I’m on a yahoo community group that was discussing physical fitness and one of the people was writing about taking zumba classes. I had never heard about zumba before! So I decided to go to youtube and check it out. Sure looks like fun! I’m thinking about signing up for classes!
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06
Jul 2008
Pharmacy Tech Classes
My Pharmacy Tech Classes are going quite well so far. I’ve gotten “As” on all of the tests and homework assignments. I’ve completed the research paper, which isn’t due for another month. I’ve even been interviewing for work in the local Wal-Mart store for a job as a Pharmacy Technician, and they say that they are very interested in hiring me. I’m supposed to call them back tomorrow afternoon and see what kind of progress is being made to that end. I hope I got the job! We sure could use the money since my hubby lost seven months of pay from being out injured from that car accident he was in last fall.
I’ve been doing some research as to how much money Pharmacy Techs make and to be honest it was not as much as I thought it was when I signed up for the class. I’m not sure if I would have signed up for the class if I’d realized how little they actually get paid. It seems to be for a job to require certification and continuing education that companies would pay decent money! But it seems that in this area where I live getting paid decent money is a pipe dream, which is why most people commute an hour or more to go to work. And I don’t want to drive that far to go to work, so I have to just swallow my pride and take a lower paying job.
Oh well, I need the money and the job is close to home. With the price of gas going up as much as it has, and as much as it is going to be going up, I’ll be the lucky one bringing home more money at the end of the week once the costs of commuting are figured into the picture!
Marilyn |
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05
Jul 2008
The Internet is a whole new business
Things sure have changed a lot in my lifetime! When I was a kid, there were very few opportunities to get the word out about your business. You could advertise on radio, television, mass mailings, and the paper publishing media such as newspapers and magazines. And of course, the most effective marketing possible back then was word of mouth marketing; your satisfied customers telling other people that they know that your business exists and exactly how happy they were with your product or service.
Well, word of mouth advertising was the most successful advertising strategy then, and it is the most successful advertising strategy now. In today’s advertising campaigns, blog marketing adds another dimension to word of mouth advertising.
Blogs were originally set up by people to share their thoughts with their friends and loved ones, and anyone else that might happen to share their interests. Bloggers have developed a social network that is so far reaching that it almost boggles the imagination. Marketing companies like Izea capitalize on that social network by finding bloggers that will promote their client’s products. They have several innovative programs designed to help advertisers promote their products through blog marketing strategies. Izea offers a lot of different strategies, including product sampling, blog sponsorships, and blog posts.
07
Jun 2008
A job possibility with Employment Select
There is a company called Employment Select that I’ve been told is hiring people to do employment screening verification. From what I understand, it is a company that does employment application resume verification and pre-screening services for potential employers. This helps the employers find qualified employees to hire. This is a valuable service to large employers, helping to sort through the many employment applications that they receive. Employment Select works with sourcing companies, employment agencies, job boards, employers, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies.
Since I’m looking for a new job, I think I’ll check out the job opportunities there! I think I could do a good job as an interviewer, and I understand that they offer flexible hours and that I could work at home. That sounds like an ideal job for me!
Marilyn |
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13
May 2008
Schoolpop
Being a school bus driver, I am in contact with an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school every day. For the most part, everyone seems to be quite nice that I have to deal with, although there have been times when I was substitute driving to one school where the vice principal seemed to always be in a bad mood!
Anyway, being in constant contact with the elementary school (at least four times a day!) they have been trying to get me to get involved in their fund raising efforts with the school pop program. The program is a good program, the participants enroll their credit cards in the program and a portion of their purchase goes to the sponsored school. It is easy to enroll in, and painless to participate in. I’d much rather do that than buy junk that I don’t need just to help the school raise money! You don’t have to dedicate the money to a public school, you can also use Schoolpop to raise money for private schools if that is where you prefer to have your money go!