- I've had some people contact me about internships (both recruiting and getting) so I've decided to write a post about this
- friends, family, and acquaintances are often the first point of contact for most people
- while cold calling may work I've found that has a lower success/efficiency rate when compared with targeted marketing. Part of the time I feel as though you may be better off writing custom software and tools to find what you want on the Internet
- there are regionally based programs as well as specific skill area related programs
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
https://www.letsintern.com/internships/online-virtual-internships
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
- charity and voluntary work is often a good way to get work experience. The obvious irony is that due to the modern litigative world more charities are putting up barriers to entry. This means that background checks are becoming more common and needed
- job advertisement boards (online and offline). This includes public areas such as in Universities, supermarkets, etc...
- joint industry/education/training programs. Good examples of this are often joint government/industry programs where there are skills shortages such as in the military industrial complex and in trades
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/getting-free-education-and-training.html
- there are organisations that specialise in getting interns, networking with companies, and providing final link up between them
https://au.gradconnection.com/employers/australian-internships/
https://sites.google.com/view/practicum-digital/welcome
- get yourself out there. As I said earlier general random networking often turns up many options. You never know who you'll meet up with in life but your chances of finding a successful matchup will obviously increase if you meet up at places where likely clients are likely to be (whether that is online or offline). It's easier/better to have to reject work then to have to try and find it
http://dtbnguyen.blogspt.com/2020/11/finding-business-clients-and-customers.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/finding-fundinginvestment-making-money.html
- sometimes you can the work contract/outsource to a recruitment company or marketing company
- sound obvious but search online. I didn't realise a huge number of well known organisation have virtual internship programs (this is especially pertinent given the COVID-19 era and slowing global economic growth)
https://opportunitiescorners.info/un-volunteers-program-2021/
virtual internships free
https://www.abilityworks.com.au/
https://www.abilityworks.com.au/employment/
https://www.virtualinternships.com/
https://www.iru.edu.au/resource/virtual-internships/
https://scholarshipscorner.website/free-online-internships-with-certificates/
https://opportunitiescorners.info/adb-internship-2020/
https://www.wayup.com/s/internships/virtual/
https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/students/campaign/virtual-internship.?search=&tags=location__AsiaPacific__Australia
https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/students/campaign/virtual-internship
https://www.theinterngroup.com/destination/virtual-internships/
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
https://sse.edu.au/upcoming/virtual-startup-internship-program
https://oyaop.com/tag/free-virtual-internships/
https://www.chinainternshipplacements.com/virtual-internship-abroad-remote/
https://rubineducation.com/virtual-internship/
https://www.theforage.com/
https://www.theforage.com/virtual-internships
- friends, family, and acquaintances are often the first point of contact for most people
- while cold calling may work I've found that has a lower success/efficiency rate when compared with targeted marketing. Part of the time I feel as though you may be better off writing custom software and tools to find what you want on the Internet
- there are regionally based programs as well as specific skill area related programs
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
https://www.letsintern.com/internships/online-virtual-internships
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
- charity and voluntary work is often a good way to get work experience. The obvious irony is that due to the modern litigative world more charities are putting up barriers to entry. This means that background checks are becoming more common and needed
- job advertisement boards (online and offline). This includes public areas such as in Universities, supermarkets, etc...
- joint industry/education/training programs. Good examples of this are often joint government/industry programs where there are skills shortages such as in the military industrial complex and in trades
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/getting-free-education-and-training.html
- there are organisations that specialise in getting interns, networking with companies, and providing final link up between them
https://au.gradconnection.com/employers/australian-internships/
https://sites.google.com/view/practicum-digital/welcome
- get yourself out there. As I said earlier general random networking often turns up many options. You never know who you'll meet up with in life but your chances of finding a successful matchup will obviously increase if you meet up at places where likely clients are likely to be (whether that is online or offline). It's easier/better to have to reject work then to have to try and find it
http://dtbnguyen.blogspt.com/2020/11/finding-business-clients-and-customers.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/finding-fundinginvestment-making-money.html
- sometimes you can the work contract/outsource to a recruitment company or marketing company
- sound obvious but search online. I didn't realise a huge number of well known organisation have virtual internship programs (this is especially pertinent given the COVID-19 era and slowing global economic growth)
https://opportunitiescorners.info/un-volunteers-program-2021/
virtual internships free
https://www.abilityworks.com.au/
https://www.abilityworks.com.au/employment/
https://www.virtualinternships.com/
https://www.iru.edu.au/resource/virtual-internships/
https://scholarshipscorner.website/free-online-internships-with-certificates/
https://opportunitiescorners.info/adb-internship-2020/
https://www.wayup.com/s/internships/virtual/
https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/students/campaign/virtual-internship.?search=&tags=location__AsiaPacific__Australia
https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/students/campaign/virtual-internship
https://www.theinterngroup.com/destination/virtual-internships/
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/intern-abroad/best-virtual-internships
https://sse.edu.au/upcoming/virtual-startup-internship-program
https://oyaop.com/tag/free-virtual-internships/
https://www.chinainternshipplacements.com/virtual-internship-abroad-remote/
https://rubineducation.com/virtual-internship/
https://www.theforage.com/
https://www.theforage.com/virtual-internships
- ask around at careers fairs that often run regularly in most major cities
finding interns
Post on your company's careers page
Share the job post on social media
Ask for referrals from family and friends
Post on career websites and internship boards
Attend job fairs
Reach out to local schools
Post on local outlets
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-find-interns
Career Websites
University Job Boards
University Facebook Groups
University Partnerships
Approaching Companies Directly
Asking Around
Career Fairs
Internship Operators
https://insiderguides.com.au/find-internships-australia/
https://au.gradconnection.com/internships/melbourne/
http://www.internships.com.au/
1. LinkedIn
2. Glassdoor
3. Google
4. Your school's job listing site and alumni network
5. Internships.com
6. Internmatch.com
8. Idealist
9. Global Experiences
10. CoolWorks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2015/01/30/the-10-best-websites-for-finding-an-internship/?sh=a9a4be61b440
https://gradaustralia.com.au/internships
- as a side note it's a good way of gaining information and competitive intelligence on how certain companies operate and getting free training as well?
- I've worked with organisations trying to get free labour via regularly churning of interns (and employees as well!). Note that internships are not supposed to be a way to get free labour though and there are often local laws to prevent exploitation of young students and professionals. It's supposed to be a way to get an idea of what life is going to be like in the workforce at a particular company or in a particular industry
intern law
When is unpaid internship or work experience okay?
Unpaid work experience or internships can be okay if:
they're a student or vocational placement, or
there's no employment relationship.
For more information about different types of lawful unpaid work, see our Unpaid work fact sheet.
Unlike unpaid work, people in employment relationships are employees of a business and entitled to:
a minimum wage
the National Employment Standards
the terms of any applicable award or registered agreement.
To work out if a person is an employee or not depends on a number of things. One of the most important is whether the arrangement involves creating an employment contract.
A person and a business can make an employment contract in writing or verbally. However, they can also make a contract when the person does activities for the business that look like work. This even includes arrangements when both the person and the business:
say it's not employment, or
agree the business won't pay the person for their work.
...
Indicators of an employment relationship
It's important to understand what an employment relationship looks like and when one exists. Things to look at include:
what was agreed to?
what was the reason for the arrangement?
how long was the arrangement?
how important was the work to the business?
what work is the person doing?
who's getting the benefit?
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/unpaid-work/work-experience-and-internships
https://mccabecurwood.com.au/unpaid-internships-part-1-law-relates-interns/
https://law.unimelb.edu.au/students/jd/enrichment/pili/subjects/legal-internship
https://www.lawsociety.com.au/legal-communities/law-students/internship-program
- you need to realise that the job/life process is not fair. What you put in isn't necessarily what you're going to get out. Both organisations and individuals will attempt to protect their reputations even if there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that they may be completely wrong? You need to either learn to live with that, work your way around it, fight it, etc... I deal with this problem partly by maintaining a public record of much of my work. That makes it more difficult for anyone to spin/lie their way out of their situation. That said, I (like many others) have found that people believe what they want to believe not necessarily what's right or is the truth?
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/podcast-extra:-the-question-of-brain-bias/12863020
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/01/it-business-startup-resources-random.html
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http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/getting-free-education-and-training.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-big-5-us-it-firms-arent-unbeatable.html
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/16/in-20-years-as-journalist-how-many-times-messed-up
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-pandemic-china-taiwan-who/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_movement
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-10/victorian-man-lived-40-years-in-coastal-cave-happy-covid-19/12215864
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-10/anika-wells-first-twin-pregnancy-mp-future-of-work/12231354
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/houston-we-have-big-problem-futures-crude-tumble-open-gold-soars
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-urges-australia-to-keep-standing-up-to-china
https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2020/07/29/tips-entering-sbs-emerging-writers-competition
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/how-a-20-year-old-quit-uni-to-make-55-000-free-meals-for-medicos-in-melbourne-s-lockdown
https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-lukashenko-rejects-calls-for-new-elections-claims-nato-deployed-to-border/a-54586752
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201110-sichuan-peppercorn-a-chinese-spice-so-hot-it-cools?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2F
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/496555-mask-hating-facial-justice-warriors-covid/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/australia-trade-clash-beijing-lesson-in-china-power/12904462
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-24/trump-joins-one-term-us-president-club/12868382
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/new-zealand-couple-shuns-developers-to-give-900-hectares-of-land-to-nation
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/sneaky-and-entirely-legal-way-donald-trump-could-stay-in-power/news-story/af6f2f252ddac6f7919e78febfe8ddd8
- latest in defense and intelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vietnamese_intelligence_agencies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Office
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Department_of_Military_Intelligence_(Vietnam)
https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-force-declares-offensive-communications-jammer-ready-for-deployment/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-11/australian-defence-force-digitises-archives-wwii-to-1970s/12866796
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/pine-gap-and-the-peace-pilgrims-protest/12814846
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37668/nsa-spied-on-denmark-as-it-chose-its-future-fighter-aircraft-report
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1361410/World-War-3-news-China-Beijing-Japanese-Japan-Taiwan-Strait-Chinese-warplane-ont/amp
https://www.defenseworld.net/news/28332/Taiwanese_F_16A_Fighter_Jet_Missing_After_Take_off
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2020/11/10/first-batch-of-polish-blackhawk-helos-arrive-in-the-philippines/
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-ll-be-in-the-dog-house-for-years-former-spy-boss-says-mps-inflaming-china-relations-20201110-p56d7b.html
https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2020/11/10/uae-purchase-of-f-35-mq-9-officially-cleared-by-state-department/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202008241080265064-f-35-bailout-behind-peace/
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/493060-free-speech-julian-assange/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1362311/russia-news-vladimir-putin-iskander-missile-system-world-war-3
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/506898-sudan-navy-base-russian-military/
https://www.rt.com/russia/506895-putin-sudan-navy-hub/
https://www.rt.com/russia/506505-deal-naval-base-sudan/
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/atrocities-in-afghanistan-and-a-grim-echo-from-the-lindt-cafe-siege/
https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2020/china-201111-globaltimes01.htm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-12/second-world-war-bunker-home-to-vintage-motorbike-collection/12853682
https://news.yahoo.com/sudan-host-russian-military-211207633.html
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-brought-to-its-knees-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-every-state/news-story/accab31c1c4a17ea575132de16efb75e
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/how-b-52-bombers-shot-down-enemy-fighter-jets-in-vietnam/
https://theunionjournal.com/what-could-go-wrong-us-air-force-adds-semi-autonomous-robot-dogs-to-patrols-on-florida-base-video-rt-usa-news/
https://www.theage.com.au/national/killings-of-afghans-happened-all-the-time-20201115-p56erx.html
https://www.dw.com/en/former-french-military-base-makes-way-for-europes-biggest-warehouse-park/a-53977292
https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2020/11/09/turkey-to-use-cargo-drones-for-logistics-with-production-to-begin-in-2021/
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/can-we-avoid-a-new-cold-war/12845400
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/11/11/fg-procures-16-drones-three-fighter-jets-from-china/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8931749/F-16-fighter-jet-pilot-died-ejection-seat-malfunctioned-initially-landing-hard.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2020/11/10/why-chinas-latest-jets-are-surpassing-russias-top-fighters/?sh=75ff801c2e26
https://news.yahoo.com/see-fighter-jet-cockpits-evolved-142700974.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-a-us-super-hornet-show-down-a-syrian-su22-2020-11?r=AU&IR=T
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/us-syria-russia-dogfight/index.html
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aerospace-Defense/Indonesia-s-Prabowo-trots-globe-to-cut-fighter-jet-deal
https://www.rt.com/russia/507497-us-out-open-skies-deal/
https://fort-russ.com/2020/11/f-16s-falling-apart-why-middle-eastern-nations-f-16-fighter-jets-have-been-a-complete-catastrophe/
https://www.dw.com/en/how-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-ran-afoul-of-nazi-film-censors/a-55648879
https://bdnews24.com/world/south-asia/2020/11/23/the-pomegranate-harvest-is-life-here.-the-taliban-shattered-it
https://www.rt.com/russia/507567-putin-cousin-party-elections/
https://hushkit.net/2020/11/22/africas-top-fighter-aircraft/
- latest in animal news
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/lucky-cow-born-with-five-feet-saved-from-slaughterhouse-and-gifted-to-buddhist-monks-in-thailand/vi-BB1aQugm
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-04/sri-lankans-rescue-100-stranded-whales/12846374
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/joey-found-shoved-inside-a-post-office-box/12881202
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-09/caring-for-backyard-bobtail-lizards/12861670
- latest in music and entertainment
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/10/tiger-woods-gives-seal-of-approval-to-incredible-bryson-dechambeau
https://www.msn.com/en-au/lifestyle/smart-living/10-things-no-us-president-is-allowed-to-do/ss-BB1aRbPo?oci%20d=mailsignout
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https://www.abc.net.au/life/tips-for-buying-storing-and-using-bananas-and-their-peel/12774850
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/nov/17/aw-shucks-hard-hit-farmers-extol-the-virtues-of-unopened-oysters
https://www.abc.net.au/life/best-ways-to-choose-store-and-enjoy-eat-mangoes/10705376
Random Quotes:
- Which comedians mentored you along the way? There's not a lot of that in the field. Comedians are not generous by nature because it's a very, very tenuous existence. But I try to do that because I've been fortunate that I came into this life with security. And I give my parents credit for that because they were secure people. I did have a funny conversation with Rodney Dangerfield one time at a club. I asked him all these questions and he went, "You know what? You'll figure it out." He was right.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/master-of-his-domain-what-jerry-seinfeld-did-next-20200907-p55t85.html
- In Senegal, for example, chimpanzees live in temperatures that reach 40C (104F) and use caves and take baths in groundwater pools
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200924-the-super-adaptable-chimps-that-can-withstand-climate-change
- "Understanding positive ways in which cats and humans interact can enhance public understanding of cats, improve feline welfare, and tell us more about the socio-cognitive abilities of this understudied species," said Dr. Tasmin Humphrey, who co-led the research with McComb. The findings are particularly useful for veterinarians and rescuers to better assess feline welfare and emotions.
Paradoxically, Humphrey theorises that cats may have adopted the habit more regularly after noticing that humans were the ones who felt more relaxed after a cat's slow blink.
"In terms of why cats behave in this way, it could be argued that cats developed the slow blink behaviours because humans perceived slow blinking as positive," she explained. "Cats may have learned that humans reward them for responding to slow blinking."
Humphrey continued, "It is also possible that slow blinking in cats began as a way to interrupt an unbroken stare, which is potentially threatening in social interaction."
McComb suggests all cat lovers make use of their discovery.
"It is something you can try yourself with your own cat at home, or with cats you meet in the street. It's a great way of enhancing the bond you have with cats," she said.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/how-to-make-a-cat-like-you-why-science-recommends-slow-blinking/news-story/9088dc3bb2903147f45da3a2b862a924
- Host to 31 U.S. military bases, Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, is no stranger to the risks of bearing the burden of the U.S.-Japan alliance. In 1959, the U.S. military accidentally shot a nuclear rocket into a local harbor; six years later, it lost a hydrogen bomb in nearby seas; then in 1969, a leak of nerve agent on the island so shocked the world that President Richard Nixon was forced to renounce his nation's first-use policy on chemical weapons.
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Opinion polls generally show the majority of Okinawans support the U.S.-Japan alliance – but they wish their prefecture wasn't burdened with 70 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan. They also wish SOFA would be overhauled; 39 of Japan's 47 prefectural governors agree that SOFA needs to be rewritten. At the time it was penned 60 years ago, nobody realized how harmful military operations could be to the environment, but in the ensuing decades, it has become clear that concentrating the U.S. military presence on Okinawa concentrates contamination there, too. If the U.S. wants to maintain Okinawan support for the U.S.-Japan alliance then it needs to understand that protecting human health and the environment is inseparable from its wider mission of protecting Japan.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/us-military-bases-are-poisoning-okinawa/
- Amazon has been charged by the European commission with using the sales data of independent retailers selling through its site to illegally gain an advantage in the European market place.
Margrethe Vestager, the commission's vice-president, said the commission's preliminary conclusion was that Amazon used "big data" to illegally distort competition in France and Germany, the biggest online retail markets in Europe.
Brussels has also decided to open a second investigation into Amazon's e-commerce business practices over concerns that the Seattle-based company set rules on its platform to benefit its own offers and those independent retailers using its logistics and delivery services.
Last month, Amazon announced a third quarter income for 2020 of $6.3bn, triple that of the previous year, as an increasing number of shoppers turn to online sales amid the pandemic.
Vestager told a press conference in Brussels that the commission did not have an issue with the size of the company but only with its business practices which appeared to illegally stymy the growth of its competitors.
"We all know how important e-commerce is today and the current crisis has demonstrated even further that buying online is now commonplace for many, many people, people shop online more frequently and for an increasing variety of products," Vestager said. "The value of online sales in Europe has been growing steadily. And it has almost doubled in the last five years, reaching almost €720bn this year, up from more than €370bn in 2015.
"And Amazon is at the centre of this market development. More than 70% of consumers in France, and more than 80% of consumers in Germany, that made online purchases bought something from Amazon in the last 12 months. We do not take issue with the success of Amazon or its size. Our concern is very specific business contacts which appears to distort genuine competition."
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/amazon-charged-with-abusing-eu-competition-rules/ar-BB1aS8pr?oci%20d=mailsignout
finding interns
Post on your company's careers page
Share the job post on social media
Ask for referrals from family and friends
Post on career websites and internship boards
Attend job fairs
Reach out to local schools
Post on local outlets
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-find-interns
Career Websites
University Job Boards
University Facebook Groups
University Partnerships
Approaching Companies Directly
Asking Around
Career Fairs
Internship Operators
https://insiderguides.com.au/find-internships-australia/
https://au.gradconnection.com/internships/melbourne/
http://www.internships.com.au/
1. LinkedIn
2. Glassdoor
3. Google
4. Your school's job listing site and alumni network
5. Internships.com
6. Internmatch.com
8. Idealist
9. Global Experiences
10. CoolWorks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2015/01/30/the-10-best-websites-for-finding-an-internship/?sh=a9a4be61b440
https://gradaustralia.com.au/internships
- as a side note it's a good way of gaining information and competitive intelligence on how certain companies operate and getting free training as well?
- I've worked with organisations trying to get free labour via regularly churning of interns (and employees as well!). Note that internships are not supposed to be a way to get free labour though and there are often local laws to prevent exploitation of young students and professionals. It's supposed to be a way to get an idea of what life is going to be like in the workforce at a particular company or in a particular industry
intern law
When is unpaid internship or work experience okay?
Unpaid work experience or internships can be okay if:
they're a student or vocational placement, or
there's no employment relationship.
For more information about different types of lawful unpaid work, see our Unpaid work fact sheet.
Unlike unpaid work, people in employment relationships are employees of a business and entitled to:
a minimum wage
the National Employment Standards
the terms of any applicable award or registered agreement.
To work out if a person is an employee or not depends on a number of things. One of the most important is whether the arrangement involves creating an employment contract.
A person and a business can make an employment contract in writing or verbally. However, they can also make a contract when the person does activities for the business that look like work. This even includes arrangements when both the person and the business:
say it's not employment, or
agree the business won't pay the person for their work.
...
Indicators of an employment relationship
It's important to understand what an employment relationship looks like and when one exists. Things to look at include:
what was agreed to?
what was the reason for the arrangement?
how long was the arrangement?
how important was the work to the business?
what work is the person doing?
who's getting the benefit?
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/unpaid-work/work-experience-and-internships
https://mccabecurwood.com.au/unpaid-internships-part-1-law-relates-interns/
https://law.unimelb.edu.au/students/jd/enrichment/pili/subjects/legal-internship
https://www.lawsociety.com.au/legal-communities/law-students/internship-program
- you need to realise that the job/life process is not fair. What you put in isn't necessarily what you're going to get out. Both organisations and individuals will attempt to protect their reputations even if there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that they may be completely wrong? You need to either learn to live with that, work your way around it, fight it, etc... I deal with this problem partly by maintaining a public record of much of my work. That makes it more difficult for anyone to spin/lie their way out of their situation. That said, I (like many others) have found that people believe what they want to believe not necessarily what's right or is the truth?
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/podcast-extra:-the-question-of-brain-bias/12863020
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/01/it-business-startup-resources-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/10/cvresume-harvesting-research-notes.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/education-or-indoctrination-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/getting-free-education-and-training.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-big-5-us-it-firms-arent-unbeatable.html
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https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/education-or-indoctrination-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/05/mexican-drug-cartel-background-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/03/religion-vs-uswestern-leadership-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-society-filtering-for-fairnessmerit.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/09/thinking-like-political-elite-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/01/capitalism-analysis-religion-23-and-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-western-leadership-required-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/08/neo-colonialism-and-neo-liberalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/06/religious-conspiracies-is-capitalism.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/01/conspiracy-theories-understanding.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/social-engineeringmanipulation-rigging.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/07/neuroscience-in-psyops-world-order.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2016/02/shadow-government-key-players-and-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/01/it-business-startup-resources-random.html
- if you're interested in this post you may also be interested in the following:
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/11/finding-business-clients-and-customers.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/10/cvresume-harvesting-research-notes.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/getting-free-education-and-training.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/01/it-business-startup-resources-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2020/01/email-harvesting-notes-sperminator-ari.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/09/seek-email-crawler-random-stuff-and-more.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/08/create-usernames-security-script-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/08/finding-fundinginvestment-making-money.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/07/comparing-icos-random-stuff-and-more.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/07/online-marketing-and-sales-notes-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/02/cryptocurrency-market-manipulation.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2019/01/free-online-advertising-and-marketing.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/03/social-media-bot-coding-notes-random.html
http://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/01/social-media-comment-bot-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/03/compare-social-media-script-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/03/whitepaper-examine-script-random-stuff.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/03/random-picture-makingblending-script.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2018/02/email-address-harvesting-script-random.html
https://dtbnguyen.blogspot.com/2017/08/cryptocurrencies-cryptocurrency-mining.html
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https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/12709/how-is-satellite-data-used-to-find-drug-crops
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/28/world/un-to-create-own-satellite-program-to-find-illegal-drug-crops.html
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McComb suggests all cat lovers make use of their discovery.
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Vestager told a press conference in Brussels that the commission did not have an issue with the size of the company but only with its business practices which appeared to illegally stymy the growth of its competitors.
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