Category: Work Life
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Today I’m Relaxing Instead of Working
It’s Time to Relax You are sitting in a comfortable position. The room temperature is just right. There is relaxing music playing in the background. Someone with a soft and gentle voice is giving these instructions: Relax. Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Release with a slow awl. Sit back and close…
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My Challenges Applying for Jobs Online
Those of you who spend time surfing the web know full well advancements in computer technology have made it easier and better to search for employment online. As a job seeker, we no longer must go in person and fill out a paper application or physically fax a resume and cover letter. Today we can…
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The Book Your Next Level Life Reinforced and Challenged My Career Goals
This past week I read a motivating and encouraging book. It challenged and inspired me to take my career to the next level. The book is titled Your Next Level Life: 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America by Karen Arrington. She is the founder of the Miss Black USA…
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Three Inventions for the Blind that Changed My Life
National Inventors Month After I went blind some 20 years ago, I needed tools to adjust to my new life. I knew that as a blind person I wasn’t going to be very successful without some kind of accommodation or modification to the way I was living and moving in the world. May is National…
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Got Zoom Fatigue? Go Audio Like Me.
A few weeks ago, I was reading an interesting newspaper article about people struggling with Zoom calls. In the article it referred to a Stanford University research study that revealed what people like me, who work from home, already know-Zoom fatigue is real. Sitting at a desk for long periods of time while staring at…
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How I Volunteer Virtually Regardless of a Pandemic
National Volunteer Week When most people think of volunteering in the community it is something that you physically do such as feeding the homeless, building a house, tutoring/reading to children, registering people to vote, or running errands for seniors. All of those tasks are great volunteer opportunities and are well needed in the community but…
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Recognizing 5 Black Women in Journalism During Women’s History Month
When I was taking courses in journalism in college, I learned about women in the news but they were more modern-day women verses historical. Since March is National Women’s History Month, I wanted to honor some women that impacted the industry from the past. Some of the women are not as well-known while others are…
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Warning! A Job Recruiter Tried to Scam Me on LinkedIn
Received Unsolicited Email From Recruiter Yes, you read it correct. I almost got scammed on LinkedIn by a job recruiter. In January I got an unsolicited email from a recruiter stating she had viewed my profile and I was a “great fit for an amazing opportunity.” She went on to say that they were looking…
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Organizing Your Home Office in Four Manageable Steps
One thing that people who know me say all the time is, “Empish, you are so organized!” Some say it with awe. Others with annoyance, envy or pure astonishment. But regardless of the reaction I know the statement holds true. See, I was raised by parents that believed everything had a place and that when…
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I’m Networking From Home During COVID-19
This is International Networking Week After working many years in the disability non-profit sector, I have learned a lot of professional skills that have elevated my career. I am sure you have heard of a couple of them like: Don’t send an email out when you are feeling stressed, angry or frustrated because the outcome…
Empish J. Thomas 