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[wispfox]

Hitherby Dragons is Chasing Away the Blues.

Seen lots of places, the actor who plays Captain Reynolds in Firefly shows up to a Firefly-based RPG at a con, and there's a picture.

australian_joe gives some Job hunting advice, some of which I'd never heard of before, but makes a whole lot of sense. (like, oh, sending a _paper_, not email, thank you note to the interviewer(s). I've sent email ones...)



(ok, there's snow, now I want sun to bounce off the snow and make it a bit brighter! And I really do think that I'm managing to keep myself a bit more sane this winter as compared to _any_ of the past ones since I started having problems. I blame SAM-e, as well as my roommate who reminds me to do things like use my light box. Yay!)

Comments

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I've never even heard of sending a thank you note to the interviewer(s). I've interviewed lots of people here (and I agree with almost everything australian_joe has to say--I hate it) and I'm pretty certain we've never received a thank you note.

[jirikido.livejournal.com]

cool! hey, did I ever tell you that redjo is related by marriage to Nathan? he's a cousin of his brother's wife.

[regyt.livejournal.com]

Oh, boo. All we have here is rain. His job hunting advice sounds mainly focused on large companies and thus not terribly useful to me, sadly. I need advice on finding the sort of small firms I'd like to work for, more than anything!

[jirikido.livejournal.com]

hmmm actually i always do that :), but i've been an IT consultant for a long time. it just stands out from nearly any other candidate.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Rain... we have bits of rain now, but we had snow last night and yesterday afternoon. :)

large companies: true, but even though I've mostly been involved with small companies, most of it still rang true for me.

Of course, since you're talking about _finding_ places, his advice can't help you yet. You need to find somewhere to apply to, first. :) (Which I can't help you with, either, sadly.)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

You did not! That's fascinating. :)

He's a cousin of 'his' or of 'her' brother's wife?

[jirikido.livejournal.com]

hehe sorry, "her brother's wife", my pronouns got mangulated ...

redjo -> brother -> wife -> father -> brother -> son = Nathan

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

SAM-e?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/86/99123.htm

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Interesting.

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Interesting, a quick google search gave me a lot more data as well. I may suggest this to a person or two I know. I'm always leary of the claims for herbal remedies, it is too easy to pass off bad products in the unregulated arena. This one seems to have a lot of studies to back it up, on first gloss.

[redjo.livejournal.com]

Me too, it's a great opportunity to a) show how classy you are, b) correct any possible mistakes you think you made on the interview, and c) reiterate once again just why you're a perfect match for them, using all the info you *gained* from the interview. :) And nobody else does it, so you'll really stand out. I use tasteful-but-striking thank-you cards.

[redjo.livejournal.com]

Yes, my sister-in-law's last name is Fillion. I've never met Nathan myself, but I hear he's a real sweetheart. (And from Edmonton to boot, woo hoo!)