It's a New Year!! :)

Finally a new year!! To me there is nothing more exciting than new beginnings!! 2011 was very good to me, I graduated college, I landed a great job, got rid of some things that were bringing me down and am finally feeling secure with my future! But now I am looking forward to starting a new year with a new outlook on life. It's always exciting to think about what each new year will bring, where will I go this year?  What memories does this year bring?? How am I going to grow as a person? Will I learn any new hobbies?? Will I actually follow my New Years resolution this year?!? I think this year I am going to live a healthier lifestyle and try to learn to find some patience! I am probably the least patient person in the world and I feel like it limits me sometimes and is the root of most of my frustrations. I always want immediate results and most good things come with time! 

Any other good New Years resolutions?!? Start the New Year off right by posting your resume on MoveThatBlock or search their thousands of jobs available! :) 

Poor U.S. Economy?

Heres a thought from one of my colleagues- "I read that black Friday sales were into the multiple billions. Is the economy really that bad when people are still spending frivolously on Christmas/Holiday gifts? Also by querying MoveThatBlock, you see there are at least 1.3M vacant jobs in this country. Are we being fooled by the media or political engines or is the US economy really in shambles?"


I think this is an interesting point! Whose to say what the employment rate really is? Are we as a whole gullible to believe what the media is telling us is always true? Just a thought :) Happy Wednesday! 

How has the Internet changed our lives??

This seems to be a hot topic today in my conversations! I was without internet connection today for almost an hour and I couldn't even think what else my laptop had a purpose for if I couldn't use it for the Internet? Isn't it weird to think just a few years back there was no such thing as the Internet and computers were sparse in households? Now, if you are without a computer, laptop or smart phone you are living in the dark ages! 

So this got me thinking how much this has changed our daily routines over the years. For my job, I am the director of public relations and I don't know how people did my job before the Internet was invented. Almost my entire job is based upon the use of the Internet. I use social medias almost every hour throughout the day, I am constantly e-mailing reporters and colleagues information, I use online articles to find information and I even update my blog on a daily basis! 

This is no news flash to anyone that the Internet has truly changed lives over the course of it's existence but I don't believe people know to what extent! I wonder what other jobs would be greatly affected by the use of the Internet? Whose job would suffer by the extinction of the Internet and whose job would flourish? Interesting thought!