Amway: The Fastest Way to Lose Your Friends I hope the folks selling business opportunities will think twice before selling jobseekers hard on their “opportunity.” Jobseekers who are out of work are especially vulnerable. People who take advantage of people like this are scum, in my humble opinion.
Archive for January, 2007
JobSeeker: Beware of the Business Opportunity (they want your money)
Posted in January 19th, 2007
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Random Thought of the Day: My Step-Grandma, the Bread-Wrapper-Rug-Making,TV-aholic
Posted in January 18th, 2007
by admin in Daily Wisdom
My dad married a very nice lady when he was in his 60′s, after my mom had died. Let’s call her Hazel, her real name actually. I called her Hazel, not Mom. She was nice to my dad, which was all that mattered. We would visit them from time to time, back home in Kansas. [...]
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Why You Should Treat Everyone With Respect
Posted in January 18th, 2007
Question for Mark Norby, Matthew McConaughey’s stunt double: Mark, I know your parents are most proud of the way you treat others with whom you work. You have definitely NOT caught the ‘star’ bug…how are you able to do that? Mark: I learned from my dad years ago that giving the janitor as much respect [...]
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Our Home Depot Cashier Weighs in on the Home Depot CEO’s $200 Million-+Severance Package: View From the Cashier’s Lane
Posted in January 16th, 2007
Q: John, How was Christmas at [tag]Home Depot[/tag]? A: GL — I am concerned with your political correctness. Christmas at Home Depot is off limits. It should be “How was the Holiday Season at Home Depot” . The holiday season at the Eden Prairie Home Depot was great, but am not sure how the company [...]
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Monster Increases Prices as Performance Drops
Posted in January 16th, 2007
More and more job seekers tell us that Monster does not work “for them.” I know this is contrary to what you see in all those TV commercials. They recently raised prices. Old Monster Pricing New Monster Pricing
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Another Sign Things Aren’t What They Used To Be
Posted in January 15th, 2007
The Miss America Pageant will be on CMT on January 29th, televised from Las Vegas. It is being hosted by Mario Lopez. [tags] Mario Lopez, Miss America, CMT[/tags
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Calvin and Hobbes @ the Job Interview
Posted in January 14th, 2007
Calvin: I ‘m a genius. But I’m a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What’s misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I’m a genius. ~Bill Watterson
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How A Kid From Minnetonka, MN, Got to be Matthew McConaughey’s Stunt Double. Read it in JobDig.
Posted in January 12th, 2007
Matthew McConaughey’s Stunt Double, in Reign of Fire Years earlier, as a Minnetonka Linebacker. Read the story in the next issue of JOBDIG. This paper will be available on Sunday, most likely, at your favorite high traffic spot. On Monday, we will post it online here.
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Do You Tell a Job Candidate How Badly They Did?
Posted in January 11th, 2007
(Recently I came across this thread on SlashDot and thought it had enough insight that my readers would find it interesting…) Do You Tell a Job Candidate How Badly They Did? “I have been lamenting with friends in the industry about interviewing woes and the candidates that we find. Consider a hypothetical job candidate comes [...]
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JobDig’s Exclusive Partnership With the Metro Area Top 4 Diverse Publications
Posted in January 10th, 2007
Today we announced that JobDig is now offering its advertisers special recruitment ad packages for La Prensa, Asian Pages, African News Journal and Hmong Times. For the first time, HR hiring managers can gain exposure into nearly all minority groups in the Twin Cities. Toby Dayton, who put the deal together, said “It is a very [...]
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