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Are you interested in developing your skills - and why?

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Question added by raouf mahrous , Project Manager , Engineering Consultant N.G
Date Posted: 2013/07/18
Tereza Filobok
by Tereza Filobok , Guest Relations Executive , Hotel Divan Erbil

When I was a student, I learn to finish the school, but development of the skills is something different, now I am much more aware of the benefit and I enjoy, I don't complain, opposite, I like to develop my skills.
The reason why is personal satisfaction and update for work.

yes, to be updated due to important and fast technological development, to improve my self, to be informed about all the environment :political, social, economic...and from that i can react and being a good making decision: my key success.

Yes.
Leaders are learners.
We are living in a world where technology is changing daily so to stay abreast of what's going on and keep my mind stimulated.
Also it makes good conversation at corporate functions and it's better to be informed than being ignorant.

Ali Harin
by Ali Harin , General Manager , Harinco For Contracting And Trading Company

Thank you رؤوف for your valuable question.
Our world is changing with a very vast acceleration ,so we have to learn continuously in order to keep close pace with it, and this learning is very important to upgrading our skills and sharpening our knowledge for more success in developing our career and life as a whole .

Yes for I develop myself and because modern organizations looking for training and skills

Habibullah Usman
by Habibullah Usman , General Manager , Venkys Italy Marmo S.r.l.

Developing skills will give you an upper edge vis-a-vis others and it will also help to add value in your work and ultimately to the organisation.

Erika Southey
by Erika Southey , IT Project Manager , UCS TS

For sure.
If the passion is there and it is what makes you tick - you will do anything to be on top of your game.

Md. Babul Hossen
by Md. Babul Hossen , Assistant Teacher , Minstry of Primary Education, Bangladesh

I want to highlight my personalities & professionalism.

YIRGA Gebremedhin
by YIRGA Gebremedhin , Junior Programmer , Ethiopian Airlines

Yes!!!! Something I’ve rarely seen mentioned in personal development books is intelligent advice on how to develop and maintain strong technical skills.
At best you’ll see email, PDAs, and a few other basic tools mentioned, but that’s about it.
Even children can use email though.
Solid technical skills are becoming increasingly important, and I don’t see that changing any time soon.
While computers have become easier to use in many ways, the leading edge is more complicated than ever.
This complexity scares many people away from developing their technical skills, but let’s consider some of the reasons you may want to go beyond the basics.
Here are some of the advantages strong technical skills can offer you:1.
Enjoy significantly higher paying work.
Whether you’re employed or self-employed, strong technical skills allow you to leverage technology to the hilt, and that leverage pays.
The better you understand the technology you use, the more value you can efficiently extract from it.
People gladly open their wallets to pay those with in-demand technical skills.2.
Save money.
You’ll save money every time you can solve a technical problem on your own instead of having to hire someone at a high hourly rate.
This can add up to substantial savings over time.
You can also save money by taking advantage of low-cost, high-tech solutions.
For example, using VOIP Internet phone service will save you a bundle over traditional phone service, and it only takes a minor amount of technical skill to install.
I actually disconnected my whole house from the telephone company’s lines, so I could use all the inside jacks for VOIP.3.
Save time.
You’ll save time by solving technical problems quickly instead of scratching your head in confusion.
There are many technical problems that baffle novices but which require only a quick fix from someone with adequate technical skills.
I find it unfortunate when a friend gets ripped off after taking their computer to a repair outlet, when the problem could have been solved in a few seconds.
Ignorance can be costly.4.
Prevent problems.
You’ll prevent problems before they occur by intelligently maintaining and upgrading your technology.
Even a simple skill like keeping your video and sound drivers up-to-date can prevent compatibility problems down the road, especially if you play computer games.5.
Reduce frustration.
Technology isn’t particularly frustrating if you understand how it works.
A lack of understanding is frustrating.
If something breaks, and you know how and why it broke, then it’s just a fact to be dealt with rather than an act of divine cruelty.6.
Make intelligent technology purchases.
I don’t know many geeks who buy their computers at retail stores.
It’s a lot smarter to buy online if you know what to look for.
You’ll get better value, higher quality components, and more control over the final product.
A fun project I did in2004 was to build my own PC from scratch.
I handpicked each component and ordered everything online.
I built the equivalent of a $2000 retail PC for about $900.
I used PriceWatch to find great deals on all the components, and I followed the step-by-step assembly instructions from My Super PC.
I’ve been very pleased with its performance over the past couple years.
Since technology depreciates so rapidly, and since component quality can vary widely, knowing how to buy great value at a great price is a very practical skill.
With most rapidly advancing components like CPUs, hard drives, and video cards, there’s a fairly narrow price-performance sweet spot.
Spend too little, and you’re throwing money away on obsolescent goods.
Spend too much, and you’re overpaying for imperceptible performance gains.
Decent technical knowledge can help you target those sweet spots with all your technology purchases, so you get the best bang per buck.7.
Empower yourself.
I remember thinking how great it was in high school when I began using a decent word processor while many other students were still using typewriters.
Editing was certainly much easier, so I got more done in less time.
Today it’s almost ridiculous how much technology can do.
You can use your computer to manage your whole life now, including your finances, your calendar, and your entertainment.
Knowing how to use technology can add tremendous richness to your life.
But if you lack the technical skills, you’ll probably find it way too complicated to extract this value in a reasonable amount of time.8.
Access information efficiently.
Whenever you want to know something now, you can go online and get the information in seconds.
Sites like Google, Wikipedia, and WikiHow truly place information at your fingertips, but it still takes a bit of technical skill to craft intelligent queries when you’re searching for something obscure.
Need to buy a new suit? Want to see what movies are playing near you? Want to become an early riser? If someone has figured it out, it’s probably online.
With an internet connection at hand, we all become walking Wikipedias.9.
Earn money online.
This is one of the coolest benefits of technical know-how.
With the right technical skills, you can build your own income-generating web site.
Your computer (or some online server) will work tirelessly to make you money24/7.
Even if it just pays for your coffee, that’s still better than buying your own coffee, isn’t it? If it fails, at least you learned something, and you can certainly try again.
But what if it really works? You might not need a job for the rest of your life.
That seems like a pretty good reason to go for it.
Given how disgustingly cheap technology is, I think it’s silly not to devote at least one of the millions of machines on this planet to the task of paying your bills.
Most computers are just sitting there idle waiting for something to do, so put some of those resources to good use.
I’m not talking about getting VC money and trying to make the next Google.
My suggestion is to start a simple web business you can run by yourself in your spare time with no expenses except web hosting (no more than $20/month).
I’ve been earning income online since1995, and I love it.
It does require some technical skill to build an income-generating web site, but those skills are highly learnable, and it’s a lot easier today than it was10 years ago.
(For example, see How to Make Money From Your Blog).
Sure I can write well enough, but without the technical skills to build traffic, this site would be a ghost town.
I do the creative work, technology handles the grunt work, and visitors benefit from the value provided.
It’s a pretty nice system.10.
Feel more confident and comfortable with technology.
Competence builds confidence.
As you develop your technical skills, you’ll feel more comfortable with all forms of technology.
This will encourage you to branch out and leverage technology even more.
You can listen to audio books on your portable MP3 player, take pictures with your digital camera, and so on.
You’ll feel in control of technology instead of intimidated by it.
The more technical experience you gain, the faster you’ll adapt to new technology.
You may fall behind the curve at some point, but you’ll quickly catch up with a few days’ research.
Like it or not, strong technical skills are of major importance today.
Don’t let yourself be caught on the wrong side of the technology fence.
No doubt you’re now wondering, “OK, that’s all fine and dandy, Steve, but how do I develop my technical skills if I wasn’t born a natural geek?” Never fear — I’ll address that in a future article.

hisham ghonim
by hisham ghonim , مدير الموارد البشرية , سما مصر للمقاولات

Are you adept at making the right decisions in your organization? What about your skills in personal decisions? The most likely possibility is that you're not a very bad decision-maker or excellent in both cases either very likely that you may encounter situations in your personal life and the process I had to make decisions considered very serious.
This happens with almost everyone from time to time.
While this is not one ashamed of it is something that can, and must, be corrected.
Nor is there magic in the process of making sound decisions and correct.
It's a skill you can learn, you speak and develop like any other skill.
The best advice that we can offer in order to help you make better decisions is to learn a specific way to make decisions.
The hundreds of daily decisions are considered routine and does not involve any significant risk.
But with the increase in the degree of risk becomes us to think about the decisions that we would like to take a deeper and better.
If the available information is uncertain or incomplete may have soon becomes equivalent to the administrative paralysis can be published in the organization and severely penalized.
Of course there is no way to ensure that all decisions taken by the human sound and always correct.
But you can improve the opportunity and the prospects for the health of the decisions taken by extension by following the steps following twelve.
To illustrate the process assume that trying to decide to open a second branch of your store at the other end of the city.
Select the topic In order to awaken your mind for the next steps to write one sentence specifying the procedure you are considering to take.
Set the goal of the procedure you are considering to take What you are trying to achieve the organization through this procedure? Increase profits? Find a place for your children in the organization? Put a list of all the goals according to their importance for you and your organization.
How will this action or reduces the overall objectives of the organization? Make a list of relevant values What are values ​​Christaaha or maintains this procedure? Profits, security, and the family unit? What are the other values ​​which they will intervene? Control, simplicity or personal involvement? When you suffer from an inability or reluctance to make decisions, the problem often be a conflict of values.
The obvious values ​​allow to make better decisions.
Reviewed the costs and benefits.
What are the costs of this procedure, financially, physically, and mentally? What are the other options.
What are the other options that can achieve the same goals of the organization at a lower cost to you? If your goal is to increase profits, the options include the expansion of your current location, or change your focus to the goods and commodities that will allow a larger profit margin, or improve inventory management.
See and look at all possible options.
What are the obstacles? What are the obstacles to capital? Do you have sufficient technical knowledge to carry out such a move? Do you have a qualified staff to manage the second branch? Can you afford the expenses of hiring and keeping qualified staff to maintain the level of service successful? Put a deadline for decision Select a deadline to take the final decision.
Then select dates before the deadline supplemented where other guided steps listed here.
Collect information Collect all possible demographic information about the proposed new site.
I know everything you could know about potential or actual competitors.
Investigated the costs accurately and especially the indirect costs that may not appear until after they have opened a second branch.
Put a sound financial projections based on population marketing, as well as information collected by the costs.
Put an operational plan Write exactly how will each step in the plan.
Include costs and deadlines.
If you have not been able to develop an operational plan possible investigation Vance command.
Consult advisers Discuss your plan with your lawyer and your representative at the bank and other investors and other leaders in your field, with your spouse or any other person important of close friends and key employees who will be affected by your decision.
Stopped and hopes Give yourself some time to absorb all of the information collected.
See notes and bookmarks daily for a few days to begin to touch the direction you should go in it.
Trust in God and took the decision When you reach the deadline, took the decision.
Trust internal Bahsask.
Will never have all the information that you want, but there is a time to choose based on what information you have.
Trust in God and made the decision that you think his health has done what you and the rest to God.

Elsadig Ahmed Eltahir
by Elsadig Ahmed Eltahir , Human Resources & Administration Manager , DAL GROUP - DAL DAIRY

YES, I personally believe that development is always personal responsibility of employees, you are the only person who can take responsibility for your own skills & professional development, you may be planning to pursue a career in management or want to use your skills in other fields, developing your own skills will help you to decide your future options, stand out from the crowd by combining skills, improve your income, stay knowledgeable, win new work, emphasize your talent, impress your managers by your skills and achieve the personal rewards of success.

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