Monthly Archives: April 2009
21 Resumes
While the seventh season of Gilmore Girls is not the highlight of the series, it does contain job-search relevant material. As Rory and Paris approach their graduation from Yale, Paris designs an impossibly detailed plan that is meant to maximize the time they have … Continue reading
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Mise en Place
Mise en place, and I’m borrowing shamelessly from the Epicurious Food Dictionary, is a French culinary term that refers to the necessary ingredients lined up for a dish or a shift’s work, particularly everything that can be set out, measured, and chopped ahead. … Continue reading
Resume Builder
The last time I took a computer class was in middle school, and I don’t dare mention what hardware was in use back then. Let’s just say it was closer to the Stone Age than to the Pentium chip…so an … Continue reading
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No Place Like Home
For some reason it occurred to me today to do a quick internet search for PR firms in the city I live. It yielded three results–more than I thought I’d find (just in case you’re wondering, the Yellow Pages only … Continue reading
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Couture Cupcakes & Warhol
I’ll be honest–this post has nothing to do with job hunting (thus the “off topic” label). No resume writing, networking, or job hunting happened today. After a 12-hour stint of reading portfolios Saturday, I took Sunday off and went with Marie … Continue reading
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Networking for Beginners
This week has been hectic as I and most of my colleagues collected the end-of-term portfolio, leaving our students with time to veg at the pool why we labor over grading their written work. Since I had not made any … Continue reading
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Eccentric Behavior of a Personal Computer
The idea that computers have a mind of their own is not a myth–far from it. Sure, in theory they only do what they are programmed to do, but–let’s be honest–haven’t we all had moments when we believed, deep down, … Continue reading
Hallway Conversations
At work, Elle and I are housed in a trailer, separate from the main building and accessible by crossing a parking lot. People usually grin when we say, “I’m in the trailer,” but really, it’s prime real estate as far … Continue reading
The Importance of Being Curious
In a previous post I made a remark about learning what questions to ask, and I feel the need to revisit this issue as I get ready to send out an e-mail to another contact in the aftermath of last … Continue reading
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