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Florida Construction
Connection, Inc., works with employers to not just hire, but make
the right hires.
We work with currently employed construction management,
administrative and accounting professionals to help them make smart
career decisions.
Whether you are seeking
information to help you in your current situation or seeking
information about the marketplace and need help, please give us a
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Deerfield Beach, FL
Phone: (954) 725-9932
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 The
Truth About
Managing People
...And Nothing But the Truth
By Stephen P.
Robbins
Chapter "Truth 63"
should be read first. Managers need to know there is
no quick fix or instant solutions to complex
management problems. As Robbins clearly
states: "Each in its own way has something to
offer managers. Techniques are tools in a tool
chest... There are no shortcuts to the complex job
of managing. You need to treat new ideas and
concepts as tools that can help you be more
effective in your job. But no single new idea
can make a mediocre manager excellent or lead to
turning around a poorly managed company".
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This book covers
simple truths for all to recognize whether
responsible for directing one or many. It is simple
reading and broken down by: The Truth about Hiring,
Motivation, Leadership, Communication, Building
Teams, Managing Conflicts, Designing Jobs,
Performance Evaluation, Coping with Change, and
Managing Behavior. |
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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC),
the voice of the construction industry, is an organization of
qualified construction contractors and industry related companies
dedicated to skill, integrity, and responsibility. Operating in
partnership with its Chapters, the association provides a full range
of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members,
thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the
public interest.
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AGC is the nation's largest and oldest
construction trade association, established in 1918 after a request
by President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson recognized the construction
industry's national importance and desired a partner with which the
government could discuss and plan for the advancement of the nation.
AGC has been fulfilling that mission for the last 85 years.
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AGC is dedicated to improving the
construction industry daily by educating the industry to employ the
finest skills, promoting use of the latest technology and advocating
building the best quality projects for owners--public and private.
AGC is committed to three tenets of industry advancement and
opportunity: Skill, Integrity, and Responsibility.
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The Florida East Coast Chapter of AGC
represents the major building,
highway, utility contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers
in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee,
Highlands, Glades, and Hendry Counties. The chapter was founded on
February 10, 1949, by ten general contractors who sought to
collectively promote the best interests of their businesses, their
profession, and the construction industry at large.
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Visit the Florida East
Coast Chapter of AGC on the web:
www.agcfla.com
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Computer Tips: |
Do you have a
series of tasks that you perform over and over again in Microsoft
Office? Did you know that you can automate these tasks in Office by
using macros? |
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What's a macro? |
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A macro is a set of
computer instructions that you can record and associate with a
shortcut key combination or a macro name. Then, when you press
the shortcut key combination or click the macro name, your
computer program carries out the instructions of the macro. This
saves you time by replacing an often-used, sometimes lengthy
series of actions with a shorter action. For example, instead of
clicking several menus and buttons |
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to add text to your business documents in
Microsoft Word, you can record those steps in a macro and then
just click the macro to add the text in one step.
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Office lets you automate not only keystrokes, but
also most of the actions you can perform in Office. Almost
anything you can do with the Office menu choices, with the
toolbar buttons, and in the document editing environment can be
automated with macros. |
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Try it out! |
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Let's record a simple macro. For
this example, let's say that your company requires you to insert
a logo picture with your name next to it in a particular
position of every Microsoft Word document you create. Here's how
you can automate this process in Word with a macro:
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1. On
the Tools menu in Word, point to Macro, and then
click Record New Macro. This displays the Record Macro
dialog box
2. In
the Macro name box, type Logo
3. In
the Store macro in box, click All Documents (Normal.dot).
If you would like assign this action to the
toolbar menu as a button
Click
Toolbars
then click the Commands
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the
Commands box, click the macro you are recording, and drag
it to the toolbar or menu you want to assign it to.
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To change the
button picture and name click Modify Selection and type
Logo on the Name
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and click Change Button Image and select the image of
your choice.
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Click OK. The Recording toolbar
appears.  Start
recording by inserting the logo and typing your name.
When you record a macro, you can use the mouse to click commands
and options, but not to select text. You must use the keyboard
to record these actions. For example, you can use F8 to select
text and press END to move the cursor to the end of the line.
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When you're done, on
the Recording toolbar, click Stop Recording. |
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The Teacup Story |
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Established
in 1981 the Florida East Coast Chapter AGC
Apprenticeship Programs are designed to provide
quality trade education in preparation for a
career in construction trades.