Author: redpenguinweb

During my 35 years of practicing law, I had a general law practice which evolved into a more specialized successful personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, and defective medical device litigation law practice. I had many highly satisfying “Perry Mason” moments in court when I was able to able to get the witness/wrongdoer to …

“Carnie Girl” I call myself…and proudly. Working as a ticket taker in a local Carnival I’m no place I ever thought I’d be. Hell, on a good day I wouldn’t even go to a  local carnival! After all, when I was away at finishing school, I was up nights thinking where I was going to …

I started another sales job at 35. In the beginning, it was going well. It was in that six-month mark that I became disgusted with what I was doing, working for a company that I didn’t believe in. I put on a good deal of weight sitting at my desk the majority of the day. …

When you become unemployed in mid-life, you reassess your skills, think about your future and for some, do quirky things. That’s ME! The quirky animal lover in me came out when one club member mentioned his problem with his very scary 100-pound dog. Holly barks at everyone, she scares people but she is really a …

September 11, 2001 was the day that I began the process of “firing” myself. We all know where we were that morning. I was getting ready to head to my job in Jericho, Long Island at an insurance adjusting company where I had worked for 8 years. It was only my third job since graduating …

This will be a different kind of job interview story. This is one that takes a lesson from our childhood—I was always told, and I’m sure you were, if you didn’t have anything nice to say, say nothing. Sage advice, but I wasn’t smart enough to practice it. I was young, that’s no excuse, but …

I went into Manhattan today to interview for a project manager job with a company called Genesis Networks. It couldn’t have gone much better (well, it could have been better if they had offered me the job, but more on that later). I had done my research on their business, reading their website and other …

Story of a crazy, but successful interview I had:  How I overcame illegal questions asked of me during my interview Back in 1989, I was looking to find a job on Long Island, enabling my return home after nearly a decade in Chicago. It would give me the chance I was looking for to put …

After being in an interview with a professional board of directors for a management position, the interviewer popped up with the question—I see you received an award from a municipal official in the county? What is your political party and are you involved? This one ticked Joann off. She had  interviewed people for twenty years …

Finally! I had a job interview. Well, at least that’s what they called it before I got there. I’m not mentioning names or locations, so this can apply to anyone. There are bad bosses, ones that are so controlling that they feel all others are idiots. Ones that don’t take the time to train, explain …