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Day Jobs for Writers: Journalist and Romance Author

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on March 31, 2021

Day Jobs Tamara Lush 2

For Part 3 in my series about day jobs for writers, today’s interview is with Tamara Lush. Tamara works as an AP journalist, and she is also a highly successful romance author.

Tamara, you have a highly demanding full-time job, and you also publish romance novels. … Read more... “Day Jobs for Writers: Journalist and Romance Author”

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Career Change Success Story: From Nonprofit Development to User Experience (UX)

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on November 27, 2021

Jennifer Houlihan

Today’s interview features Jennifer Houlihan. I met Jennifer through Austin Digital Jobs. Jennifer told a hilarious story about a mishap in a class she was taking and after I learned more about her, I decided to share her career change success story with you.… Read more... “Career Change Success Story: From Nonprofit Development to User Experience (UX)”

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Filed Under: Career Change

How to Get Credit at Work

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on March 31, 2021

How To Get Credit At Work

What should you do if your work accomplishments go unnoticed or unrewarded or worse yet, credited to someone else? Here are recommendations about how to get credit at work:

Document everything.

Your co-workers and boss are busy with their own work and won’t specifically notice what you are doing unless you tell them.… Read more... “How to Get Credit at Work”

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Filed Under: Workplace Psychology

Where to Meet People in the Austin Tech Scene

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on March 31, 2021

Austin Skyline at Night

Photo by Carlos Delgado on Unsplash

If you work in Austin tech or wish you did, it is a smart career strategy to leave the office sometimes and meet people in the Austin tech scene. Here are some of the Austin tech events and organizations to explore:

Austin Digital Jobs – A group with 40,000 members dedicated to retaining talent in Austin and attracting new brands.… Read more... “Where to Meet People in the Austin Tech Scene”

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Filed Under: Austin, Tech Careers

Day Jobs for Writers: Communications and Sci-Fi

By Janet Scarborough Civitelli, Ph.D. Last updated on March 31, 2021

Writer Stel Pavlou

For Part 2 in this series about day jobs for writers, I interviewed Stel Pavlou. Stel is the author of the Daniel Coldstar series of books, described by HarperCollins as “gritty and fun science fiction fantasy.”

What type of books do you write?… Read more... “Day Jobs for Writers: Communications and Sci-Fi”

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Filed Under: Career Profile

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