PDPW Accelerate amplifies internships

Despite any past or present labor shortages, highly trained, skilled and motivated individuals are always in demand.Within specialized dairy and agricultural job markets there are positions for which there is stiff competition between potential employees.

With the objective of building the skillsets of student interns to help them be successful in the workforce, PDPW Accelerate™ will take place July 26 at the WildernessResort,45HillmanRoad, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.

Designed to take place during the course of one’s summer internship – with the encouragement of the employer – the interactive program aims to help attendees build important tools

•understand how personality types impact team dynamics

•examine individual roles in a team

•understand how to best communicate with colleagues

•recognize when and how to adapt to different roles when needed

•effectively convey and receive meaningful feedback

•set themselves apart during any interview process for an eventual full-time job with the old Ray-o-vac His mother, always attentive to the conditions of their lives, was concerned

Trainer Michael Hoffman will employ group activities and interactive discussions with the ultimate goal of positioning agricultural interns to be a step ahead of the pack when they graduate.

The training is accredited and approved for as many as 5.5 continuing-education credits through Dairy AdvanCE. Visit www.DairyAdvance.org for more information.

Visit www pdpw org for more information including registration details and program duration.

“‘I’m not sure I like that new lamp,’ she said.

“Father looked at the empty chairs around the table

“‘Want to go back to the old lamp?’ he asked.

“‘I don’t think it’s the lamp,’ she said ‘I think it’s us Does a new lamp have to change where we sit at night?’

“Father’s eyes found us, one by one Then he made a little motion with his head. We came out of our corners and slid into our old places at the table.”

The greatest ethical challenge of our age is learning how to maintain social connections when we don’t need them to do our work We tend to think we can fix social problems by developing new rules for behavior, issuing codes of conduct or implementing training sessions But none of that works if the majority of people don’t already have a deep concern for the common good that grows from love and respect for one another.

That love and respect is not shaped by rules or lessons. It grows quite naturally when we spend time in the company of others, learning more about them and seeing the many ways our lives are interconnected.

The next time somebody complains the world is becoming worse because of social media, smartphones, televisions or computers – remember the wise words of Ben Logan’s mother. It’s not the technology; it’s us.

We can always choose how to spend our time And spending time in the company of others not only makes us feel better about our lives, it’s good for our communities as well

Richard Kyte is the Endowed Professor of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University. Email rlkyte@ viterbo.edu to reach him.