Wordless Wednesday

Back to Work - Part 2

This continues the discussion of my return to work: the trials (a lot of these) and the triumphs (not so many of these). You can read Part 1 here.

Back to Work – Part 2

Once I finally made the decision that I had to return to work, I thought it would be easy. Um…no. Part of me forgot a few things:

·        I had been out of the workforce for 11 years.

·        The economy stunk.

·        Full-time jobs were not as plentiful as they once were.

·        Finding work is much more complicated than it used to be.

It also has to be mentioned that I hadn’t put together a solid resume in years. Yes, I kept mine up to date, and even had a few versions of it depending upon what type of position I was applying for, but things had changed in the years I was home.

There are now employment websites like Monster.com and Indeed.com. Most companies expect you to apply online and they are only looking for job history going back ten years or less (most of my retail and financial industry experience was older than that). And don’t even get me started on trying to use certain keywords that need to get picked up by computers if your resume is ever going to make it in front of hiring personnel.

So, what did I do? I read. Unbeatable Resumes by Tony Beshara and This Is How You Get Your Next Job by Andrea Kay, to name a couple. More importantly, I began praying in earnest for a solution. I knew I would never be comfortable trying to balance my family life and career working outside the home. It was why I pushed off my return to work for so long.

I ended up with a couple of interviews based upon my freshly polished resume, but nothing panned out. That’s when I got contacted by someone through LinkedIn.

To be continued….

CFBA: Masterpiece Marriage by Gina Welborn

This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingMasterpiece MarriageAbingdon Press (December 16, 2014)
byGina Welborn



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

After Gina Welborn earned a Communications degee from an Oklahoma university, she thought the perfect career choice was working at a news radio station writing commercial copy, public service announcements, and news reports. A PSA writer, sadly, can only be so creative when describing ketchup and Geronimo’s grave. (No, she never combined those two elements in the same script, but now that she thinks about it, she wishes ... ) Thus Gina "retired" to focus on goal, motivation, and conflict within her family before discovering her niche in writing romances. A member of RWA and ACFW, Gina has four published novellas, including one in the ECPA-bestselling Mistletoe Memories, and three short historical romances: The Heiress's Courtship, The Marshal's Pursuit, and Masterpiece Marriage. A moderately obsessive fan of Community, Once Upon a Time, and Chopped, Gina lives in Oklahoma with her pastor husband, their five Okie-Hokie children, a box-lab, two rabbits, four guinea pigs, and a fancy Russian dwarf hamster named Tom Bob Deucalion. Gina is represented by the Steve Laube Agency.


ABOUT THE BOOK

After a flood damages the looms at Zenus Dane’s Philadelphia textile mill and the bank demands loan payment, Zenus turns to his aunt for help repurposing his textiles. Trouble is . . . his aunt has already been hired by the lovely yet secretive Englishwoman Mary Varrs. Eager to acquire his aunt’s quilt patterns, Zenus attends the summer Quilting Bee, a social event his aunt has uniquely designed with the secret purpose of finding Zenus a wife. However Zenus only has eyes for Mary, but Mary has no such desire for him. Though his aunt is determined to design a masterpiece marriage, both Zenus and Mary will have to overcome their stubborn ways. Can he realize that love requires stepping out of his routine? And will she recognize that following her heart doesn’t mean sacrificing her ambition?


If you would like to read the first chapter of Masterpiece Marriage, go HERE.

Bargain EBook: Her Nerdy Cowboy by Annette Irby

Whoever heard of a bookish cowboy? When Logan McDaniel's brother-in-law dies, he steps in to help his beloved sister run her ranch. But what does a city boy know of herding cattle? Claire Langley loved her cousin. After he dies, she agrees to serve as a temporary nanny for two heartbroken children. Claire and Logan find they share a love of books, and Claire can't resist the nerdy uncle who is great with children, and who reads to her of pirate romance. Claire's ailing mother needs her in Seattle. Can she break away? And if she does, can there ever be a future for Logan and her?

•Page Count: 42
•ISBN: 978-1-61116-475-6


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Happy New Year!

Happy 2015, everyone! We wish you the best life has to offer; especially our busy moms. 

MSN has a list of big anniversaries coming up in 2015, from the fun--35th anniversary of PacMan's release (May 21)--to the inspiring--60th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of the bus (Dec 1). Check out these big anniversaries at http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/bing/big-anniversaries-of-2015/ss-BBgKe23

Wordless Wednesday

Bargain Kindle Book: The Christmas Eve Kiss by Taylor Hart

Molly O’Hare gets the utterly ridiculous prediction that she will kiss her true love on Christmas Eve. But when she returns to Snow Valley and comes face to face with Kevin Snow, suddenly the kiss thing seems…a lot less ridiculous. Too bad the reason she left still has the power to make her deny her real feelings. Now Molly is left with a choice—forget the home town and the boy that she never quit loving or let Christmas work out a miracle all on its own.

File Size: 10442 KB
Print Length: 121 pages
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Publisher: ArchStone Ink (September 28, 2014)
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Language: English
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