Slate.com gives this headline: The Theory of the Leisure ClassAn economic mystery: Why do the poor seem to have more free time than the rich? Ummm, let’s see. Because, perhaps, maybe, there is a cause and effect relationship going on here. If I spend more time working then
Hello, I am new to this board but love your site. My question is: An applicant applied for a job that we had posted and we did not screen her in for an interview because we know that she was fired from her previous position for lack of
For me, it’s food. Just kidding, although food is nice. Penelope Trunk at the Brazen Careerist, posted a video blog by Bruce Tulgan regarding employee requests. He tells a fabulous story about an absurd request for different cubicle furniture. Why is that our first reaction when someone asks
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Another blogger posted his thoughts about people who consider their employment a profession verses those who think of it as a job. He got pretty seriously blasted and ended up deleting the post (just when I was planning to link to it, curse him!). To respect his decision,
Harvard is doubling the available money to pay doctors who teach. I would have thought they were making enough money as is, but it turns out that even for doctors, teaching is not terribly lucrative. Some doctors are only getting $30 an hour for teaching. Now, if you
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The Evil Family went out for dinner tonight at a chain restaurant. We don’t frequent chains because the food tends to be mediocre and the service bad, but we were on our way home from skiing and we needed to eat before the Offspring fell asleep. So, a
Help me out here, I think I may be missing something. When I send an e-mail asking Steve a question and I cc Bob and Jane, it’s because Bob and Jane need to know the answer as well. So, when Steve replies just to me, I have to
