Tag: Success

  • Experience or Paper which is better?

    Experience Counted once upon a time Once upon a time, there was this guy in his early twenties.  He graduated from high school and decided he would go to college and get a degree.  His parents had never gone to college before, so he knew he was already doing better than they had.  Two years later…

  • Dear Jane visited PRN today

    Professional Resource Network of San Joaquin was visited by the owners of Dear Jane…A Career Advisement Company today.  Rebecca Martin and Julie Youngblood both gave an outstanding presentation on understanding recruiters.  In the past, I’ve worked for recruiter Robert Half Technology.  I had a good experience with them, but I never really knew how the whole recruiting process worked.  Rebecca and Julie…

  • Capture your ideas as soon as they happen

    I had this bright idea Have you ever been some place, and didn’t have a pencil and paper to write your thoughts down? If you didn’t write it down, that great idea you just had might vanish. You might have seen some product, book or website that was a solution to a question you’ve had…

  • Be prepared for downtime

    We had agreed on a meeting time of around 1pm.  However, when you are traveling with a group of people, you can’t exactly control when or how quickly things happen.  Since I figured I wouldn’t have to wait long, I didn’t bring anything to fill my downtime.  I didn’t even bring recreational material like magazines or books or anything. After that…

  • An Eagle Scout’s Wisdom

    In Boy Scouts they teach some basic rules to live by: Scout Motto – “Be Prepared” Scout Slogan – “Do a good turn daily” Scout Oath – “Duty to God”, “Help people”, “Physically strong”,”Mentally awake”,”Morally straight” Scout Law – “Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent” The Scouting program also…