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Archive for the ‘Job Search’ Category
Reason #740 it was a good idea to accept my job offer
Posted in Job Search, Work - Who would have thought? on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome back to the world of pants…
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Job Search, tagged Job Search, Unemployment on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
and showers and paychecks and thinking. It is official, I will be rejoining the employed world. Now all you loyal unemployed followers don’t worry, it’s not a permanent gig. It’s a contract position that is only set to last a few months, but it does a few key things for me: It puts money back [...]
A little productivity never hurt anyone
Posted in Job Search, tagged Entrepreneurship, Job Search, Twitter, Unemployment on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Status: Jobs applied for: 2, Gym: $7/visit Today for the first time, I took advantage of my unemployment. After hearing many people suggest I check out the networking groups on www.meetup.com, I finally took the plunge a few weeks ago and poked around. There were bunches of entrepreneurial networking groups and since I’m always looking [...]
The rules of life
Posted in Job Search, tagged Job Search, Unemployment on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Status: Jobs Applied for: 2, Gym membership: $10/visit – yes! Alcohol: none. Now that’s what I’m talking about!!! Life has rules: Toast always lands jelly side down The bus only comes once you decide to walk Men only notice you, when you are so happy on your own that you’re not looking And you need [...]
The art of desperation
Posted in Job Search, tagged Dating, Job Search, Unemployment on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Status: Jobs applied for: 0, Gym membership: $12/visit, Alcohol: none. Not awful, but for a very boring day I should have at least cleaned my apartment or something. In this game we call job hunting the feeling of desperation comes up a lot. You find the job you want, hell you find the job you [...]
Having an F5 kind of day
Posted in Job Search, tagged Job Search on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Status: Jobs Applied for: 2, Gym: $14/visit, Alcohol: none You know those days where you stare at your email inbox refreshing it over and over, hoping some fabulous email finally appears? No? Those days are just reserved for the unemployed? Well I’m having one of those days. I’ve checked all the job boards, nothing. My [...]
The price is wrong….bitch!
Posted in Job Search, tagged Interview, Job Search, MBA on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Status Update: I’ve decided to change how I report my workout updates since my lack of working out was just making me not report it, which is not a good sign. So instead of reporting the previous days workout, from now on I’ll simply report how much my gym membership costs on a per visit [...]
Alumni Encounters
Posted in Job Search, tagged Alumni, Job Search, MBA, Unemployment on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Workouts: 1, New Contacts: a few, Jobs applied for: a few. And one new company created. I’m telling you the pre-business school me doesn’t even recognize the post MBA me, starting new companies? Who am I? Well that and my stomach used to be flatter, but anyway. So I have a fun story. I’ve recently [...]
