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Comment on Make 2012 the Best Yet for Your Career by Joe Lavelle

Joe Lavelle — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:06:26 +0000

Thanks Todd! Great advice!

Comment on Make 2012 the Best Yet for Your Career by Todd Schnick

Todd Schnick — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:32:18 +0000

“choose a networking event outside of your comfort zone…”

that is the best advice. ever. for making 2012 rock and roll….

Comment on If You Aren’t Networking, You Aren’t an Advocate for Your Own Success by Make 2012 the Best Yet for Your Career

Make 2012 the Best Yet for Your Career — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:08:36 +0000

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Comment on Make Sure Your 2011 Office Christmas Party Doesn’t Cause Problems in 2012! by Matt Kinsella

Matt Kinsella — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:51:24 +0000

I have been to quite a few different office Christmas parties over the last 15 years and I usually found them to be a lot less controversial than what I have been lead to believe. Have I just been lucky?

Comment on About Joe by Sam Peters

Sam Peters — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:43:49 +0000

Greetings,

I am seeking new opportunities to Guest Post on a site like Act as If, in an effort to promote a New Blog that I am working to develop through my a link in an author byline.

My interest is to write about topics relating to education, career, the job search, interview tips and the transition from school into the workforce, among much more.

I like your site very much and want to know if you accept Guest Posts?

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Happy Holidays,

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Comment on Black Friday on Thursday? by Joe Lavelle

Joe Lavelle — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:42:00 +0000

Todd – I could not agree more … on a side note, back when I was single – I accidentally stumbled into figuring out that THE BEST time to Christmas shop is the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving anyway. I am not a big shopper… and one Wednesday night before Thanksgiving in Dallas I needed to run to the mall (I went to the Galleria) to get some warmer clothes to run in the Turkey Trot the next day because it was going to be cold. I found out that all the stores have all their best merchandise out and ready and NOBODY is in the store. The salespeople don’t have anyone else to wait on so they had time to help. In addition to getting warm clothes for the run, I completed my Christmas shopping in less than an hour …. no lines … no elbowing other customers to get to what I needed…. SO you will NEVER catch me in a store on Black Friday!!! Happy Thanksgiving My Friend! Joe

Comment on Black Friday on Thursday? by Todd Schnick

Todd Schnick — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:58:18 +0000

i think a company that puts profits aside to give their people rest and family time, will end up getting more profits in the end because the market will ultimately reward them…

people respect companies that take a stand… such as, Chick-Fil-A being closed on Sunday in honor of the Sabbath…

Comment on What’s the Best Career Advice You Ever Got from Grandma? by Joe Lavelle

Joe Lavelle — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:37:57 +0000

And thank you Jacqui for the inspiring story about your grandmother! I am almost drooling thinking about how good that chicken probably was!

Comment on What’s the Best Career Advice You Ever Got from Grandma? by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter (Career Trend)

Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter (Career Trend) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:13:54 +0000

Joe,
What a great post. “Pearls of sage advice” from our older family members are what we carry around for a lifetime. I especially like, “Be grateful.”

My paternal grandmother died just over 11 years ago – she was in her mid-90s. My parents made sure we had the opportunity to spend quality and quantity time with her. Most summers when I was a young girl, I would pack up my little overnight bag and take a 2-3 night trip to her house. During my visits, she taught me to crochet, we took luxurious walks to the old-fashioned drugstore for a hamburger, fries and homemade malt … and more.

Through Grandma, I think I learned through witnessing her actions as much as I did through her words. She was very meticulous in every act she performed, appreciating the simplest things and activities, from properly dressing a bed in the morning to artfully preparing a fried chicken dinner in the evenings, to patiently teaching me to crochet and even, immersing me in the technique of tatting.

Moreover, as I entered into adulthood, I especially noticed what a good, positive, engaging listener Grandma was. I don’t think there is a much better skill and gift that one can give, than to listen, and respond encouragingly, to another human being.

This skill of listening, and being ‘curious’ about other people’s thoughts, ideas and feelings, can be a very important one in business, in our careers.

Thank you for taking me down memory lane with this thoughtful post, Joe.

~Jacqui

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What’s the Best Career Advice You Ever Got from Grandma? — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:36:36 +0000

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