Today was the "twelfth class day" of the semester, which is the day our state universities make their official counts of students in order to determine how much state money they get. This day is therefore the last day for students to add and drop classes. Thus this is the last day of the deluge of desperate requests. So it was like an uber- ( Read more... )

I have a bunch of things I want to share today, which means I need to make an entry ( Read more... )

I began my work day with four hours at the new employee orientation. I did actually learn a couple of things: when you buy a ticket for a show, such as at the Performing Arts Theatre, you can also buy a discount parking ticket at the same time ( Read more... )

SearchingLast night I decided it would be good to find my portfolio to use for my interview. First I looked a few places near my desk--and found a mouse and cord to an old computer I'm getting rid of. As I carried it to the give-away pile, I wondered to myself--is this just the beginning of a huge montage of finding stuff I'm not actually looking ( Read more... )

Maybe I'll try posting more for a while.

Keeping WarmSince I'm a cold-weather wimp, a recent theme has been keeping warm without using up a lot of natural gas. Yesterday I walked to some local stores looking for button batteries which they did not have (I'll order online), but the stores did have excess heat. Today I walked/jogged to the library ( Read more... )

The best hint I got from the resume workshop is that my last jobs are confusing. I had listed the consulting jobs with the colleges together, but that doesn't make sense until you see the next latest job, so I'm going to combine them all for all future resumes ( Read more... )

Obviously job hunting sucks but the last couple of days have been over the top.

Tax PreparationI signed up for a class on tax preparation for one of the major firms as described in an earlier post. However, when I contacted the lady with the discount, she had to guide me through the steps over the phone and her code did not work for the location ( Read more... )

I don't feel like dealing with pictures. I do feel like sharing a quote (scroll to bottom). So I'll post something ( Read more... )

Today I visited the weekly job club meeting because they had a guest speaker. One interesting thing she said was that hard skills get you hired, soft skills get you fired. (Of course she means lack of soft skills. I think it would be better to say they get you promoted, but that doesn't rhyme ( Read more... )

JobsToday's goal: apply for that job working with advisors in one of the colleges. Done ( Read more... )