European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes Money matters tuesday july 19, 1994 a today s rates following arc fixed rates at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell foreign currencies to . Personnel for personal use British Pound. ,.1.60 dutch guilder1.69 German Mark. 1.50 a note the Ratos above apply within a Sost country. Figures Are express of in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Coltar following arc Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curran cies austrian Schilling .10.8435 Bahrain Dinar. 0.37675 belgian franc 31.76 British Pound. 1.5638 Canadian Dollar. 1.3777 danish Krone .<6.0610 dutch Guilder 1.7295 French franc 5.2925 German Mark 1.54f7 greek drachma .233.15 italian lira 1,544.25 Kuwait Dinar. 0.2955 norwegian Krone. 6.7494 portuguese escudo .158.75 saudi rial. 3,75 Spanish peseta. 127.37 Swiss franc. 13005 turkish lira. 30,700.00. Note figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Doliar Gold quote $386.40 an ounce a Silver quote $5.25 an ounce sources merchants National Banj it amp Trust co.-�.  and the associated pres Continental cuts summer air fares Houston apr airline passengers have until Friday to take advantage of a summer Sale at Continental airlines which Cut prices by 25 percent to 50 percent on Domestic flights and some International flights. Twa and United airlines said they will match the fare cuts in All competitive markets. American airlines said it will match the tuts on Domestic routes and flights to Hawaii and would decide on International fares later  s Sale applies to round trip coach seats on most flights through sept. 29. Tickets Are non re fund Able. A 25 percent fare reduction applies to selected International routes. 1 Ravelero must leave on a tuesday wednesday or thursday and stay Over a saturday night. The bargain fares Are up to 50 percent less than Continentals peanuts fares tickets or up to 25 percent off its Max Saver rates. Workplaces often become violent Sites by Paula Ancona. Scripps Howard news service. Violence like other social problems is invading almost every Arena of our lives. That includes All kinds of workplaces. There were 111,000 violent workplace incidents in 1992, reports the National Safe workplace Institute at Charlotte . . One out of four workers said they were harassed threatened or attacked on the Job Between july 1992 and july 1993, a Northwestern National life insurance study showed. And More than half of 500 human resources managers surveyed recently by the american management association said their companies had experienced incidents or threats of violence in the past four years. Here Are ways to address this trend in your workplace from Joseph Kinney author breaking Point the workplace violence epidemic and what to do about it National Safe workplace Institute. 1993 Mary Pigatti consultant United healthcare corp., Milwaukee and Eric Rolfe Greenberg american management association use humane management nurture respect responsibility and individual dig nity in All employee interactions. Emphasize immediate feedback tactful and consistent discipline and positive reinforcement. Acknowledge employees lives outside of work. Help All employees feel valued and involved. A build a threat response team include senior managers employees unions medical Legal and psychological experts Public relations and human resources officials and local police or fire representatives. A have a written company policy denouncing workplace violence specify that any violence in the workplace by an employee at any level will not be tolerated and will be grounds for termination. A develop a threat response plan it should be a Road map that tells key employees managers and experts exactly what to do whom to talk to and How to create a Safe working environment after a threat. A screen All Job candidates for a history of violence look at past employment trends military history motor vehicle violations and criminal background. Check references and verify resume facts. Interview Job candidates in person ask questions like when do you think you be been treated unfairly?.what did you do about it a determine who has. Access to your workplace. A fire or Lay off employees in a sensitive manner but done to allow them to. Re turn to the workplace even to prepare a resume. Promptly retrieve All company property from them. Watch for signs that they arc handling the termination poorly a train All employees in conflict Resolution diversity and sensitivity stress management and communication. A g Ive c Miloye is w ays to safely discuss problems and Deal with stress such As an employee assistance program. Set up a confidential hot line that employees could Call anytime to report problems. A done to overreact to anger in the workplace. Kinney says angry employees who have a family a sense of future hobbies Good financial status and Community ties probably Are just letting off steam. A learn about workplace violence warning signs such As Job loss or perception of impending Job loss a history of people problems personal stress repeated violations of company rules sudden behaviour changes Ana records of alleged injustices at work rep. Stony ii Oyer did a Lile by Mike Causey. Washington Post a Washington although the checks not in the mail rep. Steny Hoyer did predicts most White Collar Federal workers will get a better than expected raise in january. He told the senior. Executive association conference last week that the Senate will go for a higher amount As part of a Deal guaranteeing a 25 percent differential to thousands of Federal criminal investigators. Hoy cry a prediction Falls into the take it to the Bank category. He a the chief play maker in the annual Federal pay game. This year As part of the democratic leadership he smiled when the president watered Down the raise then quietly greased the legislative skids to nearly double the amount. While the raise 2 percent is guaranteed with the rest to be decided based on studies of private sector salaries in big cities is less than the estimated 4.7 percent raise . Workers Are due under the natio Namo laity pay system if is a vast improvement Over the presidents plan which has Heen approved by the Senate. The Federal pay raise is part of the Treasury postal service Gen Era i government appropriations Bills now awaiting Senate House conference. The Federal pay differences in the two Bills temporarily delayed by a dispute Over irs fees for providing tax return information to mortgage lenders have been ironed out in a Side agreement Between Hoyer and sen. Dennis Deconcini a Ariz. Deconcini is the congressional Angel of Federal Law enforcement personnel. He wants to standardize the 25 percent differential some agencies now pay it some done to and some pay Les Sand to guarantee that agencies done to arbitrarily drop it whenever. Their budgets get  potential Bosses a Clear picture of yourself so you re pounding the pavement looking for a Job but the Public Isnit buying what you re Selling. That a a common problem in a Job search. Sometimes its hard to believe that there a anyone out there who wants what we can do. But the problem May be More than a Light Job Market. It May be that the image we re projecting is unclear. People May be unable to get a handle on who we w ant to be and what we want to do in the labor Market the other Day i spoke with a fellow who was leaving corporate life for some other destination but  for the life of me figure out where he wanted to go. I had no problem with his qualifications he was Well trained and had a wealth of experience in three different Fields. A the problem was that he Hadnot defined what he wanted to do with his experience his career objectives were so unfocused that it was hard to get a handle on How to help him. After the Man left my office i remembered a talk i heard a few weeks ago in los Angeles and i wished he could have been there. The speaker was Ron Manzke an officer with Siegel and Gale a communications and design firm that specializes in something called a corporate Brand  Manzke explained what he does by showing slides of familiar Brand names that had been paired with unfamiliar products. The pictures were bizarre. There was a movie poster of Arnold Schwarzenegger with a Rifle like a Cannon in terminator ii advertised As a Walt Disney film. Another picture showed a Tough tattooed Harley David son biker straddling a Little moped motor Scooter. The audience roared. Manz Kcf a Point was that successful companies need Strong brands to convey a consistent sense of what they do. That a Why corporations May spend millions of dollars on logos and slogans that stale their missions persuasively and clearly. Often part of what they sell Are intangibles such As lifestyle values. Manzke went on to say that when a communications savvy company puts out a product that does not fit its image it docs so under a different Brand name. That a Why the Walt Disney studio set up Touchstone films for a rated movies such As Down and out in Beverly Hills. It  do to have half naked adult film William Charland characters associated with Mickey mouse in the magi kingdom. There a a lesson in the Field of corporate imaging of those of us who Are trying to make our Way in a Chang my Job Market. Today a careers Are filled with so Man twists and turns that its easy to confuse one a no the with what we be done and what we Hope to do. Academic credentials and Job titles May serve us we if we stay in the same Field. But if we change Fields a most of us will we need to give a Sharp focus to of new objectives.  in be been a teacher a we might say a and now i want to use that background to explain Complex products in technical sales i want to be a technical sales consultant a a the Point is to help people see the direction we re heading. As Manzke says a we must communicate two things what we re Good at and what we Lik doing.�?�. William Charland an educational consultant am author of life work meaningful employment in a. Age of limits writes this weekly column discussion ways of updating Job skills at the Rocky Mountain news in Denver c Scripps Howard nows service