By CAL, Curmudgeon at Large I don’t know about you, but the FIRST thing I think about when it snows like this is—HEY LET’S GO JOGGING!
Archive for February, 2010
Darwin Lives!! (Buy a Treadmill, Silly)
Posted in February 27th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
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Tiger and Toyota: I Am SOOO Sorry
Posted in February 25th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
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Particularly Galling
Posted in February 25th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
by CAL, Curmudgeon at Large Attention all Authors! Attention all Authors!! Did you know there are nearly 20 million people out of work and looking for a new job? Just think of the money you can make! Write a book! There’s plenty of stuff for you to find at the library on this topic! Do [...]
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How To Overcome the Negativity of a Job Search
Posted in February 25th, 2010
By CAL, Curmudgeon at Large This month’s #careercollective question was How To Overcome the Negativity of a Job Search. Evidently, hunting for a job turns out to be a tough, stressful and hard job in and of itself. Who knew? Here are some very bright folks in the industry and how they can help you. [...]
How To Tell If The Issue is Bad Sales Management
Posted in February 22nd, 2010
The OJ Line and Joe Stack
Posted in February 19th, 2010
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Darn you, Nick Corcodilos. Nick sent me a message yesterday that basically asked if I had read Mr. Stack’s manifesto yet? (I hadn’t.) He then asked what I thought about it. And then he said, “Why don’t you write about it? This was not a crazy guy. Fried, yes. Crazy, I don’t think so. How [...]
“My BF left and he took my cat, my car and the chair!”
Posted in February 17th, 2010
It started for me a few years back when several of us would get together after a series of interviews. What? You didn’t think the interviewers talked about YOU after the interview? Anyway. Most were recent college grads. Good interview reports degraded with the number of beers consumed quickly to “Did you hear what he [...]
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Things We Say in Minn E Soda.
Posted in February 5th, 2010
I am not from here originally, but I admit that I say “U betcha,” which is very Minnesotan, maybe Norwegian. We are also fond of ending sentences with with. As in “we are going to the bar to watch the Super Bowl, want to go WITH?” (u betcha!) What are the things you say in [...]
LinkUp vs The Government Jobs Report: We Called It. Again.
Posted in February 5th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
Well, we (LINKUP) called it. Again. Two days ago, ahead of the ‘official’ Department of Labor report issued at 7:30 am CST this morning, @TobyDayton released the LinkUp numbers showing a dramatic improvement in the jobs report for January. Most pundits, networks, bloggers and followers were on the other side. Cretins. Never go against LINKUP. [...]
