Monthly Archives: May 2010
Good Equine Emloyees are “Made” not “Found”
Good employees are “made” not “found.” Too often I hear complaints about how hard it is to find good help. In reality, all employees have strengths and weaknesses and finding the perfect employee who fits your dreams is usually impossible. Criticizing employees who do not instantly meet [...]
Posted in Business of Horses, Career Coaching, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged equine employment, good employees, horse jobs, Leadership
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NEW! Equine Canada seeks “Manager of Recreation”
May 28, 2010 Equine Canada is very pleased to announce that they are seeking an energetic, well organized professional to fill the newly created position of manager of recreation at the national office in Ottawa.
Getting Out – Escaping from a Bad Equine Employment Situation
It happens. You’ve done your homework, you’ve checked things out, the horse job looks great, and it turns out to be a disaster. What do you do? Employers who are abusive, don’t pay, change what they promised, don’t have enough financial backing, mistreat their horses, or don’t respect employees as human beings exist [...]
Posted in About Horse Jobs, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged equine employment, fired, horse jobs, layed off, quitting job
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Seven Warning Signs – When to Turn Down a Horse Job
If you are out of work and have spent a lot of time and effort contacting employers, taking the first job that is offered to you can be very tempting. Turning down a job can be difficult even when you are not under pressure. There always seems to be that nagging feeling that [...]
Posted in About Horse Jobs, Job Search Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged choosing a job, equine employment, horse jobs, Job hunting
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AAEP membership reaches 10,000
AAEP membership reaches 10,000
How Smart are Horses Anyway?
We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for [...]
Posted in Fun, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged horse intelligence, horses, horses think
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Love in the Equine Workplace – Handle With Care
It happens, co-workers sometimes get emotionally or romantically involved with each other. If this happens to you or your employees, handle the situation with care. Responsible adults have a right “get involved.” However, the right does not extend to impacting job performance or damaging the horse business. Here are some things to watch [...]
Posted in About Horse Jobs, Job Search Tips, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged coworkers, dating, equine employment, horse jobs, Relationships
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Relationships Make the World Go Round – Horses Teach Relationships
As Pat Parelli says “Horses are nature in its finest form.” They teach us our dependence on each other in this earth bound herd we live in, and they teach us how to build sound relationships with each other. If you are in doubt about the world being built on relationships, consider Charles [...]
Posted in Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Charles Darwin, equine careers, Horses Teach, Relationships, survival
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HorseJobs HEY!net newsletter for May
HorseJobs.ca HEY!net newsletter for May, industry and career news and advice.
Want to work with Performance Horses? Learn How Here…
REACH Huron is offering a new Performance Horse Handler Certification in conjunction with University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus
