Why are report cards so important?
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so u can track your progress in school and know what to work on if you see something your not doing so well in.
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Grades are very important at this time of your life. Good grades means more opportunities and scholarships. Gives you a good headstart in life too. Study hard.
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Professional References are typically required to find out if you were easy to work with, did you show up to work, did you actually work there... things like that. Personal References are used to determine if you are responsible, if you will stick around for a while and if you can develop relationships with people. Good people to use for these are clergy, scout masters, teachers, family friends.\n\nHobbies and clubs are important to some companies because they pride themselves on hiring people with a social conscience. It also shows you are well rounded with interests outside of work.  Don't make these things up or they will come back to bite you - it may turn out that your future boss' nephew also is a member of the Society to Free Incarcerated Squirrels. \n\nOld office namecards usually aren't requested. I imagine that some offices, if they are lax in their hiring process might consider a card as a confirmation of employment, but most make that telephone call to personnel and ask did so and so work there, when, and would you rihire them.  Telling people you throw the cards away could be good, because it means you aren't a clutter bug. Often people keep them for sentimental reasons so it just depends on the interviewer as to if it is good or bad. (Unless you mean a desk placard, which just means the company doesn't want to buy another.) \n\nPopularity could be important if your job is in sales, or if you are a cruise ship director or if you have to work in a lot of teams.  But it isn't something you write on an application, it is something you are during the interview.\n\nLying... bad!  always bad! those who lie to get the job, usually find themselves jobless (for lying) and unable to get a reference (because they lied).\n\nGood luck with your job search!  Remember a firm handshake, a welcome smile, intelligent answers and good eye contact win the job as often as having the best piece of paper.
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1)To progress in an education and possibly go to a college or vocational school.\n\n2)To improve your self-esstem and feel good about yourself.\n\n3) No one person can make you do anything because you are responsible for your actions.  Turning in assignments makes grades go up and proves that you can do it and this can give you a great sense of pride and accomplishment.
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First of all, way to go.  I'm a single parent of two and in school and I know how hard it is.  I find that time management is the most important as well as reading the material every chance you get.  I have a straight A average because I use the school's writing lab for all of my papers as well as having my friends read them and give me critical feedback.  This helps me get better grades and I make sure to always keep my eye on the goal.
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Studying helps. Most schools have higher rankings if you are in honors classes. \n\nI know one guy that checked out books that he thought other people would need for their reports, basically sabotaging his classmates.
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They provide a quick way to analyze the general parts of a company.  With various ratios, you can figure out the profitability and possible health of the company.\n\nIt doesn't take into account short-term trends that might distort the numbers.  It doesn't look at the how well the company might do in the future with management or with future products.  There are other factors that should be considered when analyzing a company.
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That's a big topic but here are some thoughts to consider. \n\n- Have specific goals and standards for employees. Much easier to evaluate and they will perform better, too. Most people want to do well. If they know what is expected, it's easier for them to do what you want.\n\n- Give specific feedback and EXAMPLES along with judgements. E.g.: "Communication skills with other departments need improvement" would be so much better is you also said, "Examples: In August, Stella reported that Tom had asked for an attendance report but later, we learned that he really needed the report listed for the R&D group only." \n\nThe more specifics you use, the better. To do this, you need notes! Which brings me to:\n\n- Keep notes all year. You want to note positive and negative instances over the long term.\n\n- Give feedback constantly. Don't wait until annual review time. If an employee is ever surprised by something in a review, it is almost always indicative of a manager's problem!
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Children don't have the same mental reasoning skills as adults.  They simply cannot understand WHY writing a thank-you card is so important, particularly because they don't care whether or not THEY receive a thank-you card when they give a gift to one of their friends.  Little kids pick their noses and eat it too, because they haven't developed the mental reasoning skills required to understand societal and cultural norms.  As long as you continue to set a good example and pressure them into writing the cards, eventually they will grow into young adults who recognize the importance of doing so.
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This is highly up to the individual. In the case of the consultant however, I think it is important to list all of one’s credentials on a business card, including the MBA.
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It is important for the following reasons:\n1)creativity\n2)Innovation\n3)Employment generations\n4)Foundation for economic growth and development\n5) create challenges for young people\n6)makes goods and services to go round etc
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Many credit card companies do report monthly. Especially the larger ones as it is fairly cheap to do so. Axe is also incorrect in that they all wait for six months to report. As someone who works with clients on their credit problems on a constant basis, I can tell you I see plenty of customers who have only had a credit card account for two or three months and it is already on their credit report.\n\nAs far as it helping you, it doesn't really help. The information that is important for your score is how long the account has been open, what the balance to credit limit ratio is, and whether you have paid on time or not.\n\nI usually have a client start building their credit with a finance company as well as the secured credit cards. However you must be certain that the company will report positive information and not just negative. Many of the companies say they report to the credit bureaus, but what they don't tell you is that they only do so when you are late. Make sure you ask if they report positive information and have them put it writing.
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Poor credit is not a Federally protected status.  Employers routinely look at an applicant's credit history as one criteria for selecting employees in certain jobs.  Credit worthiness can be as important as crimal activity and drug use for weeding out bad candidates for certain jobs.  Credit history can arguably predict certain things about a candidate.  It is used to assign auotmobile insurance rates, mortgage rates, etc; routinely.  If these industries are allowed to use it as a "predictive model", then why not employers, as well?
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Reporting is extremely important as you need to constantly measure performance and forecast trends. Reports come in all types of classifications: financial, quality, personnel, marketing etc.\n\nMany reports tend to rely on multiple pages of numbers. Put those in the Appendix.\n\nStart your report with a one page executive summary that says in words what the key numbers are (i.e. gross profit is up 7% in third quarter)\n\nAnother important element of a report is to identify time sensitive action items (and the people assigned to the task) that will produce the desired results. "Joe will renegotiate the contract to offset the 3% rise in fuel costs. Final documents complete by July 10."\n\nMost reports focus too much on what was already done. Try to emphasise what you plan to do and use the historical data to back up your arguments.
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Excellent question.  Please write our governent.  It seem we put such a high priority on academics yet forget the importance of balancing a check book.  Go figure?!?
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Because they want you to pay to actually see what your score is. As long as you have good lines of credit, you are fine.
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Grades can be important, but networking is more important.  If you don't have a contact book, get one.  Also learn about budgeting and financial independence.