Monthly Archives: April 2015
#TBT Six
So no one was brave enough to comment if they were thrown off by my prank post yesterday, huh? ;) Hope you had some fun on April Fool’s Day. Since this weekend we will be celebrating Easter, I thought I’d include an old Easter post for today’s Throwback Thursday. This was two years ago, while I was in track season and celebrating Easter at school. Thankfully this year I’ll be with friends and family for the first time in four years and I can’t wait!
Easter Brunch & Lemony Pasta Salad
Originally Posted: April 1, 2013
I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend my Easter Sunday. After rising extra early for a church service with one of my best friends Kerri, we got to enjoy the radiant sunshine and bright blue sky. It was glorious! Knocked out an 8-miler before noon with plenty of time to get ready for our Girl’s Team Easter Brunch.
We see each other daily at practice, when we are not trying to impress anyone. T-shirts and spandex. Make-up is minimal. Don’t even ask about my hair. Blatantly mismatched outfits have become normal, especially when it’s getting closer to laundry day…We have mastered getting ready for practice in under 15 minutes. Which is why getting dressed up in our Sunday Best was so fun! Dresses and heels obviously warranted some photographic proof that we can, in fact, look girly.
Kerri and I got a ride from our friends Emily and Carissa……when we got in the car, we noticed that we all happened to be sporting denim jackets. Classic.
The brunch was potluck style, and our team can cook! The table looked amazing with homemade goodies from everyone. I knew I wanted to bring something light and springy, so I turned to my faithful Pinterest for some recipe-searching. The result:
Light Lemony Pasta Salad.
- 1 lb. cooked pasta noodles
- Drizzle of olive oil
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- zest and juice of 2 lemons
- salt and pepper to preference
- 10 oz. non-fat greek yogurt
- 12 oz. low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups arugula
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup steamed edamame, shelled
- Cook and drain pasta; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in medium sauce pan, brown garlic for about one minute. Add in lemon juice, lemon zest, chicken broth and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add sauce to pasta; add in arugula, tomatoes, and edamame.
- Stir in greek yogurt; chill overnight.
- Top with fresh lemon slices and serve cold!
Our meal was rounded out with some fresh pineapple, kale chips, chicken salad sandwiches, homemade whole wheat cinnamon rolls and other delicious dishes.
Next on the agenda: dyeing eggs! Guess what? Water and food coloring is not a sufficient substitute for vinegar and egg dye. Plan B: Expo Markers!
Hope you enjoyed you Easter weekend! Now it’s back to the grind.
And I’m adding in this new Eli Young Band song because its my favorite right now, and since he says “blue jean jacket” I’m arguing that it is very relevant to this post. :)
Times Are A Changin’ – The New Resume Format
Good morning friends!
I’m finishing up my four years of business school next month. One of the best resources is the Career Center, which helps students develop and tailor their resumes and practice interviewing in the job search process. Resumes today are nothing like they were 20 years ago. A major shift in our industry with technology and the saturation of millennials in the job market has made hiring managers hyper-aware of the need for a social presence to remain relevant.
Millennials are coming into the job market, changing the entire dynamic of the hiring process. Millenials are a commodity because we present a different social skill set than previous generations. Any company relies on communication, internal and external. Millennials have mastered warp-speed communication.
There is a new standard when it comes to resumes and job interviews.
Standard, boring, bland resumes are no longer considered. In order to become current, resumes now include hashtags, social media statistics, and noteworthy internet interaction.
I thought the advice I got for my resume was so helpful, I wanted to share a copy with you! I know many of you are in similar situations and will be graduating shortly as well :)
*Obviously contact and personal info has been changed. This is a basic outline of the new format*
Think of your Twitter, Instagram and FB account as your resume. And the skills section is now just a mash-up of hashtags. Be clever! The more creative your hashtags, the more you’ll stand out from your competition. #winning
It’s time to update your resume! Oh and if you bought any of this, then you my friend are an…………………….
(Keep Scrolling)
Obviously this entire post today was complete satire. (“Milliennials are a commodity” HAHAHA)
The day resumes nonchalantly incorporate hashtags into the skills section is the day I quit and become a spinstress. I had to get you somehow :) Please do not actually include the number of Twitter followers in your resume. Though actually, I am a job-seeking graduate myself so I guess it would help to weed out some of the competition…. ;)
Did anyone else getcha good today? Or are YOU the prankster?
