I'm not dead

I just disappeared a bit

Well, during work I always sit in front of a laptop, so once I’m home I’m actually almost fed up with computers for the rest of the day (or night) and additionally I have to work on all the christmas presents for friends and family. Sorry but I can’t post pictures here, because some of them read this blog and it would suck for them to see what they get

The rest of my life is pretty quiet… OH!!!! There is some good news I need to tell you just for nothing my body decided to loose 6 pounds. I’m still eating chocolate, having my extreme-couching sundays… Seriously, I don’t know what happens, but it feels really good I just hope I won’t gain it all again once all the christmas cookies magically appear in front of my nose LOL

So, how’s your life been the last few days/ weeks??

Come to speak of work: there is soooo incredibly much to do, that “co-workers” (remember, I’m just an intern) work many many additional hours, sometimes way too many. In my opinion one solution would be to work more efficiently (seriously!!! I don’t want to give out too many details, but there is definitely a huge potential!) buuuut maybe that makes room for me First experiences in project management there and then moving on to the real good jobs? would be awesome, so keep your fingers crossed in your mind for me please, it means the world to me )))

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Wake Up, Sucka!!

Hey you Boss Man wake up!! Have you no shame.

You come to us and tells us not to do this and not to do that. Yet you’re there in your fat ass sleeping like a baby. You look like a fat bulldog there. Sleeping, shoes off, is there anything else I could get you? Plus you leave your office open, it’s not like you leave your door was closed and I walked in. You have holes in your socks!!

You smell bad, you look sleepy and yet you complain when I wear my tie loose. Wish I took a picture you bastard. Must be nice when someone like me does all the hard work and takes all the bull shit when it’s bad and no recognition with things are going great. You bastard!! You should’ve been fired on your first week.

So the rules are:

• No Cell Phones
• No Homework
• No MP3 Players
• No Books
• No Personal Things

Yet sleeping is prohibited? You’d come and tell me to stand up and not sit down. But you just sit there and sleep.

 

Fuck You, You Bastard!!!

OUT

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time passes....

So yeah, a few things has been happening since I’ve been home, I’ll get to it eventually. Anyways, when I came home on Tuesday, my friend Nicole and I hung out for a bit. We watched Monsters Inc. and painted our nails and stuff.

Then Wednesday, I went to Lord and Taylor for a job interview and well I got the job^^. And when I was there, there was this really cute guy that worked there last year and was hoping he would get a job there again, I kind of hope he did, but it sort of seems he already has a couple of girls he had his eye on, so yeah, that’s my luck for you.  Then after that I don’t really remember what happened. I think I took an epic nap and then my mom and I went to the store. And after that I watched Tough Love, some good stuff especially from a psych stand point. Hmm I should go on that show, I’d be Ms. Lonely, ha, and I made pumpkin gingerbread and dinner rolls for Thanksgiving.

Moving along, Thursday was obviously Thanksgiving. The pumpkin gingerbread and dinner rolls were a hit! For anyone who actually is reading this, here’s the recipes I used:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Gingerbread/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Angies-Perfect-Dinner-Rolls/Detail.aspx

But anyways, my niece is almost as tall as me, she’s not even 4 years old and she’s like about up to my chest. It’s crazy, lol.  So my sister has been applying to grad schools, mostly in California, and my mom said if she’s going to California, then we are. I wasn’t sure if she was serious or not. But imaging starting a new life in California, hmm. I wouldn’t mind it so much, but there’s definitely a few things I do want to work on before venturing out to California.  Also to my shock my sister said she wants to learn what I’m learning, and I was just like O.O I don’t think I ever heard my sister said that to me, mean yeah psychology can be very interesting, but yeah. I’m usually the one saying that to her. Well moving along,  my friend Britney had some news, big epic news that she is pregnant..and she asked me if she were to keep the baby if I would be an auntie, and I almost started to cry and felt honored and I wish she was telling me in person so I could have hugged her.  It would be nice to be an aunt to 3 little ones, my neice, my soon to be niece or nephew, Lori is pregnant, and the baby is due in July, and Britney’s baby. ^^

Anyways, this leads me to today. Today was training day at Lord and Taylor and I was so nervous. Amy, the manager, said on Wednesday, that it’s going to be a crash course and they’re just putting me there. and if I have any questions, that they’ll be people around to help me. But, I guess she just said that to prepare me or something. Means, its Black Friday, that will be crazy if she did that, you know? Mean it would sort of slow things down, which is bad on a day like Black Friday. So today wasn’t as bad as i thought it would be. I could have stayed until one, but I wasn’t wearing the most comfortable shoes and we were allowed to leave right after the training orientation, so yeah probably a bad move on my part, but I should have brought my comfortable shoes back home, and we can’t wear sneakers, since its basically white glove kind of service.  But the other people at the training orientation were nice, and we all seemed to get along.

After that my mom and I went to Costco to do some shopping, and it was a mad house in there. I couldn’t wait to get out of there, at least I didn’t need a lot of things.

Today has been cold, rainy, and windy, a perfect day for staying indoors, which is what I basically did when I came home. So since then, I’ve been drinking tea and watching the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya, a really good anime.

Lately, I have been having a more sudden interest in asian culture, eating habits to be more exact.  It just seems to be much more healthier, in fact I remember watching a video where this lady was comparing the American diet to the Japanese diet, and how much more healthier the Japanese diet was, and it quite obvious why too.

 

Eliza and I are talking about eating more healthier once we get back, which is the smart thing to do. The health habits you form in college are usually the ones that you stick with for the rest of the  majority of your life. And we’re going to post things on our walls to help motivate us too. And also do more yoga and exercising.

And why I just realized how long this is getting, and I still have a couple of other things I want to write about.

So yesterday I had this weird, strange, empty eerie feeling when I got home. Thats the best I could explain it, it just happens at random, and I can’t explain why it happens, it just does.

And all of the sudden, well so far today really, I was really nervous to talk to Josh, I don’t know why. Mean usually before, when I liked a guy and I was about to IM them I would get really nervous, and panicky . But with him that never happens, except for today I guess, I don’t know it just seemed weird.

Hmm also I want to start writing more short stories. I think it would help with my writing.  But I’m not in the mood right now, and I’m so bored, and the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya isn’t dubbed,  so I’m just reading the whole time.

Ehh, well thats all for now. Not much to say now.

Hmm, maybe he just isn’t there. It’s been awhile and he hasn’t said anything yet. Eh oh well.

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Banana Repblic / Gap Slime

According to KPIX (CBS 5) in San Francisco, the Banana Republic stores in San Francisco are hiring foreigners at minimum wage and putting them up in hotels because they claim they can’t find qualified local workers.  So, KPIX had their staffers try to apply for jobs.  “Oh, we’re not hiring” they said.  When contacted, the Gap/Banana Republic operation said that the store was “mistaken” and that they really are hiring.

Donald Fisher, the now deceased founder of the Gap, was a lying sack of shit and always had been throughout his life.  His purchase of virgin redwoods which he claimed he would preserve (only to be logged when nobody was looking) was just one in a string of lies he laid during his life. 

So, now the legacy of Donald Fisher continues at the Gap and Banana Republic.

How about some honesty in business for a change.  Is that so hard?

 

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Missing home

Well, it’s not like I didn’t know it would happen.  I’ve just been busy enough that I haven’t noticed it.

I miss home.

I think it’s because of Thanksgiving. It’s the first Thanksgiving that I haven’t been with my family.  Because the newspaper prints both today and Friday, it means I can’t make the 14-hour round trip home.  My dinner tomorrow will be single servings of breaded chicken, instant mashed potatoes, frozen corn and crescent rolls.  And I’ll be eating it by myself in front of the Discovery Channel.

I’m really enjoying the new job and my new apartment.  But I think it’ll be much better when my fiance moves down shortly after Thanksgiving.  While I’m busy during the day, and sometimes in the evenings, I find coming home and being by myself all the time is really… lonely after a while.  Because I work at all times of the day and have to head to bed early, it means my coworkers and I can’t hang out during the week.  A lot of times, we’re doing stuff for work on weekends, too.

Now, this is not a sob story.  Most of the time, I’m too busy or tired to really think about being far from home.  And I’m happy here with my new job and the area I’m living in.  I’ve already talked to some amazing people.  Just today, I interviewed a 9-year-old girl who shot and killed three deer over a 20 minute span yesterday.  Clean shots too; no tracking involved and without multiple shots.  She’s adorable and quite precocious, rubbing her dad’s nose in the fact that he has yet to make a kill this season.

But I’m hoping that my dinner tomorrow, though it’s not home-cooked turkey, will suffice for the day.  I’m sure it will taste good anyway.  May all your dinners be tasty, and happy Turkey Day!

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Elaboration

So, to elaborate on the last post a bit…

I got a job.  It doesn’t pay well and the 3 days a week that I work take a day (at least) to recover from.  I’m on my feet all day in (cue evil music here) dress shoes.  I don’t mind being on my feet a lot.  My last job had me walking all over concrete all day but it’s the dress shoes part that kills me.  I don’t know how (or why) people actually choose to wear them.  Anyway, the people who I am working with are infallibly nice and kind, it’s just sort of a tough job for someone like me to do.  Since it is only until January, I’ll stick it out and hope that my feet toughen up a little bit!

The dog that we found we are calling Malcolm (those of you who are Firefly/Serenity fans will know what I was watching before I found him!).  He’s very pretty but he is a lot of work.  He needs a run a couple of times a day or he gets really bored and antsy.  I have gotten together with a neighbor and we are going to walk together a couple of times a day as she has a lovely Golden Retriever that loves to play.  Mal keeps trying to play with Weezy and Meara but he’s just too big and is continuously stepping on them by accident.  I think that it will be good for him to get to rough-house with someone closer to his own size.

 

Mr Malcolm after a good run.

 

 

The weather here has been trying for the past couple of weeks.  It ranges from raining to blowing rain to gusting rain or just gusting.  You can imagine how much fun that has been to take the dogs out into.  At least it gives me some interesting clouds to look at!

My Yarn Therapy group is starting to take off in fits and starts.  I have actually had other people attending it!  I’m very pleased with the ladies that I have had attend so far.  We always get comments from folks that are having dinner in the pub as well.  I’m hoping that more will come as soon as the word gets out some more!

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If I Didn't Have A Day Job

If I didn’t have a day job

I’d need no good luck charm

I’d wake up every morning

Without that fucking alarm

I’d live a life of leisure

Feeling like the richest man

I’d get on out and see the world

And maybe finally get a tan

 

If I didn’t have a day job

Time would be of no concern

Spending hours with my fiancée

With nothing but hours to burn

More time for conversation

And more time to reflect

And, of course, most importantly

Perhaps more time for sex

 

If I didn’t have a day job

I’d write more everyday

Honing any skill I have

And maybe getting paid

Penning lines of poetry

And penning lines of prose

Penning the wonders of this world

And how much Twilight blows

 

If I didn’t have day job

I’d sit strumming my guitar

Realizing any song I write

Eclipses 30 Seconds To Mars

Yes, if I didn’t have a day job

My disposition would be so sunny

But I have a fucking day job

So here’s a gross dead bunny

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66. God Speaks

Meditations in Job : 66. God Speaks from a Storm

Job 38:1-5 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

All the talking by the humans has come to an end. Now it is the Lord’s turn. He has remained silent and let the variety of opinions be expressed. For the moment He ignores the three friends and Elihu. He simply addresses Job. Note it says “the Lord answered Job.” These words are going to be a direct answer to all that Job has said, but they will not be a point-by-point apologetic. Oh no, the Lord is going to answer by a very different means.  The Lord comes and speaks through a storm. Saying that, it isn’t that the storm brings Job a lesson, but the Lord’s voice comes from the midst of the storm. A storm, by its very nature, displays power. We are reminded of the revelation that Ezekiel received: “I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north–an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light.” (Ezek 1:4) I think I have never seen this so well shown as in the film Independence Day when a massive alien spacecraft comes with what appears amazing clouds and a storm. It conveyed well the enormity of the power that we see in the Scriptures when God makes His presence known sometimes.

It is important to note this tangible power and might, because it is simply an expression of the Lord’s activity which He is going on to speak about to Job. He is not going to answer Job on an intellectual argument or emotional challenge level; He is simply going to state some simple facts, revealed through questions.

But first He expresses something about Job.  Now later on He will reiterate His good feelings about Job but for the moment He wants to convey to Job His dissatisfaction with what Job has been saying.  Job may have been a righteous man prior to all this happening, but he has given way to the pressures coming from the three friends and has spoken out about things of which he has no knowledge.  He did not know about the prior conversations in heaven and the causes (and objectives?) of what happened, and so all his words were baseless (literally!).  So he spoke without knowledge and so it is going to be on the basis of the absence of knowledge that the Lord is going to help Job regain his right perspective!

As we said, the Lord is not going to enter into an intellectual debate with Job; He’s simply going to help Job regain perspective and when that happens, that will be enough. He uses rhetorical question after rhetorical question. The answers are obvious. We won’t look at them all; you can read them in your Bible. He starts with three that will show the nature of His approach: “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? …. Who marked off its dimensions? ….  Who stretched a measuring line across it?” i.e. were you around when I created everything?  Of course not!   Immediately there is this implied acknowledgement that the Lord is the Creator of the world and that lifts Him infinitely higher than Job.

The questions roll on, one after another and the answer from Job’s perspective has to be “No, I am a mere man!”  Every now and then the Lord drops in a challenge that reminds Job of that very fact; for example, “Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!” (38:21) and that just rubs the truth in even more.  No, I’m just a mere man and my few years count for nothing.  The questions pour on, covering nature, the constellations, even the origins of wisdom, and then on into chapter 39 about the habits of all the animals and their strangeness sometimes.  Does He know about all these details?  No, of course he doesn’t; he’s a mere man and it’s not the twenty first century where technology has begun to open up some of these secrets that show us just how wonderful Creation is.

We’ll pause it there and continue to consider the torrent of questions in the next meditation. It is a simple lesson of perspective. Sometimes we think we are so great; we have achieved so much.  Some of us have learnt so much that we fool ourselves into believing that the tiny bit of information we have absorbed makes us important.  In a foolish age when so many deny the presence of God, we take for granted the incredible wonder and power of what we can observe in Creation.  We explain it away and fail to see the enormity of the Creator that defies our imagination.  Because we are tainted by this disease called Sin, we are blinded to the truth.  We think we are great.  But then it only takes a bad cold or the flu or a strained back or severe toothache to bring us down to helplessness and we realise afresh our limitations.  We dare to argue with Almighty God?  What crass stupidity!

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Work at home jobs really do exist

That statement has made some of you sit up and take notice.   Yup I work at home. All I have to do is get up drink my coffee, eat breakfast and turn on the computer. Then I start taking calls. My first paycheck was less than 500$ but my second paycheck is going to be $1287 but that is before taxes. That is for two weeks plus one day of work. After taxes that works out to about $450 per week. I am responsible for paying the taxes as I am an independent contractor. At tax time I now have to fill out extra paperwork. I have to fill out the self-employed paperwork.   Work at home job is my backup plan. I am hoping that it will continue to work out for me. I spent very long hours at the beginning to bring my stats up and it has paid off. How many hours? I got up and was ready for work by 5:30 am and stayed on the computer taking calls until it was time for bed. I am allowed a bathroom break 4 minutes and 59 seconds out of every 30 minutes. By now though I meet my daily $ goal by 3:30 pm and sometimes sooner, so of course my daily $ goal has gone up My daily $ goal was to meet all my bills with nothing left over but now that my daily $ goal has gone up, I will be able to start saving $$$$. I am working 7 days a week but that is because I want to get to a point that I can take two weeks off and visit my friends.   Enough already, what is it I am doing all day, tell us please, OK I hear you. I take calls all day. You have seen these products in a commercial or an infomercial. Magic Bullet, Back2 life, Slim in 6, Debt Cures, and so on and so forth. People call the 800 number for the product and order that product. It is my job to sell that product and any other items that go with it (upsells) then at the end are what is known as Affinities. The Affinities are magazines and other club type stuff like a free gift card and free 30 days of using the service then they have to call to cancel or they will be charged.   Ok some of these products I will never use but just because I don’t find these items useful does not mean that someone else won’t. Also, if I didn’t sell this product to this person someone else will. The first few calls were pretty scary, but you have a ’script’ to follow and that helps. They told me that the FCC requires me to make all the offers and all the affinities. The only way to get past that is if they threaten to cancel the order then you get to skip all the upsells and all the affinities. Sometimes you don’t get a warning, they just hang up on you. Some stuff you HAVE to read ver batim. You can’t leave out one word.   I was doing research on work at home jobs. I applied to one place and I did not hear back from them so I continued to do more research. I applied at a second place but I didn’t type fast enough for that job. So I kept researching. I applied to a third place and bingo!! It paid off.   Start the application process. 1 Provide basic contact and background information.  Then you do a voice audition and take a reading comprehension test and (later) possibly a 45 minute skills assessment. 2 You must pass a background check and a credit check. This is a $50 fee that you pay for via a credit card. 3 Then you will be invited for a Virtual Business Presentation. They send you a code and you log on and see the presentation. You have a limited time to do this. They ask you to sign a contract. (I don’t remember the part about the Virtual Business Presentation). So you are saying to yourself that is a lot of hours. Ok how much time do you spend getting ready for work, then add how much time you spend getting to work, then add how much time you spend at work, then add how much time you spend getting home from work (errands dont count). Now compare that to the time I have spent online. Uh huh not so many hours now ehhh. For me I don’t have a gasoline bill anymore nor do I put wear and tear on my car. I will be able to spend less for car insurance now.   So here I sit in my jammies drinking coffee between calls. I thought I would be able to do knitting or crocheting or other needlework between calls but I have to grab a ’seat’. The calls go to the people that have seats first, then they go to the people that have the highest ‘conversion’ rates. So I spend a lot of time grabbing seats. Hopefully I will reach a point that my conversion rates will rise to the point where I can afford to do a little needlework. I have learned to eat food in little tiny bites so that when a call comes I can finish eating before I pick up the phone. The equipment required: pc, landline phone with headset jack, corded (not wireless) headset, high speed internet connection (not wireless). PC must be fairly recent. Remember any $ spent on these items can be applied to taxes on the self employment tax form when you do your income taxes. This form is schedule C. In addition you have to pay self employment taxes, these are the social security and medicare taxes. Then you have to pay estimated income taxes.

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President Obama’s Saturday YouTube Address 11/21/09

WhiteHouse.gov—In an address recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the President discusses his trip to Asia. He talks about his push to stop nuclear proliferation in North Korea, Iran, and around the world. He talks about promoting America’s principles for an open society in China while making progress on joint efforts to combat climate change. And talks in-depth about the primary objective of his trip: engaging in new markets that hold tremendous potential to spur job creation here at home.

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Silver Medalist

“It’s an honor just to be nominated,” or so they say after they lose out to someone else…but it is quickly followed up with, “No, really, to be included in the same group as all these talented people is a dream come true.”

Wrong. The dream come true is to win.

No one ever dreams of coming in second.

As the popular mid-90s T-shirt said: Second Place is the first loser. NO FEAR.

I write to you today as the first loser; I now know how Laszio Cseh feels. Never heard of him? Oh, maybe that’s because he came in SECOND PLACE to Michael Phelps in the 400 individual medley last summer in Beijing.

No one remembers the silver medalist.

I applied to a perfect job, basically had it, but was then informed that they had to do formal interviews. “Ugh, oh well, it’s just a formality – and they know m; I’m fine. This job is mine.”

The interview went well, I was comfortable, confident, and cool.

Just one problem: there were 68 applicants. With the current recession and cutbacks in funding to education, the market is saturated with veteran teachers, so it will be virtually impossible for teachers like me with just two years of experience to get a FT job.

Dang it.

So, I got the call today. “Unfortunately, we are going to go with someone with 10 years of experience. You were second out of 68 people though. That says a lot. Keep us in mind in the future. Hope to see you subbing in the building soon…”

I got the silver medal in the 2009 job interview skills category.

you know what the salary is for a second place candidate?

The same as sitting on your couch breathing.

ZERO dollars per hour, if you were wondering.

I shed literally three tears, pulled myself together since I had a doctor appt., and haven’t looked back.

When you have a stroke, it really puts things in perspective.

I am disappointed about this job, but it’s not the end of the world. I like subbing just fine, and getting to go to the high schools has been a refreshing change from middle school.

Just like everything else this year, I leave the past where it is, and I press on.

Vær konstruktiv

”jo mere afslappet du er, jo større problemer kan du løse” Albert Einstein

Måske du kender det? Når de gode ideer kommer, er der ikke et stykke papir i nærheden. Og hvorfor? Fordi du lavede noget helt andet, da du fik det lyse indfald. Jeg havde i en periode altid papir og pen klar på natbordet, så de ideer, der dukkede op i løbet af natten, kunne komme ned på papir, inden de forduftede igen.

Det modsatte har jeg desværre også oplevet. Et direktørjob, 60-70 timers arbejdsuge og et konstant pres fra en bestyrelse kan dræbe enhver kreativitet. Man bliver snæversynet, løser opgaverne i den rækkefølge de dukker op, helt uden prioritering – og værst af alt: man løser dem som man plejer, for så bliver man færdig i en fart.

Læg en strategi for din ledighed

Min første beslutning, da jeg blev ledig, var, at sådan ville jeg ikke håndtere min ledighed. Nu skulle der skabes råderum og være tid til grundige overvejelser. Der skulle sættes mål og lægges strategier og frem for alt skulle lysten – og ikke presset – være det drivende element.

Opgaven er let at gå til. Forhold dig til det, som var det et projekt du skulle løse som ansat: skab overblik og reducer risici – og forhold dig konstruktivt til de forhindringer der måtte være og som forhindrer dig i at være kreativ og afslappet i din jobsøgning. Betragt det som et arbejde - og sørg også for at holde fri.

Job offer: Full-time TA position in Biodiversity & Ecology

FULL-TIME TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA) FOR
LIFE SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

The Department of Biological Sciences is inviting applications for the post of Full-Time Teaching Assistant (FTTA) in Life Sciences undergraduate courses, in the field of Biodiversity and Ecology.

Candidates should preferably possess an Honours Degree but exceptions may be made for degree holders with relevant expertise and industrial experience.

The FTTA will be working as a team of professors and laboratory officers to achieve holistic goals for student education in NUS. The FTTA must be reasonably competent with data management and administration, comfortably manage and consult peers, be understanding of student issues and have a passion for teaching.

The specific duties of the FTTA include:

• overseeing modules in biodiversity, ecology and animal behaviour,
• recruiting, managing and training part-time TAs,
• overseeing the scheduling of field trips and laboratory practical sessions,
• mounting and marking of continual assessements,
• student mark management and
• handling student queries.

The appointment will commence in Janary 2010. It is for a 1-year contract but is renewable based on performance.

Interested candidates are invited to apply with cover letter and detailed curriculum vitae, together with letters from three referees by 6th December 2009 to:
Lim Miah Kyan (Mr.)
Executive, Life Sciences Undergraduate Program Committee
C/O Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Block S3 Level 5, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
Email: dbslmk@nus.edu.sg

Eastern promise.....???

Well, bit of an update on the job front and I don’t want to curse it but HUZZAH, we may have a job.

On sunday night, American/Korean recruiter asked us if we were OK to go ahead with the interview on Monday morning at 3-4pm Korea time – which is 6am-7am GMT! We said it was OK though and were prepared for the agonising wake up at 5.30am.

A few emails were sent back and forth, re-arranging the interview time from 6am, to 7.30 – 8.30am. Still early, but not as horrendous.

So we waited, waited and waited and nervously waited some more. 8.15am and no call so we figured the worse, the school had found someone else. I was adamant that if it got to 8.30, I was going back to sleep.

8.28am RING RING.

I answered and spoke to the director, who was very nice and had excellent English, which made the whole thing go alot more smoothly than expected. He then spoke to Rich, who told him “I’ve seen your picture – you are very handsome man!” Damn right! He also said that he enjoyed speaking to us, he wanted to speed things up to get us out here and one of the teachers will give us a quick call tomorrow. Woohoo!

But I am refusing to get our hopes up yet. Spoke to the foreign teacher, Catherine, who was nice and she answered some questions for us.

So, we will see. We haven’t been contacted by the recruiter yet to see if we definitely have the job yet, but seeing as he lives in in USA, the school is in Korea and we are in the Uk, things do take a while.

So today we went shopping for a backpack for Rich and a coat for me. And hurrah we found them both.

Things are looking up. I just hope the contract is OK etc. Fingers crossed, for like the billionth time.

 

Rich is playing Oblivion – I promise he is not a uber-duber dweeb, Oblivion is a lonnnng game. I am going to set up another blog with my various rantings on this. You know, one of those self-indulgent pieces of crap.

Redundancy: How to make this an opportunity

Redundancy in the pharmaceutical industry has been a recurring theme in November and December for the past three years or so; not the best time of year to be told you have no job. Yes the current global economic crisis has compounded matters but the affects we are seeing are more driven by the changing NHS, market access challenges, product pipelines and the drive for profitability.

So what do you need to do if you are told you are ‘on consultation’ or are actually redundant? Firstly do not panic. Then try not to take the news as personal, remember it is the job that is redundant, even if you feel unhappy about selection criteria for redundancy your HR Department will be ensuring that the process is fair and lawful.

It is normal to go through a whole raft of emotions which may include anger, relief, frustration, even sadness. The difficult aspects are often related to the fact that one day you had an interesting, respectable, well paid job with company car to suddenly being unemployed. Once you have digested this, and dealt with any immediate personal or financial implications, then please be positive so you use the situation as the opportunity it is to review your career goals and aspirations.

We know there are fewer jobs in medical/pharmaceutical sales than in the boom of 1995 – 2005 but the positive news is that roles are evolving, becoming more account management focused and often more specialist in nature presenting superb opportunities for strong sales professional to further develop their skills. It is fair to say that some people may see redundancy as a chance to move out of the sector, we are well trained by pharmaceutical companies and your transferable skills are marketable if you decide to explore that route.

Based on our experience there are some key tips which will be crucial in securing the right next position; you don’t want to jump in to a job if it’s not right. We do see too many people coming in six months post redundancy saying “I took my current job as I was redundant but realise now I took it because it was a job”; this doesn’t look good on a CV.

1. Ensure you have all the data/evidence you need to sell yourself at your next interview. Too many candidates claim the information has been lost or still on the company PC which has now gone back. If you are competing against someone else with a good Brag File you could miss out on that perfect job. Find all your sales data, business plans, appraisals, field visit report, examples of additional projects, formulary letters etc
2. Refer to this information when you are updating your CV; you need to have your CV as achievement focused as possible, these should be specific. Contact us (20:20 Selection Ltd) for advice
3. Find an agency that understands the industry and how best to sell your skills
4. Do not log your CV as open access on recruitment websites as you need to retain control of your personal information
5. Do keep a log of where you have sent your CV and track progress of your applications.
6. Consider how a Recruitment Consultant can help you prepare for interviews i.e. interview practice, presentations, attending assessment centres or just a sounding board
7. Be open to roles and companies you may not have heard of; there some interesting positions available.
8. Ensure you attend interviews you have committed to as it is a very small world.
9. Before an interview ensure you fully research the company and therapy area/products; the manager will expect you have done this as well as expect you can sell yourself for her/his specific position
10. Be prepared to work on feedback after an interview as it will help at second stage or if unsuccessful help for your next interview.

This is not an exhaustive list of tips but hopefully it may give you some help and/or inspiration. Getting the right job does take a lot of time but things can happen for a reason, even though you may not know the reason at this moment!

To discuss your own situation in more details contact our team on 0845 026 2020 or visit the website to view a selection of our current nationwide opportunities www.2020selection.co.uk

Work and Leisure

I suppose I should pen a few words about the Charge of the 69. The hill was less steep than last year, the going should be smoother. Let’s see what happens in March next year.

For now, boredom mostly, as I try to make soulful use of the downtime. Strangely I can’t seem to relish it; leisure is painful. Maybe I’m just not ready to go down the path of The Big M?

Next year’s nominal roll’s already out; the charge gets smaller but the challenge no less easier. A weaker bunch this, I’m told. But somehow I’m immune, less anxious than this time last year.

Maybe I’m getting old.

Bewerbungsgespräch working mum: Muss ich mich rechtfertigen?

  

Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images on www.picapp.com

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Bei fast jedem Bewerbungsgespräch muss ich Rede und Antwort stehen, wie ich denn meine Kinder versorge und alles organisiert ist, falls sie denn krank sind oder ein Notfall eintritt. Meiner männlichen Kollegenschaft mit kleinen Kindern wird solch eine Frage niemals gestellt. Ich folge dann ganz brav und gesittet und erkläre langmächtig unser gesamtes Betreuungsnetzwerk, um dann als Feedback ziemlich freche Antworten wie z. B. „Sie müssen wissen, ob Sie das alles unter einen Hut bringen“ zu bekommen.

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Ich bin jedes Mal ziemlich zornig, weil ich der Meinung bin, dass ich zu diesem Thema nicht Rede und Antwort stehen muss. Schließlich gibt es für Notsituationen gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen wie beispielsweise Pflegeurlaub. Den könnte ein Mann genauso in Anspruch nehmen. Also ist das Ganze meine Privatsache.

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Gestern las ich im Spiegel vom 2. November einen Artikel über Deutschlands Familienministerin Von der Leyen. Die Dame polarisiert sehr stark, der ganze Artikel ist ziemlich unsympathisch geschrieben. Trotzdem finde ich im letzten Absatz ein Zitat Von der Leyens sehr erfrischend. Sie meinte, früher immer schön brav darauf geantwortet zu haben, wenn sie gefragt wurde, wie sich ihr Job mit ihren Kindern denn vereinbaren ließe. Heute macht sie das nicht mehr, schließlich sei ihre Familie ihre Privatsache. Gefällt mir, schön mutig, geht aber auch nur mit ihrer Seniorität.

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Was meinst Du, brav erzählen oder als Privatsache deklarieren?

Pay For The Service You Require

Just as it sounds. Learn to pay for things people. Everyone throws out the words “nickel and dime you.” Guess what no we’re not, but you will have to pay for the needs you require.

Stop complaining about paying for parking. Stop complaining about paying for breakfast. Guess what we are a hotel, things we be paid. If you don’t have the money don’t travel. And asking for a discount doesn’t mean you wont get one. And just because you made the reservation and they didn’t tell you had to pay for parking, or breakfast doesn’t mean you get it for free.

I love when guest ask me,

Guest: Where could I park for free?

Worker: Nowhere, better yet why not park in the middle of the street so that you can spare us the trouble of caring a towing company.

I mean come on. Granted I wish I could tell guest that, but they get the picture. Or …

Guest: So do I have to pay for parking everyday. Or is it that price per stay?

Worker: No sorry it’s per day.

What the hell? How stupid could you get. I’ve never even heard of paying per stay. No my cheap friend everything is per day.

So my friends stop coming to hotels and asking for free stuff. Do you go to the supermarket asking for free food because you don’t have any money? Is that how it’s done now a days? Have you lost all your shame.

To me people who come in asking for things for free is the same thing as a small time criminal. How do live with yourself. You give everyone a hard time just so that you can get something for free. Is paying for parking such a hard thing to do?

OUT

Background? Check!

Okay so in order for this blog to get rolling I feel I need a bit of my background so here it goes…

2009 has been a shitty, shitty, shitty year for me, and that’s putting it mildly.

This time last year, I had recently gotten back from Europe, had a well paying (but still lame) job, and was looking for an apartment in San Francisco with my best friend. I was just your average 24 year old girl having a great time.

Fast Forward to Februray 15, 2009. “Oh hey! Our company is folding. You’re laid off.” Awesome! February 24, 2009 “I don’t think this relationship is going to work.” Fantastic dude! Just what I want to hear. And that was just February. Other highlights of this year were my Grandmother dying, my car getting all of it’s windows smashed in by some hoodlums, my credit cards getting stolen, and a million other little things.

Instead of dwelling on all they shittiness (well maybe I dwelled a little), I tried to think positive thoughts. Even though I didn’t have a real job anymore, I was babysitting a couple days a week for a family I completely and utterly adore and was able to pay all my bills. Unable to afford horseback riding at an A-Circuit barn anymore, I arranged a meeting with my (horse) trainer to let her know I was going to have to quit riding, a sport I have be involved with since I was 8 years old. She knew how much this upset me and offered to let me ride in 3 lessons a week in exchange for helping out at the barn on the weekends. Yes! Oh and my dad paid to have all my broken windows replaced. All in all things were not great, but they were not terrible either. I was getting by.

Then, this past week rolled around and it has been unbelieveably great. First, I got into the London School of Economic’s online program. I never finished my degree and it’s something I really, truly, regret. Now I have a chance to fix that. Then two days later, my trainer told me she thinks I have been working really had and she wants to give me a free lease on one of the most talented/expensive horses in the barn, who also happens to be my favorite. I have been riding at this barn for 8 years and she has never done that for anyone ever. A lease is at least about $1000 a month! I’m super grateful. Then a friend whom I haven’t spoken to in 2 years (due to a big blowout we had), but one whom I miss dearly emails me out of the blue apologizing for a stupid things he did. The only thing that could make this week any better is for that lotto ticket I bought a couple days ago to be the jackpot winner!

So basically that’s what’s been going on for me. I’m sure most of my post will reference something off of here, so now you know.

 

Applying For Mental Health Jobs

I have been job hunting for several months now. So far, I’ve been very successful. Most of my applications have been via the NHS, because ultimately I know that’s my direction considering that I want to go into clinical psychology. Out of all these applications, I’ve only had one interview (unsuccessful of course). Recently, I’ve been asked to go to two more interviews (however, there’s a clash regarding the dates, and I don’t know which one I should sacrifice).

One of the main problems is the lack of experience, and lack of sufficient skills. Currently I have no direct experience working in mental health. Most of the experience I have now is voluntary youth work experience and some admin (retail is not relevant experience, but I’ve always somehow tied it in my applications). I wish there could be opportunities for graduates like me to gain some experience without being asked to have experience. There is a type of Catch-22.

It doesn’t help being on the JSA, either. There’s an air of desperation and despair in failing to get a job. I even did a week’s worth of market research work, because of this (thankfully, I’ve quit as I don’t like the mere idea of telephone market research).

Also, the fact that I lack interview experience is an issue. For the previous interview, I felt that I was unprepared. I had no idea what to expect! One or two of the questions did catch me off guard.

This is a useful link: http://www.psyclick.org.uk/

Kleine Säle im Darmstädter Landgericht

Kaum laufen mal mehrere Prozesse mit Publikumsinteresse im Darmstädter Landgericht, wird es eng. Denn es gibt nur einen großen Saal. Und der wird zudem gebraucht, wenn es erhöhte Sicherheitsmaßnahmen gibt, denn er trennt mit einer Scheibe die Zuschauer vom Saal.

Gestern liefen beim Landgericht drei publikumsträchtige erfahren: Der Prozess um den Tod des 29 Jahre alten Bensheimers Saremi, das Verfahren wegen der Schießerei in Rüsselsheim (Wie zuverlässig ist das Gedächtnis?) und der Wolski-Prozess.

Und damit ging es mir beim Saremi-Fall so, wie man es nicht mag: 30 Zuschauer, zwei Fernsehteams (vom gleichen Sender), vier Zeitungsreporter und das Risiko draußen bleiben zu müssen, wenn alle Sitzplätze belegt sind. Also wurde gedrängelt und geschoben als gestern mittag nach der Mittagspause die Tür für die Urteilsverkündung geöffnet wurde.

Jetzt ist jedenfalls klar, warum man das Gericht auch Kammer nennt. Wäre Platz, wäre das Synonym schließlich Saal.

Mining For God

Gold and silver are mined,

then purified;

2the same is done

with iron and copper.

3Miners carry lanterns

deep into the darkness

to search for these metals.

4They dig tunnels

in distant, unknown places,

where they dangle by ropes.

5Far beneath the grain fields,

fires are built

to break loose those rocks

6that have jewels or gold. 7Miners go to places unseen

by the eyes of hawks;

8they walk on soil unknown

to the proudest lions.

9With their own hands

they remove sharp rocks

and uproot mountains.

10They dig through the rocks

in search of jewels

and precious metals.

11They also uncover

the sources of rivers and discover secret places.

Where Is Wisdom Found?

12But where is wisdom found?

13No human knows the way. 14Nor can it be discovered

in the deepest sea.

15It is worth much more

than silver or pure gold

16or precious stones.

17Nothing is its equal–

not gold or costly glass. 18Wisdom is worth much more than

coral, jasper, or rubies. 19All the topaz of Ethiopia and the finest gold

cannot compare with it.

20Where then is wisdom?

21It is hidden from human eyes

and even from birds.

22Death and destruction

have merely heard rumors

about where it is found.

23God is the only one who knows

the way to wisdom,

24because he sees everything

beneath the heavens.

25When God divided out

the wind and the water,

26and when he decided the path

for rain and lightning,

27he also determined the truth

and defined wisdom.

28God told us, “Wisdom means

that you respect me, the Lord,

and turn from sin.”

Job 28

i only discovered this passage this year, despite having read the bible several times.  and it excites me so!

i believe and get really excited by 1 Corinthians 2:9-11 “However, as it is written:
“No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.”

The Holy Spirit lives within us and one of the blessed “things” He does is to reveal to us who God is and the heart of God.   God calls us to draw near and seek Him.  though seeking Him may take time and pursuing.  It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.  Proverbs 25:2 God hides himself in a way, He hides His truth and we have to find it and seek it.

We are like miners, delving into the Word of God and seeking His ways and His revelation.

Miners carry lanterns

deep into the darkness

to search for these metals.

They dig tunnels

in distant, unknown places,

where they dangle by ropes.

i love the imagry.  seeking God sometimes isn’t the easiest task, but oh how rewarding it is!  it may take stepping back from circumstances and friendships and “stuff” to take the time to seek God and to walk in His ways that please Him, but it is worth it.  We fearlessly seek God.  We put Him first.  We seek Him by faith.

With their own hands

they remove sharp rocks

and uproot mountains.

do you see the analogy?  do you hear my heart here?

Dont you want to be one who ” uncover the sources of rivers and discover secret places.”

A New Beginning for the #1 Son

Something’s different here.

Something changed in our household yesterday. Or, should I say, someone.

#1 could be one of the Men in Black . . . if he wasn't wearing blue, of course.

It’s this guy, my #1 son. #1 prides himself on wearing shorts, sandals, and a short-sleeve t-shirt as often as possible . . . no matter what the weather, no matter what the circumstances. He’s lucky we live in south Texas!

#1 looks rather dashing!

But yesterday was a special day in my older son’s life: He became a working man! He snagged a part-time position as a page at one of our local public libraries. He’ll be pushing a cart and reshelving books about 17 hours a week, after school and Saturdays.

Sidebar: Funny how he’s a “page” at a library! Hope he has the spine for the position!!

#1 takes off to go to work.

I’m sure you’re wondering whose idea it was for #1 to get a job. Let me describe my 17 year old’s world: Leave for school at 6:50 a.m. Return home at 1:45 p.m. (he has last period off). Whip through any remaining homework. Be on the computer for three hours (his maximum as mandated by his Mean Mom). Listen to music on his iPod Touch as he reads or plays video games. Eat dinner. Watch favorite TV shows. Shower. Go to bed at 10 p.m.

This character naps while his older brother is gone . . . while he should be doing his homework!

He doesn’t spend a lot of time outside the box that is our house. If he plays with friends, they usually come over. Right now his world is very small; yet in less than a year, he’ll be venturing off to college in San Antonio where he’ll need to be able to deal with lots of other people. Change usually doesn’t come easily to him.

Whipping off his socks once he's home and comfy again.

So his Mean Yet Wise Mom and Dad decided that #1 needs to open up his circle and mature up a bit before he graduates high school. We gave him three choices: Get more active in school (or should that be just “get active”; he’s never joined a club), do more community service, or get a job. What’s behind door number three? Working at the library!

#1 unwinds by watching "The Big Bang Theory," which we DVRed for him.

I figured that a library job would be a natural for a kid who started reading at age three and has read more books than even I, an avid reader, have in my lifetime. He doesn’t have to make a lot of eye contact since it’s not retail, and it’s a nice, clean environment. Ya love books, ya gotta love the library!

"Thanks a lot, Mom."

And who knows . . . maybe #1 will meet a nice girl to talk to and even date. Hey, a Mean Mom always can dream!

ten things you might find in a high school hallway at 3:35pm

10. improve dance moves

9. group hugs that reach the entire way across the hallway

8. students who assume you want to play bumper cars

7. PDA

6. teachers who are counting down the minutes till 4pm

5. a total lack of respect for the concept of walking on the right

4. backpacks that are larger than their students

3. security guards attempting to herd the zoo out of the building

2. more iPods/cell phones/head phones than the population of Wyoming

1. occasional shrieks from students who discover over sized cockroaches (true story!)

WHY?

WHY?

Why is it that every single line I get in, ends up taking longer than all the other lines even though mine looks shorter? Why don’t guys ever ask for directions? Not many people realize the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years because Moses wouldn’t ask for directions! O.K. …… It doesn’t actually say that in the Bible. Why do girls go to the bathroom in groups? I’ve never heard a guy come up to a table and ask, “Who wants to go to the bathroom with me?”

Why is it that I graduated #1 in my high school (no, I wasn’t home schooled!) and university, have a Masters Degree and over 25 years of full-time ministry experience yet some years my combined housing, insurance and salary income have been around poverty level? Why has God been so faithful to take care of all my needs and bless me beyond anything I deserve? – Philippians 4:19

Why do parents argue and get a divorce? Why do good people have bad things happen to them? Why do dynamic men of God like my friend Rich Mullins die at an early age? Why ask why? “People say its not fair that people should die when they’re 18, I say its unfair that we should be [privileged] to live until we’re that old!” – Rich Mullins

Sometimes it all seems like some cosmic injustice! There are so many questions that I’m sure we’ll never have the answer to on this planet. I think my favorite C.S. Lewis quote is what he thought his 1st words would be when he got to heaven …… “Of course!” I Corinthians 13:12 says that we only know in part now, but then we will know fully. Isaiah 55:8-9 says that as far as the heavens are above the earth, that is how far God’s thoughts are above ours. I have always been an analytical person who wants to know answers to everything. I want to share some of the things God has shown me about the ‘whys’ but ultimately we have to remember that we will never understand it all this side of heaven.

God is the ultimate chess Master. When the enemy makes a move, God is infinitely able to counter that evil move with an even greater move that brings good for all eternity (Romans 8:28). I have heard Joni Erickson share how she is now glad that she had the accident that paralyzed her. She said that as a result of this temporary, physical limitation she is now SO much stronger spiritually than she ever would have been had it not happened. She tells people that the eternal benefits which will last forever are much more important than the physical things which we see and are only temporary anyway. Fanny Crosby, the great hymn writer, was once asked if she had the choice would she rather not have been born blind. She said that she would not change a thing because when she gets to heaven the very 1st thing her eyes will ever see will be the beautiful face of her Savior Jesus!

Genesis 50:20 also illustrates this principle explaining why all the bad things happened to Joseph …… his own family sold him into slavery! The verse says that the things they meant for evil toward him, God used for good to ultimately end up saving him and his whole family. I have a friend in a similar situation who wrote me from prison:

“But I’m here, in spite of all of our prayers. Now this could be a colossal mistake in God’s plan, which means He is careless, distracted, inefficient and weak? Or alternatively, the enemy hijacked the plan and Jehovah can’t turn it all to good? Or, He is the Master of All Existence, the Lord of Hosts, and even if we don’t understand it all, everything is going to be all right.

Why am I HERE? And perhaps, more than the why, is, does the “why” even matter? We spend SO much time on the “why” of things, and is knowing the why really our job? If we’re walking uprightly in conformity with God’s laws, how active do we get when our circumstances take a huge turn for the worse? I mean, Abraham didn’t try to take an alternate sacrifice, right? Job didn’t call State Farm to put in a claim and rebuild the flattened houses, or buy a bunch of replacement livestock or immediately start chasing Mrs. Job around to replace the kids. He sat in the ashes. And Joseph ….. didn’t he at some point, accrue the wealth, power, and status, to either claim his freedom, buy it, or effect an escape, and fly to freedom to go home? But, he didn’t ….. [We need] to care less about getting OUT of prison, and more about being like Jesus.”

The 1st couple chapters of the book of Job are a graphic example of the horrible things that can happen to someone. It would seem bad enough for those things to happen to the average human, but they happened to a “good” man who served God with all his heart. Sometimes we expect preferential treatment because we are God’s children but the Bible tells us that it rains on the good and the bad (Matthew 5:45). Behind the scenes we find out that God was demonstrating to the devil that Job did not just follow God because He had blessed him or done good things for him. C.S. Lewis once wrote that when the storms of life hit us, that is when we truly find out if our “house” is built on a deck of playing cards or the solid unshakable faith of God. Lewis didn’t exactly say it like that, but you get the idea – read his book “The Problem of Pain”.
Job did not curse God like some suggested he do but rather said, “I came into this world with nothing, I’ll leave it with nothing ….. blessed be the name of the Lord!” (Job 1:21). He also realized all the trials would make him stronger and in the end he would come out like purified gold (Job 23:10). That’s why James 1: 2-4 says we should rejoice in those trials. In the end, Job not only came out stronger spiritually but God blessed him greater physically as well. To me, the interesting part of the whole book is that it never says that Job ever realized what was going on behind the scenes with the heavenly confrontation between God and the devil. He asked God “Why?” but God’s only reply was questions like, “Where were you when I formed the oceans and created the mountains and the stars? Do you think you know better than me?” (Job 37-41) Though Job never knew “Why?” he still followed God!

Of course, the ultimate example of cruel things happening to a good person is the way Jesus was treated on earth …… and the way we still treat Him at times. God could have destroyed those crucifying and torturing His only Son, yet He knew a MUCH greater good would come out of it if He did not interfere. Jesus FELT deserted on the cross as He quoted from Psalm 22, “My God, my God, WHY …… ” yet in the end He was not abandoned, as I’m sure He knew the end of that Psalm as well.

We sometimes forget that there is a spiritual battle going on behind the scenes. Hebrews 2:14 was a comforting verse to me after my father died, much too early, many years ago. The Bible says that death is an enemy, not good, and Jesus came to earth to destroy the one who holds the power of death, which is the devil. I realized it was not accurate to blame God or shake my fist at Him and say Why? The devil is the one using death to try and destroy faith in God, relationships with other people, etc. God was not reaching down and killing my Dad to teach me some lesson but was hurting with me in the pain.

I don’t know all the ‘whys’. Sometimes pain and trials may be God’s megaphone to get our attention, as C.S. Lewis said. Sometimes the adversary is trying to shake our faith in God. And sometimes when our car won’t start at that very important time, it may not have anything to do with God or the devil. Maybe the battery is dead! I do know it is alot easier to intellectually write answers to the why questions than to stay strong and endure in the midst of the tough times. We often know the right things in our head but it is tougher to actually live it out day to day. I think that the more we read about the trials of God’s people in the Bible and in other Christian books, and read of their faith in the midst of those tough times, the stronger we will be in our faith. And sometimes we just need to fasten our seatbelts, grit our teeth and pray for God’s grace to hold onto us during those dark times when we can’t see any light at the end of our tunnel.

I hope and pray that this has been some help and encouragement and maybe even a little enlightenment on such a complex and deep issue. Stay tuned for part three of this article when we’ll discuss the Eschatology of the book of Esther!

There is one thing that used to bother me when

I was reading a needlework magazine. I would be looking at photos of the projects but not everything in the photo was a project in the magazine even though they could be. I wanted to know how to do that tablecloth or how to do something else in the picture. It got on my nerves. Now I don’t need to know how to do everything in the picture and it doesn’t bother me anymore. I have lots of magazines and books that can at least give me a clue on how to do what they didn’t tell you how to do.

My paternal grandmother had 9 children that survived so I had 18 aunts and uncles on that side. They all had lots of kids around 5 each, some less. So I had about 40 or so cousins. Anyway they had babies and my mom would knit or crochet the baby something. In the early 1960’s she knitted a bunch of baby ponchos in white pink and blue. This is what the poncho looked like.

Baby Poncho

 I hear a bunch of awwws and precious. I don’t have this pattern so I can’t knit one for you :( . I found it on the Internet. If you want to do a search it is a Columbia Minerva pattern from 1963 or in the 60’s anyway and the book/leaflet number is #2523.

  As you can see it had mitts and booties but mom didn’t do those, just the poncho. So, years later at a family reunion I was approached by my Aunt Zippy wanting to know if I could repair her poncho. I asked to look at it as I didn’t know. So she brought it out and I was able to fix it.

I have been very busy applying to jobs and going through boxes and throwing stuff out. Yeah I thought I threw it all out when I packed but I guess not.

Soupy Sales is dead bummer man so sorry to hear that. Local Detroit, Michigan comedian but well-known throughout the US.

I have stopped looking for work. I have been very busy. Earlier this week I got my once a month phone call for a job interview and I accepted it and made an appointment but later decided to call the dude up and cancel. I applied to the job like four weeks ago. Why interview this much later. In this economy surely they would have found someone right away.

I haven’t left the house in like two weeks or so until two days ago. Haven’t gotten dressed either, no need to, doing what I am doing. The only reason I need to leave the house is for groceries, gas and to mail the rent check.

I was so busy I forgot to vote. Ok now that you have all fainted, here is some smelling salts.

The economy was supposed to pick up this summer but so far it doesn’t look like it has. Matter of fact, it still looks like it is still on its way down. I hear rumors of people wanting to vote out all incumbents. People are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it any more.

 

NYC - Amidst economic slide, people line up for loo job auditions

 

While the world econmy is still struggling to get on its feet as the effects of economic meltdown continue the following read as a lucrative job posting to the New Yorkers:

Wanted: outgoing and enthusiastic applicants to work as restroom ambassadors in central New York location. Good pay.

With the unemployment rate crossing 10% in the U.S., hundreds of jobseekers applied on Thursday at the open auditions for the opportunity to interact with guests at the Times Square restrooms. The lure of a paycheck of $10,000 for six weeks’ work seemed to generate a lot of intesrest. The five selected applicants will get to greet the guests who visit the rest rooms managed by the toilet paper manufacturer Charmin as well as the chance to comment and blog about the experience on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

 

“I’ll glue myself to a toilet for $10,000,” actor Carlos Lozada told the panel of casting agency judges who will select the winners of the national search.

Source: in.reuters.com

Charmin has been setting up the toilets for past few years to provide relief for the tourists who visit the Midtown Manhattan during the holiday season. The company wanted to enhance the bathroom experience by introducing five bathroom ambassadors this year. The final five will be announced at the opening ceremony of the toilets on November 23.

The intensity of competition was clearly visible as participants from different backgrounds tried to prove their keeness and skills with many arriving in elaborate costumes. The competitors ranged from aspiring artists to students trying to raise tuition money and even a businessman who hoped to raise money to seed his enterprise.

As per Charmin’s estimates about 500,000 people use the toilets every year, which are open during the last six weeks of the year.

 

“With like 10 percent of the public out of work Charmin thought … why not elevate it to a situation where we could employ five ambassadors and really give them an amazing salary for an amazing job,” said Phillip Sontag, senior vice president at MS&L, a public relations firm working for Charmin.

Source: abs-cbnnews.com

 

Besides these five ambassadors the company also employs up to 150 people to work in the washrooms, presumably at a less lucrative salary.

NowPublic

Where does the time go?

As some of you may know I have not had much time for anything as of late. Between the kindergarten schedule, the coaching sessions I have been taking (will explain in a moment), the practice schedule I had adapted for my music, my jogging schedule, college, working on finishing the house, unpacking, and the overall duties that come with motherhood there is just not enough time for anything. When I am not on the go, the kids are. It is hectic at the moment, but I know that what I am doing will pay off in the long run… Eventually… Or so I hope.

So back to the coaching thing… In Germany they have a coaching thing that is free through the social service offices. It basically means that you will have someone come to your house twice a week that will help you clean the house and deal with the kids. They teach you methods of organization and how to keep the kids from messing up everything once you have it all cleaned. All of this goes toward the goal of making more time for moms that feel like they are constantly cleaning and never seeing an end to it. My husband thinks it is a great idea, I however, am not so sure.

Yesterday my coach came to the house and we basically just started cleaning and she left after about three hours. The kids were asleep for two of those hours so she did not have the joy that I do of seeing them in action. Almost immediately after she left the kids decided that they were awake. Consequently it was the same moment I decided to take a 5 minute shower. I get out of the shower only to find that I have to redo everything I had done that morning. I did so in record time without complaint. Yet overall I had to redo the same thing 5 more times until the kids were finally passed out from exhaustion and so was I. So I got up this morning and cleaned up yet again.

How does this training thing help and make more time for me you ask… I have no idea, but if you figure it out please let me know. With all I have to do schedule wise, I doubt I will ever see my good old friend called time until the kids are older. I’m ok with that so long as I don’t have people trying to fill me with false hope that time actually does exist. Time left on the day I gave birth for the first time. It packed its bags and took off running for the door. When it could not escape that way it jumped out of the window and I have not seen it since. Think I’m kidding.

Here is some of the things that are also being set up for me to do in the future. Taking Alex to appointments two or three times a week, school to make sure I have integrated into German life, a part-time job, because let’s face it, I have no more time to give to a job. Other activities include going back and forth to Munich to make sure I have a little sanity time, walking back and forth to the store for grocery shopping, planning a trip to the states so I can get a drivers license, and a whole slew of other things that have not occurred to me. And these things are suppose to make time for me? Right… I will buy these items as time vampires, but don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining. Like I said, I’ve no issue knowing how time-consuming these things are, so long as no one is trying to instill false hope. Kids and activities that come with kids take up time. Add that to the time it takes to maintain college and what you consider to be your life or what is left of it and that is even more time. Time plus time equals less time for you. That’s just math, which says a lot coming from a person that is practically math illiterate.

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society

We’ve checked out the music they make available online (there’s an unfortunately limited number of tracks available to purchase on iTunes) – their website has substantially more, and – it’s free!

These guys remind me of this group of musicians that stopped me in my tracks on the way home from my (now abandoned) corporate job. They were playing in the Herald Square station at 34th Street (by the N/R/W & F/B/V/D lines) – and I stood there in my suit – mesmerized. I bought the CD immediately.

While Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society doesn’t have the intensity of that group (whose name btw was “Hypnotic Brass Ensemble”), there is an element of the unexpected to the tracks. Interesting grooves – which often deviate from the path one would expect them to go down. In short, it has a sly way of making you NEED to keep listening. All in all, I was a little let down to find that the vast majority of these tunes seem to follow the same structure. Which, tends to make listening to them for more than 45 minutes – well – after 45 minutes, you get the picture. You know what their story is. It’s not bad – in fact, it’s quite good. But it never deviates from the stated groove.

All that said, it would be great to see them live!

Check out: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Infernal Machines, and Live at The Jazz Gallery

It all depends...

A man and his friend were in a city, walking through the street. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. Suddenly, the man said to his friend, “I hear a cricket.”

His friend said, “What? You must be crazy. You couldn’t possibly hear a cricket in all of this noise!”

“No, I’m sure of it,” the man said, “I heard a cricket.”

“That’s crazy,” said the friend.

The man listened carefully for a moment, and then walked across the street to a big cement planter where some shrubs were growing. He looked into the bushes, beneath the branches, and sure enough, he located a small cricket. His friend was utterly amazed. “That’s incredible,” said his friend. “You must have super-human ears!”

“No,” said the man. “My ears are no different from yours. It all depends on what you’re listening for.”

“But that can’t be!” said the friend. “I could never hear a cricket in this noise.”

“Yes, it’s true,” came the reply. “It depends on what is really important to you. Here, let me show you.”

He reached into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly dropped them on the sidewalk. And then, with the noise of the crowded street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head within twenty feet turn and look to see if the money that tinkled on the pavement was theirs.

“See what I mean?” asked the man.

“It all depends on what’s important to you.”

Kanalsanierer (m/w) - Job - Festanstellung

Und wen ich schon dabei bin, erwähne ich die anderen beiden Stellen zum Kanalsanierer/in auch gleich:

WICHTIG: es gibt 2 Stellen. Die 1. in Wendigen und die 2.te in München:

Wir sind ein Unternehmen, das sich im fachgebiet der Umweltechnik auf das Spezialgebiet der Kanalsanierung in geschlossener Bauweise spezialisiert hat. Mit High-Tech-Robotern und Inlinersystemen reparieren wir unterirdisch Schäden am Kanalnetz. Als Tochterfirma der seit 1923 bestehenden Firma Wilhelm Geiger GmbH & Co. KG aus Oberstdorf arbeiten wir ständig in kleineren Niederlassungen im Raum Süddeutschland.  Zur Verstärkung unserer KATE-Kanalroboter-Sanierungsanlage suchen wir für unsere Niederlassung Wendlingen/München ab sofort einen KANALSANIERER (m/w)
Sie passen Ideal zu uns, wenn Sie eine abgeschlossene Berufsausbildung im gewerblichen Bereich, bevorzugt als Maschinen-, Baumaschinen, Landwirtschaftsmaschinenschlosser oder Baumaschinenführer haben. Erste Berufserfahrungen in der Kanalsanierung bzw. Erfahrungen im Beton-oder Kanalbau sind von Vorteil. Der Besitz des Führerscheins der Klasse BE oder C1E/CE sowie die Bereitschaft unter der Woche auf Montage zu sein, setzen wir voraus. Organisationstalent, Einsatzbereitschaft und Freude am selbstständigen Arbeiten runden Ihr Profil ab.

Wir bieten Ihnen einen sicheren Arbeitsplatz mit einer verantwortungsvollen und abwechslungsreichen Tätigkeit, eine leistungsgerechte Vergütung sowie die Mitarbeit in einem motivierten Team.

Wenn Sie diese veranmtwortungsvolle Herausforderung reizt, senden Sie ihre aussagefähigen Bewerbungsunterlagen bitte direkt an (siehe oben)

[Startup Digest] November 2, 2009 - Top Startup Events in the Bay Area

[Startup Digest] Top tech and entrepreneurship events in the San Francisco and bay area If you are not already subscribed to the Startup Digest click here http://eepurl.com/edaX to get the top startup events in your inbox, once a week. And if you wish to unsubscribe for any reason click here http://bit.ly/4i4nHR Welcome

Welcome to todays issue of the [Startup Digest]! For everyone new to the Digest here is where I publish the best tech and entrepreneurship events from BASES, Stanford, and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area.

If you are a regular subscriber here you may notice there has been a lot of new changes to the Digest in this issue. We upgradeded the format to include inbound links to make it easier to scroll through the events, we aded bolding to all of the event details to help spot the important info, we added a “Startup Job of the Week” section similar to the “Startup Event of the Week” section which we highlighted last week, and I added some startup resources on the bottom of the page.

With all the new changes here we would love any feedback, suggestions, or comments you may have. Please email me directly at chris.mccann @ bases.stanford.edu with any or all feedback to help make the Digest the best experience for you.

Table of Contents:

1. Startup Job of the Week
2. Highlighted Events
3. Events 11/2 – 11/9
4. Acknowledgments
5. Contact Info, Entrepreneurial Resources, and Even more Events
   

Startup Job of the Week WANTED: Rock Star SalespeopleWildfire Interactive, Inc. is a rapidly-growing social media company whose award-winning technology, Wildfire Promotion Builder (www.wildfireapp.com), is being used by thousands of companies including top brands like Pepsi, Facebook, Unilever, Sony, Ogilvy and CNN. We’re a 2x winner of the fbFund and our backers include Facebook, Accel Partners and The Founders Fund.

 

We’re looking for talented salespeople with relevant experience and an interest in social media to join our team!

Please check out our website (www.wildfireapp.com) and send us your resume along with a personal email to jobs@wildfireapp.com explaining why you’re the right person to sell our product.  Also, please use “Re: BASES Startup Digest Job Post” as the subject line.

Highlighted Events Contents:

November 4th – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lectures – QD3 in conversation with Chamillionaire Innovation in a Changing Music Undustry
November 10th – “What Engineers Interested in Entrepreneurship Need to Know. ‘Getting an Internship the Entrepreneurial Way.”
November 12th – NewTeeVee Live 09
November 14th – “NextGen Conference”
November 17th – Cleantech Open Awards Gala
November 19th – “E-Challenge & Social E-Challenge Info Session and Mixer”

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lectures – QD3 in conversation with Chamillionaire Innovation in a Changing Music Undustry Where: November 4th, 4:30 – 6:00
When: Stanford University, Memorial Auditorium
More Info: http://events.stanford.edu/events/202/20209/Entrepreneurs, producers, artists and Grammy Award winners, Quincy Jones III and Chamillionaire, will talk about how the music industry is changing and how technology is helping to shape it. They’ll also share their personal experiences as entrepreneurs.  Tickets are required: free for Stanford students and affiliates and available for purchase by the general public for $15-$20. Get ticket info here

 

“What Engineers Interested in Entrepreneurship Need to Know. ‘Getting an Internship the Entrepreneurial Way.” When: Tuesday, November 10th @ 7:30pm
Where: Stanford University – Tressider Oak East or Arrillaga (TBD)- 7 Truths of Engineering Succes
- 1st job myths
- Moonlighting and how to double-dip
- Getting 10 extra interviews NOW
- Waitlisting yourself to get an automatic internship.

 

NewTeeVee Live 09 Where: Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA
When: Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM
More Info: http://newteeveelive-site.eventbrite.com/ “NextGen Conference” When: Saturday, November 14 @ 9:00 AM
Where: Old Union Ballroom, Stanford University
More Info: http://www.nextgenconf.comA one day conference for young entrepreneurs by young entrepreneurs Cory Levy and Daniel Brusilovsky. First three people to email Cory Levy (cory@corylevy.com) will receive 50% discount codes! Cleantech Open Awards Gala Where: The Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, San Francisco
When: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 10:00am to 7:00pm
More Info: http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/events/view/84 “E-Challenge & Social E-Challenge Info Session and Mixer” When: Thursday, November 19 @ 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Stanford University, Tressider Oak Room or Koret Pavilion (TBD)This is an info session for the 2009-2010 BASES E-Challenge and Social E-Challenge. It is a chance for people to get to know more about the two competitions, as well as hear from past winners.

 

Events 11/2 – 11/9

Monday, November 2nd
> Social Game Fest Session 3
> Financing Clean Energy Solutions
> Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Tuesday, November 3rd
> [SVNewTech] November Meetup
> PayPal Innovate 09
> Expert Speaker Series: “The Power of Visual Communication” with Nancy Duarte
> Entrepreneur Forum: Effects of Broadband Policy & Economic Stimulus on Innovation at the Edge
> Churchill Breakfast Club: Venture Capital & Private Equity Outlook 2010

Wednesday, November 4th
> MITEI on the Road: What MIT is doing about changing the world of energy?
> San Francisco Bootstrappers Breakfast

Thursday, November 5th
> Churchill Breakfast Club: State of the Startup: The New Entrepreneurial Order
> Chic Meets Geek
> VC Breakfast Club with Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures Focus: Software and Communications
> Main Event: Leveraging Corporate, Strategic Partnerships and Investments
> GABA: The Future of Home Entertainment
> RCR Local: Networking Event on 4G

Friday, November 6th
> Entrepreneur Funding Boot Camp
> Palo Alto Bootstrappers Breakfast
> Perfecting Your Pitch to Investors

Saturday and Sunday, November 7th & 8th
> Have a great weekend!

Monday, November 9th
> Web Brands Gone Mobile
> Social Networking World Forum, North America
Tuesday, November 10th
> GABA: Cleantech Financing for the Future
> Mobile Forum: Building the Cloud
> Funding Pitch Preparation Workshop, with Sand Hill Angels

Social Game Fest Session 3
Where: Cogswell Polytechnical College – Dragon’s Den Auditorium, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA
When: Monday, November 02, 2009 from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
More Info: http://socialgamefestccs3.eventbrite.com/Financing Clean Energy Solutions
Where: Monday, November 2 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
When: The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 South Market Street, San Jose
More Info: http://www.fountainblue.biz/

 

Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Where: Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco
When: November 2nd – 5th @
More Info: http://www.e2conf.com/sanfrancisco/

[SVNewTech] November Meetup
Where: DLA Piper, 2000 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94303
When: November 3rd @ 7pm
More Info: http://www.meetup.com/svnewtech/calendar/11568830/

PayPal Innovate 09
PayPals Innovate 09 PayPal’s Developer Conference matches the launch of a new Payment Platform.   Come prepared for dozens of tutorials and sessions on the new APIs to build real monetization and innovative business in all app ecosystem.
Where: Concourse Expo Center, San Francisco
When: November 3rd and 4th @ 8:30am – 10pm
More Info: https://www.paypal-communications.com/innovate2009/index.html

Expert Speaker Series: “The Power of Visual Communication” with Nancy Duarte
Where: Bishop Auditorium, Stanford Graduate School of Business
When: Tue, November 3, 12pm – 1pm
More Info: http://sen.stanford.edu/events

Entrepreneur Forum: Effects of Broadband Policy & Economic Stimulus on Innovation at the Edge
Where: Cisco, 260 E. Tasman Drive, Building 9, San Jose
When: Tuesday, November 03 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm
More Info: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=3081b44d-efef-4bf0-a0c6-35c973267968

Churchill Breakfast Club: Venture Capital & Private Equity Outlook 2010
Where: Cadence Design Systems, 2655 Seely Ave, Building 10, San Jose
When: November 3rd @ 7:30am
More Info: http://www.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=841

MITEI on the Road: What MIT is doing about changing the world of energy?
Where: Silicon Valley Bank, 3005 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054
When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 6pm – 9pm
More Info: http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=289

San Francisco Bootstrappers Breakfast
Where: Boudin Bakery — Embarcadero Center, 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
When: Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009 @ 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM
More Info: https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?PG=1520296182300&P=152029600

Churchill Breakfast Club: State of the Startup: The New Entrepreneurial Order
Where: Fenwick & West, 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
When: November 5th 2009 @ 7:30am
More Info: http://www.churchillclub.org/eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=842

Chic Meets Geek
Where: Automattic Lounge, Pier 38, San Francisco, CA
When: Thursday, November 05, 2009 from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
More Info: http://chicmeetsgeek.eventbrite.com/
VC Breakfast Club with Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures Focus: Software and Communications
Where: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301
When: 11/05/2009 @ 8:00am – 9:30am
More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/3471

Main Event: Leveraging Corporate, Strategic Partnerships and Investments
Where: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
When: 11/05/2009 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm
More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/2028

GABA: The Future of Home Entertainment
Where: Orrick, 1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park
When: 11/05/2009 @ 6:00pm – 9pm
More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/3583

RCR Local: Networking Event on 4G
Where: Decathlon Club, 3250 Central Expressway, Santa Clara
When: Thursday, November 05 @ 5:30pm – 8:00pm
More Info: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=3cc15e17-b668-487a-a984-f63424ba1691

Entrepreneur Funding Boot Camp
Where: Law Offices of Hanson Bridgett, 425 Market St, San Francisco, CA
When: Friday, November 06, 2009 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
More Info: http://fundingbootcampnov.eventbrite.com/
Palo Alto Bootstrappers Breakfast
Where: Hobee’s Palo Alto, 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
When: Friday, Nov 06, 2009 @ 07:30 AM – 09:00 AM
More Info: https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?PG=1520296182300&P=152029600

Perfecting Your Pitch to Investors
Where: Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street in Palo Alto
When: Friday, November 6th @ 8:30 a.m – 1:30 p.m.
More Info: http://www.fountainblue.biz/

SIPACON 2009: Silicon Valley 2010 and Beyond
Where: HP Palo Alto Campus, 3000 Hanover St, Palo Alto, CA
When: Nov 7th, 2009, 8.30AM – 4.30PM PST
More Info: http://www.sipa.org/cms/

Web Brands Gone Mobile
Where: Intercontinental San Francisco, 888 Howard St, San Francisco, CA
When: Monday, November 09, 2009 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
More Info: http://momosvnov09.eventbrite.com/

Social Networking World Forum, North America
Where: Santa Clara Convention Centre, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA
When: 9th and 10th November 09,  08:00 am – 7.30pm
More Info: http://www.socialnetworking-northamerica.com/home.html

GABA: Cleantech Financing for the Future
Where: K & L Gates, 4 Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor, San Francisco
When: 11/10/2009 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm
More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/3582
Mobile Forum: Building the Cloud
Where: Decathlon Club, 3250 Central Expressway, Santa Clara
When: Tuesday, November 10 @ 8:30am – 2:30pm
More Info: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=d17d0b28-8da0-4b1a-b45b-782f131a201e

Funding Pitch Preparation Workshop, with Sand Hill Angels
Where: Wilmer Hale, 1117 California Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304
When: 11/10/2009 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm
More Info: http://svase.com/?q=node/3529

Acknowledgments

“BASES is generously sponsored by companies that share our goal in creating a vibrant and entrepreneurial campus at Stanford University. Thanks goes to our Platinum Sponsor: Lightspeed Venture Partner, our Gold Sponsors: Morganthaler Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, our Silver Sponsors: Mohr Davidow Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, Philips, and Norwest Venture Partners. BASES is also a proud partner of Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).

Contact Info, Entrepreneurial Resources, and Even more Events

Events to promote in the Digest? Digest feedback or suggestions?
Email Chris McCann: chris.r.mccann@gmail.com Sign up for the [Startup Digest] here http://eepurl.com/edaX

Looking for startup resources? Read:
Eric Ries’ Blog – http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/
Steve Blank’s Blog – http://steveblank.com/
Hiten Shah’s Blog – http://hitenshah.name/
Dave McClure’s Blog – http://500hats.typepad.com/
Sean Ellis’ Blog – http://startup-marketing.com/

And if you want even more events check out these event calenders:
http://www.vlab.org/events.html
http://www.women2.org/
http://sen.stanford.edu/events
http://svase.com/?q=event
http://sf.garysguide.org

 

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I Wanna Work for Facebook!

Hi, Jen. Facebook is hiring.

We’re a cutting-edge technology company, constantly taking on new challenges in the worlds of milliseconds and terabytes. We need help from people who like to move fast, tackle the big stuff, and have an immediate impact. Sound like you?

(Doesn’t that message just make you think Facebook is really cool? Even just a little? )

I was wandering about the Facebook Careers page today after looking for their suggestion box, I had come up with this brilliant idea and I wanted them to know about it! (I was reading my feed and saw that a friend of mine had joined a group called “Facebook needs a dislike button” and then thought to myself that the dislike button should really be a Fail Button, cause its just cooler lingo )

I got excited as I looked around cause not only was I greeted with the “cutting-edge technology company” ’s amusing message, but to my delight there was alot of department job openings and bits everywhere about how great working for Facebook really is. Their perks and benefits page is incredible, everything from 100% coverage of employee benefit premiums (50% for dependents) which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability coverage btw. Free Meals from a full Menu Daily, a full Laundry Service that drops your stuff back to you at your desk at the end of the day! 21 Paid Vacation Days, unlimited Sick Days, and even a decent sounding 401(k) Plan.

So not only does working for Facebook mean that you are part of something huge, innovative and cutting edge, your also really well taken care of while you do it! It really sounds like getting a job at Facebook would be fantastic! I know I’d love it, but Sadly for me, they require degrees (as they should) and all I have is Life, Job and Internet Geek Experience.

Psst Facebook, On the random, never-gonna-happen chance that someone from your company will ever read this blog post, I’m a quick learner and I have a lot of idea’s! (For an Example, See Above ) And I’ve been an Avid Facebook User for over 2 years )

Basically my point here is, Good on you Facebook, Hopefully one day in the Future (When the Economy Magically gets better) more companies (more everyday companies that is) will be able to provide their employee’s with the positive, striving, and comfortable atmosphere that you provide. Til then, the rest of us can dream right?

Here’s a video that gives you a really great idea about what its like to work at Facebook

Prime Time Hack: The Birth of Facebook Video

Thanks for reading! Comments below please!

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