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hardybear

Vocational Servicing

Aug 30, 2006 08:31

If Graceworks, the job hunters program at Grace Cathedral, is a soaring, inspirational gothic structure, Jewish Vocational Services, my second stop on the Career Search Path, is a post-industrial factory. They are certainly polite and sincere at JVS, but you can sense as soon as you walk in that it is a processing facility ( Read more... )

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bigjohnsf August 30 2006, 16:40:48 UTC

Be assertive with the professionals you encounter and make sure that everyone involved is able to overcome the temptation to take the path of least resistence ( ... )

dance breaks hardybear August 30 2006, 23:52:16 UTC

I'm not on a dance break. I'm going to Chinese class on Tuesday, so I have to go to Western Star on Monday to dance. Last 2 mondays, I haven't felt up to it, but I intend to go back soon.

I just meant that when gloomy thoughts get strong, it's good to go dance and forget about things for a while.

Thanks for your comments about the system being "broken." I needed to hear that. All these 30-somethings are talking to me about being proactive and trying new things. I have to remember that they are talking about a different world than the one I knew, and that an old dog, though he can learn a few tricks, is not a young dog, and shouldn't be asked to behave like one.

pharmbear August 30 2006, 21:47:18 UTC

I dunno, it sounds awfully a lot like looking for a boyfriend.

mysteries of the organism hardybear August 30 2006, 23:53:04 UTC

I'm much better at keeping boyfriends and keeping jobs.

Why is that? Perhaps I should square dance for my propspective employers.

Speaking of squaredancing ... rootbeer1 September 7 2006, 18:14:56 UTC

Say, when is that contra dance?

Re: Speaking of squaredancing ... hardybear September 8 2006, 06:12:14 UTC

Sunday the 17th at 6 pm, Ashkenaz Club, San Pablo at Gilmore, in Berkeley (or is that Albany)?