Is the Half-Sick Day the New Sick Day?

You know a sick day before you’ve even gotten out of bed in the morning. It usually keeps you from being able to get out of bed, for starters. But a half-sick day? The kind of day where the morning starts out okay and gradually as the day progresses you find yourself feeling worse to the point where nothing gets done? These days are harder to figure out. Some mornings you may wake up feeling kind of ‘meh’ and take the day off to avoid the possibility of being sick in the office. By noon you’re totally fine and wondering why you even took the day off in the first place. Oh yeah, I wasn’t feeling well. I was sick, right?

If you’re anything like me, the idea of taking a day off from work sick or otherwise isn’t one that goes down well. I’m kind of a workaholic and luckily, I work within a position that  should I need to call in sick I have the opportunity to work from home. Half-sick days are unique in the [Read more...]

Rewards Cards are Dead

This week’s piece from MyCorporation will come from one of our Social Media Interns, James de Haan. You can tell him how great he is on twitter: @JimmyDeanKNVB.

I have a multitude of problems with Starbucks, sadly none of keep me from buying coffee there. Right now, I can officially call myself a paid writer, and how would anyone know that I was a writer unless I spent all of my time propped up in a dark corner of Starbucks, scoffing at the passing soccer moms and over-caffeinated teenagers?

Well it was during one of these “I’m totally going to write something and not spend my entire day watching cat videos” moods that I noticed something had gone awry with the Starbucks business model. I had ordered my usual- a tall black coffee- which [Read more...]

How Not to Interact With Your Boss

During a meeting with my boss the other week, I was casually discussing with her how I’d be meeting up with one of my freelance editors for the first time that weekend. My boss who is the CEO of the company I work for was curious to know about my editor and asked me how old she was. Without thinking, I blurted out, “Oh she’s old. She’s in her 30′s.” I should like to point out that my boss herself is in her 30′s and that my verbal diarrhea slip occurred during a meeting with our social media team so three other people all witnessed this moment.

Now in ordinary circumstances this would be the time to insert foot into mouth and backpedal outta there with a million and one apologies or, if you worked for a larger corporation, the moment in which getting struck by lightning would be more welcome than the silence filling up the room from the horrified group of witnesses in front of you. I used to work at a company [Read more...]

Why You Need a Tumblr

*Note: This post is more of a rave than a rant!

As a social media manager, part of my line of work is not only to actively seek out new and buzzworthy social media platforms and outlets, but to test them out and see if they’re a good fit for our line of work. Some platforms work better than others for a business, but just because a certain platform doesn’t work out for a business, doesn’t mean I won’t use it on my free time!

In my spare time I am an active blogger and I’ve run the gamut of blogging platforms. I started way back in high school in the days of GreatestJournal, LiveJournal, and Xanga. Then I switched over to Blogger and Blogspot which I liked but never truly felt attached to. When I was a junior in college, a friend of mine told me about Tumblr, a new kind of platform that merged writing with heavy visuals for an easy blogging experience. I was smitten on the spot. [Read more...]

Webinars, and Why I Can’t Stand Them

This week’s piece from MyCorporation will come from one of our Social Media Interns, James de Haan. You can tell him how great he is on twitter: @JimmyDeanKNVB.

I want to preface this particular rant with the disclaimer that I love the learning experience, and I’d never want to recommend people avoid from anything that could help expand their minds and worldview.

But I hate web conferencing. Sure you can “jazz it up” and slap the term WEBINAR before whatever drab, uninspired title a PR firm has come up with to get that ever coveted viewer but the fact remains, I can’t stand these things. [Read more...]

5 Figures of Speech to Avoid in Emails

Email Me

My email, myself is the way of the digital age and nobody knows it better than the millennial age group. As a member of said group and one who works in social media, I’m used to sending out emails throughout every morning, afternoon, and evening of my day. While I send out emails, I also get many either in response, as newsletters, or even just random announcements that somehow find their way into my inbox. Every email is different in its own way. The ones from those who work in corporate titles tend to be much more stiff and direct whereas the emails I receive from people who work in my field can be brief and filled with internet jargon. And even then that isn’t a set precedent: the roles can be and I have often seen them reversed with short emails from CEOs and longer, more descriptive ones from bloggers and other members of new media. [Read more...]

In Defense of the Humanities

Humanities

There is no more wretched an existence fraught with derision, questions, and slander than that of a humanities major.

All right, that’s a little hyperbolic, but if you are one of the poor, unfortunate souls who are going to school for a degree in the humanities then my heart weeps for you. Being a humanities major is precarious and difficult; most of the world sees it as an easy way out. It doesn’t have the applicability of a business major, nor does it carry the lofty respect of the sciences or engineering.

When I switched over to history people thought I was nuts. I was once an economics major, cock of the walk in terms of applicability. I could be an accountant! A manager! An analyst! [Read more...]

Interview with Freelance Writer Amanda Abella

Amanda Abella

Amanda Abella is a personnel administrator for a Miami-based employment agency and a freelance writer. When she is not helping recruiters or writing for clients, she runs Grad Meets World, a popular Gen Y blog where she discusses health, career, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and more. She is also the author of the highly anticipated ebook Grad Meets World: The First Year Out of College.

 

What is the biggest issue within generation-y?

Wow, that’s kind of a loaded question. I think our biggest issue would be learning to adapt. We happen to be coming of age during some crazy economic times, and as a result everything we were told while growing up isn’t happening. We have to realize that this isn’t our faults – we can’t pick when we’re born just like we can’t predict the stock market – and learn to adapt to a new situation. [Read more...]

It’s Time to Go Joe: Changing the Penn State Legacy

Joe Paterno

The shameful public knowledge of Penn State Defensive Coordinator Jerry Sandusky’s molestation of nine boys in 15 years has recently tarnished the reputation of Penn State’s establishment and affiliates. Ironically, I happen to attend Penn State as an online student and today received the Lion’s Pride Fall catalogue which has Paterno featured on the cover. Symbolic or coincidence?

A black and white photo of the historic Penn State football stadium has a colored silhouette of the legendary Joe Paterno looking proud at the crowd. In addition, the Board released to students today that Dr. Rodney A. Erickson will replace Graham Spanier as interim president, and Tom Bradley will substitute for Paterno. [Read more...]

The Best Part About The Season

Fall Season

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire: ok. Jack Frost nipping at your nose: mediocre. Cozying up in your favorite blanket adorned with cheesy reindeer and snowflakes with your book of choice in hand: perfect.

Not only do I impatiently await the months of November and December for the fashion and food, I impatiently await the best season for its prime reading nature. A good novel just reads differently when it’s next to a fire with a warm beverage rather than under the sun with a lemonade.

Work either begins to slow down or pick up depending on the business you’re in. If it slows down, you’re golden for whichever reading ventures you want to take on. If it picks up–what better way to end a hectic work day than cracking open the adventure you regretfully left the previous night before drifting to sleep. [Read more...]