MS degree in HR Management - Law Web search assignments

I know you have heard the old adage "kill 'em with kindness" I'm making my own new one to become an old adage tonight...

"bury them with words" on my last assignment for what I fondly call the Law class from hell for reasons I won't go into at them moment, the professors said I did "good" and failed my paper with a 33/50, so for this one I spent over 18 hrs creating an 11 page document that covered three current topics in HR Management.

This Web search paper was over 2000 words and I used APA formatting with the help of Microsoft Office 365's Word program and 3 of my old style books. Yeah I know one would have done the trick and showed me what I was interested in seeing but I had to make sure that it was the same in all three. I'm just crazy that way.

The idea of the assignment was to research online 3 Current HRM law issues and share them and what you learned. So that is what I did. I actually

So check out the link to the paper in it's ungraded entirety and leave me a comment let me know you have missed my blog updates.

Now that I am working towards my Master of Science degree in Human Resources Management I am sure I will be posting more writing assignments and interesting articles.

 Link to my web search doc

https://drive.google.com/a/fiu.edu/file/d/0B7P72BFQ3kLeTlQzRl9UWUhLM00/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy!

Read an entire Freelance writing book yesterday!

The book is called Getting Started as a Freelance Writer by Robert W. Bly.

It was well written, and kept my attention from beginning to end. I must admit there were a few paragraphs here and there that didn't really pertain to me so I breezed over them with a quick scan.

He starts with discussing what and how you need to set up your home office and your schedule. Goes on to money matters, fee negotiations and such. Then Bly talks alot about self-promotion throughout the book but Chapter 8 is devoted to it. It makes sense if your self-employed to self-promote. He gives great suggestions.

The hardest part for me, is probably what should be the easiest. He says early on that I need to pick specialties, things I know about or have experience in to write about. Bly says not to have more than three. I can't think of one good one. UGH! He has a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, there is one of his specialties, he worked in marketing and direct mail is another of his specialties.

I have always been the "jack of all trades and master of none" type of person. I've cooked in restraunts, raised and raising four kids, homeschooled for several years, opened and closed a business, I'm crafty, and I can sew clothes.

I keep coming back to homeschooling to write about I researched the idea before I homeschooled for a year and then I was very involved and researching things for several years as we were homeschooling. I have been out of the loop for a little while but I think it would be easy enough to get back into researching even if I'm not actually homeschooling at this time.

So, I am off to research the world of homeschooling.