Weekly Theme: Week of August 23-29, 2015

The Theme for this Week is Usefulness.  What does it mean to be useful?  That was an important question for me, personally, because I was accused of "being in the way", many times, as a child.  One common answer to the above question is a term called "qualifications".  So how does one get qualified?  Usually, with "formal jobs", a combination of education and "experience".  But let's take a look at that word, "experience".  They are, of course, most interested in "work experience", which includes companies worked at, supervisors and managers, perhaps access to performance reviews, and so forth.  What they are, almost categorically not interested in, is life experience!  (In fact, in one case, the most direct experience I had, for a computer position was from volunteer work that I did, between two, paying positions.  (It was accepted, finally, after two days of deliberation).  So are you useful?  Thank you!