Putting College Kids to Work
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in Employment | No Comments »Here's a less than encouraging statistic: Only 20% of college graduates are finding jobs this year. By way of comparison, in 2007 it was 50% (which doesn't seem much better). Business Week echoes the statistics and explores the best job ...
You Can Change the World: Help People Find a Job
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Employment | 2 Comments »Yeah, yeah, yeah. The economy's in the crapper. The list of people I know who are unemployed (or under-employed, like me) continues to grow. But what can we do about it? Help each other out, for starters. At the Minneapolis-St. ...
Work is Slow but I’m Upbeat
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Daily Grind, Employment | No Comments »I don't talk about it much publicly, but work has been slow lately. Terribly slow. Income dropped in 2008, for the first time since I started working on my own (though honestly, the drop wasn't nearly as bad as I ...
How to Apply for a Job
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Posted in Employment | 2 Comments »My friend and frequent client Brad Abare has a great blog post offering advice for job seekers. In a nutshell he says to forget about the resume and find a way to show your passion. It's nearly impossible for a ...
Squirrel Causes Power Outage
Monday, June 18th, 2007 Posted in Employment | No Comments »I have a few projects due this week so I was working furiously today--had five billable hours racked up before lunch--when I heard a loud bang. My monitor flashed and went dead and the lights went off. I looked over ...
Waiting Around After Vandalism
Saturday, October 8th, 2005 Posted in Employment | 2 Comments »You know, I was really starting to miss these late night trips to the King CDC everytime the security alarm goes off. Good to be back. In blog form. My wife is a teacher at the King CDC, a daycare center ...
My Salary Pays for BG HQ
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 Posted in Employment | 4 Comments »This fall the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will begin moving into their new $27 million headquarters. According to the Charlotte Observer the building was paid for with $17 million from the sale of the property in Minneapolis and $10 million ...
I’m gonna need you to move you to the basement.
Friday, March 5th, 2004 Posted in Domicile, Employment | 4 Comments »I’m an Entrepreneur!
Tuesday, February 24th, 2004 Posted in Employment | 1 Comment »I started a small business class today. It's nice to bring some reality and sanity to my business. I've never taken any business classes in my life, and even in the past few months I've learned a lot and I've ...
I feel like Dilbert
Wednesday, January 21st, 2004 Posted in Employment | 14 Comments »I had to send a fax today and discovered that Office Max and Kinko's charge $1 per page to send a fax. What kind of a rip off is that? It wasn't even a long distance fax. For $70 you ...
