I still smile just thinking about this. I was watching Top Chef Masters on Bravo the other day, and one of the contestants, a passionate and outspoken chef from France, reminded me of a man I once interviewed for a major university. Let’s call him Jacques. Jacques seemed highly qualified for the manager position, at [...]
Read More...Can You Really Love Your Job If You Hate Yourself?
June 24, 2009 By 3 Comments
I was just watching one of my favorite Woody Allen films, Broadway Danny Rose. It’s one of his lesser known films I think, but for me he hits it out of the ballpark. At one point in my career, I wanted to be an agent, just like Allen’s character Danny Rose. The trouble was, I [...]
Read More...Are You Too Stupid to Know You’re Being Stupid?
June 17, 2009 By 6 Comments
I was amused by a study explaining why stupid people continue to think they’re smart. Stupid people, it claims, cannot see how stupid they are.
Read More...Does Your Social Life Revolve Around Your Job?
June 15, 2009 By 7 Comments
I wasn’t at all prepared for the social effects of losing my job. It never occurred to me most of my social life was related to my job.
Read More...Zen at Work: Some Thoughts About Mindfulness
June 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
We all get carried away by emotions at times. Some of us many many times. But you can even learn to practice mindfulness in those moments
Read More...Good to Have a Friend in HR Tell It to You Straight!
June 3, 2009 By 6 Comments
I was shocked at how poor my job hunting skills had become after 20 years. Now I know how divorced people feel when they try to date again.
Read More...Being Out of Work is Just Plain Scary
June 2, 2009 By 11 Comments
Out of work. Money running low. Months without a job in sight. A very scary time. He’d always gotten work so easily. But not this time.
Read More...How NOT to Waste Time While Looking for a Job
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As the weeks ticked by, Joe, who had always been able to get a good job, started to lose hope and worry that he’d never find work again.
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