Let’s talk about summer fun. Have you noticed how all the world is making up for the lost summer of 2020? You may be as well. You just can’t seem to get enough vacation time, enough weekend jaunts, enough beach time, enough gardening, enough outdoor time crammed into your summer. With each of these pleasures […]
Author: Saralee Rhoads
Link Roundup
A vintage western cowboy is the Roy Rodgers Show, in which he and Dale Evans sang, Happy Trails To You at the end of every program. I’ve been thinking about him, since we just got back from a trip to Wyoming, where a round up is a vivid experience, but its usage by brand reps is […]
Grow More than May Flowers
When you take on the role of being a merchandising rep, you bring a lot to the table. getsmarter lists sixteen qualities of valuable employees, and you have one or more of these…it’s how you got this job! Take a moment to think about all of the skills you’ve been building and choose one […]
We Want To Hire You…and Your Friends
The madness assailing the nation is beginning to fade…maybe just a little bit, but don’t you feel the breath of fresh air as we turn the corner on viruses and masks and political madness? The nation is getting back to work. What does that mean for you? For one thing, as precious as […]
Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida
Who are you? Really? Sam Tschida explores an interesting concept. Released this January, this fun little novel is about a woman with amnesia, who recreates herself by looking up all of her Instagram posts. It raises some good questions: Are we more than our posts? If a prospective employer looked at your posts on […]
Zombies Don’t Need Jobs
In this emerging post-Covid 19 world, have you been struck by the fact that absolutely no zombies have dominated our headlines? After watching The Walking Dead, I expected this to be a much more prevalent concern than it has proven to be…but don’t give up on zombies yet. They’re just smaller than you expected. […]
Create a Happier and Healthier You
We hear it all the time: Bless you! Do you know where it came from? People in medieval times said, “Bless you!” when someone sneezed because it was often the first sign of coming down with the plague. I kind of like it. It has a nice ring to it. We can all […]
Fun Facts You Probably Don’t Know…about department stores
I know! We all are in them all the time…but some things just never register. Visit the Miracle Mile in Chicago, and revel in this secret knowledge as you shop. In this month of learning new interesting facts, I thought some weird facts about the places where we work might be of note. You […]
Did You Know?
As we spring into this new phase of 2021, let’s look at some interesting facts and why they matter to you. Like or not, we live in this age, we work with these people, and we are affected by the air we breathe. Let’s look at the emerging workforce of 2021. Did you […]
Who’s Ready to Start a Garden?
Get better at what you do. It’s a pretty straightforward concept, isn’t it? As we get better, we get faster and we earn kudos from our employer. We earn raises and bonuses. These are not new concepts…but when we work in absentia from the home office, we operate on our own. It’s easy to become […]