October 2011
1 post
Marketplace Money with Tess Vigeland
The story of the napkin resume has hit the airwaves. Check out this weekend’s Marketplace Money on public radio for the little job search that finally worked. The podcast is available here. The story starts at approximately 45:00.
March 2011
1 post
“Generosity, creativity, and gracefulness [are clustered.] If you seek to be...”
– Seth Godin, Graceful
January 2011
1 post
Seattle Times Article
If you are looking for more information regarding Nicole Brodeur’s January 7 Seattle Times column, please email me at Shelby_Burford@baylor.edu.
Thank you for your interest.
Shelby Burford
July 2010
7 posts
Elevators & Typhoons
It seemed like a good idea at the time: the elevator at the company we were visiting claimed that its maximum capacity was sixteen. So naturally, sixteen people filed in. The only problem was that there is a significant different between sixteen Chinese people and sixteen McDonalds generation Americans. As the doors closed, the elevator dropped briefly about three times before the screen flashed...
An Update...
Good Sunday afternoon from Hong Kong.
It has taken me over a month to post some pictures, as we have been quite busy here on the other side of the planet.
I wrapped up my internship in Beijing two weeks ago, and am now with my new multicultural team in Hong Kong. Our objective for the summer is to essentially prepare a business plan and presentation for our company to take to potential...
“China has stood up.”
– Mao Zedong, proclaiming the establishment of the People’s Republic of China
