Van Dyck Law Quarter 3 2019

Van Dyck Law Quarter 3 2019

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QUARTER 3 2019

AN ECLECTIC SUMMER JOB RESUMÉ What All My Summer Jobs Growing Up Taught Me

Whether they’re at a prestigious internship, or in a kitchen flipping burgers, many students are in the middle of their summer jobs. Their motivations range from gaining valuable experience relevant to their desired career path to just earning a paycheck, but any summer job can hold valuable lessons. As a student, I worked a variety of summer jobs. Some I worked for just a few hours, and some for much longer than that. No matter how long I worked there, however, each job taught me hard work and something valuable about myself.

us work out in a field during a thunderstorm — under metal fixtures. When I pointed out the obvious safety hazard, they brushed me off. I quit that job after three days. Don’t get me wrong; I worked plenty of jobs longer than just a few days. I worked as a typist for a bank, a gymnastics instructor

(even though I’ve never actually done gymnastics — figure that one out!), a babysitter, and a customer service representative for an insurance clearinghouse. In fact, I’ve worked almost every job that’s not related to what I do now! My favorite job I had as a student, however, was as a canvasser for the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group. I went door to door, advocating for different initiatives to clean up New Jersey’s environment and improve the quality of drinking water in some areas. I wanted to make my mission their mission. Sometimes, the work was easy. I once knocked on the door of a very wealthy woman in the middle of her fancy dinner party. She made all the guests listen to my mission statement and told them to get out their checkbooks and donate. Other times, the work was hard. Walking door to door in the summer heat and soliciting strangers isn’t a fun experience by itself. But I loved that job because I got to take part in

“Even when the work is scary, if it’s something that you believe in, it brings you joy.”

a mission I believed in. Even when the work is scary, if it’s something that you believe in, it brings you joy. Having so many different work experiences before running my own law firm has helped me make the firm a place where my staff is happy and appreciated. Even if it seems like all I got from early work experiences is funny stories, I can still remember which work environments I liked and didn’t like. I want to make Van Dyck Law a place where employees enjoy working, even when it’s challenging.

One summer, I got hired at Dunkin’ Donuts. Within hours of starting, I could already see that the management team was rude to their staff. I didn’t want to spend a summer in that environment. During my only shift, a car broke down on the side of the road just outside. The occupants only spoke French. I was the only one at Dunkin’ Donuts who spoke any French, so I helped them contact the authorities, took that occurrence as the reason I was supposed to work at Dunkin’ Donuts at all, and turned in my apron.

-Fiona Van Dyck

In a similar situation, I worked for a gardening business where the managers had

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BEWARE THESE RETIREMENT SPENDING MISTAKES

Common Financial Pitfalls

The bulk of retirement planning is spent discussing how you will save money in the years leading up to the end of your career, but that’s only half of the picture. Once you enter retirement, your focus shifts to the smartest way to divest your money for both your own enjoyment and your continued financial security. There are countless ways to wisely spend your nest egg, such as taking trips, providing for the education of your grandchildren, and more. However, this article isn’t about good ideas. Instead, let’s talk about some of the worst ways to spend your retirement funds. TIMESHARES The appeal of a timeshare seems obvious. It’s a space of your own for a few weeks of the year, and you get to enjoy a nice change of pace from your regular environment. The problem is that these properties are full of hidden costs and have been outpaced by other vacationing options. In a world where you can book an Airbnb with just a few clicks, timeshares are poised to become a relic of a past age. ONLINE SCAMS Hackers and cyberscammers love to prey on the elderly. As gross as it may sound, they know that older generations tend to be less tech savvy than their younger counterparts. You should be wary of online offers that look too good to be true. If you have even the slightest doubt, have a loved one take a look at That last thing we want for our clients or our community is for them to be alone in their search for answers to questions regarding aging, mental health, and disabilities. Over the next three months, there will be four presentations through The Education Center at Van Dyck Law on an array of topics. If any of them relate to your current situation, please stop by to hear one of our speakers. There will be two presentations in July. On the 10th, our own Sheli Monacchio, Director of Life Care Resources, will speak on caregiver stress and family transitions. Transitioning into a routine that includes providing care for an aging loved one is never easy — but you don’t have to go in completely unaware. You can learn more about what to expect, and how to cope with added stress in your daily life, at Sheli’s presentation. On July 30, there will be a four-hour workshop on dealing with dementia for either family or professional dementia caregivers. We will provide a comprehensive guide to the facility where we present, so their management team has resource for training their staff. Originally a component of the Rosalynn Carter Institute REACH program, the guide is only offered in 20 locations across the US. The Rosalynn Carter Institute found the guide incredibly useful and What ’s Coming Up

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