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<h2 align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A SURVIVAL
GUIDE FOR YOUR NEW SUPERVISOR</font> </h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Have
you recently hired or promoted someone to their first supervisor or manager
job? Or maybe it�s an intern who is just starting on that journey.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">New
supervisors and interns will be facing a new world of problems, but uppermost
in their minds is this seldom-expressed question: �Beyond knowing my job, what
do I really need to know to survive in this new world and how can I improve
my chances for success?�</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Giving
your new management partner this survival guide may help.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1.
Look The Part - </b>Keep your clothes (or uniform) clean and neat. Look
professional. You represent your company and your department. Make
that first impression a good one to everyone you meet. You will be evaluated
everyday by everyone. Taking pride in your appearance is taking pride in who
and what you are.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2.
Ask Questions</b> � Don�t assume anything. Executives report that one
of the top mistakes made by new supervisors (and new employees) is not asking
questions. You�re not expected to be an expert on everything. Don�t
assume that you must be. Whether you�re confused about an assignment,
company policy or what is expected of you, just ask. One good question
to remember is: �What is the end result you want to see?� You might avoid
an embarrassing mistake.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>3.
Go Beyond your Job Description</b> � Even it isn�t your specific job, if you
see that something isn�t done or isn�t done right, get it done. If you
need to bring in someone else to do that, get that done. For some this
might mean loading a truck or grabbing a shovel. For others it may be
making the coffee or refilling the paper tray in the copier. No job is
demeaning if you do it well.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>4.
Timing Is Important</b> � Be on time. If a meeting is to start at 10:00am,
be there on time and prepared. Traffic delays and bad weather will not
be seen as reasons to be late, but as excuses for bad planning. Plan ahead
and be on time for everything.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>5.
Don�t Procrastinate</b> � We all want to push that tough job back until later.
Most of us will spend our time doing small things because we get a feeling of
accomplishment doing a lot of them instead of the important project that takes
so much time. Turn that big project into small chunks and complete them
one piece at a time. Procrastination may be our greatest labor saving
device because so many jobs that get postponed never get done at all.
Ask yourself, �What is the most valuable use of my time right now?� And
then do that. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>6.
Under Promise And Over Deliver</b> � If you tell your customer, your boss or
your teammate that you�ll have the job done by Friday when you�re already overextended,
you�ll wind up doing a poor job or missing the deadline. Set a reasonable
deadline, such as Tuesday by 5:00pm and deliver it on Monday by Noon.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>7.
Proofread Everything</b> � Proofread your e-mail, your worksheets, your plant
list, your material list, the client�s instructions, the orders you give and
the orders you receive. Check everything, spelling, addition, dates, times
and dollars. Carelessness is time wasting, expensive and embarrassing.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>8.
The Company Party Is Not A Party</b> � Picnics and Christmas parties may be
opportunities for establishing friendships, building team players and enjoying
yourself. But they are not fraternity parties or weekend furloughs.
Think of company social functions as an extension of your workplace. Your
behavior is still watched by others. Enjoy yourself, but act professionally.
This is not an opportunity to make jokes about the boss�s bald head or to have
a drinking contest. Many a budding career has been washed away in bad
behavior at the company party. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>9.
Learn To Say No</b> � Turning someone down can be tough, and even tougher if
it�s your boss or a co-worker. But saying no when it�s the right
thing to do can be crucial to you and your company. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Don�t
over commit beyond you capacity to do the job well. If you�re the guy
who can be depended upon to do everything you�ve committed to do, to do it well
and on time, you will much more successful than the guy who says yes to everything,
is always running at a frantic pace and ends up doing a sloppy job or not doing
it at all. It can take a lot of courage but you want to be that first
guy.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>10.
Don�t Take Rejection Or Criticism Personally</b> � Every successful person has
been rejected and corrected many times. Even if the person who gives it
to you doesn�t do it gently or professionally, you can still learn or gain from
this. Put things in perspective, what did you do or what should you have
done and was that the best way to do it? This is not about you, it�s about
the work.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Consider
that you can now eliminate one wrong way to do this job. Do you now have
a better idea of the right way? If so you have gained something valuable.
Will you use this rejection or correction to demoralize yourself or to improve
yourself? Will you be petty or professional?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>11.
Always Have Your Business Card With You</b> � If you don�t have one, get one.
You will always be running into your next client, your next contact, or maybe
even your next employer. Let people know about your company and its business.
Give them an opportunity and/or a reason to bring business to your company and
to you. Keep cards in your purse, wallet or briefcase as well as in your
car.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>12.
Work Like You Owned The Company</b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"> - </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Know
the company, understand what it does to make a profit Understand
how it does it and what goes wrong when it doesn�t. You are an important
part of this company and the company <i>is</i> the people who work for it.
As the people change so does the company. You are only going to be successful
in this company if the company is successful. The company can only be
successful if you make it so. If this were your company how would you
do your job differently? How would you handle that customer? Would
you send that plant out? Would you sign off on that project? How
would you talk about your company? </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">When
reviewing this list you might see that it could well apply to a new employee,
an experienced manager or maybe even you.</font></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center">
<font face="Verdana" color="#008000">Have an employment question?</font></h2>
<h3 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><font face="Verdana">Send it to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=From HR On The Job">
[email protected]</a></font></h3>
<p style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">
Please include Company Name and Association in your e-mail. Company
identification will be kept confidential.</font></b></p>
<hr>
<h2 align="left"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: November 2005</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
<p> </p>
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<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We
Don�t Have French Benefits?</font></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
current TV ad you may have seen, corrects the misunderstandings of
the office clown by informing him that we have �Fringe Benefits� not
�French Benefits�. He is shocked as he asks again, �We don�t
have French Benefits?� </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Actually,
the French, and most European countries have much better benefits
than we in America have. We hear about this tragedy often on
the evening news. They have much longer vacations. The
average American uses 11 days a year for vacation while European countries
go as high a 34 days. They have fully paid national health care,
paid medical leave that can continue for years. They have paid
parental leave, 4 to 6 week vacations and a shorter workweek.
These go hand-in-hand with burdens on employers such as prohibiting
the closing down of work sites, heavy protection of labor unions against
competition, restrictive, anti-company labor laws and very high taxes.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Today
in the U.S. Congress there is one bill or another to provide every
social welfare benefit that Europe now offers. While one U.S.
company after another is discovering their inability to continue providing
the level of benefits we already offer. General Motors pays
more for benefits in every car they sell, than they pay for steel.
Some airlines are paying more for benefits than for fuel. Starbucks
now pays more for benefits than they pay for coffee. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Should
we have �French Benefits� (or European benefits)? Does it work
well for them? Lets look at some of the results:</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>While we complain of 5% unemployment in the U.S., France
has hovered around 10% for almost 10 years and almost half of the
jobless have been out of work for over a year. That economic
model exists even more so in Germany and Italy.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>The U.S. growth rate over the last two years has been
3.7%. In Europe it�s been 1.5%, less than half of ours.
That growth is in wealth as well as job creation.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>If the American and the European rate of growth were
to continue on this path for 40 years, the American workers would
be about twice as wealthy as the European worker.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Over the last twenty years, Europe has created some
10 million new jobs, while the U.S. has created about 40 million new
jobs.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .3in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Since 1990, Germany has lost 6 million jobs while the
U.S. has gained 12.6 million jobs.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.05in" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">European
governments see businesses as a problem and government as the solution.
But that philosophy doesn�t seem to be working for them. Europe
is paying a very high price for sticking with this failed model.
U.S. employment regulations seem to want to follow that same path.</font></p>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�The
difference between a successful person and others is not a lack
of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will�</font></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Vince
Lombardi</font></h4>
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</span><p> </p><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><div align="center">
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.05in;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">France
Now Allows Companies To Lay Off Workers.</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<span style="font-size: 16.0pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">With
unemployment in France at 10.1%, France cannot get employers to hire
new workers even if they need them. The reason, the government
discovered, is that French laws make it very difficult and expensive
to lay off workers so companies avoid that problem by not hiring in
the first place. This, like many other worker protective laws,
slows down growth and job creation. Severance pay is heavy and
mandatory. The long appeal process for terminating an employee
is expensive and the penalties are high for companies that lose.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Seeing
this problem developing for many years, the French government has
passed legislation going into affect on September 1, 2005, that offers
some relief. Small companies (under 20 employees) may now lay
off workers that are no longer needed with two-week notice and a reduced
severance package. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">This
may sound like a no-brainer to U.S. employers but Frenchmen are up
in arms and unions are organizing demonstrations and strikes.</font></p>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�Success
is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure�</font></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Earl
Nightingale</font></h4>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">French
Cleaning Ladies Guilty Of Unfair Competition.</font></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">French
laws designed to protect unionized workers from unfair competition
are being used to sue a group of cleaning ladies.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
cleaning ladies catch the morning bus from France to Luxemburg each
day. They do not enjoy the experience. The bus comes late,
the drivers don�t allow the women to talk or eat on the bus, the bus
picks them up at night but is typically one hour late and the drivers
are rude to the women. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">So
the ladies bought a car and began driving themselves. This put
the bus drivers out of work. The bus drivers and their company
then charged that this was a �car-sharing scheme� and an act of �unfair
and parasitical competition�. The case is going to court. </font></p>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�We
all have the ability. The difference is how we use it�</font></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Stevie Wonder</font></h4>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">All
this is not about French Bashing. It�s about reading the signs
on the road we�re traveling.</font></p>
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<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�When
you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop
digging�</font></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Will
Rogers</font></h4>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
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<h3><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.15/hr.</font></h3>
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face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Income:</b></font></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weekly</font></b></td>
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<p align="center"> <u> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<b>October</b></font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>
2004</u></b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$15.82</font>
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<p align="center"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><b>October </b></u> </font></span> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>
<u> 2005</u></b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$16.34</font>
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<p align="center"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><b>October 2004</b></u><br>
</font></span>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$534.72</font>
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<p align="center"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><b>October</b></u></font></span><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
2005</u></font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$555.56</font>
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<h3 align="center"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Federal<br>
Poverty Level:</b></font></span></h3>
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<p align="center"><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">One
(1) Person<br>
</font></u></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$8,980</font>
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<p align="center"><u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Family
of Four</font></b></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$18,400</font>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance :</b></font></p>
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<center>
<td width="63%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1" height="85">
<div align="left"> <font face="Arial"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">48.5</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
cents per mile</font></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
</font></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>effective
September 1 2005 to December 31, 2005</i></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><br>
</font></div>
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<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="32%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
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<td width="68%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
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<td width="32%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.37</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
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<p>
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<tr> </tr>
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<td width="34%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
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<td width="82%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
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<td width="34%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6.3 Billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">292.3 Million</font>
</td>
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<tr> <b>
<td width="48%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
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</b>
<center>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<span style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><font size="-1">October</font></u></font></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u><font size="-1">
2004</font></u></b></font></td>
<b>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<u><font size="-1"><span style="font-weight: 700">Octo</span></font></u><span style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><font size="-1">ber </font></u>
</font></span>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>
2005 </b></u></font></td>
</b>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">147,893,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">150,079,000</font></td>
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<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Number Employed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">139,897,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
142,646,000</font></td>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">8,066,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
7,433,000</font></td>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.5</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.0</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
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<td width="24%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1" height="48">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2002</u></b></font></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2003</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2004</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2nd Quarter
2005</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="11%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none">
<font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>3rd Quarter
2005</u></b></font></span></td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="24%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1" height="48">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Men equal
approximately 1/3 of all absenteeism<br>
Women approximately 2/3</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.1%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font size="-1">3.6</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.4%</font></span></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.2%</font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"> <span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+6.3%</font></span></td>
<td width="11%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+4.8%</font></span></p>
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<td width="100%">
<h4><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
(The amount of goods produced, divided by the number of work hours
it took to produce it)</font></h4>
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<p>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1992</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.7%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1993</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.5%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1994</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.3%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1995</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.9%</font></p>
</td>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1996</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1997</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1998</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1999</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2000</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2001</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.1%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2002</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2003</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.5%</font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="32%"><font size="-1"><b>2004</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1">4.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+2.6%</font></span></td>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� 2005 William J. Cook</font></p>
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