This theme is appropriate given it’s springtime. It’s also timely considering I’ve been struggling with the interviews, sneaking around my current employer, deciding if I want to focus on one company at a time or if I really want to diversify in order to expedite my departure. So I’ve been talking to folks on the […]
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Weekly or bi-monthly stories and tips for surviving your work week. We like to find the humor in our irony, and hope you do, too.
5 Questions NOT to Ask People Who Work from Home
Hello World, it’s time for an unplugged letter. Please, please, please(!) stop asking me these questions about how I can possibly work from home. I find them at best, annoying — and at worst, offensive — and I bet I’m not the only one. I know you are just curious, but here’s how it makes me […]
Interview, Round 2
What types of things happen during the second interview? Do you feel prepared when you are called back? Are you anxious or dreading the event? Although not very typical for me to be nervous for interviews, I was quite nervous all day. I felt like I usually do during race day. I’m not sure, honestly, […]
When in Doubt, Hit Delete
My neighbor is testimony to life after bad bosses. He recently left his sales job to work for a new technology company, and he was telling me a story that sounded so similar to many I’ve experienced at Company X. Whereas now he can simply ask for time or state that he needs a few […]
Being Happy in Your Pursuit
I was taking my co-worker through an exercise I’ve used on folks looking for a new career, and two things became immediately evident. One, she has been so mired down in her dissatisfying role, that she’s been asking herself the wrong question. Instead of thinking about what she wants out of life, she is simply […]
Negotiating Your Salary
Do you feel well compensated for the work you produce, or under compensated? There is a startling statistic that women still make up half the workforce and are paid approximately 70 cents to every dollar paid to men. Moms are paid even less. It doesn’t make sense, until you become one. And you realize that […]
Planning and doing
David has been working at the same company for almost two decades. He is now a middle aged man, with his family to support. He used to really enjoy his career. He even felt passion for it. Today, he still likes his profession, but he suffers from depression due to his relationship with his boss. […]
Writing Thank You Notes
Today I finally got to those hand-written thank you notes I had mentioned in an earlier blog. First I sent an email to my contact and set up a follow up call. But that’s not enough. One of the most important things you can do is send handwritten notes. Do you have problems saying thank […]
Tip of the Day Issue 3…Practice Emotional Intelligence
Although a buzzword in the corporate world, Emotional Intelligence is such a rare skill when it’s exercised wholly. Here’s something to think about when you are in a situation of managing or “giving advice”. In this case, don’t offer to fix something. Best to just listen. “Those who are most competent (and there are few […]
50 Ways to Leave your Job
I was driving home from work when the song came on the radio “50 Ways to Leave your Lover”. It starts out: The problem is all inside your head, she said to me. The answer is easy if you take it logically. I’d like to help you in your struggle to be free, there must […]
