Well, there's always a chance but I think I'm destined for life as a foot soldier - which suits me fine!! But if I do, I'll make up some excuse to make September 8th as a Holy Day.
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Well, there's always a chance but I think I'm destined for life as a foot soldier - which suits me fine!! But if I do, I'll make up some excuse to make September 8th as a Holy Day.
And what's the significance of September 8? Just curious. It just begs the question.
Isn't that when Trek debuted in 1966?
Upon a quick inquiry, I'm betting on this:
Or maybe this (I'm not sure):
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Or maybe this (I'm not sure):
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And a moderator? How do you find the time for all these things?? I'm impressed.
I'm a college instructor. Social psychology is my game.
I love social psych. Are you doing any research right now?
I'm working for the county as an archivist. This would be a more unpleasant experience if I didn't have decent medical for anti-allergy meds that fight whatever the hell it is I'm allergic to in this building. Also, I now have a minion. Poor, poor unpaid intern, dance for mama. 
I am seriously considering leaving and moving up to the fed level now that I have a bit more experience. Better pay and bennies.
I am seriously considering leaving and moving up to the fed level now that I have a bit more experience. Better pay and bennies.
I'm doing the mid-life career change thing and am studying law. I was working in a children's centre and loved many aspects of my job but the promotion prospects were poor, especially under the current government, and the pay is crap. I'm not working at the moment, so we're living off my husband's wages, which are pretty crappy, too (he works in a grocery store).
When my kids were tiny I worked quite a few part-time retail jobs for extra money. I have a Bachelor degree in sociology and anthropology, and while it gave me good grounding for working with young children and their families it's not a career degree, if you know what I mean. Of course I'm not guaranteed a solicitor's job by the time I've completed the law degree work and the placement training, but at least this is a career-focused degree, and I'm hoping that my advanced age (I'll be pushing 50 by then) and life experience will give me an edge over graduates half my age.
When my kids were tiny I worked quite a few part-time retail jobs for extra money. I have a Bachelor degree in sociology and anthropology, and while it gave me good grounding for working with young children and their families it's not a career degree, if you know what I mean. Of course I'm not guaranteed a solicitor's job by the time I've completed the law degree work and the placement training, but at least this is a career-focused degree, and I'm hoping that my advanced age (I'll be pushing 50 by then) and life experience will give me an edge over graduates half my age.
And Scotty beamed them to the Klingon ship, where they would be no tribble at all.
Depends on the internship. I've got an intern working sixteen hours a week for me (she handles our online calendar of events, gathers information for our partner and visitor e-newsletters and other duties as assigned), and she gets paid $11 an hour.
I just work in a factory, packing and sometimes making medical products.
My mistake I thought interns weren't paid.
Interns vary everywhere. Some interns are paid. Some interns aren't. Just like my counterpart at a DMO in Des Moines makes more than triple my annual pay. It just depends on the employer.
If you apply for an intern job and learn you're not getting paid, get up and walk out.
I'm working for the county as an archivist. This would be a more unpleasant experience if I didn't have decent medical for anti-allergy meds that fight whatever the hell it is I'm allergic to in this building. Also, I now have a minion. Poor, poor unpaid intern, dance for mama.
I am seriously considering leaving and moving up to the fed level now that I have a bit more experience. Better pay and bennies.
Well that's a coincidence - we have the same career choice in the same location. If you work for the county you live in then there's a good chance we've met in real life!
That is terrible advice. One of the most valuable commodities anyone can have on their resume is experience. It can trump everything else in a job search. Plus internships can let you do cool things that you not have an opportunity to do again (or might not want to make a careere out of).
Yeah. Internships, paid or unpaid, are a tremendous opportunity for both employer and employee. The experience is invaluable, and it allows the employer to, essentially, "try before you buy."
At my old office, I hired three full-time employees who began as unpaid interns. One of them has essentially ascended to my old position there, last I heard. (Poor girl.)
At my old office, I hired three full-time employees who began as unpaid interns. One of them has essentially ascended to my old position there, last I heard. (Poor girl.)
Experience doesn't pay your bills. Paid internships are the way to go. Then you have experience AND money. How kewl is that? And everyone who thinks that's too much to ask is a nothing more than a slave owner at heart, and I seriously mean that.
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