European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 3check out Usa eur Library a videos by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Marcia Sulatta might be out of a Job when she flips her Calendar to october but she wont be unprepared. With the budget crunch position next fiscal year the i Library technician for the Blind and physically handicapped has turned to self help videos for a head Start in the Job race. Every weekend Sulatta pops a couple videos from the Usa eur Library into the videocassette recorder and learns about such things As a finding and Landing the right jobs and a career a the computer self help videos were invaluable to me a she said. While none of the Usa eur collections 16,000 films and tapes offers a clue to the future of military and civilian jobs in the �?T90s, they can help people prepare themselves for an unplanned trip to the Job Market. A we have a lot of How to a and self improvement titles a said Bonnie Klein usage urn a special services librarian. The Library offers films and tapes that Tell How to prepare a resume and How to interview and that offer ideas for alternative careers or self employment. Entire series on secretarial skills or providing Day care can be checked out. And Many of the computer instructional tapes come with floppy disks so borrowers can learn in concert with both their video a we have a lot of How to a and self improvement a Bonnie Klein players and personal computers. The Usa eur audio visual Library also boasts Many High priced titles by today a modern management gurus that Are out of reach of local libraries budgets. Tom Peters a thriving on chaos series for example costs $ 1,500. A if a Small Library like at Wiesbaden a were to spend $1,500 on a tape it would mean no periodicals next year a Klein said. Army Navy and air Force Community libraries can obtain All tapes through the inter Library loan system. The Usa eur collection features other Tom Peters tapes As Well including a passion for excellence and a passion for customers a Klein said. A one minute manager fans can borrow six of Ken Blanchard a training videos. And John Naisbitt so Omega trends and Jerry Harvey so Abilene Paradox Are also there for the asking. Frankfurt a civilian personnel office recently began offering some of usage urn a self help resources in its training programs said Barbara to shark a co employee development specialist. We just watch Tor More ways for people to get training professional development at no to shark said. A it s really a dynamite program a Frankfurt recently used Peters a beyond close to the customer to train instructors teaching customer service skills. Instructor Leo Stuyt a leadership analyst for v corps supplemented the video with handouts and materials he developed. With tighter budgets communities will Start asking a who do we have Here to do training that we used to go outside for Quot Stuyt said. A the Only Cost is going to be getting folks to take a break from the Normal daily routines to attend a training along with career related resources the Usa eur collection of 8,000 /2-Inch videos and 4,500 i Inch videos and 4,000 i6nim films includes a variety of classic educational and instructional tapes and films. Military history buffs or officer professional development teachers can request footage or information on specific Battles. Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley aficionados can choose from their Best movies. The Library also offers children a material such As animated adaptations of children a books and television series such As a winds of War and the How to videos run the Gamut from How to play the piano to How to Tunc up a car. Even Community Library has a list of the Usa eur titles and the materials can be checked out by any Library card Holder Klein from Page 1 operations and training office. He consistently earned top ratings. A they have to learn How to break the habit of a Mil speak a a said make Tay Erner who manages Personne was for a number of stateside coi. Including general electric. A i realize that people talk in the language they re most comfortable with but sometimes that language closes doors on Taverner who has participated in a number of Job fairs sponsored by the non commissioned officers association co Asaid that service members nevertheless Are attractive to civilian recruiters. A military people tend to have had academic programs that their civilian counterparts would not have had a he said. A they have had a breadth of experience that their counterparts might not have had. Id have to term those experiences impressive.�?�. Bud Flanagan the Coa chief operating officer who helped launch the organizations Job fair program in 1973, said that military people possess skills valuable to Many civilian positions. He listed dedication loyalty responsibility and budget knowledge As qualities that service members can rely on when competing for a civilian Job. Flanagan also warned that those skills can be negated by speaking a different language. A some service people done to speak English. They speak army Navy or air Force a he said. A and that wont help when they re sitting face to face with representatives from different Deryl Smoak a Recruiter for National carriers a North Carolina based trucking company that has hired Many sex service members advised Job seekers a to take their uniforms off when interviewing. A service people need to understand that the interviewers done to understand some of the terms that the military uses a Smoak said. A people have a tendency to talk in technical terms and the military has its own technical Taverner said that most civilian recruiters would like to regard the military As a corporation but that Many service members a have an inability to articulate in the corporate Arenas by their use of Mil speak which he defined As an a inability to say what they do in civilian Smoak also said that service members hold advantages when seeking employment. A a they re responsible have shown stress tolerance Are physically fit and Are drug free. Those ate important the a experts suggested that service members refine their interviewing technique before venturing onto the path toward civilian employment. Taverner said that those who Are considering leaving the service will profit from interviewing for any Job even those in which they re not interested. A i cannot place enough emphasis on interviewing a Taverner said. A a it san acquired skill. Applicants need to learn How to make the interview interactive and to focus it on specific he said employees usually make their decision on whether to hire an applicant in the first five to 10 minutes of the interview. Flanagan said it is essential that applicants read As much As they can about companies they Are interested in joining so they can speak the language of the company when they interview. Trade journals provide much of the needed information he said. A for a great Many applicant their Lack of knowledge about a company puts them at a tremendous disadvantage. They Are simply not prepared to walk out of the service a which Flanagan described As a the Best and safest Smoak suggested that applicants provide an honest appraisal of themselves and their abilities when interviewing for jobs. A a done to second guess the company a he said. A interviewers done to want to hear Pat the experts cautioned that service members May have to lower their expectations when entering the civilian Job Market. A very few companies hire managers from the outside a said Flanagan. A an applicant has to be willing to take a step Back sometimes in order to get a foot in the Taverner said that a veterans Are not a oing to have the Job placement prob Ems they think they re going to have As Ong As they Are willing to go to where the jobs Are. The skills they have developed in five or 10 years Are valuable. The marketplace will employ contributing to this report staff writer Vince Crawley Here a expert advice on surviving cutbacks by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Willinger West Germany a the top enlisted Soldier for the . Army Europe has a simple Road map for the Soldier trying to make it through the career obstacle course posed by defense cutbacks. A if you re a Young Soldier who wants to make the military a career the army a career then you need to be very serious about what you re doing a said command sgt. Maj. George Horvath. A you need to make sure you can fire a weapon Well that you can score High on your physical training test that you re doing the kinds of things to make you As professional a Soldier As you possibly can. That you re taking correspondence courses you re scratching to get into the Best military school you can to make yourself Horvath made his remarks in an interview during the recent association of the United states army Europe conference. A if you re doing those kinds of things you probably done to have to worry about being eliminated from the army a he said. Gen. John r. Galvin the . Commander in Europe said last week that he believed More than half of the army reductions could take place As a result of the natural attrition of the Force. Horvath thinks most of others will end up cutting themselves As a result of poor performance. A if you Are a Soldier who has problems maintaining your weight you have problems passing the it test you can to pass the set skill qualification test you can barely qualify with your weapon if you have records of indiscipline if you have records of bad debts and those kinds of things in All probability you will be the first to go a whether you have three years five years or 14 Horvath who a held his Post just Over a year has been spending a lot of time on the Road talking to soldiers a if you re a Young Soldier who wants to make the military a career. Then you need to be very serious about what you re a George Horvath about the future. Despite the almost daily onslaught of stories about deep cuts in the army the morale of Usa eur soldiers remains High he said. A a they re concerned. I mean they re concerned. Naturally those who Are serious enough about staying in the army arc concerned about what their future will be in a very Small competitive professional army a Horvath said. Even those soldiers who Arentt worried about their jobs Are speaking up about other concerns As the budget noose tightens. A they have concerns about education civilian education in particular because the army either has promised or implied that we will assist them in attaining a College education a he said. In Europe the soldiers also Are concerned about inadequate housing or a shortage of apartments health and dental care and schools. Horvath said he believes that As the United states withdraws some of its troops from Europe the Quality of life for those remaining will go up. Quot the criteria for How we re going to readjust the location of units is going to be based upon who a got the Best Barracks who a got the Best maintenance facilities who a got the Best Access to training areas the Best housing and so on a he said. A so As we withdraw those units that Are left in place will be left in those areas where we have identified having the Best facilities. So that will naturally raise the Quality of
