November, 2009

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I Have A Job!!! Now Let’s Get You One.

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

After 408 days of unemployment I finally have a job offer which I am going to accept.  It has been a long road but God is good and has seen my family through this tough time.

For this reason my blog will be mothballed indefinitely until I get settled in my new place and job. If I begin to find time to start posting again I will.

But, for all my fellow urban planners who are desperately looking for a job I want to share with you the list of my internet job searching resources specifically for planning.  You have probably hit many of these sites but I bet there are some you haven’t seen or thought of.  The best resource, and the site that led me to the place I found my new job, was www.jobster.com It crawls many newspapers and other job boards for any kind of job in any zip code.  I would search terms like “AICP”, “Urban Planner”, “Land Use”, “Urban Design”, and “Planning Director”.  You will find you have to refine your search to omit or add (using – or +) to get the detail you need.

Planning Specific Job Sites:

Similar Professions & Government Job Sites:

On Twitter follow these for job blasts several times daily:

  • @CUPPACareers
  • @GetUrbPlannJobs
  • @GreenBizJobs
  • @greenerjobs
  • @JobAngels
  • @EcoEmploy

Good Luck & Hang in there, I know it is tough and I’m here to talk to via email or twitter if you need some help, want a second set of eyes on your resume or cover letter, or even just a sympathetic ear.  I’m here.

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Last Sunday at the Fair

Friday, November 6th, 2009

I meant to publish this on Monday but this week has been super busy.  I had a great interview which looks promising and I can only hope it leads to employment shortly.  I wish I could tell you all more but I will when everything is finalized.

This week is the Coastal Carolina Fair.  One of the bright spots of Charleston in the fall.  I grew up going to the Sussex County Fair, now the New Jersey State Fair, but the Coastal Carolina Fair is a little different.  The Sussex County Fair was more agriculture based whereas the Coastal Carolina Fair is merely there to suck your money our of your pockets.  There is an art show and nightly music entertainment, mostly country artists.  But the Coastal Carolina Fair lacks that 4H feel that regional fairs usually have.  There was no blueberry pie contests or best cattle, this is surprised coming from an area that has historically been farmed.

Anyway, Myself, Jess, and Jackson went with Aunt Cate and her man Spencer. We ate yummy junk food like corn dogs, fried oreos, bbq sandwiches, and fried cookie dough.  I always have to have something new, and I wanted to try friend Captain Crunch but Jess wasn’t up for it so cookie dough it was.  Baby Jackson was wonderful and didn’t complain all day.  He even enjoyed his first Ferris wheel ride.

The fair also had the Space Roller again.  I went on this amazing ride two years ago and somehow convinced Jess to go on it with me a second time, she calls it the Ride of Death.  This year I went on it with Spencer.  He made the bad decision of eating his fried oreos first, I always ride first then eat later.  The ride was great, he was less than thrilled though and I think it was all he could do to keep his oreos down.  This video shows the ride in action.  Try not to get dizzy just watching it!

Jeff and Jackson

Me and my boy at the fair!

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View from the Midway.

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My two loves.

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Look at all the people!

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New Poll Feature!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

On the sidebar below my bio you will see a weekly poll called Monday’s Poll.  Each Monday there will be a new poll question and the results will be published the following week.  This week’s question is “What type of planning do you believe is most important in today’s current economic climate?”

Give it a try!

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