Saw an interesting bit in the Associated Press this morning entitled: “Use of temps may no longer signal permanent hiring†(link). Here’s an excerpt: When employers hire temporary staff after a recession, it’s long been seen as a sign they’ll soon hire permanent workers. Not these days. Companies have hired more temps for four straight […]
Got a note from a fellow commercial writer recently. She wrote: I have a client who’ll give me two or three days to write something (when I really need a week), insisting such a tight deadline is necessary, and then take a week to review it, revealing the deadline wasn’t real after all. I know […]
So there’s this cool space not too far from me here in Atlanta called Strongbox West. Geared to freelancers of all stripes, it’s a place to escape to when you want to flee the claustrophobically-closing-in four walls of the home office and get some work done while in the company (or at least the proximity) […]
So, I’m hanging out with family for a few days in that dead zone at the end of the year, feeling like I need to be a little introspective….meaningful… significant… Y’know, that “let’s-reflect-on-2009†backwards glance (I know, many of you would just as soon not) “and-look-forward-to-2010†optimism (better). Actually, all I really want to do […]
I couldn’t have scripted it better myself. A little background…. Got a call from a prospect in early November. About 18 months earlier (May 2008), the local daily, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, did a “Why I Love My Job†feature on yours truly in the Sunday paper. Following a few live seminars I’d done in March […]