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Category: Inspiration

Harnessing the power of Google to get a job. Clever!

Alec Brownstein is clever. Ridiculously clever. More from Valleywag: If there is one common current that runs throughout all of humanity, it is that everyone Googles themselves all day, every day. Humans are vain creatures! Copywriter Alec Brownstein used this fact to get a job via Google AdWords. Languishing at a huge ad agency, Brownstein bought [...]

Unemployment Blues

Sorry for the long lag between posts. I had a case of the unemployment blues; a really bad case. I went on a few interviews, including a few second interviews, but nothing panned out. I did manage to find my significant other a job through a good friend of mine. Right now though I’m working [...]

J.K. Rowling’s Advice for Dreamers

At her Harvard University commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems “worth more than any qualification I ever earned.” J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo (via TED.com)