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Go Mitch!

Posted on August 7, 2015 by marshe

Another week of Alone and Mitch remains… but so do the other three! I thought I might have written it in the prior post, but I don’t see that I thought Sam had a good chance of being next to … Continue reading →

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Alone

Posted on August 3, 2015 by marshe

I grew up in the middle of the woods. Lately I have regretted not taking more advantage of it. In the past year or so, I’ve gotten into some of the survival videos people post on YouTube. This at the … Continue reading →

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Well Then

Posted on July 28, 2015 by marshe

Time flies. This site was focused primarily on job hunting. Since I am not focused on job hunting any longer (not that I wouldn’t consider a serious opportunity appropriate to my skills, knowledge and interests, but there seems to be … Continue reading →

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Thinking

Posted on October 31, 2013 by marshe

Earlier this week, I got a call out of the blue from a prospective employer, sort of a basic phone screen and sounding out of interest. This watos one of the “saw your resume online” calls, and was for relatively … Continue reading →

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Hiatus

Posted on October 28, 2013 by marshe

I’m helping migrate and tweak a web site, so there’s a break in the job hunting and in the related posts. On another note, today is my fifth anniversary with FedEx. It had already surpassed over the summer my longest … Continue reading →

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SmartSource

Posted on October 21, 2013 by marshe

SmartSource was an exception to my being unable to do other jobs while at FedEx, because for the projects in question, the work took place early on Monday mornings. FedEx is Tuesday through Saturday mornings, even earlier than SmartSource was. … Continue reading →

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FedEx Ground

Posted on October 21, 2013 by marshe

I started at FedEx five years ago, as a seasonal employee, and was then retained after the holdays because I was reliable. That’s the biggest thing they look for when deciding who to keep, if there are openings. Initially I … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Help

Posted on October 18, 2013 by marshe

This is one of those posts where I am reviewing my work experience, chewing on it and describing it in some detail, to give myself material to distill down to a better employment section that incorporates “skills.” There may be … Continue reading →

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So Here’s The Deal

Posted on October 18, 2013 by marshe

A former manager who is VP of a company, and whose wife is a recruiter, perused my current resume and advised me that most recruiters would not even consider it. Why? Because it has “employment gaps.” Except it doesn’t. It’s … Continue reading →

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The World Has Changed, And Yet…

Posted on September 3, 2013 by marshe

Apparently there are still cover letters, sometimes. Flashback. The last time I looked for work before 2007-2008, then 2013, was in 1994, and especially in 1992. After some 1200 resumes tendered during a year of unemployment, in early 1993 I … Continue reading →

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