About Ree Hotfessional
Ree is a working mom with a retired husband, 2 sons, a dog and two cats at home. Add 90% business travel to the mix, and you have one busy life.Website: http://hotfessional.com
Posts by Ree Hotfessional
Searching for Job Opportunities: Almost Can Be Perfect (Part 2 of 2)
By Ree Hotfessional on February 18, 2009
Be sure to read the first part of this series if you haven’t already!
After a whirlwind trip filled with meetings, I boarded my 7 a.m. flight home the next day with a scenario-packed brain. Over lunch with my husband, I verbalized those scenarios.
“What {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on February 18, 2009
Searching for Job Opportunities: Almost Can Be Perfect (Part 1 of 2)
By Ree Hotfessional on February 12, 2009
Sometimes, you find the perfect opportunity. Sometimes you find ALMOST the perfect opportunity. And almost is great. Almost is worth it. Almost is better than not even close.
And in today’s economic environment, you jump all over ALMOST.
When {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on February 12, 2009
It’s January – The Job Search Begins
By Ree Hotfessional on January 15, 2009
I hope everyone had a wonderfully relaxing and healthy, happy holiday season! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been hibernating. It’s so cold in Michigan, much colder than even seasonal for this time of year – and {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on January 15, 2009
When WAHM’s Are Unfocused – Relax! Focus!
By Ree Hotfessional on January 2, 2009
Sometimes, the hardest thing about working from home is coordinating what your mindset is and what you need it to be. When there’s an assignment due, but you can’t help staring out the window at what promises to be the last gorgeous day {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on January 2, 2009
A Job in the Hand?
By Ree Hotfessional on December 26, 2008
Is it worth two in the bush?
Is it worth taking a job that comes with a pay cut and/or less responsibility? How about one that is essentially the same as the job you had at the beginning of your career – sixteen years ago?
What if it comes with {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on December 26, 2008
Two Weeks & Counting
By Ree Hotfessional on December 13, 2008
The last time I was unemployed for longer than two weeks was 1986. I had graduated with my degree in Management from Eastern Michigan University and was attempting to find a job in West Virginia, of all places. I didn’t know very much about {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on December 13, 2008
A New Path
By Ree Hotfessional on November 20, 2008
I work in the Financial Services industry. It’s not a good industry to be in right now – and even though I work in the Information Technology division – it’s the bank that pays me. And therein lies the problem.
If you’ve {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on November 20, 2008
Internet to the Rescue
By Ree Hotfessional on November 12, 2008
Working from home does have a couple of disadvantages. Unless you have a willing spouse or neighbor, your children are older, or you’re REALLY LUCKY, it’s unlikely that you have the kind of administrative support that a good assistant provides.
Voila! {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on November 12, 2008
Equipping Your Home Office – Part 2
By Ree Hotfessional on October 29, 2008
We’ve talked about the essentials for your home office, those absolute necessities. A large-enough work surface and a comfortable chair. A different phone number, some sort of reminder system, and a surge protector. Your mileage needs may {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on October 29, 2008
A Work from Home Proposal – Part 3
By Ree Hotfessional on October 1, 2008
After asking yourself all of those questions, and answering them honestly and determining that you still want to work from home, you have to approach your boss.
With a formal proposal that outlines your plan and how it will benefit your employer. This {read more}
By Ree Hotfessional on October 1, 2008
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