How to Minimize the Cost of a Pilots License

How to Minimize the Cost of a Pilots LicenseHow to Minimize the Cost of a Pilots LicenseWhen it comes to flying, the most common questions a prospective pilot asks are How much does it cost? and How do I keep the costsdown? Because flying is a costly endeavor, this question is applicable to all pilots, from the beginning of private pilot training, to the end, and well afterward. Lets start at the beginning The cost of becoming a private pilot can vary greatly, and everyone wants to know how to get the most bang for their buck. While cheap is rarely an option when it comes to aviation, there are still ways to minimize the cost of obtaining a pilot certificate while maximizing the value. First things first Never choose a flight school just because of the cost. As with everything, you always get what you pay for, so at a minimum, youll want to do your research first and make sure you choose a safe, professional flight school. To minimize the cost of your flight training, specifically in the early days, keep the following tips in mind Choose your instructor wisely.A poor choice of instructor can mean an incredibly frustrating and expensive flight training experience. Choose an instructor that uses a gesamtschau and training course outline in order to maximize your time in the airplane and continue moving forward. A training outline will ensure that both you and your instructor are on the same page each lesson, and will alleviate any ambiguity that occurs when you show up expecting to move on to new material and your instructor wants to revisit old material. Make sure the flight school you choose has instructors and airplanes available for you to fly as often as youd like. If you want to fly two to three times per week, make sure you are able to schedule the airplane that often without having to fight for it. If your flight school has one airplane and a waiting list of students, you might want to look elsewhere. Fly often. Two to three times per week is iverstndig ung im strafverfahren. More than that and you could get burned out (although many students fly five days a week and succeed without a problem.) Less than that, and you may forget what you learned. Muscle memory early in training doesnt last long, and if you wait a week or longer in between flights, you might find that youll have to go back and review procedures or maneuvers again to remain proficient. If you cant fly that often, dont be discouraged. Many experienced pilots who dont fly often will frequently find themselves having to relearn maneuvers and procedures, too. Proficiency is just part of the deal when you become a pilot, and you can count on putting effort and time into remaining proficient even after your successful checkride. Use a simulator. I cant stress the value of a simulator enough. Its cheap, quicker than flying and safer than flying. You can practice emergency procedures comfortably and safely, and for less money than you can in a real airplane. In a simulator, your instructor can pause the simulator to provide feedback during the lesson, he can add wind or clouds, and he can preposition your aircraft anywhere he wants. This means that instead of making you fly an entire long cross country route, just to see that you know your navigation procedures, your instructor can save time by moving past the more monotonous phases of flight and placing you exactly where you need to be. Take advantage of discounts and freebies. Many flight schools will offer a discount for the prepayment of a certain number of hours, and others will offer free ground school nights or safety seminars. Take advantage of what you can get for free. Show up even when the weather isnt good. If the weather looks too poor to take a scheduled flight, dont just stay home. Show up at the airport and ask your instructor what else you might be able to do from the ground. Maybe you can get in a ground lesson or use the simulator instead, or maybe the weather will clear up, and yo ull have time to fly after all. The same goes for an instructor absence. If your instructor has to cancel, you can always ask if there is another instructor available to go so that you can continue to progress. A steady, continuous progression is key for success. If you take measures to ensure that you fly often with a good instructor, and you work to maximize the use of your time and resources, youll be sure to get the most value for your money.

Simplify Your Life and Your Job Search Will Follow

Simplify Your Life and Your Job Search Will FollowSimplify Your Life and Your Job SearchSimplify Your Life and Your Job Search Will FollowYou might not know it, but this is Simplify Your Life Week (August 1-7). With the economy as rocky as its been for the past couple years, many of us have been simplifying our lives whether we like it or not. Fewer expensive indulgences. More time at home. Personally, I like it (mostly).In the past, I often thought, Life is pretty good, but once I have enough money to buy X, itll be perfect. Yeah, right. Thats the old carrot-and-stick dilemma. The carrot youre chasing just keeps advancing along with you. And things keep getting mora and more complicated. A lot of people seem to be deciding that simpler is better. Look at our reality TV preferences 20 years ago, reality shows were all about the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Today, we love seeing people sell their possessions on Pawn Stars, and watching the folks on Operation Repo take back unpai d luxury cars, boats, and motorcycles from former Jones (or Kardashian) keeper-uppers. Its as if our collective thinking has changed from, Waah I deserve an extravagant lifestyle, too to Hah At least Im not that bad (yet) Whats this got to do with your job search? Heres where I see the connection When it comes to employment, the rules have changed, the promises have been broken, and there are no more guarantees. So its up to each of us to make some simple (not necessarily easy, but simple) decisions about how we define success for ourselves, and what type of employment situation will help us achieve it. And then, we need to take the steps to create that reality.Entrepreneur Jim Rohn said, Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. So I hope we can all celebrate Simplify Your Life Week (and beyond) by figuring out the few simple disciplines that we can do each day to move us closer to our own brand of success.

Color Me Hired

Color Me HiredColor Me HiredUse a signature color to build your personal brand.Color is one implement in your personal-branding toolbox that will help express brand attributes and create emotional connections with hiring managers and recruiters. Deployed intelligently, color can help you stand out in a job search.Once you think of yourself as a brand, you require a brand-identity system just like major corporations. Your personal brand identity system (PBIS) includes a voreingestellt font, color, images, textures and other entwurf elements that you use consistently throughout your career-marketing tools, including your Web site. Color is perhaps the most distinctive of all those elements.We all have opinions about color. We select colors for our clothes and the walls of our home. But selecting a PBIS is different from choosing colors to highlight your skin tone or create an aesthetic in your home. Its about choosing colors that reflect your unique promise of value - your brand. Befo re you select a color for your brand, consider how companies use color.When you hear big blue, what company comes to mind? IBM, of course. IBM maximizes its unique relationship with blue. The company uses it as the primary color on its corporate Web site in all presentations on marketing materials, signage and in the names of many of its products and programs (Blue Gene, Deep Blue and Extreme Blue, just to name a few). Although blue is the most common logo color for American corporations, its probably more often associated with IBM than any other brand.Like IBM, some organizations are so consistent and steadfast in their use of color, they practically own that color in our minds. Think Home Depot, Breast Cancer Awareness, UPS and Target. And some companies actually do own their colors. Tiffany, for example, has registered its trademark robins-egg blue as a brand asset Tiffany Blue is registered with the Pantone Matching System registry of colors.While IBM is associated with the most common corporate color, UPS chose one of the least-used colors (brown) to help it stand out from the pack. The brown uniforms and vans and the tagline, What can brown do for you? are important and effective elements of its brand-communications strategy.Color supports differentiationThe ability to identify a company by its brand color is amazing. When youre standing at the rental-car bus stop at the airport waiting for the shuttle bus to pick you up, you know whether youre looking for the yellow, red or green bus. Its more difficult to identify Budget (orange and blue) and Alamo (yellow and blue). Multiple colors seem to be harder to own. But thats not something that worried Google or eBay. Both companies have four-color logos that set them apart from their competitors.Color and your personal brandColor is just as important when it comes to your personal brand. You can use it to express your professional attributes, evoke emotion and build that all-important connection with people w ho can help your career. According to Sue Brettell of id Creative Solutions, a London design firm, Color is a key decision in the design process and my first priority when Im working on a personal brand identity. The designers job is to guide the client toward a mix of colors that project their personality while being attractive to their target audience.Your Web site is just one of many career-marketing tools, like business cards, stationery, thank-you notes, your resume and cover letter, on which you should use color appropriately and consistently. (Of course, a little color goes a long way. Dont get carried away and make your resume look like a bag of Skittles)When you are in a job search, there are many ways to use color consistently to create recognition and evoke emotion. On your resume, add a band of color to the contact information at the top. Of course, your Web site or blog gives you the best opportunity to use your brand color.What color are you?Do you know what color or c olor palette best represents your personal brand? Find out with this personalbranding.tv video.Color is powerful. Its an important personal branding tool, so use it wisely and consistently to support your job search. To make the most of your color, follow unterstellung five rules. Ensure the color you choose isAccurate. Become knowledgeable about what different colors mean. Choose a color that expresses your brand attributes, and avoid choosing a color just because it is your favorite.Relevant. Ensure its relevant and compelling to your target audience (the people who are making decisions about you hiring managers and recruiters). Test your color choice with your target audience before committing.Culturally correct. Make sure it works in all parts of the world where you are applying for jobs. If one of your brand attributes is global, be sure your color doesnt offend people. (Learn if one of your brand attributes is international here.)Applied consistently. Always use the same shad e and hue. Have access to the PMS, RGB and CMYK digital formulas for the specific shade you choose so it will reproduce accurately on screens and in print. Your designer will be able to help, and Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign have built-in conversions.Repetitive. Feature your personal brand color on all of your personal-brand marketing tools Web site, business cards, marketing materials, resume and thank-you notes.