I have worked as a night auditor at a hotel here in town for a year and a bit now.  Now, that may sound like a bad job, but it really only takes me about an hour to get the work I need to get done in a night.  This means I have a lot of free time to do with as I please, all while getting paid to be there.

Lately, I have been using the computer at the front desk to play online games.  Perhaps the biggest perk of this is I can play whatever type of game I would like and not have to install anything on the work computer.  Sometimes, I am in the mood to play casino games, while other times, I would rather play classic games like Bubble Bobble.

I was sure to ask my boss beforehand if playing games on the work computer was okay.  I didn’t want to get fired for something as stupid as playing games - and he had no problems provided I didn’t install anything on the work computer.

I am living the life I dreamed of as a child: getting paid to play games.

Today I spent the day helping my little brother learn how to write a resume.  He just turned sixteen and he is looking for his first job.  I thought I could give him a hand and some pointers too.

He brought his stuff over to my house.  He had made a resume using a resume builder last night, but he wanted a second opinion.  I took one look at it, and realized he had missed quite a few things that he should have on the resume.

So I dug out my little secret weapon of resume writing: my "how to make a resume" book that I bought many years ago.  Inside its’ pages, were all the tips, tricks and ways to make your resume shine out.  I had followed the book in the past for every job I applied for, and had interviews for each one.

He read through the book and edited his resume he brought from home.  I let him use my computer to type it out, and he gave it to me to look over.

Wow! 

His new resume was a winner - he was sure to make it to the interview.  He left and promised that he would let me know how it went - I expect to hear from him in a few short days.

As a parent your life seems to speed up when you have kids.  You notice time flying by even faster once they are in school.  Seems like it was only yesterday that my daughter Courtney was born - but now she is looking for a job.  She asked if I could help her out with her resume.

Well, to be honest, I don’t really have the foggiest idea about how to write a resume.  It has been years since I have had a "real job" and even longer since I was looking for work.  The great thing about me though is if I don’t know the answer, I sure know how to find it.

So I went online to find some good resume writing tips.  While in the process of trying to find tips, I did find a online resume writer.  Now, that would save me(and my daughter) time from writing the resume, and chances are that they will prepare a more professional product than we ever could.

I offered to pay for the resume writing for her - so we submitted the information and now we are waiting.  I can’t wait to see what the finished product looks like - the samples on their website looked really good.