Grown Up Gigs Founder and Live Event Artist Katherine Gressel - When I Grow Up

Grown Up Gigs Founder and Live Event Artist Katherine Gressel - When I Grow Up Katherines photo by  Hoffer Photography Ive bookmarked Event Painting by Katherine ever since I came across it during one of my Internet rabbit hole searches. She gets hired to paint moments from a big event, like a weddingLIVE! So while youre, say, having your first dance, shes painting on the side. Then, the painting is finished for your guests to admire on their way out. How freakin amazeballs is THAT?! I, of course, shared it on my social media homes, and Katherine herself responded! Ive had her in mind for a Grown Up Gigs interview ever since, and Im over the moon that she said YES! I think the biggest take-away I had from my conversation with Katherine is the myriad of ways you can make a living as an artist, and how she went about learning how to run a business in addition to working on her craft. With an undergrad degree in art from freakin Yale and a masters in arts admin and management from freakin Columbia, Katherine has worked personally and professionally on supporting other artists and bringing art to a larger public. And to make you go Awwwwwww!, Katherine emailed me to make sure to include that she would like to thank not only her parents but her amazing husband Jeremy for always supporting her many projects and also reminding her to take some time off work each week!  Awwwwwwwww! And to make you go double Awwwwwww!,  theres a new The Excuses Are Bullhonkey segment preceding the interview thats all about my Moms new job! Double  Awwwwwwwww! Click here to get taken directly to Episode 4 in iTunes. Links for All The Things mentioned in this interview: The Recession is Bullhonkey blog series Seth Godin and his book, Linchpin Katherines portfolio site,  her Live Event Painting by Katherine site  and Facebook page,  and  her curatorial profile Brooklyn Utopias,  Katherines original exhibition series (with a new show in the works for summer 2015) The Figment Project Smack Mellon and their mentorship program, Art Ready Brooklyn Arts Council and its artist registry Affluent Bride Captured Live, On Canvas (the NY Times feature) and the slideshow that accompanied it that Katherine was in Createquity Americans for the Arts Teaching Musicians to be Entrepreneurs Wix Next up on the Grown Up Gigs podcast?  Yoga + Chicago sisters Andrea Natalie Pavela  on April 30th!

Work With Synonym Resume - Its Versatility

Work With Synonym Resume - Its VersatilityDid you know that an individual can work with synonym resume, because of its adaptability to various purposes? In fact, it can be used for any sort of employment or business related activities. It is perfect for the job seekers as well as the business professionals who are looking for something different from their usual work situation.It helps in the replacement of the person's identity. The cover letter is the first page and is meant to portray the quality of the person and what he has accomplished on behalf of the organization. It is supposed to come with the resume and should not be neglected and should be the basis of the conversation between you and the employer.It also makes your cover letter interesting and striking by presenting it in a text format. With this the reader gets a chance to read more about the person whom he is reading.You can use the synonym resume in two ways. One is you can submit it online, by using the internet serv ices. Or, you can download it and get a formatted copy. This means that there will be no paper copies for the cover letter of the person.Besides, this can save your energy and time, as you need to download and convert the document as it is written in all its glory. In fact, the professional version is designed in a professional way that you can be sure to take note of and in some cases it will help you to accomplish your tasks a lot quicker than if you are using the old style format.In addition, this type of work with synonym resume may save you a lot of money if you are the employer or the applicant. Not only does it save time but also makes it simpler and faster for the person who is being hired or sent for an interview.The professional resume is a very effective method for applying for a job or for getting an interview, but in this case you can work with synonym resume too. The idea is simple, and the benefits are not really that great.

Coding Bootcamp Revature Offers Free Tuition, Guaranteed Job

Coding Bootcamp Revature Offers Free Tuition, Guaranteed Job Don’t want to borrow to get the education you need to land a high-paying job? A coding bootcamp is now paying students to learn computer programming, rather than charging tuition â€" and guaranteeing them jobs when they graduate. The Virginia-based company, called Revature, is setting up classrooms at college campuses around the country and recruiting college graduates for a free 40-hour-per-week, 12-week crash course in hot skills like Java and data management. The students receive minimum wage during the course. In return, graduates commit to working for Revature for two years, at an annual salary of anywhere from $50,000 to $65,000. (Revature sends its graduates out to work as contract software engineers at firms such as banks, health insurers, retailers and the like.) Since November, Revature has set up paid immersion classes at two colleges: Arizona State University and Queens College in New York. Company officials say they plan to start offering similar classes at the University of Missouri in June, and George Mason University later in the year. They say they hope to add additional campuses later in the year. Including another group of college grads that are taking classes at the company’s headquarters in Reston, Va. â€" and living in a company dorm â€" Revature says it is currently paying at least 150 students to learn, and hopes to double that number within a year. Revature is hardly the only coding bootcamp competing for would-be programmers. But many of its rivals charge high tuition â€" some in excess of $15,000 for a three-month program â€" and some yield mixed results for their graduates, leaving them stuck with big debt and weak job prospects. (Across the board, Americans now owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loans, an average of about $30,000 for those graduates who have borrowed.) By offering an alternative to the use of student loans to fund higher education, Revature’s program has won praise from some students, college officials and educational experts. Rikki Katz, who graduated with a bachelors in Computer Science from Queens College in 2015, says she was thrilled to get a spot in her alma mater’s first Revature class. She hadn’t been able to land a tech job on her own, in part because she had spent most of her first year after college teaching, rather than programming. “A lot of people think that finding jobs in programming is easy right now. But companies are looking for a lot of experience, which is hard to get,” she says. The $11 hourly wage she received during the class helped her and her husband pay their rent, and meant she didn’t have to take on any additional debt for the skills tuneup. Katz was placed at a programming job at a finance company after she graduated from Revature in March. “Nobody wants more debt,” Katz says. The program faces several risks, however. The company may find it difficult to keep its graduates employed for two years, and thus not be able to recoup its investment in the students, for example. And the students Revature wants to recruit may eventually find it more profitable to fund their own education and then take whatever job they want; fully trained starting software engineers often command salaries in excess of $70,000 a year. Despite the risks, Revature is one of a growing number of coding boot camps and colleges offering free (or very low) tuition to students willing to share a percentage of their earnings after graduation. The number of other companies offering apprenticeships â€" where new workers learn while they earn a reduced salary â€" has also risen sharply, says Robert Lerman, an American University economist who studies apprenticeships. The U.S. Department of Labor says there were 505,000 Americans in formal apprenticeships in the fall of 2016, up from 375,000 in the fall of 2013. Many other countries, such as Germany and Australia, have large apprenticeship programs, notes Lerner. And “apprenticeships are in the air” here in the U.S., he adds, partially as a result of the growing backlash against big student debt. Joe Vacca, chief marketing officer for Revature, says that so far there’s no sign the company will have any trouble finding new students willing to make the two-year commitment â€" nor keeping its graduates employed. “Because of the pressure on immigration, more companies are looking at how to hire U.S. citizens,” he said. “Revature is a great model” for helping Americans get in-demand skills, says Rick O’Donnell, CEO of Skills Fund, an Austin-based lender to students at other coding boot camps. Revature only profits if its students are wanted by other employers, so it is highly motivated to make sure students get the best training possible, he says. And it at least gives students who want training without debt an option. “Some students are very debt-averse,” he adds. “The risk of knowing they will have a job might be worth making a little less the first few years,” he added.

What you can learn from the 2017 Washington State teacher of the yearÂ

What you can learn from the 2017 Washington State teacher of the yearWe all want our lives to be filled with purpose and to have a positive and lasting impact on the world around us. After all, having a life filled with meaning is a key component of a personally satisfying existence. This is not just a nice to have or something pleasant to daydream about when youre going about your daily routineaccording to a recent Psychology Today article, the need for purpose is one the defining characteristics of human beings. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) Human beings crave purpose, and suffer serious psychological difficulties when we dont have it. The article goes on to declare that when we dont have a sense of purpose in our lives it makes us mora vulnerable to boredom,anxiety, and depression. Not a good recipe for happiness and successNot only does having a sense of purpose, focus, and direction in life provide us with a baseline for happiness , it makes our lives less complicated and stressful and allows us to get up each morning with an enhanced self-esteem and healthy focus and direction, empowering us to channel our mental and physical energies toward productive pursuits.Are you looking for guidance to find a sense of purpose in your life? All of us at one point or another have found ourselves at a point where we had to make decisions about the focus and direction we want our lives to take. When youre at such a crossroads, its often a wise idea to look towards those who have blazed their own trail and found success, fulfillment, and a sense of purpose in their lives.One such intrepid trailblazer is Camille Jones, the 2017 Teacher of the Year in the state of Washington. Camille is a dedicated and focused professional who has dedicated her life to teaching students the core components of STEAMscience, technology, engineering, arts, and math. As of this writing, she works with children of varying ages and abilities at Pi oneer Elementary in Quincy, a school with approximately 400 students in a small rural town in Central Washington.Camille found her path for success in life, and theres a lot we can learn from her approach. Lets take a closer look at the lessons this extraordinary teacher has provided us.Trust your instincts.Camille Jones defied conventional wisdom that a STEAM education is meant for older students and saw tremendous value and opportunity in introducing younger children to embrace science and technology at a young age. She trusted her instincts rather than following the crowd, and the students she has worked with have benefitted tremendously as a result. When youre making decisions in your life, be sure to listen to your instincts.Preparing for the future.Camille recognized early on that students who are well-equipped at an early age with a multi-faceted education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math are best positioned for future opportunities and success. If youre se arching for new opportunities in life, youd be well-served to have a similarly nuanced and all-inclusive education.Discover your purpose.Camille saw a real problem in the worldstudents who were being ill-prepared for future competitiveness and success in the in aller welt job market. She recognized that dedicated and focused individuals were needed to address it and took on the challenge. This infused Camille with a sense of purpose and meaning that she has used to make a difference.Follow her leadfind a challenge to dedicate your life to and focus your time, energy, and efforts towards making a positive and lasting difference.Push yourself.Camille recognizes the importance of getting outside of your comfort zone and challenging yourself and others to reach their full potential. She does this every day with her students and says, Im looking for kids who would benefit from being pushed a little harder I see kids who are struggling to buy into the idea that they should try things that are hard. And kids who are succeeding become better advocates for challenging work. When you do something difficult and new, your brain grows. It changes your attitude and your perspective on the rest of your education. Bottom linedont be afraid to push yourself to achieve new levels of success.Pay it forward.Camille knows that we are all working together towards a shared and common future, and empowering those around us benefits all of us. Jones has found great success in challenging and guiding young minds towards tackling the needs of the future, which will help create a brighter future. When trying to decide your lifes purpose and direction, dont forget that making a positive and lasting impact on others is not only valuable and important, its also essential for our shared future.There you have itstrategies for finding your successful path in life from a real trailblazer. Use ansicht strategies to find your purpose in life and achieve new levels of success and happiness. Good l uck

5 Interview Attire Mistakes You Cant Afford To Make

5 Interview Attire Mistakes You Cant Afford To Make She left the room after about 15 minutes. My colleagues debated. How did they like zu sich answers? Does she have potential? Will she be committed to the job? When they asked me if I thought she welches the top pick, my quick answer shocked them. Absolutely not. I told them she lost my vote the minute she walked in the door. Why? Because her incredibly wrinkly blouse distracted me the entire interview with thoughts on why, in a role where she is expected to meet with people and serve as the face of the office, she didnt bother making herself presentable to a search committee.Ive interviewed quite a lot of people, and it always amazes me what choices they make about what to wear. zu siche aresome of the most memorable interview attire blunders Ive witnessed that hopefully, these candidates have learned from since1. The Flip Flop One candidate was wearing maybe a half size too big of a shoe, and when showed around the office, the back would continuously pop off her heel, making that slapping sound one only wears with flip flops. Keep it simple. Wear a shoe that fits and is quiet2. The Sneak PeekIve seen this in two ways. A woman will wear a shirt that is a bit too snug around the bust, resulting in puckered buttons and an unwanted sneak peek at some cleavage. The other wears a colored or dark bra under a light colored shirt. Always pick the proper under garments and take a test run with a shirt or suit you havent wore in a while to be sure everything fits.3. The Unintentional ClownI had seen this person numerous times prior to the interview, which made her decision to wear makeup for the first time even more shocking. Her eyeliner was incredibly thick and her lipstick looked like it was put on with one of the jumbo crayons my three year old uses. If you dont wear makeup everyday, an interview isprobably not the time to experiment.4. The One Man BandI love my bangle bracelets, and will wear two or three at a time . They are pretty and trendy, but if you talk with your hands or even move a bit, you will be remembered more for what is heard on your wrist than out of your mouth. 5. The FashionistaLoud, bright colors, or choosing this as the time to wear those leopard print shoes is not the best. While, yes, there are some industries that expect you to demonstrate the latest trends, the majoritydonot. Know your audience. Use the interview and your words as self expression. You dont want to be remembered for making me dizzy with your hot pink nails. --Nicole Wolfrath is mom to two feisty girls in elementary and nursery school and has worked full time as a college career counselor for the past 15 years. She holds leadership roles on her childrens school boards and PTA, loves to create art when she can find the time and is passionate about womens and parenting issues, which she advocates for through teaching and blogging.

Fraud, Deceptions, and Downright Lies About Introduction to Resume Writing Quizlet Exposed

Fraud, Deceptions, and Downright Lies About Introduction to Resume Writing Quizlet Exposed The Rise of Introduction to Resume Writing Quizlet Unfortunately, the business is currently sending lots of their work to India because of increasing labor costs here and I have to find a new job. On the flip side, once the work applicant has strong experience, there isnt any need to trust the academic training any longer and it doesnt need to get mentioned. A resume objective can explain why youre qualified for the job, even if its the case that you do not own a lot of related experience. When youre crafting yur resume objective, you should concentrate on particular abilities and experiences which are directly linked to the job. 1 possibility is to visit her LinkedIn page, start looking for endorsements and pull out a number of the best quotes. Your main objective of writing an introduction is to produce a positive effect on the recruiter. Therefore, its required to produce a very goo d introduction for a CV. Once youre ready to go, here is the way it is possible to write a compelling introduction or summary. Imagine the caliber of writing youll receive from an inexpensive essay writing service. Yes, theres a person who can assist you with your essays expert essay writers at MyPerfectWords. With our academic writers youll never face such a matter. When writing a paper, among the best issues youre in a position to do is to devote time clearly defining what query you wish to answer. Introduction to Resume Writing Quizlet Features At length, the introduction must conclude with a crystal clear statement of the total point you wish to make in the paper. No matter the circumstance, your thesis would clearly state the major point your paper is attempting to make. In the rest of the circumstances, one needs to stick with summary. You may also define any crucial terms the reader may not know. One of the hazards of a resume objective is that it is possible to focus too much on what you would like in your career, and not enough on how you are going to add value to the corporation. Its crucial if you use intelligence testing. Finally, stating an objective is optional, but it might help convince employers that you understand what you want and know of the business. The introduction has three essential components, every one of which serves a specific function. As a result, while your resume objective should consist of information on the career that you would like, you also wish to spell out why you are the perfect candidate for the job. Whenever you wish to emphasize that youre ambitious, that you understand what you want in a career, or you have the skills for the particular job, you could benefit from a resume objective. You should make aya your resume summary statement concisely demonstrates why youre a perfect candidate for the particular job and business. It is often as easy as stating your preferred job title, or it may show whe re youve been, and where you aspire to go in your career. Life, Death, and Introduction to Resume Writing Quizlet Responsibility has become the most important element of being a great babysitter. Be certain that your resume covers as several facets of childcare as possible. Make certain you include everything thats pertinent to the job which youre applying for employers wish to find you have the abilities and experience they are searching for. As a consequence, families who arent out of business.

5 Lesser Known Forms Of Hiring Discrimination

5 Lesser Known Forms Of Hiring Discrimination 5 Lesser Known Forms Of Hiring Discrimination 1.ObesityA recent survey showed that 52% of obese people feel they have been discriminated against when applying for a job or promotion and so weight discrimination does happen. While weight is not a protected class under federal discrimination laws, it might have indirect protection under other protected classes such as disability or sex discrimination, or direct protection even under some state laws. Also, just last year, the EEC gained settlements in its first two major cases of weight-related obesity discrimination and so obesity discrimination is now being tested in the courts.2.AccentA study by Patricia Cukor-Avila from the University of North Texas has found that job candidates with identifiable regional accents may face discrimination when interviewing for jobs because interviewers rates those with less obvious accents higher without knowing if they are better qualified.Once again, a lthough accent discrimination does occur, it is not a protected category, but it could potentially be indirectly linked to some other protected criteria such as national origin or race.3. Attractiveness discriminationA study reported in science daily from the University of Colorado Denver Business School has found that beautiful women were discriminated against for jobs considered masculine and where appearance welches not thought to be important for the job, such as manager of research, director of finance, mechanical engineer and construction supervisor.For men, they found that attractive men did not experience similar discrimination and enjoyed an advantage over less attractive men. They concluded that beautiful people enjoy a significant advantage over the less attractive in the workplace and highlighted a Newsweek study of 202 hiring managers which led them to conclude that looks matter in every aspect of the workplace and ranked third above education and sense of humour in a l ist of nine desirable character attributes.One again attractiveness discrimination is not not a protected category under federal law but it could be potentially linked and protected under age or gender discrimination.4.Genetic InformationDid you know that discrimination on the basis of genetic information is no longer confined to Sci-Fi films like Gattaca? It is now illegal to discriminate against employees or applicants based on their genetic information in the US. You are also not generally allowed to try and establish genetic information about an individual unless its under strict conditions5. RetaliationIt is illegal to fire, demote, fail to hire or promote an employee or applicant because they have filed a charge of discrimination against an employer or because they complained about discrimination.