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Michele Larsen, 38
PUBLISHER, NORTHWEST WOMEN'S JOURNAL, VANCOUVER
"Arby's. I learned that polyester and French fries don't
mix very well."
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Louise Feddema, 58
VIRTUAL OFFICE ASSISTANT
"My first job was in a retail credit business, now called Equifax.
We did things like count the number of people in a theater to see
if a claim about lost business was accurate. Everything I learned
at Equifax, I can say I use today from filing and recordkeeping to
understanding the need for privacy and discretion. I cannot think
of one thing I learned there that I haven't used. I don't have an
actual IBM typewriter anymore, but I sure have the keyboarding skills." |
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Joe Keizur, 31
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR, PACIFIC LIFESTYLE HOMES, VANCOUVER
"My first job was doing maintenance work on baseball fields for
a parks and recreation district in Beaverton. I sort of ended up
getting a love for landscaping because of it." |
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Kathy Ashlock, 40
INTERNET SALES MANAGER FOR DICK HANNAH MOTORS, VANCOUVER
"I worked at a nursing home in the kitchen. That job taught me responsibility." |
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Chad Dillard, 39
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AT SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, VANCOUVER
"I started out doing really what I'm doing now as an intern at a
community hospital during college. I had a great mentor during that
time who taught me that the most important people in health care
are your employees. The experience that people have with your institution
is the marketing. You can do all sorts of work to promote an institution,
but the most important thing is the experience people have there." |
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