Dear Readers: Most of us believe that our knowledge about job hunting is up to date. After all, we’ve landed many jobs this way. A reader recently wrote to me saying that her job hunting skills were obsolete and how she profited from getting them current. She raises a great question that we should all [...]
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Dear WW: My department was part of a big company-wide layoff. They offered the standard severance package and then suddenly called me in and offered more money if I signed a non- compete agreement. My friends tell me that I should take the money and not worry, that I can still take a job with [...]
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DEAR WW: I just keep striking out in my job search. I get interviews, but then nothing. Is there something wrong with me? FIRING BLANKS
DEAR NOT:
Ptolemy, the Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer and astrologer was a key proponent of a solar system where the Earth was at the center of the universe and that the sun [...]
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DEAR WW: Whenever I think of a job hunt, I’m reminded of a pair of crutches that were in our attic when I was growing up. With three active kids, those crutches got used a lot. Then one day my mom decided it was time to get rid of them. You guessed it within weeks [...]
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DEAR WOUNDED: No one has time to listen to what you have to say anymore. How do you make a point in 30 seconds? TIMELESS
Dear Timeless:
I’ll make a bet with you. Researchers from Ireland recently told a medical convention in Chicago that two-thirds of the patients who received injections into the buttock muscle hadn’t [...]
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DEAR WW: I’ve got a to-do list a mile long. How do you find time to network when you have so much to do? NOTWORKDEAR NOTWORK: I was an early fan of the New York Mets, in the bad old days when they were one of the worst baseball teams of all time. I’ll never [...]
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DEAR WW: I’ve never had a job that I really liked. Mostly it’s been just drudgery. Is it really possible to find a job that you enjoy? STUCKDEAR STUCK:
Your e-mail reminded me of Gary Brunner. According to the News of the Weird, he is the latest person to go into a police station to ask [...]
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