As I mentioned in a previous post, I am currently looking for a new job. Again. I swear, I feel like I am always looking for a new job, so much so that the actual job hunt feels like a job itself. I have been on a number of interviews throughout my second career of …
Although I have been at my current job for nearly a year, I have been on the constant job hunt since leaving my previous job last September. Between filling out applications, reworking my resume, interviewing and the simple frustration that comes from both being rejected and not even hearing back from potential employers, I just do …
I work in Public Relations, where my job is to maintain the image of my clients - be it a company, an organization or someone's public image. Through all of the strategy and efforts, at the end of the day I have to make the client happy. I am dealing with people day in and day …
Writing has always been "my thing." When I was a kid, my friends and I used to create stories with illustrations to match. When they out grew story writing, I continued alone. In junior high I started journaling daily, and I journal to this day. In college, I wrote for our school newspaper. I studied …
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For the past month, I have been working from home. At my previous job, we worked from home every Friday. It was a huge blessing, as I was living the commuter life and spending 3+ hours in the car, driving 60 miles daily. My current job is in the middle of getting rid of the …
"If a young man tells his date she’s intelligent, looks lovely, and is a great conversationalist, he’s saying the right things to the right person and that’s marketing. If the young man tells his date how handsome, smart and successful he is — that’s advertising. If someone else tells the young woman how handsome, smart and successful …
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Okay I'm not a health nut or anything and don't know the first thing about buying/eating organic produce, but this was from the first Farmers Market I had ever been to, back in August when I was a public affairs intern at Kaiser Permanente in Panorama City. The experience made me wish I knew a …
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