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Created by Jennifer Lang Sep 8, 2008 at 4:55pm. Last updated by Jennifer Lang Sep. 15, 2008.

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Hello Everyone . I hope that you are doing well on this very hot day. Today I am at the Landis Public Library making some suggestions about manga books for the Rowan Public Library to go look into. . I have been talking to library about the mangas...
Greg Collard, News Director, WFAE added 2 blog postson Wednesday
Hello Everyone . I hope that you are doing well today. Well last night was the end of the anime month series here at the Rowan Public Library with Howl's Moving Castle . Before the show I did go up in front of everyone in the room to wish them all...
Hi Everyone . I hope that you arte doing well. I been busy today looking for a new job. But I am having a lot of bad luck these days. . How are you doing? . I just learned about this web site . I hope that you enjoy it. . http://www.toonradio.net/...

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Mark Rumsey

The Biotech Race: How Promising? 2 Replies

In May, WFAE's Public Conversation on "Building a Biotech Economy" explored the current and potential economic impact of biotech research and manufacturing in the Charlotte region. Check out this l...

Started by Mark Rumsey in WFAE Wants to Know.... Last reply by Eileen Jun 25.

Everything Considered - A blog by Greg Collard

Governor Sanford needs to hush

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has said a lot of bizarre things in the last week in explaining away his affair with an Argentine woman.

On Tuesday, this saga became even weirder.

By now, you're probably familiar with his wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press. We'll get to that in a minute.

First, let's address an official statement from Sanford concerning an investigation into whether public money…

Following two attorneys in career transition: Read Jeff Steiner's Blog

Don't Lose Track of Your Resume

As I continue my job search, I remember that it is important not to dilute my resume by sending it out to every recruiter and every job I see on the Internet. I am very selective about where I send my resume and in this market, I’m extremely cautious with every job posting that I see. The resume is really all that we have to differentiate and present ourselves to employers, so we can’t afford to lose control of that document. It’s important to know where your resume is at all times – because onc…

Following two attorneys in career transition: Read Sam Smith's Blog

Employ Yourself

A friend of mine recently told me, "there are too many lawyers and not enough legal work." Being the eternal optimist, I summarily dismissed this comment and continued applying for jobs.

Here are some of the things I did that worked (to some degree):


1. I contacted a select few recruiters who were referred to me by someone I trusted. I interviewed them to make sure they were knowledgeable, trustworthy and not just fishing for resumes.

2. I changed my profile on facebook, LinkedIn and T…

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RubyTues

continuing education

I have a continuing education class tomorrow. I feel like I’m being given in-school suspension. We have to do 40 hours of this sort of thing a year to maintain our licenses. We’ll do what we usually do; send text messages to each other and anyone else we can bother, have soduku and crossword races, doodle, and surf the net on our phones. It’s tedious and painful.

Once in a while we’ll have one of these things that actually has something to do with my job and I actually pay attention, but not al… Continue

Posted by RubyTues on June 17, 2009 at 4:23pm — 2 Comments

 
 

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