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Every now and then, I figure I need to center on the purpose of this great enterprise - finding a job for Bob.

With a BS degree in Marketing and an AS in Business Administration, my work experience for nearly two decades had been tied to technology. I began with corporate sales of systems and software in 1990, moving into networking and large-scale systems sales for K-12 school systems on the west coast in 1994. In 1997, I became the creator and webmaster for the Burlington County Times - the first news website in South Jersey.

After getting the system up and running, I maintained a staff of four while moving to the next step - the creation of the regional news website, Phillyburbs.com. Phillyburbs incorporated my site and two other Calkins properties under one roof, which allowed us to use our man-hours more effectively; while the webmasters of the other two sites continued to maintain the site, I moved on to creating special content sections - the first news website in the country to create web-exclusive content.

Creating these sections required me to create the entirety of a site - from the shtml pages to the navigation design, graphics, includes, images and written content. These vertical sections initially outstripped the page views of the fledgling news site content by more than 200%, garnering reviews and kudos by the Newspaper Association of America, Yahoo Internet Life magazine and site reviewers from ten different countries. As the site grew to maturity, my vertical sections maintained a 20% share of total viewership during their release months.

In addition to my duties as special sections editor, I maintained a weekly column, daily blog, and handled the duties of both news and sports editor as needed.

It was fun while it lasted. Newspapers crumbled, and costs were cut - "No Heavy Lifting" became the watchword of the day, and a web-only content creator became a luxury Phillyburbs could no longer afford. They gathered their content from the news bullpen and free advertorial content, and I gathered unemployment.

With a decade of experience in online news, I've handled a variety of Content Management Systems,  Webtrends traffic analysis software, Search Engine Optimization, FTP (naturally), Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office software. I have practical experience with Joomla, video editing, and design mockup. I can build computer systems from component parts, administer small networks, and troubleshoot software and hardware. I have degrees in Business Administration and Marketing.

Next week, I start work as a janitor, to attempt to keep a roof over my head.

Bob Needs Job. Tell your friends and HR people - $15 dollars an hour gets all this, and a $2.00 raise for me.