Negotiating a salary at a new job - timing
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. (Hesiod) Negotiating a salary at a new job - timing The new college graduate walked into his job interview and sat down. He put both feet up on the desktop, lean ...
January 28th, 2008 at 5:28 am »
January 28th, 2008 at 5:28 am »
Ask and you shall receive (a raise)
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch. (Orson Welles) Ask and you shall receive (a raise) I was working in the oilfield for a year and a half and was laid off. I talked with a co-worker who was also laid off. He ...
January 25th, 2008 at 5:54 am »
January 25th, 2008 at 5:54 am »
I believe in luck
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. (Thomas Jefferson) I believe in luck IQ experts say that Thomas Jefferson was the smartest man ever born. I don't doubt he was brilliant. He harnessed h ...
January 24th, 2008 at 5:35 am »
January 24th, 2008 at 5:35 am »
Safety First and job ethics
Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of. -- Douglas Adams (Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy") Safety First and job ethics I made a 2 year commitment to t ...
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 am »
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 am »
Bill Gates' momma
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. (Jane Howard) Bill Gates' momma When Bill Gates was trying to sell a PC operating system to IBM, his mother was on a ...
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am »
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am »
