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The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Autism and Employment
In my story, "Autism and Transition into Adulthood", I stated that I looked for a job for a year and felt the darkness within and like I could not get out. I started working at Old Navy this year, and you're probably wondering how it is possible for me, a lowly little Autistic person like me, could ever get a job. How on Earth is little old me supposed to work anywhere? Surly, this had to be a mistake! But the Universe never makes mistakes.
By Sunny Dolen5 years ago in Journal
4th update about leaving corporate America
I hate doing these so close together but I want to continue the story for those of you who care. So I got a job interview with another company. I was very open with my bosses. I think one of the shift managers was kind of upset or just really didn't care. The general manager was supportive of whatever I thought I should do for my well being or growth. I think for a while I was just kind of there. I think the bosses just kind of tolerate me. I'm not a bad employee, I can tell you that much. I became a part of the companies routine or one of the things they had at their disposal.
By Lena Bailey5 years ago in Journal
Competition Gathers Pace In Santander Universities Crowdfunding Challenge
The Santander Universities Crowdfunding Challenge is an initiative which allows businesses to market and raise funds for their services. The programme began at the beginning of August with a series of webinars which gave attendees the opportunity to be put through their paces with online training, one-to-one coaching on how crowdfunding can benefit their business, and how to create an engaging, successful crowdfunding project. The webinars covered areas such as:
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in Journal
...But it's so Beautiful
My brain said it over and over, " but it's so beautiful." I was in a twilight sleep, you know, half awake but not unaware. I was aware that my phone was ringing around 9am and there was only one person who ever called me before 10. It was my best friend Linda. She sounded so upset that I woke up the rest of the way so I could understand what she was trying to tell me. " Can't you see your TV?, a plane flew into one of the World Trade Center Towers." My TV was all snow because the TV station transmitters were all knocked out. I told Lin to hang on and that'd I'd be there in a minute but by the time I got to her house a second plane had crashed into the other Tower. What had seemed like an unbelievable accident had turned into a day the world would never forget.
By Teresa Wegrzyn6 years ago in Journal
I Started a Small Business During a Pandemic
In late February of 2020, I quit the full-time marketing job that was slowly sucking the life out of me. Saying this sentence now makes me shudder, but I was twenty-three years old and I had this perpetual optimism about me that said "it's okay if you don't have a plan--you'll figure it out, you always do." On the drive home after I informed my boss that I couldn't work there any more, I mused about what it was that I wanted to do. I always wanted to be a singer/songwriter as a kid, but I didn't have any resources to further that pipe dream, so I started to scale back.
By Rachel Glenn6 years ago in Journal
Returning To Work
I got laid off from the best job I had had to date in May of this year. To say it was a crushing blow is an understatement. I had never had a job like that, where everyone in the office got along for the most part and helped each other. The team I worked on became close like family, and we all still keep in touch even though most of us also got laid off. I never thought that I would find another job where I would make connections like that. And while I actively looked for jobs for the duration of my unemployment the future of almost every company that I applied for was unsteady. As a result of that, I was being asked to do a monumental amount of work for minimum wage. They wanted 10 years of experience for minimum wage. They wanted the earth and the moon and probably Mars too, for minimum wage. I turned down more jobs in those few months than I ever have in my whole life.
By Paige Graffunder6 years ago in Journal
Campaign Launched To Help Preserve Memories Of NHS Workers Who Lost Their Lives In Covid 19 Pandemic
A campaign has been launched to help raise funds for the production of a couple of story books which aim to preserve the memories of NHS workers who have lost their lives during the Covid 19 pandemic. The money raised will go to help support NHS charities and the good work they do.
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in Journal
Intro
I'm here because Blogger has made it impossible for me to create posts with any of the ease that made everything so approachable in the beginning. On a grander scale, I'm here because I have a voice, and I fight for people to be successful in a life of sobriety by sharing my long story of my battle with addiction. I'm here because there is a small chance I might actually make $6 every now and then if enough people find my material interesting. We shall see...
By Vincent Maertz6 years ago in Journal
Black In Corporate
When I started my corporate career experience, I never could have foreseen the many difficult life lessons I would learn that would shape me into who I am today. Most of my time in that world spanned my 20s and early 30s, and while I was definitely mature for my age, I had no idea what I was in for. I unfortunately had to learn the very hard way that not only was I not allowed to make mistakes as a Black woman, any mistakes I did make would live with me in ways it wouldn't for others. I learned at all times, I was being held to a different standard than my counterparts, as most Black people are in their given professions.
By Whitney Smart6 years ago in Journal
The Moment Before He Died...
I met a young man the other day the moment before he died. With my job I come across a lot of dead people. As an EMT, it is our job to call a time of death for people we get called to with obvious signs of death. Obviously, when we get called to a cardiac arrest and the patient is workable we do what we need to, to try and bring the person back to life. But, the other day was just strange. I’ve never met someone the moment before they passed away. He was having shortness of breath – gave him some oxygen and he said it made him feel better while we transported him to the nearest hospital. I have to add that this person had a terminal illness, but wasn’t given a time and wasn’t considered a hospice patient. We were talking and his family was with us, holding his hand for the ride. Upon arriving at the hospital, I transferred care to them, made him comfortable in his hospital bed and told him and his family that I hoped he feels better.
By Robert Manning6 years ago in Journal
