Archive for July, 2009
generation gap
I’ve been reading a lot about Gen Y having issues with work because we were brought up to believe that we can do anything and the world is at our fingertips. These ideals, supposedly, make us far too idealistic about work.
I disagree. The world is at our fingertips and we can do anything. It’s our [...]
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Tags: gen y
once, i was a nerd
I’ll keep it private for now, but the job search and such has led me to a lot more thinking about who I am and what i want to do.
Strangely, since this is the second time around, there are more epiphanies. You’d think I’d had enough of them last year, but I guess not.
As I [...]
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Tags: nerdiness
There are plenty of lists out there about this, but I swear mine is original. I’ve been laid off twice and am an expert in this by now.
Buy me lunch, dinner, a drink…
This sounds silly, but when you’re laid off, a large amount of your time is spent wallowing on your couch, thinking about [...]
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Tags: laid off, tips
goals
I was e-mailing with a great business owner the other day and he asked me what my short and long term goals are.
It’ll be good to have these down of (psuedo) paper, so here is an edited version.
1) I’d love to get into blogging more and sharpen my writing. One of my goals is [...]
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Tags: goals, laid off
remaining positive
I’ve hard a hard time of it in the past couple of days.
I know Gannett laid off another 1,400 employees, another 1,400 wonderful, well-qualified people out there looking at the same jobs I’m looking at.
I understand I’m good at what I do and I love what I do. I make stories better. I help [...]
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