The other day, I was checking my mail and I came across a card addressed to me from Milrich Associates. It was a card wishing me a happy one-year anniversary since joining the team. The card thanked me for being “part of our team”, and in the card, Melanie Koerperich wrote: “It’s been a whole year already!” To me, it doesn’t seem like it, but it has.
I guess time flies when you’re doing something you enjoy!
Last year was a particularly lean summer for me in the sportswriting department, my bills were starting to pile up and I was looking for something to help supplement my income. I wouldn’t say I was desperate for another avenue but when Melanie – full disclosure, we are old friends from high school – commented on my Facebook page that she
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Sure, I’ve been able to weave in some of my sports anecdotes into my blogs. I even did a blog about all the sports metaphors used in the business world and, recently, talked about the impact that a team in a major sports championship has on the local businesses and economy. But, for the most part, I learned that there was much more, in fact, that I needed to learn.
For starters, I had never heard the terms “virtual work” or “virtual assistant” before I started with Milrich Associates. So, like every good reporter, I had to do my research and homework on the subjects. I looked up different blogs from people who worked from home, mainly “stay at home mom” blogs, so I could get a grasp of this new
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It was a different style of writing, one that I had to go a bit out of my comfort zone to rediscover, but one that I think brought out a different side of my creativity. That creative writing side, that had pretty much been dormant since high school and college after 20-plus years of writing mostly sports pieces came festering back. It felt good to rediscover that, it helped me approach my sports stories in a different light, and I believe my overall writing in the last year has improved because of it.
Sometimes it’s tough to come up with different topics, and sometimes “real life” interferes, but the most important thing I’ve taken away from this is how much I’ve learned about the world of business and virtual work.
For every blog I’ve written, about the benefits of this or that, I’ve equally learned while typing out those words. It’s been interesting.
When I celebrated my anniversaries with the newspapers I wrote for, all I got was a review, I never got a personalized card like I did from Milrich Associates. It’s been a great company to be a part of, and Melanie, Ben, and the crew do genuinely care about the members of their team, that’s for
As manager at Toyota of Greenville I would like to start off by thanking all the employees for all their hard work this past year. It’s a huge honor to have such hard and dedicated workers. Every month we like to award a Certificate of the employee of the month to show our appreciation for an employee who has done an outstanding job this past month. It is also a token of appreciation for the part you’ve played in making the company what it is today. Here at Toyota of Greenville we like to recognize a very special individual. This person has demonstrated exceptional performance on a significant number of factors. Your sales here have been very impressive, and we recognize that you have consistently achieved, and often exceeded, your goals.
“We are honored to receive this award and recognized for the positive impact the company brings to the community,” said Bob Bogle, Regional Operations Manager. “I was pleased all of our employees could attend and consequently meet the Poteau mayor, who stopped by the Oldcastle table to congratulate
I was interviewed by Rolston Carr and April Wilson and later joined by Mai Tran and Deidrel Roane in the same 3C conference room in which we hold most of our department meetings. Therefore, by order of things, it is only make sense that I start by thanking Rolston Carr for being the one through whom the GEICO door opened and the beginning of a long and rewarding career here. It is truly a special place to be in because without realizing it we are forever linked and connected: I will always start any
I looked at my calendar and noticed that today is your fifth anniversary. Congratulations! How is everything going? Do you have any questions? Let me know if you would like to sit down and review your 401k and benefits.
In 2000 Mr. D’Ablemont turned seventy years of age. Normally, he would receive an end of year bonus but, did not since he reached seventy. Subsequently, he wrote a letter in December 2000 to Kelley Drye & Warren’s chairman John Callagy, in reference to the end of the year bonus, which he felt he was entitled to. When Mr.
From relating this book to my ideas, I don’t think I would recommend this book to my friends and colleagues because quite a few of his ideas differ from mine. In that sense, if I were to recommend this book, I would essentially be telling these people that my ideas were wrong, and I don’t feel that way. He does share a lot of good and well thought out ideas on what a perfect society would look like, but he just doesn’t have the same beliefs that I do. His metaphors were really well thought out, and were described very well.
Metaphors are used in every day conversations to illustrate a point or create a visual to assist the listener in envisioning and understanding. Metaphors are common is works of journalists to help communicate the content to something the reader is familiar with. During various speeches, President Obama relates each respective topic to something that most Americans can relate to, sports. During a speech about foreign relations, Obama explained his own doctrine in terms of baseball, America’s pastime. “You hit singles, you hit doubles; every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run,” Obama said, according to Business Insider. He continues with the extended metaphor and mentions Guantanamo.
Colleen, Wow, 25 years, seems like yesterday you were the quiet, shy associate in corporate trust, well that description did not last:) Too many shared memories from HNB days, French Quarter haunts, jazz fests & all the other crazy times. Congratulations on all you have accomplished in past 25 years and continued success at Capital
Congrats Paul! Seven years is an impressive accomplishment. I have really enjoyed working with you the last couple of years. I have always thought of you as a high performer, but you growth in experience over the last couple of years has been impressive. Keep up the hard work and it will continue reap you great rewards in your career development.
Hello Central Florida. It’s been a while since our last Monthly Highlight. In this edition, we’ll review some of our December and January local accomplishments. Before we share our highlights, I’d like to recognize three of our co-workers who will be retiring this month. Dennis McKendree (FNT III) was hired in May of 1973 as a Preventive Maintenance Tech and retiring with 42 years of service. David Croskey (FNT III) was hired in September of 1989 as a Preventive Maintenance Tech and retiring with 26 years of service. Doug Silvey (Applications Support Tech) was hired in October of 1995 as an Information Service Rep and retiring with 20 years of service. Please join me in recognizing these three gentlemen and thanking them for their outstanding
Thank you for the congratulatory letter. I am truly excited that I have the opportunity to continue working for the office and take the next step in my career. Victim Comp is a great team and I am thrilled to be back working with Ann Meola, who has been such a great mentor to me since I joined the office in Dec 2012.
Michelle Lusson contacted us because she wanted an update on Thumper. Since we are not sending updates anymore, I sent her Thumpers progress journal and explained the changes taking place with the sponsorship program.
Thank you for the bonus provided for my work on the FCPA case. It was unexpected and I am very grateful for the bonus and recognition that our work did not go unnoticed. Cognizant is a special place for all the right reasons. You and the leadership team have been extremely supportive and we could not have done our job without your support.
I received several emails from folks who were having a difficult time finding their online memorials posted for the September blessing. I find the tool to be a bit tricky and was able to help several people after playing with it a bit. For those that I could not find no matter how hard I tired, I sent over to the donations staff.
It gave me more of an understanding of what incoming college students face when writing and what to expect in this more academically challenged environment. “What Is ‘Academic’ Writing?” by L. Lennie Irvin is a short story about how first-time college students and how they think to have these kinds of expectation figured out to write an academically correct paper and the troubles they face. He also mentions the Importance of developing a writer’s sense, the myths about writing, the three most common types of college writing assignments and talks about the complex literacy tasks in assignment students struggle with. I really thought his story compare to a lot of what was happening in my life. I was struggling as a writer and I thought I knew what the expectations were going to be heading into college, but I didn’t. The number one thing I would like to focus on and compare it to my life as a writer are the myths people have about