From the category archives:

Jobfulness

Quintessential Careers

by Marissa on 5 June 2008

Karen Burns, Working Girl directed her readers to a site packed with articles, job-seeking tools, and informational notes: Quintessential Careers.
Lots of great stuff there, including:

Cover letter samples
Resume samples
Career-related quizzes
Networking tools and resources
The Career Doctor's Most Common College, Career & Job Questions
Career-Changer tools & resources
An interview checklist
…and so much more.

Bookmark it. It's worth your time to [...]

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Disability Insurance: You probably need it, but can you get it?

by Marissa on 3 June 2008

in Body & Mind, Jobfulness

My dad has been on disability for several years (one of many souvenirs of another driver’s November ‘85 decision to booze up and get behind the wheel). His experiences impressed upon me the stark reality that all of those “It would never happen to me” situations can happen, and just might.
Thus, disability insurance seems like [...]

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Women Professionals: Heels Are Hell (Cute, but Hell Nonetheless)

by Marissa on 2 June 2008

in Body & Mind, Jobfulness

This blog entry inspired by “High on Heels: How Shoes Affect the Juggle” (Wall Street Journal blog, May 21) and “For Women Litigators: A Courtroom Footwear Dilemma?” (Wall Street Journal Law Blog, May 22).
I love shoes, but I hate the pain that comes along with long days in high heels. I’m not talking about sexy, [...]

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Lawyers, Introverts, and Whether Doctors, Pilots, Attorneys, or Shampooers are top-paying careers.

by Marissa on 23 May 2008

in Jobfulness, Law School & Lawyerliness

Introverts + Law Careers = A Good Fit
The ABA Journal noted a recent Washington Post article that ranks “lawyer” as as the #6 best career for introverts. (Which I find especially interesting because I usually think of the ideal lawyer as being a perpetual rainmaker, uber-extrovert. Funny how what we think we see and what [...]

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Sha na na na, Get a job.

by Marissa on 22 May 2008

in Jobfulness

This one’s for my brother Charles, who just finished year 1 at the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington (for which he was not only accepted as an early admit, but also got mondo scholarship for academic merit… I’m his sister, I’m allowed to brag on him).
Chaz is pursuing a new major, one that [...]

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Are you a boss or a leader?

by Marissa on 27 February 2008

in Jobfulness

Lifehack is one of my favorite blogs, and today it has a great article on the difference between being a boss (which it compares to the Pointy-Haired Boss of Dilbert fame) and being a leader for a group.
It will come as no surprise to most folks that the article concludes that being a leader [...]

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Is it too much to ask for?

by Marissa on 13 February 2008

in Jobfulness

Is it really so much to ask for that the roads be just half as bad this morning as they were last night when it took me 80+ minutes to get home from work?!?!
(*headdesk*)

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