Done recently (20120415 Su - 17 Tu)

[mdlbear]

A very busy three days. Sunday I finished up the taxes, and e-filed. Should probably have filed the state taxes on paper; the e-filing cost extra. Monday I started with Lee Hecht Harrison, the "career transition" firm that Ricoh is paying for. The initial session on Monday was very useful, since it included a "resume and linkedin jumpstart" segment. The experience section of my resume will need to be completely redone, of course.

I almost all of yesterday online, mostly on LHH and linkedin. Yesterday I took an LHH "webinar" -- in spite of the setup website telling me my browser was fully functional, the actual applet or whatever it was needed to be set up with a JVM and libraries, and couldn't find them on my Debian system. I switched to the Mac, but lost the visuals for about the first 15 minutes. Probably lost more to divided attention. Still useful.

A nice st/roll on Sunday, and a walk yesterday. A little walking Monday, but just a couple of blocks. Still, walkies good.

Some links down in the notes.

0415 Su
  * up 7:28; W=193; d, n, t;
  | the loratadine I took last night appears to have worked well, unlike the
    Zyrtec I had the night before, which had no effect at all.
  * taxes:  travel receipts
  @ Working Remotely: Is It Right For You?
  @ What Amazon's ebook strategy means - Charlie's Diary +Kee Hinkley
    and why killing DRM is the only way to compete with Amazon.
    How the mighty might fall | madgeniusclub
  * taxes:  Sched C - HSX
  * taxes:  Sched C - SRS
  * taxes:  Sched D
  * taxes:  Sched A
  * taxes:  State - now done except for filing.
  * st/roll once around the Rose Garden
  @ Parents Win Round One in Freemium Games Suit Against Apple
  ~ taxes:  track down YD's tuition form from DeVry
  * TAXES!!!!! keycode -> $32 for direct deposit.  Sucks; next time get a check.
  * turns out the UVerse box has an ethernet port for the BD/DVD player.
  * jobs:  sign up with glassdoor
  * jobs:  make mail.search.jobs folder
  @ User Experience And The Poison On The Tip Of The Arrow | TechCrunch
  @ Hands-on: getting work done with Google's new Aura interface for Chrome OS
  * make mail folders for jobs, housing
  ~ need to renew HSX business name -> leaving CA
  * configure DVD player - just needed screen aspect ratio.  Now watching Animusic 2
  * 15min: reset Google Maps default location to N's house for ap't hunting.
  * some work on resume; rewote first paragraph of summary.  fix vert. spacing
    before sublists.  use \documentclass instead of \documentstyle.
  * down to last 2 reams of printer paper.  Buy a box while we're up at N's?

0416 Mo
  * up 7:15; W=193; d, n, t, dishes, laundry
    forgot to put the phone on the charger :(
  * 8:45 leave for LHH
  * 9:30a-noon LHH 2001 Gateway Pl. Suite 440W http://lhh.com 
    Take first left into the parking lot (building is at corner of Airport Blvd
    and Gateway Place) * Once inside building main entrance, bear right to
    access West Tower elevators. 
  * register on LHH website; register for upcoming courses, tour
  * install Java plugin and fonts on algol
  * rejigger N's flights again
    Conference 0508, so must go back 0507 Mo; come down 0502
  @ Top 100 job search websites and categories
  * deal with: http://lifestream.aol.com/stream/mandelbear - change setting to
    private.  Was broadcasting my AIM presence status.  Foo.

0417 Tu
  * up 7am; W=194.4; d, n, t; laundry
  * spending much of the morning on LHH and LinkedIn
  @ Go retro and meet a few contacts face to face – USATODAY.com
  * 11:30 Webinar: CAREER OBJECTIVES – Assess Your Career Options
    WEBINAR: Milestones 1 & 2 - This session will show you how to assess your
    skills, priorities and interests, as well as trends in your industry to help
    you identify your options and develop a clear Professional Objective. We’ll
    also address the SOAR process for developing powerful Accomplishment
    Stories.   -> 10-15pp of SOAR stories  Milestone 2 ~1:30 or so
  @ Vitals - A blood test for depression? New research points the way 
    genetic markers, so actually just risk factors.  Still...
  * join Emerald Forest Filk list filk-request@emeraldforestfilk.org -s join 
  * walk:  d=1.96, s=2.8, c=165 -- to Walgreen's.
  * buy:  loperamide
  * FSA:  straighten out overpayments due to "no coverage".  Not showing an
    account balance for 2012.  Still deducted as of the 4/13 paycheck. NOT HAPPY
    Benefits Express 800-953-2526  call 8-4 central time; use keypad for p/w
    -> email to Mary.  She hasn't heard, so call Benefits Express
  ~ load drugs -> got interrupted and forgot to go back and finish :P

Comments

[egoldberg.livejournal.com]

As an aside, if they have any high-level themes that differ from what we talked about, I would *love* to know, if you end up having the time to squeeze it into a future post.

[mdlbear]

I'll try. The biggest difference is that they advocate doing a lot of planning and networking up front -- the idea is to cultivate insider contacts rather than responding directly to ads, which they say only account for about 25% of hires. The rest come from the social network.

[mdlbear]

That said, it's not going to keep me from sending my resume out early to a few places.

[egoldberg.livejournal.com]

Yes. Definitely. Oh, sorry if I was obligue when we spoke - that is definitely the more winning strategy. Didn't mean to suggest otherwise.

(When I worked at one startup, the first 60 people were all referrals - we didn't hire anyone other than through networks.)