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1My guest post on Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2010/11/12/trend-choosing-a-temp-job-over-... Interesting to read the comments about the benefits and consequences to freelancing, temping, and starting your own business.
79 weeks ago
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2Perhaps a temporary job is just an extended job interview. Instead of 30 minutes, I have several months to demonstrate the quality of my work, the strength of my work ethic, share new ideas, show how I can be part of the team and how I could benefit the company.
83 weeks ago
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3Interesting marketing strategy for Groupon: the Groupawn, who travels for one year with no money, just Groupons. http://bit.ly/bHE2Xf
98 weeks ago
About Me
After receiving my bachelor's degree in journalism, I started my career at a newspaper in South Dakota. In September 2008 I packed my life into my Honda and moved to Seattle. I haven't regretted it once. In August 2010 I took another risk and took my first temp job, and a few months later, was hired at Amazon.com. I'm loving the work.
Work History
- Amazon.com
- Associate Site Merchandiser
- August 2010 to Present
Building merchandising campaigns, building page content in HTML and XML.
- TBA
- Communications Assistant
- December 2008 to August 2010
Created website content, designed marketing materials, developed marketing guidelines, improved organizational branding and launched online registration.
- Brookings Register
- Graphic Designer
- January 2007 to September 2008
Designed print ads, a weekly 48-page newspaper and promotional materials in South Dakota. The roots of my deadline-driven, perfectionist tendencies.
Education
- South Dakota State University
- Bachelor's of Science, Journalism
- 2002 - 2006
Institute on Political Journalism, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2006.
International Media Seminar in Paris, May 2006.
Reporter and designer for the college newspaper, 2004-2006.
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