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Search MessagesForum Identity: Dave Jensen   Wed, 27 May 2009 12:28 PM
affiliation/organization: CareerTrax

This is a great community. Welcome. You are bound to get some great advice, and of course we'd love to see you help others here as well. That's the spirit of our Forum.

However, before you post, please note that there are differences between this discussion and others that you'll find on the 'net. We aren't an informal location where people chat in "texting" language or where they use crazy nicknames or slang. Instead, our site is like an auditorium filled with people discussing careers, and each of them is wearing a name tag and speaking in polite tones. Quite a bit different than the screaming that takes place on the Internet!

Our rules include:

1) Use a real name. It doesn't have to be your real name, you can still be anonymous. Just don't use a famous person (Ben Franklin) and do not use some kind of lower case, all strung together name (josephbarnes888). Just a regular name, please, Nothing like on other Internet forums.

2) Don't use 'net abbreviations, shortcut language or "texting" language (like "i" for "I" or "cuz" for "because).

3) We don't discuss salary on this forum.

Here are the overall goals we have for each and every post, suggested by a frequent forum poster (A.S.):

1. Let’s focus on the question/problem posted.
2. Let’s keep emotion out of the conversation.
3. Let’s be objective in proposing a solution or sharing our thoughts.
4. If we need to discuss something tangential, let’s start a new thread.
5. If we are disagreeing with someone, let’s do so respectfully.
6. If a poster does not share our values, let’s resist the urge to judge.
7. Let’s put ourselves in our posters’ shoes.
8. Let’s refrain from making matters personal.
9. Let’s ask ourselves if we would respond in the same manner if we were talking to the poster in person.
10. Let’s not push agendas.

Dave Jensen, Moderator

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