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This morning’s writing session generated so much

This morning’s writing session generated so much creative energy that a watermelon exploded from where it was sitting on the kitchen table, directly behind my wingback chair.

I mean, it had also been sitting in the hot August sun since dawn... but I’m gonna take this hot pink mess as a good omen 😉 🍉

#amwriting #authorsofinstagram #newbook #workinprogress #create #august #sunflower #daisy #energy

Back in #2014, I wrote Herizons Magazine's feature

Back in #2014, I wrote Herizons Magazine's feature article, "Are Emoticons a Woman Thing?" Because of the swift and ever-changing nature of technology, I have no idea if this data still holds water (obvs, it doesn't. Nowadays we call these Lil fellas emojis). BUT, here's a few trivia facts from waaaaay back in the mid twenty-tens:

- This was the first emoticon :-) it had a nose.

- Emoticons were made popular in the mid 1980's after computer scientist Scott Fuhlman suggested participants use the smiley to distinguished light-hearted posts from serious comments.

- Scott Fuhlman came to rue the decision, lamenting: "I had no idea that I was starting something that would soon pollute all the world's communication channels."

- In her study, "Expressions Online," researcher Alecia Wolf found that women used emoticons nearly twice as often as men.

- Wolf also found that women tend to use emoticons to convey humour, while men use them to convey sarcasm

- Clinical counsellor Marcia St. Pierre summed Wolf's findings as the pressure women face to use "linguistic softeners:" "That women must be pleasant is socially ingrained in our psyches and has bearing on (all forms of) our communication."

- In 2008, 25% of high schoolers were incorporating "text speak" into formal essays (that's gotta be higher now, right?)

- It matters (or used to matter 🤷‍♀️) to whom you send an emoticon: in 2008, it was suggested by linguistic researcher Franklin Krohn that you never send a smiley to anyone born before 1946, while boomer recipients *probably* will not appreciate an emoji, and Gen X's should only be sent "basic" emoticons (Smileys, Winkies, Hearts - I'm laughing as I type because my husband is a Gen Xer and he uses emojis like someone's liable to delete them from his phone). Krohn said it was totes fine to send emoticons to Millenials (Gen Z, no one was talking about you in 2014, and Gen C (Generation COVID) was barely born)

And that's been this Throwback Thursday's "Emoticon Facts (from 2014) with Katie."

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

#tbt #throwbackthursday

Many clients come to me with this problem: gaps in

Many clients come to me with this problem: gaps in employment history.

Most are mothers seeking to re-enter the workforce after an extended leave, but not all. Some have spent the last decade caregiving, and others were working in positions far removed from the industry they now plan to reenter. Some were freelancing from home, or even odd-jobbing their way through South East Asia. Wherever they were, they came to me ready to rejoin the rat race! But… how?

Check out http://katiebickell.com/resume-tip-how-to-own-big-gaps-in-employment/ for resume tips on how to edit your resume to best present those missing dates, and how to highlight the work experience you already have.

And get in touch if you're hoping to make your CV really stand out!

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#resume #jobsearch #cv #career #jobs #hiring #resumetips #employment #resumewriter #resumewriting #resumeservices #resumedesign #resumebuilding

Read more at katiebickell.com/angels-in-the-snow/

Read more at katiebickell.com/angels-in-the-snow/

Slave Lake people, remember the giant, glowing, mu

Slave Lake people, remember the giant, glowing, must-be-radioactive moose that used to stand by the highway between Widewater and town? We found him in retirement.

#alberta #northernab #countrylife #roadsigns

It always means a lot to me to hear back from my r

It always means a lot to me to hear back from my resume clients --- this feedback in particular really touched me ❤️

Sometimes we can get so down on ourselves that we let the sabotaging part of our brains convince us a situation is hopeless. In the words of John Lennon, "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not, it's not the end."

Don't give up. You got this.
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#jobs #jobsearch #resume #reviews #feedback #motivation #work #hiring #career

Have a great long weekend everyone! Long weekend

Have a great long weekend everyone!

Long weekend camping trips probably account for about 20% of my last book, so my fingers are crossed this break will be as fun and productive with lots of time for Chloe-inspired on-the-water naps. Whatever you’re up to, have fun and stay safe ☀️

#camping #boatlife #naptime #augustlongweekend #lakelife #authorsofinstagram

You may have noticed women on sharing b&w selfies

You may have noticed women on sharing b&w selfies with the hashtag #challengeaccepted or #blackandwhitechallenge. The challenge originated in Turkey to draw attention to violence against women. Moving overseas, the campaign kinda morphed into an #empowerment game - a way to claim the diversity of female beauty and tag a friend to do the same. Nothing at all wrong with that, but in a country with such problems around #femicide, #MMIW and domestic abuse, I wanted to reach a little bit deeper.

The young woman in the first photo is not me. She's a woman named Ashleigh Pettman. Or that's how I knew her when we went to junior high together in #slavelake #alberta. Her full name is Ashleigh Lee Louise Pettman-Wilson. She has green eyes and light brown hair. She's approximately 5'4, and this year she is 34 years old, so if she's aged like I have there's probably a few strands of silver in her hair, here and there.

Ashleigh went missing the summer of 2005, a year after kids our age graduated from high school. One day, men who were unknown to Ashleigh's family came to pick her up from her grandparents' home on the west side of #BritishColumbia in an unidentified vehicle. They referred to her as "Ash." She as seen shortly after in "City Park" in #Kelowna BC, June 5 2005, and then never again. Her case is Ref.# North American Missing Persons Cold Case Files-2005- Kelowna RCMP Docket File NO#05-37727

This photo of Ashleigh has been shared with her mother’s blessing. Please share Ashleigh's photo, and/or, as we take part in the #challengeaccepted campaign, please consider sharing the photo of #missingwomen from our communities alongside your own. Find the information that needs to be included, and let the grieving families know that we still think about their #daughters and that we still care.

Links:

Anyone with any information on Ashleigh's disappearance is asked to contact the Kelowna RCMP Serious Crime Unit (SCU) at 250-762-3300
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Remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477

#endhumantrafficking

#throwbackthursday to summer 2014 and a too-yellow

#throwbackthursday to summer 2014 and a too-yellow filter I guess I was feeling way back then. This is me holding the first issue of #TahomaLiteraryReview, in which my #shortstory, "But for the Streetlamps and the Moon and the Stars" first appeared. This #story would go on to win the 2015 Alberta Literary Award's Howard O'Hagan Award as well as become the first chapter of Always Brave, Sometimes Kind. The magazine's #editor, Joe Ponepinto, would later also publish what became the book's last chapter, "To Do."

This week I had the pleasure of telling Joe, who so supported me at the start of my career, that I had a book coming out. I also had the honor of learning that he plans to review Always Brave, Sometimes Kind, in his new publication, #Orca, A #LiteraryJournal. Some of us have guardian angels, others have #editors ❤

PS - read about "But for the Streetlamps and the Moon and All the Stars" here: http://katiebickell.com/but-for-the-streetlamps/

#ablitawards #howardohagan #shortstories #shortstory #writer #authorsofinstagram #litmag #litmaglove #absknovel #litaward #canlit #novel #fall2020 #newfictionfall2020 #fall2020books #literary #literaryreview

Listen: It’s morning and I’m creating. Birds a

Listen:
It’s morning and I’m creating. Birds are singing, rain is falling, the flame of my candle crackles.
This is when I feel most me.

#listen #amwriting #morning #rain #birdsong #manuscript #firstdraft #writersofinstagram #woodwickcandle @woodwick_candles #myfavouritethings #morningvibes #magic #happyplace #turnonaudio

How could a lengthy career be anything but good? A

How could a lengthy career be anything but good? After all, a long work history proves stamina, adaptability, and in-demand skill. But does your history read that way on paper? Will it even fit into a resume at all?

Check out katiebickell.com/resume-tip-is-your-work-history-too-long/ for resume tips on what to do when your document is just too long, and get in touch with me if you're looking to make your resume really shine!

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#resume #jobsearch #cv #career #jobs #hiring #resumetips #employment #resumewriter #resumewriting #resumeservices #resumedesign #resumebuilding

Today I match the delphiniums. (Also, we have a

Today I match the delphiniums.

(Also, we have a mirror hidden behind climbing lattice. Unexpecting guests are always shocked to see someone staring back at them from beyond the fence and it’s hilarious but also a nice garden feature 😂 🌸)

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