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Take This Job and Shove it!
“I can’t take this job any more. I am working over 60 hours a week and still never get caught up. The demands here are ridiculous and my efforts are never really recognized. I almost walked out twice last week. I need to find a better job NOW!”n“I have totally lost interest in my work. The people are nice and the pay is good but I just can’t get fired up about my career anymore. I used to be really excited about my job but now I don’t even
August 4, 2008
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Take This Job and Shove It!
âI canât take this job any more. I am working over 60 hours a week and still never get caught up. The demands here are ridiculous and my efforts are never really recognized. I almost walked out twice last week. I need to find a better job NOW!ânâI have totally lost interest in my work. The people are nice and the pay is good but I just canât get fired up about my career anymore. I used to be really excited about my job but now I donât even want to go to work. A pr
May 3, 2007
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Oops! Wrong Ladder: getting your career back on track
Do you ever wake up and wonder, "How did I get here?" Our careers often happen to us, rather than for us. Outside influences of chance and opportunity are often fueled by the excitement of the challenge and the ego boost of being "just what the company needs right now". These opportunities often result in a rapid rise to the top, but the top of what? In a soft job market, we may feel pressured to take whatever comes along; years later finding ourselves in a career that doesnâ
May 3, 2007
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Fear Factor: itâs more than just maggots!
Fear Factor: itâs more than just maggots!nnQuestion: If you take 40 gallons of putrid smelling cod liver oil, thousands of maggots and cow hooves, and put them together what do you have?nAnswer: A huge mess. Fear Factor contestant Sean Cashman figured that out the hard way when he participated in a relay of bobbing in cod liver oil for cow hooves, transferring the cow hooves to a box of maggots, grabbing a mouthful of maggots, and transferring them to a scale, again and aga
May 2, 2007