My Daily Domestic Clips 11/30/2011 (a.m.)

• “Craft of the Week” Kick-off « Our Domestic Church Make aluminum foil fish – because St. Andrew was a fisherman! tags: Catholic apostle standrew
• Liturgical Year : Christmas Anticipation Prayer (Prayer) – Catholic Culture tags: Catholic apostle standrew
• Saint Andrew The Apostle tags: Advent Catholic apostle standrew
• How to Change the World: Ten Questions With Penelope Trunk: Career Guidance for This Century I just started following Penelope Trunk and her blog.  She has some fascinating answers and opinions on things, especially succeeding in the new economy.  I should probably buy her book for Christmas presents. 
  •   Grad school generally makes you less employable, not more employable. For example, people who get a graduate degree in the humanities would have had a better chance of surviving the Titanic than getting a tenured teaching job.
  • Don’t place too much importance on your first job. You’ll have a lot more. Most people have eight jobs before they turn thirty, and that’s fine. It is nearly impossible to know what career will be a good fit for you until you start trying things. So give yourself the latitude to try a lot. And don’t get hung up on a big soul search. To land a great job, you don’t need to know the meaning of life, just the meaning of hard work.
  • On some level it would be insane not to move back home, which is why more than fifty percent of graduating seniors do it. Moving back to your parent’s house is a smart step toward finding a career that’s right for you.  Entry level jobs typically cannot cover the cost of rent, college loan payments, and insurance premiums—all of which are rising faster than wages. If you don’t have to worry about paying rent, you have more flexibility to wait for the right job and to take a job that feels very right but pays very poorly. The rise of the prestigious but unpaid internship intersects perfectly with trend to move back home.

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