Would you give up your most private secrets for the job of your dreams?
Maybe Facebook doesn’t have your most private secrets but your private information and password are pretty private. Lately, some employers and recruiters have started asking job applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords as part of the interviewing process.
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Years ago, all you needed to be above average in the work force was a college degree. The fact that you went through a four year program from beginning to end showed that you were something special and it pretty much guaranteed you a job. Companies were fighting over the college graduates because [...]
“Don’t get depressed”, “cheer up”, “stay positive”, “things will look up and you’ll find a job”. Does any of this sound at all familiar to you? If you have been unemployed for a while, chances are that you have heard a couple of these before. When your friends and family use these saying [...]
How much effort do you put into your work verses your breathing? What about work versus your eating? Sleeping?
The question above doesn’t make much sense so why are people so interested in a work life balance? As Seth Godin pointed out in his post Time Doesn’t Scale, the work life [...]
Have you ever said “I’d love to but I just don’t have the time”?
As the new year of 2012 is approaching I was thinking back to a conversation that I had with a friend of mine, Michael, a few years ago which can sort of hit home with many of you at [...]
Do you ever wonder what all of the big actors did before they became famous? Besides the Olson twins, the Fanning sisters and a few others, most of the stars we know went unnoticed for most of their lives until they got their big breaks. They worked hard and did everything they could [...]
Yesterday I wrote a post telling you not to hire someone until you have done the job yourself. Today I want to play devil’s advocate and take the other side. Never do a job that you can hire someone else to do. You are very talented and have skills that you [...]
When something needs to get done that is outside of anyone at the office’s domain, the first impulse is to hire someone to do the job. It makes perfect sense for so many reasons but I am going to give you a few reasons why you should forget about hiring someone until you [...]
I remember as a kid that we used to speak about how we didn’t like school or that we didn’t want to go and I can remember countless days where I acted sick so that I could stay home, but there was one day or group of days that I always looked forward [...]
Why did you go to school? To get a degree? Why did you want a degree? To get a job? Why did you want a job? To make money? Why did you want to make money?
I can keep going and I am sure that you can keep answering what seem like a pointless stream [...]
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