Georgia Tech Alumni Career Fair

Wow, I almost forgot about this blog. I've certainly been busy lately. Last Tuesday was the GT Alumni Career Fair so I stayed up Monday night putting together a resume I could trust to be correct. Tuesday morning, I found an error and fixed it. I'd put that I used SAS and BMDP to do the Nursing analysis, but I'd actually used SPSS. I used the others in school classes.

I found a list of my favorite classes that I typed up 20 years ago, lol. Since my resume was only one page, I decided to use it as a second page. I scanned it into the computer but I didn't have time to reformat it. I'll do that later, when I was at the Job Fair, I realized that I'd left a couple "favorite" classes off. Then, I went to the UPS store, told the lady to make 100 stapled copies, and she did.

Only important thing left was to put together an outfit. Since the Fair didn't start until 1:30, I had plenty of time to go to the Goodwill store.

I do have jobs, just not a career

I've been too busy to write. I guess when I started this blog, I thought I'd have some "down time" in which to blog. But, I prefer playing games and reading slashdot and just about anything else than to keep on thinking about my job hunt. Besides, I don't find out immediately when my attempts are working.

The most expensive thing that I've done is to sign up for a Certified Financial Planner program. I've passed two of the six modules and will be taking the final exam for the third module tomorrow. Not sure if I'll pass since it's on Taxation which seems to be a problem for me. Now that I'm about half way through, I realize that as a career changer, it might not help me as much as I anticipated. It would have been better for me to get a certicate in IT or Engineering, since that's where all my experience is. But, I've learned a lot about Personal Finance that I know is helping me with my own finances.

The CFP program is also good for networking. One of my classmates turned me on to Primerica which, after much thought and research, I joined up with. Primerica doesn't cost much to join and gives you the opportunity to earn money right away. And I'm learning about something that the CFP program doesn't cover. That would be Sales. I've never sold anything for a living except while I was working at Publix as a Deli Clerk. Somehow, selling financial products is different . Deli Clerks are supposed to be knowledgeable, friendly and helpful, but I didn't have to dress in professional attire. When you are a Deli Clerk, customers come to you. Not so with Primerica. You need to generate referrals to people who will invite you into their homes and open up their financial statements to you. Only then can you help them select products and services that will do them so good.

I also have had some CFP classmates with technical backgrounds. Like me, they are looking at Engineering opportunities. I think most of us would accept jobs in Engineering just as quickly as one in Finance. One classmate used to work for NCR and intends to apply with them when they open up the new office in Duluth. If he gets hired, I'll have him refer me. I have another classmate who was until recently employed by Georgia Tech. He's another one I should stay in touch with, if for no other reason, because we tend to think alike. Surely that's a good thing.

Dang, I forgot about this blog!!!!

I'm not a very good blogger, am I?!?!?! That's cause Job Hunting is about as adventurous as a Snipe Hunt.

I'm still here

I really have been doing stuff even though I haven't been posting. I think that I mentioned the MBA fair I went to, but I haven't been keeping you up to date on my exercise. I've walked 2.5 miles in an hour on two different occasions. At that rate, it takes 2 or 3 weeks to lose a pound, so I am trying to watch my weight, too. Last time I held a professional job (early 90's), I looked my best when I was a 10, but a 12 wouldn't be bad. Today, I went to a vocational school. Even though I have a a MSIE and a BEE, they are so old that I feel so obsolete. I'm still pretty handy with a computer, but I last worked as an engineer back in the days when cell phones were the size of a shoebox and bolted in the car trunk. I'm not sure I really need a certificate, but at it get me out of the house, using my head, and interacting with people. Plus, the certificate won't have a date from some time back in the last millennium. My degrees from the 80's make me feel old just looking at them.

BTW, every time I walk, I post the details on a spreadsheet, so sometime, I will post those numbers here, unless I decide it's not necessary.

Short post

i did a mile in 20 minutes on the treadmill.

Did other stuff, but I don't really remember. Oh Yeah, pulled weeds in the yard and went grocery shopping. Picked up a book at the library. But, I could have done all that in an hour. Don't know what happened to the rest of the day.

hey, it's before noon

still kinda slow getting started. I've actually been up for a couple of hours....

I've had my coffee, taken out the trash (garbage day), and retrieved my newspaper. It's rainy, so I didn't read it on the deck. Just sort of glanced at it.

I got my siphon working. I have a dehumidifor in the basement and I got tired of dumping it, so I hooked up a hose, but to get out of the basement, it had to go up and over the windowsill. I've been messing with it for a couple of weeks, and I finally got it working.

I's 1:50 pm. I've drunk my coffee, read my newspaper on the back deck, and worked out on the treadmill. I have a spreadsheet where I keep track of my treadmill work, I'll post the results when I'm done for the day.

Now I should bathe, later I can update my profile on LinkedIn and my Resume on this computer.

Hmm, the posting times don't match with reality. It is currently 1:54. I need to fix that after my shower.

Shower:2:10

Resume: yuck, i imported it into word and the formatting is all messed up, so I'm stuck with using the text file a little while longer. When it starts to look decent, I'll post it here.

LinkedIn: didn't do it

Shower is a daily MustDo. Here are some more:

PayBills: okay, just paid out hundreds of dollars

ApplyForJob: didn't do it, i need to though, cause they expect me to do it three days a week, minimum

I did go to an MBA fair. That was interesting. If I can afford to go to school part time and work partime, that would be cool.

oh, yeah, treadmill:

Date Minutes MaxSpeed Distance Cals Fat Cals points CumPts CumCal CumFCal
3/17 44 2.10 1.05 210.00 65.6 0.50 0.50