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9/11: Until The Fires Stopped Burning 9 Sep 2011 | 11:30 pm
We heard the news. Watched it unfold on CNN. We cried. We prayed. September 11th, 2001 is one of those days you don’t forget. Dr. Charles B. Strozier knows this at both personal and professional level...
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired Part IV 7 Jun 2011 | 11:03 pm
Last week renowned “headhunter” and recruiter Skip Freeman shared how job seekers can become “more than just the red bird” by truly differentiating ourselves. In this next article, Freeman characteriz...
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired Part III 31 May 2011 | 10:37 pm
If you missed the second article of Skip Freeman’s “What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired,” you should check it out. In today’s article, Freeman talks about differentiation. Don’t diffe...
Memorial Day: Take Time To Remember 27 May 2011 | 07:17 am
What does Memorial Day mean to you? Vacationing? Cooking out? Relaxing on the couch for hours? Whatever it stands for, let’s take a moment and come back to the day’s true meaning. Not to be confused w...
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired Part II 24 May 2011 | 08:55 am
It’s true. The uber-popular smart phone, tablet, Ipad & PC game ‘Angry Birds’ can teach us a thing or two about getting hired. Part 1 showed us that our short-term memory can help or hurt us, big-time...
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired. 20 May 2011 | 10:40 pm
Angry Birds can help you land a job. What??? It’s true. In addition to being the #1 paid app in the galaxy, the wildly popular game for smart phones, Ipads, PCs, Macs, etc., also contains job hunting ...
The 17 Day Diet: Update #2 18 May 2011 | 12:06 am
So after 17 days on the 17 Day Diet bandwagon I’m down 10 pounds. Not too shabby. While I’ve kept a good game face most of the time, I’m pretty sick of lettuce. I’m ready for a nice, juicy rib-eye, gr...
A Family Tree Discovery 14 May 2011 | 01:38 am
While searching my family tree on Ancestry.com a few weeks ago in preparation for this week’s initial ancestry episode, I came across a “puzzle” piece. A relative I’d never met. Her name is Cynthia. C...
Advice From a Genealogy Expert 12 May 2011 | 12:01 am
Expert advice – we love it. And today, we’ve got it. If you missed yesterday’s episode on Ancestry you might want to watch it to get some context for today. But if you’d rather jump right in… have at ...
Ancestry is Hot. 10 May 2011 | 11:55 pm
Surprise! We were curious. Why has genealogy become so incredibly popular? Especially among people in their 2nd half? We dug in to find out more about the why which then led us to the how. We also wer...