My name is Mark Ivy and this is the second time that I am reaching out to your company. I am looking for some information on potential syndication partnership with Become.com. We offer a white labeled shopping solution that can help you monetize your traffic and offer a very robust API that in many cases has a higher CPC than anyone other companies. I would be more than happy to provide a rate card that shows our CPC rates.

Please let me know who I should speak with about this. Thank you ahead of time for your help.

I graduated from law school in May and sat for the July bar exam in two neighboring states (we’ll call them State A and State B). I was successful in passing one of the two, but unfortunately State A, the “bad-news” state, released its results first. I am currently working as a judicial clerk for a trial court judge, so I have a number of co-workers who were awaiting results from the same states. The group went out for a celebratory lunch on the day that State A’s results came out. I felt so miserable that day that I told a little white lie that I was behind on work and needed to eat at my desk. Thankfully, I was not the only person who did not attend this admittedly informal lunch. A few days later, the judge approached me to ask about bar results. I managed to tell him the news without crying, and his reaction was better than I could have ever anticipated. I know that not all bosses would be so supportive and understanding, and I feel lucky for that.

I did, however, deliberately avoid seeing my co-workers during the period between the release date of State A’s results and State B’s because I was so upset to learn that I had been unsuccessful and did not want to subject myself to hearing all sorts of talk about next steps for admission, CLE requirements, and the like. Of course, at that time we were all waiting for State B’s results to be released and I was terrified that the news would be bad there, too. Now that I know I will be licensed in one state (the one I currently work in), I am no longer “hiding out” but I felt silly to duck away as I did.

Admittedly, in hindsight, I know there must have been a better way to approach this issue. I would love to know how other Corporette readers fared in a similar situation, especially in a job where nearly all of your peers are going through the same thing. Additionally, since I am planning to sit for State B’s exam in February, perhaps some tips might be offered regarding how to balance your job and the process of studying for a professional exam.

So, the takeaways: how do you approach a career hiccup with regard to both a boss or supervisor and peer co-workers? What are some tips for studying for a professional or job-related exam while working full-time?

Please let me know if you’d like to hear more about how it might work and we can take it from there. We’d also love to put you in touch with our team on the ground in SanDiego to discuss possible event partnerships and such (if that’s something you do).

Thanks very much for your time. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best,

Stephanie Bukowski

BeachMint
Local Acqusitions
stephaniebukowski26@gmail.com