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#GettingPersonal: Happy Birthday to me

Codrin PO

Yesterday (February 11th) was my birthday. Happy birthday to me!

I am not a very sociable person offline so, this year, I wanted to see if I can have a calm, relaxing birthday. I made my birth date private on Facebook. Unfortunately I forgot to do the same on LinkedIn and it seems you can’t do this on Skype.

263 friends on Facebook, 2546 connections on LinkedIn and a few relatives. All relatives called (by phone or Skype) to wish me a Happy Birthday. I received about 10 birthday messages on LinkedIn (from persons I don’t remember adding). On Facebook I received three profile posts (my sister, an old friend and a high school colleague born on the same day) and 5 private messages (from people who I really like). YOU SHOULD REALLY READ MORE!

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Start my start-up

Codrin PO

In the past few months, since my professional activity “slowed down”, a lot of thoughts have crossed my mind. I was thinking what my next job will be, what my future will look like if I took a job, if I don`t take a job.

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A cartoon version of me now!

But one of the recurring thoughts was that of going solo. I thought about becoming an entrepreneur. I had no idea what to do (until a few hours ago) or how to get the funds to do it. READ MORE!

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How I will job hunt from now on!

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I’ve been unemployed for almost 5 months now. In the meantime, I applied to a few jobs and went to a few interviews. At one company, the recruiter invited me to the interview because she hadn’t seen a resume like mine before (a whole bunch of studies and experience linked to the field in every kind of organization). She just wanted to chat with me unfortunately. I passed a couple of interviews at that specific company, but didn’t get the job because my profile didn`t fit the job description.shutterstock_48556021

Right now, I am no longer applying for jobs where I don’t fit the profile perfectly. I did that in the first couple of months because I was desperate (I’ve never been unemployed and always like to work on new things). But, as I said, I only got a few interviews and a lot of “We are sorry to tell you that…” messages.

Thus, my new job hunting strategy involves only two things: Continue reading “How I will job hunt from now on!” →

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What I`m up to!

Codrin PO

New Year`s Eve has come and gone. Almost all persons have written their resolutions and most of them have already forgotten them.

Well, it was the first time when I`ve written them so here is what I`ve planned so far, sticky notes and all.

Here is what I have planned for the next couple of weeks.

Daily schedule (and I mean daily, aka 7/7):

≥ 1 hour/day German learning;

≥ 1 hour/day Excel VBA Programming;

≥ 1 hour/day French learning.

Each of these I will replace, as I have considered I learned as much as I can, by other languages and/or computer software.

Beside them, I scheduled time for reading literature, start practicing Tai Chi and writing blog articles (this on a bi-weekly basis). I will also start writing down (when they occur) all my literature related ramblings (like the 2nd part of my short stories collection).

Looking forward for a merry good time :).

Career counseling · Not too personal · Old blog

10 things my dream job should have

Codrin PO

I am always trying to challenge myself and get involved in better and bigger things. I am used to multitasking and doing things in a very fast pace.

But people are always asking me if I would have to choose just one job, one organization, what would this be?! Continue reading “10 things my dream job should have” →