Did you get a letter from “Tricare” in the mail claiming you’ve won $250,000 in a U.S. lottery? It’s a scam. Tricare is real, but the check in this mailing is fake.

Last night I heard the fireworks begin and ran for the cupboard for the remedy to help Domingo as he began to shake and look for a safe place to run. Many of you may have the same situation with your pets. Today I received this email from Mary J. Getten, an animal communicator that I…

Free fun in Spokane is easy to find. “The Shop” Located at 924 S Perry has started up it’s free summer movies again this year. This weeks movie will be Back to the Future. Movies begin at dusk (9ish). The shop has new owners and they are doing something unique with the summer movies. (click here to read…

See it to believe it- Kent Henderson Photography

I find myself trying to explain HDR- High Dynamic Range- photography to friends and clients every week, but you have to see the effect to really understand it. I have a quick preview on my website, just a single before & after example. I'm going to research this a little more from my recent Real Estate photo shoots and, next week, set up a blog post with several…

Like one in four Americans, I have diabetes. Like many of you, money is tight right now for our family. So when our new insurance refused to pay for the whole number of test strips I go through in a day, I started shopping around for the best out-of-pocket deal.

A lady on a diabetes forum told me about American Diabetes Wholesale, which sells 200 test strips for…

When I'm called to shoot a Real Estate listing (Kent Henderson Photography) it's interesting to see where we end up at. Recently I traveled up to Chattaroy to meet Seth Maefsky at a 10 acre listing with a view of the mountains north of Tum Tum to the west of the property. Here is a link to a few of the pictures- listing post

Take a look,…

And the results are in for the Spokane Civic Theatre Raise the roof feasibility study.

The Results are in!

You may have heard of Spokane Civic Theatre’s Raise the Roof project. You know the one: $1.2 million to raise the roof above the Main Stage for a fly loft to make such shows as Peter Pan and, someday when the rights are…

You don’t have to live in Spokane for very long to sense the competition between the East and West.  So I was pretty happy the other day when Jack Kaplan from WorkSource Spokane told me that only he and another person in the Tri-Cities were certified to assist employers in the recruiting and hiring process using state of the art assessment processes.  Jack is the author of a recent white paper, “…

Follow-up, what does that mean for your job search in 2012?

Did you send a thank you card or email?  No?  Most people don't but SHOULD.  One phone call or email is all you should do.

If we don't respond there IS a reason.  Could be one of many - we haven't made our selection yet, we don't like you, in my case sometimes I haven't heard back from my client.  If you bother me and I just haven't made a selection, you just might have helped me eliminate a candidate. :(

What…

As a recruiter i call hundreds of applicants a month to try to set up interviews.  As a job seeker you need to "turn on" your good attitude and smile when you talk on the phone.  Anyone out there remember that rule, "Smile when you are on the phone".  If I have a not so great phone conversation with a candidate i make note of it and take that into consideration before making a decision.

Sometimes i change my mind mid call and don't bring that person in for an interview. …

Kent Henderson Photography prepared some images today for LaunchPad to help promote the Member's Lounge as an ideal space to rent for your upcoming event. The Lounge here in the basement of 120 North Stevens has plenty of space to mingle and comfortable seating for those who want to relax. There is a full-size bar to prep and serve refreshments and a sink for quick clean-up. E-mail…

One of my friends posted an Amber Alert on Facebook this morning: 

Little girl, 3 years old, picked up by a man driving a gray car, license plate: Quebec 72B 381. Please re-post. Three seconds will not kill you. If it were your child you would want the same support.…

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3728128934

Attention Job Seekers!   Please give me just a minute of your time.

I am a recruiter with over 13 years of experience.  i offer 3 seminars to help you in your job search.

http://metrowomanmag.com/spokane/directory/flip/  Spokane Metro Women June 2012…

Today’s brands do their best to build websites that cater to their customers. They use targeted research data, purchasing-trend analytics and other complicated formulas to build out content and website flow that will not only attract customers but engage them as well. The goal of this careful website craftsmanship is to make self-service effortless and enjoyable for customers and profitable for the company.

The problem for most websites is not a lack of content but rather the…

It’s true! Spokane Civic Theatre will be opening it’s 2013-14 season with Les Miserables. Only a select number of theatres nation wide have been given permission to produce the show and we were chosen!! Oh, the excitement.

We did a quick question and answer with Yvonne AK Johnson, Executive Artistic…

Now that summer is coming and schools are letting out for summer many companies look to use unpaid interns.  While this seems like a great idea in theory, there are laws the companies need to be aware of to keep themselves out of trouble.  

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) governs workers and lets us know when an employee should be classified as an employee or an intern. Within the FLSA  the term trainees is used rather than interns so many people don’t think the law applies to…

The greatest gift I have found to develop a greater intuitive experience is meditation.  It was in my meditative experience one morning I was given a specific meditation I now use.

  Many of you already meditate and if you do, that is wonderful! You know the value of creating this time for yourself and the…

So far this week has been very interesting.  Monday I had such a sore throat that it hurt to talk and today I have no voice.  I have many positions to fill so I am scheduling interviews for later this week with the hope that my voice will be back. 

Interesting thing is that the candidates email me their resumes but don't check their emails for a response.  I know that the normal request from a recruiter is a phone call.

If you give us a phone and email address, you have to be…

The US Green Building Council’s LEED certification has been experiencing not only substantial market penetration since it inception in 1998, but has gone through many progressive changes to make the program a more holistic and inclusive green building standard that can be applied to almost any type of building type or size. …

For all our Realtor fans, or those that know a Realtor: did you know that many Realtors choose to have a "cookie cutter" website from one of the providers that has pre-branded websites or iFrame solutions, that uses listing data hosted and shared, on the providers servers, that link back to the providers servers? Many don't realize this, and when the search engines "crawl" their website, the links that are being indexed may be for the provider, and not the actual Realtor. The solution: a…