Today I spent the day in the hospital waiting while my husband, Bill, had outpatient surgery. Since I am not good at waiting, I packed plenty of work, books, my phone, and my laptop to keep me company while I waited. Interconnected I certainly wasn’t alone. The easily accessible wifi connected me with my e-mail…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Is everyone instinctively competitive?
Meet Beau and Titan, the visiting Newfoundland puppies who come to be socialized with Teddy, our German Shepherd. Beau and Titan belong to Lee, a friend of my sons, and his dad. Titan is Lee’s and Beau is his dad’s puppy. At 10 weeks old, they compete to get the same toys. Even when I…
4 Mistakes Jobseekers Make
I want the best for job seekers, those who use my career marketing services, those who use my colleagues’ services, and those who choose to go it alone. I love Margo Rose’s #HireFriday concept. Margo has opened the door for so many job seekers to get in front of people who could be their next…
Change your perspective: look from another angle
Back to the berry patch! You may have read my 4th of July reflections while raspberry picking. Well, the berries are not going away. I have been helping to pick my father-in-law’s (Bob) patch since July 3 and am barely keeping up with the crop. The patch is important to him and since at 88,…
Feast or Famine? Downpour or Drought?
When you are self-employed, the phrase feast or famine is common place. Since I have been self-employed longer than most people are employed, I have heard it a lot. Along with feast and famine comes downpour or drought, nothing or almost too much. For the employed, it may feel the same way — too many…
Career Mentoring from 4th of July Raspberry Picking
Yesterday, I picked raspberries at my father-in-law Bob’s house. The raspberries are early this year. In other years, the raspberries were at their peak during the week of the fair in early August. But spring came early and so did the raspberries. No ordinary raspberry patch Bob has no ordinary raspberry patch with just a…
Guest Post at HRMargo for #HireFriday
For those of you who have never heard of #HireFriday, it is the brainchild of Margo Rose aka @HRMargo on Twitter to help job seekers have a day that everyone focuses on the job seeker to help them find a new position. The guidelines: The sole purpose of #HireFriday is to feature job seekers, give…
Did you review your resolutions yet?
My Facebook and Twitter friends greeted me with birthday wishes starting yesterday and continuing today. What a wonderful feeling to have a global community of friends to help me remember another milestone! Halfway through the year When I was thinking about the date that marks my 54 years on this earth… July 1, I realized…
