed.

New hires must successfully complete six weeks of training located at our World Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. During this time, participants receive a training wage and some meals, as well as lodging for those who do not live within 2 hours of the training facility.

Once training is complete, Flight Attendants will report to their base to join their 25,000+ colleagues in In-Flight Service. We operate out of 14 bases across the United States including Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale/Miami, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Orlando, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. Base options may differ for Bilingual, or LOD, Flight Attendants.

BENEFITS AND PERKS TO HELP YOU KEEP CLIMBING

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way: 

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives  
• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%  
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave 
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits 
• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages 
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health  
• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members 
• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals  
• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint 
• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies 
• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together 
• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare 

USO and Coursera collaboration

 From a USO leaflet:

Get a free professional certification with Coursera!

The USO and Coursera have collaborated to offer free certifications to help you succeed in a new career or gain expertise to achieve your professional goals.

To get started, connect with a USO Transition Specialist at USO.org/transition

Why You Should Start Preparing For Rejection When Interviewing - Forbes

 Helpful tips from this Forbes article on interviewing in a more competitive job market:

Takeaway #1 - Do your homework to get prepared

You need to study the job description and prepare an elevator pitch that shows you possess all of the requisite requirements. Search LinkedIn to learn all about the people who will be interviewing you. 

Use the profiles to consider mutual commonalities that will enable you to quickly bond with them. Ask your recruiter for all the insider information about the company, the hiring personnel, corporate culture, compensation ranges and what they are looking for in a candidate. See if you know anyone at the organization and ask them to put in a good word and recommend you.

Takeaway #2 Think of interviewing like a marathon

Just as top athletes need to be in peak condition to perform, you need to view interviewing similarly. Prepare and perfect your presentation. Make sure that you take care of yourself. 

Takeaway  # 3 Rejection Stokes Passion And Great Achievements

Overcoming adversity can empower you to achieve great things. It is easy to let rejection get the best of you. The harder part is to learn from the experience.

The key is leveraging rejection in your favor. It could serve as the motivating factor to try again with greater vigor and passion. A Jedi-type mind trick is to feel that if you can rebound from a setback, still feel fine and have the people you love still care for you. 

Takeaway #4 Interviewing is a numbers game

The more interviews you do, the more likely you are to land a job offer.

Military Officer Pay and GS Pay Scale Similarities

2022 Rates

0-2 First Lieutenant
Four years ---- $724
Five years ---- $739

0-2 with four years of service, monthly: $5,432

Four years per day: $250.72/day (8 hours at $31.34/hour)

Four year annual: $65,192

Four years monthly, less 15% for Roth IRA 15%, FICA deductions at 7% and $25 for SGLI/SSLI.

= $4,212

Same as above, except 20% towards Roth IRA.

= $3,941

0-3 Captain
Six years (drill) - $864
Six years monthly: $6,482

Six years annual: $77,784

O-3 Captain

Six years (drill) --------$841

Six years monthly: $6,482

Six years annual: $77,785

Starting pay yearly: $55,638

Eight years---- $883


Bozeman BAH for O-2 (no dependents)

$1,638 (2022)

The government decreased this, even though the cost of housing in the Bozeman area has increased since 2021 and rentals are very hard to get. This needs to be increased to match the CPI numbers. 

$1,671 (2021)

$1,934 - with dependents

BAH for O-1 (no dependents)

Bozeman (59718) - $1,491

COUNTY COST GROUP 850 (ZZ850)

Great Falls (59404) - $870

MALMSTROM AFB/GREAT FLS MT (MT175)

Livingston (59047) - $1,293

COUNTY COST GROUP 810 (ZZ810)

Missoula (59801) - $1,338

COUNTY COST GROUP 820 (ZZ820)

Helena 

Big Sky (59716) - $1,491

COUNTY COST GROUP 850 (ZZ850)

Billings

Drill Pay 2021

O-1 Second Lieutenant
One year  ------ $438
Two years ----- $469
Three years ----$568

0-2 First Lieutenant
Four years ---- $705
Five years ---- $719

Monthly Pay 2021

0-1 Second Lieutenant

Two years or less - $3,385  ($40,620 yearly)
Over two years - $3,524   ($42,228 yearly)

Three years - $4,260 ($51,120 yearly)

$1,500 of tax free BAH every month is actually like getting paid $1,875 pre-tax.

$4,260 gross base pay

(Less 30% deductions)

= $2,982 net base pay

$2,982 + $1,491 BAH

= $4,473 per month while at Officer tech school in third year of service, O-1 rank. 

Also add in BAS while living on base. This is about $8.85 per day. 

Some members will also get a split dispersement DTS payment for per diem. 

E-5 pay level (2 years or less).
Automatic base for non-priors attending OTS (Officer Training School). Some members will also be given BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) and a BAS (Basic Allowance for Subsistence).

Ask Finance at your Guard base to be reimbursed for accrued leave during OTS that cannot be used for actual leave, but will be added to a future paycheck.


GS Pay Scales 2020

GS 8, Step 1 - $41,310

GS 9, Step 1 - 45,627

GS 10, Step 1 - $50,246

GS 11, Step 1 - $55,204

Image of partial 2020 GS Pay Scales:

Military BAH for Different Areas of the Country

These rates are for 2020 and increase every year as the government calculates cost of living by including rent and a percentage of utilities.

Studio City, CA 91604

E-5, no dependents - $2,337

O-1, no dependents - $2,430

Oxnard, CA 93030
(Near the Channel Islands Air National Guard)
O-1, no dependents - $2,580


Montgomery, AL 36117

E-5, no dependents - $1,065

O-1, no dependents - $1,119


Bozeman, MT 59718

E-5, no dependents - $1,305

O-1, no dependents - $1,389


Livingston, MT 59047

E-5, no dependents - $1,203

O-1, no dependents - $1,281


Hilo, HI 96720

E-5, no dependents - $1,875

O-1, no dependents - $2,025


Long Beach, CA

E-5, no dependents - $

O-1, no dependents - $

Recommended by a friend:

Galveston, TX
Austin, TX (feels like LA without overbearing taxes, lots of lakes and natural parks)


For some inspiration, these states have the best weather year-round:

California
Hawaii
Georgia
Texas
Florida
South Carolina
Delaware
North Carolina

Retirement Spots With Year-Round Nice Weather [US News and World Report]

Atlanta

Eugene, OR
"Eugene has dry summers that seldom get very hot. The July average high temperature is 82 degrees. Winters tend to be cool and wet, but temperatures seldom dip below freezing. Snowfall is rare and seldom results in much accumulation of snow. The average January low temperature is 34 degrees. The year-round moderate weather allows professional track and field athletes and recreational exercisers to use the city’s bark chip running trails and paved paths all year."

Eureka, CA

Salem, OR

San Diego

Santa Barbara

Santa Maria
"The Mediterranean climate allows for long growing seasons and creates ideal conditions for producing many different types of crops."

Retirees, These 15 Cities Have the Best Weather Year-Round

Hilo, HI

Air Guard, Air Force, and Army National Guard Pay Scales

O-1: SECOND LIEUTENANT, 0 YEARS

MONTHLY DRILL PAY $396.32

ANNUAL DRILL PAY $4,755.84

ANNUAL TRAINING PAY $1,486.20

TOTAL $6,242.04

vs. 

E-3: AIRMAN FIRST CLASS, 0 YEARS

UNDERSTAND MY PAY

MONTHLY DRILL PAY $246.28

ANNUAL DRILL PAY $2,955.36

ANNUAL TRAINING PAY $923.55

TOTAL $3,878.91

(Screenshot captured on 2-26-18)



Air Force OTS video series is an excellent, immersive window into what the experience is like for people coming in from the civilian world.



If you join the Army National Guard, or the Air Guard with a Bachelor's degree, you can begin your career as either an E4 rank, or as an 01 Officer rank.

E-4: SENIOR AIRMAN, 0 YEARS

MONTHLY DRILL PAY $272.80
ANNUAL DRILL PAY $3,273.60
ANNUAL TRAINING PAY $1,023.00
TOTAL $4,296.60

O-1: SECOND LIEUTENANT, 0 YEARS

MONTHLY DRILL PAY $396.32
ANNUAL DRILL PAY $4,755.84
ANNUAL TRAINING PAY $1,486.20
TOTAL $6,242.04

Training pay would calculate out to two weeks x 2 for monthly pay would be at least:
$2,972

What is the active duty monthly pay for different ranks?  They list this on the National Guard website pay calculator, but not the Air Guard website.


Federal Benefits

Free Space Available Air Travel
VA Home Loans
Legal Assistance
Military Retirement Plan
Military Recreation Facilities

Montana Benefits:

The Montana State Scholarship offers Air Guard members working toward a Bachelor's degree $100 per credit hour, up to $1200 per semester.

Movie Stills Photographers

Jaap Buitendijk - IMDb
Dutch photographer born in Holland in 1970.
The first big budget movie he photographed was Gladiator in 2000.

Hugo (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Park 1 (2010)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
In Bruges (2008)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Gladiator (2000)

David James - IMDb
Lincoln
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Mission Impossible III
Batman Begins
The Last Samurai
Minority Report
A.I.
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List


Jay Maidment - IMDb
British photographer.
The first big budget movie he worked on was Tomorrow Never dies in 1997. "He was introduced to established Unit Photographer, Keith Hamshere who invited him to be his replacement on the set of Tomorrow Never Dies.

Cloud Atlas (2012)
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Hereafter (2010)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
The International (2009)
Wanted (2008)
Casino Royale (2006)
Flyboys (2006)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Die Another Day (2002)
The World is Not Enough (1999)
Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (reshoots) (1999)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Alex Bailey - IMDb
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Iron Lady
Sherlock Holmes
Atonement
Pride & Prejudice
The Phantom of the Opera
Troy
Enemy at the Gates


Van Redin - IMDb
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Gods and Generals (2003)
All the Pretty Horses (1999)

found via: Still Photographers & the Film Industry | DigitalAppleJuice

Kimberly French - IMDb
Elysium (2013)
The Grey
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Brokeback Mountain

found via: ScribbleKing: INTERVIEW: Movie Still Photographer Kimberley French

Business Facts for Photographers

Nine Inconvenient Business Facts for Aspiring Photographers | Black Star Rising Photography Blog
Stresses the importance of:
* Have the copyright to all of your images.
* Make enough each week to cover all expenses of being in business.
* Not charging for required travel, post-production, and planning means taking a loss.
* You have the power to say no to assignment if the client does not want to pay for something.
* Diversify your client base for long-term stability.
* Charging an hourly rate means getting paid less for your talents as you get better.
* Operating without insurance is a huge risk.