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How to Find Public Interest Jobs and Nonprofit Jobs
If you have a passion for a certain issue, such as civil rights, the environment, helping the poor, or animals, public interest can be an excellent career choice. In public interest you will be working with others who share a passion for an issue like...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsDo Not Trust Appearances: My Visit to Deep Springs College
The first time I visited Las Vegas was in 1988. The city was far different back then, with an old Western vibe–not at all like the modern strip with all of the new casinos and so forth. Las Vegas, in the late 1980s, was more tired and run down;...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 16 CommentsThe Greatest Thing in the World
Henry Drummond’s The Greatest Thing in the World is a classic work that illuminates the importance of Corinthians 13. Here, he addresses practical ways in which Christians today can experience the greatest thing in the world – LOVE. Widely...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 1 CommentOne of my first jobs was parking valet cars at a country club in Detroit. As part of this job, I would get to keep all the tips I earned each day. The busiest day of the year was typically the Fourth of July. I came into work early that day and worked...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons Leave a CommentIn 1979, when McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal, I, along with every other kid, was excited to go to McDonald’s all of a sudden. I was 9 years old back then and the McDonald’s on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, which had formerly been...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsYou Do Not Necessarily Need a New Reality
Lately I have been coming across a lot of Indian gurus. In fact, a few months ago, I had one speak at my house. I also happen to live directly next door to a house owned by a well-known Indian guru. Several times a week this guru’s followers come...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 4 CommentsPolice Chases, Foreclosures and Access to Information
About three years ago, my mother’s boyfriend Dave started calling me and threatening to come out to California from Detroit and kill me unless I made my mother sign her house over to him. My mother had moved away from Michigan to be close to my...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed, Life Lessons 5 CommentsThe Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon and Your Job Search
One of the most powerful and important things you can do to get a job or achieve anything in life is learn how to just get your foot in the door. Once you are able to get your foot in the door, everything changes. My entire life, I have seen firsthand...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 8 CommentsHe Who Sees True Opportunities Shall Always Prosper
People lose their jobs. Often people are released, even from the best jobs they might have ever had. People may find themselves in a position where they cannot find a job that is as good as the one they lost. What is important, however, is what people...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 4 CommentsLove Your Work and the People Who Give It to You
From the time I was 19 until I was about 27, I spent a good portion of my summers doing asphalt work around Detroit. That included asphalt sealing, hot tar crack filling, and asphalt patching. It was seasonal work and most people in Michigan only seal...
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