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Adrienne Rodney Interviews Adrienne Rodney About Her New Job Search

· 13 Comments · In Conversations, Interviewing, Job Hunting, Lessons Learned, Life Skills, Work

Adrienne Rodney is leaving her job as Brooke’s assistant and decided to talk about what she is doing and how she is going about it.

NSoW: So you’re looking for a new job. Why are you leaving your current one?

Adrienne: When I started working for Brooke almost three years ago (April 2010) it [...]

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How America Can Level-Up Skills and Land Good Jobs

· 119 Comments · In Career Advice, Fun, Games, Interviews, Job Hunting, Motivation, Networking, Work

Article and Video Interview by Brooke Allen

I’ve often wondered what can be done to make it fun to learn new skills and hunt for a job. Surely if FarmVille can make farming fun, and Call of Duty can make war fun, isn’t it possible for the people who [...]

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Startup Weekend: 54 Hours to Create a Company

· 1 Comment · In Collaborating, Networking, Work, Working for Free

by: Adrienne Rodney

It has been said many times that it is better to create your own job than to find one. If you are unsure how to begin, there is a worldwide community that can help you.

In 2011 we attended Startup Weekend three times. Held in just about every metropolitan city [...]

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First Jobs: Handing the Bat to Joe Dimaggio

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by Steve Amoia for No Shortage of Work

Playing baseball was Joe DiMaggio’s first real job as an adult. He had worked at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco with his father, and sold newspapers as a boy. Neither job held much appeal to him.

Few first jobs in life could have [...]

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Financial Journalist

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by: Adrienne Rodney

Journalism is everywhere. Blogs, Twitter, Podcasts – all give voice to a new generation of reporting. But is every journalist a reporter?

What about finance? Is there a difference between a financial journalist and a general reporter? What do financial reporters need?

KNOWLEDGE

“I don’t believe anyone can [...]

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The Skills Valued on Wall Street Today

· 3 Comments · In Career Advice, Job Hunting, Work

by: Kristen Contrera
Unemployment rates are at an all time high in the financial sector and hiring managers have their pick of the litter. So it seems logical to ask, in this day and age while the financial industry is undergoing so many changes, what skills are most valued on Wall [...]

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Fatherly Advice About Work

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by: Adrienne Rodney

My father, Mark Rodney, the musician, told me something profound that his musician father, Red Rodney, told him, “Whatever you do, whether it’s playing a guitar or building an atom bomb, learn you craft well; so when you get out into [...]

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