By Carlee Mallard, on August 29th, 2010%
And by that I mean literally, my fresh-out-of-college unemployed little sister, Rianna. She’s probably the
best person that I know, and I’m probably the best sister that anyone could have. Which is why I’m dedicating an entire post to her today.
I’m not sure exactly when she decided she had to move to New York City after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with an Anthropology degree this past May, but I’m pretty sure her mind was made up when we visited the city during her Spring Break back in March. While I was walking around complaining about my . . . → Read More: HASO (Help A Sister Out)!
By Carlee Mallard, on July 1st, 2010%
What I learned on Social Media Day (June 30, 2010)
Yesterday was Social Media Day, as pronounced by Mashable. I only heard about it a few days earlier and I really wasn’t sure what the purpose of a Social Media Day would be, even after reading Mashable’s explanation. But as someone who is, I’ll just say, interested in social media and its future, I didn’t debate whether or not I would participate, but rather debated which local event I would attend.
There were two haphazardly organized events: the first one at Campbell University’s business school nearly an hour . . . → Read More: Lesson From Social Media Day: I’m An Expert, Too
By Carlee Mallard, on May 11th, 2010%
Would I keep using social media and networking sites if I weren’t ever looking for a new job or clients? Already certain industries are more prominent on LinkedIn and Twitter (marketing, public relations, news sources, internet startups, consultants, freelancers, etc.) and more jobseekers than steady-job-havers keep active social networking profiles.
But at this stage in the game I just can’t see ever not using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Brazen Careerist, but believe it or not there was once a time when I barely used them (two of which I didn’t even adopt until 2009). Whoa was I behind . . . → Read More: On Justifying Social-Networking (Or Why I Might Abandon Social Media)
By Carlee Mallard, on April 2nd, 2010%
Everyone else is saying it, so I will too. Thank God For Spring Weather!!!!!
Now let’s jump right into reviewing my goals for March: Finish perfecting the killer resume. Honest to god, I have a rough-draft, but wow some things just take a lot more time than you imagined. I’m carrying this one over to April . Finish the new blog redesign. You might not notice a huge difference from last month, but there was a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on. The only part I’m still trying to work out is the Photography page. Hrmmm. There seems . . . → Read More: April Monthly Goal Meetup
By Carlee Mallard, on March 2nd, 2010%
February surprised me in a lot of ways. When I wrote my goals for February I thought that I had it all planned out. But then mid-month some new opportunities arose, events popped up, connections were made, priorities changed.
Cyn Mallard's New Paintings
I know that’s all very vague, but my point is that if you can’t go with the flow, you might just miss out on some really great stuff. For example, you might notice that I have a brand new WordPress website with my own domain! When my aunt offered (read: really pressured me) to . . . → Read More: March Monthly Goal Meetup
By Carlee Mallard, on January 21st, 2010%
I’ve been meeting a lot of new people recently. Online. At parties. At networking events. On planes. Friends introduce me to their friends. Let’s not forget it’s high school reunion time, so: reconnecting with people I haven’t talked to since high school (and that’s like meeting a whole new person!).
There’s a lot of people to introduce myself to. No matter what setting you meet someone in, you know the one question that will always come up is, “What do you do (for a living)?” And that’s when I start wondering what I should tell them about myself.
. . . → Read More: I’m A Human Being, Not A Human Doing
By Carlee Mallard, on January 11th, 2010%
Because only CNN gets away with breaking the news about death. And even then it makes me want to sensor them so that I’m not constantly flooded with depressing news. It was my decision to sign up for CNN breaking news alerts to my phone or via twitter, though. I knew that they were a breaking news source– and heck, that might include death. I was aware of what I was getting myself into.
Let’s take another example of something that we all sign up for on the internet: newsletters with “valuable information” right to your inbox. We . . . → Read More: Your Mailing List is Not a Place to Grieve
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