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Job Hunting Skills From the School of Hard Knocks

Don McNay | Posted 04.02.2012 | Business
Read More: Don McNay, Small Business, Steve Beshear, Help Wanted, Bob Babbage, Employment, Mitt Romney, Million Dollar Round Table, Mitt Romney's Tax Return, Matraca Berg, Resumes, Harvard Business School, Business, Kentucky Horse Park, Business News
Don McNay

I could have skipped the 500 resumes if I had better understood the importance of networking. I get frustrated watching some people try to network. They get too aggressive, telling people they need a job rather than letting businesses know why they should be hired.

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A Beginner's Guide to Stopping Payday Lenders

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Gary Rivlin, Kentucky Secretary of State, Broke USA, Bob Babbage, Richmond Ky, Social Movements, Personal Finance, Payday Lenders, Kentucky, Structured Settlements, Larry Diamond, Harry Moberly, Structured Settlement Purchasers, Payday Lending, Payday Lending Reform, Payday Loans, Business News
Don McNay

When people wanting to get rid of payday lending get organized and vote out a couple of payday lending supporters, the rest of the legislatures will take them seriously.

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The Next Generation of Kentucky's Political Leadership

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Richie Farmer, President Obama, Greg Fischer, Mitch McConnell, Bill Garmer, Steve Beshear, Harry Truman, Jonathan Miller, Crit Luallen, Kentucky Justice Association, Dale Emmons, Jim Gray, Rick Robinson, Changing of the Guard, Alison Lundergan Grimes, Bob Babbage, Alben Barkley, Tiffany Nash, Richmond Ky, Covington Ky, Joe Elliott, Al Smith, Sanny Overly, Ray Jones, Makers Mark, Bill Samuels Jr, Logan County, Blake Brickman, Lexington, Jerry Lundergan, Dan Mongiardo, John Y Brown, Bill Farmer, Luther Deaton, John Y Brown III, Rand Paul, Jerry Abramson, Tompkinsville Ky, Jamie Comer, Trey Grayson, Kentucky Bar Association, Dave Broder, Kentucky, Will Cox, Jennifer Moore, Ben Self, Paducah Ky, Bill Farrish, Joni Jenkins, Morgan McGarvey, Jamie Emmons, Louisville, Jim Bunning, Central Bank, Phil Taliaferro, Alecia Webb-Eddington, Rebecca Self, Clay Barkley, Jared Carpenter, Wgtk, Politics News
Don McNay

I recently asked a number of people in the "political know" of Kentucky the question. "Who do you see emerging as the next leaders of Kentucky?"

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Empathy for Society's Child

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Empathy, Kentucky-Politics, Lobbyists, Janis Ian, President Obama, Addiction, David Souter, Souter Replacement, Obama, Apology, Obama Outsider, At Seventeen, Outsider, Dermotti Dawson, Bob Babbage, Louisville, Racism, Kentucky, Discrimination, Inter-Racial Dating, Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington KY, Obama Empathy, Twelve Steps, Don McNay, Atonement, Barack Obama, Henry Clay High School, Geeks, Structured Settlements, Sports, Society's Child, Sports Illustrated, Apologies, Pittsburgh Steelers, Eastern Kentucky University, High School, Million Dollar Round Table, Confession, Lexington-Herald-Leader, Nerds, Politics News
Don McNay

I want someone on the United States Supreme Court who can look back at actions that were wrong, feel a sense of injustice and make amends, even if the act happened forty or fifty years ago.

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