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| Blog Name: |
Needle, Meet Haystack |
| Url: |
http://canhasjob.wordpress.com |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
career, job, business |
| Description: |
Tips, tricks, secrets and strategies on everything from the application and resume to the interview and surviving the workplace. |
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23 Followers |
Thanksgiving and Your Job Search
Oh, come on, like you’re actually going to bother applying for jobs at the beginning of a four-day weekend. That’s just silly.
Be thankful if you have a job.
Be thankful if you got out of a bad job.
Be thankful that unemployment has given you a chance to rediscover what’s really important to you.
Be thankful that you bought a turkey.
Whatever
The Other Side of the Table 2: Table Harder
Click the link to read the original post about interviews from the interviewer’s perspective.
Yesterday, I gave an interview of a different sort: for a freelance (re: temporary) position. Since the criteria, competencies and job itself are different from a more permanent position (that was discussed in part 1), this po
‘The Office’ at Work: Does the Peter Principle Exist?
A few posts ago, I mentioned the Peter Principle, and a few readers have asked me to clarify what that is and how to combat it.
The Peter Principle* is the theory that in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence, a point best illustrated by
Saved By The Bell and Reconciling Past Experiences
I feel old.
Physically, I’m young. But when I realize that the shows I loved as a kid are “retro” today, and that some of them haven’t been on the air for the past 15 years (except in syndication), I get the nagging urge to buy some ribbon candy and listen to old records on my gramophone.
It doesn’t help that one of the tou
The Weekend Thing
So some of you may have noticed that weekend posts have been getting a little scarce. Rest assured, they haven’t stopped completely, but I’ve started using weekends to work on some cool stuff that should be ready for you all early next year. So apologies to those who enjoy the links and job-bashing that usually come with the onset of the weekend. There will be some sporadic updates of those, and they will return in full force when my dastardly plot sees fruition.
Please note that regular updates will still continue to be posted every Monday through Friday.
Posted in Site-Related Tagged: the blog, weekend posts
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