Dear WW: I really want to retire. But I’m not sure if it’s a smart move. RETIRING KIND OF GUY?
Dear RETIRING,
During the last election, three dead candidates won at the ballot box, according to the News of the Weird. The Alaska school board, Texas legislature and North Carolina county soil and conservation board all elected [...]
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Dear WW: There is one question that I dread in a job interview-”Why did you leave your last job?” I never know how to respond. SPEECHLESS
Dear SPEECHLESS,
Leave it to the French to come up with a novel way to deal with the smell from piles of garbage rotting in the hot sun. In Marseille they [...]
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Dear WW: I just got a new job after being unemployed for a long period after my last job. What can I do to prevent the same thing from happening again? BACK IN THE SADDLE
Dear BACK,
A Massapequa, NY, high school student set a fire to burn some school papers in which he’d done poorly. As [...]
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Dear WW: I’m fed up with the place where I work. But my spouse is nervous about me giving notice, given how tough the economy is right now. How can I let her know this isn’t a rash decision? SPLITSVILLE?
Dear SPLITSVILLE,
For those of you who are always looking for the trendiest foods, I just recent [...]
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Dear Readers: Transition-these days it’s part of everyone’s job, and personal life. William Bridges wrote the book on transition; actually he’s written a whole library (The Way of Transition, Transitions and Managing Transitions). Bill is also a consultant and lecturer.Working Wounded: Recently I went through a very traumatic personal transition. I came across your book [...]
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Dear WW: I’m a great worker-diligent and honest. My problem? I don’t interview well. So it’s tough for me to land the positions that I deserve. Can you give me some strategies that I can use to practice in advance of an interview? HOT SEAT
Dear HOT,
Recently I asked a clown at Cirque du Soleil how [...]
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Dear WW: I’ve been out of the workforce for a while raising my kids. It’s clear that things have changed a lot. Can you sum up what’s changed and what I’ll need to do to be successful today? SHEEE’S BAAACK
Dear BAAACK,
Don’t believe that we are under more pressure to make every minute count? Check out [...]
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