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ACCELERATION OF PRIVATIZATION OF GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES

Posted By Roy Resto | April 25, 2013

Governmental Agencies provide a host of services including, but not limited to Certifications and Inspections. Certifying Fish, Meat, Airplanes, Repair Station Applicants, Aircraft Parts, Health and Sanitary Inspections, Air Traffic Control, and Hosp...

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THE USE OR MIS-USE OF CONDITION CODES FOR NEW, FACTORY NEW, OR NEW SURPLUS PARTS

Posted By Roy Resto | March 18, 2013

According to the book “Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms” by Paul Dickson, during WW II the use of slang by American and Royal Air Force flyers got so deep, that the newspapers had to run occasional articles to poin...

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C of C’s, BEWARE THE DIFFERENCES

Posted By Roy Resto | January 09, 2013

Some gestures are universally understood. When a person with first aid skills observes another person at a restaurant frantically clutching their throat, that is a universal sign that aid should be rendered to extricate the offending victual from the...

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OBSERVATIONS FROM A HEAD HUNTER

Posted By Roy Resto | December 06, 2012

When I first drafted this blog, I considered using the formal term “Recruiter”, but then I thought someone might think this was an article about signing up to join the military. On the other hand, it is neither about the practice of taking and preser...

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Posted By Roy Resto | December 06, 2012

When I first drafted this blog, I considered using the formal term “Recruiter”, but then I thought someone might think this was an article about signing up to join the military. On the other hand, it is neither about the practice of taking and preser...

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The Power of FreeText on Your Purchase Orders

Posted By Roy Resto | October 23, 2012

Do you, like me, ever get annoyed by those pesky, over used buzz words or phrases? “…on the same page”, “Think outside the box”, and “Core Competencies” come to mind. One that I frequently see rearing its syllables is “Robust”; i.e. a robust system, ...

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