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2. My husband finds it hilarious, but knitting is now an obsession; Tom Daley is consumed by his new hobby and is using visualisation techniques to prepare for return to pool

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Knitting -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Isolation, Hats, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Tom Daley MY SPORTING ISOLATION One thing that has emerged from this lockdown has been the chance for people to learn a new skill. For me, it has been [...]

Published
2020

3. The first 10 years after an unpaid internship

Author

Smith, Joshua

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Financial management -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Internship programs -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Government, Methods, Personal narratives
Abstract

For me May 10, 1999, began in a small motel room in Chillicothe, Missouri. My wife Linda and I (and our cat Ali) were nearing the end of a trip [...]

Published
2009

4. My Sporting Isolation: 'My husband finds it hilarious but knitting is now an obsession'; Daley has also been keeping his mind sharp with diving visualisation techniques as well as enjoying spending precious time with his son

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Coronaviruses -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Knitting -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Time, Coronavirus infections, Isolation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tom Daley The coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the sporting landscape. Throughout this period of uncertainty, a number of athletes from multiple sports tell us how their worlds have [...]

Published
2020

5. 'I remember thinking to myself that I have a story to tell': Angela Knight Jackson, acting R&D lead nurse, Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, talks about the factors that have contributed to her success

Author

Jackson, Angela Knight

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Success -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Nurses -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Health, Health care industry, Methods, Personal narratives
Abstract

I remember quite vividly the first time I read 'Making My Mark'. It was on a train coming home from the 2006 RCN conference. After reading it, I paused to [...]

Published
2007

6. OPINION: I'm no expert -- how to avoid developing a new skill

Author

Rainey, Scott

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Photography -- Methods -- Personal narratives, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness
Abstract

Byline: Scott Rainey I spend a decent amount of my time in the presence of accomplished photographers. When they talk about photography, I often have no idea what they're saying. [...]

Published
2019

7. Delaware correction system provides opportunities for different career paths

Author

Records, Michael

Subjects
Delaware. Department of Correction -- Human resource management -- Officials and employees, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Correctional personnel -- Personal narratives, Career opportunity, Company personnel management, Law
Abstract

The Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) allows qualified employees to pursue multiple career paths. In the past, employees have transitioned between correctional officer and probation officer, or from correctional officer [...]

Published
2012

8. Reinvent yourself!

Author

Clarke, Caroline V.

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Career changes -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Business, general, Business, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
Abstract

'GRIM' BARELY BEGINS TO DESCRIBE the workplace news of the past year. As layoff and unemployment numbers mounted, fear stalked the corridors of corporate America. No one was immune--not even [...]

Published
1994

9. Inspirations for the local government employee

Author

Abeyta, Roman R.

Subjects
Public administration -- Appreciation -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Quality of work life -- Evaluation -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Public employees -- Powers and duties -- Appreciation, Government, Powers and duties, Evaluation, Appreciation, Methods, Personal narratives
Abstract

I have worked in local government for 16 years. I began my career when I was 18 years old at Santa Fe County, New Mexico, as an animal control officer. [...]

Published
2008

12. Brainfood: Sir Michael Bishop - If I had to start again

Subjects
Business plans -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Business planning -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Business, Business, international
Abstract

I'd start my business career later and probably go to university. I picked up a broad range of knowledge later in life, but it would have been useful to have [...]

Published
2005

13. Managing your career

Subjects
Beauty shops -- Management -- Personal narratives -- Training -- Methods, Hairdressing -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Beauticians -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Practice -- Training, Company business management, Business, Fashion, accessories and textiles industries, Business, international
Abstract

Amy Wilson has gone from salon junior to manager for London's Schwarzkopf and Clynol Academy. Here, she describes her career in detail Amy Wilson is the manager for London's new [...]

Published
2004

14. Battlefield nursing: nurse and soldier Major Anton Philpott tells Frances Pickersgill about the attractions and conflicts of military life

Author

Pickersgill, Frances

Subjects
Military nursing -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Military nurses -- Practice -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole were pioneers of military nursing. Today their spirit is kept alive by modern military nurses, who still need to set up clean and orderly hospitals [...]

Published
2007

15. 4 Lessons for aspiring administrators

Author

Gannon, Kevin

Subjects
College administration -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Education
Abstract

TWO YEARS ago, in the second-most-significant event in my academic career (getting an espresso machine was No. 1), I took a position with a halftime administrative load. In becoming director [...]

Published
2016

16. What My Mentors Have Taught Me

Author

Scott, Keecia

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Working women -- Personal narratives, Mentors -- Personal narratives -- Appreciation, Vocational guidance -- Personal narratives, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A FEW years ago, I changed jobs, moving from the beverage industry to the biopharmaceutical industry. I didn't know how to get ahead in the new environment, however, so I [...]

Published
2010

17. 18 jobs, 18 bosses: insights into a great employer

Author

Aiken, Sean

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: SEAN AIKEN Last week, I was the race director for a triathlon in the Northern Ontario town of Marathon. Essentially, I helped co-ordinate the logistics of the event and [...]

Published
2007

18. A big adventure: Darren Orritt thought he knew a lot about learning disabilities until a nursing course changed his life

Author

Orritt, Darren

Subjects
Learning disabilities -- Care and treatment, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Nursing -- Training -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

With seven years' experience in the learning disability field in residential and day services, I felt I was starting my learning disabilities nursing course with a great deal of knowledge. [...]

Published
2007

19. Not everything's a story

Author

Ellin, Abby and Shapiro, Bill

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Chess -- Influence -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Journalists -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Entrepreneurship -- Methods -- Personal narratives
Abstract

IN elementary school in Los Angeles, I ran the school newspaper, with Andy Bowers. Andy and I wore printer aprons and used one of those old creaky ink-roller hand presses. […]

Published
2002

20. Draw on your funny side! Great girl cartoons and art advice

Author

Lawton, Mary

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Animators -- Practice, Cartoonists -- Practice, Women's issues/gender studies
Abstract

Mary Lawton Here's some great advice for pursuing the cartoon dream from Mary, creator of the very popular 'In The Wild' cartoon in New Moon Girls. Mary lives in Texas [...]

Published
2011

21. From management accountant to CMA

Subjects
Accountants -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, general, Business, Methods, Personal narratives
Abstract

I would like to share the story of my journey from being a management accountant to becoming a CMA. In 2004, I had completed 14 years as a management accountant [...]

Published
2009

22. A woman's next chapter: pursuing a doctorate?

Author

Baron, Lisa

Subjects
Women -- Education -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Professional development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Doctoral degrees -- Evaluation -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives
Abstract

Life is like a novel, with many twists and turns along the way. There are main characters, relationships that grow and those that end, good moments and painful moments, joy, [...]

Published
2008

23. PulseCareers: Could you be an immediate care doctor?

Subjects
Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Emergency medical services -- Services, Physicians (General practice) -- Practice -- Personal narratives -- Management -- Methods, Company business management, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Members of the British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) are often on the scenes of major incidents before they've had time to even make the headlines. Dr Jonathan Leach explains [...]

Published
2007

24. Silent career killers

Author

Wiesner, Pat

Subjects
Executives -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Career development -- Methods -- Personal narratives, Self-defeating behavior -- Personal narratives -- Methods, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

Everybody doesn't get to be president of the company. That's obvious. But many times the reason we don't achieve our goals is not so clear. Often, all the education, the [...]

Published
1991

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