Hello, friends.
I am currently working on my resume to be sent out this fall, and I'm wondering if there are any readers out there who wouldn't mind looking over a resume and maybe have a little more experience than I do in the area. I feel kind of clueless as to the matter, and feel I'd rather ask help from people I know than just googling "resume help."
So, if you would want to help, let me know!
My resume will most likely be going in two directions: the Department of Education (D.C.) to work on reading programs or literacy development (I don't know exactly), and to children's publishing companies such as Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins (NYC) to do editing.
I have an education background (obviously...after this degree) - teaching strategies, curriculum development, etc., but I also have a good understanding for english (literature, and language acquisition) and psychology/human development. I feel I want to highlight these things in my resume, but I don't know if there's a clear way to do this. I guess you just list degrees and call it good?
Does a resume have pictures/graphics sometimes? I've been thinking having a website up and running is probably something I should do. I guess this blog doesn't count. I used to have a website - mersbookshelf.com. It was for my "independent consulting" I was doing for awhile for Usbourne Books. It is a great children's publishing co., but when I started school again, I didn't have time to do anything with it. I should probably put that on my resume! I had forgotten all about that. Mary...remember when you found out I had my own children's book side business?
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
A new favorite place
My new favorite place is Brianhead. This is a picture of me and my roommate Kim. We went and hung out in St. George for the 4th of July, and then went up to Brianhead for the day on Saturday. Kim's parents have a great condo they are just finishing up there, which we will (hopefully) be enjoying a lot of also. We got kettlecorn and went to a craft fair, which I expected to be kind of kitchy (or whatever that word is) or just more Mormon handcraftish. It wasn't. I got some beautiful jewlery for me and my mom's birthdays this month. Brianhead is a resort, but still small. It really is so beautiful.
Maclane Lawrence came with us. (My sister-in-law's brother)
Right before we went kayaking on the Cedar Breaks Lake (??? I'm not sure which lake it was up there...There are a lot) It was so peaceful!
I'm looking forward to my time at Deep Creek in August. I'm ready to be waterskiing.
Maclane Lawrence came with us. (My sister-in-law's brother)
Right before we went kayaking on the Cedar Breaks Lake (??? I'm not sure which lake it was up there...There are a lot) It was so peaceful!
I'm looking forward to my time at Deep Creek in August. I'm ready to be waterskiing. Bill Smith
Over Christmas an interesting thing happened. I've been meaning to blog about this for awhile.
I somehow heard that Bill Smith (the Bishop of my home ward, who my family has known forever) was planning on quoting ME in his Christmas message he was giving to the ward from the pulpit. I obviously was surprised and confused. What could he want to quote me as having said? I'm just this little insignificant person, and I don't understand what would be important enough or interesting enough that everybody in the ward would want to hear it.
So, we are sitting there listening to his message, and he tells about this time when I was like 11 or 12, and he is teaching my sunday school class. The lesson is about the plan of salvation and apparently, I make a comment about how, in short, we're born, we have trials, and we die. I make no mention of the living and having joy in life, but only emphasize the fact that I believe life is about having trials. I didn't understand much of why Bishop Smith felt this would be a good message for the ward to hear, because basically he was revealing to the congregation my depression and cynicisms that seemed to have been manifested at a young age. He said, that when I said this, it struck him, and that he hadn't really thought about it before, but that he agreed with me.
One time, I remember discussing with Kenzie Lawrence the fact that we felt completely fine about dying at that point in our lives. We had both just gotten back from missions, and I do think that when you get back from a mission you feel a sense of closeness to the spirit and also complete exhaustion from the mission-life. This period didn't last long, and I don't know how I feel about dying now. I just think it's funny that we both felt okay about dying then.
I think fighting depression and being happy in life is a constant battle for many people. I wonder about happiness sometimes, because I feel that I'm a very even-keel (is that how it's spelled?) person and I've wondered how I am to gauge my degree, or level (if you will) of happiness. I have a great life, great family, great friends, and no clinical diagnosis for depression. I appreciate people who are very realistic about the challenges they are facing in life and do not try and bury struggles they are having.
I do think that we should remind ourselves on a consistent basis that joy should not be negated from life.
I somehow heard that Bill Smith (the Bishop of my home ward, who my family has known forever) was planning on quoting ME in his Christmas message he was giving to the ward from the pulpit. I obviously was surprised and confused. What could he want to quote me as having said? I'm just this little insignificant person, and I don't understand what would be important enough or interesting enough that everybody in the ward would want to hear it.
So, we are sitting there listening to his message, and he tells about this time when I was like 11 or 12, and he is teaching my sunday school class. The lesson is about the plan of salvation and apparently, I make a comment about how, in short, we're born, we have trials, and we die. I make no mention of the living and having joy in life, but only emphasize the fact that I believe life is about having trials. I didn't understand much of why Bishop Smith felt this would be a good message for the ward to hear, because basically he was revealing to the congregation my depression and cynicisms that seemed to have been manifested at a young age. He said, that when I said this, it struck him, and that he hadn't really thought about it before, but that he agreed with me.
One time, I remember discussing with Kenzie Lawrence the fact that we felt completely fine about dying at that point in our lives. We had both just gotten back from missions, and I do think that when you get back from a mission you feel a sense of closeness to the spirit and also complete exhaustion from the mission-life. This period didn't last long, and I don't know how I feel about dying now. I just think it's funny that we both felt okay about dying then.
I think fighting depression and being happy in life is a constant battle for many people. I wonder about happiness sometimes, because I feel that I'm a very even-keel (is that how it's spelled?) person and I've wondered how I am to gauge my degree, or level (if you will) of happiness. I have a great life, great family, great friends, and no clinical diagnosis for depression. I appreciate people who are very realistic about the challenges they are facing in life and do not try and bury struggles they are having.
I do think that we should remind ourselves on a consistent basis that joy should not be negated from life.
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