Do HVAC technicians get paid enough? In an article on Careerbuilder.com titled, “5 Salaries You Thought Would Be Higher,” HVACR mechanic and installer took second place on this dubious list.
In case any of my three readers forgot, about a month ago The NEWS started a Facebook page. The first goal was to create a place to get updates on The NEWS, in addition to talking shop with HVAC contractors, technicians, et al. from all around the world.
It’s fair to say I was not the easiest student to deal with back in the day. That’s why it’s a bit ironic that I am heading up the 2009 Instructor of the Year competition sponsored by The NEWS and the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).
The ACHR NEWS has made its arrival on Facebook. For those of you who don’t know, Facebook is an online social network that allows you to connect with people all over the world.
It would be the understatement of the year to say I am not a poetry aficionado. Unless, of course, we are talking about: “There once was a man from Nantucket.”
As part of a careerbuilders.com annual survey on absenteeism, the site shared some of the unusual excuses that hiring managers had heard from employees.
Everywhere you turn there are government bailout discussions.
Everyone from major financial institutions on Wall Street to domestic auto
companies are looking for some cabbage from the taxpayer.
There is no doubt that air conditioning is an
important product for America. However, a recent survey from the Pew Research
Center reaffirms what all of us know.