Posted in job hunt, Work sample on Jun 17th, 2010
My freelance career as a blogger continues growing. Today I started writing for a career website run by AOL, and will be writing about career and job hunt issues. Today’s story was on being overqualified for a job and how to deal with it. I continue writing about career topics for WalletPop, such as a [...]
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June 8, 2010, marks two years since I was laid off, and I’m still without a full-time job. It was an anniversary I hoped to avoid, but I keep plugging along with part-time work to help keep a roof over our heads. Soon after being laid off, I started this blog as Tales of an [...]
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Posted in job hunt, Work sample on Jun 3rd, 2010
One of the things I’ve had to unlearn, at least partially, from journalism school is being a generalist. In college I was taught that as a reporter, it’s best to know a little about a lot of things so that reporting on many issues would be easier. Even with specific beats — city government, prisons, [...]
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