I recently discovered a website called glassdoor.com. Glassdoor.com allows anyone to write and share reviews, ratings and salary details about specific jobs and employers. There have been articles about this new website in the Associated Press, USA Today, CNBC, and BusinessWeek – just to name a few.

The website just opened to the public on June 11, 2008 and there have already been 32,000 reviews covering almost 7,000 companies! Check it out and share your thoughts on your current and previous positions. Don’t worry – you can post anonymously.

This is a great website to visit when you’re searching for a new job. Just type in the name of the company that you are interested in applying and find what employees are saying. As I searched the website, I’ve found some very honest and specific reviews of company culture… both good and bad reviews. We all have different work behaviors and needs and the reviews on this website will help us to figure out if a particular company is right for us! The website also allows it’s users to post their salaries for specific jobs – this will come in handy especially when you are applying for a job that has a negotable salary. If you know what the employees are already getting paid, you’ll have a better idea of what number they will accept!

It’s been less than a week and this website already has had so much traffic! I have a feeling that this website will definitely continue to grow and will become a great tool when anyone goes out to find a new job!

I recently watched the movie The Bucket List. This movie stars Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson and their characters talk about their Bucket List – the things they would do before they “kick the bucket.” The movie got me thinking about what it is that I want to do before I die. I know that I’m pretty young, but it’s good to start thinking about these things now so that I can start working on my list now!

• Get married our own way – a small wedding with just those few people we want there. No 200 person wedding for us!
• Start our family – I can’t wait to have children
• Start my own business so that I will be my own boss!
• Buy a high end camera and truly start enjoying my hobby of photography
• Travel more of the United States and see the places I haven’t see yet:
  • Grand Canyon
  • Yosemite
  • Yellowstone
  • New York City
  • Florida
  • Mt. Rushmore
  • Maui
  • Kauai
  • The big island of Hawaii
  • Alaska
  • Chicago
  • Pennsylvania
  • Colorado

• Move to a bigger home… or rebuild the home that we’re currently in – I love our neighborhood!
• Visit the world
  • Italy
  • France
  • Spain
  • Japan
  • China
  • The Philippines
  • Australia
  • Slovenia
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
• Write a book – when most of my friends in Elementary School were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, many said things like teachers, moms, etc. I always said I wanted to be a writer. I put that dream aside a long time ago, but it’s something I really want to do in the future.

That is my current list of things that I want to do before I “kick the bucket.” I know that my list will grow as I get older, but if I start my list earlier in life, I can start marking some of my goals off the list!