Lemon Life @ Work

    Jumping Out of Airplanes

    Words by Tim Matson
    Image by Lindsey Shields

    About joining the military, Brian Cox says openly that he always knew he wanted to be in the some branch of armed service. Originally, he says, he wanted to fly fighter jets. However, a heart murmur would prevent him from becoming a naval aviator.

    He came to this conclusion:

    “Well, if I can’t fly airplanes, then I’ll jump out of them,” he says.

    If you ask Rosa Koenig why she joined Air Force ROTC, her answer is simple: “I love the military life; I love the discipline and feel more at home in this atmosphere…I basically grew up in the military.”

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    By Casey | 21 Apr 10 | Also published in Features, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Job Searching On Company Time

Words by: Dave Johnson
Image by: Mackenzie Brough
Looking for work while already employed is a tricky business.  I’ve done it.  Sometimes successfully, sometimes not so.
Finding the ideal work situation is important.  Yes it’s work and, yes, it’s crummy but that’s reality.  I’ve worked in several different offices in a few different areas of the country since [...]

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By admin | 09 Sep 09 | Also published in Features | Comments (1)

Pink Slip Panic. Blessing in Disguise?

Words by: Virginia Manning
Image by: Megan Verhey
“I hope you understand how serious this is”, my director said to me during a meeting. “You have three weeks to prove to this company that you belong here.” Nearly paralyzed with fear, I nodded my head, and felt a bead of sweat roll down the side of my [...]

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By admin | 27 Jul 09 | Also published in Features | Comments (2)

Lemon Life @ Work - Wanted: Meaningful Work, I think…

Words by: Ian Humphreys
Image by: e (special thanks to michael tunney & takacsi75)
There comes a time in all our lives when one must put aside procrastination and idle fantasies and pick a career path. Well, perhaps not, there is always the nomadic life, the constant interning, and all sorts of fun ways to avoid responsibility. And [...]

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By Erika | 16 Jul 09 | Also published in Features | Comments (0)

Nobody Really Knows Anything

Words by: Lizzy Karp
Image by: Kessyie
In times of personal transition advice is everywhere. Billboards offer tag-line solutions, magazines issue glossy unemployment tips, and my mother’s daily motivation comes like a fortune cookie via text message.
I sought professionals for advice and went to the career center of my university, [...]

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By Erika | 29 Jun 09 | Also published in Features | Comments (1)

My Worst Summer Job

Words by: Casey Robertson
Image by: Hugo Arias
When you’re a university student, the term “summer” seems much more expansive than the summers that bridge each high school year. While high school summers often consisted of the months of July and August, - and if you were really fortunate, maybe a bit of June, - university summers [...]

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By admin | 03 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

Friendly Fire

Words By: Sam Clemens 
Image By: ClickFlashPhotos
I work at a small company.  There are six of us.  Three young people and three senior people.  We engage in the usual office pleasantries or un-pleasantries, as the case may be.  As work relationships go they’re all pretty solid, but they are exactly that, work relationships.  I’ve never been [...]

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By admin | 25 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

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