Tag: Work
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Employment Scams
So you’re trying to find work, and you’re applying to job after job, and after months of nothing, you finally get a response! You’re excited that maybe finally this long bout of unemployment might finally be over, so you’re not really paying attention and your radar doesn’t go off when they conduct a completely text…
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Lost in the Sauce
Those of you with a military background are familiar with the meaning of the title of this article: a definite lack of situational awareness caused by ignorance or incompetence. It’s used to describe a service member who simply doesn’t seem to grasp even the most basic concepts behind whatever it is the unit is supposed…
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Living Life Without a Plan
One of the big things about my life really bothers me is that I’m about to turn forty and I still have absolutely no idea what the hell I’m going to do with my life. I did the military thing for a bit more than a decade, but ultimately the culture and constant demands wore…
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The Hourly Wage Needs to End (Well, Sort of…)
During this extended period of enforced inactivity, I’ve had a considerable amount of time to think about various topics in a way that I hadn’t really approached in the same way I did back when I had specific things to worry about every day. When you don’t have a rigid schedule forcing your mind into…
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Career and the Illusion of Choice
One of the biggest lies that have been perpetrated in our modern culture is the idea that with more progress we end up having more choice. We see it in nearly every aspect of our lives, from clothing to food to entertainment and everything else. If you’re talking about the sheer number of individual options…
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We Need a Job Search Revolution
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about working in the modern world is that time when you come to the end of whatever it is that you’re doing and you start to realize it’s time to start looking for work again. Perhaps you’ve been on a long project with a company and it’s over now and…
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War of the Works: Remote vs. Office
We’ve been hearing recently about the end of COVID-19 restrictions and the desire of many companies to have their employees return to the office after more than two years of remote work. From a traditional operations standpoint, perhaps this makes sense, but if you’re an employee who’s been enjoying the many benefits of being able…
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A Wasteful Recruiting Process
As someone who has generally struggled in the job search arena, it never ceases to amaze me how inane the process of looking for a new position truly is. My personal philosophy has always been that I hate looking for work because it generally involved a lot of work that I’m not getting paid to…
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Remembering How Good You Had It
I think most of us tend to have a relatively negative view of our work life. It’s easy to get involved in your daily routine and become lost in the mundane banality of the mindless work that is likely a part of whatever it is that you do. If you work in an office all…
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Government Kills Entrepreneurship
I hate to come back so soon with yet another post complaining about the inequities of life, but I’m at a place right now where I’m incredibly frustrated due to the way the world works. It seems like at every turn there is just something in the way of allowing a person to take a…
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