http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/168504?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/assets/images/jobster/logos/rss_logo.gif http://www.jobster.com/at/person/show/168504?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:37:38 GMT Most recently updated answers by melanie janiszewski http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/287339?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers I assist the director of development in the execution of three large-scale fundraising events annually. The director handles sponsorships, and most everything else is left to me. In addition, I manipulate the membership database and am responsible for grantwriting. I also work with the Communications Manager to create copy for the quarterly magazine and for the events I am planning. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:37:38 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/287339?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237253?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Karen Dempsey, program director, came and spoke at a career day for my academic department at Carnegie Mellon University. I created a contact with her through this event. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:19:52 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237253?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237251?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers I was an intern in the development department of the #1 shipper of educational materials to the developing world. I assisted in writing the newsletter, in volunteer coordination, and in clerical tasks. In addition, I was responsible for updating and maintaining the donor database, grant seeking, grant writing, grant management, project management, and donor relations. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:18:12 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237251?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237246?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Honestly, the most challenging aspect of my work was the people with whom I was working. Of three supervisors, one sexually harassed me, and another held me accountable and responsible for the aggressor's behaviour. It was a situation in which I'd not previously been placed, and one I hope to avoid in the future, but I learned volumes about conflict resolution and having a thick skin! Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:13:41 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237246?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237245?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Short term event planner for the 8th Annual Ohio Water Lily Festival. I was solely responsible for all aspects of the festival from facilities and logistics to vendor scheduling to PR and marketing. I tripled the size of the festival. In addition to my festival-related duties, I worked in sales, promotions, ecommerce, and wrote the monthly newsletter. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:12:06 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/237245?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221067?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers My primary major, Policy and Management, was a multi-disciplinary business and decision sciences degree. In my studies in the school of Social and Decision Sciences, I studied psychology, economics, policy analysis, organizations, data and statistical analysis, and basic business theory. I chose the Decision Sciences track of my secondary major, International Relations. This degree program was also multidisciplinary, between the School of Social and Decision Sciences and the History Department. I studied foreign relations theory, American foreign policy, and foreign aid. My areas of concentration were the European Union and Africa. I also spent a semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:36:59 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221067?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221039?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers DON'T INTERVIEW. DON'T TAKE THE JOB. IT'S A PYRAMID SCHEME. RUN AWAY!!!! Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:12:35 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221039?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/52396?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Everything. It's a pyramid scheme, a highly fraudulent one. They work with DARE, but give only 20% of the suggested retail cost to DARE. They mark up toys that they sell for Toys for Tots, and resell some of the toys. It's unsalaried, commission only, and they won't tell you what the commission is. Your "Second interview" will be someone driving you into the middle of nowhere to sell things outside of a grocery store, JCPenny or Best Buy for an entire day with absolutely NO WAY to go home. They'll tell you if you aren't willing to start on literally the next day, you'll lose the job to another candidate. There's even talk about a cult, called JUICE. There could not be a worse job to choose. You'll work twelve hour days six days a week for next to nothing. You'd be better off working in a fast food joint. You'll be trained in deception. Please. Please. PLEASE. Don't work at Nova. Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:01:22 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/52396?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221093?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Creative, forward-thinking, self-motivated, driven, passionate, initiative-taking, intelligent, honest. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:53:18 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221093?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221089?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Norman Borlaug, Nelson Mandela, Kahlil Gibran, Ella Fitzgerald, Gandhi, Kiron Skinner Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:50:54 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221089?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221083?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers I'd love to work with a nonprofit or civil service organization. I'm interested in working for federal agencies and companies with branches overseas. I enjoy working both in marketing and with IT professionals. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:46:38 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221083?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221082?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Start my own nonprofit or foundation. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:45:39 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221082?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221081?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers "What do you think about?" "What do I think about what?" 'Just, what do you think about?" I said that I thought about my place in the world, what I could do to help. I thought about how I interacted with the world, how the world interacted with the world, and how I interacted with me. I told him I was very introspective, and liked to go beyond the surface to determine peoples' motivations, defense mechanisms, and endgames. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:44:54 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221081?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221075?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers Community service, home improvement, reading, writing, yoga, cooking, salsa dancing... Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:41:17 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/221075?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_user_answers