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Office politics - lunch or proof

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like What about lunch? (Winnie the Pooh)Office politics - lunch or proofWhile working on a Medicaid HMO I ran into Bev. She was a 900 pound go ...
March 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

Office politics - gatekeepers vs roadblocks

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself, he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. (J. W. von Goethe)Office politics - gatekeepers vs roadblocksFaster access to our computers from home made all the se ...
March 11th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

Office politics

90% of the politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation. (Henry Kissinger)Office politics Hospitals have the worst office politics. Administrators and CEO's are paid much less than some doctors. They beg for nurses to come to work there. Lack ...
March 10th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

The last thing you say in an interview

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. (Pancho Villa's last words)The last thing you say in an interview He didn't want the job. He never really expressed an interest in it. So we are offering the job to someone else. I ...
March 7th, 2008 at 12:36 am

Prove it

The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it. (G. C. Lichtenberg)Prove it The first paragraph of most resumes states: I am hard working, a team player, a great contributor, an original thinker and wi ...
March 5th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

Some jobs give you a bad reputation

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards. (Lois McMaster Bujold)Some jobs give you a bad reputation I know two accountants who were in leading positions when something went wrong: fraud. Both did exactly the ...
March 4th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

What may happen in the next recession - musical chairs

There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. (Robert Heinlein)What may happen in the next recession - musical chairs Three things will surely happen to companies in the next rec ...
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm

What a big house or a great job costs

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece (Ralph Charell)What a big house or a great job costsLast month I was at a gorgeous house. It had radiant heating, an indoor basketball court and swimming po ...
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 am

Beat the job boards - Now to get past the human filter

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece (Ralph Charell)Beat the job boards - Now to get past the human filter80% of all resumes are discarded 12 seconds AFTER they get to the first human. Seize th ...
February 29th, 2008 at 5:39 am

Beat the job boards - electronic filters

You will find that the state is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too. (John Kenneth Galbraith)Beat the job boards - electronic filtersWhen I put an ad on a job board I often get 100 replies, but ...
February 19th, 2008 at 5:52 am

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