Welcome to the JOB BLOG!!
If you believe the answer to unemployment is JOBS, join THE JOB BLOG starting TODAY!! Become a FOLLOWER: Active Open Positions, Interviewing Tips, and Market Briefs!! 8 weeks ago, I broke my foot during a Virgin HealthMiles Step Journey - (no one would make this up!). The experience put me on a new path which inspired me to reinvent my 2010 Blog. I'm using this break in my life to help talented people - like you - find jobs! Welcome to my NEW Trek for Talent!!
TIP OF THE DAY: If you're spending all waking hours chasing job leads on the Internet and on Job Boards, start making time for person-to-person networking today! No computer ever offered an employment candidate a job! People make hiring decisions and people make offers.
It's time to start tracking down every good person, former colleague or boss, and all the friends & neighbors you can think of. Our families struggle when we are unemployed, so you can't be shy about asking others for networking help!
If you see a job that suits your skills, competencies and experiences on a corporate website, quickly apply and then spend the rest of your day working to find someone who works inside the company. Forward your resume with a note highlighting the JOB ID # and title and ask "that someone" to get your resume into the hands of a decision maker.
Of all the companies I've had the privilege to work for, only Bank of America had recruiting standards which included recruiter feedback to every employment candidate who applied for a job. A third party service would actually contact rejected candidates to confirm that I had touched base with them and given them the closure they earned by applying for one of our jobs. Ken Lewis - who was B of A's CEO during the Fleet merger - made it crystal clear that the Customer Service Mission in recruiting had to mirror B of A's Corporate Customer Service Mission to all clients. It was mandatory for recruiters to treat every employment candidate who touched the B of A recruitment cycle as the potential B of A retail customer or corporate decision maker that they were.
This point is important to understand for the sake of meaningful time management during your job search. How many times have you invested time and energy while putting your hope into applying for a great job on-line? And how many times were you disappointed when a company failed to let you know whether you were in-or-out of this critical process? Many world class companies fail at this important responsibility daily and that's one reason why entire days spent on your computer can turn into energy draining exercises of futility when you're unemployed.
In closing, it's time to NETWORK! You can spend 11 hours searching for jobs on-line and chances are you won't hear a word from too many of those companies; OR you can chase people to get to the leads you need to jump-start today's search effort. Good luck!
Don't miss this week's active open positions on THE JOB BLOG!!
Best regards,
Tish
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
You Honored My Parents When You Called My Name.
Okay... something else really wonderful happened to me a few days after I broke my foot! Another blessing to enjoy!
On Saturday, March 13th - Pt.Pleasant Elks Lodge No. 1698 surprised me by honoring me with their 2010 "Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award!"
And my rambling speech that left relatives looking for a hook went something like this:
Oh good gosh - I hope my cousins didn't hijack this award away from the citizen who earned it just because of my foot??!! Is there someone tied up in the closet downstairs??!!
Who could believe that a person would receive an award from The Elks the same week she needed to borrow one of your wheel chairs?! You can't even make this up, but my thanks to the Elks for the help!
Oh my gosh - Thank you... thank you so much! I'm so surprised and so humbled to have my name mentioned in this glorious hometown hall. It is in the Elks Lodge - where I have watched the real giants and selfless leaders of our community work tirelessly and consistently for the benefit of children, the handicapped, veterans and beyond all my life!
My family salutes and celebrates everything that makes the Pt. Pleasant Elks the support system to kids that it has been for decades in our community. This is the hall of Christmas parties past, rummage sales, and all the summer barbeques that I still remember. In this hall where my Aunt Mary and Uncle Chris Brusgard celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary, where my friends Sue & John were married, where showers, fundraisers and celebrations prevailed.
I feel so at blessed tonight as I literally stand in the backdrop of my childhood home on Lincoln Avenue in Pt. Pleasant where I lived from 1959 to October 1973.
My dad - Michael Joseph Hart - was proud to be an Elk and a Pop Warner Coach in the 1960's and I watched him in awe as he went on to support student athletes as a ref and umpire in high school football, baseball and basketball in New Jersey for 25 years.
With reverence and pride, I accept this award on behalf my Dad and on behalf of my beautiful mother - Cecilia Hart - who represented - what so many women in this room represent today - and that is the BEST a Pop Warner Football Mom had to offer. She nurtured and supported so many friends & family members. Our home was open to everyone. Some of her "Pop Warner Boys" - as she would call them - would visit or live with us; most would stay in touch for the rest of their lives.
And then there were my brothers and sisters - Michael, Colleen, Jimmy, Sean, Kathy, Maggie, and Brendan ; my 189 second cousins, the amazing aunts, uncles and friends who make a difference in my life every single day and who I share this award with now. There is no successful fundraiser without a crowd and these are the people I always get to sell the first 100 tickets to!
From Uncle John on his hand-carved fiddle to Uncle Wally cleaning up the morning after, to cousins Patrick, Michael & our friend Joanna for their extraordinary musical gifts, to Aunt Mary who always showed up with the 40 Irish Dancers.... to the entire Brusgard family building all those floats for 30 years - some of them moved to Maryland and Erie, PA and Utah to make sure they'd never get Float Duty again!!!!
Growing up, I got to live in two towns with Joe Rager, the Jordan & Hines Families, Dan DiCorcia, the Veprek Brothers and the late Don Fioretti, Gene Gourley, Gene Bissey & so many others... how could a person not be inspired? Bob Haugh - "The Pope of Pt. Pleasant" - is part of the foundation of this lodge with his wife Sharon - how could I not be inspired?!!
I was #5 in a family of eight and the only real NON-ATHLETE - I tried out for Pop Warner cheerleading - my 50 year old cousin Kathy ALWAYS MADE THE TEAM! So did all her sisters...
I didn't NOT make it because I was bad.... Folks I was awful!! Good gosh - acknowleding my limits, I'd go on to become the school mascot - the FIRST Pt. Pleasant Beach Garnet Gull! Yes - the dancing bird - wings, beek and all. The Pt. Pleasant Elks taught me that if you can't be a cheerleader like Kathy THEN always make sure that you're a fan of someone or something...
I was always an admirer & fan of former Elk and the late Connie Vucolo - for more than 20 years he carried on, complained, snarled and enjoyed every minute we spent together carting over 1,000 children on HIS motorized floats for the Lion's Club Tube Races, Pt. Pleasant Halloween Parade, Spirit Weeks, and Memorial Day. Without fail, our friends John and Carol Ann supported this effort everytime I called! The warm bright light of Connie's memory and his laughter is alive in this room and in my heart tonight.
There can be no parade float without a truck; no successful fundraiser without a crowd; no joy greater than my wonderful extended family; and I can think of no greater privilege in my life than to receive this wonderful award from an organization that my parents revered while standing in the shadow of my childhood home.
Oh - what a night! My thanks to my friend and Elks Exalted Ruler Carol Ann McMenamy, Cousins Karen & Anne, Bob and Sharon Haugh and to everyone who attended. You all made me forget the foot and for a beautiful moment - I felt like a Golden Elks Champion!
Thank you so much.
Love,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
On Saturday, March 13th - Pt.Pleasant Elks Lodge No. 1698 surprised me by honoring me with their 2010 "Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award!"
And my rambling speech that left relatives looking for a hook went something like this:
Oh good gosh - I hope my cousins didn't hijack this award away from the citizen who earned it just because of my foot??!! Is there someone tied up in the closet downstairs??!!
Who could believe that a person would receive an award from The Elks the same week she needed to borrow one of your wheel chairs?! You can't even make this up, but my thanks to the Elks for the help!
Oh my gosh - Thank you... thank you so much! I'm so surprised and so humbled to have my name mentioned in this glorious hometown hall. It is in the Elks Lodge - where I have watched the real giants and selfless leaders of our community work tirelessly and consistently for the benefit of children, the handicapped, veterans and beyond all my life!
My family salutes and celebrates everything that makes the Pt. Pleasant Elks the support system to kids that it has been for decades in our community. This is the hall of Christmas parties past, rummage sales, and all the summer barbeques that I still remember. In this hall where my Aunt Mary and Uncle Chris Brusgard celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary, where my friends Sue & John were married, where showers, fundraisers and celebrations prevailed.
I feel so at blessed tonight as I literally stand in the backdrop of my childhood home on Lincoln Avenue in Pt. Pleasant where I lived from 1959 to October 1973.
My dad - Michael Joseph Hart - was proud to be an Elk and a Pop Warner Coach in the 1960's and I watched him in awe as he went on to support student athletes as a ref and umpire in high school football, baseball and basketball in New Jersey for 25 years.
With reverence and pride, I accept this award on behalf my Dad and on behalf of my beautiful mother - Cecilia Hart - who represented - what so many women in this room represent today - and that is the BEST a Pop Warner Football Mom had to offer. She nurtured and supported so many friends & family members. Our home was open to everyone. Some of her "Pop Warner Boys" - as she would call them - would visit or live with us; most would stay in touch for the rest of their lives.
And then there were my brothers and sisters - Michael, Colleen, Jimmy, Sean, Kathy, Maggie, and Brendan ; my 189 second cousins, the amazing aunts, uncles and friends who make a difference in my life every single day and who I share this award with now. There is no successful fundraiser without a crowd and these are the people I always get to sell the first 100 tickets to!
From Uncle John on his hand-carved fiddle to Uncle Wally cleaning up the morning after, to cousins Patrick, Michael & our friend Joanna for their extraordinary musical gifts, to Aunt Mary who always showed up with the 40 Irish Dancers.... to the entire Brusgard family building all those floats for 30 years - some of them moved to Maryland and Erie, PA and Utah to make sure they'd never get Float Duty again!!!!
Growing up, I got to live in two towns with Joe Rager, the Jordan & Hines Families, Dan DiCorcia, the Veprek Brothers and the late Don Fioretti, Gene Gourley, Gene Bissey & so many others... how could a person not be inspired? Bob Haugh - "The Pope of Pt. Pleasant" - is part of the foundation of this lodge with his wife Sharon - how could I not be inspired?!!
I was #5 in a family of eight and the only real NON-ATHLETE - I tried out for Pop Warner cheerleading - my 50 year old cousin Kathy ALWAYS MADE THE TEAM! So did all her sisters...
I didn't NOT make it because I was bad.... Folks I was awful!! Good gosh - acknowleding my limits, I'd go on to become the school mascot - the FIRST Pt. Pleasant Beach Garnet Gull! Yes - the dancing bird - wings, beek and all. The Pt. Pleasant Elks taught me that if you can't be a cheerleader like Kathy THEN always make sure that you're a fan of someone or something...
I was always an admirer & fan of former Elk and the late Connie Vucolo - for more than 20 years he carried on, complained, snarled and enjoyed every minute we spent together carting over 1,000 children on HIS motorized floats for the Lion's Club Tube Races, Pt. Pleasant Halloween Parade, Spirit Weeks, and Memorial Day. Without fail, our friends John and Carol Ann supported this effort everytime I called! The warm bright light of Connie's memory and his laughter is alive in this room and in my heart tonight.
There can be no parade float without a truck; no successful fundraiser without a crowd; no joy greater than my wonderful extended family; and I can think of no greater privilege in my life than to receive this wonderful award from an organization that my parents revered while standing in the shadow of my childhood home.
Oh - what a night! My thanks to my friend and Elks Exalted Ruler Carol Ann McMenamy, Cousins Karen & Anne, Bob and Sharon Haugh and to everyone who attended. You all made me forget the foot and for a beautiful moment - I felt like a Golden Elks Champion!
Thank you so much.
Love,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Little Train That Could! Go Butler!
Okay - I'm sitting in Columbus, Ohio with my foot up. Harry, kids and assorted Ferguson relatives are checking out the beautiful NEW Student Union and the NEW Library to die for on the OSU Campus while I sit writing to all of you...
For the past year, the recruitment of full time employees slowed down on the vendor side of Financial Services, so I started thinking about other companies that might benefit from my help in this market. Right before I had my "dust ruffle accident," I told a couple of friends that I wanted to go work for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase or Morgan Stanley. With this in mind, I have to say that my Career News is completely thrilling and that my lifetime of work has just come full circle.
There I was sitting a lot and feeling a tad wheelchair-bound a few weeks ago. Yes - that's honestly how I felt! I'm what they call "the family bopper" - I bop in to sit in the houses of cousins and friends because their/ your energy keeps me alive and positive and happy and connected! In that wheelchair, I couldn't get to anyone or anywhere without inconveniencing the masses so the worst kind of cabin fever started kicking my butt! If you know me, then you'll also know I became heart sick knowing my days as a Pt. Pleasant jogger had abruptly come to a close. Then... in the middle of my Harry peeling me off the ceiling each night - out of nowhere - "that remarkable phone call" came. The call got my foot out of my head, but the entire awesome experience lifted me up and propelled me forward!
On April 14th, I will leave my revered colleagues at SunGard Trading and all the great recruiting work I've had the privilege to execute there. On April 19th, I get to partner with executives I've revered my entire life and who are now at the top of Morgan Stanley leading the effort to create the #1 Retail Bank in the world!
As you know, this $62 billion global market leader in Investment Banking became a bank holding company in 2008. The company spent a good part of 2009 cutting back on its business in Prime Brokerage, Prop Trading, Principle Investments and Commercial Loan Origination so it could focus on and invest in this massive Retail Banking effort. My new job is to identify, source and acquire the talent Morgan Stanley needs to win and I will not fail.
Tonight, as we cheer on little old Butler University during The Final Four and as we celebrate Butler's charmed Indianapolis history & Hoosiers movie fame... I'll be screaming from the rooftops for "all the little trains that could" because I know how it feels to be one. I am truly blessed.
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 15/51
Quote of the Day: "I grew up believing in all the little trains that could!"
-Kate's Mom
For the past year, the recruitment of full time employees slowed down on the vendor side of Financial Services, so I started thinking about other companies that might benefit from my help in this market. Right before I had my "dust ruffle accident," I told a couple of friends that I wanted to go work for Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase or Morgan Stanley. With this in mind, I have to say that my Career News is completely thrilling and that my lifetime of work has just come full circle.
There I was sitting a lot and feeling a tad wheelchair-bound a few weeks ago. Yes - that's honestly how I felt! I'm what they call "the family bopper" - I bop in to sit in the houses of cousins and friends because their/ your energy keeps me alive and positive and happy and connected! In that wheelchair, I couldn't get to anyone or anywhere without inconveniencing the masses so the worst kind of cabin fever started kicking my butt! If you know me, then you'll also know I became heart sick knowing my days as a Pt. Pleasant jogger had abruptly come to a close. Then... in the middle of my Harry peeling me off the ceiling each night - out of nowhere - "that remarkable phone call" came. The call got my foot out of my head, but the entire awesome experience lifted me up and propelled me forward!
On April 14th, I will leave my revered colleagues at SunGard Trading and all the great recruiting work I've had the privilege to execute there. On April 19th, I get to partner with executives I've revered my entire life and who are now at the top of Morgan Stanley leading the effort to create the #1 Retail Bank in the world!
As you know, this $62 billion global market leader in Investment Banking became a bank holding company in 2008. The company spent a good part of 2009 cutting back on its business in Prime Brokerage, Prop Trading, Principle Investments and Commercial Loan Origination so it could focus on and invest in this massive Retail Banking effort. My new job is to identify, source and acquire the talent Morgan Stanley needs to win and I will not fail.
Tonight, as we cheer on little old Butler University during The Final Four and as we celebrate Butler's charmed Indianapolis history & Hoosiers movie fame... I'll be screaming from the rooftops for "all the little trains that could" because I know how it feels to be one. I am truly blessed.
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 15/51
Quote of the Day: "I grew up believing in all the little trains that could!"
-Kate's Mom
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sheeeee's Back with Wheelchair Wisdom!
Hi. I can't even tip-toe yet, so let's not refer to today's effort as my first step forward, but... Amen - I was able to lose the wheelchair a few days ago and my right foot sees some light at the end of the blow-up cast, so things are definitely improving for me and the family.
The situation was a bad break - (no pun intended!). To be honest, I was a bit discouraged. My Virgin HealthMiles GoZone Step Journey and this Blog were going so well and then wham! But that's life gang and the message is: No matter what happens, we really are supposed to get up, dust ourselves off, and move forward as soon as the foot or situation allows.
This little Blog took a rest too... My laptop was in the IT shop at work and sitting at my roll-top desk was not an option. I tried reviewing e-mails for a mere ten minutes on several occasions and the toes would start rebelling-by-swelling, so I decided not to return to this important task until it was good for my foot to do so!! You see - My beautiful right foot has led me to great destinations all my life, so I knew I owed it to her to take the lead on this journey-to-full-recovery.
I've been through bigger medical "situations" through the decades, but this event takes the cake in inconvenience! Please trust me - I'm not complaining! At age 51, I'm just grateful I did not break a hip during that embarrassing fall AND that I did not need surgery! Also, I'm ecstatic that I had been on my Virgin HealthMiles Step program since January 2nd because it positioned me to physically and mentally battle back more effectively.
Aside from the nasty sprains to my right ankle and knee, my poor 5th Metatarsal bone which sits between the little toe and the ankle suffered two breaks. But I was very lucky because there was no damage to the Tarsal Metatarsal Joint or the Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint. My foot specialist explained that damage to either of these joints would have required immediate surgery.
Compliance to a "no-weight baring" order from a doctor is hard work for anyone with a broken foot. Without TishTrek, I'm convinced I would have had to crawl around the house. The weight loss through TishTrek and the increase in my upper body strength made this recovery easier; and both factors have mitigated physical risk to my good leg & foot everytime I've been required to propel myself forward on them. "TishTrek - My 51/51 Challenge" enhanced my ability to navigate on crutches like a champion and gave me physical power over my condition which I would not otherwise have had.
So here I am! I can't step yet, but I'm back at my Blog Station treating broken bones like the character-builders that they are! I'm all set to roar again through my keyboard, so listen up:
I'm working through my third week of recovery. Harry and I strategically placed one wheelchair upstairs and one downstairs to make it easy for me to sit with my foot elevated anywhere inside or outside of our house, (one was a loaner from our Uncle Charlie; and the other - a loaner from the Pt. Pleasant Elks). My thanks to all for a set up that really helped me operate with ease when no one could be home to assist me during the first two weeks.
Ten days ago, I was in one of those wheelchairs executing my Jersey City recruiting responsibilities from my Pt. Pleasant Home Office when something remarkable happened. I was actually feeling a tad disconnected from the masses and a little overwhelmed & confined by this "broken bone thing" when out of nowhere - the phone rang.
A wonderful high caliber person was on the other line inviting me to walk with her to lead and inspire others on an important journey. To my amazement, it didn't matter to her or anyone that my feet were not working. I was the only one focused on how I'd execute any new journey with a broken foot.
I was reminded that a situation out of our control can appear as some awful low point in circumstance or a high-end challenge for the record books and often it's neither of those things.
I'm now convinced that much needed moments of rest are arranged for us (whether we're prepared for them or not...) so we have enough time to think before we take a detour or fork in the road. With this in mind, I'm very grateful for the gift that granted me "pause" as my foot healed.
I'll let you know more later in the week... :)
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 15/51
Quote of the Day: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!"
- Casey Kasem
The situation was a bad break - (no pun intended!). To be honest, I was a bit discouraged. My Virgin HealthMiles GoZone Step Journey and this Blog were going so well and then wham! But that's life gang and the message is: No matter what happens, we really are supposed to get up, dust ourselves off, and move forward as soon as the foot or situation allows.
This little Blog took a rest too... My laptop was in the IT shop at work and sitting at my roll-top desk was not an option. I tried reviewing e-mails for a mere ten minutes on several occasions and the toes would start rebelling-by-swelling, so I decided not to return to this important task until it was good for my foot to do so!! You see - My beautiful right foot has led me to great destinations all my life, so I knew I owed it to her to take the lead on this journey-to-full-recovery.
I've been through bigger medical "situations" through the decades, but this event takes the cake in inconvenience! Please trust me - I'm not complaining! At age 51, I'm just grateful I did not break a hip during that embarrassing fall AND that I did not need surgery! Also, I'm ecstatic that I had been on my Virgin HealthMiles Step program since January 2nd because it positioned me to physically and mentally battle back more effectively.
Aside from the nasty sprains to my right ankle and knee, my poor 5th Metatarsal bone which sits between the little toe and the ankle suffered two breaks. But I was very lucky because there was no damage to the Tarsal Metatarsal Joint or the Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint. My foot specialist explained that damage to either of these joints would have required immediate surgery.
Compliance to a "no-weight baring" order from a doctor is hard work for anyone with a broken foot. Without TishTrek, I'm convinced I would have had to crawl around the house. The weight loss through TishTrek and the increase in my upper body strength made this recovery easier; and both factors have mitigated physical risk to my good leg & foot everytime I've been required to propel myself forward on them. "TishTrek - My 51/51 Challenge" enhanced my ability to navigate on crutches like a champion and gave me physical power over my condition which I would not otherwise have had.
So here I am! I can't step yet, but I'm back at my Blog Station treating broken bones like the character-builders that they are! I'm all set to roar again through my keyboard, so listen up:
I'm working through my third week of recovery. Harry and I strategically placed one wheelchair upstairs and one downstairs to make it easy for me to sit with my foot elevated anywhere inside or outside of our house, (one was a loaner from our Uncle Charlie; and the other - a loaner from the Pt. Pleasant Elks). My thanks to all for a set up that really helped me operate with ease when no one could be home to assist me during the first two weeks.
Ten days ago, I was in one of those wheelchairs executing my Jersey City recruiting responsibilities from my Pt. Pleasant Home Office when something remarkable happened. I was actually feeling a tad disconnected from the masses and a little overwhelmed & confined by this "broken bone thing" when out of nowhere - the phone rang.
A wonderful high caliber person was on the other line inviting me to walk with her to lead and inspire others on an important journey. To my amazement, it didn't matter to her or anyone that my feet were not working. I was the only one focused on how I'd execute any new journey with a broken foot.
I was reminded that a situation out of our control can appear as some awful low point in circumstance or a high-end challenge for the record books and often it's neither of those things.
I'm now convinced that much needed moments of rest are arranged for us (whether we're prepared for them or not...) so we have enough time to think before we take a detour or fork in the road. With this in mind, I'm very grateful for the gift that granted me "pause" as my foot healed.
I'll let you know more later in the week... :)
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 15/51
Quote of the Day: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars!"
- Casey Kasem
Friday, March 12, 2010
Did you hear about the Lady on the "Step Journey" who broke her foot?!!
Forget the step, step, step...
Okay, I haven't written since Monday! Well?? Did you hear the one about the woman who went on a Virgin Healthmiles Step Journey and broke her foot?!
OMG - I can't even make this up! I broke my right foot on Wednesday morning and... I wasn't even excercising!! Two breaks in one bone!! Okay Aunt Nonnie - I FINALLY hear you! I should take up swimming??!!
What happened? Arghhhh... Two football stars, "My Adam" (Bobertz) from Wesley College and Pt. Plesant's own Matt Purro from Kean University moved 900 pounds of furniture for me and Harry on Saturday and I kept yelling, "Oh, be careful my boys!" "I'll take the drawers out of the dressers so they're not too heavy for you... Don't hurt yourself! etc." Can someone send a text message My Boys and let them know that their faithful spotter actually broke her foot and sprained her ankle and knee while putting the sheets on the *&&^#@ BED they moved!!!!
My Kate returns home for Spring Break on Monday, March 15th and I was putting a dust ruffle on her bed (of course - everyone pulls the queen-size mattress off, applies ruffle, then stands on box spring in bare feet and PJ's to pull heavy mattress back into position!) Oh good gosh - the weight of the mattress in that position was too much for me! It pulled me forward so hard - that I fell forward on one foot. I was more than two feet off the ground, so when I hit the floor, my right foot turned completely inward and rolled under me. I was KO'd! The pain was so bad that I blacked out. Then, I woke up quickly and screamed my head off like the wife being chased by Glenn Close with that knife in the movie Fatal Attraction.
I literally crawled up the steps into the kitchen where my phones were and as I was trying to control my hyperventilated & hysterical state, a beloved Cousin Anne sent a text message... "The 911 Lady in our Family" - was at my door in ten minutes and we were off to the hospital in the Anne-Mobile!
This journey - TishTrek - my 51/51 Challenge - is not over! I'm not giving up! I'm not giving in! I can still win! I'll just make the next 6 weeks all about upper-body strength!
Oh and here's the kicker for those of you who can still kick: When Kate called home from The Ohio State University to check up on me, can you believe she told me she never liked that dust ruffle in the first place?! Oh my gosh - my response, it's CURTAINS for you honey! Yes - in fact - Cousin Karen is going to turn that dust ruffle into a window treatment! And me? I'm never making a bed again!
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 18/51
Quote of the Day: ~ "Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on." ~ Norman Vincent Peale (Easy for Norman to say when he has a leg to stand on!)
Okay, I haven't written since Monday! Well?? Did you hear the one about the woman who went on a Virgin Healthmiles Step Journey and broke her foot?!
OMG - I can't even make this up! I broke my right foot on Wednesday morning and... I wasn't even excercising!! Two breaks in one bone!! Okay Aunt Nonnie - I FINALLY hear you! I should take up swimming??!!
What happened? Arghhhh... Two football stars, "My Adam" (Bobertz) from Wesley College and Pt. Plesant's own Matt Purro from Kean University moved 900 pounds of furniture for me and Harry on Saturday and I kept yelling, "Oh, be careful my boys!" "I'll take the drawers out of the dressers so they're not too heavy for you... Don't hurt yourself! etc." Can someone send a text message My Boys and let them know that their faithful spotter actually broke her foot and sprained her ankle and knee while putting the sheets on the *&&^#@ BED they moved!!!!
My Kate returns home for Spring Break on Monday, March 15th and I was putting a dust ruffle on her bed (of course - everyone pulls the queen-size mattress off, applies ruffle, then stands on box spring in bare feet and PJ's to pull heavy mattress back into position!) Oh good gosh - the weight of the mattress in that position was too much for me! It pulled me forward so hard - that I fell forward on one foot. I was more than two feet off the ground, so when I hit the floor, my right foot turned completely inward and rolled under me. I was KO'd! The pain was so bad that I blacked out. Then, I woke up quickly and screamed my head off like the wife being chased by Glenn Close with that knife in the movie Fatal Attraction.
I literally crawled up the steps into the kitchen where my phones were and as I was trying to control my hyperventilated & hysterical state, a beloved Cousin Anne sent a text message... "The 911 Lady in our Family" - was at my door in ten minutes and we were off to the hospital in the Anne-Mobile!
This journey - TishTrek - my 51/51 Challenge - is not over! I'm not giving up! I'm not giving in! I can still win! I'll just make the next 6 weeks all about upper-body strength!
Oh and here's the kicker for those of you who can still kick: When Kate called home from The Ohio State University to check up on me, can you believe she told me she never liked that dust ruffle in the first place?! Oh my gosh - my response, it's CURTAINS for you honey! Yes - in fact - Cousin Karen is going to turn that dust ruffle into a window treatment! And me? I'm never making a bed again!
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 18/51
Quote of the Day: ~ "Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on." ~ Norman Vincent Peale (Easy for Norman to say when he has a leg to stand on!)
Monday, March 8, 2010
Mom: You do what @ your Day Job??!!
Okay - I know no one really cares about what we all do at our "Day Job", but I was thinking that a snapshot of what I do at work might just help others understand why it's so tough for a working mom like me to find time to exercise!
I source, recruit, identify, qualify and acquire talent for companies to ensure that they can accomplish their business goals. Over the last 27 years, I've enjoyed doing this job for some of the greatest global financial services & technology firms on the planet. I've also executed this work on behalf of Big Pharma and in the Travel & Entertainment industry, (Chef's International, Inc. - aka: @ Jack Baker's Lobster Shanty!). I never get bored because the open positions and business objectives are never the same.
My career in Human Resources & Global Staffing began by accident when I agreed to take a leave of absence from Rutger's University to manage the opening of a few restaurants up-and-down the East Coast for my childhood employer - who taught me the transferable value of great customer service during that impressionable decade between ages 14 & 24. I began in the laundry room cleaning kitchen whites, towels and tablecloths and ended my career with them as a General Manager of their crown jewel and most profitable unit. I made sure that the commitment to customer service that I learned there followed me to ensure I would be a high caliber business partner and a productive corporate citizen throughout my career. To this day, I owe a great deal of my success to Jack Baker and other executives in my life who demanded much, but taught me more... including the importance of operating with excellence all along the way!
In the past 27 months, I've closed 145 positions for SunGard Financial Systems which included: Some of the best Sell-Side & Buy-Side Sales Professionals in the business; a Chief Executive Officer & a number of SVP's for the Trading Segment; Associate Corporate Counsel; Sr. Attorneys, Compliance Experts & Branch Managers for our Assent Broker-Dealer. I single-handedly back-filled the entire Equity Finance Group, (Stock Loan Dept); and hired Financial Engineers, IT professionals at all levels, Chief Risk Officers for several SunGard Segments; several key positions reporting directly to SunGard's New Chief Info Security Officer, (Segment Security Officers & Global Security Officers), as well as Marketing & Finance professionals at every level.
I've had the privilege to source, identify and hire the top analyst who now reports directly to SunGard CEO, Cris Conde; and other top notch business analysts who report directly to SunGard's Strategic Global Account Mgmt Team. I hired all the talent (both back office and front office) it took to launch SunGard Trading's NEW entry into the following Lines of Business: Liquidity Services - May, 2008; Correspondent Clearing Operations - June, 2008; UK-based Assent Broker Dealer to service clients across Continental Europe - December, 2009; Alternative Trading Services to compete with primary exchanges like NASDAQ & NYSE and Regional ECNs such as BEX, TRAC - January, 2010.
For the launch of our Market Map Market Data Terminal Business - I work closely with the international executives who lead this business and so far... I closed the first ten sales/ sales support professionals who are currently launching this effort in the U.S. so SunGard can compete head-to-head with the Thomson Reuters & Bloomberg terminal businesses.
We expanded our market offerings to Continental Europe & the Asia Pacific Region in Buy/Sell-Side Compliance, (Protegent); Pre/Post Analytics in the Options & Futures Markets, (MicroHedge); and in Commodities, (Kiodex & BondOne); then in December 2009 - we merged Kiodex with our Houston-based Energy Businesses (Entegrate, ZaiNet and other solutions) and both businesses now support each others expansion in new and emerging markets. The global component to my job makes me always feel like I'm working way beyond the Jersey City, NJ city limits and that is exciting to me!
Finally, I helped manage the integration of talent for two mergers & acquisitions which included ICE in Q3 2009 and GL Trade in (Q4 2008 - ongoing) which literally transformed SunGard Trading from a U.S.-centric entity to a global leader executing our impressive long-term "Wheel Strategy" which will propel us to become "the leading neutral provider of transaction services for global equity and options markets!" After the GL acquisition, I hired most of the Channel Sales Execs who now sell GL products to repeat SunGard clients across our U.S.-based Financial Systems Segments.
Here is a partial list of the varied companies I've been accountable to under the SunGard Financial Systems umbrella: Brass, Assent, GL Trade, Kiodex, ICE, Protegent, Engard, Loanet, Aztec, MicroHedge, ICE, InTrader, Global Phase 3, Stream, Wall Street Concepts, WealthStation, Martini, GMI, FAME, FRONT ARENA, INVEST ONE, BankWare, Investier, AvantGard, iWorks, etc. Having worked in all these varied businesses, I've learned so much about how our clients execute their businesses in this 21st Century. What I can tell you - for sure - is that it's very interesting work, but it doesn't leave me much time to exercise!! Trust me - my mind is doing jumping-jacks every single day and I know that is a good thing, but the exercise I need from the neck down just ain't happening on that schedule I planned. I know I have to try harder. How do you people do it out there? Help.
Finally, I often operate as the Executive Recruiter who executes much of the Executive Hiring for senior positions tied to SunGard's Corporate Headquarters in Wayne, PA, (I've filled newly created enterprise-wide positions for the Offices of the Chief Corporate Counsel, CFO, Human Resources, Information Security; as well as the President & Chief Customer Officer @ SunGard Higher Ed and for the Chief Procurement Officer @ Availability Services). The time issue has everything to do with making myself available when employment candidates have time to speak with me, which very often can be any hour in the evening or on weekends. I suppose I could learn to interview folks while I jog on the treadmill, but I already sprained my whole right side (and broke a rib - ha!) getting thrown from that monster-of-a-machine when I wasn't concentrating, so... maybe not.
Okay - sometime others complain about me being "busy"... but I have to admit that it is very satisfying to know that I have contributed to the success of companies everytime I've reached my goals. My Kate graduates from The Ohio State University on Sunday, June 13th and my prayer for her is that she can find a work-life balance in a career that inspires her.
But ha - here's the surprise: Wait till she finds out that it's the work-life balance thing that requires the most work! :)
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 18/51 (Yes - I'm two up this week, but no need to call in the Riot Squad, (the one that laughs - that is!) because I'm back on the beam... If this journey was easy, I wouldn't be blogging my head off for gosh sakes!)
Quote of the Day: "If a child finds emotional comfort in food or drink, then inspire them to work outside of food chains and restaurants. It could save their life." - Observations from The Jersey Shore, Kate's Mom.
I source, recruit, identify, qualify and acquire talent for companies to ensure that they can accomplish their business goals. Over the last 27 years, I've enjoyed doing this job for some of the greatest global financial services & technology firms on the planet. I've also executed this work on behalf of Big Pharma and in the Travel & Entertainment industry, (Chef's International, Inc. - aka: @ Jack Baker's Lobster Shanty!). I never get bored because the open positions and business objectives are never the same.
My career in Human Resources & Global Staffing began by accident when I agreed to take a leave of absence from Rutger's University to manage the opening of a few restaurants up-and-down the East Coast for my childhood employer - who taught me the transferable value of great customer service during that impressionable decade between ages 14 & 24. I began in the laundry room cleaning kitchen whites, towels and tablecloths and ended my career with them as a General Manager of their crown jewel and most profitable unit. I made sure that the commitment to customer service that I learned there followed me to ensure I would be a high caliber business partner and a productive corporate citizen throughout my career. To this day, I owe a great deal of my success to Jack Baker and other executives in my life who demanded much, but taught me more... including the importance of operating with excellence all along the way!
In the past 27 months, I've closed 145 positions for SunGard Financial Systems which included: Some of the best Sell-Side & Buy-Side Sales Professionals in the business; a Chief Executive Officer & a number of SVP's for the Trading Segment; Associate Corporate Counsel; Sr. Attorneys, Compliance Experts & Branch Managers for our Assent Broker-Dealer. I single-handedly back-filled the entire Equity Finance Group, (Stock Loan Dept); and hired Financial Engineers, IT professionals at all levels, Chief Risk Officers for several SunGard Segments; several key positions reporting directly to SunGard's New Chief Info Security Officer, (Segment Security Officers & Global Security Officers), as well as Marketing & Finance professionals at every level.
I've had the privilege to source, identify and hire the top analyst who now reports directly to SunGard CEO, Cris Conde; and other top notch business analysts who report directly to SunGard's Strategic Global Account Mgmt Team. I hired all the talent (both back office and front office) it took to launch SunGard Trading's NEW entry into the following Lines of Business: Liquidity Services - May, 2008; Correspondent Clearing Operations - June, 2008; UK-based Assent Broker Dealer to service clients across Continental Europe - December, 2009; Alternative Trading Services to compete with primary exchanges like NASDAQ & NYSE and Regional ECNs such as BEX, TRAC - January, 2010.
For the launch of our Market Map Market Data Terminal Business - I work closely with the international executives who lead this business and so far... I closed the first ten sales/ sales support professionals who are currently launching this effort in the U.S. so SunGard can compete head-to-head with the Thomson Reuters & Bloomberg terminal businesses.
We expanded our market offerings to Continental Europe & the Asia Pacific Region in Buy/Sell-Side Compliance, (Protegent); Pre/Post Analytics in the Options & Futures Markets, (MicroHedge); and in Commodities, (Kiodex & BondOne); then in December 2009 - we merged Kiodex with our Houston-based Energy Businesses (Entegrate, ZaiNet and other solutions) and both businesses now support each others expansion in new and emerging markets. The global component to my job makes me always feel like I'm working way beyond the Jersey City, NJ city limits and that is exciting to me!
Finally, I helped manage the integration of talent for two mergers & acquisitions which included ICE in Q3 2009 and GL Trade in (Q4 2008 - ongoing) which literally transformed SunGard Trading from a U.S.-centric entity to a global leader executing our impressive long-term "Wheel Strategy" which will propel us to become "the leading neutral provider of transaction services for global equity and options markets!" After the GL acquisition, I hired most of the Channel Sales Execs who now sell GL products to repeat SunGard clients across our U.S.-based Financial Systems Segments.
Here is a partial list of the varied companies I've been accountable to under the SunGard Financial Systems umbrella: Brass, Assent, GL Trade, Kiodex, ICE, Protegent, Engard, Loanet, Aztec, MicroHedge, ICE, InTrader, Global Phase 3, Stream, Wall Street Concepts, WealthStation, Martini, GMI, FAME, FRONT ARENA, INVEST ONE, BankWare, Investier, AvantGard, iWorks, etc. Having worked in all these varied businesses, I've learned so much about how our clients execute their businesses in this 21st Century. What I can tell you - for sure - is that it's very interesting work, but it doesn't leave me much time to exercise!! Trust me - my mind is doing jumping-jacks every single day and I know that is a good thing, but the exercise I need from the neck down just ain't happening on that schedule I planned. I know I have to try harder. How do you people do it out there? Help.
Finally, I often operate as the Executive Recruiter who executes much of the Executive Hiring for senior positions tied to SunGard's Corporate Headquarters in Wayne, PA, (I've filled newly created enterprise-wide positions for the Offices of the Chief Corporate Counsel, CFO, Human Resources, Information Security; as well as the President & Chief Customer Officer @ SunGard Higher Ed and for the Chief Procurement Officer @ Availability Services). The time issue has everything to do with making myself available when employment candidates have time to speak with me, which very often can be any hour in the evening or on weekends. I suppose I could learn to interview folks while I jog on the treadmill, but I already sprained my whole right side (and broke a rib - ha!) getting thrown from that monster-of-a-machine when I wasn't concentrating, so... maybe not.
Okay - sometime others complain about me being "busy"... but I have to admit that it is very satisfying to know that I have contributed to the success of companies everytime I've reached my goals. My Kate graduates from The Ohio State University on Sunday, June 13th and my prayer for her is that she can find a work-life balance in a career that inspires her.
But ha - here's the surprise: Wait till she finds out that it's the work-life balance thing that requires the most work! :)
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 18/51 (Yes - I'm two up this week, but no need to call in the Riot Squad, (the one that laughs - that is!) because I'm back on the beam... If this journey was easy, I wouldn't be blogging my head off for gosh sakes!)
Quote of the Day: "If a child finds emotional comfort in food or drink, then inspire them to work outside of food chains and restaurants. It could save their life." - Observations from The Jersey Shore, Kate's Mom.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Admit What You've Lost & Live With The Cost
Step, step, step... Kate will be home for Spring Break soon and she really wants to go see the Broadway Musical entitled, "Next to Normal." I just looked it up on Google and it's about a mom's intense struggle with bipolar disorder.** Hey wait a minute, I resemble that remark! Do you think Kate is sending a message?
Let's see, here are a couple of lines from a song in this play:
"Let There Be Light"
Let there be light
Now at last let there be light
We've been living in the dark for far too long
An endless night.
Let there be light
Sun and moon a million beams
Let it shake me shake me from these dreams
And wake me to what's real
Let us begin to heal
Let there be light.
Wow - I think I'll go get those tickets for Kate and me today.
Best regards,
Everyone's Cousin Tish
Score: 20/51
Quote of the Day: - "Next to Normal"; Song - Catch Me, I'm Falling
"Make up your mind to live stronger now
Make up your mind let the truth be revealed
Admit what you've lost and live with the cost
At times it does hurt to be healed..."
**From Google:
Next to Normal is a musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The play also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.
Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. It then played at the Arena Stage in Arlington, Virginia from November 2008 to January 2009 and is scheduled to open on Broadway in April 2009.
Let's see, here are a couple of lines from a song in this play:
"Let There Be Light"
Let there be light
Now at last let there be light
We've been living in the dark for far too long
An endless night.
Let there be light
Sun and moon a million beams
Let it shake me shake me from these dreams
And wake me to what's real
Let us begin to heal
Let there be light.
Wow - I think I'll go get those tickets for Kate and me today.
Best regards,
Everyone's Cousin Tish
Score: 20/51
Quote of the Day: - "Next to Normal"; Song - Catch Me, I'm Falling
"Make up your mind to live stronger now
Make up your mind let the truth be revealed
Admit what you've lost and live with the cost
At times it does hurt to be healed..."
**From Google:
Next to Normal is a musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The play also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.
Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. It then played at the Arena Stage in Arlington, Virginia from November 2008 to January 2009 and is scheduled to open on Broadway in April 2009.
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