That's interesting. I had often thought of going into financial advising. I always liked taxes and worked for H&R Block on season when I had been laid off, and kept working for them part time for a few seasons after that. I had a few clients I served for a few years, but it got to be too much on top of my corporate job.
I could add to my name MASP -Master of Arts / Spanish Professor....but I don't have business cards...LOL
""queridA" I am a girl.........lol. Gee, you just put an idea in my head: How about to teach Spanish in this group?
I always enjoyed Spanish classes, probably because the language came easily and its consistency helped me to better understand English construct. I continued to pick up those free Latino newspapers throughout my adult life in order to retain the skill set.
Glad the newspapers helped you; they are a great tool to practice reading another languages. The only worry I have with the local papers / TV are the colloquialisms....and the non-academic meaning given to certain words. LOL
That could be fun. I keep starting and stopping trying to learn Spanish. I have one daughter who takes to languages like a duck to water. I don't. but then, I had to use post it notes to learn to turn on the computer. I am good with los vachas and caballos (?)
In a sense I agree. But they are more "real language" informative than the deliberately slow perfect-diction speakers on the ALM records...can you dig it? I've worked for a few multinationals (French, German, Japanese.) The Japanese company (NEC) had field techs who would travel to job sites all across the nation. I used to joke with those poor guys after they returned from Boston, Dallas, Minneapolis and Biloxi, asking them if they still knew how to speak English. I've tried to get into the habit of not ending my sentences in propositions. It doesn't work (in the funcionar sense, not the trabajar sense.) It no longer sounds like real English. It is way too stiff, orally and in writing.
EMT was on my name plate, under my name, on my uniform..........back in the mid 70's. Since then, I've had two. Materials Coordinator and Jr. Buyer.
Did you get certified thru APICS? My last supervisor/director had a Bachelors Degree in Business and two certifications from APICS: CPM and CPIM. A previous company he worked for, paid part of the fees for him to become certified with APICS.
Yeah, too many letters which is why I’m just plain Bobby. Ordained minister......Rev. Masters in Theological Studies....MTS Master Divinity......MDiv Bachelors Business Science....BBS Honorary Doctorate.....Dr. All that written, I have only placed the Rev. in front of my name on a few occasions and the rest is just resume’ glitter.
It was through the N.A.P.M. (National Association of Purchasing Management) which has since morphed into/been replaced by the I.S.M. (Institute for Supply Management.) I forget how APICS falls into this, but I don't believe they ever administered CPM certifications...they focused on manufacturing production & inventory control. My employer also paid for me to get my certification. I worked for a computer reseller back in the early days of the industry (managed vendors,contracts and an inventory of 50,000+ skus), and worked for small manufacturers, but never did anything in a true factory production environment. The PC reseller inventory management position caused me to learn how to data-mine in mainframes and do some complex desktop stuff so my buyers would stop managing things from those huge greenbar printouts. Once I gathered info on customers and our market so I could do a decent forecast, I shared my analyses with the rest of the business. That put me on a different career path (Business Analysis.) By that time, I was ready for the change and stopped maintaining my CPM certification.
In thinking about it, after reading your post here, he did get his CPM Cert from ISM and the CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) with APICS. Being a Jr. Buyer and Materials Coordinator was enough for me. Didn't need a certificate for either. Actually, in the late 70's, got into warehouse work and, in the early 80's, started work as a Stockroom Clerk (electronics). During those years, no computers, until my first job using a computer in 1989. The years before, I had to write in UPS, FedX books and fill out Common Carrier paperwork. I was so, so happy to go into my own office when working both as a Jr. Buyer and as a Materials Coordinator. Desk, phone, computer and filing cabinet. Love using a computer and, that in itself, really helped me on the job. Worked with AP (Packing Lists) and that's the kind of work my wife done as well.
I wasn't talking about "perfect diction" since many factors have an impact on diction. I am talking about the meaning given by certain Spanish speaking countries to certain words. I am talking about the familiar use of the language.