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25539. judithathome - 8/13/2009 5:35:28 PM I don't read Ace or TPW, in secret or otherwise. I do go to other forums but see no need going to those two...they didn't like me when they posted here and still don't so I figure, why even bother?
And if Ace is less funny than before, I'm certainly not drawn to reading him now as I didn't think he was THAT funny to begin with. 25540. iiibbb - 8/13/2009 6:15:12 PM Message # 25537
If so he's the perfect analog/barometer for the Republican party as a whole.
I used to have some affinity for that party (fiscal responsibility, small gov't, achievement through merit), but since Bush was elected they've thrown just about everything out the window. I just can't bear the hypocrisy anymore. 25541. Wombat - 8/13/2009 6:30:50 PM I'd go over to Acey's site occasionally to rattle the cages of the "monkey house" (comments section), but life is too short to waste time on that. 25542. Wombat - 8/13/2009 6:44:13 PM iiibbb:
I am probably the wrong person to be giving advice on employment, since I am now in my fifth year of not working full-time, but...
Coaching/counseling: It is not cheap, and smells of a racket (those who can't find work...coach), but I had a good experience this year. My counselor helped me trim my extensive resume into something useful (two pages); and provided extremely useful advice on attitude and expectation. If you have no idea what the hell you should be doing, you should consider it.
On-line job sites (Monster, etc.) Once your resume is in shape, post it--and any other information you wish. Update it regularly. I've gotten some part time work through such sites, and occasionally I'll get a call about full-time possibilities.
Social networking sites. I am on Linked-In. It is easy to get caught up in it, and spend hours making contacts, joining groups, etc. On the other hand, it gets your information out there; and if you can exert a modicum of self-discipline, it is useful. 25543. iiibbb - 8/13/2009 6:46:59 PM thanks wombat... I'll look into it.
I'm basically a researcher, but I've got an open mind. I never really thought those sights would have much to offer me because I've felt _so_ specialized. But I don't know anything. I've never looked for a geographically restricted job. 25544. Wombat - 8/13/2009 7:21:24 PM iiibbb,
My field is extremely specialized, as well. The main obstacle for me has been obtaining a security clearance, after I let mine lapse in the 1980s. It took me a year to find a sponsor, two years to actually obtain it (by which time my sponsor had filled the position), a year of fairly constructive searching, and job offer contingent on my obtaining a higher level clearance, for which I am now in month five of waiting... 25545. rdbrewer - 8/13/2009 8:37:20 PM What's your name over there, Wombat? 25546. rdbrewer - 8/13/2009 8:38:20 PM (At Ace's.) 25547. Wombat - 8/13/2009 8:45:37 PM rdbrewer,
I haven't commented there since well before the election. 25548. Ms. No - 8/15/2009 8:08:56 AM rd,
I went and read your post, but I've only ever looked at the place once before. Just not my cuppa for any number of reasons.
I post here and at one other site. I'm not even good about checking the Facebook account I got talked into starting. I don't really care if the friend of a friend of a guy I knew 10 years ago is making a cup of tea and thinking about the BM he had this morning. ;-> 25549. alistairconnor - 8/15/2009 2:29:34 PM I use Facebook essentially for clues about what my daughters are thinking. 25550. judithathome - 8/15/2009 4:39:47 PM I avoid FB because I'm basically burned out on the internet, period.
I post here and at RI and in two TV-oriented forums but that's it.
25551. arkymalarky - 8/15/2009 7:01:57 PM Facebook is great for keeping up with our exchange students, especially since Bob and I have apps on our phones and don't have to slog thru dialup. But we can't get it at work and it's hard to find time and broadband, so our Facebooks are totally boring. 25552. iiibbb - 8/16/2009 12:50:18 AM I love facebook, and I've pulled so many old friends out of the woodwork with it. 25553. arkymalarky - 8/16/2009 1:55:21 AM A classmate/friend told me lots of us are on there but I haven't been able to go looking much yet. We just got on it this summer. 25554. Wombat - 8/16/2009 2:56:55 AM I'm on it! 25555. arkymalarky - 8/16/2009 3:33:34 AM The only thing I don't like about it (and it's signficant) is what No said. There are a few who need to get a blog and let us go see it rather than putting everything on fb. The phone app just notifies me when someone addresses me. When I go to my page on a pc it seems like about three people (including, unfortunately, a family member or two or three) and their play-by-play living make it overwhelming. 25556. arkymalarky - 8/16/2009 3:36:41 AM Anyone have any advice for trying to sell an autographed first edition good condition hardbacked book from 1937 that was made into a 1940 movie? The book is Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts and I just discovered I had it--no idea where I got it. 25557. iiibbb - 8/16/2009 3:59:21 AM Message # 25555
You can turn off notices from individuals so it doesn't show up on your newsfeed.
It's very customizable. 25558. arkymalarky - 8/16/2009 4:41:56 AM Thanks! Next time I'm on a pc I'll look for that. When I'm on a pc with a good connection and nothing blocked I'm always in a hurry to do stuff I normally can't do and don't take time to look around.
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