The Work

Tag: career

  • Path

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    Rob de Mattos
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    At this point you’re tired. Even if you’ve got plenty of money in the bank, you’re tired and possibly annoyed. You’ve been searching for MONTHS ON END. You’ve had interviews with rejections or interviews with ghosting. You’ve put in SO MUCH WORK and you feel fruitless. But are you? Think about the day you lost…

  • The Faceless Interview

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    This article isn’t directed at people looking for work. This one is directed at employers and you’d better listen up. You’re doing it WRONG. I had an interview the other day that had been scheduled for more than a week. It was a twenty minute phone interview. When I contacted the person at the designated…

  • It Isn’t You, It’s Us

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    The phrase, “it isn’t you, it’s me” is something you’ve heard in relationships, group settings and friendship. With an employer it changes to “it’s us”. But what if that was something they were just saying? There are things I pay for that I value, even when money is tight. I like my Apple subscriptions to…

  • The Glass Door

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    Picture it. You’ve found the PERFECT position to apply for. You KNOW you’d be great at it. Maybe you’ve had a bad experience a previous employers and you want to know what a current or former employee has to say about the place. Here are pro’s and con’s about employee reviews. We’ll start with the…

  • Entitlements

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    I have some bad news for you. While you have the right to employment, no one owes you that. When you get the job, the only thing the employer owes you beyond some decent respect is pay for your labor. This article isn’t meant to be informative. It’s meant to be a reality check. More…

  • Never Tell Me the Odds

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    When you’re looking for work, the most frustrating things to see and hear are folks telling you what you might be in for or what your chances of landing a job are in a certain amount of time. LinkedIn operates like Facebook in pulling content related to what you’re searching. Generally, Facebook is harmless because…

  • The Art of Permission

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    When we’re kids we’re raised by out parents to ask if it’s okay to have a snack or go over to a friends house or play on an electronic. At school we ask the teacher if we can run to the bathroom in the middle of class or we ask if we can have a…

  • A Born Sucker

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    When you feel cheated or stolen from, it’s the worst feeling. Why? Because if you’re like me, you’re imagining them laughing at you because they fooled you, they tricked you and you lost something that is now theres. It’s not just the laugh. It’s the feeling of powerlessness you have and the impression of superiority…

  • Unfortunately…..

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    You have to think about your bank account like a fuse. Depending on how much severance you received (if any) or savings you have really determines when things go BANG!! You have a certain amount of time to apply for, interview, and actually get a new position before you have to start making some hard…

  • Running With the Ball

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    I watch football….from time to time. Let’s just say I understand the basics. The person with the ball scores the points. That’s the most basic. So consider this same concept when you’ve been hired for an opportunity. On that big professional football field (the company that just hired you), you’re given the ball (offer letter).…