Category Archives: Job Search

All posts related to my job search.

Blog Hiatus

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It has been over 2 months since my last post. There is a reason for this blog hiatus.

On February 20th of this year, while out for a walk, I was assaulted and my camera was forcibly ripped from my grasp. I managed to get the camera back but I also suffered an injury to my right wrist. Performing any actions with my right hand was painful, painful to the point I sought to avoid using it. The few blog posts made after February 20th were already written and needed only to be uploaded.
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Snow Removal, Paper Boy

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As I was growing up, I worked a number of odd jobs in the neighbourhood. One of these was snow removal. I enjoyed working at night when all sound was stilled by the freshly fallen, soft snow blanket. When pushing large quantities of snow I needed to exercise caution. I was of a height that put the handle of the shovel at the level of my groin. If the shovel blade caught on the lip of a paving stone, or some other obstruction, my exertions would drive the end of the shovel hard into my groin. This was extremely painful. I learned to be wary of this hazard.
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Goal Setting 2

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Performance Review

I did not meet my targeted goals for the last week. I have just returned from the post office after mailing two outreach letters. But only one of those was directly targeted toward the proposal. So I count these two mailings as 1.5 outreach events.

I also sent out two emails but only one of those directly focused on the TBI Proposal. These two communications are therefore also being counted as 1.5 outreach events.
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