career
Careers in the industry; from corporate to middle management, food service, media, political figures, and beyond. All workplace careers.
Tree Planting: The Hardest, but Most Rewarding Job in North America
Tree planting is hands down the most difficult job in North America, but it is also the best experience you will ever have. It will help you find yourself, develop confidence, and create life long memories and friends. It's a unique experience that tests your limits, pushes your boundaries, and changes your perspective.
By Adventure Junkie8 years ago in Journal
Lessons from Project Management
Before the housing market crash of 2008, I thrived in a small kitchen & bath retail store and cabinet shop. I was the project and business manager. This path taught me a lot about builders, owners, sales, product information, and of course customers. In 4 short years of being in this shop, I pretty much did everything the owner did. Our slogan was from conception to completion we will make your dream come true. I worked with every kind of builder, contractor, and customers that would come through our doors. Most were nice and friendly people that were excited to have their dream kitchen or bath that they’ve always wanted. Others had to rebuild from a fire or damage and needed to work within a budget usually dictated by insurance companies.
By Shawn C Mace8 years ago in Journal
I'm a Time Traveller
“I’m a time traveller.” Well, at least that is what I told the child who asked me why I was wearing medieval clothing when I was waiting for a fellow re-enactor to pick me up for an event. The child then ran off excitedly to his mother, who in turn gave me a funny look, something I have grown used to and on some levels enjoy. I am not entirely certain why I chose that to be my way of explaining myself, especially since “I’m a re-enactor” is far more plausible, but the more I think on it, the more I feel I would not change the remark. After all, as living historians, we are the closest thing there is. For instance, the person who first engaged my interest in re-enactment when I was in my mid-teens had stormed the beaches of Normandy, drank the Spanish Main dry, pillaged monasteries, and both fought for and against the Roman Empire all while onlookers cheered and applauded as they enjoyed their educational day out. Although that is not exactly going from one timeline to another, it is close enough.
By Badger Hill8 years ago in Journal
All the Questions You Have About an Escape Room
Yes, working at an escape room is the best job we have ever had. It is loads of fun and we get the opportunity to meet a wide variety of new people and if we're lucky, plenty of chances to travel. These are all the questions I get on a daily basis, answered. Here's the inside scoop.
By Liz Galante8 years ago in Journal
What It's Really Like to Be a Barista
In this day and age, coffee is everything. It is something we drink to wake us up, something we have for a mid-morning rest break, something we drink when seeing friends. Millions of people enter coffee shops every day for hundreds of different reasons, but not many consider what it's like being on the other side of the bar.
By Sammy Tanner8 years ago in Journal
Maternity Leave for Self-Employed Women…
Women decide to go self-employed for a multitude of reasons, but one of the big ones is family. At the end of the day, being self-employed offers you a level of flexibility that full or part-time employment just can't compete with. Rather than having to make childcare fit around rigid working hours, being self-employed means you can fit your work around childcare and, straight away, this makes being a working mum 100 times simpler.
By Sarah Henderson8 years ago in Journal
Big Companies That Millennials Want to Work For
Most millennials are after more from their job hunt than just a fat paycheck. While being well compensated is nice (and appreciated), it isn't the determining factor when they decide to go after jobs. So, what are all these young people looking for?
By Carly Owens8 years ago in Journal
From Sports to Social
In 2015, I made one of the toughest decisions of my life. I decided to leave a really great job, a promising career, and a lot of people I loved for quite frankly all the wrong reasons; reasons I won’t go into too much depth here, but let me just say that leaving my job as a sports reporter at Inside Carolina, covering UNC athletics, has sincerely been one of my biggest regrets — a regret I’ve carried with me for almost three years now. I had a really good thing going in Chapel Hill covering UNC, but like any 20 something at the time, I also had a lot of impatience. After years of putting in work, I became restless and bitter watching people around me experience success I thought I too deserved. I mean I had given the industry of sports journalism almost four years of my life, when was it going to be my turn? It wasn’t fair and I just couldn’t stand it anymore. So I made a choice. I chose to move down to Atlanta and shift my career focus from sports journalism to social media.
By Dijana Kunovac8 years ago in Journal
