I Hate Your Job

Do you know anyone that has served our country in the military?
An email I received yesterday from Anita Bruzzese brought my attention to a worthy cause.
Apparently, finding work after a tour in the military may not be as easy as it is for civilians.
Anita writes:
I recently spent nearly an hour talking to Caulfield, an articulate, […]

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If All Else Fails…
Have you ever stopped to consider why some bosses seem to be in love with micromanaging their employees?
If so, then here’s your answer: They are incapable of managing in any other way.
In many cases, a promotion to a management or supervisory role is a way to reward a good employee. […]

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What are you afraid of?
Many people equate courage with a set jaw and a steady gaze–being able to suppress a moment of fear and press forward in the face of a threat. When it comes to our careers, however, courage is a steady commitment to maintain perspective and refuse to compromise your principles and […]

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Rennie Sloan, a contributor for Motto Magazine’s blog, published a post about I Hate Your Job yesterday. In it, she writes:
A friend of mine’s 23-year-old son started a web site called www.ihateyourjob.com - his motto is that he hates your job until you love it. The site is geared to help people tolerate, if […]

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Why did you pick the college you went to?

Girlfriend/Boyfriend?
Parents’ influence?
Stereotypes?
Friends’ choices?
Close to/far from home?
General prestige?
Good school for your career interest?

Why did you pick the major you picked?

Good intro-level class?
Strength of your college/university?
General prestige?
Career considerations?
Passion or interest?
Parents’ influence?

What caused you to choose your first job out of school?

Highest salary?
Fit college major?
Only decent offer?
Passion and interest?
Rushed to […]

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Tell me you have something exciting or uncomfortable/difficult that we need to discuss. Tell me that we’ll talk about it several hours from now.
Allow me to stew for several hours. At that point, forget about the meeting and fail to call me into your office. When I remind you, apologize and say […]

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Sometimes, we get so caught up with work that we become transformed by it. Particularly when it comes to networking, we might get so focused on “What’s in it for me?” that we only notice the people that can do something for us and ignore everyone else.
This bit of humor from The Onion satirizes […]

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I never send forwards, do memes, tag people, poke people, etc., but this is important and could be interesting if it goes well.
If you don’t already have one, take some time to write a personal mission statement whether you participate overall or not. I’m not talking about a one or two sentence blurb like […]

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Do you realize that the average person spends more time planning a vacation than they spend planning their life?
As with that vacation, if you don’t spend time deciding where to go and how to get there in life, you’ll probably just roam around.
Creating a personal mission statement will help you decide what is important to […]

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A guest post by Dante Alighieri
In the Fourth Circle, your job is all-consuming. Your time, your thoughts, and your energy are completely tapped by your work.
Your boss regularly tells you that work should be the most important thing in your life. You once suggested God, family, and country as better options, but he […]

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